World without Humans

The fact that the greatest diversity of large mammals is found in Africa reflects past human activities – and not climatic or other environmental constraints.
27 August 2015

5 things to do while stuck in traffic

The worst thing about travelling around Dhaka is being stuck in traffic. Spending hours inside a stagnant car, bus or an auto rickshaw can be unnerving and agitating.
27 August 2015

NUMBERS 57

This number has become synonymous to ambiguity and a threat to people's free speech.
27 August 2015

Colours of Pingla Naya

Pingla Naya in West Bengal, India, is the village of folk painters called Patuas. Apart from painting scrolls, they paint the walls of their homes and make wooden painted souvenirs and images.
27 August 2015

1 Minute Please

Sanjida Preeti is one of the most popular young models and award winning television actors in Bangladeshi entertainment, having created her base in theatre.
27 August 2015

Elvis Aaron Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as "the King of Rock and Roll", or simply, "the King".
20 August 2015

A Day in the Life of A Fellow

“One, two, three, all eyes on me!”
20 August 2015

Mass Extinction accelerates Evolution

A computer science team at The University of Texas at Austin has found that robots evolve more quickly and efficiently after a virtual mass extinction modeled after real-life disasters such as the one that killed off the dinosaurs.
20 August 2015

The Best Day, Everyday

A Teach for Bangladesh Fellow is a dignitary- not in his or her lifestyle, or in their fame and money, or in all clichéd ways one becomes a dignitary.
20 August 2015

Ocean Acidification

Marine organisms living in acidified waters exhibit a tendency to nurture their offspring to a greater extent than those in more regular conditions.
20 August 2015

About Town

Art exhibition by Ferdousy Priyobhashini
20 August 2015

A guide to Social Business

The concept of social business was first defined back in 2008 by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus.
20 August 2015

NUMBERS 131

It is the number of rare photographs of Bangabandhu displayed in a three-day photo exhibition titled Chitrrogathai Shokgatha at Sangsad.
20 August 2015

The Painter of Nostalgia

Kherokhata or a sketchbook is more of a personal thought processing space than just a piece of notebook.
20 August 2015

Taking on the Digital World

Having your own digital media agency no easy feat, especially the kind of agency that aims to help other organisations use unconventional, creative and data-driven marketing strategies to take their businesses up a notch.
20 August 2015

The Vatman rises and surprises again

People these days go to the doctor the minute their child sneezes more than once. The Vatman knows to tax that too. Tax anything that moves or doesn't. Had a new born baby? Tax that little bugger before he consumes too much milk and baby formula.
20 August 2015

Bothersome Blisters

You have an itchy tingling sensation. You see a hint of redness around your lips. Get ready to welcome a cluster of fluid filled pockets on your lips in the next 24 hours!
20 August 2015

Shutter Stories

“Again and again I've taken quick glances and then for some reason I've got to sit before a picture waiting and it's opened up like one of those Japanese flowers that you put into water and something I thought wasn't worth more than a casual, respectful glance begins to open up depth after depth of meaning.”
20 August 2015

GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT 2015 AND THE YOUTH

Entrepreneurship was a pretty alien word in Bangladesh even 10 years ago. No one would take an entrepreneur seriously if he would talk about doing something on his own and building a Business.
20 August 2015

MAILBOX

The spotlight story titled "Growing Pains" published in August 14, 2015 was a perfect depiction of the acute problem that is mostly faced by our young generation in the urban areas.
20 August 2015