Living the genocide: in the grip of trauma

With no psychosocial assistance, Rohingya refugees are vulnerable to life-long PTSD.
5 October 2017, 18:00 PM

MAILBOX

The anti-corruption hotline is a much-needed initiative. It allows ordinary citizens to be vigilant in informing the ACC about corrupt activities they have witnessed or been forced to participate in.
5 October 2017, 18:00 PM

SNAPSHOT

“The cost of oblivious daydreaming was always this moment of return, the realignment with what had been before and now seemed a little worse.”
5 October 2017, 18:00 PM

US ‘time traveller’ warns of alien invasion

Police say a central Wyoming man they arrested for public intoxication claimed he had travelled back in time to warn of an alien invasion.
5 October 2017, 04:39 AM

SNAPSHOT

“God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.” ― Voltaire
28 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Darwin: The portal to Asia

Tucked in a remote corner at the tip of the Northern Territory (NT), Australia, lies a little known city called Darwin—first named in 1839 by John Lort Stokes after his former shipmate and evolutionist Charles Darwin.
28 September 2017, 18:00 PM

About Town

6th National Youth Theatre Festival
28 September 2017, 18:00 PM

A paper card to save a baby

Hospitals being too far away is probably the single-most common problem that health sectors in the developing world are dealing with, and this contributes majorly to infant mortality.
28 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Swallowed by the river

A flood is a familiar drill for Anwar Hossain. He can't keep track of how many times he has dismantled and moved his house. Of the millions who live on the riverine islands, or chars, in the Jamuna, no one lives in one place for more than a few years.
28 September 2017, 18:00 PM

“Burmaiya”: A new term to other the adivasi people of CHT

Having a flat nose and small eyes has always been a problem in Bangladesh, but now there is fresh cause for concern for the adivasi people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts. As Myanmar broils with trouble, Buddhists in Bangladesh are being used as scapegoats.
28 September 2017, 18:00 PM

MAILBOX

Our lifestyle changes with the demands of time but what about the values and principles that determine one's personality? Do they belong to any particular era? Are they also changeable? Always speak the truth, respect your elders, do not quarrel with anyone and be kind in your life–are these pieces of advice no longer applicable in this competitive world?
28 September 2017, 18:00 PM

8-foot injured python undergoes CT scan

An eight-foot critically injured Burmese python undergoes a Computed Tomography or CT scan during treatment in India.
26 September 2017, 14:15 PM

About Town

About Town
21 September 2017, 18:00 PM

School in the years gone by

Mrs Rumbold was our class teacher in class five. She was heavy-set, probably in her mid-50s or mid-40s. In the eyes of a 12-year-old, everyone after 20 seems the same age. She had a really white handkerchief which hung smartly from her brown belt.
21 September 2017, 18:00 PM

A tale of single mothers

I have not seen my mother smile in a long time. Not since I was a child—at least, not a heartfelt one. To me, it seemed she was always suffering an imperceptible, incessant anguish.
21 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Why your drugs don't work

There are drugs that come as tablets or capsules and can be kept at room temperature. Then there are drugs that patients will not usually handle—reagents used by diagnostic centres to conduct tests or intravenous drugs administered by medical professionals.
21 September 2017, 18:00 PM

MAILBOX

Firsthand accounts of journalists, aid workers and well-meaning philanthropists flocking to Cox's Bazar in light of the Rohingya refugee influx tell of the enormous civilian efforts to help the refugees.
21 September 2017, 18:00 PM

SNAPSHOT

"No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky"
21 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Geneva toilets flush with cash

Geneva prosecutors are investigating after toilets in a bank and three restaurants were blocked by about $100,000 in high-denomination euro banknotes, they say.
19 September 2017, 13:27 PM

Making food out of thin air Finnish style

A batch of single-cell protein - which can be further developed for use as food and animal feed - is produced by Finnish researchers using electricity and carbon dioxide.
16 September 2017, 06:14 AM