"I became a novelist because Ayub Khan sent me to jail,” is one his most famous quotes. Born in Feni Shahidullah's family name was

Can leadership be taught in a classroom? We are confronted with this question every day when we teach leadership to a diverse group

One of the banes of Bangladesh's development is the sheer disregard with which government officials go about conducting their

Yellow, green, red and orange,

“You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep

Yellow, green, red and orange,

South Asian Games 2016 has been quite remarkable for Bangladeshi women athletes for a number of reasons. While our women swimmers

A monument to be reminisced and honoured for lifetime, a monument built as a tribute to the souls who fought for our language, a

PEARLS OF WISDOM

There's no point in elaborating how the habit of reading helps in a person's emotional, cognitive and creative development: the myriad

One of the biggest and the oldest festivals is happening in Dhaka at the moment – the Ekushey Granthamela, and like every other

One in every three women are abused in their lifetime. If one goes by the statistics that the world has a total of seven billion people,

A great number of us grew up boxing with siblings, imagining our beds as a premiere boxing ring and our sibling as our greatest rival. Elders would never encourage this game though, because a playful tussle could often turn into a full-fledged muscle game.

I thought I would celebrate Valentine's Day by participating at the 'Clean-up Dhaka' event organised by Dhaka South City Corporation

Internationally renowned Bangladeshi artist Shahabuddin Ahmed's works have travelled across the globe including the Museum Olympic

Famous director Akira Kurosawa once said, “To live without seeing the films of the Indian director Satyajit Ray, means existing in the

The third edition of the Prudential Eye Awards 2016 was held in Singapore last month as part of Singapore Art Week. With an eye to

This is the number of people dying worldwide prematurely due to air pollution. As part of the Global Burden of Disease project reveals that mostly small particles

In 1982, a child artist entered the television industry, following the footsteps of his father. After numerous television shows with

In a couple of days from now, the country will commemorate the day lives were lost in 1952 to preserve the Bengali language and, more