Stepping out of the house, most people are busy squinting eyes, wrinkling noses, trying to avoid the scorching sun.

Though the famous Northbrook hall was established in 1874, the Northbrook Public Library was not added to the establishment until 1882. It is located in Farashganj, a little north of the Buriganga River.

Last week's spotlight of my favourite - The Star Weekend - was quite different. It described the day to day activity of a worker of an NGO called Teach for Bangladesh.

I visited my sister, Hasna in the Philippines in the summer of May 1987 along with my son, Asif, for nearly 3 weeks.

“Life is priceless. Even to an ant”

Once upon a time - when Facebook was not yet born, when people would actually depend on handwriting more than keyboards, when finding a new friend was not just a click away - there used to be a way through which people would make friends: pen pals.

The concept of social business was first defined back in 2008 by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus.

It is the number of rare photographs of Bangabandhu displayed in a three-day photo exhibition titled Chitrrogathai Shokgatha at Sangsad.

Kherokhata or a sketchbook is more of a personal thought processing space than just a piece of notebook.

Having your own digital media agency no easy feat, especially the kind of agency that aims to help other organisations use unconventional, creative and data-driven marketing strategies to take their businesses up a notch.

People these days go to the doctor the minute their child sneezes more than once. The Vatman knows to tax that too. Tax anything that moves or doesn't. Had a new born baby? Tax that little bugger before he consumes too much milk and baby formula.

You have an itchy tingling sensation. You see a hint of redness around your lips. Get ready to welcome a cluster of fluid filled pockets on your lips in the next 24 hours!

“Again and again I've taken quick glances and then for some reason I've got to sit before a picture waiting and it's opened up like one of those Japanese flowers that you put into water and something I thought wasn't worth more than a casual, respectful glance begins to open up depth after depth of meaning.”

Entrepreneurship was a pretty alien word in Bangladesh even 10 years ago. No one would take an entrepreneur seriously if he would talk about doing something on his own and building a Business.

The spotlight story titled "Growing Pains" published in August 14, 2015 was a perfect depiction of the acute problem that is mostly faced by our young generation in the urban areas.

Amit Chowdhury has proved himself to be a prominent Bharatanatyam dancer of our country.

A place does not become good by your physical aspects, but by the people who are present in it.

The Armenians of Dhaka were a rich and swanky lot. The church that they built in 1781 (Church of the Holy Resurrection) and the area where it stands (Armanitola, named after Armenians) both reflect the influence of this community.

There are two ways of spreading light – to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it

“Beating India in education? In mathematics? I cannot believe it!” said Professor Mohammad Kaykobad, one of Bangladesh's most distinguished scientists, and member of the Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad Committee after Bangladesh beat India at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in 2015.