Throughout the month of Ramadan, the Directorate of National Consumers’ Rights Protection (DNCRP) continued to hit the headlines

“Farmers in Peril” described the plight of farmers as rice prices fall to new lows. They are losing hard earned savings day by day and with

A happy life is still a far cry for children who are born on the street and pass their childhood roaming here and there. People have no

Millions of migrants from Bangladesh are already working all over the world; everyday, thousands of others are leaving on this often-

Annual Development Programme in posterity

Life is tough. There is so much to worry about that you worry which one to worry about first. Global warming, US-China trade wars

If you are arriving in Berlin from a more pristine, more conventionally “charming” tourist city, prepare to be shocked. Berlin is filthier than Amsterdam, less organised than Vienna, less flamboyant than Budapest. Even compared to its German counterparts, Berlin is

There is a sense of hope and, at times, sheer determination amongst Bangladeshi cricket fans that the 15-man squad donning the famous green-and-red and travelling all around the United Kingdom battling it out against nine other nations can surely—if not easily

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

They are famous because they battled petty criminals, overlords, mutated creatures and alien invaders, all the while trying and mostly succeeding to stay hidden. They are famous, for they were cursed and are now manifestations of an evil spirit stuck in a pond for

I was roused from the depths of slumber by the loud, rasping call to morning prayer. Its familiarity, the tune, the words were

I moved to Sierra Leone (or Salone as the locals fondly call it)—a small tropical paradise squeezed between Guinea and Liberia—in West

This article is an itinerary of the writer hopping across countries and cities, picking a highlight from each trip, presenting a montage of his solo travels.

Travelling to India back in March was a treat. The diverse weather conditions were breathtaking (my nose was blocked at times

When my editor and I thought this idea up, I was half-joking. I don’t really want to tell you how to be a decent Bangali during your Eid

The urgent scratch of a jackal and the whooshing sound of the brewing storm kept me awake for most parts of every night. I would be

On a dusky summer night in Sylhet, Mahfuz emerged from the darkness and stepped on a frog.

Board any flight to Kathmandu, and the co-passengers would nearly all be happy, vacation-bound Bangladeshi families. Nepal with its

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The forest does not intimidate much, in fact, at times it could feel like an extension of Enid Blyton’s mystical and whimsical children’s