A state of numbing grief to the point of being lost is what Anwara Syed Haq seems to be in as I meet her at her residence.

What do you think about when you think about violence against women? Do you think about sexual harassment on the streets?

Noted educationist and litterateur Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal has urged the young learners to learn the texts with good understanding,

I have been racking my brain for a positive New Year message. But the US election outcome, the humanitarian disaster unfolding in Aleppo, the brutalities against the Rohingyas in Myanmar have plunged me into despair.

As the year 2016 comes to an end and we step into 2017, we stand on a major fork in the road with respect to tackling climate

Uber in Bangladesh kicks off. I nickname it Butterfly, for (officially) living a long life of three days before being shot down for providing a commercial service using private vehicles.

In the last few weeks, Dhaka has hosted a number of international workshops and meetings on issues to do with migration and also on urbanisation.

Shocking details about election fraud in America were reported recently. As one of the oldest democracies, America prides itself in having perfected its election process, which is free and fair.

In big business and commercial parlance, one comes across the now familiar concept of 'Corporate Social Responsibility' (CSR) that, in real terms consists of promotional activities geared to improving the acceptability and image of an organisation.

Patuakhali Latif Municipal Seminary, a famous non-government secondary level educational institution, is celebrating

On December 18, as appointed by the United Nations General Assembly, the international community recognises and celebrates the rights of migrants around the world.

Bangladesh has just hosted a big international conference on migration as the co-chair, with Germany, of the Global Forum on Migration and Development.

For Latifa Khan, December 16 is a horrific day while the entire country wears a festive look on the occasion of the

Medical service in the Divisional Railway Hospital at Saidpur under West Zone of Bangladesh Railway is on the verge

I get apprehensive every time I discover a questionnaire on my table. Each questionnaire seems to be arriving with a specific agenda.

Shoddy fencing and a few worn out signboards are the only things that separate a piece of land in Gaibandha’s Fulchari – where over 4,000 people were slain by the Pakistan forces in 1971.

Antonio Guterres became the next Secretary-General of the United Nations on Monday when relations between the US and Russia are probably at their grumpiest since the end of the Cold War, nationalist movements are on the rise around the world and amid what he called a loss of confidence in institutions, including the one he will take over in January.

Since the independence of Bangladesh, we have adopted silver carp, mirror carp, grass carp and big head carp fish with our climate and environment and later spread those across the country. However, in course of time, the taste declined.

The horrific well of Jalladkhana Killing Field Memorial in Mirpur still bears the marks of butchery that took place 45 years back.

South Korean President Park Geun-hye has been impeached on December 9, 2016, following a bizarre scandal.