Almeer Ahsan Asif, a graduate in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from American International University, Bangladesh (AIUB), always wanted to do something for those in need.

Monir Hossain, 35, works as a senior executive in a firm. He used to travel to and from office in private cars.

I am really grateful to the Star Weekend and the writer for writing about condition of the animals in the Bangladesh National Zoo (Published in July 31, 2015).

On July 29, 2015; Kolpokoushal, a knowledge initiative by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) students and alumni, arranged their first event at the University of Liberal Arts.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much

The word 'reptile' may evoke a reaction of disgust in most people, but in Shahriar Caeser Rahman it evokes happy, loving emotions. “Not just reptiles.

After 68 years of prolonged struggle, nearly 52,000 inhabitants of 162 enclaves inside Bangladesh and India marked their last day of statelessness, officially becoming citizens either of the two countries.

Some 40 kilometres away from Sylhet city, lies the small charming town of Jaintapur.

Since my childhood I have always been interested in sports, which, in essence are ‘not for women’.

What won her heart then was the pure kindness of the people. She felt an unexplainable bond and affinity for this country and its inhabitants.

Eric Clapton is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.

Torrential rain-triggered landslides and deaths are nothing new to us. Every year, at the beginning of the rainy season, the port city is forced to face the same catastrophe.

Organic molecules never previously observed in comets, a relatively varied structure on the surface but fairly homogeneous interior, organic compounds forming agglomerates rather than being dispersed in the ice: these are just some of first results provided by Philae on the surface of comet Churi.

Just a day after Eid-ul-Fitr, the country's biggest religious celebration, we woke up to the news of the unfortunate deaths of a woman and five children, in three separate incidents of landslides and wall collapse at Bayazid and Lalkhan areas of Chittagong due to heavy rainfall. Following the incident, the voice of concerned government officials could be heard over loudspeakers, as they requested people to move to safer places.

“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance."

All we really have is the “Now”. Do the past and the future really exist? Yes. But they do so only in the present. We experience the past as visions, memories and emotions, but we experience it in the present. We think about the future as an imagined reality, perceiving it as what could happen. And when the actual future arrives, whatever it may bring, it is again experienced as the present moment or the

In 2015, there will be an estimated 60,290 new cases of breast carcinoma in situ diagnosed, 83% of which will be ductal carcinoma in situ

A popular name in the field of agriculture, Rezaul Karim Siddique has been researching on how to develop cultivation and growth of crops in Bangladesh for more than three decades. Not only does he work for the betterment of agriculture, he also works towards the development of farmers and organic farming.

The spotlight story on homebound passengers (published on July 17, 2015) is one of the best I have ever read in my favourite

Growing up in a middle-class family belonging to Gazipur, Probal Rashid had an ordinary childhood. Completing his schooling and Bachelor's in Business Administration in his home-town, Probal joined the Centre for Asian Arts and Cultures for a 2 month-long foundation course on photography to cater to his childhood knack for taking photographs.