To ease the protest against increased diesel prices, the government has agreed to raise fare of public buses by 27%. However, on the first day after the public bus services resumed operation, passengers are complaining that bus conductors are demanding even more than the increased prices -- leading to tension and verbal abuse between passengers and the bus staff.

On November 4, the price of diesel and kerosene rose by 15 tk per litre. The decision came at a time when the economy of the country is struggling to recover from the severe depression caused by the pandemic.

A cattle farm owner of Rajshahi has collected a Bhutanese dwarf cow, popularly known as Bhutti, which he claims to be the smallest living cow of the world.

On Sunday, 12 trucks -- waiting in a parking lot near Petrapole Port -- were burnt to the ground after a fire broke out. These trucks were carrying cotton bound for Bangladesh. According to local sources, no one got injured in the incident.

Organized robber gangs were once perhaps more feared than the Royal Bengal Tigers by the local residents, forest officers, and tourists throughout the mangrove forest of Sundarbans. However, with strong incentives of the law enforcement agencies, between 2016 and 2018 at least 328 robbers of 32 groups surrendered, and the government announced the Sundarbans as robber-free in 2018.

Dhaka's Kamalapur Railway Station is seeing rush of passengers -- trying to reach their destinations -- as buses stay off the roads for the third consecutive day, protesting the recent fuel price hike.

CU authorities took 5,000 candidates’ admission test in an unsafe under-construction building.

Tolls to use Bangabandhu and Muktarpur bridges, currently the two largest and busiest in the country, are being raised 10 to 50 percent, according to the Bangladesh Bridge Authority, to manage maintenance and repair costs. But why is this being done now? What are the new tolls for different types of vehicles? Have the authorities followed proper procedure and contacted other stakeholders before deciding this raise in toll?

The government raised the prices of kerosene and diesel by Tk 15 a litre to Tk 80 on November 4. And at the same time it has increased the price of 12-kg cylinder of LP gas by Tk 54 to Tk 1,313. The prices have been hiked at a time when the general mass have been struggling to recover from the pandemic induced economic downfall. In today’s Star Connects, Khondoker Md Shoyeb along with M Tamim, professor of the petroleum engineering department and dean of engineering of Buet, and Dr Khondaker Golam Moazzem, research director of CPD, tries to find out why the government has to increase the prices of kerosene and diesel and what could be done other than rising the prices now.

Five people have been killed in a fire at a tin-shed shoe factory in the capital's Soarighat. The victims were sleeping in the factory and could not get out once the fire broke out.

Due to increasing global temperature, sea levels are rising, as ice is melting in the earth’s Polar Regions.

To protest the price hike of diesel and kerosene, an indefinite transport strike began across the country on Friday morning. Due to the lack of public transport, common people are in a state of insufferable misery.

Every 2nd November, hundreds of candles are lit at Dinstaun Cemetery, which is about 16 km from Sreemangal town. On this day, the Christians pray for the departed souls of their loved ones.

A 31.5 feet high Kali idol has been built on the occasion of Shyama Puja in Rangpur village of Khulna district. In the meantime, the regular annual celebration of Shoshan Deepabali took place at Barishal Mahashoshan (cremation ground) last Wednesday, where devotees lit candles and prayed for the departed souls of their loved ones.

On November 2, Covid-19 vaccination began across the country for children aged 12 to 17 at 6 vaccination centres in Dhaka.

Addiction to mobile phones and gadgets among school students increased alarmingly during the past year. As a result, they are suffering from increasing back pain, insomnia, and sight loss, along with a range of psychological issues.

Young entrepreneur Noor Alam from Sreepur Upazila of Gazipur made impressive profits cultivating dragon fruit.

In 1995, maize cultivation began in the abandoned char areas of Lalmonirhat, under the supervision of Department of Agricultural Extension. Today, the number of maize farmers there has grown from 200 to over 20,000. App. 3,35,000 metric tonnes of maize was produced in the district in 2021. Although maize cultivation has brought fortune for the farmers, there are complaints about its trade. The farmers would have gotten better prices if there were maize processing and storage facilities.

According to the government, Bangladesh is now self-sufficient in food production, especially in rice production. But we still have to rely on imports in order to meet the nutritional demands of our population. What does self-sufficiency mean then?

BMW, Mercedes Benz, Ford, Land Rover, Lexus, Mitsubishi, Toyota and many more luxurious cars are on auction in Chittagong Port’s auction this time around. The auction will be open for the public both online and through several tender boxes around the country coming Wednesday and Thursday.