Heritage
200-year-old twin temples continue to crumble
Standing tall since 1820, the Shree Shree Anandamoyee Shiva and Kali Mata Mandir, also known as “Dhaksinashar Mandir,” or “twin temple” in Mymensingh’s Muktagacha upazila were once revered for their architectural beauty and spiritual significance.
Panihar Public Library: A heritage in ruins
A library containing more than 7702 periodicals, encyclopedias and books on literature, religion, poetry, science and economics—all wasting away from neglect.
Govt takes over 300-year-old building in Ctg
The government has decided to take over a 300-year-old building located on Nazu Miah Lane at port city’s Patharghata for preservation due to its archaeological importance.
Reshaping life through Manipuri Dance
Manipuri exponent Warda Rihab is one of the most prominent classical dancers globally. While working towards her dream of becoming a dancer, she came across Sony Chowdhury nearly twelve years ago, who dreamt of becoming a Bharatanatyam dancer, just like she once wanted to.
Nature Quest: NO PLACE LIKE HOME
Bulbous nests fashioned and clumped onto trees by weaverbirds used to be a part of the rural landscape not so long ago.
SPECTACULAR STILTS
A pair of black-winged stilts foraging for insects in Charal Beel area of Chapainawabganj’s Gomostapur upazila. These migratory birds, known for their
GRACEFUL IN FLIGHT
Seagulls chasing vessels carrying tourists on way to the Saint Martin’s Island from Teknaf is a feast for the eyes of the visitors.
Nature quest: ETERNAL PURPLE PATCH
A male purple sunbird perches on a tree near Government Azizul Haque College in Bogura town recently. Their vibrant, almost electric
THE TURQUOISE TWITTER
A verditer flycatcher rests on a twig in Donoil village in Naogaon’s Badalgachhi upazila. This species, found in different areas from the Himalayas
OF RINGS AND WINGS
A little ringed plover, a common sight during the winter, in Chapainawabganj’s Namorajarampur. For some, it appears bespectacled, while it reminds others of old-timey bandits.
A WINTER TREAT
As winter tightens its grip on the country, gulls swarm near the bank of the Karnaphuli river from the Bay looking for food.
BLACK BEAUTY
A black stork with its juvenile spotted on a char in the Padma in Rajshahi. The stork (Ciconia nigra) is a large bird in Ciconiidae family.
WINTER FRIEND
A flock of migratory birds takes flight above Laksar Dighi in Chattogram’s Kadalpur village in Raozan upazila. The birds are regular winter visitors and have endeared themselves with the locals so much that some of them actually guard the birds’ seasonal habitat against disturbances. The photo was taken recently.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Just before the sunset, a flock of painted storks was spotted on a char of the Padma river in Rajshahi. Experts said the winter visitor -- a colourful bird with an enormous bill, very long legs and of various shades of pink and red -- has arrived early this year. The photo was taken recently.
Bhitargarh: destroyed before discovery
There was a king named Prithu Raja in northern Bangladesh in the 13th century. He had a fort city in Panchagarh called Bhitargarh, and he may or may not have died by committing suicide in a lake.
Bijoya Dashami today
The five-day Durga Puja, the greatest of all Hindu festivals, will come to an end with solemn immersion of the Goddess Durga in the capital and elsewhere in the country.
River Lapwings visit Dhaka
While Purbachal is a fancy name of a pummelled river-bed and uprooted Sal forest, all to extend the suburb for the capital’s burgeoning population, birds do not find the place unattractive because it is mostly uninhabited, unkempt and rather quiet, at least, for the time bein