The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the favourites among a variety of Chinese festivals celebrated in the Hong Kong SAR.

Over a hundred of small farmers in Lalmonirhat are living the golden days owing to the yield produced by vermicompost fertiliser.

40 passengers injured as two trains collide head-on in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat.

With Ramadan knocking at the door, Dhaka city dwellers hurry to buy items they need to prepare iftar.

A promising cereal formula has been invented by Bangladesh experts to fight deadly acute malnutrition in children. The ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) is made of locally available ingredients.

Priyanka Chopra shares a video where she is wrapped in nothing but a flag bearing the emblem of the FBI to promote her latest American TV series Quantico.

The Embassy of the Republic of Korea organises the first ever K-pop contest in Bangladesh on June 6 2015. K-pop is a musical genre consisting of electronic, hip hop, pop, rock, and R&B music originating in South Korea.

Meet Bangladesh’s Environment and Forest Minister Anwar Hossain Manju – who is least bothered about his office and the country’s national animal, the Bengal Tiger.

After the ratification of long-awaited land boundary agreement (LBA) between Bangladesh and India, enclave people in Lalmonirhat now seek government support to enjoy citizen rights.

Garbage management to be on the top priority list on the recently-elected mayors of Dhaka north and south city corporations who have announced to make Dhaka a clean place in the next six months.

United International University (UIU) and The Daily Star (TDS) jointly organise a workshop titled 'Imagine - Write Creatively' to usher school students into the habit of thinking and writing creatively.

A man is killed and at least 10 people injured as a bus turned on its side near Karwanbazar intersection in the capital.

A slum dweller in the capital's Bhashantek area has to pay at least Tk 2000 for a 10-feet by 10-feet tin shed room with no ready amenities.

The weekend is finally here and you are all pumped to enjoy it with friends. You think of heading to the most happening restaurant in town, eat till you are full, come home, watch your favourite TV show, and before you know it, your weekend is over.

In the recent #ChooseBeautiful campaign, Dove and The Daily Star asked some inspiring women of Bangladesh to share their opinion on the perception of beauty.

Ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bangladesh visit, people living by the Teesta River are hopeful that the Teesta water sharing agreement will be signed during his visit.

In the recent #ChooseBeautiful campaign, Dove and The Daily Star ask some inspiring women of Bangladesh to share their opinion on the perception of beauty.

The traditional art of Jamdani weaving, which is included in UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, is an intricate process that takes several years to master. Nevertheless, as an outsider, the process is a fascinating one to observe - from the indigenous loom to the fine tasks of the weavers.

Once you've visited a Jamdani haat, you will think twice before metaphorically referring to a crowded and noisy place as a 'macher bazaar'.

Bhashantek slum residents are being deprived of the facilities as well as their fundamental rights, despite paying five times higher than the other Dhaka city dwellers pay for getting minimum facilities of sanitation and waste management.