DU clashes spread to Khulna
In Khulna, at least 50 people were injured in clashes between the ruling party's student wing activists and BNP's student wing activists. At least 25 people have been arrested in the...
Can monkeypox become a pandemic?
Monkeypox has emerged as a new concern in a world ravaged by Covid-19 pandemic. Despite the fact that no deaths have been reported, monkeypox cases have been detected in 12 countries across Europe,...
Biman to use its own planes for Hajj flights
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has backed away from its decision to fly Hajj pilgrims on leased aircraft this time around. Instead, Biman has decided to use its own planes.
Phulchari char areas: Where people live without roads, hospitals
In the char areas of Phulchari upazila of Gaibandha, people don’t have access to roads, healthcare facilities, and to a number of basic facilities. Millions of people here have to travel 40-50km...
High risk of dengue: Are the city corporations prepared?
From the beginning of the monsoon season number of dengue patients start increasing. Ahead of this year's monsoon season, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) conducted a survey...
Canal encroachment: 900 bigha Manikganj farmland at waterlogging risk
In Dighi union of Manikganj Sadar upazila, a former UP member filled up and encroached a canal. Local farmers are now fearing a disaster in the coming monsoon.
DU clashes spread to Khulna
In Khulna, at least 50 people were injured in clashes between the ruling party's student wing activists and BNP's student wing activists. At least 25 people have been arrested in the...
Can monkeypox become a pandemic?
Monkeypox has emerged as a new concern in a world ravaged by Covid-19 pandemic. Despite the fact that no deaths have been reported, monkeypox cases have been detected in 12 countries across Europe,...
Biman to use its own planes for Hajj flights
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has backed away from its decision to fly Hajj pilgrims on leased aircraft this time around. Instead, Biman has decided to use its own planes.
Roads on Dhaleshwari river
Roads had been built by dumping sand within the river for movement of trucks. Due to unplanned extraction of sand from the river, river erosion has taken place in Ranadia of Manikganj Sadar Upazila.
What is Bangladesh's per capita national debt?
Bangladesh's per capita income is rising by the day. That is great news. But do you know the national debt per capita of a child born today or yesterday? What is the Bangladeshi government&...
How Haji Salim became rich and powerful
After much controversy, ruling party MP Haji Md Salim surrendered in time after returning from abroad. He was sentenced to 13 years in prison in a corruption case filed in 2008. In its last verdict...
Heavy rainfall and water from hills deluge Sunamganj
Lalpur, Gourarang, Saheb Bari Ghat and many other low-lying areas in the Sunamganj district are now submerged under floodwater caused by heavy rainfall - threatening catastrophic damage to the...
Bohemian tales of the rebel poet
From Churulia, Bardhaman to Dhanmondi, Dhaka. And so many places in between - College Street, Taltola Lane, CIT Road. And of course Kolkata, dear city. During his lifetime, the bohemian poet Kazi...
Why are antibiotics becoming ineffective with time?
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria have become alarmingly prevalent in recent years, according to several studies. Antibiotics' capacity to treat infected patients is decreasing. Antibiotic...
Akib: From hobbyist to exporting fishing baits
Forgoing the opportunity of a comfortable life in New Zealand, H Ataur Rahman Akib returned to his homeland Bangladesh. He didn't even settle in capital Dhaka, and went to Rajshahi to become...