If you are told: Name a city where you can drive or walk as you like, the first answer would be Dhaka! Because people find their own ways to go around the city. Traffic signals change colors—from green to red to green again--but the drivers need not pay any attention to them. But even worst menaces are motorcycles zooming by on the footpaths or people darting through the speeding cars to cross the roads among the already chaotic traffic.

Artisans are busy in Chittagong city making idols for the Durga puja festival around the clock.

The beauty of a colourful butterfly captivates us instantly, making us wonder where they get their beautiful wings from. Surely this sight of a shimmering butterfly inspired the National poet Kazi Nazrul Islam to write his popular song ‘Projapoti’ (Butterfly).

The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre organises an evening of Bharatnatyam dance performed by Sankari Mridha and was accompanied by Swarnali Kundu and Lisa Chatterjee from India.

Eid-ul-Azha is on us and people are leaving Dhaka to spend the holiday with friends and families.The journey home is a joyous occasion where everyone hopes to reach their destination without any glitches, however owing to the road condition a journey becomes a roller coaster ride-not of the pleasant kind but the one that churns your insides and makes you sick.

This year could be a different Eid for you if you choose to have a camel for your sacrifice.

Tk 25 lakh for a single bull.

Students seeking retake of medical and dental college admission tests continue demonstration in Dhaka. They allege question paper leak into the exams that were held last Friday.

The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre presents Swastika Mukhopadhyay in an evening of songs of five famous poets of Bengal titled "Panchakabir Gaan".

Second hand shoe markets in Dhaka can provide customers with limited budget an opportunity to buy anything from the foreign Nike to local Apex brands between Tk 500 and Tk 3000—provided they don’t mind wearing second hand stuff.

If you chase your dreams, you can break down barriers and achieve your dreams; this is exactly what young cricketer Tirtha has proven to us.

Former Miss Universe and Bollywood star Sushmita Sen walked the ramp to an awestruck audience last night at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in Dhaka.

Government scraps 7.5 percent VAT on private universities and medical colleges’ tuition fees in face of mass student protests. The decision has been announced in a notice issued from the finance ministry.

Students pursue mass protests in Dhaka and put road blockades along key points in the capital, severely disrupting traffic in strike against 7.5 percent VAT on private university tuition fees. They say protests will continue until the VAT is withdrawn.

Private university students hit the streets across Dhaka demanding withdrawal of the 7.5 percent VAT imposed on tuition fees - a day after police opened fire on East West University students demonstrating on the same demand.

Pradip is struggling to earn bread for his family with the one of the oldest and fascinating knowledge passed on to him by his ancestors – blacksmithing.

The Rana Plaza movie that portrays the worst workplace disaster in world history aims to speak for garment workers’ rights, its director says.

How far are you willing to go for pure and fresh milk in Dhaka – world’s second worst livable city reputed for adulterated food products right and left.

The famous Patenga beach has been attracting tourists with its scenic beauty for decades. The rumbling waves of the sea, the natural beauty, its location inside Chittagong city and convenient communication, all help in growing the huge of number of tourists flocking to Patenga.

Just one hour of heavy rains leads to the collapse of the Dhaka's traffic system as most of the roads, lanes and bi-lanes were inundated with hundreds of vehicles stranded for hours, causing immense sufferings to tens of thousands of commuters.