The latest, but probably not the last, victim of this culture of impunity is Abrar Fahad, a second-year student of the electrical and electronic engineering department of Bangladesh University of Science and Technology (BUET).

A few months back, I installed a meditation app. It had good reviews and offered guided meditation for different circumstances—to reduce stress, improve focus, “balance and awaken the chakras”, guide mindfulness, etc.

Known for its overwhelming natural beauty and incredible ice formations, Alaska, the largest state (in area) of the United States is home to a multitude of geological wonders.

“This movie is basically a war against forgetting,” explains one of the main protagonists at the end of Two Meetings and a Funeral, Naeem Mohaiemen’s mesmerising three-channel film about political ideals, the gigantic state architecture built to house them, and the Non-Aligned Movement.

A mainstream Hollywood psychological thriller opening to an eight-minute standing ovation at the Venice International Film Festival and then clinching its loftiest accolade so far, the Golden Lion, is not a run-of-the-mill incident in the global cinematic landscape.

I love cars, which is an understatement. Growing up, I spent more time browsing cars than visiting dubious websites where boys think they will learn to become men.

The packing began months ahead of time, even before they had officially decided to move, even before tickets were purchased, even before the children could talk to their school and tell their friends that they were leaving home yet again.

About one-third of the way through in Kabir Singh, which is now out on Netflix, the protagonist (Shahid Kapoor) charges into a college campus with his girlfriend Preeti (Kiara Advani).

Alaska may not fit the bill for what most people envision as a vacation, but it has been on my family’s bucket list for a long time.

A year and a half ago, five-year-old Ashik had to face the harshest reality of his young life.

Phil Rockstroh: Kenn, recently, this observation of mine provoked ire: street demonstrations, even large ones, are apropos of nothing as long as they are manifested as de facto state sanctioned protests.

On April 24, 2013, the collapse of Rana Plaza—a building that housed seven garment factories in Savar—killed at least 1,176 people.

The distance from Lexington to Astoria is six miles; 1.5 hours by foot. On that crisp fall morning, it took twice that.

The story of Teesta begins 23,386 ft above the sea-level at the Pahunri glacier nestled between the Tibet and India border.

Just a day after teenagers around the world skipped classes and gathered on the streets of Dhaka, Warwick, Hamburg, London, and

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I don’t know whether to call it luck that we get to witness the development of a brand-new English phrase right under our noses. The

The crackdown against burger joints around the city reached new heights after a chain of burger-peddlers, known as burglars, was

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