As we wrap up 2020, The Daily Star -- in association with Prerona Foundation -- would like to pay a visual tribute to the luminaries we lost this year.

The Daily Star (DS): 2020 was a difficult year for everyone. As a mayor, what was your biggest challenge and obstacle this year?

A total of 1,804 Rohingyas reached Bhasan Char in Hatiya upazila of Noakhali from Chattogram this morning.

A vast number of century-old trees have been felled by loggers at a remote reserve forest and wildlife sanctuary in Thanchi of Bandarban in the last two months, and as seen in satellite images, about a hundred acres of it have been totally razed over the last few years.

Public sufferings caused by the ongoing cold spell remains unabated in many districts, especially in northern region.

The Department of Environment (DoE) today demolished three brick kilns for illegally operating in Chattogram's Lohagara upazila.

The Civil Aviation Authorities of Bangladesh (Caab) have for the first time placed four full-body x-ray scanners at the pre-boarding security checkpoints at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

War-time documents reveal Mojaheed’s outline for a ruthless Al-Badr that wouldn’t spare even ‘nearest relatives’

The much-anticipated Padma Bridge now stands across the horizon.

Aly Zaker, our most iconic theatre personality, has left us for eternity. He singlehandedly brought theatre out from an obscure corner of our cultural world to its very centre.

If you roam around the cities of Bangladesh, you will see a million colourful rickshaws with larger-than-life characters and events painted on them. After the Partition of India in 1947, rickshaw painting evolved and became popular in the streets of Bangladesh. Now though, the art form is slowly dying as the artists are unable to pass on the long-standing tradition. If they don’t find a way to survive, in a couple of decades, we may not find any rickshaw painters left in the country

Make the best and authentic Matcha Green Tea Ice Cream at home with this easy recipe and video tutorial. This homemade ice cream is rich, flavourful, and incredibly delicious!

An inside look at Cilantro - in conversation with Ashik Ur Rahman

Giving away her hard-earned income to the destitute, Dil Afroze Khuki of Rajshahi has chosen a life of constant battles.

Derived from botanical sources, attar is a natural fragrance mostly produced and used by middle eastern countries. Attar cultivation is becoming popular in Sujanagar union of Moulvibazar, Sylhet. Almost every household has a cultivation and processing area, earning a sizeable amount from the production.

In conversation with Samit Bin Salam

People from Mro community in Bandarban have protested against construction of a five-star hotel and tourist spot in Chimbuk Hill area.

As many as 29 families of a small ethnic community, known as Mundas in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj, have been living in miserable conditions as the male members of the community have been in hiding for the past seven months to evade arrest in a murder case.

The vast wetland ecosystem of Tanguar Haor in Sunamganj is like no other place in the country. It provides livelihood for many and is home to a great variety of biodiversity. But overfishing in the waters is likely causing a loss of native fish species and as a result also affecting other forms of life which depend on them for food. In order to protect this ecologically critical area, effective measures need to be taken to stop overfishing and also focus on providing suitable alternative employment for fishermen.

When one thinks of a char, the idea of swaths of land -- barren or cultivable -- comes to the mind. Bhasan Char, a remote island in Hatiya, however, is completely different.