This year Dhaka, the Bangladesh capital, ranked among the worst cities of the world in the Air Quality Index (AQI). It topped the list in January and February while in September it ranked second. The ...
New Year celebrations are an old tradition among various civilisations. Initially, the years were calculated according to the moon. As the nomadic people began settling down following the invention ...
The girl who was set on fire in Feni for protesting against her teacher’s attempted sexual assault has passed away.Neither the prayers from thousands of people nor the best treatment could save ...
Are you a Dhaka dweller? Are you satisfied with the quality of the vegetables you eat? Does the air pollution concern you? Do you miss greenery?According to aquaculturalist Abdus Salam, the solution ...
A student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology recently committed suicide. The family alleges certain teachers of the university are responsible. Taifur Rahman Pratik, a meritorious ...
The more a language is receptive, the more its chance of survival. This receptiveness also makes it richer by the day, opening the doors to newer possibilities.On the contrary, the more resistant and ...
Last Wednesday was a significant day for Bangladesh. The seventh span of the much dreamt about Padma bridge was set up on that day, a feat highly focused in the media. There was another common, ...
“The country has been freed. Some have become Gazi, others shaheed (martyrs). Many are bestowed with the Bir Uttom or Bir Shrestho awards, while some have become ministers and ambassadors. Everyone ...
Whether we have actually achieved or not, we have no dearth of records.The latest record is of the largest hand-painted portrait of Bangabandhu, recently unveiled at Dhaka University. Whether the ...
Hatirjheel, the popular spot for recreation of the Dhaka dwellers, assumes different looks at different times. The monsoon leaves the sky with refreshing beauty that can be best captured from the ...
A young man in his early 30s, Mesbah Uddin from Mollarchar of Gaibandha, waited hours for a document to be downloaded at the local union digital centre (UDC). But he failed to get the task done due ...
Pahela Baishakh, the celebration of the Bangla New Year, has been witness to several historical events across times.The Bangla calendar had originally been introduced by the Mughal emperor Akbar ...
Fakrul Alam, a retired professor of English at Dhaka University, dreams of a Bangladesh "where the educational systems teach us to be democratic, secular, cosmopolitan, true citizens of the world, as ...
