old age

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Pursuit

A second chance at first dreams: Returning to the classroom at an older age

A small but growing number of individuals are returning to university later in life, motivated by unfulfilled dreams, interrupted journeys, or the hope of career change

Japanese woman Shitsui Hakoishi, 108, receives Guinness World Record. Photo: BSS
Offbeat

Japanese barber, 108, crowned world's oldest

Elderly people are seen sitting in a old age home. File Photo: TBS
Thoughts

How far are the rights and dignity of older people in Bangladesh?

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Panorama

Want to die in good health? Eat healthy and resolve your traumas

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Bangladesh

Former communications minister Syed Abul Hossain passes away

Seventy-year-old Chand Miah waited for his sons next to the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway, where he was abandoned, for a week. Photo: Tayubur Rahman Sohel
Bangladesh

He will come soon: all 70yr old Chand Miah says after son left him on Dhaka-Ctg highway

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Features

Yesterday when I was young: Epiphany from a fever dream

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Science

Scientists in the search for a cure for ageing; a long road ahead

Photo: Noor-A-Alam/TBS
Bangladesh

'Most elderly Bangladeshis I met said they feel like burden': UN expert

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Bangladesh

Ageing population in Bangladesh is fast growing: UN expert Mahler

Bob Holzman, 89, is ready for dance parties to come back to Bryant Park in New York in this undated photo. REUTERS/Aleksandra Michalska
Coronavirus chronicle

'Old age is not for sissies': 89-year-old New Yorker looks forward to dance parties