Bangladesh ushers in a new era of commuting
Bangladesh is all set to step into a new era of commuting with a new mode of public transport that has never been seen before -- the electricity-powered metro rail of Dhaka.
MRT Line-6: Twist and turns
The long-awaited metro rail project is finally becoming a reality as the country’s first overhead electric train will be launched today, bringing with it excitement and also its share of challenges.
All eyes glued to Golapbagh
After protracted negotiations, the BNP finally got permission for its rally today at a ground which was not its first choice by any means.
The Rohingya refugee crisis throughout the years
Five years ago, in August 2017, the Myanmar military unleashed a brutal offensive against the Rohingya communities across the country’s Rakhine State.
Choking the lifeblood of democracy
"The only security of all is in a free press," Thomas Jefferson, famous American statesman and the country’s third president once said.
Free speech the collateral damage of Covid in Bangladesh
When Covid-19 began to spread at an exponential rate across countries in January 2020, ministers and government officials in Bangladesh assured people that "adequate measures" were taken to prevent coronavirus from entering the country.
Cardiovascular diseases: A rising concern for young people
“I never imagined that I would have a heart problem.”
Victimising journalists: A decades-long tradition of denying justice
Twenty-two years have come and gone since her husband was shot to death, but Selina Akhter Lucky has all but given up hope for justice for the brutal murder.
A series of delayed justice
Although attacks on freethinkers and bloggers, and their murders by suspected Islamic militants have decreased significantly due to multiple anti-militant crackdowns, none of the families of those killed has gotten complete justice yet.
‘Home never felt so close’
Six minutes was all it took a BRTC bus to cross the 6.15km bridge over the Padma river yesterday.