Bangladeshi photographer awarded prestigious Alexia Grant
1 May 2023
On April 19, the names of the grant recipients were announced.
1 May 2023
'Diary of Genocide': A brief history of Martyred Intellectuals Day
2 January 2023
A short film named “Diary of a Genocide” was released on 14th December 2022, Martyred Intellectuals Day. This 4-minute and 26-second-long film is based on the historic incident of 14th December during the Liberation War in Bangladesh.
On this day, Pakistani rulers, with the help of Razakars, Al-Badrs, and Al-Shams created a blueprint to destroy Bangladesh’s (then-East Pakistan’s) intellectual foundation and render the country metaphorically paralyzed. An unexplored horror-map, the treachery of how these intellectuals were abducted is still shrouded, this movie offers a visual picture of this little-known chapter of history.
2 January 2023
Bike rental venture rolls in Dhaka
10 December 2022
In May this year, Chaad Ride launched the first motorcycle rental company in the country.
10 December 2022
Asaf’s lens creates magic at UN General Assembly
9 October 2022
A Solo Photo Exhibition by Bangladeshi photographer Asaf Ud Daula was held, at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
9 October 2022
A soulful rendition for doctors
7 April 2022
Sabbir who rose to fame through the second edition of Closeup 1 competition has come up with a new rendition dedicating it to the doctors.
7 April 2022
Two young doctors cross the Bangla Channel
4 January 2022
Two doctors have swam across the Bangla Channel, the 16.1km stretch of the Bay of Bengal between the Teknaf Fisheries Jetty and the jetty in Saint Martin's Island, claiming to be the first ever doctors to do so in the country.
4 January 2022
Dewchhara Beel: Once full of lives, now a wasteland
20 December 2021
Dewchhara beel in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar used to be a sanctuary for thousands of migratory birds and different species of native fish but for the last two years,
20 December 2021
Global professional certification in engineering now at fingertips
2 December 2021
Construction engineers in Bangladesh can now appear in global professional certification exams without flying abroad.
2 December 2021
The indigenous boy who drew a logo for UN
In the flowing hills of Rangamati sits the small village of Bhedbhedi. This is where Rebang Dewan grew up frolicking around with his friends. The village encapsulates almost all the features of natural beauty the hills have to offer—clouds passing through the huts, occasional flashes of lightning seen from the distance, pattering rain on the roofs, glimpses of a rainbow, and rain-drenched verdant greenery.
10 August 2018
The tree doctors
Even though it was monsoon, I watered my rooftop plants before leaving Dhaka during Eid. While travelling in the night coach, I kept worrying about my plant babies. What would happen to them in the absence of water in this sweltering heat and high humidity? Will they survive my seven-day vacation? My fears were confirmed—when I returned, I found that the smaller plants had almost died, while the leaves of the mature ones had turned yellowish.
26 July 2018
A school for the poor
As the sun sets on the horizon in Elahipur village of Khulna's Rupsha upazila, most children begin heading home from the playgrounds; except eight-year-old Sukur. The child eagerly leaves his homes and makes his way to Anushilon Mojar School.
26 May 2018
Women take up Facebook-commerce
It was a surprise get-together where everyone was asked to wear dark blue saris.
29 January 2018
Bogra's Jewellery Village: Sparkling with self-reliance
Five kilometres from Bogra town is a village that gleams with copper and brass. The displays of handcrafted jewellery in Baropur
27 January 2018
Firefighters a tap away
It's just a matter of a phone call and you could have saved many lives.
31 May 2017
Of a dying tradition
While crossing the City Corporation Bazar at the capital's Rayer Bazar, one would be amazed to see a large number of earthen elephants, horses, tigers and monkeys put on display in front of shops there.
10 April 2017
If you just believe it, there's nothing to it
She provides for education of not just one, but three of her siblings. Her husband found financial stability with the drugstore she had bought for him.
31 March 2017
Drone for fighting pests
Imagine a farmer in a remote village spraying pesticides on his farmland using a drone.
16 February 2017
SONY: Don't think we are dead
Unfortunately, the untimely, sudden demise of an innocent student did not seem to move the teachers, who were prompt to award punishment – not to the killers but to the students protesting non-violently.
19 June 2015
Unmanned boats hold new hope
Seeing the small boats navigating through the course marked in the pool apparently on their own, one has to wonder how it was happening.
31 May 2015
Elections bring boon for Dhaka rickshaw-pullers
“Are you out of your mind?” a female staff of Bangladesh Betar snapped when a rickshaw-puller claimed Tk 80 for a ride from Asad Gate to Shishu Mela in the capital yesterday. Usually, it costs her no more than Tk 30.
28 April 2015