In an unusual move, the president of the west African state of Sao Tome and Principe boycott his own run-off election, handing victory to his rival.

After successfully lighting up their homes with solar panels and stoves fueled by cow dung, the villagers are now clean energy crusaders in a gas-guzzling country that overwhelmingly relies on fossil fuels.

Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.

An adolescent orangutan called Rocky could provide the key to understanding how speech in humans evolved from the time of the ancestral great apes, according to new research.

Ivy's passion, enthusiasm and motivation for doing something good for the people with disability have been driving her to write for humanity. She has written a number of books.

In the centre of Dhaka, the booming city of 50 million people lies a green sanctuary with thousands of trees, spacious green meadows with picturesque walkways, and a serene lake.

Last Friday, I met my university friends at Suhrawardy Udyan after almost a decade. During our days at University of Dhaka, we rarely missed a single day to hang out at that place.

Sheikh Mohammed Sultan (10 August 1923 - 10 October 1994; better known as SM Sultan, was a Bangladesh avant-garde artist who worked in painting and drawing. His fame rests on his striking depictions of exaggeratedly muscular Bangladeshi peasants engaged in the activities of their everyday lives.[1] He is the son of Sheikh Mohammed Mecher Ali and Mochammed Meherunnesa.

Actor Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed talks to NAZIBA BASHER about her dedication towards helping the children of the country.

“In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.” – Albert Camus, Author

Whenever I think about working women, I feel pity for them. When I read the article titled 'House of Equals' published in the Star

Ramna Park is called the lungs of Dhaka City. With 68.50 acres of land adorned with 211 species of trees and a huge tranquil lake...

CAREER MANIA

I have started my career with the Banglalink TVC Call Drop and Alpenliebe Juzt Jelly.

While we have failed to protect most of our forests in Bangladesh for complex reasons, Sundarbans firmly stands in the south with all its glory.

China opens a glass walkway around Tianmen mountain at Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Hunan.

A woman who was recently released from prison in Oregon robbed a bank in Wyoming only to throw the cash up in the air outside the building and sit down to wait for police, authorities say.

One of the jihadists who murdered an elderly French priest smiled as he carried out the attack, and nuns who witnessed the grisly murder said the killers spoke about the Quran.

PEARLS OF WISDOM

For all the anxiety today about the bacteria in our gut being under constant assault by antibiotics, stress and bad diets, it turns out that a lot of the bacteria in our intestines have been with us for at least 15 million years, since we were pre-human apes.