SPOTLIGHT

“Independence is being able to live as one big happy nation.”
26 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Protein sequencing solves Darwinian mystery

Scientists have resolved pieces of a nearly 200-year-old evolutionary puzzle surrounding the group of mammals that Charles Darwin called the "strangest animals ever discovered."
26 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Sunnydale becomes best in Biochemistry Olympiad

Sunnydale School has been awarded the Best Institution trophy in the HSC/A-Level category at the 6th Biochemistry Olympiad organised
26 March 2015, 18:00 PM

CHALLENGING THE ODDS

Joya Sikder has led a life full of challenges, discrimination, and sorrow.
26 March 2015, 18:00 PM

STREET SCHOOL

If you take a walk in the streets of Shahbagh on a weekday afternoon, you will come across a sight that warms your heart.
26 March 2015, 18:00 PM

LET'S BEAT

Friday, March 27
26 March 2015, 18:00 PM

ANWARA BAHAR CHOUDHURY

In the last century, there were a few bold voices which called for awakening of women, urging them to boldly move forward. My mother, Anwara Bahar Choudhury, one of those voices, was born on February 13, 1919.
26 March 2015, 18:00 PM

SHUTTERSTORIES

Through intimate meetings, and rendezvous,
26 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Jail killing convict Kismat Hashem dies in Canada

Captain (relieved) Kismat Hasem, who was handed down life term imprisonment in the historic jail killing case, dies in Canada
26 March 2015, 11:01 AM

Heave, ho: Elephants rescue 18-wheeler stranded on Louisiana road

The truck's driver, also an elephant trainer, walks the elephants out of the cargo compartment and directs them to help prop up the vehicle.
26 March 2015, 05:46 AM

Drawing Bangabandhu's Life

“Although today is my grandfather's birthday, I feel like we're the ones receiving the actual gift,” said Radwan Mujib Siddiq, grandson of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and the trustee of Centre for Research and Information (CRI) at the launching of the graphic novel series on Bangabandhu's life.
25 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Bangladeshi vegetable farmer trains Nepalese farmers

A Bangladeshi farmer has been successful in farming different kinds of hybrid vegetables in Nepal's remote village Ina-ruar of
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Mahatma Gandhi Smarak Sadan discussion on March 26 today

Mahatma Gandhi Smarak Sadan will hold a discussion on "26 March 1971" at 166/B Lake Circus at 4:00pm in the capital today, says a
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Islamic State recruits 400 children since January: Syria monitor

A monitoring group says, since last three months, the Islamic State has recruited at least 400 children in Syria and trained them as so-called "Cubs of the Caliphate" and hard line indoctrination.
24 March 2015, 15:15 PM

Adaptation

In a far-flung land, a time long ago, there lived a king. He called upon his counsel one day to ask how he could better the lives of his subjects.
24 March 2015, 11:32 AM

Grandma's treasure trove

It's not the world of wizardry. Not a legend of hobbits either; no middle earth to fight for, no Aragorn, Gandalf and no ring.
24 March 2015, 11:29 AM

Prothom Alo, City Bank to organise science fairs

Science fairs will be organised at secondary schools and regional and national levels, featuring exhibitions, books, granting of
23 March 2015, 19:44 PM

Nine British medics feared to have crossed into Syria

Nine British medical students and doctors are feared to has travel to Syria to work in areas controlled by Islamic State militants.
22 March 2015, 13:26 PM

‘IS online threat’ to US military

The US defence department says it is investigating an online threat allegedly made by Islamic State to about 100 of its military personnel, and posted a list of the names and addresses on a website linked to the group alongside a call for them to be killed
22 March 2015, 04:22 AM

Call for saving groundwater

Despite being the world's largest delta having an estimated 1,210 billion cubic metres of fresh water resources, the country depends
21 March 2015, 18:00 PM