Plants were never before this popular with Dhaka dwellers as it is this year. According to nursery owners who are participating in the on-going national plant fair “Jatiya Brikkho Mela” at Agargaon in Dhaka, the sale of plants this year has surpassed that of any previous years.

Around 125 years ago, one Purno Mondal from Atgar-Kuriyana union in Nesarabad upazila of Pirojpur went to Goya, a sacred place of the Hindu community in India for religious purpose. He collected some guava seeds from there and eventually planted them in his village home.

Some 22 floating schools locally known as “Nouka School” moved in to the submerged Chalanbeel area spanning over three districts providing academic facilities to more than 2,000 underprivileged children in the last few years.

Imagine that you and your ancestors have been living in an area for 175 years; but you don’t have any right to own a land. Imagine that after living in an area for so many years, you cannot even sell a tree that you planted without the permission of the ‘authority’. This is the story of almost any tea garden worker in the country.

In our country there are many entrepreneurs who want to be fish farmers but don't know how to start their own business. Mohammed Zakir Hossain, project manager of USAID Aquaculture for Income and Nutrition shares his experience with Star Live and explains the "Do's and Don'ts" about fish farming. If you are planning to take up this venture then this video is a must-watch for you.

The use of traditional boats may be disappearing fast, but there is one place in Nesarabad upazila (formerly Swarupkathi) in Pirojpur, where you can still buy newly made boats for a trifle amount.

Farmers of the marshland in Nazirpur upazila of Pirojpur are busy in growing vegetable saplings on water bed, locally known as ‘Dhap’.

Within only a few weeks of Sonar Bangla Express inauguration, complaints have surfaced. The authorities might term the express as a luxury train, but their definition of ‘luxury’ comes into question.

Dutch banker and travel agent Joanna Wittekoek, who now goes by the name 'Dutch Mother', fell in love Bangladesh and the children of the orphanage, 'Dutch Shalom Family for Children', and decided to devote her life to the cause.

How does national cricket player Nasir Hossain celebrate his Eid holidays? What are his thoughts about the upcoming games with England in October and what’s his self evaluation about his performance in the National Premier League? Nasir Hossain answers these questions in this brief interview with The Daily Star.

As always, Eid makes us want to bring out the best in us, especially in the dress and makeup department. Many of us simply express joy, while there is also fun in trying to be the best looking one on the day, beating everyone with the perfect ensemble and look creation.

A series of five small video clips are posted on Facebook page by an individual early yesterday (Saturday) gives us a glimpse of the hostage situation before the joint forces led by Bangladesh army began its final operation at the Holey Artisan Bakery premises.

The Metallica-cover band transformed overnight and hence was the birth of Artcell, one of Bangladesh's most iconic and well known progressive metal bands.

Maradona fits the description much more than Messi, but both are demigods of a football-crazy South American country.

He could study only up to class-III as his parents were very hard up.

Here is our guide for shopping on three selected budget ceilings, for top picks for Eid shopping without breaking the proverbial bank.

Situated in one of the alleys of Armanitola, the Star Mosque (Tara Masjid in Bengali) is one of the most beautiful Mughal era mosques in Bangladesh.

“So what's your real name?” “They call me Mama! Even my wife and kids, and I love it that way!” answered Mama of the legendary Mama Halim with a proud smile on his face.

It sounds funny but true. Prices of some food items essential for survival have risen in real terms more than that of tobacco, which kills people.

Six days after his humiliation by a mob, Shyamal Kanti Bhakta is reinstated as the headmaster of a Narayanganj school.