“Girls in this part of the country get married after class 12," says 25-year-old Yayah.

This file photo shows a BSF man patrolling the border area. A Bangladeshi national was shot dead by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at Putkhali border point in Jibannagar upazila of the district early Sunday.

Oak Grove High School principal Wayne Folkes crowns senior Paromita Mitra (cq) the 2008 homecoming queen as she was escorted by Mico Bivens (cq) who is a senior defensive back on the football team.

Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul (L) and Khairuzzaman Liton embrace each other after casting their votes at Satellite Town High School centre in Rajshahi city Saturday morning. 

RMG workers demonstrate in Ashulia demanding pay hike and immediate reopening of their factories Tuesday.

Fear was what possessed the sailors over the 100 days in captivity. They had been briefed on a situation like ship hijacking. But nothing worked as the pirates boarded their ship and asked them to surrender. Three of the sailors even fainted. “Are they going to shoot me now? Would they let me talk with my daughter, would they?” M Idris, a deck fitter, was uttering to himself, lying on the floor of the ship's Bridge along with several others following the pirates' instruction.