The progress and prosperity of Bangladesh over the recent decade has been driven by the rise in trade, commerce and business activities. The private sector led growth can be best witnessed by the vibrancy of the capital city, Dhaka. With a population of 18 million who make around 30 million daily trips in public and private transport, traffic congestion has become a part of everyday life.

The construction of the first ever elevated expressway project in Dhaka officially commenced on April1, 2018. The main objective of this project is to bypass Dhaka vertically in the fastest possible way, which would significantly reduce the traffic load inside the capital.

Today is the National Day of Switzerland. On this special occasion, I wish to extend my best wishes and greetings to the people and the Government of Bangladesh. I would like to also offer felicitations to my fellow compatriots living in this beautiful country.

Economic relations between Switzerland and Bangladesh are stronger than ever. After many years of steady growth, annual bilateral trade between the two countries reached US $680 million in 2017.

Switzerland and Bangladesh have strong bilateral ties in the areas of development cooperation, economy and culture.

One of the best ways to learn about a culture is by discovering the nation's food habit. When it comes to describing Swiss cuisine,

France celebrates its National Day in commemoration of the storming of the Bastille in Paris on the 14th of July 1789. It remains the

AFD is an inclusive public financial institution and the main actor in France's development policy. It supports projects that genuinely

Economic relation between Bangladesh and France is faring well. In 2017, overall trade volume between the two countries followed its

The Fourth of July is, first and foremost, a birthday party. Americans mark the day in 1776 when 13 English colonies adopted a Declaration of Independence and the United States of America was born.

America's Independence Day is not just the anniversary of the birth of our nation, it is a reminder of the enduring truth that a people can design their own future

Bangladesh has achieved many milestones since its independence in 1971. The latest is its entrance to the space age. A Bangladeshi communications satellite was launched into orbit on May 11 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Bangabandhu-1 is named after Bangladesh's founding father, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

THE United States of America celebrates its Independence Day on July 4, the day in 1776 when the Continental Congress of the 13 American colonies approved the Declaration of Independence and sent copies throughout the new nation.

Abdul Quayum, Associate Editor, Prothom Alo and Moderator of the Roundtable

No parent is ever prepared to hear that his or her child is anything other than happy and healthy and learning that one's child might have autism can be particularly frightening. But there are many ways in which special education can help improve the quality of life for children who suffer from Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

In remote parts of Nepal, young girls dread growing up. During their periods each month, girls and women are banished into menstrual huts, often located at the fringe of villages. Isolated in the name of tradition, they brave extreme weather and predators, including snakes, rapists and even death. Those who manage to remain in their communities are often too embarrassed to dry out their menstrual rag cloths after washing, thereby risking infection.

It all started when Edouard Claude Oussou witnessed an unsettling incident in Libreville, the capital of Gabon. A child was dropped off at school, waited a few minutes until his parent was far enough away, then took off in the opposite direction from his class. This fairly common scene illustrates a wider problem faced by Gabon's educational system, which has the

As communication technology develops, people have access to more information than ever before, literally at their fingertips. But how many of us can say that we are truly well informed?

She is just 15 years old, but has already designed a smart device that generates electric power from raindrops. Reyhan Jamalova, a ninth grade student at the Istek Lyceum in Baku, Azerbaijan, and a friend, Zahra Gasimzade, assisted by their physics tutors, worked for four months running calculations and developing a device to harvest energy from rainwater.

A bottle of sauce to achieve freedom. This is the goal of SfruttaZero, a project born in Puglia, Italy, to give dignified work to the day labourers who flock to Italy's “heel” during the tomato harvest. The idea was born in the ghetto of the city of Nardò, where hundreds of migrants live packed together in shameful conditions and work in the fields on starvation wages while being subject to all kinds of abuse.