A visit to Gazipur is incomplete without a visit to Tok Noyon Bazaar, popularly known as Tok Bazaar of Kapasia upazilla.

Every year, our local community serves thousands of needy families with health assistance, food, and toys.

William James "Bill" Murray, popularly known as Bill Murray is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He first gained exposure on Saturday Night Live...

A man of a quiet and humbling nature, Pandit Yogesh Samsi is one of the few tabla players whose status and reputation have been built on his precise and perfected artistic ability, as both an accompanist and a soloist.

As we all try our best to look forward to the New Year – make lists of things to do (better!), to read more, lose weight – in a nutshell, be a better person – we can't help but take a sneak peak at the past. Turn to pages 7-9 and take a look at 10 Star Weekend stories published in the last one year, that we believe have changed us for the better. On a brighter note, the Star Weekend team would like to wish you a happy new 2017!

Last year around April, I was going through a whirlwind trip. I wasn't much of a morning person; nevertheless I was forcing myself to get up at the crack of dawn so that I don't end up missing my ride to the next destination.

My roommate, Sarzina, Radio Jockey, Radio Foorti, and I woke up in the early hours, still in a daze. Breakfast was always served by 7 AM, with only half an hour in hand before the bus would be ready to leave.

Is the number of civilians, who were killed on Sunday after Islamic State launched an attack in the Syrian town of al-Bab to prevent people from fleeing...

As the year comes to an end, many look back at 2016 and wonder if things can be better in the coming year. Well, for Sajid Iqbal and Rahat Hossain, 2017 looks a lot better already! These two young Bangladeshi entrepreneurs and change-makers have recently won the Queen's Young Leaders Programme for 2017.

Is art a personal expression or very public? How have artists used their bodies as vessels for expressing social and political views while presenting stimulating and thought provoking contemporary art?

We usually tend to go a little overboard with our resolutions. “I'll lose 50 Kilograms this year!' says someone finishing off a whole plate of pie, or something of the sort. All you have to do is try and do something that you haven't been able to do last year. As long as you treat every year like a chance to be better than the last, you're good to go. Here are five realistic resolutions you can keep for 2017.

“We always like to keep our children in a kind of bubble and censor the bad news about the world. We like to tell them the world is full of benevolent, nice people.” – Kazuo Ishiguro, novelist, screenwriter and short story writer

As we sign off with 2016, we look forward to 2017, hoping to mend our ways, letting go of bad habits and develop new ones.

I find the article titled “On Youth and Depression” published last week, very much informative and helpful in understanding why and how the youth are going into depression.

Over the years, Nadeem Qadir has been more than a journalist or a columnist. He has been a writer, a television personality and a guide to many a young media personnel, paving ways for them towards glory and success.

The stories of depression among Bangladesh's youths usually go ignored. However, in every part of our society, we experience

Duriya Ismat Jahan Usha is a nine-year-old student at Cordova School. Like every year, her excitement grows as December 25

The long road from Banani to Uttara is invariably busy all the time. On a trip to Uttara from Banani, my car stopped at the

Prominent Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist Carl Gustav Jung is known for his enormous contribution in analytical

All the world's a stage. That's the motto of every good actor; versatile actor Ziaul Faruq Apurba, popularly known as Apurba is