I am at a chemistry lab at Dhaka University where no girl is crying or talking about love. With a steely resolve and

The Arab Spring that started with the self immolation of fruit vendor Mohamad Bouazizi in the Tunisian city of Sidi Bouzid in December 2010 had all the markings of a people's revolution breaking out against long running autocratic governments, especially in North Africa and the Middle East.

While the public often views the Liberation War and the Language Movement as the apex of protest music in Bangladesh the use of

Yesterday was the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. But what does it mean to remember the Holocaust? It cannot be only to speak of the details of the gruesome barbarity that engulfed a continent in the last century through voyeuristic descriptions of horror. Neither should one speak of the death of six million in the contextual realms of history; it cannot be a matter of numbers. Does one, as the student from Alan Bennet's History Boys, simply gloss over the matter with a pithy “Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.”?

We celebrate Michael Madhusudan Dutt's birthday on 25 January, but we cannot be certain that this is absolutely accurate, just as we

With stretching arms, pointed toes and emotive facial expressions, dance speaks of the language of human emotions as the music

Ferry services on Shimulia-Kawrakandi route in the Padma river were disrupted following dense fog for around six hours.

Swinton on his return to Britain in 1766, writes Taifoor, had taken a certain Mirza Sheikh Itesamuddin of Nadia, Bengal, along with

At least 98 people of Hindu community are reportedly killed and 357 others are attacked physically till December 29 this year, Bangladesh Jatiyo Hindu Mohajote (BJHM) claims.

Ferry service on Paturia-Daulatdia and Shimulia-Kawrakandi routes remained suspended for hours due to dense fog

Twenty-three Nobel laureates and global leaders urge the UN Security Council members to urgently put the Rohingya issue on its agenda and call upon the UN secretary-general to visit Myanmar as a priority.

Overseas employment for Bangladeshi workers increased by 35 percent in 2016, but in comparison, the total remittance sent in by them declined by 11 percent, a new report says.

Thousands of people are suffering due to lack of a gangway to connect with the pontoon at Habibpur launch

Movement of water transport on Shimulia-Kawrakandi and Chandpur-Shariatpur routes in Munshiganj and Chandpur

Speakers at a rally in Habiganj town yesterday protested the threat to kill Abdul Karim Kim, general secretary of

Over a hundred freedom fighters of Lalmonirhat's Hatibandha upazila came together yesterday to help their injured

Water transport movement on Shimulia-Kawrakandi and Chandpur-Shariatpur routes in Munshiganj and Chandpur districts remain suspended due to dense fog.

Drizzles along with cold wave from Sunday midnight has disrupted normal life in Thakurgaon and Panchagarh districts, forcing people to stay indoors and hampering business and official activities.

Around 25,000 people in Kamalnagar upazila of the district have become homeless as a result of erosion by the Meghna river.

Meher doesn't know where to live along with his six-member family as the river Dharla devoured his last shelter at Badaitari village in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila on December 23 night.