In the city where I live, a college for women recently laid down a strict dress code which antagonised the students as well as some of their parents. I can understand the strong reaction, having studied in convent schools where one had to obey rules regarding unifo ...বিস্তারিত
More than 70% of people worldwide have access to a radio – making it one of the easiest and reliable channels of communicating news, information, and entertainment. Radio is an inexpensive yet influential tool that can create positive changes in social belief systems and ...বিস্তারিত
The Prestige Shuvasish Bhowmick, the head of business development at Unigas, a leading liquid petroleum gas company and his six-year old son “Rituraj” have been spreading wholesomeness and jamming together ever since Rituraj was six months old. The feature of the wee ...বিস্তারিত
For older people who are alone, winter nights are a curse. It is very difficult to sleep in the night. Last year I was almost dying because of the intolerable cold. Every single night I was suffering from the cold. It is our habit to sleep beside our spouse and we never know ...বিস্তারিত
WOne of the great discoveries after 1971 was the road to corruption supported by impunity. Corruption is universal in Bangladesh but some are more corrupt than others. In Bangladesh it has sort of peaked. Or it’s quite possible that the summit of corruption was r ...বিস্তারিত
Mahmood Saberi, storyteller and blogger based in Bengaluru, India/ Gulf News I needed to get in touch with my editor in Dubai and was thinking of riding to town It’s been 50 years since the internet first came into being and I am still struggling trying to detox myself ...বিস্তারিত
Syed Badrul Ahsan, a journalist and biographer/ Dhaka Courier Onions are among the biggest pleasures of life. They can also, in moments wrought in unpredictability, be a source of pain. Think of the tears which flow freely when onions are being peeled. We weep when we go ...বিস্তারিত
David L. Phillips/The Jerusalem Post In his national address announcing that US Special Forces had killed Baghdadi, President Donald Trump commended Turkey while turning a blind eye to Turkey’s collusion with ISIS. Turkey protected ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi – ...বিস্তারিত
Monica Clua Losada and David J Bailey/ WION People across the world are demonstrating their discontent in increasingly creative and disruptive ways.The past year has seen schoolchildren across the world join the Fridays for Future strikes, witnessing mass walkouts from sc ...বিস্তারিত
International 2018: Emma Thompson is made a Dame of the British Empire by Prince William at Buckingham Palace, London 2018: US President Donald Trump fires Attorney General Jeff Sessions and appoints Matthew Whitaker in his place as acting Attorney General 2007: 41st Coun ...বিস্তারিত