Creating loopholes for sham marriages Nusrat Jahan Swati In 1999, when my housemaid married off her 13-year-old daughter in the village, I was shocked and outraged. […]

Jackfruit . . . or the fruit of passion? Neelima Islam If it were 16 years ago, I could clobber anyone showing a dislike for jackfruit. […]

Birds, rivers, breeze . . . across frontiers Neelima Islam Music and travelling are my passions. Music rejuvenates my spirit to sail smooth against all odds […]

Tearful adieu Syeda Nazneen Ferdousi WE say life moves on and it is only wiser to look forward. But is there anyone who can deny the […]

Syeda Nazneen Ferdousi SINCE 2009, the month of February seems to launch a ruthless attack on our basic worth of ourselves as human beings and pours […]

Syeda Nazneen Ferdousi The massacre, the moving on and the indifferenceIn observance of the 8th Anniversary of BDR ‘massacre’ this year, I am paying tribute to […]