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Eggs, fish, meat get costlier; veggie prices stay steady

5 September 2026
Prices of eggs, fish, and meat have increased in the capital’s kitchen markets, including Shewrapara, Kazipara, Ibrahimpur, Farmgate, and Karwan Bazar. Prices of most vegetables, on the other hand, remain unchanged.
5 September 2026
People collecting Wasa water

Waiting for power cuts to get water

5 September 2026
While frequent load-shedding has become a concern for Dhaka residents, people in several neighbourhoods, including East Senpara, East Kazipara, Ibrahimpur and East Rajabazar, say power outages have become an unexpected opportunity to collect water.
5 September 2026
Ronjila Parvin - 56-year-old primary school headteacher from Bogura

Woman dies after muggers snatch her bag from rickshaw

30 August 2026
A 56-year-old primary school headteacher from Bogura, who was in the capital for eye treatment, died after falling from a moving rickshaw when two muggers snatched her bag yesterday.
30 August 2026
Government Drug Rehabilitation Centres for Women, Adolescents

Govt rehabs not built for women, adolescents

26 August 2026
Bangladesh’s drug rehabilitation system is struggling to meet the needs of women and adolescents, with government centres offering limited capacity even as more women and children seek treatment.
26 August 2026
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Will seniors protect us?

23 August 2026
On February 7, 2025, a group of men allegedly took over Md Shamim’s rickshaw garage in Kallyanpur, forcing out all 16 rickshaws kept there.
23 August 2026
dandy addiction among women in Dhaka

Cheap adhesive addiction rising among women

14 August 2026
It was around 5:00pm on July 22. Seven to eight months pregnant, Parvin Akter, 20, sat near the Farmgate Metro Rail Station with three other women, lifting a polythene bag to her face every few seconds.
14 August 2026
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A walk thru the memories of July

7 August 2026
Hundreds of people gathered outside the July Mass Uprising Memorial Museum from morning as the former Gono Bhaban opened to the public for the first time yesterday.
7 August 2026
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Wait for TCB essentials ends in tragedy

29 July 2026
Forty-five-year-old Nasima Begum, a cleaner, had just sat down for lunch at home during her break when word spread through the neighbourhood that a Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) truck had arrived. She left her food on the plate and went out.
29 July 2026
Bangladeshis murder in Malaysia

It all happened before her eyes

Synthia looked at her mother Mojida Khatun Doly with hollow eyes. Still reeling under trauma, the 13-year-old barely spoke or moved as she laid on an ICU bed in the capital.
8 April 2024
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Hilsa a luxury for most

For many Bangalees, mornings of Pahela Baishakh seem to be incomplete without eating hilsa. This causes a rise in the demand for the country’s national fish ahead of the first day of Bangla New Year.
8 April 2024
chicken prices

Chicken prices soar by up to Tk 40 per kg

Much to the frustration of people from low-income groups, the price of chicken, one of the most common sources of animal protein, has shot up by Tk 30 to Tk 40 per kg over the last couple of days in the capital’s kitchen markets.
5 April 2024
chicken price

Chicken prices soar by up to Tk 40 per kg

Traders in city’s kitchen markets blame sudden rise in demand ahead of Eid
5 April 2024

Teacher or torturer?

Nine-year-old Rakib (not his real name), a student at Darul Quran Hafijiya Madrasa in the capital’s Mirpur, was unable to attend class for a day due to a sudden fever.
4 April 2024
Yaba now selling online

Yaba peddling goes digital

Sohel Hossain*, a 48-year-old employee at a private company, has been consuming yaba for the past six years.
31 March 2024
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Meat prices up in city markets

Prices of beef, chicken and potatoes have increased in the capital’s kitchen markets over the last week and a half.
29 March 2024
Onion import from India

Onion prices drop a little

The prices of onions have come down in the country’s markets despite India’s indefinite ban on the export of the vegetable.
27 March 2024

Years of savings go up in smoke, 100 shanties burnt

Twenty years ago, Hasina Begum purchased three shanties in the Karail slum, investing all of her family’s savings.
24 March 2024
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'Posh' guavas selling at Tk 200 per kg in Banani

Fruit sellers on Kemal Ataturk Road in Banani have been found selling guavas at Tk 200 per kg, whereas the usual price for guavas in Dhaka city is Tk 80 per kg
23 March 2024
Price capping of 29 commodities: 26 items selling at higher prices

Price capping of 29 commodities: 26 items selling at higher prices

Though the government capped the prices of 29 food items a week ago, traders are still selling 26 of those at higher rates than fixed.
22 March 2024
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Gazipur cylinder fire: Couple's death rises death toll to 6

A couple, who were injured in the Gazipur gas cylinder fire on Wednesday, died today while receiving treatment at the Shiekh Hasina Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery
17 March 2024
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Price cap is not working

The price cap on 29 commodities exists on paper only as most of those items are being sold at prices higher than those fixed by the government.
16 March 2024
 fiscal year 2023

Government sets prices of 29 food items

The move aimed at reining in price spiral during Ramadan; experts doubt its effectiveness
15 March 2024
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‘Why did such tragedy befall my son?’

When the devastating fire broke out from a gas cylinder in Gazipur’s Kaliakoir on Wednesday evening, Shah Alam, a salesman of an ice cream company, rushed to douse the fire with nearby locals.
14 March 2024
 fiscal year 2023

Daily essentials still out of reach

Idris Miah, a roadside makeshift iftar seller, went to Karwan Bazar Kitchen Market to buy kheshari dal (grass peas), an essential ingredient for piyaju, a popular item for iftar.
12 March 2024
Surge in prices for Ramadan necessities

Prices of Ramadan essentials surge

Despite the government’s repeated assurances of stability in kitchen markets during Ramadan, the prices of some commodities, mainly consumed during iftar, have seen a substantial surge, hurting people from limited income groups.
11 March 2024
No good news for consumers in Ramadan

No good news for consumers in Ramadan

With Ramadan just two days away, consumers will have to deal with the hiked prices of essential for the month of fasting this year.
9 March 2024
Sheuli Das weeps as she holds onto the ambulance carrying the bodies of her niece Poppy Roy and two grandchildren, after they died in a fire on Bailey Road in the capital on Thursday night.

Death came draped in smoke

Around 11:30pm, there were murmurs of one death. By then, the fire had been burning for over an hour.
1 March 2024
fire incident in dhaka bailey road

Looking for loved ones at morgues

A phone call, followed by an everlasting silence.
1 March 2024

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