Europeans have no new moon or full moon, sankranti or pitha festival. Even their new year does not begin in the month of Baishakh. Not only Europeans, Chinese, Japanese, Americans
Jainab Tabassum Banu Sonali Recently, I had a conversation with a maid servant who is married for 6 years and is beaten by her husband for the same duration. Her
Bangladesh is a riverine country. From time immemorial, we are tied to the umbilical cord to rivers. Our livelihood, transportation, agriculture, industry, economy, consciousness, culture – all are fluvial. It
Bangabandhu remains a perennial source of inspiration for the youth even today. He himself was very young when he got involved in national politics. When he first spoke to Shahid
Ignorance seems to have no limits. Normally one would think that the President of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) would be well versed with the long standing issues between member
“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t” wrote the great American writer Mark Twain. In recent days the international
The world community is well aware of the fact that the recent political development in Myanmar is a usual event. But for Bangladesh, the country which has a burden of
Henry Kissinger, the former US Secretary of State, once described Bangladesh as a bottomless basket. This bottomless basket has become a rapidly expanding economy, exceeding many of its giant neighbours,
Of all means of earning livelihood perhaps begging appears to be the worst and under no circumstances a healthy man or woman should adopt begging as a source of income
The reports published very recently in the ‘Daily Sun’ and ‘Kaler Kantho’ about the quality of imported bitumen might, by this time, have attracted the notice of the authorities concerned.