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Numbers 25,000

The number of dwellers who live in the seven blocks of Rohingya camp in Teknaf. Over 120000 people have fled Rakhine since religious violence in 2012, according to UNHCR.
1 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Inside Finnish higher education

Every year thousands of foreign students come to Finland to pursue undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate, and post-doctoral level studies in Finnish universities.
1 December 2016, 18:00 PM

For the Maestros of Tomorrow

The Army Stadium was packed with around 50,000 people. The line at the entrance had gone past Kakoli intersection.
1 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Free Cataract Surgeries for children: A life changing initiative

On Wednesday morning, the comfortable cabins of the top floor of Bangladesh Eye Hospital were cleaned, aired and the floors were mopped extensively for the arrivals of guests.
1 December 2016, 18:00 PM

TRENDING THIS WEEK

On the 25th of November, the world lost Fidel Castro, Cuban politician and revolutionary, who governed the Republic of Cuba for 47 years as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2006.
1 December 2016, 18:00 PM

SNAPSHOT

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
1 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Tracking down cemetery pioneer's resting place

You can call Greater Bukit Brown Cemetery a social and cultural repository of early Singapore. In recent years, researchers have slowly unearthed the stories of many pioneering Chinese immigrants who rest there.
1 December 2016, 18:00 PM

MAILBOX

November 13, 2016 was Humayun Ahmed's 68th birthday. He was the most famous novelist of our country.
1 December 2016, 18:00 PM

About Town

Win Your Limitations
1 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Broken Rides, Broken Promises

While the authorities think of ways to make Dhaka a child-friendly city, amusement parks are being demolished or sold off, one after another.
1 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Looking for Stories: A morning in Sadarghat

Ever thought of looking for stories in one of the oldest and busiest spots in Dhaka? A trip to the Sadarghat is what you need.
1 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Trump's America 101 for the Developing World

It was nearly midnight when we finally conceded to the fact that Donald Trump is the President-elect of the United States.
1 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Professional Line-Standers

During the release of the new iPhone 7 and sales offers on the occasions like Black Friday and Christmas, people are seen standing in long queues, days before the opening hour of the sales.
1 December 2016, 18:00 PM

QUIRKY SCIENCE

As Zika spreads throughout the world, the call for rapid development of therapeutics to treat Zika rings loud and clear.
1 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Shishu Park hoping for a better future

As the ever-memorable song starts playing, children, sitting on the metallic horsebacks, delightfully start going round and round. 35-year-old Salma Akter holds her daughter Taskia (3), who is too young to manage herself on the ride.
1 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Winter Weddings

The month of December kicks-off the long awaited wedding season in Dhaka. The chilly breeze, coupled with warm Kachchi Biryani and a grande celebration of togetherness of newlyweds really brings out the festivity of this month.
30 November 2016, 18:00 PM

5 traditional Objects That Are Almost Disappearing

Bengali culture and tradition are basically the reflection of our rural settings. Rural lifestyles, crop- production, vehicles, machineries, food, religious beliefs and the nature are the vivid elements of our folk culture.
24 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Our Uncle, Our Soldier

Our uncle, Abdul Halim Chowdhury, breathed his last on October 27. He was lovingly known as Pappu to his close family.
24 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Wabi-sabi – A life of Fulfillment (Part III)

Art makes me sense bloom.' I need to find a place to free my inner inhibition, an environment that would allow me to break any rule at any point.
24 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Violence against Women– increasing by the year

Every year, as we observe the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25, and as human rights activists prepare themselves for the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence (From November 25 to December 10, observing Human Rights Day), all over the world -- we struggle to understand as to why in Bangladesh, the violence seems to have increased in 2016 alone.
24 November 2016, 18:00 PM