Thirteen-year-old Ukkya Chaing Marma, a seventh-grade student of Milestone School and College, who died after a Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed into his school, was laid to rest in his ...

If your idea of resisting state failure is to equate “femininity” with cowardice, you are not challenging injustice. You are ...

Pahela Baishakh lit up the streets with music, colour, and tradition—but for many shopkeepers and traders, it was a quiet season for business. With Eid just two weeks earlier, most people had already ...

The floats representing the "Face of Fascism" and the "Pigeon of Peace", which were torched by an unknown youth yesterday (12 April), are being recreated at Dhaka University's (DU) Faculty of Fine ...

The mystery of Pahela Baishakh and the Bengali calendar The writer says that tracing the calendar's roots leads us back to ancient astrologers who meticulously observed the sky, their vigilance not ...

The nation celebrates Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bangla New Year 1427, today amid restrictions on outdoor programmes throughout the country due to the coronavirus outbreak. There will be no ...

Mangal Shobhajatra on Pahela Baishakh, a festival close to the hearts of Bangalis, has been inscribed on Unesco's Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bengali new year 1421, was celebrated all over Bangladesh on April 14 (Monday) with much festivity and gaiety. Entire Bengalee nation, irrespective of caste and ...