“When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say to myself 'Yes indeed, all that belongs to me!'” ~Henri Rousseau

Rebuilding the Nation's Backbone

The days of sudden violent storms, pleasant sun-kissed evenings and scrumptious seasonal fruits are at our doorstep.

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Boishakh's different elements provide a powerful setting for our writers to talk about overcoming odds and welcoming a new dawn.

“When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say to myself 'Yes indeed, all that belongs to me!'” ~Henri Rousseau

A few days back, a Facebook post shared by Marina Mahathir, the renowned Malaysian socio-political activist and daughter of the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Mahathir Mohammad, was re-posted by many others.

“Writing for children is something very special. When I try to depict their child-like dreams, their innocence and imagination in my writing, what I enjoy most is that I start to think like them”, says Ashique Mustafa,

In a family of eight brothers, three brothers- Mohammad Aftab, Mohammad Samsad, and Mohammad Nausad, owners of Fayzany Madina Biryani House, grew up struggling for basic rights.

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) is a UK based leading management accounting professional body that provides exciting opportunities for aspiring accountants who can, financial expertise with business decisions and drive strong, sustainable performance.

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add colour to my sunset sky.”

Geographic tongue (GT) is a medical condition in which the upper layer of the tongue, which consists of tiny hair-like protrusions (called papillae), is damaged due to an expanding inflammation.

With Boishakh at our doorstep, the aura around the city has changed, and the rain of the Kalboishakhi just adds a little more to it every day.

Dance, as an art form, is on the rise in Bangladesh. While there are youths showing interest in dance everyday, there are some making a name on an international scale and acting as an inspiration for those who are new in the arena.

Gioachino Antonio Rossini was one of the most celebrated Italian composers who wrote 39 operas, sacred music, chamber music, songs, and some instrumental and piano pieces.

When I was about 5 years old, my favourite activity was to stare out of my window.

EU calls upon Bangladesh authorities to commute all death sentences in view of the imminent execution of death-row war criminal Muhammad Kamaruzzaman.

As the morning dawned in remote Sohagpur village on July 25, 1971, Julekha Begum (not her real name) became busy in household chores. Suddenly, she heard a loud burst of gunfire from a nearby field.

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the death penalty for Muhammad Kamaruzzaman for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War.

Immediately after independence, Muhammad Kamaruzzaman was arrested in Dhaka as a collaborator of the Pakistan army and was thrown into jail for several months. He, however, escaped trial due to unknown reasons.