Bangladesh should increase its investment in social sectors such as health, education and nutrition to build a healthy population and enjoy demographic dividend, said a senior official of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

RAFI HOSSAIN: Welcome to Uncensored with Rafi Hossain. Today, we have with us, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki. Farooki, your film, ‘Shonibaar Bikel,’ has won two independent jury awards at the ‘Moscow International Film Festival’, has been nominated for ‘CineCo Pro Award’ at the ‘Munich Festival’, and was included in the official selection of ‘Sydney Film Festival’.

The rise in the cases of dengue fever in West Bengal in the border regions is a result of the widespread outbreak of the disease in Bangladesh, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says.

After years of success in farming turkey in the Philippines, an expatriate Bangladeshi sets up a farm at his village home in Manikganj with an aim to export the poultry to markets in France.

Dairy farmers in Bhangura upazila of Pabna stage a demonstration over four companies’ suspension of procuring milk from them following a High Court order.

After last year’s unprecedented demonstration for safer roads, different government bodies, police, and transport leaders made a series of lofty promises.

A platform of students of Dhaka University burns effigies of the health minister and mayors of Dhaka south and north city corporations demanding their resignation over “failure in controlling dengue outbreak” in the capital and across the country.

Fahima Akther Sumona, 12, stood second in a drawing competition organised at Chittagong University (CU) three years ago.

Many flood-affected people have taken shelter inside empty rail coaches of a train stuck between Trimohoni-Badiyakhali area in Sadar upazila of Gaibandha as their houses were inundated in flood waters.

Mahiya Mahi talks about her career and her whimsical nature in this week’s interview with Rafi Hossain.

While locals observe the 154th birth anniversary of legendary poet, lyricist and singer Rajanikanta Sen, his ancestral house at Bhangabari village in Sirajganj’s Belkuchi upazila lies in utter neglect.

Allegations of corruption have surfaced over misappropriation of the allocated fund for repairing three primary schools in Baraigram upazila of Natore.

Flood situation has started worsening again in some northern districts as rivers are swelling due to heavy downpour and onrush of water from across the border.

Water transports strike has been postponed partially as workers of passenger vessels joined their work about 16 hours after their movement for 11-point demand.

Police have defused two bombs which were recovered at Farmgate and Paltan areas of Dhaka.

In the absence of a universal public pension scheme, people in Bangladesh have to rely on private savings for a secure life. They look up to banks and non-bank financial institutions for saving their money to meet future needs. To cater to the savers, banks are increasingly bringing innovations to their savings products to meet the needs of savers at every stage of their life.

Students of Dhaka University (DU) are continuing their demonstration on the campus for the third consecutive day, demanding cancellation of affiliation of the capital’s seven colleges with the university.

After initial delay, half of the 10 first track mega projects have finally gotten some momentum, ushering hope for positive change in the country’s economy and people’s livelihood.

The ongoing infrastructure projects will definitely improve our transportation system. We need to assess this development from a historical perspective. At the time of Partition, the transport infrastructure in East Pakistan was very poor. There were only a few

Demonstrating students of Dhaka University (DU) threatens to continue their movement demanding cancellation of affiliation of the capital’s seven collages with the institution.