To celebrate the 75th birthday of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Ministry of Shipping and BIWTA organised Nouka Baich, a traditional boat race on the capital's Buriganga river using a special kind of long, narrow.

The government is planning to bring 80% of the country’s population under Covid-19 vaccination, and has announced that two crore individuals will be given vaccines each month.

App-based ride-sharing bikers assembled for their labour rights and in protest against police harassment and high commission rates set by the ride-sharing companies. Today, in front of the National Press Club, leaders of the App-Based Drivers’ Union of Bangladesh announced 6 demands from the assembly.

On November 1, 2020, journalist Golam Sarwar, was found in a near-unconscious beside a canal at Sitakunda, Chattogram after being missing for three days. After regaining consciousness, he started crying, “I will not do news coverage anymore”. But, the investigation report of his case stated that there is no evidence of him being abducted.

The delectable and unique sweets of Bangladesh are indeed a culinary representation of our country. After all, the array of various mishtis from different parts of the country speak volumes about its diversity

“I had been flung into the raging sea during my daughter’s custody battle. This is not all, many belittled me and discouraged me through and through and yet, I rose like a Phoenix from the ashes.”

Due to the Dhaka-Sylhet railway and Srimangal-Bhanugach road running through the reserve forest of Lawachara, many of the critically endangered hoolock gibbon species have died in accidents with cars and trains while crossing them. To save the habitat of the species, canopy bridges have been constructed throughout the forest by a team of researchers from Jagannath University.

The government has reduced the interest rate of savings certificate, allegedly due to pressure from different stakeholders.

Work of the first flyover in Rajshahi has remained halted for the last three months. For local farmers, the flyover and the adjacent road undergoing expansion have turned into a grazing area for their cows. Because of repeated change in plan, construction of the flyover and the expansion of the 5km road has remained incomplete for the last 8 years.

The much-awaited RT-PCR lab has been installed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. But it did not bring an end to the distress of UAE-bound expats. Many have complained that they are not getting any service at the lab.

Payra Bridge is finally going to open to traffic after a 5-year extension of the project deadline and with Tk 1 ,000 crore in extra spending. Commuters will no longer have to board ferries to go from Barishal to Kuakata or Patuakhali by road.

Tension erupted at Dhaka University (DU) Science Library today, on the first day of reopening of libraries, when the assistant proctor attempted to slap a student.

Harun Ar Rashid, a banker by profession, has set up 11 libraries in salons in 11 districts of the country at his own expense. His goal is to set up salon libraries in every district of the country.

Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka finally got an RT-PCR lab after much uncertainty faced by UAE-bound expats.

According to Bangladesh Bank, in the last 2.5 years, the e-commerce sector in Bangladesh has grown 10 fold. Between 2019 and 2020, the amount of transactions of any online-based business has grown double, triple or even four times. But the population that had just recently gotten used to online transactions were jolted by the news of e-commerce companies being exposed, one after another, for various irregularities. Lakhs of online customers are uncertain about hundreds of crores of taka tied up in these online platforms.

Expat workers are once again subjected to regulations. On their way to work in Saudi Arabia, they are now facing trouble getting vaccines and hotel quarantine.

Her journey started with the simple goal of listening to her doctor’s recommendation of physical exercise and staying fit.

The education curriculum in Bangladesh, from primary to higher secondary levels, is set to undergo a major overhaul. Significant changes include the reduction of the number of exams. At the same time, activity-based learning will be prioritised in the new curriculum.

Karam festival -- centred around the worship of trees -- is celebrated by indigenous communities in the Bangla month of Bhadra.

Bangladesh recently decided to lend $250 million dollars to Sri Lanka from its foreign currency reserve. This loan will be provided through a currency swap mechanism.