Nahaly Nafisa Khan

All things colourful make up the Bangla New Year—boisterous celebrations of nature, art work, music, food, the quintessential Bangali warmth, and the Mongol Shobhajatra as its crowning jewel

Four Bangladeshi startups among Accelerating Asia’s 11 high-potential startups

We believe not everything goes according to the plans, hence in this issue, we bring you some backup plans. This issue is mostly about changing

Selected Poems on Love, Environment & Other Difficulties (Chitra Prokashani, 2020) is a collection of poems by the late Rafiq Azad, one of the most prolific poets of Bangladeshi literature, translated from Bangla by his son Ovinna Azad.

Right at the heart of the small district of Kurigram stands a familial home. Except that it’s not just a home, it’s a home turned into a museum that displays rare local artefacts and documents from the time of the war of liberation.

With all the rampant and rapid development in the startup scene in the country, we believe it’s important to address everything that involves startups. In today’s feature, we talk about fundraising tips for startups.

36% of girl children in the country fall victim to sexual harassments from friends online, findings from a survey conducted by Ain o Salish Kendro (ASK) suggest. The survey was conducted on 178 children, of which 27% are found to be sexually harassed by adult relatives and 18% by unknown adults. The report has been presented in a webinar titled “Analysing the Current Situation and Law Review to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse Online” held on 25 February 2021.

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has not only exposed the fragility of our healthcare system but has also made policymakers around the world rethink the healthcare systems of their respective countries.

In this second installment, we talk about Purbo Banglar Bhasha Andolon O Totkaleen Rajneeti (The Language Movement of Bengal and Contemporary Politics), in which author and historian Badruddin Umar explains the cultural, economic, and historical context behind the Bangla language movement of 1952.

This is one special issue. Apart from our regular-everything-tech-and-automobile, we got Bangladeshi astrophysicist Tonima Tasnim Ananna to talk to us,

Right when I started to write this note in the last moment (as always),

This pandemic-ridden year is about to end, but the changes and new practices that it brought to almost every possible sphere of human existence is not ending anytime soon.

In the second issue of the last month of 2020, we talk about the newest additions in the world of tech, including our regular tech and automobile update and the process of reflecting on specific career choices, like HR.

Arundhati Roy’s latest, Azadi (Penguin India, 2020), is a collection of nine stand-alone essays, most of which were delivered as lectures or published as columns between 2018 and 2020.

There is a lot to be done to reach a long-term solution to the problem. This includes law reform, stricter implementation, introducing sex education as a part of the national curriculum and many more.

Life after the new normal can be pretty daunting. Even if you think you want to get back to offices from the after months of working from home,

Alice’s Adventures in the Wonderland (1865)

In mid-August, DSCC declared to start a programme relocating the 30,000 stray dogs of the city to other districts to contain the spread of rabies. We talk to experts and activists to understand why this is not the right method to handle stray animals and what can be done instead.

We were supposed to have a Harry Potter-themed issue for this week, honouring the Hogwarts Express arrival day on September 1.

The ongoing coronavirus crisis is taking a heavy toll on our already fragile healthcare system. Newer problems are arising every day including lack of testing facilities, specialised care and ICU units for critical patients.