Two years ago on October 7, Abrar Fahad, a second year student of EEE department of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet), was brutally tortured and killed by some Bangladesh Chhatra League members of the same university -- sparking a movement to make the university free of political aggression and censorship.

Soybean meal, one of the main ingredients of feed for poultry, domestic animals and fish, is now 41 percent more expensive in Bangladesh.

From Egypt, two planes were leased. Buying would be more expensive, thus the two planes were leased. In addition to a colossal loss,  they were not able to generate any profit in five years. But a new aircraft could be purchased with that amount of money.

“Ekhon joubon jar, juddhe jabar tar shreshtho shomoy”

Registration of new buses and minibuses, the primary mode of public transportation in the country, has almost halved during the last one year. A single bus can carry passengers equivalent to fifteen to twenty private cars, and that makes them the preferable mode of public transport. However, in Dhaka private cars occupy the majority of the streets.

The halls of Dhaka University have come back to life after 18 months of silence.

The cyberspace of Bangladesh has become saturated with unregulated internet protocol television (IPTV) operating with a handful of staff and often earning money for airing particular news items or through blackmailing and extortion.

The honors 1st year admission exam for 2020-21 at Rajshahi University has been scheduled for the first week of October despite halls being closed.

For the last few years there has been a marked decrease in yield in agricultural land surrounding the Sitakunda shipbreaking yard in Chattogram. Local farmers have complained that most of the flowers in vegetable farms of the area are falling off before harvest time.

With an extension, Cox's Bazar airport runway is set to become the longest in Bangladesh. In addition, crores of taka are being spent to upgrade the airport to international standards.

Family members of Army and Air Force men, who were hanged, jailed and sacked in the name of preventing a mutiny on October 2, 1977, formed a human chain in front of the old Dhaka Central Jail yesterday, demanding posthumous trial of late president Ziaur Rahman.

Wastewater from factories has flooded the roads in Dhaka's Shampur industrial area. Garbage piled along the side of the road is once again spilling over. Residents in the area are at severe health risk.

The RT-PCR labs at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka have finally been set up, were given approval and have started testing outbound passengers for coronavirus.

In order to protect our rivers and waterbodies, the High Court had declared them as living entities. With pollution increasing each and every day, government bodies like BIWTA filling up rivers, and encroachment by unscrupulous business entities, our insincerity in protecting our rivers is apparent.

While the government is celebrating a step towards data protection with a law modelled after the EU’s data protection law, experts are expressing grave concern about it being another tool for surveillance and repression.

To celebrate the 75th birthday of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Ministry of Shipping and BIWTA organised Nouka Baich, a traditional boat race on the capital's Buriganga river using a special kind of long, narrow.

The government is planning to bring 80% of the country’s population under Covid-19 vaccination, and has announced that two crore individuals will be given vaccines each month.

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.