Chess player caught 'using Morse code to cheat'

An Italian chess player is kicked out of one the country's most prestigious tournaments after allegedly using a camera and Morse code to cheat.
9 September 2015

Dhaka-Barisal route gets daytime launch

People will be able to sail on Dhaka-Barisal river route during daytime from September 15 as private shipping companies will introduce
8 September 2015

Grumpy bull elephant crashes into tourists in Zimbabwe (video)

An angry bull elephant crashes into tourists at Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe.
7 September 2015

Teacher wakes up sleeping student with a fire extinguisher (video)

This instructor takes a more hands on approach to wake the sleeping student by spraying the fire extinguisher in the classroom.
6 September 2015

Physically challenged call for inclusive society

Twenty physically challenged young men and women, who are participating in a programme for training journalists, yesterday urged for
5 September 2015

Students following Star EIS page doing better

School students who regularly follow the weekly page “English in Schools” (EIS) of The Daily Star to improve vocabulary and grammar
5 September 2015

Russia: 'Wedding police' tackle unruly guests

A special police unit sets up in southern Russia with the sole purpose of ensuring security at weddings.
5 September 2015

3-month fundraising campaign starts

The Liberation War Museum has launched a three-month long special fundraising campaign to complete the construction of the
4 September 2015

War crimes suspect Amjad dies

A war crimes suspect Amjad Ali yesterday died due to cardiac complications under police custody at the coronary care unit of Dhaka
4 September 2015

Birds of Central Park

Central Park is an urban park of 843 acres in Manhattan, New York, in the heart of the city that never sleeps. It was designed by
4 September 2015

Donate Tk 10,000 to build Liberation War Museum

The Liberation War Museum has launched a three-month long special fundraising campaign to complete the construction of the
4 September 2015

Giant straw dinosaur sculptures take over Japanese field

A Japanese artist comes up with a clever idea of using straw left over after rice harvests to make sculptures of dinosaurs with them!
4 September 2015

STAR DIARY

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.
3 September 2015

Christoph Waltz

Christoph Waltz is a German-Austrian actor. He is best known for his works with American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, receiving acclaim for portraying SS-Standartenführer Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds (2009) and bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz in Django Unchained (2012).
3 September 2015

MAILBOX

This week’s cover story of the Star Weekend was really very significant. For the last couple of years we have seen how the desperate students and their equally desperate parents are adopting malpractices only to get a good score in the public examinations such as SSC and HSC.
3 September 2015

SNAPSHOT

There's a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they're absolutely free. Don't miss so many of them.
3 September 2015

The Iron Gates of Injustice

Prisons are supposed to be reformatory centres. However, in Bangladesh, they are nothing less than torturous, punitive concentration camps.
3 September 2015

1 Minute Please

The three thing would be Scarlett Johansson, Candice Swanepoel and Natalie Portman. They would do just fine for me in the deserted island.
3 September 2015

Of boats and paddles

Bangladeshi boat race, popularly known as nouka baich is quite different from the other forms of boat races anywhere in the world.
3 September 2015

PEARLS OF WISDOM

“We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving.”
3 September 2015