In life, humans have the annoying habit of trying to get more out of everything. That almost empty tube of toothpaste, the promo code that we've used 67 times and is about to run out today, or even people. We often make demands and requests that are insane, almost impossible to meet and at times, really annoying.

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For someone who has just finished his freshman year of university life, the idea that I have had for a very long time even before entering this new phase, has gone through drastic changes.

It's fascinating that around the world, there are still people who deny climate change. For us, living in the largest delta in the world, threatened by Mother Nature with increasing frequency, it's not quite that simple to run away from this reality.

Nature is more important than ever before, and trees are arguably the most valuable components of the environment. That is why, on this special occasion, we have invited three prominent trees who have come from different walks of life.

The future of music, for general listeners, is in streaming. With the rise of platforms like Spotify and Apple Music, storing music on ones devices has become a thing of the past.

We live in a world where news of animals going extinct dominate almost every media outlet. We talk about measures being taken to protect wildlife; we campaign for animal rights all over the globe, we hear the success stories, like how pandas are no longer an endangered species, and we revel in them.

Your taste buds are lying.

A fictional future where the world is ravaged by rising sea levels and climate-induced migration.

It was gone. All of it, morphed into a long line of logs, dried twigs and dead leaves in just two days and two nights on both sides of the streets. And the humans call us 'bad omens'. HAH!

Colourless vistas, Where only shadows breathe.

“Hey, what are you up to?” The person that the question was directed to looked up from a bunch of papers in front of her. “Please, don't disturb me. I'm trying to write”, said the woman clearly annoyed.

To the sinister that scorns every rose I pick,

A slice of fear took its place in my heart, Like a seedling that nobody should nurture.

Having grounded its roots in the early 2000s, the web animation phenomenon has managed to excavate its way through the endless arcade of web content.

I was beaming when the word “Mowgli” floated up. Partly because I didn't know the remake had been in the works and so I didn't have to wait for the release; partly because it had ties with The Jungle Book. But I wasn't doing the same when it ended.

The topic of climate change has been scientifically acknowledged as being real, through the use of statistical analysis. The major causes for the Earth's rising temperature levels are carbon emissions and deforestation; the former being more directly linked with climate change.

In an effort to involve young readers and sustain their readership, The Daily Star took the initiative to provide the newspaper at a subsidised rate to educational institutions, namely, Daffodil International University (DIU); University of Development Alternative (UODA); University of Asia Pacific (UAP); and Green University of Bangladesh (GUB). In order to weigh the success of the initiative, and to identify further possibilities of enhancement, The Daily Star took the opinions of the Vice Chancellors and a founder from the aforementioned institutions and discussed the matter with them.

How do you measure a student's progress? Grades may not be it.

Tea is best served chilled. Chillies can be tasty.