On June 13, 2019, each of us received frantic messages from our queer community friends in Bangladesh. One of the messages said, “Another fiasco! Please someone… email her and ask her to stop this madness.” The “madness” was referring to a recently minted

Many of the animals at the Bangladesh National Zoo are passing days with immense suffering. With poor medical care, scarce food and congested cages, the captive animals look so miserable and weak that seeing them is not exactly fun for all the visitors. However, the zoo, located in a sprawling 186 acres of land in Dhaka's Mirpur section, is the 4th largest in the world in terms of area. With two picturesque lakes, a museum, two camping sites, huge gardens and orchards, this zoo has the potential to be one of the best in the world.

They require no introduction, especially in the river country of Bangladesh, but I will take the liberty to introduce them.

I know I have not been to every city in Europe, nor have I been to every country in Europe (yet), but I feel confident in claiming that

It was sometime in winter last year that co-curator Sharmilie Rahman invited a group of artists—Abdus Salam, Abir Shome, Emran

When I started reading Kamila Shamsie’s Home Fire, it was not for the fact that it was the new work of a much-admired writer of the

There is a concept called the Resource Curse. Countries with high quantities of natural resources such as oil and certain minerals have

Please accept this letter as formal notification of my resignation from my position in Pathao. As per my appointment letter I am

The High Court issued a rule on June 23 on why it will not send out instructions to set up air-conditioning in all district courts of the

This year’s budget had many issues, from raising taxes on everything from sanitary napkins to gas burners. Supposedly, the government

Every year, the amount of budget is increasing but there are certain sectors which are not discussed. Every year, a major portion of the

In October 11, 2018, the World Bank launched the Human Capital Index (HCI) which published a range of noteworthy information

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Most children cannot wait to grow up and become adults. Of course, we all know, kids are not the most reliable people when it comes

Myanmar has granted early release to the soldiers who were jailed for the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys during the 2017 military crackdown in Rakhine.

“You will never look like the girl in the magazine. The girl in the magazine doesn’t even look like the girl in the magazine.”

Sitting in the cafeteria of The Daily Star, Nipa Begum aka Sohagi was taking her first meal of the day nearly at three in the afternoon. The dark circles beneath her eyes bore testament to her sleepless nights and exhaustion.

An internal report, now released to the public, on the UN’s conduct in Myanmar between 2010 and 2017 says there was ‘systematic failure’ of the organisation in the Rohingya crisis

Aklima is the eldest daughter of a family in Mymensingh. Her father works as a vegetable vendor; her mother occasionally helps out, but during Aklima’s childhood, she mostly stayed at home, grooming her to impress prospective husbands.

It was while shopping for jewellery for my wedding last year that I realised just how much of the gold in the glitzy, gilded shops are possibly smuggled.