A chronicle of the July uprising
When students took to the streets on July 1, 2024, demanding reforms of the quota system, they did not imagine that this movement was about to rewrite the history of Bangladesh.
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DMCH, volunteers step up to save lives
Md Ismail was waiting for passengers in his battery-powered auto-rickshaw in Jatrabari’s Kajla area on July 18.
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A relatively calm Dhaka
After days of endless violence, parts of Dhaka were relatively calm yesterday, the second day of the ongoing curfew.
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A desolate Dhaka
All major roads and streets in Dhaka wore a deserted look amid curfew yesterday.
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Moshar Machine promising a solution to mosquito menace
When the entire country is grappling with mosquito menace, a Bangladeshi entrepreneur and his team have come up with an ingenious solution that promises to be an effective tool in mosquito control.
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Beating the heat with ‘cool’ initiatives
April 22 was one of the hottest days Dhaka has ever experienced in the last 65 years. While many city dwellers preferred to stay in the comfort of their homes, some students of the department of philosophy at Jagannath University had other plans.
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Irresistable Antarctica
Mohua Rouf is one of the few Bangladeshis who have ever set foot on the world’s southernmost continent, Antarctica. She spent six days in the icy abode of penguins, seals and whales which is arguably the least-trodden place on earth by humans.
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Dhaka’s vanishing wildlife
Gendaria, a neighbourhood in Old Dhaka, once known for its spacious roads and European style colonial buildings, has lost much of its grandeur.
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April 7, 2017
Access Denied!
Adil Mahbub lost his leg in a road accident when he was in grade seven. After the accident, Adil's studies came to a halt for a long seven years as no school agreed to enrol Adil, who is now wheelchair-bound.
April 1, 2017
Building a city of tomorrow
At present, Dhaka city's area has been extended up to 520 square miles and its population currently is 15 million. It is assumed that
March 31, 2017
Putting Consumers Last
When Abdullah Shibli Sadiq got a call from an unknown phone number informing him that he would receive a reward of Tk 62,500 from the government, he was astounded.
March 17, 2017
Zahid Hasan
In 1929, German mathematician and theoretical physicist Hermann Weyl predicted the existence of a massless quasiparticle that kept physicists puzzled for 86 years.
March 10, 2017
Who Rules Our Roads?
2000, 1958, 1535, 1396 – these are the numbers of people killed in the lawless roads and highways of Bangladesh over the last four years.
February 24, 2017
Corrupting a Generation
The leaking of question papers before public exams has become a regular phenomenon in Bangladesh.
February 17, 2017
The Forgotten History of Dhaka Gate
Once upon a time, it used to mark the terminus of the largest city of undivided Bengal; currently it lies uncared for, surrounded by
February 10, 2017
Exploring Young Hearts and Minds
Billie JD Porter, a young British documentary filmmaker and journalist, presented a talk and film screening at the Public Library in Dhaka and at the Rangpur Shilpakala Academy for the young audiences of the 10th International Children's Film Festival Bangladesh 2017.
February 3, 2017
Our Silence on Police Brutality
On 26th January, 2017, different socio-political organisations -- mostly backed by the left wing political parties -- called upon a strike in protest of the construction of the Rampal power plant.
January 27, 2017
History Teaches Us Nothing
27th January, 1945. Victorious Soviet troops entered into a deserted and destroyed the Polish town Auschwitz.
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