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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
Green Furniture
A museum housing fragments of imagination willed into solid reality by the ambition of Kawsar Chowdhury, Green Furniture, on Dhaka’s Pragati Sarani, is the definition of atypical. Expanding the capabilities of a mere furniture store, this is where art is juxtaposed
MAILBOX
Myanmar has granted early release to the soldiers who were jailed for the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys during the 2017 military crackdown in Rakhine.
Snapshot
“You will never look like the girl in the magazine. The girl in the magazine doesn’t even look like the girl in the magazine.”
The dark dowry
Aklima is the eldest daughter of a family in Mymensingh. Her father works as a vegetable vendor; her mother occasionally helps out, but during Aklima’s childhood, she mostly stayed at home, grooming her to impress prospective husbands.
A golden opportunity!
It was while shopping for jewellery for my wedding last year that I realised just how much of the gold in the glitzy, gilded shops are possibly smuggled.
UK study shows seal singing ‘Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star’
Researchers in Scotland say gray seals can copy the sounds of human words and songs including “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.”
Black Mirror’s “Miley Cyrus episode” : A better ending to Hannah Montana?
Any form of television or literature targeted towards female young adults have a few tried and tested tropes—protagonist gets a
Your password in safe hands
How secure is your online presence? From websites to mobile apps, security breaches are seen almost every other day and vital information is compromised. Under such circumstances, you cannot afford to use weak passwords, that too for all of your accounts.
Job satisfaction
Culture is powerful because it is so deeply entrenched in the psyche and lifestyle of a population that it becomes very difficult to name it, separate or identify it even though we know it exists. Culture of a population is palpable at every area of life including workplace.
Death is different for a daughter
We think of death as the great equaliser. We come to this world alone—as the saying goes—and so we take part of it alone too. The grief that consumes the deceased’s loved ones also seems like a universal experience, and so we console each other with words of