Emirates has announced special return fares for both business and economy class travellers from Bangladesh to select destinations in the USA, Europe, Africa and Middle East, the airline said in a statement yesterday.

On a winter night in 1981, Momen left for Beirut.

The government has raised the travel tax in the upcoming fiscal year, a move that is set to put pressure on the financially-challenged migrant workers, who form the majority of outbound travellers from Bangladesh.

We took a short walk at the back of the station. Thick thorny hetal bush had spread all the way to the keora forest.

The bright celestial pinheads reflected all around us in the rippling water. And the sky's face was occasionally streaked by a sudden shooting star, which glowed for a few evanescent seconds, carrying the wishes of so many people.

As our cameras clicked away documenting this amazing show, Siraj could not hold himself any more and wanted to save the dying bird.