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Bangladesh’s coastal belt: Families pushed into migration, debt traps

A 2023 study found that 59 percent of households in Shyamnagar's three unions had at least one member who migrated for work
12 December 2025, 20:53 PM
12 December 2025, 20:53 PM
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How salinity sank Satkhira farmers' harvests

Crop fields disappear as saltwater invasion forces them to switch to shrimp farming
2 December 2025, 18:09 PM
2 December 2025, 18:09 PM
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The salt in their wounds

Women in coastal area suffer reproductive health problems from rising salinity
28 November 2025, 18:37 PM
28 November 2025, 18:37 PM
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A daily battle for every drop

Shrinking ponds, salt-filled tubewells leave thousands relying on murky water to survive
23 November 2025, 18:37 PM
23 November 2025, 18:37 PM
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Salinity puts lives, livelihoods at risk in the South

Across the southwestern districts of Satkhira and Khulna, millions are witnessing the gradual intrusion of salinity into their lives.
21 November 2025, 18:17 PM
21 November 2025, 18:17 PM
Trafficking to Malaysia

Draft law seeks death penalty for trafficking syndicate members

The advisory council yesterday approved in principle a draft ordinance introducing stringent penalties, including capital punishment, for members of human trafficking rackets.
20 November 2025, 18:19 PM
20 November 2025, 18:19 PM
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Only 44% make it to class 10 after primary

Although 84% of children in Bangladesh complete primary school, less than half go on to finish secondary education, a govt survey reveals
18 November 2025, 18:14 PM
18 November 2025, 18:14 PM
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Govt debt tops Tk 21 trillion

For the first time, Bangladesh’s outstanding government debt has surged past the Tk 21 trillion mark, pushed upward by chronically weak revenue collection and years of ambitious development spending.
14 November 2025, 18:37 PM
14 November 2025, 18:37 PM
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Heat, unsafe water take toll on kids

Wrapping his two-year-old daughter in a towel, Jiraman Ali was walking fast towards a medial camp near their temporary shelter at Balukhali in Ukhia.
27 September 2017, 18:00 PM
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Hindus Displaced from Rakhine: No puja for them this time

Rashmati Sharma had celebrated Durga Puja with her family and neighbours in Myanmar with due religious fervour last year. Her
27 September 2017, 18:00 PM
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Long wait to get buses

The morning sun brought some relief for Shariful Islam as a little rain, he feared, would put his journey back home in jeopardy.
28 August 2017, 18:00 PM
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Ride to death, return to life

The clock struck 3 in the afternoon of August 21, 2004. At Sudha Sadan, the residence of Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, preparations were underway to head for Bangabandhu Avenue where the party was holding an anti-militancy rally.
20 August 2017, 18:00 PM
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In pain, in anger

It was not dawn yet.It was not dawn yet. At House 677 on Road 32 in Dhanmondi, a contingent of security personnel comprised of police and army was on duty at the residence of President Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
14 August 2017, 18:00 PM
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All eyes on court

Seventy-year-old Shah Jamal grew up on the bank of the Shitalakkhya witnessing countless events centring on the river. A ragpicker,
12 August 2017, 18:00 PM
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Photo she hides from daughter

Shamsunnahar Nupur always tries to hide a framed photograph of her husband Jahangir.
12 August 2017, 18:00 PM
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Parents cry at the very mention of Bishwajit

For the parents of Bishwajit, the past five years have been agonising.
5 August 2017, 18:00 PM
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SUNKEN

City dwellers yesterday woke up to find that most of the capital has virtually turned into a swamp following rains.
26 July 2017, 18:00 PM

MPO teachers resent govt move

Resentment is brewing among non-government teachers and employees of MPO-enlisted schools and colleges as the government has
13 July 2017, 18:00 PM
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The night the horror struck

It was a quiet afternoon at the Holey Artisan Bakery in the capital's Gulshan on July 1, one of the last days of Ramadan in 2016. As the sun went down, the Western-style café with 19 staffers in the posh neighbourhood got busier. Diners started arriving and ordering tapas, pizzas, croissants, pastries and cakes.
30 June 2017, 18:00 PM
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Education a mirage for them

There are about 10 million out-of-school children, adolescents and youths in Bangladesh, says a new Unesco policy paper.
30 June 2017, 18:00 PM
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Adult literacy rate hits 12-year high

Adult literacy rate in the country rose to a 12-year high of 72.3 percent last year. The rate was 51.6 percent in 2004 and 64.6 percent in 2015, says a report titled “Sample Vital Registration System (SVRS)” prepared by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
24 June 2017, 18:00 PM
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Holidaymakers hit highways

Amid growing concerns of tailbacks on highways, holidaymakers have started leaving the capital for homes to celebrate Eid with their loved ones, and the rush is expected to gain momentum today.
21 June 2017, 18:00 PM
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Fight militancy with stronger prosecution

An anti-money laundering taskforce will ask the government to introduce a permanent attorney service with competent lawyers to fight militancy.
18 June 2017, 18:00 PM
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No thanks to 15pc VAT

Ezaharul Haque has been upset since he learned about the government's decision to impose a uniform 15 percent VAT this July. The thought of more money going out of his pockets to purchase necessary goods and services concerned him.
17 June 2017, 18:00 PM
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Rough ride ahead

Thousands of Eid holidaymakers may suffer immensely in traffic jam if the authorities fail to control heavy traffic on some key points of the highways. Traffic either slows to a crawl or goes haywire at these points, leaving people trapped in gridlocks for hours during the Eid rush every year.
16 June 2017, 18:00 PM
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Solar smile for farmers

Even two and a half years ago, worry over water for irrigation would cast a shadow on Uday's hope for a good harvest.
4 June 2017, 18:05 PM
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English Medium Schools: VAT proposed despite court ruling against it

Shayla Sultana could not believe her ears when she heard that the much-talked-about uniform VAT rate of 15 percent will be applicable to English medium schools.
1 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Problem in Education: Quality not priority

Although the government has increased budgetary allocations for the education sector over the years attaching top priority to it, the
1 June 2017, 18:00 PM

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