Why this year’s Nobel-winning brain technology matters to you

New brain technologies are transforming neuroscience by enabling scientists to visualise, measure and control neuronal activity with unprecedented precision.
7 October 2026

From chai to shampoo: The extraordinary journeys of ordinary words

Everyday words carry histories of trade, migration and cultural exchange, revealing how languages evolve as people and ideas travel.
6 October 2026

Why do humans naturally drift to the left?

Why do many people instinctively drift left when walking? Scientists found the pattern, but not its cause.
6 October 2026

Between Bangladesh and Australia: Learning the rules of freedom

Young Bangladeshi students in Australia face a freedom gap when sudden independence outpaces their experience of autonomy and responsibility.
5 October 2026

When loyalty decides what counts as facts: Welcome to the age of epistemic fragmentation

Epistemic fragmentation is eroding shared reality as political loyalties, declining media trust, social media and AI reshape how people judge facts.
3 October 2026

Revisiting the origins of Sufism: Competing narratives of authenticity and borrowing

Sufism emerged from Islamic spiritual traditions while interacting with Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism and local cultures across its historical development.
2 October 2026

Beyond equivalence: Translation and the politics of being understood

True linguistic diversity demands going beyond translation equivalence to preserve cultural memory and fundamental language rights.
30 September 2026

Between Ghumparani masi-pisi and Baby Shark: Why Bengali lullabies still matter in the age of screens

Bengali lullabies nurture language, emotional connection and cultural memory, but screens are reshaping how children experience childhood.
30 September 2026

Not love at first sight

Second Impression at Bengal Shilpalay challenges instant perception, revealing how patience, memory and repeated looking deepen contemporary art.
29 September 2026

How far can devotion take us? Radhe Jaggi’s BHAKTA explores the sacred

Radhe Jaggi’s BHAKTA uses Bharatanatyam to explore devotion, surrender and the many ways humans give themselves to the sacred.
28 September 2026

The moral hierarchy of pleasure: Who controls women’s bodies?

Across history, female pleasure has been regulated through religion, ritual, sexuality and property, revealing enduring struggles over bodily autonomy.
27 September 2026

My grandmother’s world: Partition, Shia traditions and memories of Old Dhaka

A grandson remembers his Dadi through food, faith, Muharram rituals and the enduring heritage of Shia Dhaka.
25 September 2026

The taste of childhood: Bengali food, family and memory

Bengali food preserves childhood memories, family traditions and cultural identity through recipes, rituals, seasonal flavours and shared experiences.
24 September 2026

Along the Kapotaksha, in search of Madhusudan’s river

The Kapotaksha River connects Michael Madhusudan Dutt’s literary memory with the urgent environmental struggle to preserve it today.
21 September 2026

Where did gold come from?

Gold and other heavy elements were forged in violent cosmic events, linking the matter around us to stellar history.
20 September 2026

Do we understand the children we try to teach?

Understanding children’s development, needs, interests, and learning differences must come before designing curricula, lessons, assessments, or teaching methods
18 September 2026

AI is here. Can Bangladesh’s education system adapt?

The young absorb the technology of their generation. Technology, however, cannot eliminate the human mind's curiosity. In a memoir, Asrar Chowdhury writes about the need for educators to adapt in the age of AI.
17 September 2026

Why are we in such a hurry to live?

Productivity culture turns our 20s into a race for achievement, making rest feel like failure and ambition feel never-ending.
15 September 2026

Why I chose teaching over a corporate career

A daughter who vowed never to teach discovers how her father’s sacrifices transformed teaching from burden into inheritance.
14 September 2026

The moral hierarchy of blood

The blood itself has no opinion on any of this. It cannot announce whether it belongs to a soldier, a bride or a girl on an ordinary Tuesday. Menstrual blood is no more capable than the blood of a soldier, a sacrifice or a bride of announcing what it means. What changes is the social order into which it appears.
13 September 2026