An Evening in Laxmibazar Church

Do you know that our country, which has a predominant Muslim population, owns a number of significant age-old structures
22 December 2016

Snapshot

“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” – Oprah Winfrey
22 December 2016

PEARLS OF WISDOM

“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.”
22 December 2016

MAILBOX

It is needless to say that songs have an immense power to influence the human soul. Sometimes they make us happy,
22 December 2016

Dignity for Septic Tank Emptiers

The FSM Network in Bangladesh has recently organised the first national convention for septic tank and pit emptier, as this population group often faces social stigmatisation even while risking their own lives doing work for the community on a daily basis.
22 December 2016

Gas Crisis Hits Dhaka Dwellers!

“Coming back from the office at 8 at night, it's really intolerable to prepare the next day's breakfast and lunch, even my child's tiffin, along with dinner”, says 35-year-old Rabeya Moudud, who works at a private company, and lives in Agargaon area of
22 December 2016

The Sponge Divers

There is an ancient Greek myth that says humans learnt to dive under water to collect sponge. In fact, sponge diving is the oldest
22 December 2016

Boron on the Surface of Mars

Boron has been identified for the first time on the surface of Mars, indicating the potential for long-term habitable groundwater
22 December 2016

World's Smallest Radio Receiver

Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have made the world's smallest radio
22 December 2016

On Youth and Depression

The stories of depression among Bangladesh's youths usually go ignored. However, in every part of our society, we experience
22 December 2016

Christmas for all

Duriya Ismat Jahan Usha is a nine-year-old student at Cordova School. Like every year, her excitement grows as December 25
22 December 2016

Star Diary

The long road from Banani to Uttara is invariably busy all the time. On a trip to Uttara from Banani, my car stopped at the
22 December 2016

CARL JUNG

Prominent Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist Carl Gustav Jung is known for his enormous contribution in analytical
22 December 2016

1 Minute Please!

All the world's a stage. That's the motto of every good actor; versatile actor Ziaul Faruq Apurba, popularly known as Apurba is
22 December 2016

57

Is the number of journalists, who have been killed around the world in 2016 while doing their job, said Reporters without
22 December 2016

About Town

Date and Time: December 15-28, 2016, from 9.30 am to 8 pm
22 December 2016

Remembering the Frontliner

December 25 will be the 1st death anniversary of Dr. Syed Yusuf Hasan who died on this day in Dhaka at the age of 90 years.
22 December 2016

The Official Identity

“I prefer to identify as a hijra, because that's what I am – a hijra," announced a bold voice across the hall room, where more
22 December 2016

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

As the star of Bethlehem approaches, the cakes get ready for the oven and the city lights up – we get ready to celebrate a very
22 December 2016

Immortalising the tales of 1971

1971 was the most bitter-sweet moment for the Bengali nation. A period when in history we rose together against tyranny and clinched freedom from a stronger oppressive force.
15 December 2016