If the banana trees at Zoo Zurich are particularly lush, it's thanks to a fertiliser with an unusual ingredient: human waste. In the spring of

Founded by a group of young Filipinos, social enterprise Cropital has developed a crowdfunding site that aims to provide technical and

The Daily Star and WaterAid in association with BRAC University and Lancaster University organised a roundtable titled “A good

Earthquakes Don't Kill People, Unsafe Constructions Do

Even two and a half years ago, worry over water for irrigation would cast a shadow on Uday's hope for a good harvest.

It was around 10:45 on a sunny Saturday morning. Production was going on in full swing at Plummy Fashions Limited, a Narayanganj-based knitwear garment factory.

The traditional Sal forest in Tangail is disappearing fast due to non-stop felling of trees and encroachment of forestlands.

Prof Dwijen Sharma, an eminent naturalist, said it would not be possible to stop the conflict between nature and development as long as capitalism controls everything.

World leaders convene at UN headquarters next week for the first major bid to solve the toughest problems facing our oceans, from coral bleaching to plastic pollution, overfishing and rising seas due to climate change.

The new farm technologies, introduced during the Green Revolution in the 60's, contributed a lot to boost production and feed the rising population in the country.

True Heroes who are rarely spotted are the ones who steer the nation without claims to honour. IPDC and The Daily

Often touted the Oscars for the business community, the Bangladesh Business Awards'

South African golfer Gary Player once said that the harder one works, the luckier one gets -- and that saying best sums up the

When West Pakistan-based businesses dominated trade and investment in the 1950s and 60s of the country, very few Bangladeshis

Merely four private banks were in operation in Bangladesh in 1983, when 13 visionary entrepreneurs jointly set up a commercial bank

To even own a computer was rare in Bangladesh a quarter of a century ago, as most people did not know much about the modern

Kutubuddin Ahmed always had the burning desire to become a businessman, even though he studied mechanical engineering at

Do you know why the Statue of Liberty looks blue-green in colour? Originally the statue was dull brown, reflecting the natural colour

Corrosion is degradation of the properties of materials due to interactions with their environment. It results in loss of function of the

In school, we were made to memorise definitions of culture and civilisation, marking a relationship between the two.