A Bangali’s trip to the CHT

When my editor and I thought this idea up, I was half-joking. I don’t really want to tell you how to be a decent Bangali during your Eid
30 May 2019, 18:00 PM

How are you Tanguar Haor?

The urgent scratch of a jackal and the whooshing sound of the brewing storm kept me awake for most parts of every night. I would be
30 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Longing for a home long gone

On a dusky summer night in Sylhet, Mahfuz emerged from the darkness and stepped on a frog.
30 May 2019, 18:00 PM

WASA water barely usable, not just undrinkable

Recently WASA’s Managing Director (MD) claimed that the supply water is 100 percent drinkable, which of course caused a controversy
23 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Symbol of protest

This is in reference to a write-up titled “The Long March of a Protestor’ published in Star Weekend magazine last week. Many social
23 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Price of essentials in Ramadan

Prior to Ramadan, a common scenario is the price hike of essentials in the city’s kitchen markets. According to local newspapers and
23 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Game of Thrones’ ending was mostly bitter, somewhat sweet

I saw a tweet soon after I finished watching Game of Thrones’ series finale—it said that those who still haven’t watched the show have
23 May 2019, 18:00 PM

The towers smell like rain

For all intents and purposes, the world ended 600 kilometres ago.
23 May 2019, 18:00 PM

The ‘forgotten’ pyramids in Sudan

When you think of pyramids, which is the first place you think of? I bet it would be the pyramids of Giza in Egypt. Actually, I won’t hold
23 May 2019, 18:00 PM

“Open Stage”

They are cleaners, people say. But I think they are sweepers, because they not only sweep away waste but the dust of civilisation. They
23 May 2019, 18:00 PM

A rest-stop for vultures

The forest does not intimidate much, in fact, at times it could feel like an extension of Enid Blyton’s mystical and whimsical children’s
23 May 2019, 18:00 PM

The price of faith in China

This Ramadan, spare a thought for Muslims who find themselves on the edge of the night. Take a moment to think of Uyghurs who
23 May 2019, 18:00 PM

SENT FOR HOUSE WORK: MANY TRICKED INTO SEX WORK

Her home is two boat rides away from central Narsingdi—first, a boat drops you off on the outermost banks of the char, and then after crossing half a mile across the sandy islet, a smaller dinghy takes you down a canal that feeds into the body of char.
23 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Takes two to make one AND raise one

When Nasim Hossain, a senior manager at an international trading company, first heard the news from his wife Tanuja Islam that they
23 May 2019, 18:00 PM

What does it really mean to protect children?

As of 2017, roughly 16.2 million people newly displaced around the world—an average of 44,400 people forced out of their homes
23 May 2019, 18:00 PM

In the line of fire

“I’ve heard that the fire of hell is supposed to be 70 times hotter than fire on Earth. But if anything comes even close to that, it will be
23 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Farmers in Peril

Several hundred people, mostly children, gathered at a paddy field in Bankina village of Kalihati upazila of Tangail district. They were
23 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Bird’s-eye Views of Rio de Janeiro

No self-respecting tourist will come away from Rio without having visited Christ the Redeemer, the statue that is emblematic of Rio.
16 May 2019, 18:00 PM

How to survive a loving wife (featuring a guy called Guy)

A couple of weeks ago, a guy I will refer to as Guy (for his safety) made the unholy blunder of giving a Ha-Ha react to a comment that did not meet the approval of his wife.
16 May 2019, 18:00 PM

One hundred years of madness

Many hours later as he faced the only open window in his room, Shafiq was to remember that distant afternoon when he took his first born to see the undulating sand dunes of the vast desert.
16 May 2019, 18:00 PM