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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November 25, 2016
Tipu's Tiger
When conflict between Tipu Sultan, the independent ruler of Mysore and British East India Company reached its extreme, some Mysorean designers, in 1795 developed an ingenious instrument to appease their beloved Sultan.
November 25, 2016
Save the Rohingyas: Why and How to move Forward
November 12, 2016. Two helicopter gunships of Myanmar's armed forces emptied their rocket pods and machine guns into tiny villages of Rohingya Muslims at the country's Rakhine state, killing hundreds of the villagers and making thousands of them homeless refugees.
November 18, 2016
How to Salvage the Lost Paradise: Saint Martin's
“Bangladesh is a gorgeous damsel and the jewel in her forehead is Saint Martin's Island,” a quote that rightly explains the indescribable beauty of Bangladesh's only coral island.
November 18, 2016
Attacks on religious and ethnic minorities: The Price paid by the innocent
We were mercilessly flogged; our houses were burnt and bulldozed over. They looted everything - our last valuables and also our food.
November 18, 2016
Saving the Coral Island
Saint Martin's Island, the only coral island of Bangladesh, has lost most of its splendour due to continuous destruction of its precious...
November 11, 2016
Curing The Fear of English
A classroom of grade six with sixty three students crammed into a classroom which can accommodate hardly forty people.
November 4, 2016
Castro versus Death
If we make a list of some of the most charismatic political leaders of modern history, indubitably Fidel Castro will top many global
November 4, 2016
Rooted in our Soul and Soil
An indigenous community called Santal lives in the northern districts of Bangladesh. For thousands of years, these people have been
October 28, 2016
Jump to Earn
Jumping on the mattress to touch the ceiling was a favourite childhood game for most of us. However, for many people, jumping on the mattress carries a much bigger meaning.
October 28, 2016
Baptised With Fire: First to arrive, last to leave
Bangladesh faced a national crisis when an eight-story building called Rana Plaza housing several garment factories collapsed to the ground, leaving a huge pile of rubble and thousands of lives trapped underneath. It was the deadliest building collapse in modern human history that shook the nation to its core.
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