The undue preoccupation of the administration in trying to disprove the presence of IS in the country is noticeable. One feels that the home ministry is taking the word 'presence' too literally. We cannot overlook the fact that there are a number of Islamic militant groups in the country, and at least 12 of those have been outlawed by the government.

When somebody dies, how many ways does s/he still remain alive in? People say the person remains alive in the memories of the near and dear ones. Some say they remain alive in the names of the descendants. Science says they remain on the surface of the world in another form of matter.

Rossing thousands of miles to come to the Bay area should have been fun. Contrary to my expectations, the journey turned out to be a straight disappointment.

The High Court (HC) asks to place a writ seeking judicial inquiry into the murder of Comilla Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu, before a regular bench.

The Muslim world needs to develop a common denominator of issues over which no Muslim country will differ. Had the Muslim nations been united, the Palestinian issue would have been resolved long ago.

In the beginning of the Bangla month Baishakh, when the mango trees are full of tender green mangoes, fruit markets in Rangpur,

More than 150 years ago, Kangal Harinath Majumder, an employee of a British-owned indigo production factory, witnessed how cruelly the workers were being exploited by the zamindars and the British Raj, and he decided to do something about it. Harinath left the job as a tutor at his small village in Kushtia and decided to wage a war against such atrocities in his own way— by publishing news in his own newspaper.

Farmers in Kalapara upazila of the district are facing crisis of sweet water for irrigating their agricultural land as most of the

I know a poor man in Faridpur—a proud, successful father now—who sent one of his sons to Malaysia, another to Italy and married off his only daughter to a respectable young man. How did he manage to do all this?

Sometimes hopes and dreams should outlast a single lifetime. Sometimes it's a worthy endeavour for family and future generations to

Cultivation of vitamin A enriched improved varieties of sweet potatoes is getting popular in Gaibandha Sadar and Fulchhari upazilas, as

Drumstick (Bangla term sajna) growers in Adamdighi upazila under the district are happy with bumper yield of the summer vegetable amid favourable weather this year.

Believe it or not, 1000-bed Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) virtually fails to provide ambulance services for patients, even for the critical ones who require shifting to capital Dhaka.

On the onset, it seems women are everywhere in the media. You switch on the TV, there is inevitably an attractive woman luring you

Neither am I surprised by what the Commerce Minister asked a high-powered delegation visiting Bangladesh, nor am I going to be

Almost all human beings develop a blind spot for their loved ones, especially for their children. But the very same people seem to have an ambivalent relationship with their country -- sometimes harshly critical while, at other moments, loving without any caveat or

A city can become famous for one or more reasons; for instance, Dhaka is famous for its myriad of masjids, although some may prefer tagging traffic jams or 'relieving' denizens standing against a wall, looking smilingly towards the sky every now and then.

Green coconuts bring high profit to traders especially during summer when demand for the fruit containing refreshing sweet water sees

Over the last decade in Bangladesh, we have spent almost a billion US dollars on several hundred projects and activities to tackle climate change.

Are the Bangla New Year and Halkhata celebrations today similar to the way they were back in the ‘50's or ‘60’s? How did Bangalis welcome the New Year in those days?