Speakers at an International Day of Action for Rivers event in Mongla today warned that relentless encroachment and pollution ...

In Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, the two-day Masaan, or crematorium, Holi along the banks of the Ganges river attracts thousands ...

The Ganges is India's most sacred river but suffers from severe pollution. High levels of fecal coliform bacteria, industrial ...

School teacher Rakibul Islam used to cross the mighty Padma at the Shilaidah point in Kushtia every day to reach his school.

Holi 2025 is being celebrated on March 14 but there long-weekend means that many people take the opportunity to travel to ...

Have you ever stepped into a place and felt an unexpected sense of peace, as if something beyond the physical world was ...

Rick Steves’s 1978 journey from Istanbul to Kathmandu reflects a spirit of edgy wanderlust at odds with his image as a folksy ...

The world is at the cusp of a historic transformation. For over two centuries, Western economies—led by the United States and ...

Dust played an important role in an important artwork of the early 20th century – the Large Glass, made (very slowly) by ...

Agriculture flourished, and the very people who robbed and caused fear for a living now have children going to school. They ...

From Colonial Camps to Modern Play In the Victorian era, British military camps functioned as unique cultural enclaves where officers sought leisure in their mess halls, and billiards became a favored ...