LAST week, the Supreme Court of India upheld the death sentence handed out by a lower court to five of the men who had raped her [the victim famously known as Nirbhaya].

Managerial. Manpower. Mannered. Manmade. Fireman. Mantic. Penmanship. Humanitarian. Superman.

It's a story that we have all heard before. A poor girl from the village gets married in her early teens. Her education is stopped because

Comments by an American pastor on the evils of corporal punishment have set the social media ablaze. Reverend Thomas E.

Preparations for the Bengali New Year festivities are in full swing. The shops are abuzz with patrons looking for red and white attire...

“Bangladesh needs an improved surveillance of antibiotic resistance, regulation of the appropriate use of quality medicines, and education about the consequences of overuse”

As a Bangladeshi-American medical student planning on pursuing the specialty of psychiatry, it became natural for me to ponder and question the condition of mental health back home in Bangladesh.

I grew up with Chhayanaut. No, I never took any music lessons there. I am simply one of those countless Bengalis who partook of its rich cultural offerings over the years.

"He had a bottle of poison in his hands and told me he would drink it if I didn't agree to marry him."

I remember reading a powerful article written by a parent about how it feels when it dawns on you that you have a child with special needs. She drew an analogy with taking a vacation to Paris. Before embarking on your journey you do all your homework on Paris.

The right to vote is a funda-mental right of citizenship, and this right is not affected by where a citizen chooses to live,” said Jean-Pierre Kings...

Development should not come at the cost of the environment and ecosystem, because in that case, it will not sustain.

Bangladesh has always been a country of promise, hope and progress, amidst the common plight faced by a developing nation.

This International Women’s Day, let’s #beboldforchange, and make kicking like a girl a compliment.

What does it mean to be a 'citizen'? Does being a citizen simply mean having the right to live in one's birthplace, having the right to vote, and being accorded the formal recognition of basic rights and liberties?

A recent video circulating on Facebook, created for February 21, starts with a living room scene in a well-off household. A young girl of about eight or nine years – a house maid with bedraggled hair and a tired face – walks past her employer's daughter who is roughly as old as her.

Most of us have heard of the Second Industrial Revolution that took place in the Western world in the period preceding World War I.

Identity – an ambiguous term and the definition of which lacks conceptual clarity much like the term 'globalisation' itself which, many

Saliha Ben Ali is a mother of a son who had fallen prey to recruiters of a terrorist outfit. Saliha is a mother who was promised access to Paradise by her radicalised son.

Anita's father holds up his eleven-year-old daughter with both hands under her arms -- supporting her to stand as his wife makes the