Bangladeshi photographer awarded prestigious Alexia Grant
On April 19, the names of the grant recipients were announced.
1 May 2023, 12:12 PM
'Diary of Genocide': A brief history of Martyred Intellectuals Day
A short film named “Diary of a Genocide” was released on 14th December 2022, Martyred Intellectuals Day. This 4-minute and 26-second-long film is based on the historic incident of 14th December during the Liberation War in Bangladesh.
On this day, Pakistani rulers, with the help of Razakars, Al-Badrs, and Al-Shams created a blueprint to destroy Bangladesh’s (then-East Pakistan’s) intellectual foundation and render the country metaphorically paralyzed. An unexplored horror-map, the treachery of how these intellectuals were abducted is still shrouded, this movie offers a visual picture of this little-known chapter of history.
2 January 2023, 06:50 AM
Bike rental venture rolls in Dhaka
In May this year, Chaad Ride launched the first motorcycle rental company in the country.
10 December 2022, 08:44 AM
Asaf’s lens creates magic at UN General Assembly
A Solo Photo Exhibition by Bangladeshi photographer Asaf Ud Daula was held, at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
9 October 2022, 05:00 AM
A soulful rendition for doctors
Sabbir who rose to fame through the second edition of Closeup 1 competition has come up with a new rendition dedicating it to the doctors.
7 April 2022, 09:10 AM
Two young doctors cross the Bangla Channel
Two doctors have swam across the Bangla Channel, the 16.1km stretch of the Bay of Bengal between the Teknaf Fisheries Jetty and the jetty in Saint Martin's Island, claiming to be the first ever doctors to do so in the country.
4 January 2022, 09:04 AM
Dewchhara Beel: Once full of lives, now a wasteland
Dewchhara beel in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar used to be a sanctuary for thousands of migratory birds and different species of native fish but for the last two years,
20 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Global professional certification in engineering now at fingertips
Construction engineers in Bangladesh can now appear in global professional certification exams without flying abroad.
2 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Social media platforms reuniting high school friends from decades ago
Imagine that time when people had no social media and everyone was filled with doubts whether they would get a second chance to meet their dearest friend once they parted ways at the end of their school year. Well, gone are those days. Thanks to social media, we can now stay in touch with our beloved friends, even years after school ends and it is a far memory.
3 August 2019, 08:35 AM
Refusing to quit
Sujan Rahman went blind very early in his life, but he never gave up hope of achieving his ambition.
5 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Pay Tk 1 only for tree service
Who will water the rooftop plants during Eid holidays? What would happen to the plant babies in the absence of water? Will they survive during the weeklong vacation? Many green lovers in the capital might become worried about who will care for their plants in their absence when they will be celebrating their Eid vacation with their near and dear ones at their village homes.
3 June 2019, 14:51 PM
Amader Pathshala: Changing lives, quietly but surely
Amader Pathshala has been quietly changing lives of underprivileged children in the capital's Mirpur since the school was established over a decade ago.
30 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Ending the shame surrounding menstruation
Fourteen year old Jhorna Akhter started getting her period recently. Along with physical changes during puberty, she is faced with change in emotional state as well.
1 January 2019, 18:00 PM
The two-wheeled miracle
“Four legs good, two legs bad,” is a famous quote of George Orwell, brilliantly put in his time-winning satirical fable Animal Farm. This seems to be the other way round, or so it appears, when you wander around Dhaka, a city of lifeless wheelers.
14 November 2018, 18:00 PM
A classroom in a backpack
Orange backpacks, with the word “Sputnique” on them, made their way to different corners of the country. And somehow, everywhere these backpacks, each weighing about five kilograms, went, they brought significant benefit to those who were able to use them to their fullest potential.
29 September 2018, 18:00 PM
Tears of a 156-yr-old rly station
Now it is afternoon. There's sunshine and everything is glowing. The beauty of nature shines in every nook and cranny in the entire area, except a nearby railway station lying in an uncared state for years. Where once flowers and leaves were swaying in the wind, there is now the kingdom of weed and grass.
4 September 2018, 18:00 PM
The indigenous boy who drew a logo for UN
In the flowing hills of Rangamati sits the small village of Bhedbhedi. This is where Rebang Dewan grew up frolicking around with his friends. The village encapsulates almost all the features of natural beauty the hills have to offer—clouds passing through the huts, occasional flashes of lightning seen from the distance, pattering rain on the roofs, glimpses of a rainbow, and rain-drenched verdant greenery.
10 August 2018, 18:00 PM
The tree doctors
Even though it was monsoon, I watered my rooftop plants before leaving Dhaka during Eid. While travelling in the night coach, I kept worrying about my plant babies. What would happen to them in the absence of water in this sweltering heat and high humidity? Will they survive my seven-day vacation? My fears were confirmed—when I returned, I found that the smaller plants had almost died, while the leaves of the mature ones had turned yellowish.
26 July 2018, 18:00 PM
A school for the poor
As the sun sets on the horizon in Elahipur village of Khulna's Rupsha upazila, most children begin heading home from the playgrounds; except eight-year-old Sukur. The child eagerly leaves his homes and makes his way to Anushilon Mojar School.
26 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Women take up Facebook-commerce
It was a surprise get-together where everyone was asked to wear dark blue saris.
29 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Bogra's Jewellery Village: Sparkling with self-reliance
Five kilometres from Bogra town is a village that gleams with copper and brass. The displays of handcrafted jewellery in Baropur
27 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Firefighters a tap away
It's just a matter of a phone call and you could have saved many lives.
31 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Of a dying tradition
While crossing the City Corporation Bazar at the capital's Rayer Bazar, one would be amazed to see a large number of earthen elephants, horses, tigers and monkeys put on display in front of shops there.
10 April 2017, 18:00 PM
If you just believe it, there's nothing to it
She provides for education of not just one, but three of her siblings. Her husband found financial stability with the drugstore she had bought for him.
31 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Drone for fighting pests
Imagine a farmer in a remote village spraying pesticides on his farmland using a drone.
16 February 2017, 18:00 PM
SONY: Don't think we are dead
Unfortunately, the untimely, sudden demise of an innocent student did not seem to move the teachers, who were prompt to award punishment – not to the killers but to the students protesting non-violently.
19 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Unmanned boats hold new hope
Seeing the small boats navigating through the course marked in the pool apparently on their own, one has to wonder how it was happening.
31 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Elections bring boon for Dhaka rickshaw-pullers
“Are you out of your mind?” a female staff of Bangladesh Betar snapped when a rickshaw-puller claimed Tk 80 for a ride from Asad Gate to Shishu Mela in the capital yesterday. Usually, it costs her no more than Tk 30.
28 April 2015, 18:00 PM