How would you translate the phrase “Bangladesh chirojeebi hok?” It could be “Long live Bangladesh.” It could also be “May Bangladesh exist forever.” Whichever we…
When we were six-year-old boys in 1972, our parents sent us to learn Arabic at the local mosque. We were children, and that’s why our…
When Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman first went to China in 1952, he was a young politician, only 14 years into his political career. He visited…
The former skipper of our national cricket team and now a member of the parliament, Mashrafe bin Mortaza, has recently stirred a few minds across…
Tell me, why do we call Dhaka city a city? Just because it houses all the government offices, has most of the motorized vehicles, people…
When the fear of death during the pandemic was cast in the minds of the people across the country as well as the world, I…
There’s an interesting story about us Bengalis. God will not require any security guards in hell where Bengalis will be sent to be punished. In…
There had to be shutdowns across the world. We didn’t know what else to do. The only way to escape the virus was to stay…
The pandemic has generated an enormous amount of information and content around the world. The focus has primarily been on health and safety. The media…
We have a very popular fairness cream that sells like hot cakes in Bangladesh. I think this particular cream is also quite high in demand…