Seven-time Grand Slam champion, fashion designer and entrepreneur Venus Williams has confirmed her engagement to Italian-Danish actor, model and producer Andrea Preti, sharing photos on Instagram on December 2. Rumors…
The recent surge of hostility toward Baul singers, palagaan troupes and shrine-centered observances is being driven as much by money and local power as by theology, analysts and cultural organizers…
In Bangladesh, where conservative values dominate, divorce has long been stigmatized. However, in urban areas, reflect a societal shift driven by education, urbanization, and evolving gender roles. While Bangladesh lags…
A senior Bangladeshi banking executive serving as Executive Vice President and Head of Priority Banking at Prime Bank PLC has passed away, prompting condolences from across the country’s financial community.…
Since the student-led movement toppled the Awami League government on August 5, 2024, Bangladesh has been undergoing significant upheaval. The situation for small business owners, specially women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh…
Leading UK outlets gave prominent coverage to the two-year prison sentence handed down in Bangladesh to Labour MP Tulip Siddiq over alleged irregularities in a state plot allocation tied to…
Born with cerebral palsy and rendered unable to walk after a botched leg operation in 2007, Khaled Mahmood Khan could have disappeared into the margins. Instead, the 30-something graduate in…
Leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) converged outside Evercare Hospital on Sunday morning to check on party chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia, despite repeated calls…
On the quiet road that runs from Char Kaua ferry ghat to Laharhat launch terminal, 22 kilometers outside Barishal city, an electric rickshaw hums along with uncommon cargo: a woman…
As I entered the TIKA office at the world’s largest refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, the efficiency behind their efforts for the Rohingya refugees stood out. The space reflected order,…
Bangladesh 2.0 completes one month. The students who once led protests against corruption and injustice now have influence and power. But with great power also comes great responsibility—something that demands…
U.S. President Donald Trump said he plans to “permanently suspend” immigration from “third world” countries, without specifying which nations, asserting the move is needed to “stabilize” the U.S. immigration system.…
BNP chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia remains in critical condition at Evercare Hospital after a lung infection led to pneumonia, with long-standing ailments complicating treatment, party leaders and…
Bangladesh’s family planning program has drifted into paralysis just as fertility begins to rise and Dhaka surges to the world’s second-largest city, according to two new datasets released within 10…
An international team of researchers has identified a previously unmapped active fault line running roughly 400km from Jamalpur and Mymensingh in Bangladesh to Kolkata in India, with segments capable of…
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday cautioned that social media has become a “major crisis” globally and in Bangladesh, alleging it is being weaponized to spread disinformation,…
On the morning her husband died of cancer, Sohani Hossain sent her elder daughter to sit for an SSC exam. “Life and time wait for no one,” she told the…
A one-day cultural showcase in the capital has spotlighted how Bangladesh’s centuries-old craft traditions can power a more sustainable, climate-conscious future, bringing master artisans, designers and development leaders under one…
What can Bangladesh learn from past revolutions? Bangladesh finds itself at a crossroads — this phenomenon, while unique in its local context, has parallels in global history. When students and…
Rajshahi’s Mita Khatun, a final-year sociology student at the University of Dhaka and resident of Shamsunnahar Hall, has been recommended in the 49th Special BCS—one of just 15 candidates selected…