Human life entails some degree of misfortune. At the core of misfortune lies uncertainty, which gives rise to an acute sense of powerlessness among people.

A red and white saree, a wrist full of bangles and a bucketload of excitement. I had it all. I was not yet four when my dad had been assigned to duty on Pahela Baishakh at Ramna Park.

Social distancing is unchartered territory, bottled up in our homes, texts and calls just don’t seem to really imitate the solidity of interacting and hanging out with your friends and loved ones.

Has staying home really changed the lives of everyone around us? Because the role of our mothers seems to have stayed the same, nay, increased as maintaining good health and hygiene at home has become a priority like it was never before.

It’s another week of social distancing, and almost all of us are having to work or study from our homes. That being said, it’s important to know what you should and shouldn’t do when you find yourself in a video call. Here are some tips to help you out.

Sometimes we lose ourselves in the music of the outside world to escape dealing with the lack of it within us.

We are living in a strange time. I think for the first time in a while, people are promoting staying at home over going out and “carpe diem”, or whatever is the general jazz most motivational speakers like to throw your way.

“I find it unfortunate that the University decided to take such a decision without even considering the opinions of the students who are paying hefty fees for the whole semester.

With the country in shutdown, how are young doctors and interns at the medical colleges and hospitals taking up the fight against Covid-19?

Whenever my father talks about his experience of the war, there’s one story that he always tells us about with a warm smile and tired eyes. During the war, he was around ten years old, so his mother refused to let him join the brutality. Instead, they opted to feed the freedom fighters who were stationed near their hometown in Brahmanbaria. Thus began my father’s life as the rice boy.

The constant upheavals began when my peaceful slumber was shattered by a rain of bullets on March 25, 1971. I watched in fear from the balcony of our flat in Banani, while your grandfather went up to the rooftop with the neighbours. The children, including your mother, wanted to see as well, but I shoved them inside.

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I love crabs. I love to catch them, tie their large nippers, and eat them. I’ve learned a lot about the large mud crabs from the Sundarbans by watching crab fishermen. However, I visited a commercial crab farm recently, which has changed how I feel about them.

The study of history has been a lifelong area of interest for me. Invariably, one stumbles upon the question of what purpose it serves. A lot of people think that history repeats itself. Some people like to think history will give you a basis on which to build identities for the future.

I was at Shamsu Miah’s tea stall when it happened. First came the noise. Booming sounds of fighter planes flying past, followed by deafening roars of bombs hitting the ground. And then, people. People- screaming, as they fled to escape a fiery death.

Smoke clouded his vision, The roads were broken, As demolished cars and clusters of branches, Blocked the road.

In order to fight against the coronavirus pandemic, the Department of Pharmacy, Brac University (BRACU) and BRAC University Pharma Society (BUPS) have been preparing alcohol-based handrubs. This initiative will allow people to take preventive measures for containing the spread of the disease.

Prof. Dr. S. M. Mahfuzur Rahman has been appointed as the Vice Chancellor of BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology (BUFT).

The Gregorian English Language Club hosted the 3rd National English Carnival presented by NRB Bank Ltd. on March 13-14, 2020. Around 3000 students from 34 institutions and three cadet colleges attended the carnival.

The much anticipated TEDxGulshan took place recently at RAOWA Convention Centre, Dhaka, with the theme “Innovation Enabling Social Change”.