Mohammad Al-Masum Molla

A total of 95 percent hospitals and healthcare institutions in the country do not have all of the 10 basic instruments required to treat children, according to a government survey.

What is the most readily available transport in the megacity of Dhaka? Without batting an eye, anyone would say that it is the rickshaw.

Seven out of every ten healthcare facilities in Bangladesh do not have all of the six basic equipment required to treat patients, a government survey finds.

Oli Ahmed, president of the Liberal Democratic Party, a component of the BNP-led 20-party combine, is likely to announce the formation of a separate political alliance for the release of Khaleda Zia.

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal’s dismal show in the Ducsu polls has been an eye-opener for the BNP, which now feels the urgency to reorganise the student body with regular and active leaders, said party insiders.

The BNP is preparing to hold its seventh national council in mid-October.

Waking up early in the morning, Jaheda Begum finishes her household chores quickly. Taking her breakfast, she comes out of her home in a Rohingya camp and rushes to a place where Rohingya women like her meet every day at 9:00am.

Traffickers exploit Rohingya men, women, and children from refugee camps for both sex and labour trafficking, including domestic servitude, although the scale is unknown, a US report said.

BNP lawmakers have been directed by the party’s acting Chairman Tarique Rahman to be vocal during today’s budget session in parliament, said party insiders.

Two earthquakes had hit Haiti and Chile with a gap of over a month in 2010.

Chapainawabganj is no more the dominating hub for producing mangoes in Bangladesh and neither is Dinajpur for litchis.

The jackfruit – the national fruit of Bangladesh – is a fruit in high demand all over the world for the highest nutrition content and being the top in class for the exotic rich taste it offers.

If you are in Dhaka city, think twice before drawing a deep breath. The city’s air is contaminated with not only heavy metals like lead, chromium, cadmium, nickel, arsenic, manganese and copper but also with other poisonous particles, show studies.

Bangladeshi peacekeepers have been working relentlessly to establish peace and harmony in various conflict zones in the world and are highly praised worldwide for their outstanding contribution.

Amid the extreme suffering of farmers caused by the low price for paddy, the government has said that it can do nothing about it.

The suffering of potato growers is increasing day by day even though their yield is high, as they are stuck with surplus stocks and low exports.

There was a time when the family planning policy of Bangladesh was a role model for other countries. The government initiated campaigns and interventions and continues to hold a substantial programme, considering over population a major concern for the country.

Although BNP leaders yesterday collected nomination form on behalf of party Chairperson Khaleda Zia for the upcoming Bogura-6 by-polls, she said she won’t bid to contest the election, according to one of her aides.

What if the fruit you love is available in the market not only for a few months, but throughout the whole year? And what if this very fruit does not need to be imported but is grown locally and sold at a street cart in your neighbourhood?

With uncertainty shrouding the Rohingya repatriation, crimes -- from petty thefts to drug peddling, abduction to murder -- have become a commonplace at the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar. Many of the Rohingyas, sheltered in Bangladesh, are now living in a state of panic. They blame unemployment in the camp and rivalry