One in every three women are abused in their lifetime. If one goes by the statistics that the world has a total of seven billion people,

A great number of us grew up boxing with siblings, imagining our beds as a premiere boxing ring and our sibling as our greatest rival. Elders would never encourage this game though, because a playful tussle could often turn into a full-fledged muscle game.

I thought I would celebrate Valentine's Day by participating at the 'Clean-up Dhaka' event organised by Dhaka South City Corporation

Internationally renowned Bangladeshi artist Shahabuddin Ahmed's works have travelled across the globe including the Museum Olympic

This is the number of people dying worldwide prematurely due to air pollution. As part of the Global Burden of Disease project reveals that mostly small particles

A fast-growing tumbleweed called "hairy panic" is clogging up homes in a small Australian town.

Aminul Islam Md Amin, 18, a student of Sylhet Cadet College, is suffering from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Speakers at a discussion yesterday urged the government to take initiatives to uphold the role of Bangabir General MAG Osmani, who was

A Spanish civil servant who failed to turn up for work for "at least" six years has been caught after becoming eligible for a long service award.

Kali, a polar bear at the St. Louis Zoo is given a heart-shaped, ice "cake" stuffed with frozen mackerel, capelin and apples for him to chow down on for this Valentine's Day to show love.

Only in Australia does a snake stand no chance against a spider.

Two popular names in the TV industry – Nayeem and Nadia, recently tied the knot, much to the excitement of their fans. Both of them

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The spring festival, popularly known as Pohela Phalgun amongst Bangalis takes place on the first day of spring is a particularly vibrant

PEARLS OF WISDOM

Like all languages, Bangla language has been through changes. The fifth spoken language in the world, we Bangalis take much pride

When I first heard of the initial details coming out of the organizing committee of the third edition of Dhaka Art Summit, I felt a little

The name Amartya (meaning immortal) was given by another legend, Rabindranath Tagore. He is an Indian economist and philosopher of

“Hybrid Car”, the term may sound unusual to many, on the whole, it is a multi fuelled vehicle that can switch between a fossil fuel and an alternative fuel source.

The amount of seconds Mahfuza Khanam Shila, a Bangladeshi swimmer took to clinch her 2nd gold medal in the Women's 50-metre