After Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu came to power in 1965, he called himself "The Genius of the Carpathians". He had even

With a fifth of the country's yearly jute exports at stake following India's imposition of anti-dumping duty on import of jute products from Bangladesh and Nepal, a national jute advisory committee meeting yesterday decided to engage immediately with India for lifting the duty.

While Alan and Mohammed hail from different countries, the circumstances which led to their premature deaths are very similar, and sadly, all too frequent. Both the Syrian war and the Rohingya tragedy see no end in sight.

Russian leaders Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, in their spare time, used to make fun of Western sympathisers who blindly supported them.

A devastating fire reduced much of the DCC Market at Gulshan-1 to rubble yesterday. No one was killed or hurt in the blaze that swept through the two-storey building for about 16 hours since around 2:00am. But over 300 shops were gutted and a portion of the market collapsed on impact, causing losses worth several hundred of crores of taka.

After police cordoned off the Ashkona militant hideout early Saturday, Maynul Musa instructed his wife Trisha Moni to wear a suicide vest and blow up herself along with their four-month-old daughter instead of surrendering to law enforcers.

Christmas, the biggest religious festival of the Christian community, is called Borodin in Bangla. The Santal community calls it Sorhai, which is

From the very top, I think I should make it clear that living in the snowy apocalyptic hell of Toronto, I do use Uber from time to time.

The month of December in Bangladesh is a time of remembrance and reflection. The country's independence in that month in 1971 was followed by a yearning to memorialise the heroism and sacrifice of the freedom fighters.

The most fascinating insight notebandi provides is to the Narendra Modi government's approach to exercise of state power, political and economic ideology.

For netizens of the time, postage stamps are mere remnants of history. Almost every Bangladeshi, 30 and above, will recollect fond memories of this collecting pursuit and their prized stamp album, but to the younger generation philately no longer bears any special meaning.

Because of preconceived romanticised notions of the 'revolutionary intellectual', the role of traditional intellectuals who unflinchingly lent their support to government war efforts and propaganda is often overlooked. It is important to remember that the term 'intellectual' isn't synonymous with a 'force for good'.

Life in Kalatia was calm and relaxed basking in the breezy spring days back in 1971. And it was only natural for a quiet

He always kept his duties well above everything. Even when his mother and newly married wife were undergoing treatment at a hospital the day after the Pakistan army crackdown on March 25, 1971, Dr Azharul Haque did not walk away from his duties towards patients and the nation.

Two officials of the Drug Administration involved in the case against Rid Pharmaceuticals Ltd knowingly violated due procedure of law, and exhibited sheer negligence, inefficiency and incompetence in dealing the case, the Drug Court in Dhaka said.

December 6 is observed as Democracy [restoration] Day in the country, marking an end to the autocratic rule of HM Ershad in early December of 1990.

Water quality of six major rivers flowing around Dhaka gets polluted, particularly in the dry season, to the extent that it cannot be treated for drinking, experts say.

Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti yesterday demanded full implementation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord

Negligence, inefficiency and incompetence of the Drug Administration in dealing with the case led to the acquittal of all the accused whose pharmaceutical company allegedly manufactured the toxic paracetamol syrup that killed at least 28 children in 2009.

Saturday's paper delivered a double whammy to readers, leaving many of them baffled. They were told that Uber taxi service, which