October 23, 2021
Silence of the river
Fishermen of Majhipara village look to the Akhira for their livelihood, but since October 17 they have been unable to answer the river’s call even though they need its bounties desperately.
October 23, 2021
‘I want to commit suicide, but can’t leave my mother alone’
Since Taliban came to power in Afghanistan, Nargis Nayeel Sadat, 22, a business entrepreneur and women activist based in Kabul, is on the run along with her mother to save their lives after a...
September 24, 2021
The 14-year-old who crossed the Bangla Channel
Fourteen-year-old Rabbi Rahman, a tenth grader from Bogura, is the youngest Bangladeshi swimmer to cross the Bangla Channel in the Bay of Bengal. He secured the first place in the 15th Fortune...
September 20, 2021
Planned EPZ in Santal Palli: BEPZA to go ahead despite protests
The government is forging ahead with its plan to set up the country’s largest export processing zone on 1,842 acres of farmland under the Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha district that the local...
September 13, 2021
We can behead ‘kafirs’ like you
Habibullah Farzad, a Ph.D. scholar of the South Asian University, New Delhi and also a human rights activist, was beaten
September 8, 2021
Customers suffer as Nagad blocks accounts alleging suspicious transactions
A number of customers of Nagad have alleged that they were facing troubles in carrying out transactions on their accounts as the mobile financial service provider has suspended them on suspicion of...
August 22, 2021
Taliban takeover through two Afghans lenses
Questions are swirling in the air after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan last week ending the rule of West-backed government of Ashraf Ghani. It took
July 19, 2021
Aus acreage shrinks for dry weather
Farmers cultivated Aus paddy on a reduced area in Bangladesh this year because of dry weather during the main transplantation season, said farmers and officials.
July 13, 2021
Bogura glass vial SME cluster almost extinct
Just three or four years ago, Shihari and Dumori villages in Bogura’s Adamdighi upazila were buzzing with activity as some 400 small glass vial factories operated in the area.
July 7, 2021
Change Maker: Back to roots to set up agro farm
It is expected that a student graduating from a reputed university would want a good job in the big city.