Today, concrete structures are rising up, as if conscious of their aggressive contest to outgrow their neighbours, ever inclined to reach the highest skies while casting their grey gloom on the forgotten earth below.

Every two years the Asia and Oceania Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (AOFOG) holds the SS Ratnam- Young Gynaecologist Award (SSR-YGA) to honour gynaecologists from all over the world.

The lack of playing fields in our city has been a major reason for concern among Dhakaites, especially for parents and children.

Prelude to a Monsoon Evening

There is an apparent apathy in the nation's collective psyche towards the most precious lives of our society, the very soul of our future-- our children. Even unwittingly depriving our children of their physical and psychological nurture is a form of abuse.

Last month my sister got married and we hired a group of professional photographers for the event.

Dave Grohl is an American rock musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and producer.

What would have happened if Yamin Khan remained trapped in the role of a banker, typing away on his computer? The country would have missed out on his comedic genius, exhibited through his shows – that's what would have happened.

When she was just a child, her father used to frequently say, “My daughter is going to grow up to be a barrister one day!”

Whenever there is a crisis, there is a challenge faced by the nation; the youth of Bangladesh have come forward.

What started out as a course project, turned into a life-changing event for one child, named Pavel, who thought he was damned for life.

Fariha Raisa, Abdullah, Kaifuzzaman and Hasnain- these four delegates from Fiji, India, Russia and Switzerland, respectively, locked their horns in a debate on the agenda about the participation of the youth in local governments across the world during a committee session of United Nations Development Programme.

“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance."

My passport (I want to always have the option to fly off), my phone (for very practical and not so practical (facebook) purposes) and my car.

Under the blue velvet clouds

Experimentation resides at the heart of the art culture as the singular driving force behind the evolution of art.

It is very frustrating to wake up on a weekend and realise that all your plans with your friends have gone down the drain with heavy showers of rain.

It is a truth that the intellect is limited in its abilities to fix the world's problems. From history we have witnessed the power of emotion in creating massive positive changes in the world.

Claire Chambers is a Lecturer in Global Literature at the University of York, where she teaches twentieth and twenty-first century writing in English from South Asia, the Arab world, and their diasporas. Claire has also published her works in journals such as Postcolonial Text and Contemporary Women's Writing, and is Co-Editor of the Journal of Commonwealth Literature.

After completing university education, most of the Bangladeshi youth rush to get jobs while very few of them take the risk of starting their own business.