Remembering Syed Abdullah Khalid

A long haired young sculptor was regularly seen near the arts faculty of Dhaka University, with a hammer and chisel in his hands, working day and night on a life-size structure.
25 May 2017

About Town

Photography Contest on Different Images of Men
25 May 2017

An inclusive initiative

“I have a disabled leg. I fell when I was young, and it affected the nerve. One of my legs is shorter than the other,” says Shireen, a quality inspector at the Beximco Textile and Apparel Division, in Savar.
25 May 2017

BAIT UR ROUF MOSQUE: AN AESTHETIC AND INCLUSIVE SPACE

In the increasingly dense neighbourhood of Faidabad, Uttara, a humble brick structure outshines the nearby tall apartment buildings.
25 May 2017

Cathartic and self-destructive

The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela is a modern epic set at the height of legendary Mexican general Pancho Villa's fame and ends two years later, when Villa is suffering heavy blows in the fight between the two factions of revolutionaries.
25 May 2017

Together with BTV

Friday. A lazy day; the entire family is home, relaxing. My three-ish year old self decides to place herself comfortably on Janu's lap (our house-help of the time) on the floor while my mother sits on a chair reading the newspaper.
25 May 2017

No room for the forgotten

In April, a tender appeared on the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) website inviting constructors to propose a price to build two sets of three six-storied residential buildings at Ganaktuli City Colony, Hazaribagh.
25 May 2017

Is the polythene ban an eye-wash?

Fifteen years after the polythene bag ban, poly bags are still ruling our markets. But who are producing and distributing these non-biodegradable bags?
25 May 2017

Locked up in Motherland

Dr Syed Shamsuddin Ahmed, former professor and head of Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH)
25 May 2017

Guilty of what?

With the court dismissing all the other complaints, the narcotics claim is the main battleground now. However, when the case is analysed, what comes up is that the law enforcers found only 45 yaba tablets. Twenty-eight men were sent to jail for it. Breaking down, it is 1.6 tablets per person only
25 May 2017

WHY WOMEN POLICE DON'T REPORT SEXUAL VIOLENCE

When the 23-year-old constable Halima Begum was posted to her new workplace at Gouripur Thana, Mymensingh, her father, Helal Uddin Akand, was ecstatic.
18 May 2017

SSC Suicides: The Human Cost of an Education

Sanjida Islam Nova, first girl of her class at Uttara's Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnessa Government High School, killed herself on May 8, 2017.
18 May 2017

Where rapists do not fear to tread

News stories of two young women accusing the son of a well known jewellery store and one of his friends, of raping them at a hotel in Banani after a birthday party, are doing the rounds, evoking all sorts of reactions among the public.
18 May 2017

SNAPSHOT

“If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.” – Albert Einstein
18 May 2017

MAILBOX

The article on the flash floods in the haors of Sunamganj was eye-opening as to the present circumstances of the flood-affected farmers and residents.
18 May 2017

Police grant 3 day head-start to fugitives

In a surprising move, the Bangladeshi Police have decided to grant newly minted fugitives a three day head start in any attempt aimed at evading the cops.
18 May 2017

Kashmir: In ink and blood

Malik Sajad's Munnu: A Boy From Kashmir takes all preconceived notions about Kashmir and breaks them into pieces.
18 May 2017

About Town

CriticaLink First Responders Training
18 May 2017

A Fiction of Myself

I used to get beaten up in childhood by my elder sister, a lot. My mother would sometimes wonder loudly why I always got beaten up, and why I couldn't save myself.
18 May 2017

Comedy of Errors

Many a comedy is played out “on stage” and “off stage.” The longer the number of years one has been with the medium, the greater the number of errors and louder the laughs.
18 May 2017