Are EVMs crucial for national election?

The Election Commission is meeting with various political and non-political parties and individuals to hold a fair and acceptable national election -- and within the discussion, the use of electronic voting machines or EVMs is getting the attention in the political arena. But why is the EVM debate so crucial especially when the national election is closing in?
14 May 2022, 15:24 PM

How much will trade deficit widen, dollar price rise?

Bangladesh’s export earning has been failing to keep pace with the import bills since the middle of 2021. At the same time, the flow of inbound remittance started decreasing and the taka began losing value against the US dollar.
13 May 2022, 17:09 PM

A gang of foreigners running scams in Dhaka

They're all Nigerian nationals. Under the guise of various jobs they obtain visas to enter Bangladesh. After arriving here, they destroy their passports and hide their identities. They run scams and con people. Many Bangladeshi criminals are involved in their scams as well.
13 May 2022, 15:24 PM

How was Shakib Khan's film 'Golui'?

Shakib Khan starrer "Golui" was released this Eid-ul-Fitr.
13 May 2022, 02:58 AM

Whose per capita income rising?

The per capita income in Bangladesh rose by 9% year-on-year to US $2,824 in 2021-22 fiscal year, according to government data. People, however, are not seeing increase in their income, which can validate the data.
12 May 2022, 15:00 PM

Robin Hood: The Animal Rescuer

Afzal Khan, an actor by profession, who is widely known as Robin Hood – The Animal Rescuer, has been taking care of stray and differently abled dogs and cats and providing them shelter at his own house since 2010.
12 May 2022, 05:47 AM

When will the aggression stop on CHT?

Food and water sources of about 40 families of the remote Lama upazila of Bandarban were destroyed in a fire on April 26 by Lama Rubber Industries Limited. Residents of the affected Mro neighborhood alleged that Lama Rubber Industries Limited set fire to the hills to grab the land. However, the company officials denied the allegations of setting fire, saying they had only cleared the mountains.
11 May 2022, 17:00 PM

How are the stranded tourists doing in Sri Lanka?

Protests have been ongoing in Sri Lanka for more than a month. Sri Lankans are demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa after his brother prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned on May 9.
11 May 2022, 15:00 PM

How is ‘Tomtom’ made?

At Baishakhi mela and all other local fairs, indigenous toy known as “Tomtom” is very popular.
11 May 2022, 03:53 AM

Does Dhaka need underground metro or subway?

The government has been working on building 258km of underground rail to ease up the traffic of Dhaka city. This plan consists of 11 different subway routes in Dhaka by 2050. Urban planners have called the project "costly" and "ambitious." They are saying that the project will not bring any positive change in the traffic congestion of the capital.
10 May 2022, 15:57 PM

250-year-old 'Poradaho Mela' held in Bogura

The 250-year-old traditional “Poradaho Mela” was held this year in the presence of thousands of people at Golabari area under Gabtoli upazila of Bogura district.
10 May 2022, 03:26 AM

Why do rail projects constantly miss deadlines?

Only six projects under Bangladesh Railway will finish timely, out of the 20 projects set to be completed this fiscal year. This was the case for at least 19 projects last fiscal year.
9 May 2022, 15:09 PM

Dhaka's Lost Paradise

While Dhaka was losing its splendour after the fall of Mughal Empire, the local zamindars and nawabs under British rule tried to revive its past splendour as the city of gardens. Dhaka's Baldha Garden is one of the most magnificent examples of this beautification effort. Still it is one of the richest botanical gardens of this subcontinent that spans 3.15 acres of land and boasts of eighteen thousand plant specimens of eight hundred different species. It has some of the rarest species of plants that can be found nowhere else in Bangladesh or even in this subcontinent.
9 May 2022, 03:04 AM

Are relatives of ministers, MPs now entitled to misuse power, influence?

A traveling ticket examiner (TTE) of Bangladesh Railway's Pakshey Division was suspended after he fined three passengers who were traveling without tickets, introducing themselves as relatives of the railway minister. The suspension order was, however, withdrawn today.
8 May 2022, 15:00 PM

Sudder Street: A piece of Bangladesh in Kolkata

Sudder Street is a busy thoroughfare in the bustling city of Kolkata. What's unique about this street is that it attracts many Bangladeshis.
8 May 2022, 03:00 AM

Same laws operate differently for Khaleda Zia & Haji Salim?

Both BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and Awami League MP Haji Salim are convicts. Both needed treatment abroad. Even though family members of Khaleda Zia have asked the law minister and government repeatedly to take her abroad for medical treatment, they were denied by the authorities. Yet Haji Salim, who's been convicted for 10 years over corruption, has returned home after receiving medical treatment in Bangkok, Thailand. There has been soaring criticism in the national media regarding the treatment by the government in regard to the two convicts.
7 May 2022, 15:01 PM

Shaan: Action-packed thriller based on true story

An evil organisation is behind smuggling people abroad. This ring is equally strong locally and internationally.
6 May 2022, 03:17 AM

Amir Hossain built a car out of local materials

Since he was five years old, Amir Hossain, the son of "Dholu Maker," has been familiar with machines.
5 May 2022, 15:40 PM

Fire in the hills; locals surviving on leaves, wild herbs

Locals are claiming that a fire caused by the LAMA Rubber Industries on land used for jhum farming in Bandarban is now causing food and water shortage in the remote areas of Lama upazila.
5 May 2022, 11:20 AM

‘Acting is my comfort, be it in any medium'

With a grand entrance to the show business through LUX Channel I Superstar 2010, Mousumi Hamid lived up to her inauguration with a bag full of national hits both on TV and silver screen. 
4 May 2022, 05:24 AM