The name Maqsoodul Haque, a writer and singer, is synonymous to the revolution of the 50s, the 70s and mostly the 90s. His poetry

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The Maidan, literally meaning open field, also referred as Brigade Parade Ground is the largest urban park in Kolkata, India. It is a vast

“What is the main purpose of your life?” was the most frequently asked question throughout my two and a half month journey during

“I grew up in a place where we had more trees than houses, more birds than people and more ponds than tanks! Each pond would

Fishermen off the coast of Newfoundland recently found a mysterious sea creature and describes it to be somewhat resembling a bird, with its wing-like fins and pointy snout, and bright neon green eyes

A Vietnamese couple recently brought their fraternal twins to the Center for Genetic Analysis and Technologies, in the country's capital of Hanoi, to have DNA tests, after pressure from extended family members who noticed the children did not look alike, said Le Dinh Luong, president of the Genetic Association of Vietnam, reports CNN.

Having a hard day at work? Here is a group of jumping monkeys to lighten your day!

Rahima Sultana Reeta is one of the most prolific women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh.

A 43-year-old Chinese woman was found dead in an elevator after being trapped in there for a month. She was discovered by the building's maintenance workers.

A gang of 16 wild goats is causing havoc in a small town on New Zealand's South Island.

Last Monday as I was returning home, I witnessed the mixture of beads of perspiration and tears on the exhausted face of a rickshaw

Born in 1945, A S M Abdur Rob is a veteran politician of our country. Rob has many credentials attached to his name - a member of

The reason I am writing this is a sub topic by the name "Quirky Science" (published in pg.12 of the 26th February, 2016 edition of the

“Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world.”

Every year on Women's Day, we like to compare and draw lines between the roles women played in the past few decades and the present.

Sudip Chakroborthy is a theatre practitioner and a teacher at the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies at Dhaka University.

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In the north-eastern part of the Bay of Bengal, about 9 km south of the tip of the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf peninsula, lays an island, an area

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