The timeless beauty of Bengali Alta and traditional glass bangles
13 April 2026, 20:10 PM
Fashion & Beauty
Baishakhi Mela a festival of heritage and joy
11 April 2026, 00:59 AM
Weekend Read
Folkloric Bangladesh
13 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Slow Reads Special
Bhorta proves you do not need fancy food to be happy
13 April 2026, 19:56 PM
Food & Recipes
Sugary treats that tell the story of Baishakh
12 April 2026, 21:37 PM
Food & Recipes
Why village sweets beat city shops every time
11 April 2026, 14:49 PM
Food & Recipes
Essay / Rabindranath Tagore and the evolving spirit of Pohela Baishakh
13 April 2026, 23:12 PM
Essay
The making of folk poet Jasimuddin
4 January 2026, 08:34 AM
Slow Reads Special
Bhawaiya: Songs of desire and defiance
13 April 2026, 23:24 PM
Slow Reads Special
When the river remembered: The vanishing world of Bangladesh's old folk festivals
14 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Folk Bangladesh
China’s ‘river chief system’ and a roadmap for Bangladesh’s rivers
I found myself standing at the edge of the Xinghai Peninsula Wetland Park. What lay ahead was not just a landscape, but a lesson in how a country chooses to treat its water.
12 April 2026, 18:55 PM
How a one-stop service centre in China's Yuxi simplifies life for citizens
The first thing that struck me was how little it felt like a government office
11 April 2026, 20:30 PM
How to train your social media feed to show content you actually like
In the attention economy, it doesn’t matter whether you love something or hate it; what matters is that you looked
30 March 2026, 22:06 PM
Debunking the myth of 'stray-free' countries
The lie we tell when a stray dog is beaten, poisoned, or ‘disappeared’ in Bangladesh
30 March 2026, 20:55 PM
Pakistani politician wants the last word on ‘Dhurandhar 2’, and maybe his own film
Nabil Gabol claims the character of Jameel Jamali was based on him, plans to respond with ‘Lyari Ka Gabbar’
29 March 2026, 18:54 PM
Long before fake news and algorithms, this 1986 film saw how truth could be shaped and weaponised
New Delhi Times: A film on analogue era journalism, a mirror for the digital age
29 March 2026, 18:30 PM
Not every Harry Potter fan is ready for a Black Snape; that’s exactly why it matters
Paapa Essiedu’s casting has sparked a fierce fan debate, exposing the uneasy line between loyalty to canon and resistance to representation
26 March 2026, 18:59 PM
A fall that is not autumn
March recasts the meaning of falling leaves
24 March 2026, 21:30 PM
Rebecca: A ghost story without a ghost
Hitchcock’s adaptation turns a dead woman into a living force
22 March 2026, 20:00 PM
Dhaka in holiday mode: Post-Eid crowds pack zoo, parks, metro rail
Families pour into major attractions
22 March 2026, 15:44 PM
The iconic duo that anchors Eid celebrations across Bangladesh
A plate of polao-roast: Eid’s signature pairing
21 March 2026, 21:00 PM
A crescent moon for the broken
Why Eid does not arrive the same for everyone, and how a classic ghazal gives voice to that quiet divide
21 March 2026, 20:00 PM
When Chuck Norris died, the myth kept standing
Action icon and martial arts maestro dies at 86, leaving behind a legacy
20 March 2026, 22:30 PM
The cost of a distant war being paid in Bangladeshi lives
Bangladeshi migrant workers sustain the nation, even as they face growing dangers abroad
19 March 2026, 18:40 PM
‘Where are you?’ The afterlife of a song that outlived borders
A drifting ghazal resurfaces on digital tides, revealing how a shared past still sings in one voice across divided geographies
18 March 2026, 20:30 PM
The little traveller and her feathered companion
Six-year-old Arba draws smiles at Dhaka’s Kamalapur Railway Station as she boards a train carrying her beloved pet cockatoo
18 March 2026, 20:20 PM
Odyssey of the golden Greek
From refugee to a colossus of commerce, Aristotle Onassis forged an empire and a legend steeped in glamour, ambition and tragedy
17 March 2026, 22:30 PM
Middle East or West Asia?
Rethinking a colonial-era label
17 March 2026, 16:31 PM
When paper carried love: Eid cards find their way back to Dhaka’s streets
Beyond the screen, a fading childhood ritual returns, proving that some traditions are too precious to be left in the digital past
17 March 2026, 15:03 PM
A Ramzan favourite: Why the humble haleem demands patience in the age of fast food
Bangladeshi chef’s appearance on MasterChef: The Professionals brings global attention to the slow-cooked dish that nourishes Ramzan evenings across South Asia
16 March 2026, 19:08 PM