“Hey, people, welcome to your new home. Now you are the dwellers of one of Bangladesh's most famous buildings. Here, we have two packages for you. If you can pay 5000 Taka you will be allotted to a cell where you can get 'homely' comfort.

It's results day! And what exactly does results day mean? Did you think it's a day when exam results come out? You are gravely mistaken.

A Teach for Bangladesh Fellow is a dignitary- not in his or her lifestyle, or in their fame and money, or in all clichéd ways one becomes a dignitary.

The lack of playing fields in our city has been a major reason for concern among Dhakaites, especially for parents and children.

There is an apparent apathy in the nation's collective psyche towards the most precious lives of our society, the very soul of our future-- our children. Even unwittingly depriving our children of their physical and psychological nurture is a form of abuse.

Just a day after Eid-ul-Fitr, the country's biggest religious celebration, we woke up to the news of the unfortunate deaths of a woman and five children, in three separate incidents of landslides and wall collapse at Bayazid and Lalkhan areas of Chittagong due to heavy rainfall. Following the incident, the voice of concerned government officials could be heard over loudspeakers, as they requested people to move to safer places.

Raja, the 21 years old Bengal Tiger is languishing in his cage with no medical care and little food. Flies are flying in circles around the wounds on his legs, but for his weakness the old tiger appears to be quite reluctant to drive the flies away. Lolling in his cage the helpless Raja gazes indifferently at the visitors who are trying to excite him by teasing him and sometimes throwing bottles and paper at him. However, Raja, on his deathbed, has lost all interest in the ragging he has been tolerating for years.

Dhakaites have been complaining for a very long time that we don't have enough recreational activities or holiday places in our city. Other than going to the so called amusement parks or hopping between restaurants, we face a moral dilemma on how we can utilise the weekend. The going gets tougher when one is faced with short holidays.

“Books - check. Pens and pencils - check. Rain coat - check. Umbrella - check. Old knee boots - check." – a part of the daily check lists made by 21-year-old Fatimah Sifat. Studying final year BBA at a private university, Fatimah prepares herself for the worst,

“Dada, Dada, mahre basa!” – the last words Kalindi Kumar Chakma heard from his sister after she was taken away from his side.

One day, during the gruesome Calcutta riot (1946), a curious boy escaped the strict surveillance of his phupu (paternal aunt), Salema Khatun.

During the recent mayoral elections of Dhaka, Junaid Saki, a mayoral candidate of Dhaka North City Corporation, became a popular figure among the city dwellers.

After heavy storms and winds that wrecked an entire village, 300 makeshift houses were built on a dilapidated dam in 2009.

On May 1, 2015, a shallow mass grave was discovered by some villagers collecting mushrooms deep inside a jungle of Thailand's Songkhla province.

Modern technology has bulldozed over many age-long practices and professions. Fortunately, a few still survive to tell the tales of days gone by. Those who are nostalgic about the olden days can seek out these rare services and reminisce about a very different, fast disappearing culture.

An average day at the General Post Office (GPO) in Gulistan starts as early as 7:30 in the morning.

While social media has facilitated people's right of expressing their opinions on different issues, at times users' personal opinions, or extreme views on issues like sexism, racism, religion, politics, even cricket, also stir controversy leading to a conflict.

The main thing to establish is not that the freedom of expression is being controlled but that the culture of impunity is to be removed from the said 'expression'.

As we have seen and experienced in the past few days, massive earthquakes like the ones that nearly demolished the entire country of Nepal, can turn lives upside down in the blink of an eye.

Liton Nandi, Suman Sengupta and Amit Dey have now become household names - only because they jumped in to save their fellow Photos: Prabir Das