How to go to Dhaka Trade Fair

Since it started in 1995, Dhaka International Trade Fair has always been held at Sher-E-Bangla Nagar. If everything goes according to plan, the 26th installment of the trade fair is set to be held in 2022. Next year, the fair will be permanently relocated to a new venue.
12 December 2021, 06:47 AM

Dilapidated CU shuttle train cause of students' distress

In December, summer seems to be prevailing in the shuttle train of Chittagong University.
11 December 2021, 17:00 PM

Extended rainfall spoiling harvest: How will it affect the market?

Tropical cyclone Jawad brought two consecutive days of continuous rainfall in the country, which in turn marred the upcoming winter harvest in many districts.
11 December 2021, 15:00 PM

Teenager who went to avenge his father

The youngest gallantry award recipient of Bangladesh is Bir Protik Abu Salek. Abu Salek of Hasimpur village in Dharkhar union of Akhaura Upazila of Brahmanbaria was a sixth grader in 1971. Pakistani forces brutally killed 33 people including his father and his uncle. With the intense desire for revenge, Abu Salek left his textbooks and went to Agartala, India to take part in the Liberation War.
10 December 2021, 17:05 PM

Why have killers of journalists not been brought to justice yet?

Journalism has become one of the most dangerous occupations. Journalists are being murdered both across the country and globally.
10 December 2021, 15:37 PM

Is the government ready to tackle the Omicron variant?

Since the start of the pandemic, coronavirus has mutated many times. Delta variant caused a severe panic for the second time recently. Vaccination, adherence to hygiene rules, and awareness-raising have almost eliminated the dangers of Covid-19. Slowly but surely people had started to go back to normal life. But while the world is recovering, we’re facing another Covid-19 outbreak. The new Omicron variant is spreading all over the world. Omicron has been found in the western part of Canada to the eastern part of Australia. The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Omicron as a “Variant of Concern”.
10 December 2021, 13:15 PM

Ahmed Ali's War of Liberation

Ahmed Ali, a young freedom fighter of 20 years, came forward in 1971 to help the freedom fighters. Numerous freedom fighters have been sheltered in his house, and he also gave information about the Pakistan Army and Razakar Al-Badr to freedom fighters. After training in India in August 1971, he joined the front line.
9 December 2021, 17:30 PM

Child’s body discovered from sewerage drain after 68 hours

A body of a child, Kamal Uddin, was discovered in Chittagong, 68 hours after he fell in a sewage drain. The first two days were spent searching the Chasma canal and drains connected to it but there were no signs of the child. His body was discovered from Mirza canal of Muradpur, Chittagong.
9 December 2021, 17:03 PM

Airfares to the Middle East doubled within one month

Airfares to many Middle Eastern countries have increased since last month. As a result, returning to work has become harder for expatriate Bangladeshi workers.
9 December 2021, 15:02 PM

Rod prices skyrocketing

The rise in fuel and scrap steel prices in the international market is having a negative impact on our economy. It has also affected the rod prices. Rod prices have gone up 32 percent (estimated) from last year.
9 December 2021, 10:32 AM

Masterplan to overhaul DU campus

According to a new master plan, 599 old buildings of Dhaka University campus will be demolished, where 97 high rise buildings will be constructed, along with a complete overhaul of roads, arenas and public spaces.
8 December 2021, 15:06 PM

How is the value of dollar determined?

For the first time in history the value of one US dollar has exceeded the 90-taka mark in informal market The moment our economy started to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, the value of taka against the dollar started to go down.
8 December 2021, 03:06 AM

What's the reason behind uncontrollable price-hike?

Prices of almost all the daily commodities are skyrocketing. People are waiting in queues from midnight to buy daily essentials at cheaper prices from TCB trucks. What is the reason behind this uncontrollable price-hike? How does it affect the common people?
7 December 2021, 15:02 PM

Coolies of Karwan Bazar: Carrying life to the brim

How much weight can an average human body carry every day? Ten, 20, 80 kg? For the "coolie" or porters of Karwan Bazar, carrying heavy loads of grocery items is their sole source of income.
7 December 2021, 14:16 PM

Women in paddy processing face labour discrimination

Men working at paddy processing yards are getting Tk 350-400 while women doing the same work are getting Tk 150-170. Due to lack of jobs in the 14 upazilas of Lalmonirhat and Kurigram, many women are compelled to work for low wages since there are not many opportunities for them.
7 December 2021, 09:18 AM

How'll it be in 2022: Kausar Ahmed Chaudhury predicts

Will 2022 be just a hop skip and jump towards success, or should you lower your roar?
7 December 2021, 03:11 AM

Why hasn't the Pahartali Baddhyabhumi been preserved after 50 years?

During the War of Liberation in 1971, countless people were massacred at a Pahartali site in Chattogram. A witness to this genocide for the last 50 years, the Baddhyabhumi has received no preservation effort.
6 December 2021, 17:04 PM

Untimely heavy rainfall adds to suffering of public

Cyclone Jawad has weakened and changed into a deep depression in the West-Central Bay of Bengal. As a result of the non-seasonal heavy rains, Dhaka's roads have been submerged. On the roads, public transport was sparse today, and office-going people and students had to suffer for it.
6 December 2021, 16:37 PM

Shutting down tanneries only option to avert pollution?

BSCIC Tannery Industrial Estate in Hemayetpur, Savar was established to stop the severe pollution caused by Hazaribag’s Tanneries. However, just like Buriganga river was being blighted by tanneries of Hazaribag, Dhaleshari river is also being pushed towards the same condition by similarly hazardous pollution of BSCIC Tannery Industrial Estate.
6 December 2021, 15:12 PM

Soaring arguments on roads over bus fare

Sudden rise in bus fares after diesel price hikes have now become a recurring topic of heated arguments between passengers and bus staff.
6 December 2021, 14:14 PM