To Soar Without Wings

It's results day! And what exactly does results day mean? Did you think it's a day when exam results come out? You are gravely mistaken.
27 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Japan hires second cat stationmaster in 10 years

Wakayama Electric Railway president Mitsunobu Kojima proudly announces a new cat stationmaster, named Nitama, will be filling Tama's rather petite shoes.
26 August 2015, 07:03 AM

Boy, 12, falls at exhibition, accidentally punches hole in $2 million dollar painting (video)

A 12-year-old boy has tripped and accidentally smashed a hole in an AU $2 million dollar painting on display in Taiwan.
25 August 2015, 13:57 PM

Recharge your car on the road!

A trial in England is hoping to significantly boost the range of electric cars by introducing roads that can charge the vehicles as they drive along them.
25 August 2015, 09:11 AM

Courage! (video)

What could be more courageous than taking on an animal multiple times your size? This goat has the answer as it takes on a cow head on in a feat of sheer will power.
23 August 2015, 08:41 AM

Duck farming gains popularity in Rajshahi region

In the wake of gradually increasing nutritional demand and lucrative market price, commercial farming of ducks including gooses are
22 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Dismaland-Disneyland inspired ‘bemusement park’

Dismaland, which opens to the public Saturday and sits on the 2.5 acre site of the Tropicana lido, is the shadowy artist's first "bemusement park," and it's packed full of subversive artworks.
22 August 2015, 07:05 AM

High school adopts local cat named Bubba as student, gives him ID card

Bubba, a cool cat, lives with his owner Amber Marienthal and her family in a house near Leland High School and Bret Harte Middle School in San Jose of California. Bubba is allowed to wander through the school hallways and hang out in classrooms, meowing whenever he wants to be let in or out. Finally he gets his very own student ID card.
22 August 2015, 02:45 AM

Bangladeshi journalist Probir Sikder demands probe into GD denial

Senior journalist Probir Sikdar yesterday demanded an investigation into police's claim that he didn't hand them over a draft of a general diary.
21 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Delhi tea seller emerges as award winning novelist

Although he looks like any other ordinary tea seller, however, Laxman Rao is a tea-seller with a difference. He owns a small roadside stall, where his customers come not only for the brew, but also a taste of his words, reports the NDTV.
21 August 2015, 13:59 PM

1 Minute Please

Amit Chowdhury has proved himself to be a prominent Bharatanatyam dancer of our country.
20 August 2015, 18:00 PM

MAILBOX

The spotlight story titled "Growing Pains" published in August 14, 2015 was a perfect depiction of the acute problem that is mostly faced by our young generation in the urban areas.
20 August 2015, 18:00 PM

A Day in the Life of A Fellow

“One, two, three, all eyes on me!”
20 August 2015, 18:00 PM

SNAPSHOT

A place does not become good by your physical aspects, but by the people who are present in it.
20 August 2015, 18:00 PM

The Best Day, Everyday

A Teach for Bangladesh Fellow is a dignitary- not in his or her lifestyle, or in their fame and money, or in all clichéd ways one becomes a dignitary.
20 August 2015, 18:00 PM

PEARLS OF WISDOM

There are two ways of spreading light – to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it
20 August 2015, 18:00 PM

One man shame for judiciary

A day after the gruesome grenade attack on August 21 in 2004, the then BNP government had formed a one-member inquiry
20 August 2015, 18:00 PM

STAR DIARY

Last week the HSC results got published and my sister could not score a GPA 5. Seeing her results, she burst out into tears and became very upset.
20 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Testimony to terror sponsored by state

The dreadful memories of captivity still send shudder down his spine. Police tortured Joj Mia in custody to make him confess to a crime he did not commit.
20 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Elvis Aaron Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as "the King of Rock and Roll", or simply, "the King".
20 August 2015, 18:00 PM