Reflections / Goatfather: A caprine comedy
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Remember that story of an overpriced goat and its mysterious buyer?
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For those who left but never departed: Nazrul’s ‘Ami chirotore dure chole jabo’
24 May 2026, 20:30 PM
Through Nazrul’s words and Firoza Begum’s voice, farewell becomes something more unsettling: a promise never to disappear
24 May 2026, 20:30 PM
‘Cha khaben?’: The question that slows the world down
21 May 2026, 19:42 PM
On World Tea Day today, a reflection on how the simple offer continues to turn tea into a ritual of pause, warmth and human connection
21 May 2026, 19:42 PM
Reaction / Murders we write
19 May 2026, 22:33 PM
What happens when murder is no longer an exception to be solved, but a social erosion to be recorded?
19 May 2026, 22:33 PM
Reflection / The children Mother’s Day leaves behind
10 May 2026, 19:30 PM
For some children, love arrives as control, affection as currency and home as a place of survival
10 May 2026, 19:30 PM
Do you know your coffee?
8 May 2026, 18:00 PM
A quiet coffee revolution is underway in Bangladesh
8 May 2026, 18:00 PM
Symphony No. 9: The sound Beethoven could no longer hear, but the world still can't forget
7 May 2026, 19:14 PM
Deaf, isolated and tormented, Beethoven created a work more than two centuries ago that still speaks with startling urgency
7 May 2026, 19:14 PM
Reflection / What is compartmentalisation in a world full of noise?
4 May 2026, 20:29 PM
It is not indifference, but the quiet discipline of deciding what the mind can carry and what must wait
4 May 2026, 20:29 PM
A crescent moon for the broken
Why Eid does not arrive the same for everyone, and how a classic ghazal gives voice to that quiet divide
21 March 2026, 20:00 PM
When Chuck Norris died, the myth kept standing
Action icon and martial arts maestro dies at 86, leaving behind a legacy
20 March 2026, 22:30 PM
The song that became Chand Raat’s anthem
Nearly a century on, ‘Ramzaner oi rozar sheshe’ continues to define the sound, spirit, and soul of Eid’s eve in Bangladesh
20 March 2026, 19:00 PM
Iran strikes Qatar's Ras Laffan LNG hub: What this means for Bangladesh, India, Pakistan
South Asia’s heavy LNG dependence turns geopolitical conflict into domestic crisis
19 March 2026, 21:47 PM
Sandokan: The tiger of Malaysia, half a century on
A pirate saga that fused romance, rebellion and spectacle
19 March 2026, 19:48 PM
‘Where are you?’ The afterlife of a song that outlived borders
A drifting ghazal resurfaces on digital tides, revealing how a shared past still sings in one voice across divided geographies
18 March 2026, 20:30 PM
Odyssey of the golden Greek
From refugee to a colossus of commerce, Aristotle Onassis forged an empire and a legend steeped in glamour, ambition and tragedy
17 March 2026, 22:30 PM
When the big boss buys the shoes, you wear them even if they don’t fit
The curious ritual of presidentially gifted shoes reveals how performance, loyalty and hierarchy operate inside Trump’s Washington
17 March 2026, 19:00 PM
A Ramzan favourite: Why the humble haleem demands patience in the age of fast food
Bangladeshi chef’s appearance on MasterChef: The Professionals brings global attention to the slow-cooked dish that nourishes Ramzan evenings across South Asia
16 March 2026, 19:08 PM
Jürgen Habermas, the mason of reason
The German philosopher reshaped how we understand public debate, democracy and the power of rational conversation
15 March 2026, 17:30 PM
A song of ice and rain: Spring’s last surprise over Dhaka
A sudden burst of hail turned a humid evening into a fleeting spectacle
13 March 2026, 21:18 PM
How a 21-min qawwali discovered during a video game hunt changed a schoolboy’s musical world
A chance encounter with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s ‘Allah Hoo’ opened the door to the transcendent world
13 March 2026, 18:30 PM
Mango blossoms: Perfume of the season
In Bangladesh, the fleeting bloom of mango trees transforms the air into a tapestry of fragrance, memory and the promise of a cherished fruit
13 March 2026, 15:30 PM
Gianni Agnelli: Fiat, flair and the fine art of living
The life of Gianni Agnelli fused industry, aristocracy and style into a singular performance of power, glamour and modern Italian identity
12 March 2026, 20:23 PM
Gorbachev’s glasnost gamble: The day the Soviet century tilted
A single succession rewrote the geopolitical script of the late 20th century
11 March 2026, 18:30 PM
Price of passage
War turns maritime insurance into quiet fulcrum of global trade
10 March 2026, 19:42 PM
From Pakistani living rooms to South Asia’s reels feed: The meme-ification of Rooh Afza
Once a cult sitcom character, she is now Instagram and TikTok royalty across Pakistan, India and Bangladesh
9 March 2026, 23:56 PM
A crude lesson: How war on Iran is reviving fears of another global oil meltdown
Prolonged disruptions could shave about 0.6% points off global economic growth
9 March 2026, 21:09 PM
Rooh Afza: The making of a South Asian icon
How a ruby red summer tonic from 1906 became the most beloved iftar drink across Bangladesh, India and Pakistan
8 March 2026, 17:45 PM
Shadow of the Shah
Iran’s exiled Pahlavi dynasty again enters political debate
7 March 2026, 21:04 PM