Sujit Sarker

Where once was a river named Gorai…

Desert of white sand and puddles of water flowing along it – this is what the once great river Gorai in Kushtia has reduced itself to now.

Framed Bangladesh Bank official recalls 'cop brutality'

SI Masud, who was posted at Mohammadpur Police Station, and some of his associates forcibly pick up Rabby on a police van and demand Tk 5 lakh as bribe for his release, the victim recalls.

Buy your own boat for as low as Tk 3,000 (video)

In monsoon, the Kaikkertek in Sonargaon of Narayanganj plays host to a market of small boats at the banks of Brahmaputra that one can get in as low amount as Tk 3,000.

Visiting a 200yr old haat (video)

Surrounded by colours, drenches in sweat and a buzz all around – part and parcel of what a traditional haat in the villages still look like.

[WATCH] How Pahela Baishakh came to be

Muntasir Mamun, Professor of History at University of Dhaka, and Hashem Sufi, Researcher of History, tell us the facts behind how Bengali New Year celebration on Pahela Baishakh came to be.

May 10, 2019
May 10, 2019

Where once was a river named Gorai…

Desert of white sand and puddles of water flowing along it – this is what the once great river Gorai in Kushtia has reduced itself to now.

January 11, 2016
January 11, 2016

Framed Bangladesh Bank official recalls 'cop brutality'

SI Masud, who was posted at Mohammadpur Police Station, and some of his associates forcibly pick up Rabby on a police van and demand Tk 5 lakh as bribe for his release, the victim recalls.

July 25, 2015
July 25, 2015

Buy your own boat for as low as Tk 3,000 (video)

In monsoon, the Kaikkertek in Sonargaon of Narayanganj plays host to a market of small boats at the banks of Brahmaputra that one can get in as low amount as Tk 3,000.

July 23, 2015
July 23, 2015

Visiting a 200yr old haat (video)

Surrounded by colours, drenches in sweat and a buzz all around – part and parcel of what a traditional haat in the villages still look like.

April 19, 2015
April 19, 2015

[WATCH] How Pahela Baishakh came to be

Muntasir Mamun, Professor of History at University of Dhaka, and Hashem Sufi, Researcher of History, tell us the facts behind how Bengali New Year celebration on Pahela Baishakh came to be.

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