One London night, a few weeks after Brexit, something happened as I was walking to a bus stop that had never happened in the 9...

Here in Dhaka last year, at a conference on the future of print media business, DD Purkayastha, CEO of ABP Group, the parent company of Anandabazar Patrika, said of the paper's digital strategy: “We are giving what our readers want.”

Your smartphone beeps you awake at 6am every weekday morning. On your way to work, you are scrolling down your Facebook...

Adil Mahbub lost his leg in a road accident when he was in grade seven. After the accident, Adil's studies came to a halt for a long seven years as no school agreed to enrol Adil, who is now wheelchair-bound.

The stories of prolific journey of women leaders are really inspirational for the rest of the women who live around them.

“And the air was full of Thoughts and Things to Say. But at times like these, only the Small Things are ever said. Big Things lurk unsaid inside.” ― Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things

It is no happy coincidence that my return to full time employment and my second foray into writing began at the same time.

Being a single working women and a regular commuter in this city, I often have to deal with sarcastic debates on why there should be reserved seats for us.

To this day he is considered a living legend in the music community—yet he doesn’t sing or play any instrument. Abdur Rafique – known as the first true roadie, the first guitar technician, a musician’s doctor, the real life MacGyver – is the oldest music technician of Bangladesh.

In late November of last year, I was approached by an earnest young man from the Dhaka University Theatre and Performance Studies

Turkey Bangla Cultural Fest 2016

On the 7th day, Dr Barinstein came into the room viciously rubbing her hands with sanitizer mostly splashing off her fingers.

Donald Trump made the headlines once again, as he has every day since before election, by now banning all electronic devices from...

The discourse on women's issues, as advocated by women's rights organisations around the world, often ends up portraying women as victims of their circumstances.

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One of my most vivid memories of watching Hindi films in the 1980s – at home, on a video-cassette player...

When Abdullah Shibli Sadiq got a call from an unknown phone number informing him that he would receive a reward of Tk 62,500 from the government, he was astounded.

For 24-year-old Anika Ibnat, finding a safe space to call home, like many single women in Dhaka city, has been a struggle.

The government is devising ways to offload state-owned companies' shares according to a new Daily Star report (March 17, 2017).

The Home Minister had reportedly asserted in early March this year that, “militancy problem remains under control”.