Time to value women's work

Zobaida wakes up at 5 am every morning and after her Fajr prayers starts her daily chores. Breakfast has to be prepared, children woken up...
26 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Safe and affordable drinking water

Bangladesh's journey with water has been fraught with many challenges. However, despite all the setbacks, huge achievements have been made...
26 February 2017, 18:00 PM

For an equitable, just society

The persistence of poverty warrants an inbuilt process of questioning and challenging the effectiveness of interventions, given the disturbing trend of deceleration in rate of reduction of poverty in the country.
26 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Inequality fuels poor sexual and reproductive health

Bangladesh is widely recognised as a success story and as a somewhat exceptional case when it comes to the improvement of maternal and newborn health.
26 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Towards sustainable use of natural resources

One of the pillars of Sustainable Development Strategy (2016-2030), a universal development agenda of the UN, is addressing climate change issues in the course of the socio-economic development process.
26 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Menacing Our Society

Md Al Amin, an examinee of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) 2017 was baffled by an unusual offer from one of his friends.
23 February 2017, 18:00 PM

STAR DIARY

The other day I was going to pick some fruits from our village garden when I saw a few people beating a newt mercilessly.
23 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Shamsur Rahman

Shamsur Rahman was a Bangladeshi poet, columnist and journalist. Rahman, who emerged in the latter half of the 20th century, wrote more than sixty books of poetry and is considered a key figure in Bengali literature.
23 February 2017, 18:00 PM

NUMBER 7

Is the number of people who died and 55 are injured in the cyclone Dineo at the southern Mozambique, natural disasters agencies said Friday.
23 February 2017, 18:00 PM

‘I Am Not a Feminist'

There is a lot of contemplation over this word. Whether it is what it means in the books, or whether each person modifies it according to their own needs, the ideology behind this word always seems to be up for grabs for each person who claims they are or they are not one.
23 February 2017, 18:00 PM

MAILBOX

The article titled 'A Life changing Journey” published in February 10, 2017 was quite an inspiring piece as it told a moving story of an NGO named It's Humanity Foundation (IHF).
23 February 2017, 18:00 PM

SNAPSHOT

“You don't have to remind a flower when its time to bloom is near; it has been preparing for it all of its life.”
23 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Corrupting a Generation

The leaking of question papers before public exams has become a regular phenomenon in Bangladesh.
23 February 2017, 18:00 PM

5 Ways to Make Your Child Love Bangla More

The Language Movement Shaheeds Mohammad Salauddin, Abdul Jabbar, Abul Barkat, Rafiquddin Ahmed and Abdus Salam had given up their lives to protect the Bangla language from getting lost from the pages of history.
23 February 2017, 18:00 PM

About Town

TOP 50 #FOODOGRAPHY2016 EXHIBITION
23 February 2017, 18:00 PM

TRENDING THIS WEEK

A couple of pictures of banners surfaced on social media last week where misguided information was provided regarding February 21, International Mother Language Day.
23 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Beautiful Bangladesh

Our land is one of colours, rivers, vast lands and warm people. Whether it is the concrete jungle that is Dhaka city, or the softer sides of
23 February 2017, 18:00 PM

PEARLS OF WISDOM

“DEVELOP A PASSION FOR LEARNING. IF YOU DO, YOU WILL NEVER CEASE TO GROW.”
23 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Printable Solar Cells Just Got a Little Closer

A U of T Engineering innovation could make printing solar cells as easy and inexpensive as printing a newspaper.
23 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Illuminating Origin of Organics

NASA's Dawn spacecraft recently detected organic-rich areas on Ceres. Scientists evaluated the geology of the regions to conclude that the organics are most likely native to the dwarf planet.
23 February 2017, 18:00 PM