Can you spend the night in a hotel in Dhaka with just 50 Taka in pocket? Surprisingly, the answer is yes, you can! At least four hotels offer shelter for only TK 50 per night; and these hotels are on water, floating in the Buriganga river.

Communist Party of Bangladesh and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dol have declined the president's invitation to discuss the next election commission. BSD mentioned that nobody listened to their suggestions in 2012 and 2016. The Head of CPB said that the president does not have any power to elect the election commission. While, BNP’s Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said that the president's dialogue is a pointless affair.

Newsprint papers is a cheap priced mass-produced type of paper that became the primary choice for newspapers and homemade notebooks for students back in the 90s.

From cities to villages, to mountains to islands, one can find plastic -- and plastic pollution -- everywhere. In a report, published by the World Bank, it was mentioned that the usage of plastic has tripled in the last 15 years in the urban areas of Bangladesh. Due to a lack of plastic-waste management, Bangladesh has become one of the most polluted countries in the world.

Chittagong Development Authority’s canal excavation is causing structural damage to a temple, 3 buildings and 5 semi-finished houses in Majhir Ghat area. To ensure safety police have asked the residents to move out of their houses temporarily.

Bhagirathi Saha was among the countless people who were tortured by the Pakistani army and gave their lives for the country’s freedom in 1971.

Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) wants to build an industrial park over 214 acres of Shalban in Madhupur. They are claiming one of the last remaining Shalbans of the country to build a Tk 400 crore industrial park. What could be the implications of removing this forest? What are the possibilities that this industrial park gets built? Can BSCIC ask to build an industrial park on protected land?

On November 9, 2021, Bikash Chandra, a resident of Putigram village of Gaibandha's Sagata upazila, was going back home after work like he did every other day. Bikash was severely injured after a motorbike ran him over from behind.

Insect farming, a 21st century concept that can be as profitable as traditional poultry and fish farming. Black Soldier Flies’ larvae are a natural food source for poultry and fish. This particular larva is developed from Black Soldier Flies' eggs. This insect can be used as a low-cost poultry and fish feed. This will also help our farmers to save money. Many farms in Rangpur have already started to produce this insect.

For the last 11 days, Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport management is allegedly on the brink of collapse. With flights getting delayed repeatedly, near stagnant immigration queues, severe shortage of trollies and seating arrangement, and other problems are making the experience of thousands of passengers stranded in the airport even more miserable.

Amin Hemrom, a valiant Santal freedom fighter, specialised in guerilla warfare, fought at the frontlines during the Liberation War at the age of 26.

According to a new circular issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges it is now possible to get a driving licence for heavy vehicles with only three years of experience. Previously the requirement was at least six years.

The first significant cold wave of this winter season has hit north Bengal the strongest. Today mercury level fell at 11 degrees Celsius in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat, with thick fog and piercing cold wind throughout the night and almost the entire day.

Seventy-three year old Shona Ullah is a volunteer traffic controller. Even though he has been looking after people on the road, no one took notice of his living conditions. The house he lived in with his wife was dilapidated. The elderly couple was desperately in need of a new house. The volunteer traffic controller from Kurigram was overwhelmed emotionally after he received a new house.

Manowara Begum can’t recall the year she was born but she remembers 1971 very well, when she was a student of class 7. She was tortured by the Pakistani army during the war. She revisited Wapda Quarters where she was tortured during the Liberation War.

After 3 years of discontinuation, Malaysia has opened its market for Bangladeshi workers. But concerns remain that a powerful international lobby is there to monopolise migration agencies -- resulting in mismanagement, corruption and a high migration cost.

Bangladesh Railway has taken up several projects to bring the entire country under the rail network. As a part of this, construction of about 101km rail lines from Dohazari to Cox’s Bazar via Ramu began in 2018.

April 2, 1971. There was curfew all over the country. By 11:30 pm, a military jeep arrived at Suresh Kumar Pande’s place in Rajshahi. Suresh came out hearing knocks on the door. A Pakistani soldier shot him while leaving after the conversation. Suresh was martyred.

The age-old tradition of handing out free books to school students is facing obstacles this year. Publisher and affiliated officials are saying that they will be able to deliver books to primary school students on the 1st of January. Students of pre-primary and secondary students might not be as lucky as they’re facing uncertainty.

The mother of a freedom fighter has been waiting for her son for 50 years in an old house adjacent to Government Women's College in Pirojpur city.