Selfies were born when people found no one to take their photo. Again, no one among family and friends wanted to be left out, and so the crowding into the frame began.

What is revealing is that both BJP and Congress have not contested the recent State Assembly Elections on their own. They have invariably tied up with one or more state level parties. It reflects that these two national parties do not have enough vote-share in those states to go alone.

Leased land of Bangladesh Railway (BR) is being unofficially sold to different people in Ishwarganj Railway Station area of Mymensingh

During my recent visit to Sicily, a chance meeting with a pavement vendor selling hats and belts left me in a reflective mood.

Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) on Thursday suspended sale of different goods at subsidised prices in all eight northern

With ever-growing demand, easy farming and favourable weather this season leading to hopes of a bumper crop, Lalmonirhat's lotkon

Arrest under Section 54 for prosecution under preventive detention cannot be entertained.

The government must realise that it is against heavy odds, that it faces an organised group that is well led both at the strategic and tactical level as evident from the recent conduct of the killings.

In spite of the bumper production of jackfruit, farmers are disappointed because this seasonal delicious fruit is being sold at low prices in the markets of the district.

Villagers completed construction of a 375-foot long bamboo bridge on Amlabhanga Canal under Rangabali upazila of the district yesterday. The cost of constructing the bridge was Tk 80,000, which was contributed by the villagers.

Children are deprived of a place to play as the railway children's park at the station area in Lalmonirhat town has been abandoned for

When you go to a Chinese mall, you haggle to the last cent. I remember being rudely pulled aside and being told by a Chinese vendor...

What is striking is that finance ministers of the G7 countries, who met from May 20-21, 2016, could not agree on the fiscal policy that the G7 should adopt collectively to address global economic weakness. Japan and the US called members to boost fiscal stimulus, but Germany and Britain insisted on fiscal austerity.

Fahim's was always a larger than life presence. Never a moment without his infectious smile, always the first to come up with a joke suitable for the occasion, never shying away from pulling someone's leg, almost always taking us by surprise with his ready wit and always able to turn a rather serious encounter into a more pleasant occasion with his superb social skills.

After the Paris Agreement on climate change endorsed by every participating country last December at the 21st Conference of

Ever since Muhammad Ali's historic visit to Bangladesh 37 years ago, there has been this occasional speculation in local media as to what happened to the piece of land in Cox's Bazar which was promised to the legendary boxer.

Antibiotic resistance is the new bacterial normal. About a hundred years ago with the discovery of penicillin, the antibiotic revolution commenced the era of modern medicine.

This is your Chief, whatever you meant by that. Can you hear me?

When people resist what the government would like to wholesale, impose, or force-feed as “development”, democracy seems quite at ease to quell people's resistances, violate pledges and dismiss the age-old demands of the adivasi communities.

Predictably the issue of 'illegal migration' had featured most predominantly in the latest state elections in Assam.