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Nafisa’s HSC result the last memory left with her mother
When the HSC results were published yesterday, Kulsum Begum, mother of 17-year-old Nafisa Hossin Marwa, found out that her daughter had secured GPA 4.25
A glimpse into Zahir Raihan's Films
Zahir Raihan, having done some noteworthy works in Benglali literature and film died an untimely death before he had a chance to explore his full potential.
Dubai floods / Thousands of Bangladeshis stranded at Dhaka, Dubai airports
Several thousand Bangladeshi passengers remained stranded at the Dubai and Dhaka airports for the last two days as flights to and from Dubai got delayed or cancelled due to unprecedented flooding in the Middle East country
From outlaws to flower growers
Former members of outlawed groups in Jhenidah rebuild their lives as flower growers.
'Genuine' SSC, HSC certificates for sale!
System analyst at technical education board admits to selling over 5,000 of those in a couple of years
Counterfeiting currency / Learning from YouTube, he sells them on Facebook
The gang planned to circulate Tk 50 lakh worth of fake currency before Eid
Why many countries are trying a four-day work week
The Dominican Republic announced this week that they would be launching a six-month voluntary trial for a four-day work week
Shaheed Asad: The spark that lit a fuse in 1969
One must understand the butterfly effect to grasp the significance of Shaheed Asad in the history of Bangladesh. In early 1969, uniting the ideologically diverse group of opposition political parties in East Pakistan would have been the foremost thought in the minds of activists across the country
From victims to villains: The changing discourse on Rohingyas
Yet another attempt to send Rohingyas back to Myanmar ended up in an embarrassing debacle last week: Not a single Rohingya
We are what we remember
When Nana was 24, he saw Muslims slaughtered in prayer. As men prostrated before God, the cold of steel met the warmth of flesh,
Miscarriage in the tea gardens
“We can read it ourselves inside our homes but we can’t organise a reading circle to share the contents of the manual, without
Chinese firm creates first cloned kitten
Seven months after Huang Yu’s pet cat Garlic died, the British shorthair was given a 10th life. Born on July 21, the new Garlic was created by Chinese firm Sinogene, becoming the Beijing-based company’s first successfully copied cat.
Amazon to offer help for customers who search about suicide
Amazon.com Inc plans to promote helpline phone numbers to customers who query its site about suicide, the company tells Reuters, after searches on its site suggested users search for nooses and other potentially harmful products.
How the ceiling falling on my head taught me something new about commercial property
When the concrete casting of the ceiling at Gausia market broke off and fell on my head last week, I was determined to hold someone
Life after a fire
Sitting on a bench on the premises of Bangabandhu Bidyaniketon, 50-year-old Majeda Begum was crying. She wasn’t the only one.
OFF THE BEATEN TRACK
A tiny red gate jostles for space among shops, apartments, and the flurry of traffic in Block F of Lalmatia in Dhaka. Like the name
Snapshot
“A human being is a part of the whole, called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.
Rizia Rahman’s devotion to art
Beginning its journey after 1947, Bangladeshi literature created a different wave in Bangla literature—Rizia Rahman was one of the