Dhaka in mid-1900s was not a great place to be. The glorious Mughal ways of life had by then waned away, replaced through numerous years of colonial British rule. Even half a century ago from that time, one could relish in those traditions and practices.

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.

Visiting New York City – the world's premier tourist destination, for the first time felt like a dream come true. After few more visits though, I was no longer enamored by the icons of this city.

Medhashmunir Ashram, one of the most significant Hindu pilgrimage sites, is a mountain retreat situated in Boalkhali, 22 miles away from Chittagong, on top of the Karaldanga hill.

If you think your religion requires discrimination, you're probably misreading your faith.

As the end of Durga puja comes closer, Nabami and Dashami are days filled with excitement and overwhelm. Nabami means 'ninth day', and refers to the ninth and penultimate day of the Durga Puja festival.

The New Horizons team described a wide range of findings about the Pluto system in its first research paper, published today.

With all the traffic jams, hours of being held up on the way to work and witnessing hordes of people coming into the capital for work and a better life, Dhaka city is simply a chaos.

Medhashmunir Ashram, in Boalkhali, will not offer you innovative themed mandaps – all decked up with series of LED lights and the other usual puja extravaganzas.

Last Friday, I went to New Market to buy some necessary things. Being a weekend, I came across a huge crowd there, and it was very difficult for me to move at ease.

Walter Elias “Walt” Disney, popularly known as Walt Disney was an American entrepreneur, cartoonist, animator, voice actor, and film producer.

Kazi Salauddin Ahmed’s Painting Exhibition

On October 4, 2015, more than a half month ago, two Bangladeshi tourists along with their local guides were abducted by members of a separatist militant group of Myanmar.

With so many busy talking about depression, breast cancer, ebola and AIDS, we tend to neglect one of the biggest psychological and physiological illnesses of current times- Affluenza.

As part of preparation for the upcoming Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, the Government has allotted around 14,651 tonnes of rice for 29,302 puja mandaps countrywide.

They named their exhibition Anamnesis, a Greek term that means to look back. Like the name, Iskinder Mirza, one of the artists featured at the...

The ancestral home provides a lot of fun and fascination for children. When you are an adult – say in your mid-twenties – that fervour is often lost.

A researcher from the University of Southampton has produced a scientific study of the climate scenario featured in the disaster movie 'The Day After Tomorrow'.

Managing the profession of a lawyer surely takes a lot of work. However, it takes a special drive to handle three! Rumeen Farhana

A rising star in the field of art today, in the country, is the young Efat Razowane Reya. "Thank you! But if you don't mind, I'd rather be a rising star in the New Media genre in Bangladesh," smiles Reya. A young student with big, dreamy eyes, Reya depicts confidence, determination and one cannot miss the flicker of rebellion.