The Hatirjheel-Begunbari Lake area, with its open spaces, is steadily losing its charm and beauty due to the unbearable stench of the contaminated lake, coupled with the sight and smell of the garbage heaped in it. Suffocating odour seeping out from the water,

I see him everyday, in fact grew up together. Everyday on my way home, our eyes meet. While I get back to clutching my bag and giving

Richard Paul Ashcroft is an English musician, singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer and occasional guitarist of the alternative

The number of migrants that Germany is expecting to have this year which is four times the number from the previous year. In fact experts believe that this figure could go up to 1 million.

Pradeep Kumar is a manager in a multinational company. His job entails a lot of office hours, dealing with office politics, deadlines,

Iresh Zaker, an actor, advertisement and marketing specialist, has paved and walked his own path into the media. Son of renowned

"The authorities are simply not paying any attention to our problems!” says Rahima Akter, who works at a private company, travels from Nilkhet to Uttara every day for work. The recent price hike of gas and electricity has slapped hard the middle and lower income people of Bangladesh.

International Art Biennale

The day would probably be remembered in history for a long time to come. The country's first ever lesbian comic character -Dhee was launched through an event held at the British Council last week, on September 5.

Who says that only those belonging to disciplines such as Environmental science or Geography can be concerned about the environment? What do we mean by environment- just the nature that we live in or should we consider the hazards of manmade environment as well?

A few weeks ago, the nation witnessed a shocking incident. Some youths, so called members of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), assaulted some of the most reputed scholars of our country in the premises of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST).

Who says there's nothing to do in Dhaka? All we have to do is just look for the colours, in the right places! Grab your camera and set out towards Uttara – known for the airport, the second railway station, Raj Lakhsmi market and sporting a chaotic balance between schools,

Thanks to the Star Weekend for publishing such an investigative story (published on September 4, 2015). I felt appalled when I read

Built in 1781, the Armenian Church is considered Dhaka's most significant historical land marks. It is located in Armanitola of old Dhaka which was once the Armenian colony back in early 18th Century. The church's ground was used as an Armenian graveyard.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Shamim (not his real name) was searching frantically for a donor with O negative blood. Without a donor, his mother's life would be at risk after a major surgical operation in her stomach. After an exhaustive search, Shamim finally got a donor from Dhaka University's voluntary blood donor group called Badhon.

With every passing day, the stench and pollution of the Hatirjheel-Begunbari Lake seems to be getting worse. Wastes of all kinds are

PEARLS OF WISDOM

A road trip with friends is probably one of the most fun activities a group can do. Suddenly taking off to Sylhet, Cox's Bazaar or even nearer by to Gazipur or Ashuliya is a regular thing amongst friends.

Researchers from CSIRO and Imperial College London have assessed how widespread the threat of plastic is for the world's seabirds, including albatrosses, shearwaters and penguins, and found the majority of seabird species have plastic in their gut.