Years of majoritarian Bangla education means that certain minority communities only speak their mother-tongue, and neither read nor write.

While members of the civil society admit that the reinstatement of the No Vote system may not make a huge difference, it will give the people of Bangladesh more freedom to express themselves in 2019.

56 students were charged with attempted murder and sedition for speaking up against the police brutality that left three students of the 'Protibader Naam Jahangirnagar' road safety movement severely wounded by gunshot and countless others injured.

On July 29, 2017, there was a protest event organised by some student organisations at the University of Dhaka. They argued that a senate meeting was being held without student representatives.

With rising urbanisation and rapid industrialisation in Bangladesh, the demand for electricity has increased and the pressure on resources is burgeoning.

With cities, it is as with dreams: everything imaginable can be dreamed, but even the most unexpected dream is a rebus that conceals a desire or, its reverse, a fear.

In this damp hell, our only refuge is in carrying plastic bags.

There is nothing dark in Zeheen's room. Nothing that reflects the heavy weight of grief that engulfs those he has left behind.

The Proustian punch of eating food that stirs a nerve is something I have always been on a quest for.

Even though the first voice-over was given in the 1900s, it took a while for it to be recognised as a skill.

All we did was give him a shelter. But what Sorry probably valued most was the love he got from so many in the Asiatic family and from Joynal, his caretaker.

Workshop on Stress Management

22nd National Art Exhibition under scrutiny

With greater independence in work and better pay, many Bangladeshi workers are turning to freelancing in the online marketplace.

The increasing dependence on user-generated content means fact-checking has become all the more important.

A recent inspection report by Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence (BFSCD) classified more than 89 percent of 933 education institutions 'Risky' and nine percent 'Very Risky'.

Jane Austen is seeing something of a revival, if that can be said of an eternally popular writer, this year.

Human trafficking in Bangladesh has taken a turn for the worse

Forgotten by healthcare workers for seven years, 10 children in Sitakunda died from a disease that takes a single shot to prevent.

The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports is proposing the “Peoples' Master Plan for Power and Energy (2017-2041)” as an alternative to the government's master plan.