Martians, coconuts and changing careers with the 2019-20 Bangladesh Budget

You would think that a fortune teller would see it coming. But even they were surprised by the unpredictability of the ups and downs
20 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Travels with the ghost of childhood

Nauroze could recall each strange detail about that summer that led to monsoon with the greatest clarity. She was a child invested in
20 June 2019, 18:00 PM

HBO’s Chernobyl: Flashback, premonition, or forewarning?

Directed by Johan Renck and written by Craig Mazin, HBO’s five-part miniseries aired earlier this month takes us back to the worst
20 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Trump’s Evidence About Iran is “Dodgy” at Best

The crackpot president of the United States of America has so snarled up the gangplank to truth these past 29 months that no matter
20 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Do the masses really vote for fascism?

The elections are over, and India has spoken. Or so I hear. Modi will go on to rule for five more years, the country will systematically
20 June 2019, 18:00 PM

The slow and steady conservation of the Asian Giant Tortoises

They are famous because they battled petty criminals, overlords, mutated creatures and alien invaders, all the while trying and mostly succeeding to stay hidden. They are famous, for they were cursed and are now manifestations of an evil spirit stuck in a pond for
13 June 2019, 18:00 PM

The high price for a foreign degree

Samia* returned to Bangladesh two years ago, after a harrowing experience in the UK where she went for higher education.
13 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Islamophobia is the New Black

Burmese State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi’s recent partnering with Hungarian PM Viktor Orban appears at first blush to be the
13 June 2019, 18:00 PM

The man behind the bell

Last week, a peon, who was also a night guard, of Poradanga Government Primary School of Kulotia Union of Monirampur upazila,
13 June 2019, 18:00 PM

“If I don’t enjoy independence to enforce the law, I shall quit”

Throughout the month of Ramadan, the Directorate of National Consumers’ Rights Protection (DNCRP) continued to hit the headlines
13 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Save the farmers, save agriculture

“Farmers in Peril” described the plight of farmers as rice prices fall to new lows. They are losing hard earned savings day by day and with
13 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Sad state of street children 

A happy life is still a far cry for children who are born on the street and pass their childhood roaming here and there. People have no
13 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Migrants’ plight

Millions of migrants from Bangladesh are already working all over the world; everyday, thousands of others are leaving on this often-
13 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Annual Development Programme in posterity

Annual Development Programme in posterity
13 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Coronating a child goddess in Kathmandu

Board any flight to Kathmandu, and the co-passengers would nearly all be happy, vacation-bound Bangladeshi families. Nepal with its
30 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Bite sized travel stories

Bite sized travel stories
30 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Celebrating Eid around the World

I was roused from the depths of slumber by the loud, rasping call to morning prayer. Its familiarity, the tune, the words were
30 May 2019, 18:00 PM

8 reasons why Sierra Leone should be on top of your bucket list

I moved to Sierra Leone (or Salone as the locals fondly call it)—a small tropical paradise squeezed between Guinea and Liberia—in West
30 May 2019, 18:00 PM

An Itinerary in Retrospection

This article is an itinerary of the writer hopping across countries and cities, picking a highlight from each trip, presenting a montage of his solo travels.
30 May 2019, 18:00 PM

SIX STATES IN SEVEN DAYS

Travelling to India back in March was a treat. The diverse weather conditions were breathtaking (my nose was blocked at times
30 May 2019, 18:00 PM