A monument to be reminisced and honoured for lifetime, a monument built as a tribute to the souls who fought for our language, a

People say that we do not have the tradition of rose cultivation here in Bangladesh. The rose cultivation in our country is entirely a new phenomenon. The Middle Eastern or European countries are referred to as the origin of rose.

Doyel Chattar — a more or less familiar and a popular place for all. However, for those who don't know, Doyel Chattar is basically

As a young man, while working in Saudi Arabia as a newspaper photographer for several years, Abdur Razzak of Nandipara village in Patuakhali Sadar

The Pablakhali Wildlife Sanctuary in Rangamati, rarely visited by tourists or researchers, is beautiful with mighty garjan and civit trees and home to hundreds of Hill Mynahs and families of Hoolock Gibbons.

"Let me tell you a few stories from the pre-historic era,” Enam Bhai clears his throat sitting in his glass walled cubicle with the fellow photographers working for The Daily Star.

Tangua haor is a mini ocean during monsoon. But in winter much of the water is gone and the haor turns into a maze of interconnected wetlands called beels. Once away from the muddy shores overgrown with reeds, one can see through the clear beel water a magnificent green carpet of plants at the bottom. This garden, hidden underneath the water, is visited by thousands of ducks during the winter months every year.

It's a wonder how one comes across unique structures from history and that too in Chittagong.

In the months of January and February, thousands of female crabs in the mangrove forests around Patuakhali's Kuakata clamber over roots and through mud to reach the saltwater edge of the Bay of Bengal. Their mission is clear: at the seashore, the eggs they carry will hatch into larvae, to swim away as plankton, as the start of a new generation.

There are many surprising facts about Hummingbirds you probably do not know about.

The royal palace of Puthia, a small town near Rajshahi district, is one of the most popular archaeological sites of Bangladesh.

I have been to Aronnok quite a few times. It's a farmhouse close to the Ordinance Factory in Gazipur. This is one of the best farmhouses that I have seen in Bangladesh. This is neither a large garden nor a house -- it can rather be termed “a patch of dense forest.”

He was a sophisticated man - of letters and of fine arts. In fact, it had been reported by Charles D'Oyly, a public official and a painter, that "...his audience chamber is so crowded with English prints and paintings that not an inch of the walls can be seen."

French revolution is one of the incidents that changed the world's history decisively. It's far reaching social, political and cultural

While Dhaka was losing its splendour after the fall of Mughal Empire, the local zamindars and nawabs under the British rule tried to

"Gone are the palaces of the Viceroys and the garden-houses of the merchants; gone are the busy streets and market-places and the

"March 2, 1971. There was a huge number of people who came ignoring the curfew in the historic Bot tola of Arts Faculty, Dhaka

On holidays Purbachal is a few minutes' ride from the northern residential areas of Dhaka city. But the contrast between the claustrophobic concrete jungle of Dhaka's residential areas and the expanse of Purbachal is as stark as you can imagine. You feel the difference in the air quality as soon as you leave the Airport Road, heading east for Purbachal. The wide new road that takes you there is still unnamed but is popularly called "300 Feet Road".

Reginald Heber was a man who wore many hats. Born into an affluent family, the hymn-writer made a reputation as a poet while at Oxford University. The traveller and adventurer served as the 'Bishop of Calcutta'.

A local myth says, the two hundred years old building on the hill-top was built by Portuguese pirates. There was a