In a remote Garo village, an elderly Indigenous couple lives by themselves.
If such an appalling treatment persists, will the Indigenous people ever feel safe in this country?
Though the floodwaters didn’t linger in most places, they left behind uncertainty for lakhs of people.
There is a lack of recognition for Indigenous writers and publishers at national events like the Amar Ekushey Book Fair.
The government has directed all supermarkets, malls and shops of Dhaka city to adopt precautionary measures to stop the spread of Covid-19. However, the markets are struggling to maintain proper health and safety measures as there are large crowds of people shopping before Eid-ul-Fitr.
It was quite a pleasant surprise for Kawser Alam when he found Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) workers clearing the dumped waste in front of his house, a day after he lodged a complaint through an app called “Sobar Dhaka”.
Dhaka residents usually come across footpaths and roads being blocked by vendors and parked vehicles. As a result, they may have to jaywalk or manoeuvre their vehicles through the obstacles, hoping that one day authorities will clear the path.
Yesterday was the last day of this year’s Ekushey Boimela. Marked by a delayed start and a lockdown announcement midway, the book fair -- originally scheduled to end on April 14 -- ended two days earlier due to the surge in Covid-19 cases across the country.
Like rest of the country, the Amar Ekushey Granthamela also wore an almost desolate look yesterday.Like rest of the country, the Amar Ekushey Granthamela also wore an almost desolate look yesterday.
Like most of the girls of her age, 25-year-old Ripa Tabassum loves poetry, romance novels and at times horrors.
There is something magical about revisiting old books. It is a journey filled with nostalgia and above all else, love.
Aspirant and young writers long for February. This is the month when they have the opportunity to reach a large audience at the annual Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela.
It's not that easy to please Swastika Chakraborty. The six-year-old is an avid reader and keeps on demanding for new books.
Indigenous children and students living in the capital have little access to their own culture and many of them tend to communicate in
What if instead of the books, the characters of the pages started talking to you? What if you got yourself engaged into dialogue with
The journey has not been easy for Sumiya Kazi Nipa.
It was around 11:00am on Eid-day. Mohammad Saiful Islam was frantically looking for a doctor at the child medicine ward of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) as the time for medication of his two-year-old son had been over some two hours back.
Prices of meat and big fish have gone up in city kitchen markets with the Eid-ul-Fitr round the corner.
