The celebration of Pahela Baishakh has long been a target for extremists. At the same time both urban and rural people love to observe this day with traditional festivity. Samia Sultana Lira writes about this friction prevailing in our society….

Although our playgrounds are disappearing day by day and technologies are snatching the leisure time of our young people, still sports have a certain appeal for them. National cricket nurtures a solidarity that cut across social class and gender divides. It is not uncommon to find colleagues at offices crowding the tv setting aside the office hierarchy. Sports are the […]

We have to call a spade a spade. You can not name the problem of depoliticisation as selfishness of a generation. These labels — selfishness, lacking devotion to the nation or west-centric — are symptom of depoliticisation, not the problem itself. Drawing from his conversation with his freedom fighter grandfather, Shovon Das further responds to the popular responds to the popular assumption that the young generation of Bangladesh is not patriotic enough….

Dristy Rahman responded to the popular assumption that the young generation of Bangladesh are not patriotic enough.

When pervasive internet trolling is gaining public attention, Ayan Soofi provides his opinion to New Age Youth on the topic …

Drawing from her experience, Dristy Rahman writes about the east vs west paradox.

Transitions are difficult and yet they are consistent. Since birth we keep growing up, growing into someone, some aspire to grow and then at one time we wish to go back to times, only that by this time we know we cannot go back…

Commitment in relationships is daunting for many youngsters today, and they tend to steer as clear away from it as possible. Instead, when life’s stress becomes too much for our tolerance…