Bangladesh’s coastal belt: Families pushed into migration, debt traps
A 2023 study found that 59 percent of households in Shyamnagar's three unions had at least one member who migrated for work
12 December 2025, 20:53 PM
How salinity sank Satkhira farmers' harvests
Crop fields disappear as saltwater invasion forces them to switch to shrimp farming
2 December 2025, 18:09 PM
The salt in their wounds
Women in coastal area suffer reproductive health problems from rising salinity
28 November 2025, 18:37 PM
A daily battle for every drop
Shrinking ponds, salt-filled tubewells leave thousands relying on murky water to survive
23 November 2025, 18:37 PM
Salinity puts lives, livelihoods at risk in the South
Across the southwestern districts of Satkhira and Khulna, millions are witnessing the gradual intrusion of salinity into their lives.
21 November 2025, 18:17 PM
Draft law seeks death penalty for trafficking syndicate members
The advisory council yesterday approved in principle a draft ordinance introducing stringent penalties, including capital punishment, for members of human trafficking rackets.
20 November 2025, 18:19 PM
Only 44% make it to class 10 after primary
Although 84% of children in Bangladesh complete primary school, less than half go on to finish secondary education, a govt survey reveals
18 November 2025, 18:14 PM
Govt debt tops Tk 21 trillion
For the first time, Bangladesh’s outstanding government debt has surged past the Tk 21 trillion mark, pushed upward by chronically weak revenue collection and years of ambitious development spending.
14 November 2025, 18:37 PM
No case sees verdict
Court officials cannot tell when a gold smuggler was punished last time. What they can tell though that there is no such instance in the past 10 years. This, they say, has contributed to the recent surge in the smuggling of the yellow metal.
1 March 2015, 23:23 PM
Tip of iceberg
More than 1,000kg of gold worth around Tk 450 crore was seized in the last one year by Customs Intelligence and other agencies.
27 February 2015, 23:13 PM
Into the cobweb of gold rackets
Gold smuggling has gone remarkably up of late. Big haul of the most-sought-after metal makes headline all too frequently.
26 February 2015, 22:21 PM
Too many cooks spoil the broth
Many of the government officials working on food safety are corrupt, observed Humayun Kabir Bhuiyan, general secretary of the Consumers Association of Bangladesh.
18 September 2014, 18:00 PM