In 1874, at the age of 9, Yamuna was married off to a 30-year-old man Gopalrao Joshi, who later renamed her Anandi Gopal Joshi. Aged 14, Anandi gave birth to a boy who died in 10 days due to lack of medical care. It was then that she decided to study medicine to do somethin ...বিস্তারিত
Ambassador Muhammad Zamir The ninth month of the Islamic calendar- the month of Ramadan, associated with pristine values synonymous with restraint, patience and commitment is regarded as one of Islam's five pillars. Ramadan is not only the month of spiritual reflection an ...বিস্তারিত
Syed Badrul Ahsan We observe today May Day, the defining moment, that movement of the struggling masses which was to change history.The observance of the day annually is essentially a journeying back to the sacrifices made by some brave men in Chicago in 1886 in defence o ...বিস্তারিত
Shannon Keating, Buzzfeed News Special life moments and important rites of passage have looked drastically different this past year. Perhaps you had to cancel a wedding, or hold a baby shower over Zoom. And with many of us changing the way we socialize and interact, you m ...বিস্তারিত
Marta Pascual Juanola Gailani, the daughter of an aristocratic Afghan family, tried to talk herself out of it. She had witnessed world powers re-establish the country with the stroke of a pen in Bonn in December 2001, but she also saw diplomacy crumble just as swiftly in ...বিস্তারিত
Mae Sam Laep, Reuters Myanmar's coup has brought war back to a remote Southeast Asian frontier after 25 years, sending a new generation of villagers in both Myanmar and Thailand running for their lives from bullets and bombs. Ethnic Karen insurgents and the Myanmar army h ...বিস্তারিত
Mauro F. Guillen, Tribune News Service The world of 2030 will be radically different from the one most of us were born into, and the global pandemic will only speed up this timeline. Some of the changes on the horizon: Africa’s population will top East Asia’s for the ...বিস্তারিত
Official FB page of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie How does a heart break twice? To still be immersed in grief, barely breathing again, and then to be plunged callously back into a sorrow you cannot even articulate. How can my mother be gone forever, and so soon after my father ...বিস্তারিত
Tazmim Hoaasian Mim Department of Law, North South University Every human life is worth the same and worth saving. As a citizen of a democratic country, we always talk about ensuring citizen's right. However, day by day, we are going far away from a citizen's duty toward ...বিস্তারিত
Basil M.K. Al-Ghalayini/Arab News As we enjoy the first days of Ramadan this year, performing Umrah at the holy Grand Mosque is becoming a dream for millions, especially after its closure last year as a precautionary measure due to the COVID-19 nationwide lockdown. This ye ...বিস্তারিত
