Woman lived to 99 with most organs on wrong side of body

Rose Marie Bentley was an avid swimmer, raised five kids, helped her husband run a feed store, and lived to the ripe age of 99. It is only after she died that medical students discover that all her internal organs — except for her heart — were in the wrong place.
10 April 2019, 05:06 AM

Texas civil court judge accidentally resigns

An April Fools’ Day resignation prank? One Texas civil court judge wishes it were so.
7 April 2019, 05:41 AM

My memory from a time in the past

I am writing in reference to the above-mentioned article published in your esteemed magazine on March 15.
4 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Air pollution is a silent killer

Most air pollution comes from energy use and production. Carbon dioxide and methane raise the earth's temperature.
4 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Call them “differently abled”, not “disabled”

We make the common mistake of calling a person with disabilities a “disabled person”. When we call someone “disabled”, we focus on their impairments rather than their abilities.
4 April 2019, 18:00 PM

The other side of Archie comics

When Riverdale, a TV series based on ye olde Archie comics released a few years ago, I was quite disappointed. The writing got worse each season, and the show had no humour.
4 April 2019, 18:00 PM

To An Aurora Smile

You wrote this on the first page of a notebook I got as a second prize for winning a music competition. It took me 15 years to finally comprehend what you meant, ironically, at the time of your passing.
4 April 2019, 18:00 PM

About Town

Unsettled
4 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Anatomy of a city on fire

A resource-strapped fire brigade, skyscrapers with non-existent fire exits, no fire hydrants on the roads, and hospitals on top of chemical warehouses—that is the city of Dhaka.
4 April 2019, 18:00 PM

The Curtain Call

33 years back, cinema enthusiast Mohammad Mortuza started his career as a gatekeeper at the famous Ananda Cinema Hall in Farmgate, with a salary of Tk 400 per month.
4 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Unfroggetable: Endangered Bolivian amphibians get long-awaited first date

The fate of an endangered aquatic frog species may just rest on this love story.
3 April 2019, 09:27 AM

Tête-à-tête with Eeshita Azad

It’s almost a common feeling, and often we hear people exclaim over a serious lack of talent in our country. Where have the name, fame, and creativity of our seniors faded away, we wonder?
1 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Emperor burger: Tokyo chef whips up $900 monster for new monarch

A Tokyo restaurant is honouring the crowning of the new Japanese emperor next month with a football-sized wagyu beef hamburger served between gold-dusted buns -- at an eye-watering cost of $900.
1 April 2019, 05:36 AM

Only laws cannot protect rivers

Bangladesh is a country of a hundred rivers. But these rivers, the lifeline of the nation, are under huge threat.
28 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Hate crime is not a solution

Most major religions say one should only fight in self-defense. However, hate crimes in the name of religion is nothing new but getting worse with time.
28 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Remembering March 26

March 26 is a day of immense significance for all Bangladeshis. It was on this day in 1971, history was created by declaring the independence of this country.
28 March 2019, 18:00 PM

What do Fidel Castro, Walt Disney and Bertrand Russell have in common?

Mohammad Anwarul Quadir pushed his glasses over his forehead and moments later, began looking for it everywhere. It may appear so, but he was no amnesiac. The 77-year-old flawlessly recollects the many world leaders, scholars, and celebrities who sent him their autographs.
28 March 2019, 18:00 PM

The Bangladeshi migrant worker turned award-winning writer in Singapore

Migrants are often said to have built the imposing city of Singapore, making up around a quarter of its workforce, but are arguably not yet considered part of Singaporean society.
28 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Don't judge a magazine by its size

“You have to know where the term 'magazine' comes from; the magazine of a pistol. When we say 'little magazine', it's a bending of this word. A matter of resistance!”
28 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Audacity Of Hope

During the 1971 Liberation War, Khurshid Jahan, a 21-year-old student of Bagerhat PC College, Khulna, started training as a freedom fighter under the guidance of Lieutenant Zia Uddin.
28 March 2019, 18:00 PM