You give dowry and I receive it, why are you bringing government into this?”said a woman in a village in Rangpur district during a discussion on women's status.

When it comes to cooking indoors over open fires, the harmful health effects can be equal to smoking two packs of cigarettes a day.

Those who are involved in these jihad-inspired terrorist activities are no different from the Pakistani collaborators during the Liberation War in 1971. They wish to turn us again into a subjugated people who will not be able to think for themselves but do the bidding of others.

He stood there at the reception, with a sling bag filled with documents. He worked for a courier company. He was 10 years old.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith has cancelled his press conference minutes after the Bangladesh Bank governor resigned over the recent heist of $101 million out of the bank’s account with New York’s Federal Reserve Bank.

Even the skies are shooting water cannons at the ticket scalpers around Mirpur Stadium.

Should we save the Sundarbans? How can we save the Sundarbans? Can we risk the existence of the Sundarbans for a power plant?

More than anyone else in Bangladesh's history, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman enjoyed a relationship with his people.

Loss of standard in many democracies has created its own double standard.

The Grand Old Party does not know how to stop Trump and it is their fault. Throughout history it's a party that has won elections mostly on anti-government rhetoric.

Bangladesh experienced over 200 natural disasters since 1980, leaving a total death toll of approximately 200,000 people and causing economic loss worth nearly $17 billion.

Bangladesh has big plans for the next five years. By the time the 50th anniversary of independence arrives, and as part of its Vision 2021 plan, the nation aspires to achieve middle-income status.

In Fiscal Year (FY) 2014-15, global sovereign rating agencies Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch assigned Bangladesh a 'stable' sovereign credit outlook.

My mother's preoccupation with women's education went beyond her family. She would help any woman wanting to advance herself, through education and through jobs.

What a bizarre spectacle the US presidential primary campaigns are unfolding into! There is a lovefest among Democrats who cannot decide who they love more - Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders.

Yesterday was the time to tell all our families that our daughters aren't just pretty; they are superbly gifted; our daughters don't “nag”...

Here is a common perception in Bangladesh that religious communities generally live together in peaceful coexistence and have done so since the beginning of time.

Like many misdirected activities, the Fisheries Academy now trains cadets to serve ocean going merchant vessels as it is more lucrative than serving fishing vessels, thus nullifying the academy's original purpose.

7th of March was a call for an armed struggle because of the futility of a constitutional redress to the pangs of the Bengali nation which was starkly demonstrated before the political leadership.

If any of you are looking for an optimistic and uplifting piece, please move on . . . this column will be one of despair!