Help improve conditions in Rakhine: Rohingyas to UN rights chief
A Rohingya woman who spoke to the rights chief said they will return to Myanmar if they get assurance of rights like those of other Myanmar citizens.
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Deputy head of Bangladesh mission in Indonesia found with marijuana in possession
When asked if the foreign ministry would take any criminal case against the deputy, the foreign secretary said the law is different in different countries.
Bridging Bangladesh’s fragmented forests
Due to the Dhaka-Sylhet railway and Srimangal-Bhanugach road, many critically endangered species have died in accidents while crossing them.
The Great Divide that brought them together
The writer says the best thing that happened with the Partition Project was that it brought the youngsters of four nations together.
US-China tensions: Crossing the red lines to nuclear war
The writer says perilous times need statesmen who are not absent from the big decisions of our times.
Rights abuses: Bangladesh activists call for free enquiry commission
The Bangladesh government has denied allegations of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.
How Salman Rushdie’s ‘Midnight’s Children’ changed my life
The understanding that the politics of division goes way beyond an individual's life, but affects it nonetheless.
How I feel about Virginia Woolf being part-Bengali
“To me, the links between Woolf and Bangla and Bengal–linguistically, philosophically, and poetically, came through by closely reading certain portions of her works”, the…
Rice prices go up again in Bangladesh
Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder said his ministry will start selling rice at a cheaper rate for poor families through a food friendly programme from Sept 1.
The future of work in a post-Covid world
Companies must create a new, human-centric model for the hybrid environment by designing work around employee-driven flexibility, culture connectedness, and human leadership.