Ever wonder how a smile from a toddler can make your day? An astonished gasp, bouts of laughter, and unconditional love -- few of the elements that make one fall crazily in love with children.

There was always an overpowering aura that surrounded him. Still today, long after his tragic death, the overwhelming feeling still

The first thing you will notice after landing in Austin- Bergstrom International Airport is it's appreciation for music, American football,

On March 7, 2016, around mid-afternoon, the news of a strange case reached The Daily Star. Within an hour, televisions and social

Opportunities are treasured. Opportunities come by at random, at their will and wish. Our task is to recognise them and use them to

When 26-year-old Tasmia Jahan would stay mostly awake, experience bouts of dizziness, gain weight, display strange cases of mood swings, suffer from anxiety attacks and suddenly burst into tears, her family thought she was just lonely and needed to get married.

You can literally die for saying mundane things these days. But since man insists on his freedom of speech, they must find a way to negotiate the tricky controversial waters of expression.

The number of crocodile population remaining in the rivers and canals of the Sundarbans, according to a survey jointly conducted by Bangladesh

On the 2nd of March, Bangladesh beat Pakistan in the semi-finals of the recently concluded Asia Cup. It prompted an outpouring of

It was just another afternoon for Nusrat and Alvi. After a busy day at school and then spending hours with their tutor, they wanted to

The spotlight article titled "Small Victories" (published March 4, 2015) brought up an important issue which normally does not get

The name Maqsoodul Haque, a writer and singer, is synonymous to the revolution of the 50s, the 70s and mostly the 90s. His poetry

“God is the most beautiful, and beauty is the expression of God. If you

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There is a quote by Henry Brooks Adams, a famous American Historian that says, “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his

Its 5 am, and you wake up to cook breakfast, clean up, dress your children and send them to school. You go to work, and after an

The Maidan, literally meaning open field, also referred as Brigade Parade Ground is the largest urban park in Kolkata, India. It is a vast

In November of 2015, with 18 other journalists from different countries, I travelled to China to report on The One Belt, One Road

“What is the main purpose of your life?” was the most frequently asked question throughout my two and a half month journey during

“I grew up in a place where we had more trees than houses, more birds than people and more ponds than tanks! Each pond would