Md Shahnawaz Khan Chandan

In the magical mangrove forest of the Sundarbans roams one of the world's most majestic creatures. It is so elusive and ferocious that it is venerated as the king or 'God' in the localities around the forest.

Sadaf (not his real name), a 20-year-old university student was trembling with excitement when he first participated at the secret get together of a faith based youth organisation – the Hizb ut-Tahrir. Little did he know – the group was banned in Bangladesh for committing anti-state activities.

An old man of around eighty years of age is often seen crying. Sitting at the balcony of their small apartment, the heartbroken old man is waiting, in vain, for his only granddaughter—who was raped and killed four months ago. “I believe Tonu has not died.

In the fifties when Bangladesh was one of the poorest and most neglected parts of the world under the exploitative Pakistani

Every year during Eid, millions of Bangladeshis rely on some 300 trains of Bangladesh Railway to reach home to spend their

In the beginning of the eighteenth century, a rich jewellery merchant from Punjab named Manna Lal Roy arrived in Bengal for a

“Allah has given me three daughters. They are ten, six and two years old respectively. In my village daughters are often seen

It was 6 o'clock in the afternoon. The open square of Bashundhara shopping mall was crammed with people desperately looking for public transport to return home by iftaar. Taxi and CNG auto rickshaw drivers grabbed the opportunity very well,

“I cannot bear it anymore. I had to stay in the open street for ten days to take part in the protest. With meagre food, no sleep

Dhaka's intense traffic congestion is brutal, an experience that, unfortunately, is now a daily event for Dhaka dwellers. According

The Airport road and Pragati Sarani are two of Dhaka's most important and busiest streets. Every hour, hundreds of vehicles pass

Almost a kilometre long queue of people of different ages, sweating relentlessly under the blazing sun, is an everyday sight in Agargaon. A number of curiously busy men are seen running back and forth with papers near the queue of hundreds of

Brindaban Das is one of the most acclaimed playwrights and actors in Bangladesh's entertainment industry. A veteran actor

Abdul Kader, a nine-year-old boy was cleaning the fuel chamber of a private car. Lying beneath the car's axle when Abdul opened the

The most recent national education policy of Bangladesh was enacted in 2010. Since 1971 till date, four education commission

Two men lying on the ground were helplessly trying to save their own lives. Their heart-wrenching cry for help was getting

After the partition of Indian subcontinent in 1947, when Pakistani rulers started to demean Bangali tradition by imposing Urdu and West Pakistani culture, the cultural significance of Pahela Baishakh started to resurface.

Thinking of having a quick weekend-tour outside Dhaka? Only some fifty kilometres away from the capital, Baliati Palace can be the

It is obvious that a newspaper is not the ideal place for publishing sketched portraits of unknown individuals.

Thirty five years ago today, Bangladesh lost one of its vanguards of its movement for emancipation. He is Abul Mansur Ahmad, the pioneering intellectual leader whose literary works and revolutionary thoughts have laid the foundation of an independent Bangladesh.