The year 2016 has been an eventful year for Bangladesh, on grounds of trade, business, diplomatic ties, achievements and failures. However, 2016 has been the year when everyone witnessed the power of social media.

Last year around April, I was going through a whirlwind trip. I wasn't much of a morning person; nevertheless I was forcing myself to get up at the crack of dawn so that I don't end up missing my ride to the next destination.

My roommate, Sarzina, Radio Jockey, Radio Foorti, and I woke up in the early hours, still in a daze. Breakfast was always served by 7 AM, with only half an hour in hand before the bus would be ready to leave.

Is the number of civilians, who were killed on Sunday after Islamic State launched an attack in the Syrian town of al-Bab to prevent people from fleeing...

“We always like to keep our children in a kind of bubble and censor the bad news about the world. We like to tell them the world is full of benevolent, nice people.” – Kazuo Ishiguro, novelist, screenwriter and short story writer

I find the article titled “On Youth and Depression” published last week, very much informative and helpful in understanding why and how the youth are going into depression.

As we sign off with 2016, we look forward to 2017, hoping to mend our ways, letting go of bad habits and develop new ones.

Fund Raising Live Concert for Lucky Akhand

“Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.”

Every year, our local community serves thousands of needy families with health assistance, food, and toys.

William James "Bill" Murray, popularly known as Bill Murray is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He first gained exposure on Saturday Night Live...

As we all try our best to look forward to the New Year – make lists of things to do (better!), to read more, lose weight – in a nutshell, be a better person – we can't help but take a sneak peak at the past. Turn to pages 7-9 and take a look at 10 Star Weekend stories published in the last one year, that we believe have changed us for the better. On a brighter note, the Star Weekend team would like to wish you a happy new 2017!

Boron has been identified for the first time on the surface of Mars, indicating the potential for long-term habitable groundwater

Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have made the world's smallest radio

Duriya Ismat Jahan Usha is a nine-year-old student at Cordova School. Like every year, her excitement grows as December 25

The long road from Banani to Uttara is invariably busy all the time. On a trip to Uttara from Banani, my car stopped at the

Prominent Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist Carl Gustav Jung is known for his enormous contribution in analytical

Is the number of journalists, who have been killed around the world in 2016 while doing their job, said Reporters without

December 25 will be the 1st death anniversary of Dr. Syed Yusuf Hasan who died on this day in Dhaka at the age of 90 years.

It began with apprehension, to be honest- a hundred people, of a hundred kinds, from a hundred places. I was never much of