Abida Rahman Chowdhury

In a mindless act of disregard to endangered Gangetic River Dolphin, a Facebook user has posted photos in which he poses with a dead dolphin calf.

Children often find it difficult to make their summer vacations productive and end up spending the whole day glued to their gadgets. As this time Ramadan and vacation have coincided it has become doubly difficult to make time for the children.

Embroidering, spangling with saris, weaving a yarn of wool into a warm sweater for the winter and all kinds of needle work have a long history with rural Bengal.

The readymade garments industry in Bangladesh provides the single largest source of economic growth in Bangladesh's rapidly developing economy.

Condemning the gang-rape of the Garo woman on the night of April 21, eminent citizens of the country say the culture of lack of justice is what drives these incidents.

With our sedentary lives, nine to five offices and constantly sprouting eateries, it is no surprise to see the capital is seeing a rise in obesity levels.

A deltaic country, the plains of Bangladesh are crisscrossed with a million water bodies. The canals, marshlands and the rivers make the quintessential image that Rural Bengal conjures up.

Spring is rolling by, and the scorching summer heat is upon us. So is Pohela Boishakh, the month of nor'westers when the heat of summer is washed away with a gust of cool wind and pouring rains.

Coined by David Cormier in 2008, MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) are quickly gaining in popularity and are now all the rage in education.

“Creativity is not mine alone, I leave my mind open and it is divine forces that manifest their creativity through my art” –Niccolo Strippoli Tarshito

It was just another day in the morning of the forest. Last night's fog still hung in the air, the nocturnal animals were retiring for the day, whilst the Black-capped Kingfisher flew of the Kewra branch diving for its first fish of the day. In the muddy banks an otter was getting ready for its swim, sourcing fish for its young. A loud bang sent the whole forest in a frenzy; the confused animals did not know what it was, that had afflicted their home. They would suffer the impacts soon enough.

Up to the far horizon stretching for many miles, my eyes fail to meet another soul. Suspended in a mudflat jutting out from the Bay of Bengal, I experience serenity like nowhere else.

Dhaka, it looks like, is bursting at its seams with the overwhelming number of cars, buses and trucks hitting the streets every day. A city small in physical proportions yet harbouring an exceedingly high number of people, Dhaka at first sight is overcrowded and full of rubble.

Forlorn pictures of antiquity paint images of sun-beaten men rowing their boats through the blue-grey waters of the Shitalakhya -- their faded orange sails swishing with the breeze and the lonely air occasionally pierced with the folk songs of Hasson Raja emanating from the deep vocals of the majhi.

Every diet seems to falter when a lady encounters that melting chocolate fudge drenched in some more chocolate syrup, hiding thousands of calories beneath its sweet façade. Add to that a Bengali 'dawat' and you find yourself spiralling down the diet ladder and climbing up to sweet heaven all at the same time -- the sweet creamy 'paayesh', the globes of 'roshogolla' drenched in sweet syrup, and the cups laden with 'Bogra boi'. Well all is not sweet in this sweet galore and Star lifestyle has put together a list of alternative sweeteners that will allow you guilt-free indulgence when your heart desires.

Looming just around the corner is that time of the year again, where all the goodies are brought out, where all mothers leave no stone unturned in preparing that beautiful dish, the day when everyone is in high spirits after a month of fasting.

Rummaging through your wardrobe every sultry summer morning pondering over what to wear to university or going through all your evening wear trying to decide what to wear on an evening out with friends or maybe even the plain woes young adults and teenagers face everyday deciding what to wear can be quite exhausting.

Writing about stories of one's past, of an era gone by, of innocent childhood memories can often be a daunting task. The city we call home is on a fast-forward button as old staff quarters and memories are torn down while huge apartment complexes religiously shoot up to take their place.

A real, tangible and everyday concern in today's progressing world are the subjects of homophobia, trans-misogyny, sexism and racism and although the latter two are now deemed unacceptable in society many people still harbour feelings of homophobia and transphobia deep within themselves without any castigation or rebuke.

She is a woman of extremes -- extreme tolerance, endurance, strength and compassion personifies this lady who has been by you through all your ups and downs.