The moment the screen on Maya’s phone flickered into a haunting void of black, a cold shiver raced down her spine that had nothing to do with the mountain air. Beside her, Zara was frantically waving her own device in the air like she was trying to catch butterflies, her...
We were five Class 10 students named Arif, Nabil, Samiha, Ritu, and I restless, curious, and eager to escape the limits of our textbooks for something real. When our school announced a short educational trip to a forest reserve near the hills, we didn’t realize we were stepping into something...
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,...
(After Episode 1) The night in Rangamati was thick with silence, broken only by the distant calls of nocturnal creatures and the soft lapping of Kaptai Lake against the shore. Little Prince lay in bed, unable to sleep. The strange encounter with the cloaked figure, the old man’s cryptic words,...
(Episode 1) The sun was just rising over the city skyline when Bicchu Mama and the Little Prince set off on their long-cherished journey to Rangamati. The city, still shrouded in the haze of dawn, seemed to bid them farewell as they navigated through the early morning quiet. For years,...
Imagine a place where the land meets the sea in a dance of life and mystery, where the air is thick with the scent of salt and earth, and the only sounds are the whispers of the wind through the mangroves and the distant calls of exotic wildlife. Welcome to...
In the heart of the Himalayas, where the earth meets the sky, stretches the Qinghai-Tibet railway, a marvel of engineering that defies the harshness of nature to connect Xining in central China to the sacred city of Lhasa in Tibet. This 2,000-kilometer journey unfolds across a mesmerizing tableau of the...
Living and breathing in a bustling city and running tiring everyday errands, people often seek a respite named ‘vacation’ to catch their breath. Whenever there is the slightest chance, people wish to rejuvenate their charms by escaping the smog of the city and going closer to nature. When it comes...
When I stay inside my room, I feel that I am living in my beloved country; just with different room decoration as my studentship I had passed. But when I come outside the room I feel different. My conscience returns and be disgrace. I am not living my dear country;...
A totally different festival that reminds us of the glorious past of Islam took place recently in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Abdulla bin Bandar bin AbdulAziz, Deputy Governor of Makkah region launched the “1001 Inventions and the World of Ibn Al-Haytham” exhibition as an anchor attraction at the family entertainment Oswa festival created...
Sreemangal, an upazila in the district Moulavi Bazar, is known as the capital of tea because it contains more than 38 tea gardens of various sizes. Thousands of tourists visit these gardens every year, especially during the leaf-picking seasons. There is also another reason people visit Sreemangal and it is...
Moinul Alam.. My recent visit to Singapore (in fact my maiden overseas tour) from December 2011 to January 2012 has exposed a new horizon ahead of myself. Therefore, I feel it necessary to share my Singapore experience so that all of us can realize where we are standing now and...
Sonargaon became the capital of Bengal during Isa Khan’s ruling. It was the administrative center of medieval Muslim rulers in East Bengal. The area falls under present-day Narayanganj District, Bangladesh. The name Sonargaon survives as Sonargaon Upazila in that district today.
Finally I made it. It was my dream since 2008 to visit Turkey for many reasons. And as you will go along this page you will see what the reasons were. It was the beginning of June when I left Dhaka for Istanbul. Actually I was invited for an exchange...
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