Since my childhood I have always been interested in sports, which, in essence are ‘not for women’.

What won her heart then was the pure kindness of the people. She felt an unexplainable bond and affinity for this country and its inhabitants.

Eric Clapton is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.

Torrential rain-triggered landslides and deaths are nothing new to us. Every year, at the beginning of the rainy season, the port city is forced to face the same catastrophe.

Organic molecules never previously observed in comets, a relatively varied structure on the surface but fairly homogeneous interior, organic compounds forming agglomerates rather than being dispersed in the ice: these are just some of first results provided by Philae on the surface of comet Churi.

Just a day after Eid-ul-Fitr, the country's biggest religious celebration, we woke up to the news of the unfortunate deaths of a woman and five children, in three separate incidents of landslides and wall collapse at Bayazid and Lalkhan areas of Chittagong due to heavy rainfall. Following the incident, the voice of concerned government officials could be heard over loudspeakers, as they requested people to move to safer places.

“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance."

My passport (I want to always have the option to fly off), my phone (for very practical and not so practical (facebook) purposes) and my car.

Under the blue velvet clouds

Experimentation resides at the heart of the art culture as the singular driving force behind the evolution of art.

It is very frustrating to wake up on a weekend and realise that all your plans with your friends have gone down the drain with heavy showers of rain.

It is a truth that the intellect is limited in its abilities to fix the world's problems. From history we have witnessed the power of emotion in creating massive positive changes in the world.

Claire Chambers is a Lecturer in Global Literature at the University of York, where she teaches twentieth and twenty-first century writing in English from South Asia, the Arab world, and their diasporas. Claire has also published her works in journals such as Postcolonial Text and Contemporary Women's Writing, and is Co-Editor of the Journal of Commonwealth Literature.

After completing university education, most of the Bangladeshi youth rush to get jobs while very few of them take the risk of starting their own business.

Almeer Ahsan Asif, a graduate in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from American International University, Bangladesh (AIUB), always wanted to do something for those in need.

ne hero can make many more heroes”, says Mitra Hussaini. Born in Afghanistan, ten year old Mitra and her family migrated to Pakistan

Raja, the 21 years old Bengal Tiger is languishing in his cage with no medical care and little food. Flies are flying in circles around the wounds on his legs, but for his weakness the old tiger appears to be quite reluctant to drive the flies away. Lolling in his cage the helpless Raja gazes indifferently at the visitors who are trying to excite him by teasing him and sometimes throwing bottles and paper at him. However, Raja, on his deathbed, has lost all interest in the ragging he has been tolerating for years.

“Our children are our greatest treasure. They are our future. Those who abuse them tear at the fabric of our society and weaken our nation.” – Nelson Mandela

“Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.”

“Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.”