Managing Long Term Happiness

Most theories of motivation have championed the pleasure principle, where our choices of daily activities aim to
25 August 2016

Star Diary

I am a sixteen year old student. My father, who is around 40 years, insists on riding his motorcycle without wearing a helmet.
25 August 2016

Understanding Fish Fins

One of the great transformations required for the descendants of fish to become creatures that could walk on land
25 August 2016

Michael Joseph Jackson

Born in Gary, Indiana to a large African-American working class family, Michael Jackson was a singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor.
25 August 2016

In Urban Dhaka

The residents in urban Dhaka are slowly stepping back into their normal lives – attending late night weddings,
25 August 2016

29

The number of fire fighting units who helped to bring the fire that broke out at Bashundhara City Shopping Complex in Dhaka's
25 August 2016

Coco Chanel

Famed fashion designer Coco Chanel, born Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel in Saumur, France ruled Parisian haute couture for almost six decades.
18 August 2016

NUMBERS 10,000

The number of rooms that world's largest hotel which is set to open in Mecca next year, will contain.
18 August 2016

TRENDING THIS WEEK

Once again, another hate-attack has worried people throughout the world. Bangladeshi Imam, Alauddin Akonjee, 55, and his assistant and brother-in-law...
18 August 2016

Straight from the Elephant's Mouth

One of our brothers remained stranded on your side of the water. Stranded is actually a polite way to put it; in reality he was trapped only....
18 August 2016

PEARLS OF WISDOM

“The goal of my work is to help assure that we can create a world of abundance in which we meet the basic needs of every man, woman and child.”
18 August 2016

1 Minute Please

It is very difficult to remember the exact date but I remember being very young. I was perhaps in grade 6-7 when I first got on stage.
18 August 2016

Don't Be a Bystander

Diffusion of responsibility can manifest itself in such situations, which leads to a group of people who, through action or inaction, allow events to occur which they would never allow if they were alone. This is referred to as 'groupshift.'
18 August 2016

Remembering the Storytellers

The deaths of Tareque Masud and Mishuk Munier are a shock to the pillars of the media industry in Bangladesh. However, the strength and conviction with which they spread their ideas and messages to the young, the ambitious and the aspiring still hold firm and true.
18 August 2016

7 Factors That Can Help Overcome the Bystander Effect

While the bystander effect can have a negative impact on social behavior, altruism and heroism, researchers have identified a number of different factors that can help people overcome this tendency and increase the likelihood that they will engage in helping behaviors.
18 August 2016

About Town

Workshop on Responsive Parenting...
18 August 2016

SNAPSHOT

But your solitude will be a support and a home for you, even in the midst of very unfamiliar circumstances, and from it you will find all your paths. Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a young poet.
18 August 2016

Faces.Places.Stories

Faces.Places.Stories” is a solo photography exhibition by Ata Mohammad Adnan and is currently running at the EMK Center, Dhanmondi-27, from Aug 13 till Aug 31.
18 August 2016

MAILBOX

The article titled “In memory of the Three Leaders” dated, 12 August, 2016, caught my attention. The three leaders, namely A.K. Fazlul Huq...
18 August 2016

The Great Shahi Eidgah

Dhanmondi Shahi Eidgah' located at Dhanmondi 6/A, is one of the most ancient archaeological sites in Dhaka city.
18 August 2016