‘It was a journey of self-discovery’: Asif Islam on his award-winning debut film
From passion project to international acclaim, filmmaker Asif Islam’s debut film “Nirvana” won the Special Jury award at the 46th Moscow International Film Festival. “Nirvana’s” journey doesn’t end with Moscow as the director has received offers to screen the film at festivals in Morocco, Spain, London, and India.
4d ago
Time to strengthen the fight against dengue
Bangladesh has succeeded in eradicating several diseases in the past. Why not dengue?
6d ago
The hospital can't deny responsibility
Accountability remains an illusion when it comes to patients’ death from hospital mismanagement and medical negligence.
1w ago
Learning Bangla made easy: Bangladeshi-Canadian's app gaining popularity among NRBs
An amusing incident unfolded on March 30 at Farhana Rajib’s home in Minneapolis, US. Her mother-in-law Shawkat Ara Begum received a note from her 12-year-old granddaughter Ella Rajib. Handwritten in Bangla, the note read: “Dida darun boka” (Grandma is very silly).
2y ago
Why does Canada hide its shameful history and its consequences for Indigenous peoples?
Travelling was my hobby before I emigrated to Canada. During my trips both within and outside Bangladesh, I always tried to taste local and regional food to appreciate the culture of the place I visited.
2y ago
From the archives: Sayeeda Khanam, living through the lens
Mid-twentieth century Pabna: Upon her aunt's insistence, a frightened little girl hesitantly stands in front of the one-eyed box covered in black cloth. The object looks like a square-headed monster on a tripod. Who would have imagined then that the little girl would one day capture the world with this very object? “I never thought that this camera will one day become my life partner,” chuckles Sayeeda Khanam, Bangladesh's first woman photojournalist.
3y ago
A simple act of kindness
On March 25, The New York Times ran a story about Americans stepping up to face the coronavirus pandemic by sewing masks for their healthcare providers as well as the general public.
4y ago
Agonising wait for organ transplant act amendment
Still bearing the trauma of her last dialysis, Marjia Rabbani Shoshi was speaking with a smile until the subject of the Organ Transplantation Act 1999 (amended in 2018) came up.
4y ago
December 1, 2019
Kidney Donation: Patients suffer for legal constraints
Fahmida, who has been undergoing dialysis for the last two years, now desperately needs a second kidney transplant. Her mother Fatema Zohra had donated her a kidney in 2015, but it got damaged within a year.
June 12, 2016
Where is Kalpana?
An Amnesty International poster with the sketch of a young woman appears on the screen when googled for #myunseensister. The question “Kalpana Khudu?” (Where is Kalpana?) glares beside the pictures.
June 2, 2016
Times well spent
When Farida Akhter, 65, first took up the responsibility of accompanying her granddaughter between home and school, she had no idea of the things she would gain from this otherwise tiring, five-days-a-week journey between Dhanmondi and Bailey Road.
May 25, 2016
Nazrul study in neglect at DU centre
Although many seminars and discussions are going to be held to mark the 117th birth anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam today, only a handful of research has been done on the poet in the last few decades.
May 20, 2016
All the torchbearers
The excerpt (translated) above is not from 2016. It is from an article written by Hamida Banu, which was published in
May 20, 2016
The becoming of Nurjahan Begum
The colourful and picturesque pages of the National Geographic magazines were what enchanted little “Nuri” and
April 29, 2016
A long, insulting walk to justice for rape victims in Bangladesh
Her dark-circled, deep-set eyes gave her a hollow look. The eyes were full of fear and mistrust. The girl gave sideways glances as she hesitantly walked into the office of the One-stop-Crisis Centre (OCC) at Dhaka Medical College Hospital last month. She looked afraid, and when she noticed a man sitting in the room, she immediately cringed.
April 21, 2016
Sculptures for survival
Shepu Rani Das, 20, was busy braiding wax hair on a statue of black molten wax, while her sister Shilpi Rani Das, 18, looked on and recounted their rescue from under the debris of Rana Plaza.
March 29, 2016
Beware when on easy bike
All she felt was a sudden jerk and then her limbs went numb. Twenty-year-old Sumaiya Sweetie was paralysed for life from the neck down.
March 8, 2016
Mentoring makes the day
Considering the importance of role models in the lives of young people, the Royal Danish Embassy in Bangladesh yesterday celebrated the UN International Women's Day (IWD) in a different way.
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