When will Bangladesh’s politics of vengeance end?
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Hormuz closed, Bab al-Mandeb under Houthi control: What danger lies ahead for Saudi Arabia?
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THE UNSUNG HEROES / Razia Samad Dahlia - Still serving at 83
13 September 2026
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THE UNSUNG HEROES / Ayesha Akhter: A life beyond her disability
13 September 2026
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THE UNSUNG HEROES / Laboni Akhter: A different kind of farming
13 September 2026
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THE UNSUNG HEROES / Suria Begum: Building women athletes
13 September 2026
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THE UNSUNG HEROES / Aleya Begum: Helping people choose life
13 September 2026
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Govt’s fresh call on 101 India deals under Sheikh Hasina
12 September 2026
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Why is Bangladesh spending billions to save a deal lost in US court?
12 September 2026
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Why do people feel nostalgic? Why do they keep returning to the past?
12 September 2026
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
How Gazipur's Pubail became ‘Shooting Village’
Pubail union in Gazipur Sadar upazila is widely known as “Shooting Village.”
6 December 2021
Terosree Genocide: 50 years on, hope for state recognition continues
It was the dawn of 22nd November 1971. Terosree village of Ghior upazila of Manikganj was terrorized by bayonet charges and shootings. Screams of people, fire, and the burning smell of flesh filled the air. At least 43 people lost their lives at the hands of the Pakistani military and razakars on that fateful day. People of Manikganj observes November 22 as "Terosree Genocide Day", remembeing those who were unjustly killed. However, the people of the Terosree village still await state recognition.
5 December 2021
Is Bangladesh becoming transit for counterfeit currency smuggling?
A multinational currency fraud syndicate has been using Bangladesh and Sri Lanka as transits to smuggle counterfeit Indian rupees to India. A senior police officer stated that this whole operation is being controlled from Lahore, Pakistan.
5 December 2021
Selina Hossain chronicling history
After 200 long years, British rule ended in 1947 in the Subcontinent. In June of the same year, Selina Hossain was born.
5 December 2021
A smuggler who played an important role in Liberation War
Rois Uddin Poshari was one of the top-listed smugglers in the then East Pakistan. He made fortunes through smuggling goods from India through the Sundarbans.
4 December 2021
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in chicken
Bacteria that are resistant to 17 different antibiotics were found in chicken at poultry farms. This shocking information came to light through a research conducted by Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute.
4 December 2021