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Sadia Mahjabeen and Tamanna Toma Khan 2022-02-12 00:00:00

From diet tips to taking care of your mental health, here is everything you need to know to bounce back to health after giving birth:Women undergo significant physiological, hormonal, and psychologica...

Celebrate  an exciting weekend  with Uber

Celebrate an exciting weekend with Uber

Adiba Narjis Hayat 2022-02-12 00:00:00

An exciting weekend is knocking on our door, paired with Valentine's Day and Pohela Falgun with the weekly 2-day-long holiday. Don't miss the opportunity to commute to your favourite places with your...

Celebration of life in time  of pandemic

Celebration of life in time of pandemic

Nilratan Halder 2022-02-12 00:00:00

Quite a lengthy Winter, indeed! Many complain against the 'untimely rain' and of course, the highly fluctuating temperatures within days or even within a day. Is Nature playing a hide-and-seek game, t...

These Indian 'Rotis' are popular in Bangladesh

These Indian 'Rotis' are popular in Bangladesh

Sirajum Munira 2022-02-08 19:49:00

Suppose you went to try Indian cuisine in a restaurant, ordered Chola-Bhatura but the waiter came with Chanar-Dal and a huge size Luchi. Ordering an expensive dish, that too with an Indian name, but e...

Opportunity to join the International Rice Research Institute as an Assistant Scientist

Opportunity to join the International Rice Research Institute as an Assistant Scientist

FE Online 2022-02-08 18:32:57

The mission of the International Rice Research Institute is to eradicate world poverty and hunger by specializing in rice-based agriculture. They also work with advanced research organizations and inv...

Reading books can reduce prison sentence in Brazil

Reading books can reduce prison sentence in Brazil

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-02-07 12:35:47

Brazil has a unique way of reducing the prison term of the inmates. Inmates who read books during their time in prison get their imprisonment time reduced, as per a report by Reuters. Brazil is one o...

Happy 37th Birthday Cristiano Ronaldo!

Happy 37th Birthday Cristiano Ronaldo!

Wasif Rahman 2022-02-05 15:32:56

“When the lights are the brightest, pressures are the highest, the strongest thrives” This phrase has been synonymous with Cristiano Ronaldo's entire career, or his entire life -- from wo...

When do parents  give up babies in exchange for money?

When do parents give up babies in exchange for money?

Nilratan Halder 2022-02-05 00:00:00

Can a baby be sold or bought? The simple and straight answer is 'no'. But financial and circumstantial compulsion at times proves overpowering for parent/s to part with newborns no matter if this is i...

K Kamrul Hoda

K Kamrul Hoda

-- 2022-02-05 00:00:00

Back in 80s, one of the leading multinational banks of the country was encountering a challenge; going by the standards, they had to make a provision for a large amount of bad loan that would eventual...

Why children "misbehave"  and what to do about it

Why children "misbehave" and what to do about it

Sadia Mahjabeen & Jarin Tasnim Diba 2022-02-05 00:00:00

No matter how old a child becomes, undesirable behaviour is likely to continue. Here is why kids misbehave & what parents can do to prevent them: Is your child sometimes uncontrollably loud? Is h...

Prestigious fellowship opportunity for journalists

Prestigious fellowship opportunity for journalists

FE Online 2022-01-31 17:07:47

The McGraw Center commissions in-depth stories on serious economic and business topics through the McGraw Fellowships in Business Journalism. The Fellowships provide experienced journalists with a sti...

The mental toll of Covid curbs

The mental toll of Covid curbs

Washim Palash 2022-01-29 00:00:00

'Social Distancing' as a measure of battling the coronavirus has been applied in the pandemic period. It seems effective in the short run, but it is conflicting with the human value and may lead to se...

Love for the feathery friends

Love for the feathery friends

Nilratan Halder 2022-01-29 00:00:00

Birds and fish are two species which require no passport and visa to travel to any country or territorial water. On that count their freedom is enviable indeed. Quite a number of both species travel t...

Timeless ‘Before Sunrise’ continues to spread love in the 27th year

Timeless ‘Before Sunrise’ continues to spread love in the 27th year

Iftekharul Islam 2022-01-27 12:55:38

Love is an emotion that many people express and explain in different ways. The concept of love has been attempted to explain by many filmmakers over decades, but ‘Before Sunrise’ stood out...

Is Barcelona-Athletic Bilbao becoming the fiercest rivalry of Spanish football?

Is Barcelona-Athletic Bilbao becoming the fiercest rivalry of Spanish football?

