The trouble with technological evolution is that it is driven by what we are led to think we want as opposed to what is adaptive.

We must confront the uncomfortable truth that beyond paying lip-service to the “ideals of secularism and tolerance” (if that!), we have done precious little to show we care about the Hindu population of this country.

Long ago, an essay on cow was the easiest challenge of a primary examination. We were always given hints on what to write in case we chose to attempt such a “common” essay.

The people of remote Hajipur village of Nogda Shimla union in Gopalpur upazila under the district have built around a two-kilometre earthen path and a wooden bridge on a canal through combined voluntary efforts.

No one had expected that the Modi-Sharif Lahore dialogue on December 25, 2015 would be challenged so soon.

Dr Mahabub Hossain dedicated his life to understand and explain the dynamics of the agricultural economy of Bangladesh.

Chemical-free molasses prepared from date juice at Bhatibari village of Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila attracts buyers from different areas during the ongoing peak season.

I often hear Bangladeshis say: “Most Americans are racists.” Interestingly, 50 percent of Americans also support the view that racism is

Since long I have been intrigued by Desmond Morris's Manwatching (1977), admittedly one of the few books that I have gone through,

Two remote irrigation canals of Bangladesh Water Development Board (WDB) under Teesta Irrigation Project, the largest of its kind in the

There are other more solemn occasions where ritualistic behaviour takes on ridiculous proportions. Take the placing of wreaths at memorials on particular days.

Life, death, and everything in between – is what I see when I look at the paintings of my mother, Shameem Subrana.

In Bogra's Dhunat upazila, extreme poverty and child marriage are the root causes of students discontinuing their

The weighbridge under the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) for controlling load in Mirzar Court area of

Good yield of aman paddy fails to bring smile to the farmers in the district as the present market prices are too low

Twenty-one educational institutions in Dimla and Jaldhaka upazilas of the district are still struggling to restore normalcy, two years after Jamaat-Shibir men wreaked havoc on those, in desperate bid to resist the 10th parliamentary elections on January 5 in 2014.

Empathy, like all virtues, must have some application to the future. If we do not deeply feel the deaths we are apparently powerless to prevent, how would we be alert to the deaths we might put an end to?

It is a great relief that 5th January passed off without any untoward incident, although the stipulations set by the DMP before giving the go-ahead were observed only in their violation.

Surprisingly, a portion of the land of century-old RK Government High School in Gouripur upazila under the district has been leased out to two employees of local land office.

One may wonder if our politico-bureaucratic elite suffer from a lack of tradition on strategic thought. Such a worry arises in the...