“I have a disabled leg. I fell when I was young, and it affected the nerve. One of my legs is shorter than the other,” says Shireen, a quality inspector at the Beximco Textile and Apparel Division, in Savar.

In the increasingly dense neighbourhood of Faidabad, Uttara, a humble brick structure outshines the nearby tall apartment buildings.

The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela is a modern epic set at the height of legendary Mexican general Pancho Villa's fame and ends two years later, when Villa is suffering heavy blows in the fight between the two factions of revolutionaries.

Friday. A lazy day; the entire family is home, relaxing. My three-ish year old self decides to place herself comfortably on Janu's lap (our house-help of the time) on the floor while my mother sits on a chair reading the newspaper.

In April, a tender appeared on the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) website inviting constructors to propose a price to build two sets of three six-storied residential buildings at Ganaktuli City Colony, Hazaribagh.

Fifteen years after the polythene bag ban, poly bags are still ruling our markets. But who are producing and distributing these non-biodegradable bags?

Dr Syed Shamsuddin Ahmed, former professor and head of Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH)

With the court dismissing all the other complaints, the narcotics claim is the main battleground now. However, when the case is analysed, what comes up is that the law enforcers found only 45 yaba tablets. Twenty-eight men were sent to jail for it. Breaking down, it is 1.6 tablets per person only

It's time to talk about sexuality. A few years ago, during the Rubel-Happy scandal, when Rubel was accused of sexually assaulting Happy,

Sanjida Islam Nova, first girl of her class at Uttara's Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnessa Government High School, killed herself on May 8, 2017.

News stories of two young women accusing the son of a well known jewellery store and one of his friends, of raping them at a hotel in Banani after a birthday party, are doing the rounds, evoking all sorts of reactions among the public.

“If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.” – Albert Einstein

The article on the flash floods in the haors of Sunamganj was eye-opening as to the present circumstances of the flood-affected farmers and residents.

In a surprising move, the Bangladeshi Police have decided to grant newly minted fugitives a three day head start in any attempt aimed at evading the cops.

Malik Sajad's Munnu: A Boy From Kashmir takes all preconceived notions about Kashmir and breaks them into pieces.

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I used to get beaten up in childhood by my elder sister, a lot. My mother would sometimes wonder loudly why I always got beaten up, and why I couldn't save myself.

Many a comedy is played out “on stage” and “off stage.” The longer the number of years one has been with the medium, the greater the number of errors and louder the laughs.

25-year-old Khalil is seen typing away his data entry assignment, at the Distribution Section of Posmi Sweaters, a factory located in Gazipur.

That a man such as Professor Abdur Razzaq can give rise to contention is no surprise. He had been a teacher in some way or another to almost every brilliant mind in this country since independence.