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2022-01-23 15:49:06

The teams Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao are similar in various aspects. Both strictly represent a particular community of Spain, both give prominence to their homegrown players, both want to showcase...

Inflation surge and rising income inequality

Inflation surge and rising income inequality

Muhammad Mahmood 2022-01-22 20:45:58

The US Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS) recently released data on inflation. The released data indicate that consumer prices in the United States surged upward reaching the highest inflation rate sin...

Uber for women's safe commute

Uber for women's safe commute

Rehnuma Tarannum 2022-01-22 00:00:00

Nabiha is a working woman. She often needs to go outside for urgent businesses. Today, the driver of her personal vehicle is absent, but she needs to leave now for an urgent meeting. She doesn't want...

A weapon to combat violence

A weapon to combat violence

Soma Dhar 2022-01-22 00:00:00

Artistic and definitive factors laboriously impact how women are treated and considered in Bangladesh. Women, adolescents or girls, become the possession of the husband's family after getting married,...

A shift in food habit

A shift in food habit

Nilratan Halder 2022-01-22 00:00:00

Apart from some common indigenous fruits, the Bangalees were hardly keen to grow and habituated to eating a variety of those. Even some of the local fruits were not cultivated systematically; only one...

Nadal’s last chance for history?

Nadal’s last chance for history?

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2022-01-19 16:45:11

9 of the last 11 Australian Open were shared between these two greats. They are also the two highest winners of this Grand Slam.  When the Australian government declined the visa of Novak Djokov...

Human values  have suffered yet another reversal

Human values have suffered yet another reversal

Nilratan Halder 2022-01-15 00:00:00

When Covid-19 was wreaking havoc with lives and healthcare systems in larger parts of the planet, people around the world were nervous and awe-struck. They had not even remotely experienced anything o...

Recent behaviour of lending & deposit rates in the banking system of Bangladesh

Recent behaviour of lending & deposit rates in the banking system of Bangladesh

Md Salim Al Mamun and Md Ezazul Islam   2022-01-13 21:15:47

Shortly after the liberation of Bangladesh in 1971, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) had introduced a controlled interest rate policy, setting both deposit and lending rates for commercial banks which continu...

If you watched these Bangla Cartoons, your childhood was awesome

If you watched these Bangla Cartoons, your childhood was awesome

Megh Rahman 2022-01-10 16:50:44

Visualize it’s  2006 or 2007. Heavy rain is pouring with gusty winds outside. Mom asks not to go to school and you with your utmost satisfaction sit in front of the television to watch your...

Exploring beach  volleyball potential

Exploring beach volleyball potential

Md. Mahfuzur Rahman Siddique 2022-01-07 22:38:12

Bangladesh Volleyball Federation simultaneously organised "Bangabandhu Asian Central Zone Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup-2021" and "Bangamata Asian Central Zone Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup-2021"...

Making New Year celebration

Making New Year celebration

Nilratan Halder 2022-01-07 22:37:08

The New Year celebration has its specialty to different peoples and communities depending on their climes and cultures. This is more so because the year is also different: some have their lunar and so...

Metropolis-satellite chain in apparel, jute export from Bangladesh

Metropolis-satellite chain in apparel, jute export from Bangladesh

Soma Dhar 2021-12-31 21:49:07

Metropolis Satellite Chain is a theory presented by Andre Gundar Frank in his book "Capitalism and underdevelopment in Latin America" in 1967. Frank says capitalism is a monopolistic exchange and expl...

The economics of lead induced child intelligence

The economics of lead induced child intelligence

Mahfuzar Rahman 2021-12-21 20:24:41

Globally, Bangladesh is one of the fastest-growing economies in South Asia. Bangladesh has maintained an inspiring track record of growth and poverty reduction since last couple of decades, which is s...

BD scores a diplomatic win

BD scores a diplomatic win

Ahsan Habib 2021-12-18 00:00:00

Since August 25, 2017, more than 10,00,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have fled to Bangladesh. This Rohingya refugee crisis is among the largest, fastest movements of people in recent history. The...

Taking people with disabilities on board

Taking people with disabilities on board

Md. Sazedul Islam 2021-12-18 00:00:00

International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) was observed on December 3 across the world, including in Bangladesh, to promote the full and equal participation of persons with disabilities and...

Victory proves still elusive without conquering the foe within

Victory proves still elusive without conquering the foe within

Nilratan Halder 2021-12-18 00:00:00

Bliss it was in that dawn to be alive/ But to be young was very heaven. This is how William Wordsworth was moved to pen his feeling, confronting the epical sweep of the French Revolution. The birth of...