Bangladesh Couture Week 2021 by FDCB
Fashion Design Council of Bangladesh (FDCB) is holding its first edition of Couture Week titled Bangladesh Couture Week
Luxury cruise ship 'BAYONE': Chittagong-Saint Martin and Bay of Bengal tour
Luxury cruise ship 'BAONE': Chittagong - Saint Martin and Bay of Bengal tour
Women who travel
A month ago, three of my female friends planned a trip to Cox’s Bazar. They decided to take a late night bus.
Finding Bangladesh in Paris
After some back and forth in Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, the largest international airport in France, we managed to get out and take a bus to our first destination – the Eiffel Tower, as one...
Meet ‘Bachao’, an app to prevent sexual violence against women
The incidents of rape and sexual violence against women in Bangladesh are on the rise over the years. This number has bizarrely increased during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Inside the infamous Kanjozoku car culture
Honda enthusiasts have been racing on elevated highways in Osaka, Japan for a long time. The most famous of these highways was the ‘Kanjo Loop’: an infamous expressway where the roadways connected...
Red Notice: A star-studded waste of potential
Ryan Reynolds. Gal Gadot. Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson.
LADIES & GENTLEMEN
The shooting for this project was during the pandemic, but the situation was not as bad back then as it is now. We shot the film around February and March of this year.
Kurdish Massacres One of Britain’s Many Original Sins
For those who believe in the fairy tale of original sin, Adam and Eve, so goes the narrative, partook of the forbidden fruit, fell from grace, and were forever banished from the garden.
The Politics of Indigeneity and the Jumma struggle for land and recognition
In May 2011, Iqbal Ahmed—first secretary of the Bangladesh Mission in New York—stated at the 10th session of the United Nations
Four Challenges to Governance in South Asia
Although there is no universally accepted definition of the term governance, it has become a buzzword since the 1980s.
Bangladesh Sanskriti Parishad awards cultural personalities
Bangladesh Sanskriti Parishad (BSP) organised a special award giving ceremony to honour the cultural figures and literary figures for their roles during Covid-19.
Wrishiz Shilpi Gosthi awards ‘Wrishiz Padak’ on 45th anniversary
Celebrating the golden Jubilee of our Independence and their 45th anniversary, Wrishiz Shilpi Gosthi organised the awarding ceremony of Wrishiz Padak on November 30, at the ‘Sangeet, Abriti O...
‘Gadar 2’ goes on floors: Ameesha and Sunny's looks revealed
Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel are back together to shoot for their much-awaited sequel “Gadar 2”.
Following in her father’s footsteps
Fauzia Beethi is not a political figure in her area, but everybody knows her in Bogura’s Dhunat upazila for her philanthropic works.
For the love of a language
In a country where people laid down their lives about seventy years ago to uphold the dignity of their mother tongue, Bangla, the struggle is still on to preserve mother tongues of smaller ethnic...
The pursuit of a dignified life
Giving away her hard-earned income to the destitute, Dil Afroze Khuki of Rajshahi chose a life of constant battles. ...
Omicron: First case identified in US, says Fauci
A person in California who had been vaccinated against COVID-19 became the first in the U.S. to have an identified case of the omicron variant, the White House announced Wednesday as scientists...
Mary Frances Dunham: In memoriam
The blood of the farmer is very sweet and everybody wants to taste it;
Hatiya fishermen working in oman
“We try to stop them, but they want to go. They say that Allah may help them to find a good malik. And so, they go; and we let them go because we need food, because here we don’t have enough.
Dhirendranath Dutta: Portrait of a patriot
Dhirendranath Dutta was born on November 2, 1886 to a lower middle-income family in Ramrail village of Brahmanbaria sub-division under Tripura district, now known as Cumilla.
All roads to be converted into racetracks: Minister
The minister of roads and highways recently decided to turn all thoroughfares of Chapasthan into racetracks, as the country’s drivers have a natural inclination towards going fast and putting...
Cricketers plan to build biggest pillar of success with continuous failures
One will rarely come across anyone who has not heard the old adage “failure is the pillar of success”.
Previous generation always has it harder than latest one: Study
A recent study has found that every problem the current generation faces is nothing compared to what the previous generation went through.
Young innovators from Digital Khichuri Challenge showcase their impactful ideas
UNDP's Partnership a Tolerant, Inclusive Bangladesh (PTIB) organised a showcase, featuring ten youth-led innovative organisations, which have previously won the Digital Khichuri Challenge, at...
My goal for a better future
A writing based campaign created to raise awareness regarding SDG goals
Forging the path to progress for underprivileged communities
For a newly initiated non-profit organisation, Briddhi is on the right track to taking measures for positive changes.
