How online festive saree shopping drowns out local heritage

Festivity shopping online remains a challenge. It becomes a humongous mess as one tries to navigate the maze of baffling options, and it is hard to pick an original item when, every once in a while, a Facebook battle erupts between big and small business outlets over design and product...

The silent hazard during Qurbani

It was the second day of Eid-ul-Adha in a modest apartment in Dhaka. The aroma of beef curry filled the air as Fatema Begum busily moved between the stove and a bucket of freshly cut raw Qurbani meat. Amid the rush, her youngest son grabbed a handful of salad-prepared earlier...