Sakib Ahmed

Rather than looking elsewhere for a theatrical identity, Selim Al Deen turned to Bengal’s own cultural memory. Folk traditions, regional speech, history and oral storytelling became the raw materials of a dramatic language distinctly his own.

As elephant numbers grow in the forests of the Mymensingh region, shrinking habitats, blocked migration routes and escalating human-elephant conflict are threatening the future of one of Bangladesh’s last remaining transboundary elephant populations.

JU researchers estimate more than 88,000 premature deaths annually across six major cities

Approval could pave the way for six new departments

At least two dozen teachers at Jahangirnagar University, who went abroad for higher studies over the past 15 years, have neither rejoined their posts within the stipulated time nor refunded the salaries and benefits they received during study leave, show university records.

Accused has kept up pressure through threats, social media posts and intermediaries, she says

In classrooms, the debating club, the cultural space and friend circles, Rayan was a beloved student and peer across the Jahangirnagar University campus.

From debate halls to Facebook memories, friends and teachers struggling to come to terms with the death of Ahnaf Tahmid Khan Rayan