The much-awaited RT-PCR lab has been installed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. But it did not bring an end to the distress of UAE-bound expats. Many have complained that they are not getting any service at the lab.

Payra Bridge is finally going to open to traffic after a 5-year extension of the project deadline and with Tk 1 ,000 crore in extra spending. Commuters will no longer have to board ferries to go from Barishal to Kuakata or Patuakhali by road.

Harun Ar Rashid, a banker by profession, has set up 11 libraries in salons in 11 districts of the country at his own expense. His goal is to set up salon libraries in every district of the country.

Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka finally got an RT-PCR lab after much uncertainty faced by UAE-bound expats.

According to Bangladesh Bank, in the last 2.5 years, the e-commerce sector in Bangladesh has grown 10 fold. Between 2019 and 2020, the amount of transactions of any online-based business has grown double, triple or even four times. But the population that had just recently gotten used to online transactions were jolted by the news of e-commerce companies being exposed, one after another, for various irregularities. Lakhs of online customers are uncertain about hundreds of crores of taka tied up in these online platforms.

Expat workers are once again subjected to regulations. On their way to work in Saudi Arabia, they are now facing trouble getting vaccines and hotel quarantine.

Her journey started with the simple goal of listening to her doctor’s recommendation of physical exercise and staying fit.

The education curriculum in Bangladesh, from primary to higher secondary levels, is set to undergo a major overhaul. Significant changes include the reduction of the number of exams. At the same time, activity-based learning will be prioritised in the new curriculum.

Karam festival -- centred around the worship of trees -- is celebrated by indigenous communities in the Bangla month of Bhadra.

Bangladesh recently decided to lend $250 million dollars to Sri Lanka from its foreign currency reserve. This loan will be provided through a currency swap mechanism.

Aviation security of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport has seized foreign currency worth Tk 12.5 crore while it was being smuggled in a manner that has not been seen before.

The government has introduced a software named “Special Branch Firearms Management System” to automate firearms sale and licensing that can allegedly reduce abuse of firearms.

Despite spending double the estimated cost, and an additional six years of construction, the Airport-Gazipur BRT project is still at least a year away from completion. Why has the project failed to be completed even after doubling the cost and time?

From Barishal city, the route to the under-construction Payra Sea Port is straddled by four rivers and there are seven rivers on the way to Kuakata beach. Payra river is the only one of these rivers without a bridge. The construction of the Payra Bridge took an extra five years and it cost 3.5 times the original estimate.

Vegetable saplings are being produced in greenhouses by drip irrigation using coco peat instead of soil. An organisation called Maxim Agro has built this farm in Churamonkati in Jashore.

During the one and a half year long school closure in the ongoing pandemic, all of Nargis' female classmates were married off. Typical of rural Bangladesh, girls discontinue studies after they begin to carry the burden of the family of in laws. But, Nargis dreams of education and knowledge. She is now attending class as the sole female student among 27 male students in her class.

Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology authorities have cut down several 50-year-old trees and sold them off for 1 lakh and 27 thousand. On the other hand, despite previous outrage over cutting down trees in Suhrawardy Uddyan, Dhaka University authorities moved to cut down a 30-year-old Krishnachura tree.

Death of two students while two buses were racing each other, and a careless derision from a minister sparked a nationwide protest and outcry for road safety. Following the road safety movement, the government haphazardly formed The Road Transport Bill, 2018. Now, after 3 years of this already scrutinized act, the government is planning modifications -- apparently according to the demands of transport workers.

Farmers in Khulna have made possible what was once a fantasy -- harvesting watermelon in salinised soil, using a clever procedure called mulching.

Due to continuous loss in sugar mills, the government has declared closure of the production of 6 out of 15 sugar mills of the country. Because of the halt in production, sugarcane farmers depending on these mills do not know what to do with their produce.