For more than two years, an ambulance worth taka 1.5 crore has been sitting unused at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital. No patient has yet been transported by the ambulance equipped with an intensive care unit (ICU).

Ferdous Alam Firoz completed his graduation exams without ever using his hands to write.  Unable to use his hands from birth, he learnt to use his mouth to write when he was just in class three. Now he has completed his graduation and has enrolled in his postgraduate program.

Sweety Rani Das last saw her husband outside prison on March 16, a day before a mob descended on her house -- enraged by a Facebook post. She saw her husband just once after the horrifying incident. Jhumon Das’ bail plea was rejected six times in Sunamganj lower court and once in High Court. Sweety Rani attended a rally in Shahbagh recently, demanding her husband’s release.

Businessmen at Manikganj bus stand’s Nabin supermarket have shut down shops tormented by teenage gangs.

On August 3, fish seller Badal Mia was starting his day in the capital’s Karwan Bazar just like any other day when a video sent to his IMO account changed everything.

Several groups based in Lalpur, Natore are stealing money from people by duping them on the social media app Imo. The rackets operate by hacking the accounts of migrant workers.

Dhaka University authorities chopped down a 30-year-old tree in the Arts Building premises located in front of Proctor’s office.

Back in 2013, the government gave official recognition to transgender people as belonging to the "third gender". With this recognition, they are entitled to all the rights that citizens enjoy in the country. But what is the reality? Just a look at the government health service reveals the discrimination they have to face regularly. In the process of getting Covid-19 tests and vaccine, they have to face routine unwelcome experiences.

Government has taken steps to amend some sections of Road Transport Act-2018, just after 22 months of it being enacted, in response to demonstrations from Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation. The draft law is available for public evaluation on the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges' website.

In three separate development projects in Cox’s Bazar, several administrative cadre officers, ruling party politicians, and members of Police Investigation Bureau were involved in the embezzlement of almost Tk 78 crore. The findings were revealed in an investigation by the Anti-Corruption Commission.

River erosion has hit three unions in Manikganj as a result of unlawful sand extraction. In the district's Baniajurai, Singjuri, and Ghior sadar unions, rivers have already washed away at least 30 dwellings and 100 bighas of cultivable land.

The dry fish port on the banks of Teesta river in Rangpur was once a bustling hub with regular trade with Kolkata, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar and Assam.

Low prices offered by Milk Vita, the sole government-owned dairy factory of the country, has been driving local dairy farmers to turn to unhygienic and unregulated private companies, cutting Milk Vita’s dairy production in half.

The stock market index in the country is stepping up to another new record high as time passes and experts are pointing towards a number of recent incidents and stock market authorities for this upwards trend.

Eighty-two farmers from Lalmonirhat have made fortune through an unfamiliar venture -- tea plantation, not in hill slopes, but in the plains.

In the last 10 years, the deadline for the completion of Dhaka Elevated Expressway has been extended three times. The budget was also increased more than 1.5 times and the progress in work is only 30.5 percent. The government has now decided to open a part of the elevated expressway from Kawla to Tejgaon from December 2022.

5 power plants of 779 MW combined capacity have been inaugurated by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday. The Prime Minister attended the programme in a video conference from the Gono Bhaban.

Educational institutions have opened across Bangladesh after 543 days of closure. But have all the students who were disconnected for such a long period returned to classes? Have the schools managed to ensure health and safety? What happens if the infection rate increases again?

After a long 543 days of closure, schools have finally opened across the country. According to Unesco, about 4 crore students in Bangladesh were away from classrooms during the pandemic. Students and guardians have expressed joy at the reopening of educational institutions. Students have been recommended to sit in classes by maintaining social distancing measures.

Plans to build an international standard cricket stadium by the banks of the Padma river are already in motion. The announcement was made by State Minister for Youth and Sports, Zahid Ahsan Rasel, during a visit to the area chosen for the stadium. He also said that building the stadium by the Padma in Paturia is on Prime Minister’s priority list.