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During today’s iftar, Bangabazar traders and firefighters were seen breaking fast amid chaos and ruins caused by the devastating fire.

During today’s Iftar, Bangabazar traders and the firefighters were seen breaking fast amid chaos and ruins of the devastating fire. .Sagor Hasan, who had two shops at Bangabazar market and three shops in the adjacent Anexco Tower, recounted his overwhelming experience to The Daily Star.

With only 18 days left until one of the biggest religious festivals in the country, sales are yet to pick up at New Market, the largest clothing market in the city. Traders have reported a decline in customers compared to previous years and attributed this to the high prices of all things, including raw materials.

Snigdha Dutta and her son Ankit were thrilled as they boarded the metro rail at Shewrapara station for their journey to her parents’ house in Uttara. For commuters in these areas of Dhaka, the daily commute to Uttara can be tiring and challenging. However, the opening of new metro rail stations is making accessibility to different parts of the city easier.

School teacher Snigdha Dutta and her eight-year-old son Ankit Dutta excitedly boarded the metro rail at Shewrapara station for their trip to her parents' house in Uttara.

Six-year-old Mohammad Aqib was seen playing in the kids’ zone at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novo Theatre, the only planetarium in Bangladesh.

Six-year-old Mohammad Aqib was seen playing in the kids' zone at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novo Theatre, the only planetarium in Bangladesh.

Amid much hype and excitement, e-ticketing for all buses on the Mirpur route was launched to reduce conflicts between passengers and bus helpers over additional fares. However, just two months after its introduction, the service disappeared.

"Around 4:30 or 4:45pm, the ceiling and the walls began to collapse following a big blast. I cannot remember much of what happened afterwards."

The lack of designated parking spaces for commercial buildings, markets, and city buses has led to vehicles being parked on the roads, causing severe gridlocks and huge loss of productivity

Shafiqul Islam, a farmer in Putia upazila of Rajshahi, initially started growing a new variety of guava, called Thai guava, on five bighas of leased land about five years ago in hopes of turning his fortunes.

Md Shahajahan, a 23-year-old resident of Begumganj upazila in Noakhali, was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease in 2017. Following a thorough examination, doctors advised him to start dialysis treatment.

Due to the dilapidated condition of PK Sen Bhaban building in Chattogram, its residents are living in a constant fear.

The building was recently visited by this correspondent, who found it to be in a fragile condition and left to rot and decay. The walls were faded, cracked, with chunks of plaster falling off.

Jahedul Alam, who joined as a teacher at a private school after completing his post-graduation, had a long-cherished dream to do something for underprivileged children.

Cyberbullying has increased by 20 percent when compared to last year.

Houses, croplands, a mosque and several establishments have disappeared due to sudden erosion of Sugandha river near Rahamatpur area under Babuganj upazila in Barishal in the last one week.

Massive erosion has occurred in the Meghna river due to sand extraction in Bhola, forcing at least 20,000 people to be displaced.

Two teachers of the anthropology department of Chattogram University have withdrawn their applications for promotions after being accused of plagiarising paragraphs from someone else’s Master’s dissertation in a research paper published in an international journal.

As we are living in the age of digitization, activism to bring about a change often remains confined in the virtual world but back in the 1950s, activism meant raising your voice and your hand in the air -- rendering powerful slogans and songs against injustice and unjust establishment. Kamal Lohani was a perfect example of that take-to-the-streets activism.