“good Books, Like Good Friends, Are Few And Chosen; The More Select, The More Enjoyable.”

I liked the topic of this week's (published on May 22, 2015) 'Spotlight' of the Star Weekend (From A Fading Era).

Technology has become an undeniable part of our life. We depend on it to help us keep in touch, be updated and interact with the world around us.

To say that the currently airing Rupchanda-The Daily Star Super Chef was making some strides in shattering stereotypes would be a simplistic statement.

But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

One gap that desperately needs to be bridged, is amongst those with the strongest hold on society and those who want to develop it.

SOCIAL BUSINESS YOUTH SUMMIT June 1, 2015

Ever get that annoying feeling something is stuck in your eye and no matter how much you try, you can't get rid of it?

Masuma Rahman Nabila, popular television host is a household name today.

BRAC, the world's largest non-government organisation, plans to spend over $15 million in two years to help earthquake victims in Nepal.

A study presented at the European Congress of Endocrinology in Dublin shows that high salt intake may delay puberty.

Dilif K. Tripura, Senior Financial Analyst, Management Assurance at Transcom Limited, is an ambitious person, who says yes to new experiences and challenges.

Gender discrimination has been a prevailing problem for years now in South East Asia and is an issue, for which many people use religion as an excuse.

The Modern life brings in a dramatic change to city life. Potentially, it has a large impact on employment, and in many places advance technology has replaced clerical work and skilled services.

Not too many people are aware of a small village that is rich in historical relics, called Bhabanipur. If you go a few kilometres south-west from Bogra, you will get to enjoy a historically significant, yet relatively unknown, landmark of our country – the Bhabanipur temple.

Frequent earthquakes have been hitting the whole country for many days. However, the helpless people who live beside the railway tracks in ramshackle huts feel intense tremors every single day of a different kind.

As the World faces its problems with hate, war and terror, and we see countries demolished by the power of people, we get angry, we cry, we pray, we fight back.

The rain fluctuates between drizzle and torrential. It messes with your mind

Around 900 Rohingyas and Bangladeshi migrants were able to reach the shore in Indonesia and Thailand on May 17, as Myanmar undermined calls for a coordinated response to Southeast Asia's human-trafficking crisis by threatening to boycott a planned summit.

Animal rights advocates remind us of this admonition: the ways in which people treat animals will be reflected in how people relate to one another