On April 19, the names of the grant recipients were announced.
A short film named “Diary of a Genocide” was released on 14th December 2022, Martyred Intellectuals Day. This 4-minute and 26-second-long film is based on the historic incident of 14th December during the Liberation War in Bangladesh. On this day, Pakistani rulers, with the help of Razakars, Al-Badrs, and Al-Shams created a blueprint to destroy Bangladesh’s (then-East Pakistan’s) intellectual foundation and render the country metaphorically paralyzed. An unexplored horror-map, the treachery of how these intellectuals were abducted is still shrouded, this movie offers a visual picture of this little-known chapter of history.
In May this year, Chaad Ride launched the first motorcycle rental company in the country.
A Solo Photo Exhibition by Bangladeshi photographer Asaf Ud Daula was held, at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Sabbir who rose to fame through the second edition of Closeup 1 competition has come up with a new rendition dedicating it to the doctors.
Two doctors have swam across the Bangla Channel, the 16.1km stretch of the Bay of Bengal between the Teknaf Fisheries Jetty and the jetty in Saint Martin's Island, claiming to be the first ever doctors to do so in the country.
Dewchhara beel in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar used to be a sanctuary for thousands of migratory birds and different species of native fish but for the last two years,
Construction engineers in Bangladesh can now appear in global professional certification exams without flying abroad.
As the sun sets on the horizon in Elahipur village of Khulna's Rupsha upazila, most children begin heading home from the playgrounds; except eight-year-old Sukur. The child eagerly leaves his homes and makes his way to Anushilon Mojar School.
It was a surprise get-together where everyone was asked to wear dark blue saris.
Five kilometres from Bogra town is a village that gleams with copper and brass. The displays of handcrafted jewellery in Baropur
It's just a matter of a phone call and you could have saved many lives.
While crossing the City Corporation Bazar at the capital's Rayer Bazar, one would be amazed to see a large number of earthen elephants, horses, tigers and monkeys put on display in front of shops there.
She provides for education of not just one, but three of her siblings. Her husband found financial stability with the drugstore she had bought for him.
Imagine a farmer in a remote village spraying pesticides on his farmland using a drone.
Unfortunately, the untimely, sudden demise of an innocent student did not seem to move the teachers, who were prompt to award punishment – not to the killers but to the students protesting non-violently.
Seeing the small boats navigating through the course marked in the pool apparently on their own, one has to wonder how it was happening.
“Are you out of your mind?” a female staff of Bangladesh Betar snapped when a rickshaw-puller claimed Tk 80 for a ride from Asad Gate to Shishu Mela in the capital yesterday. Usually, it costs her no more than Tk 30.
