Work on the country's first nuclear power project at Rooppur in Pabna is progressing at a rapid pace.

The ferry Shah Amanat, which tipped over at Paturia Ghat, could not be retrieved yet. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has engaged rescue vessels Hamza and Rustam to salvage the ferry.

The 43rd BCS preliminary exam was held today. The exam started at 10:00am in 369 centres of eight divisional cities and ended at 12pm.

Prices of all essential commodities are on the rise. The increasing prices are adding to the struggle of people trying to overcome the impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic.The combination of the two has become a challenge for low and middle income families. Many of those who never had to buy rice from OMS are now being forced to stand in line in front of OMS trucks to buy essentials at low prices.

Bangladesh Railway has now decided to make 10 locomotives bought from South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Company operational, after leaving them unused for one year because, according to BR, the company did not comply with their deal.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has expressed doubt about the capability of the salvage vessel ‘Prattoy’ in recovering the sunken ferry.

Locals fear they might lose their land to erosion following dredging in Bangshi river in Dhamrai.

The chief engineer of Chattogram Development Authority (CDA) said the news that there is a crack in one of the ramps of MA Mannan flyover in the port city is a rumour.

Different types of darkness envelop the Rohingya camps of Cox’s Bazar after sunset. The camps have become a major trade route for drugs, firearms, and even human traffickers. Activities of organised rackets are increasing alarmingly. Crime, violence and even murders are now regular occurrences.

Dhaka North City Corporation has taken a plan to regain the lost areas of Kallyanpur retention pond and transform it into a functional solution to waterlogging as well as an elaborate recreational eco park.

Barishal fish markets are now filling up with a bounty of hilsa fish.

For the last one year, share market indices have been on the rise. Since October 2020 till now the shares of 20 companies whose share prices have increased the most are either Z or B category shares or shares of companies whose production had been halted.

Heavy erosion of the Teesta river has caused 5 villages of Ghorialdanga union of Kurigram to sink into the river. Over 2,000 families have lost their homesteads, farmland and orchards and are now living under the open sky.

The Rohingya camps, with growing cases of drug and arms smuggling, violence, homicides and other illegal activities, is increasingly becoming a security threat for this country.

The 22-day ban on catching Hilsa will end at midnight today in Chandpur's Padma-Meghna and six other sanctuaries. 

The government has established passport and visa wings, and a total of 73 posts at 19 Bangladesh overseas missions to provide better services to expatriates and visitors. However, over the eight years of their operation, not a single official from the Department of Immigration and Passports (DIP) has been posted in the top position. 

Over a hundred tanneries were relocated to Savar to save the Buriganga river and the environment of the capital. But now, it is the Dhaleshwari river in Savar which is being used to dump tannery waste because of the faulty waste management system of the Central Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP). Locals are facing various problems after the tanneries were relocated there from Dhaka.

The recent communal attacks during Durga Puja were ignited from and spread across the country through various videos and posts containing false information, propaganda and calls for attack using the social media. Hatred in the cyber world sparking real world violence is not the first time in this country.

Following the inauguration by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today, Payra bridge has started its operation in full swing -- with vehicles and people now crossing the Payra river using the 1.47 km long bridge.

Triggered by the Cumilla incident, in just a matter of hours, communal violence spread in several districts of the country and lasted for days. The Daily Star produced a map incorporating information from all over the country.