The number of people who pelted each other with tonnes and tonnes of squashed tomatoes in the 70th annual “Tomatina”, world's biggest food fight held in the village of Bunol, near Valencia in Eastern Spain.

“Hey, people, welcome to your new home. Now you are the dwellers of one of Bangladesh's most famous buildings. Here, we have two packages for you. If you can pay 5000 Taka you will be allotted to a cell where you can get 'homely' comfort.

For our botany class experiment, we were asked to bring some saplings and seeds. I loved getting my hands dirty while doing the fun plant experiments.

Ciarán Hinds is a Northern Irish film, television and stage actor.

Amidst the rat-race of studies and careers, every year board examinees face immense pressure during exams, and even more so, before results come out.

Arafat Karim's venture into the world of art began, at an early age. Currently a Masters student at the Department of Fine Arts of Dhaka University, the promising artist has already bagged quite a few achievements, as his artworks travelled a number of exhibitions in the country.

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.

From early childhood, Salahuddin was passionate about light and camera. However, at that time he never thought that his love would turn towards photography.

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Toronto researchers have discovered that a single molecular event in our cells could hold the key to how we evolved to become the smartest animal on the planet.

The fact that the greatest diversity of large mammals is found in Africa reflects past human activities – and not climatic or other environmental constraints.

The worst thing about travelling around Dhaka is being stuck in traffic. Spending hours inside a stagnant car, bus or an auto rickshaw can be unnerving and agitating.

This number has become synonymous to ambiguity and a threat to people's free speech.

Pingla Naya in West Bengal, India, is the village of folk painters called Patuas. Apart from painting scrolls, they paint the walls of their homes and make wooden painted souvenirs and images.

Sanjida Preeti is one of the most popular young models and award winning television actors in Bangladeshi entertainment, having created her base in theatre.

Stepping out of the house, most people are busy squinting eyes, wrinkling noses, trying to avoid the scorching sun.

Though the famous Northbrook hall was established in 1874, the Northbrook Public Library was not added to the establishment until 1882. It is located in Farashganj, a little north of the Buriganga River.

Last week's spotlight of my favourite - The Star Weekend - was quite different. It described the day to day activity of a worker of an NGO called Teach for Bangladesh.

I visited my sister, Hasna in the Philippines in the summer of May 1987 along with my son, Asif, for nearly 3 weeks.

“Life is priceless. Even to an ant”