Konal is a popular household name today, especially after her lively anchoring of the Shera Kontho, a children's singing competition on Channel i.

“There is magic in the distance, where the sea-line meets the sky.”

The Meaning of Independence

Despite the progressive rise in our literacy rate, and increased globalisation designed to promote modernisation and forward thinking, many of our countrymen simply refuse to come out of their caves.

A plane carrying 150 people crashed in the French Alps last week en route to Düsseldorf, Germany, from Barcelona, Spain.

Bengal Cinematheque

Helpful Hands Foundation (HHF), a UK based organisation, on Saturday distributed uniforms among 20 students of Ghashful School, an

A new centre for Bangladesh Studies opens officially at the University of California, Berkeley, in the United States, today.

The desk used by Charles Dickens to write Great Expectations is now finally on public display after a £780,000 grant, which has been used to purchase the desk from private ownership.

The Expo is part of a special comic book fair held every five years, which attracts about half a million visitors, but this year's event marks the first time that groups from outside Japan are invited. About four dozen overseas Otaku groups were expected to attend.

While disabled persons face neglect in society, 13 youths from Jagannath University have come forward to raise awareness among

One of the latest sensations in the music industry, JOY SHAHRIAR, is sometimes termed as the go-getter.

“I have given you independence, now go and preserve it.”

Let's Eat: A Guide to Food in Bangladesh

June, 1971, three months after our declaration of independence from Pakistan, thousands of Bangladeshi (then East Pakistani) youth had been receiving training in India to fight against the Pakistani occupation army.

“When the people fear their government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.”

With the initiative of CRI (Center for Research and Information), two talented cartoonists, Syed Rashad Imam Tanmoy and ABM Salahuddin Shuvo, started 'Mujib' – the first ever graphic novel series in Bangladesh.

Born on January 9, 1941, Joan Chandos Báez is deemed one of the prominent folk singers in USA's music scene. Her life is multi-faceted.

It has been 44 years since we achieved our hard won independence and the meaning of this word “independence,” has changed for us over the past decades.

The other day I was waiting at the Gulshan 2 traffic signal.