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.

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

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?

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.

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.

Last May, after the spike in Covid-19 cases, the UAE put a ban on flights from Bangladesh.

Where once ponds, lakes and rivers of Bangladesh were full to the brim with fish, species like Bhangon Bata, Nandi, Mohashol, Khorka or Khorika, Goalpara Puia, Pipla Shol or Tila Shol, Kala Pabda, Baghair and Chenua have now became nearly extinct.

There is no alternative to masks in preventing coronavirus. A recent research has proven that the possibility of coronavirus contamination can be prevented upto 34% by using masks alone. This research by Stanford Medicine School and Yale University was conducted in Bangladesh.

Every year in the west Sheota area of Manikganj, Bhela Bhashani festival celebrates the life of Khaja Khwaja Khijir.

Ferdous Alam Firoz completed his graduation exams without ever using his hands to write.  Unable to use his hands from birth, he learnt to use his mouth to write when he was just in class three. Now he has completed his graduation and has enrolled in his postgraduate program.

On August 3, fish seller Badal Mia was starting his day in the capital’s Karwan Bazar just like any other day when a video sent to his IMO account changed everything.

Dhaka University authorities chopped down a 30-year-old tree in the Arts Building premises located in front of Proctor’s office.

Back in 2013, the government gave official recognition to transgender people as belonging to the "third gender". With this recognition, they are entitled to all the rights that citizens enjoy in the country. But what is the reality? Just a look at the government health service reveals the discrimination they have to face regularly. In the process of getting Covid-19 tests and vaccine, they have to face routine unwelcome experiences.

5 power plants of 779 MW combined capacity have been inaugurated by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday. The Prime Minister attended the programme in a video conference from the Gono Bhaban.

Bangladesh's frozen shrimp processing industry is in a dismal state.

The mother who had herself trafficked to save her daughter was a resident of Mirpur Kalshi slum. At least 20 girls from the same slum were trafficked in the last 6 years. The target of the trafficking racket is mostly girls from such slums. These girls are taken out of the country with the promise of high-paying jobs, and sold to brothels in other countries.

Three Angle Marine Ltd, a shipbuilding and repairing company, has been named the biggest river grabber in Munshiganj by the district administration and National River Conservation Commission. But the same company has been contracted by the Ministry of Shipping and the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) for building and repairing ships.