Dhaka South City Mayor Sayeed Khokon yesterday said finding solutions to the city’s traffic problems are proving to be difficult, as service-providing agencies have failed to keep up with development.

Budgetary allocations for the two city corporations of Dhaka for 2019-2020 fiscal are non-participatory and non-representative of city dwellers, claimed noted urban planners yesterday.

Rahela Begum has been struggling to sustain herself and her four children with the earning she makes as a domestic help in the capital, since her husband abandoned her years ago. And on top of that is the everyday abuse and ill treatment of employers that add to never-ending episodes of painful experiences.

Litterateur, journalist and politician Abul Mansur Ahmad’s multifaceted success could be an inspiration for the present-day generation and one must follow his life and works comprehensively to achieve such feat, eminent citizens said yesterday.

Finally a ray of hope for the “Bostami turtles”, a species previously declared extinct in the wild by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), as a group of specialists have successfully hatched 36 eggs in an incubator last month.

Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority (BAERA) Chairman Prof Naiyyum Choudhury passed away yesterday. He was 74.

Ruling Awami League lawmaker from Narayanganj-4 Shamim Osman yesterday urged local administration not to “play with fire”.

The number of Bangladeshi students obtaining higher education in the United States doubled in five years, showed EducationUSA data.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) suggests that the Bangladesh government should end restrictions on Rohingyas' freedom of movement and access to the internet and online communications.

Number of Bangladeshi students studying in higher educational institutions in the United States has been doubled in the last five years, according to USA data.

GM Quader will act as chairman of Jatiya Party while Raushan Ershad will be Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, party sources say after a meeting.

Bangladesh is set to sew the world’s largest T-Shirt to break the Guinness record, marking the centenary founding anniversary of the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Samsung Research and Development Institute Bangladesh (SRBD) awards ten university students for winning a Coding Contest held in Dhaka in between June 21 and August 31.

Armed Police Battalion (APBn) detains three people for smuggling 2,600 pieces mobile phone sets into the country through Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Miah vows to uproot gang culture including teenage gang from Dhaka.

Students and teachers of Jahangirnagar University have decided to continue their demonstrations on the campus against the alleged corruption of the authorities and unplanned development work which they claim will endanger the biodiversity of the campus.

A sixth grader from Manikganj dies last night after being diagnosed with dengue.

A fire breaks out at a godown inside Gazipur District Jail. The fire originated from electric short circuit around 2:00am, reports our Gazipur correspondent quoting Tarek Aziz, an official of Gazipur DBL Fire Service.

A discussion and award giving ceremony of an essay competition marking the 121st birth anniversary of prominent litterateur, journalist and politician Abul Mansur Ahmad will be held in Dhaka today.

When birding in a new country, what is banal to locals there can be thrilling to the visitor. In Bangladesh I have seen visitors marvel at our Purple Swamphens and Common Kingfishers. And so when I visited Kenya, the Superb Starling, which is very common there, delighted me. Its iridescent blue back, orange breast and white eyes that stared from its black head kept me spellbound.