This is what one of my neighbors told me when she learned that I teach English Language.  “Just because I was weak in English my English Language teacher just ruined my life and I never thought I could talk about it. Every day she made my life miserable to a point I wrote suicide notes and tried...

It is indeed unfortunate that for a vast section of non-Muslims around the world today, the true essence of Islam has been influenced and redefined as rather a global threat to mankind. In an era of the media revolution, Islam has often been falsely sabotaged over and over again for the sake of...

Whenever the topic of suicide comes up, the fact that inevitably surfaces is that the phenomenon is rising in Bangladesh. While the unfortunate rise has prompted media reports and waves of awareness articles on mental health, what still eludes the masses is that suicide amongst teenagers is...

 I remember as a child I would go out with my siblings and friends every evening to the playground or the street in front of my house to play until the prayer for Magrib was called. That was our queue to go home and study. But those hours of unsupervised, unadulterated playtimes is most probably...

Riffat Ahmed is an educationist to the core. She is Chairperson of Siddiqui's International School and treasurer of Bangladesh English Medium Schools' Assistance Foundation (BEMSAF). To make history popular among the young generation, she has also written numerous articles about history and has...

Humans, being the most knowledgeable and dynamic form of life to ever live, have transformed the world in ways beyond imagination. Introducing new machines and technologies has made our lives a hundred times easier compared to our forefathers. However, with innovations come new obstacles. The...