From Churulia, Bardhaman to Dhanmondi, Dhaka. And so many places in between - College Street, Taltola Lane, CIT Road. And of course Kolkata, dear city. During his lifetime, the bohemian poet Kazi Nazrul Islam wandered and dwelled in many places. On his birthday, we look at those towns, cities, and localities bearing his memories.

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria have become alarmingly prevalent in recent years, according to several studies. Antibiotics' capacity to treat infected patients is decreasing. Antibiotic inefficiency is also mentioned in a recent report of the Health Department.

Forgoing the opportunity of a comfortable life in New Zealand, H Ataur Rahman Akib returned to his homeland Bangladesh. He didn't even settle in capital Dhaka, and went to Rajshahi to become an entrepreneur. 

This is a story reminiscent of the mega-popular TV series “Breaking bad”. Friends and family members know that Ashraful Islam completed his studies from a private university and worked as a textile engineer. But according to law enforcement agencies, Ashraful, was head of a hijacking gang, and had been robbing people in Dhaka for a long time.

This season’s boro harvesting is at the door. Yet, the price hike of rice continues.

In the char areas of Phulchari upazila of Gaibandha, people don’t have access to roads, healthcare facilities, and to a number of basic facilities. Millions of people here have to travel 40-50km using boats for medical treatment.

From the beginning of the monsoon season number of dengue patients start increasing. Ahead of this year's monsoon season, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) conducted a survey of Aedes mosquitoes in Dhaka from March 23 to April 4. According to the survey, the risk of dengue outbreak was much higher this year than in previous years. Are the 2 city corporations of Dhaka prepared to tackle dengue outbreaks?

In Dighi union of Manikganj Sadar upazila, a former UP member filled up and encroached a canal. Local farmers are now fearing a disaster in the coming monsoon.

Evidence of two officials of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education were found associated with question paper leaks recently. On May 13th, Suman Jamaddar was arrested with a leaked question paper during the entrance exam for the Office Assistant-cum-Computer Operator post at the directorate. Interrogating him, the authorities came to know about the involvement of the directorate officials.

The anti-corruption commission has alleged embezzlement of at least Tk 10,200 crore against PK Haldar, who was arrested in India recently. The ACC received information about embezzlement against PK Haldar in 2019 when they started investigating the assets of illegal casino owners. How did one person manage to embezzle Tk10,000 crore?

Chandannagar, the most prominent French settlement in the northern side of colonised India - has been immortalised, ironically, by a Portuguese poet - who, going against the essence of colonisation, adopted the native language Bengali to write and sing - Hensman Anthony, or what he was later fondly known as Anthony Firingee.

PK Halder, former NRB Global Bank managing director, and the man who embezzled over 10 thousand crore taka, was arrested from Ashoknagar in Kolkata by India’s Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on May 14, 2022.

They're all Nigerian nationals. Under the guise of various jobs they obtain visas to enter Bangladesh. After arriving here, they destroy their passports and hide their identities. They run scams and con people. Many Bangladeshi criminals are involved in their scams as well.

Afzal Khan, an actor by profession, who is widely known as Robin Hood – The Animal Rescuer, has been taking care of stray and differently abled dogs and cats and providing them shelter at his own house since 2010.

Food and water sources of about 40 families of the remote Lama upazila of Bandarban were destroyed in a fire on April 26 by Lama Rubber Industries Limited. Residents of the affected Mro neighborhood alleged that Lama Rubber Industries Limited set fire to the hills to grab the land. However, the company officials denied the allegations of setting fire, saying they had only cleared the mountains.

Protests have been ongoing in Sri Lanka for more than a month. Sri Lankans are demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa after his brother prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned on May 9.

The government has been working on building 258km of underground rail to ease up the traffic of Dhaka city. This plan consists of 11 different subway routes in Dhaka by 2050. Urban planners have called the project "costly" and "ambitious." They are saying that the project will not bring any positive change in the traffic congestion of the capital.

Only six projects under Bangladesh Railway will finish timely, out of the 20 projects set to be completed this fiscal year. This was the case for at least 19 projects last fiscal year.

While Dhaka was losing its splendour after the fall of Mughal Empire, the local zamindars and nawabs under British rule tried to revive its past splendour as the city of gardens. Dhaka's Baldha Garden is one of the most magnificent examples of this beautification effort. Still it is one of the richest botanical gardens of this subcontinent that spans 3.15 acres of land and boasts of eighteen thousand plant specimens of eight hundred different species. It has some of the rarest species of plants that can be found nowhere else in Bangladesh or even in this subcontinent.

A traveling ticket examiner (TTE) of Bangladesh Railway's Pakshey Division was suspended after he fined three passengers who were traveling without tickets, introducing themselves as relatives of the railway minister. The suspension order was, however, withdrawn today.