The Krishnachuras are here, and they are lovely
Red and orange are beckoning hearts at the streets at the eleventh hour of Baishakh, and the Krishnachuras are starting to bloom with all its vigour. It is nearing Jaishtha in Bangla calendar, the second month of summer; and it is now the bloom of spring chooses to unravel itself.
7y ago
Hasina meets Indian army officer who rescued her family in 1971
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina meets an Indian army officer, who rescued the family members of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in December 1971.
7y ago
Beat the traffic mess with bike service app
Are you annoyed with fighting for a space in public buses, or fed-up over bargaining with CNG-run auto-rickshaws or cursing your life while sitting in the traffic?
7y ago
DNCC to start building temporary shops at Gulshan-1 market tomorrow
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will begin setting up 291 temporary shops from tomorrow at the Gulshan-1 DNCC market that was destroyed by fire earlier this month, says its Mayor Annisul Huq.
7y ago
Facebook buzz: 2 bookworms’ effort to promote reading
Two Dhaka University sophomores have come up with a unique idea to promote the reading habit among their friends in the university. With an arsenal of over two hundred books in collection, they have decided to lend out the books – free of charge – with the lone condition of a promise to return them.
7y ago
Facebook buzz: Your live video in Victory Day theme
This year, you can live stream on Facebook with a custom frame designed in the theme of Victory Day with the slogan of “Proud to be a Bangladeshi”. The mobile application “Bijoy 71” will help you share Victory Day greetings on Facebook with the green and red Bangladesh theme.
7y ago
Facebook buzz: Good Samaritans still out there
A woman recovers her bag and all belongings in Dhaka, a day after she lost it, thanks to the generosity of a common Samaritan.
7y ago
Facebook buzz: ‘Frustrated’ cop damages motorcycles
A traffic policeman has drawn widespread flak in the social media for letting loose his rage and damaging about two dozens of parked motorcycles last Friday.
7y ago
May 6, 2017
The Krishnachuras are here, and they are lovely
Red and orange are beckoning hearts at the streets at the eleventh hour of Baishakh, and the Krishnachuras are starting to bloom with all its vigour. It is nearing Jaishtha in Bangla calendar, the second month of summer; and it is now the bloom of spring chooses to unravel itself.
April 8, 2017
Hasina meets Indian army officer who rescued her family in 1971
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina meets an Indian army officer, who rescued the family members of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in December 1971.
March 7, 2017
Beat the traffic mess with bike service app
Are you annoyed with fighting for a space in public buses, or fed-up over bargaining with CNG-run auto-rickshaws or cursing your life while sitting in the traffic?
January 19, 2017
DNCC to start building temporary shops at Gulshan-1 market tomorrow
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will begin setting up 291 temporary shops from tomorrow at the Gulshan-1 DNCC market that was destroyed by fire earlier this month, says its Mayor Annisul Huq.
December 9, 2016
Facebook buzz: 2 bookworms’ effort to promote reading
Two Dhaka University sophomores have come up with a unique idea to promote the reading habit among their friends in the university. With an arsenal of over two hundred books in collection, they have decided to lend out the books – free of charge – with the lone condition of a promise to return them.
December 8, 2016
Facebook buzz: Your live video in Victory Day theme
This year, you can live stream on Facebook with a custom frame designed in the theme of Victory Day with the slogan of “Proud to be a Bangladeshi”. The mobile application “Bijoy 71” will help you share Victory Day greetings on Facebook with the green and red Bangladesh theme.
December 6, 2016
Facebook buzz: Good Samaritans still out there
A woman recovers her bag and all belongings in Dhaka, a day after she lost it, thanks to the generosity of a common Samaritan.
December 5, 2016
Facebook buzz: ‘Frustrated’ cop damages motorcycles
A traffic policeman has drawn widespread flak in the social media for letting loose his rage and damaging about two dozens of parked motorcycles last Friday.
December 18, 2015
Where are the 1971 mass graves, killing fields in Dhaka?
Mass graves and killing fields of Liberation War in Dhaka are hard to find now as they are almost lost owing to lack of efforts to preserve these sites where many martyrs were buried or thrown in the marshes, canals and rivers after being killed, or were burnt alive.
December 1, 2015
Tech school for kids
Back in May, we came across seven steel violins installed on the walls at an art exhibition at the Bengal Art Lounge in Gulshan. These violins would automatically start playing when visitors came close to them.
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