Osama Rahman

The coming month of Ramadan brings forth two widely different forms of enjoyment: one being the fast and the other the breaking of

Ex manus capere. Detach from the hand.

Bangladesh International Vote Banking brings you the opportunity to avail dead people votes, double votes, interest-based group votes, and much more, all designed in ways to suit you.

Kamrul Hussain, a small trader in Cumilla, sits sprawled across a sofa in his comfortable two-room apartment in the city. He is gloating. “I cannot wait for us to become a developing country. I might actually be able to buy this place if that happens,” he says.

If you like eating out, then you must have asked the title question, more than once in your lifetime. In Dhaka nowadays, the answer to

The recent BS211 crash went down as one of the gravest chapters in Bangladesh's aviation history. But before the dust had settled and the survivors had a chance to process their grief, rampant media speculation turned the spotlight to the conduct of the newsmen themselves.

It was a momentary respite from a black chapter for many people. This particular Biman Bangladesh flight BG072 from Kathmandu to Dhaka was carrying Almun Nahar Annie, Mehedi Hasan and Kamrunnahar Shwarna -- three survivors of the BS211 air crash.

Almun Nahar Annie, one of the survivors, had been refusing to go back to Bangladesh. Last night though, she finally changed her mind. Annie lost her husband FH Priok and their only child Tamarra in the BS211 crash. What does she have to go back to?

On March 13, a day after the worst civil aviation disaster of the country, a Bangladesh Biman plane was getting ready to land at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport, the scene of the crash.

A flurry of activity outside the main gate of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital alerted journalists to something happening soon. Within moments, an ambulance drove towards the forensic department and a few worried people -- relatives of the Monday's air crash victims -- hustled hoping to have a glimpse of their departed loved ones.

Cracking down on time theft by government officials using the excuse of “sitting on committees”, the government yesterday decided to form a committee to oversee all other committees.

The rise of the nefarious whistleblowing group QiPileaks has the country of Bangladesh both alarmed and happy.

The provocatively dressed robot, who was recently granted Bangladeshi citizenship, has just gone missing. Law enforcers are at a loss as to where she (?) has gone. The newly formed Ministry to Control Possibly Female Robots (MCPFR) released a statement saying the Robot must return or she (?) will be hunted down and found.

Animals in and around the country have been raising allegations of discrimination, squarely levelling the blame on the government and its actor for propagating a harmful and hateful narrative.

If you find a group of pedestrians staring, transfixed by a subtle yet imposing graffiti on a wall, don't be surprised. In parts of Dhaka,

The right partner mirrors back how you feel about yourself. While finding the right match is never easy and there is no precise formula to finding the proverbial 'soul mate,' LS comes to the rescue.

Amarpreet Singh and Jeevan Jyot Singh, two Indian volunteers with Khalsa Aid, stand looking at the long lines of refugees behind a truck laden with sacks of rice in Balukhali area of Ukhia. They are a little taken aback at the sheer number of people.

Six-year-old Hizbullah tightly grips his grandmother Shiriluk's hand.

Mohammad Amin is one of the many people to afford a reception to the Rohingya refugees at Shah Porir Dwip. Instead of a red carpet

As I was heading towards Shah Porir Dwip, the uninterrupted range of lush green mountains had an entrancing effect. Momentarily, I