Then Again Love

Wild darkness of rain...
1 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Blue Afternoon

Sarah has not seen Naeema since then. She had heard from her other sons that Naeema is teaching in a school and staying with her mother.
1 April 2016, 18:00 PM

In this misty field one day

Nobody will find me walking in this misty field one day, I know;
1 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Struggling since 1971..

Mr Harun-Ar-Rashid is a renowned author, economist, researcher and columnist. Despite being a graduate of Accounting he has written on a wide array of social & political causes/issues. The author has published 40 different books so far as a social novel, research papers, stories and so on.
28 March 2016, 14:21 PM

Genocidal rape should be part of genocide

Eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday underscored the need for incorporating genocidal rape in the definition of
24 March 2016, 18:00 PM

CU Sangskrit students confine dept head

Around 100 Sangskrit students of Chittagong University confined their departmental chairperson to her office for over
24 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Good Start to a Series

Only Time Will Tell is the first of seven novels of the Clifton Chronicles series written by Jeffrey Archer.
23 March 2016, 18:00 PM

BNP criticises CEC's fair UP polls claim

BNP yesterday lambasted the chief election commissioner for his comment before journalists on Tuesday that the first
23 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Violence against ethnic minorities increasing

Last year, 85 women and girls from ethnic minority communities, 44 from the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) and 41 from plain land, became victims of violence, according to "Human Rights Report 2015 on Indigenous Peoples in Bangladesh".
23 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Internships introduced for students at Microsoft Bangladesh

Students of different public and private universities in Bangladesh, for the first time, will get internship opportunities
22 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Qulkhwani

The qulkhwani of Manzoor Ahmed, former captain of Kurmitola Golf Club, will be held after the Maghrib prayers today
22 March 2016, 18:00 PM

HC upholds BTRC's decision of seeking Tk 30cr from ETV

The High Court yesterday upheld a Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission (BTRC) decision to seek Tk 30.09 crore from Ekushey Television (ETV) for using its broadcasting frequency.
22 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Drive against illegal signboards, wall paintings from April

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) requested all the business centres and individuals to keep signboards or nameplates in sizes that have been approved
22 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Prosecution asked to submit charges against five Moulvibazar men on May 4

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday asked the prosecution to submit the formal charges, if any, on May 4 against five Moulvibazar men for allegedly committing crimes against humanity and genocide during the 1971 Liberation War.
22 March 2016, 18:00 PM

BNP chief's election remarks distorted

BNP yesterday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was trying to give a wrong impression to the people by distorting Khaleda Zia's recent remarks about the next national election.
21 March 2016, 18:00 PM

China willing to help build deep-sea port

China has expressed its willingness to cooperate with other countries in helping Bangladesh build its first deep-sea port at any
21 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Continual Quest for Knowing and Understanding Bangladesh

Reviewing a book that traces the history of Bangladesh from ancient times in just over 400 pages has been, for me, a formidable experience, especially since a great deal of material has been covered within those pages. Almost as a fiendish twist, for a fairly lengthy portion, the book is as much a Reader's Digest version of Indian history as it is of Bangladesh. However, when one considers the subtitle of the book, A Subcontinental Civilisation, one can acknowledge
20 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Electoral tickets for sale now

It is impossible to get nomination for polls without money as the system has allegedly become a trade in exchange for money, said Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hussain, a former election commissioner, yesterday.
20 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Private Life of the Mughals of India (1526-1803 A.D.)

Bringing to life the opulent, sometimes scandalous, private lives of the Mughals of India, Private Life leaves no detail untouched: their food, drink, clothes
20 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Tale of poverty and poetry

DR. Mohit Kamal, a renowned psychiatrist, mostly known for his psychological novels, is a patron of literature. He has authored a novel titled Dukhu out of his great admiration of the personal and literary life of our national poet, Kazi Nazrul Islam.
20 March 2016, 18:00 PM