J. approaches perfumes as aromatic storytelling. This year, Bangladesh is getting some scented stories of their own.
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Award-winning photographer and long-time Puran Dhaka resident Mahmud Hossain Opu indulges in culinary nostalgia over the traditional iftar bazaar.
Inside Asia’s defiant photography festival, Chobi Mela XI In January 2026, against the backdrop of a nation still reckoning with its own seismic shifts, the eleventh edition of the most storied international…
Every year, Jagannath Hall transforms into a vast, open-air classroom for the Mother of Arts. Here, under the Magh sun, departmental boundaries and religious lines blur, transforming the campus into a sprawling…
On questioning how language serves a powerful uniting force as well as one of the most complex factors of division
Two long-time friends, two locations and two conversations about the evolution of dissent Entering Justice Shahabuddin Park, I was gratified to find Elita Karim had reached before I had. Celebrated singer, award-winning…
Shuhan Rizwan and Tanzim Rahman on the weight of the word, the pressure of the Boi Mela, and the stories we are still too afraid to tell. One approaches the page with…
A love story unfolds amid political upheaval and rising extremism, as Delupi captures the pulse of a changing nation through authentic voices and village life. Delupi is definitely one of the best…
From the grit of local noir to the far-flung visions of international film, the 24th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) offers a dispatch from a city that lives between the frames. If…
Why I practice Karate – a memoir I used to be a very shy and reserved child, barely speaking out loud or introducing myself at birthday parties, rather choosing to sit in…
Social conditioning often teaches us that home, school, and offices safeguard us from bullying. Yet, many of us end up ridiculed in these very places— all in the name of tradition, culture,…
The youth of the country have often been labelled as lacking in common sense. Misreading an entire generation on purpose is a strategy used by society in an attempt to control…
Encounters with Zia Haider Rahman over the years, in the light of big political changes. Zia Haider Rahman, the Bangladeshi-British author of In the Light of What We Know, winner of…
Shah Rafayat Chowdhury has spent half his life on the ground. Now, he’s coming for the policy. The Footsteps headquarters in Niketon is not the serene, glass-fronted, air-conditioned sanctuary…
VisionSpring’s Reading Glasses for Improved Livelihoods (RGIL) programme is restoring clarity to Bangladesh’s working underprivileged — one pair of durable frames at a time. The human eye was never designed for the…
From the darkrooms of the early 2000s to the blockbuster posters of Jongli & Toofan, Rafiqul Islam Raf reflects on twenty years of defining Bangladeshi glamour, and why he is just getting started.
From confidence to empathy, creativity builds skills no worksheet ever will. Creative arts education is undervalued by modern academia, which prioritises test scores and a packed curriculum with core subjects. They…
