I have admired Meryl Streep all my life. It is not often that I find myself in the role of a fan or an avid admirer. I can neither swoon over a celebrity, nor fall at their feet.

Teachers are struggling with cases of sexual abuse and they do not have an effective social welfare system to turn to for help.

Between February 19 to 23, 2010, hundreds houses of Jumma villagers, Buddhist temples, and a church were torched in a communal attack in the Baghaihat area of Sajek union and Khagrchari municipality under Khagrachari district allegedly by Bangalee settlers.

The indigenous people of Longadu flee to remote jungles escaping violent rioting.

Understanding the budget during the era of development.

The network of 53 canals of Dhaka that once ran through the city and functioned as its water extraction and flood control system is now almost dead. A few of the surviving lakes and canals are also on the verge of extinction due to continuous encroachment.

One of the first pollution sources to be targeted was the transport sector—in 2004, the city introduced battery-powered rickshaws and banned large trucks in the city centre during daytime.

While a liveable city should contain 25 percent greenery of its total area, the capital has barely five percent greenery for lack of regular plantation, and no maintenance of the existing ones.

Our ecosystem, our homes, and our livelihoods are under threat.

Finding the link among loss of tree cover, greater non-native or introduced trees and higher bird mortality.

While President Trump insists that he is yet to make a decision on whether to honour the only global commitment to save the planet from a premature doomsday, he reportedly told his close confidants that he would exit.

About Town

“How can anybody survive there?” a frustrated Mohammad Gul-e-Noor laments. “Whatever we planted is now under water. Even the fish is floating dead. What will they eat there?"

Gondamara union is not only incredibly disconnected from the rest of Banshkhali upazila and the greater Chittagong area, it isalso one of the most vulnerable places in the country to cyclones and tidal flooding.

Are we viewers or consumers?

"The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore." —Vincent Van Gogh

The critics of Rampal include environmentalists, scientists and experts. Yet, the defence for the power plant has remained the same. But, under scrutiny, how do these claims, meant to relieve us of our fears about the potential risks of the power plant, hold?

A long haired young sculptor was regularly seen near the arts faculty of Dhaka University, with a hammer and chisel in his hands, working day and night on a life-size structure.

Photography Contest on Different Images of Men

“I have a disabled leg. I fell when I was young, and it affected the nerve. One of my legs is shorter than the other,” says Shireen, a quality inspector at the Beximco Textile and Apparel Division, in Savar.