Eid means happiness. Eid means joy. Eid means the soft glow of a new moon rising quietly over rooftops, whispering to the world that it is time to forgive, to embrace, and to begin again. On the evening when the Eid moon appears, something magical happens in every neighborhood. Children...
In a small town beside the green rivers of northern Bangladesh, where the morning fog floated like soft white cotton over the paddy fields, lived a girl named Muntaha. She was seventeen, tall for her age, with thoughtful eyes that always seemed to be searching for something beyond the visible...
I have always been fascinated by light. The soft glow that does not demand attention yet changes everything it touches. I am talking about fireflies and zooplankton. One dances in the evening air. The other rises silently through the ocean at night. Both live by light. Both depend on darkness....
On the last day before winter vacation, the five of them stayed back in the school library long after the final bell rang. The sun dipped low outside the dusty windows, staining the shelves in orange light. Rafi had spread a crumpled poster across the table—a bright red planet floating...
When Miftah woke up, the first thing he noticed was the silence. It was not the comfortable silence of early morning or the gentle quiet of a classroom before the teacher arrived. This silence felt thick like cotton stuffed into the air. He sat up quickly and blinked. The ceiling...
Twelve-year-old Brinlo Qevin followed a trail of chalk arrows behind the old railway station. The arrows were uneven, as if drawn by someone with trembling fingers. Some pointed left, some right, and one even pointed in a full circle, confusing him. Brinlo knew he should have gone home after school,...
On winter evenings in Kaliganj, the air carries a strange mix of smoke and silence. Smoke from brick kilns, silence from unfinished dreams. Rased knew that silence well. He sat under the tin roof of their small house, his math book open but unread. The kerosene lamp trembled in the...
Somewhere beyond the last visible star, past the clouds that look like melted ice cream, and just left of the galaxy shaped like a dancing potato, there exists a planet called Zoggloria. Scientists have never officially found it, mostly because every time they try, their telescopes sneeze and show them...
They say the poor have no address, No shining name, no costly dress. While towers rise in golden pride, Their silent tears the rich still hide. Listen close—can you hear the cry, Of hungry souls as days pass by? No helping hand, no charity shown— Then why is all this...
While Bengal lay numb under the bone-chilling shivers of Poush, a tide of warmth surged through my wanderlust-stricken heart. Winter is the ideal time for the wandering spirit. There is no season more perfect to traverse mountain paths or step into fog-piercing dawns. I was born and raised in Pekua,...
The historic Andarkilla Shahi Mosque in Chattogram tells the story of the Mughal conquest of Chattogram. It is said that this fort was once a hideout for Mughal and Portuguese pirates. On January 27, 1666 AD, Umed Khan, son of Shaista Khan, the then Mughal ruler of Chattogram, entered the...
Welcome to our exciting new quiz challenge! Email us your answers to [email protected] , and you could see your name in print in the May’26 issue, alongside the correct answers and our heartfelt congratulations. Happy quizzing! 1. Full meaning of MFS is a. Modern Financial Services, b. Mobile Finders Services...
Beauty and ugliness have one origin. Name beauty, and ugliness is. Recognizing virtue recognizes evil. Is and is not produce one another. The difficult is born in the easy, long is defined by short, the high by the low. Instrument and voice achieve one harmony. Before and after have places....
My longing comes to my lips as supplication of mine O ALLAH! May like the candle be the life of mine! May the world’s darkness disappear through the life of mine! May every place light up with the sparkling light of mine! May my homeland through me attain elegance As...
Dear Friends, Assalamu alaikum. Hope happiness is hanging over your home as Eid arrives each year with the soft glow of a crescent moon and the familiar music of children’s laughter drifting across rooftops. In neighborhoods throughout Bangladesh, the sighting of the moon sparks a joyful race to announce its...
Living with Gratitude and Restraint Prophet s.a.w said: “Eat, drink, clothe and give alms without arrogance and extravagance.” (Bukhari, Dress, 1; Nasa’i, Zakat, 66). One day, our Beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) visited his noble companion Sa‘d ibn Abi Waqqas while he was performing ablution. Noticing that Sa‘d was using more water...
Nurturing the Mercy Within Our Homes “And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquillity in them; and He placed between you affection and mercy. Indeed, in that are signs for a people who give thought.” (Al Quran, Rum, 30/21) One...
The world has always been shaped by those who dared to dream beyond the limits of convention, those who believed that faith, vision, and relentless perseverance could rewrite the story of humanity. From groundbreaking scientists to fearless social reformers, the history of progress is a testament to changemakers and individuals...
The first thing I noticed was the noise. Not the angry kind, not even the loud kind. It was the hollow kind. The kind that fills the air but leaves nothing behind. Campus walls, phone screens, tea stalls, talk shows – everywhere the same ritual repeated itself. Tag. Tag. Tag....
In the year 2050, the city no longer slept. Above Dhaka, the sky shimmered with moving lights, cargo drones gliding silently like mechanical birds, emergency responders flashing blue and green, solar kites harvesting energy from the afternoon sun. Roads adjusted themselves according to traffic moods. Buildings breathed—opening and closing ventilation...
Have you ever felt like you want to improve your life but don’t know where to start? Maybe you want to study better, stop procrastinating, eat healthier, or even become more confident. The big problem is that big goals often feel well, too big. That’s where James Clear’s Atomic Habits...
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