Fagua is a festival of colours, dance and poetry. This festival of tea workers in the Bangla month Falgun paints the tea gardens of Moulvibazar district in vivid colours. People from different walks of life join in to celebrate this festival.

Mongla Export Processing Zone or in short Mongla EPZ was established in 2001 in a hope to attract new investments from all around the world and subsequently emancipate the south-western Bangladesh from economic negligence.

Shampa Reza is a bona fide Bangladeshi singer, model and actress. A graduate from Shantiniketon, she began her training in classical music at the tender age of four and continues to do so, till date. In 1975 Reza began her acting career with the play 'Ostrutogandha' and the rest is history, this admirable actress speaks to Star Lifestyle today about everything under the sun from her childhood days, film career to the child-friendly schools she has steered over the years.

Once upon a time, Louhajang River in Tangail used to bear large cargo boats and passenger launches. But now, owing to the construction of a sluice gate, siltation and lack of water have virtually turned it into a canal.

This country needs 2.75 million litres of water per day, and almost 80% of this comes from underground reservoirs. And as the country gets more and more industrialised, urbanised, and populated, the underground water level drops more rapidly than ever before.

Nobody is claiming Tk 35 crore prize bond winnings from Bangladesh Bank.

Tobacco is sold at the altar of the Shaheed Minar of a Lalmonirhat school during the tobacco season every year. When February 21 is celebrated as International Mother Language day, tobacco haat sits at the altar of Shaheed Minar set up at Durakati Government Primary School. It’s very shocking that the local administration has leased the school grounds for such a market. Tobacco sellers and buyers walk on the Shaheed Minar wearing shoes during the haat.

The first Bangladesh Airlines flight between Dhaka and Toronto has taken off. Two ways non-stop 16-17 hour flights will cost between 1 lakh 20 thousand and 2 lakh 68 thousand taka. Which is more expensive than other airlines.

Prices of groceries are going up at an exponential rate. Low and middle-income people are suffering the most. We went on Dhaka streets to know how they’re struggling to cope up with the recent price hike. Watch today’s episode of Public Speaks to find out what the people had to say about the recent price hike of the daily essentials.

Kolkata, the 332 year-old city, is situated on the banks of river Ganga. It was the birthplace of modern Bangla culture. As Job Charnock, a British East India Company administrator, founded Kolkata in a remote village, it is said to become the first capital of British India. What does history say about it?

The new online birth registration programme is ongoing. This time the citizens are to get new 17-digit registration numbers instead of the old 16-digit ones.

Midnight, March 25, 1971, Rajarbagh Police Lines was surrounded by Pakistani armed forces with heavy weaponry, military vehicles and tanks and a few hundred Bengali police with 303 calibre rifles inside the police lines grounds.

Everyone's life has been made a lot simpler thanks to mobile banking. In hindsight, the number of scams involving mobile banking customers is also on the rise.

Vivek Agnihotri Directed the movie “The Kashmir Files”. Since its release this month, the film has sparked widespread discussion and criticism all over India. What is in this movie?

The year 2022 started like a dream for Bangladesh cricket. Having clinched their maiden victory in New Zealand soil – their first in any format in New Zealand – during the historic Test win at Mount Maunganui in January, they secured their first-ever victory against South Africa in South Africa by winning the first ODI.

We all know her as Kishwar Chowdhury, the Bangladeshi Australian who won millions of hearts around the globe with her participation in the popular reality show Masterchef Australia.

What does the public think of Women's Day and feminism?

There is a box full of vegetables in his shop. Anyone, who needs vegetables, can pick from it. But there is no need to pay for the vegetables. The initiative taken by a vegetable vendor in Kaptai Road area of Madunaghat, Chattogram was appreciated by people after it went viral on social media.

According to information from December last year, Bangladesh Krishi, Janata, Agrani, Sonali, Rupali, BASIC, Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan, Bangladesh Commerce, ICB Islamic and National Bank are in a capital shortfall which totals Tk 34,630 crores.

Wherever a snake is in danger, the Snake Rescue Team Bangladesh arrives to help.