Mohammad Al-Masum Molla

A grove of tall coconut trees stands against the sun, blocking its rays. While the grove is in India, the shade falls on Bangladesh.

Bangladesh has experienced a sharp increase in air pollution since 2010 as 81 percent population are exposed to household air pollution from solid fuel burning, says a new global study report.

For over 5000 years, rice has been the staple food in many parts of the world, including Bangladesh where the agriculture sector

The BNP-led 20-party alliance will nominate a single mayoral candidate for each of the Gazipur and Khulna city corporation elections.

The BNP is likely to give the party ticket to the two current mayors of the Gazipur and Khulna city corporations for contesting the

The BNP-led 20-party alliance yesterday decided in principle not to take part in the next parliamentary election with Khaleda Zia in jail, said insiders.

The BNP yesterday presented a “grim picture of the country's democracy” before around a dozen foreign diplomats in Dhaka.

Let's paint a picture -- a family of three, both working parents, and one school going child. When the mother and father wake up, they wake their child up at the same time. They freshen up together, eat breakfast together, and the child gets dropped off at school, while the parents go to their respective offices.

Increased awareness and government initiatives, such as the formulation of Food Safety Act 2013, have helped reduce the use of pesticide on vegetables grown across the country in the last few years.

Upscale neighbourhoods in Banani, Bashundhara, Uttara, Dhanmondi, Mohakhali DOHS, and Mintoo Road are major breeding grounds of dengue and chikungunya spreading Aedes mosquitos, found a survey.

Before the growth of the textile industry, jute was once the main cash crop of Bangladesh as it was the only exportable product in the country.

The BNP has sent a letter to the United Nations, alleging that the government was hatching a blueprint for an election without Khaleda Zia, a number of BNP leaders said.

The BNP would not go for any tough movement at least until July as it feels it would not be able to carry on with the agitation up to the elections later this year, party insiders claimed.

The BNP central leaders will start grassroots tour tomorrow and hold a series of meetings in efforts to keep intact the organisational unity as they fear the government is out to split the party ahead of the next parliamentary election.

With Khaleda Zia in jail, top BNP leaders have three things on their mind -- unity, loyalty and preparation for the next election later this year.

Riding on the recent revolution in fish and livestock farming, Bangladesh for the first time achieved self-sufficiency in animal protein.

The BNP has decided not to launch tougher programmes like hartal or blockade for now, and the party will instead wage a legal battle to free Khaleda Zia from jail.

Wearing an off-white sari, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, offered her prayers and comforted her relatives, most of whom, were in tears, as she boarded her motorcade from her Gulshan residence on way to the court set for delivering verdict in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will today call all the political parties to forge a national consensus to “restore democracy” in the country through an inclusive parliamentary election, a senior BNP leader has said.

Saturday's national executive committee meeting was a big morale boost for the BNP as it helped remove confusions and divisions within the party, say its senior leaders.