With the next parliamentary elections just one and a half years away, fresh debates over using the electronic voting machine in polls have taken the centre stage in the political arena of late.

Soon after his arrest in West Bengal on May 14, the question that started spinning around was when Prashanta Kumar Halder, better known as PK Halder, would be brought back to Bangladesh.

Alarm bells were raised when PK Halder and his associates laundered around Tk 174 crore from a financial institution in 2016 by setting up companies that existed only on paper.

When Farid Uddin planted sunflower, sesame and groundnut on his 80-decimal land, he had no idea that prices of edible oil would skyrocket.

Locally produced oilseeds like mustard, corn, sunflower, coconut, and sesame (teel) can be some great alternatives to soybean and palm oil, said Prof Nazma Shaheen of the Institute of Nutrition and Food Science at Dhaka University.

TDS: Do you agree that it is a failure of the commerce ministry to rein in the unstable soybean oil market? 

When President Vladimir Putin launched “a special military operation” on February 24 to “demilitarization” and “denazification” of Ukraine, there were a few to doubt that the military campaign would end in Russia’s favour and it would be over soon.

Prof Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud wrote a Facebook post on April 25, touching upon the memories of his student life and the clashes between the shopkeepers of New Market area and Dhaka College students.

The clash in the New Market area began around 11:30pm on April 18 following an argument between staffers of two fast food shops. It ended around 3:45am the next day after hours of massive police intervention that left a student badly injured.  

Heated arguments and brawls between the shopkeepers of New Market area and Dhaka College students are nothing new. Over the years, the city dwellers suffered their share when both the parties locked into running battles and violent clashes -- most of the time over trivial matters.

Not only do we have the tools to slash emissions and curb global warming by 2030, but half of available carbon-cutting options are cost-free or very cheap, UN climate experts say.

The world on Friday observed Earth Day celebrating environmental diversity of Earth and highlighting ways of protecting our habitat, the only place in the known universe where life can survive.

No prime minister has completed a full five-year tenure in Pakistan’s 75-year history. Pakistan has had a total of 29 prime ministers since 1947.

Despite all the unusual events occurring around Sunday midnight – a parliamentary vote of no confidence, an emergency Supreme Court hearing, boisterous speeches, mysterious helicopter rides, and a clandestine meeting between now-ex prime minister Imran Khan and the military and intelligence chiefs -- nothing fundamentally important shifted in Pakistan.

Despite all the unusual events occurring around Sunday midnight – a parliamentary vote of no confidence, an emergency Supreme Court hearing,

No prime minister has completed a full five-year tenure in Pakistan’s 75-year history. Pakistan has had a total of 29 prime ministers since 1947. The shortest

Madhupur has a history of conflict and tension between the foresters and forest dwellers, especially the indigenous people.

Environmentalist Asit Ranjan Paul, who served as the divisional forest officer in Tangail from 2010 to 2013, says waterbodies are blessings for all. But before digging any new waterbody near or in the localities, locals should be discussed.

 Bipin Nokrek, a Mandi man from Pirgachha village, said his family members cultivate two paddies and mustard on seven bighas on the low-lying land inside the forest.

The Forest Department is set to excavate an artificial lake at Amtali in Madhupur National Park to attract tourists, despite objections from the local ethnic minorities who fear this would damage their livelihoods and culture.