Category: Features

Active Engagement in the Learning Process -Zubayer Abdallah

Education is a divine gift bestowed upon humanity, emphasized by the Islamic tradition as a means to enlightenment, personal development, and societal progress. As Muslim students navigate the educational landscape, it is essential for them to actively engage in the learning process, not only as a secular duty but as...

The Enduring Legacy of Persian CARPETS -Ridwanul Alam

Step into the enchanting world of Persian carpets, where fine craftsmanship and cultural heritage intertwine to create timeless treasures. For centuries, these exquisite rugs have captivated admirers worldwide with their intricate designs and unparalleled quality. Originating from Iran, formerly known as Persia, Persian carpets hold a special place in the...

The Silent Departure -Md Tareq Hasan

The Middle East used to attract a large number of expatriate workers, many of whom lacked education or technical skills. It remains the largest labor market for Bangladeshis, who also seek education or work opportunities in various developed countries, such as Europe, the UK, the USA, Canada, and Australia. A...

Living Between Land and Water

Marites Babanto, a leader of the Manobo indigenous community in the southern Philippines, still remembers the time a terrible typhoon struck her village in 2012. Rainfall made the water levels of the Agusan Marshlands, a sprawling wetland area of rivers, lakes, and swamps where Babanto and her community live, rise...

Mental Focus : The Sunnah Ways

Everybody has, at some point in their lives, woken up in a state of sluggishness, laziness, weakness, fatigue, or felt like a dark cloud has come over their heads. Perhaps Shaitan visited you during your sleep in a dream, or otherwise, perhaps you are ill, or perhaps the ebb and...

The Truth About Drinking Straws

You have probably had this problem: you order a smoothie to sip with your lunch, a morning iced coffee, or your Friday night cocktail, and it arrives with a brightly colored tube of paper sticking out the top. After a few slugs, however, the tube quickly flops in on itself,...

How Cotton and Seawater Might Power Our Devices

How Cotton and Seawater Might Power Our Devices Zip. The power’s out. But on a street in India, there’s a cash machine still happily dispensing banknotes. Thanks, in part, to burnt cotton. This cash machine has a backup battery inside it—a battery that contains carbon from carefully combusted cotton. “The...

How Optimism Will Change Your Life

We have all heard the expression, “The glass is half full or half empty”. How you perceive it tells you something about your own perception of life. Do you choose to be optimistic and feel gratitude for the half-full glass, or do you choose pessimism and feel disappointment that the glass is...

The Earth’s Forgotten Eighth Continent

In 1820, a Russian ship packed with sailors and, oddly, penguins – destined for the men’s dinner – spotted a towering shore of ice on the horizon. This was the first ever sighting of the Fimbul Ice Shelf, and it marked the official discovery of a new continent: Antarctica. It also cemented...

Living Turn Your Bad Days Around

“To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.” – Henry David Thoreau “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.” – Robert Louis Stevenson Some days are great, better than you would have expected when you rolled out...

Letters From Gaza

Gaza has gone dark. With the power plants shut down, even the last vestiges of electricity—car batteries, personal generators—are running out. The internet has been cut, and now, with the Israeli government poised to expel Al Jazeera, one of the few media outlets with a presence in Gaza, communications from...

Bangladeshi items that have GI status -Fatema Tania

GI status means geographic indication, which is very important and financially beneficial for any country. The World Intellectual Property Organization is assigned to provide GI recognition to different products from different regions. Bangladesh has gained GI status on 15 products. The GI status of any product is the only way...

Dhaka, dirt, disgust and dengue -Moinul Alam

Bangladesh has been witnessing the deadliest dengue outbreak since its inception back in 1999. The first case was detected in 1960 when it was called ‘Dacca Fever’. The fever is also known as break bone fever due to the extreme pain experienced by patients. This viral disease is spread by...

Spread Happiness and Kindness Around You

“Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.” – Albert Schweitzer “A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.” – Amelia Earhart A very simple way to...

When People live underground

On the long road towards central Australia, as you travel 848km (527 miles) north from Adelaide’s coastal plains, is a scattering of enigmatic sand-pyramids. Around them, the landscape is utterly desolate – an endless expanse of salmon-pink dust, with the occasional determined shrub. But as you venture further along the...