Winning the country’s biggest talent hunt show ‘Channel i presents Lux Super Star’ is not an easy task. It requires talent and hard work to win titles, tiaras and sashes. This year, an aspiring Fine Arts student Mim Mantasha bagged the coveted title at a glamorous event held at Bangabandhu International Convention Centre on May 11.

At least 15 more suspects are killed as the countrywide anti-drug crusade continues to draw more blood, mounting a heap of 123 bodies in the last 16 days.

Young, talented and trending – Pritom Hasan carves a unique place for himself in our music industry, especially among the young urban crowd. In a conversation with Star Showbiz, the rising star he talks about his passions, inspirations and what drives his music.

Summers in Bangladesh are usually unforgiving as the mercury keeps on rising throughout the season, but not this time. This year, the summer is unusual, with relentless rains and thunderstorms dominating most part of the season from March to April.

Believe it or not, a street restaurant is making pizza using Bangla-styled wood-fired stove in Paribagh of Dhaka.

A dead whale is washed ashore along Kuakata beach in Patuakhali.

The match of our very own Masuma Rahman Nabila and corporate honcho Jubaidul Haque Reem makes us believe that marriages are indeed made in heaven.

Bangladesh’s former coach Gordon Greenidge spoke today at The Daily Star Centre at a program organized by the Bangladesh Cricket Supporters' Association (BCSA) and he recalled some memories from the ICC Trophy which the Tigers had won to ensure qualification for the 1999 Cricket World Cup.

It is a vote of the ruling Awami League in Khulna City Corporations today, exercising power play, as far as seen on the field throughout the city.

An observer of Election Commission from Dhaka is assaulted by supporters of Awami League-backed Khulna City Corporation (KCC) mayoral candidate at a polling centre in Khulna city right after voting began.

The students demonstrating for quota reform vow to boycott their classes and examinations across the country until the gazette notification abolishing the quota system in government jobs is published.

Rani Bala cannot remember much about her life before she was brought to a shelter home at Abdullahpur in the capital. After her daughter and son turned her away, homeless Rani wandered around the streets of Shanir Akhra for two years.

A year ago, city dwellers had to witness a horrendous form of brutality unleashed on two female dogs and 14 puppies.

Rabindra Sangeet singer extraordinaire Sahana Bajpaie is LIVE right now at The Daily Star’s monthly Facebook Live session ASK ME ANYTHING. Comment here to talk to the artiste and ask your questions, and share the video to let your friends watch it.

Black meat chicken popularly known as Kadaknath of India is now a new addition in Bangladesh’s livestock collection. Kadaknath is a native bird of Madhya Pradesh in India, which is popular for its black color. Kadaknath’s eggs and meat are very nutritious with high medicinal values. The meat of Kadaknath is low in cholesterol, and contains many vitamins. To know more about Kadaknath and other unusual poultry, watch our Star Live video.

Watch Star Live to know more about Mahmudul Faruq, an automobile enthusiast, and his unique collection of vintage cars.

Ask any med student, and they will all agree that the knee is probably the most complex joint in the body. As a matter of fact most of the people who take up my course come with problems related to weak knees, or injury. Others suffer back aches that originate from their knees, although they do not even realise it.

BRAC Nursery, a social enterprise of BRAC, launches its first ever Caravan Activation in Dhaka to raise awareness on the importance of urban greenery through planting trees in a bid to counter the effects of climate change and carbon emissions.

People from all walks of life in Satbaria village of Pabna’s Sujanagar upazila celebrate the first day of the Bangla New Year with the century-old tradition of Charak festival.

Chhayanaut is an institution devoted to Bengali culture. Founded in 1961, the institution has been celebrating Pahela Baishakh every year since then (except 1971).