The kind of emotions, expectation and preparation that Bangladesh politics and media displayed on the visit of US undersecretary of state Donald Lu was a good example of the state of current ...

We gasped when a startled chicken-like bird hurried away from us on a desolate char on the Padma riverbank. We had travelled from Rajshahi city by boat for two hours to that sliver of land b ...

This time around, winter in Dhaka slowly came and then suddenly stood up and declared its presence with a punishing blow to its residents’ collective face. It had hit the Northern part ...

A short boat-ride in Choruil Beel of Rohanpur took us close to a tall bird robed strikingly in black and white. It was a male Black-winged Stilt meditating on one very long pink leg. As we c ...

Bangladesh has a major social media life, as big as any elsewhere. Once a traditional society where family, clans and social communities were connected by physical contacts, the networks are ...

Our dampened spirit in the dripping fog at Shatchari National Park lifted swiftly when we found a super shy bird sitting uncharacteristically exposed on a bare branch. The thick mist had mir ...

During the so-called independent Sultanate period in Bengal, there was a short period when Habshis ruled Bengal. They were essentially slaves from Ethiopia/Abyssinia and during the reign of ...