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.

Ahsan Group has embezzled Tk 17,000 crore by taking advantage of the religious sentiment of villagers. 

“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.

Admission seekers and guardians from across the country are troubled by accommodation crisis as RU authorities decided to conduct the exam without opening the halls. Lots of students have taken refuge in railway platforms and in mosques.

Hindus across Bangladesh are celebrating Mahalaya, the auspicious occasion that heralds the arrival of Goddess Durga, today.

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

Barisal University's residential halls have reopened after being closed for 18 months, owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. Students have gradually started returning to halls.

Around a hundred families in Munshiganj are still keeping the tradition of mat, locally called pati, weaving alive. Each and every mat has a story woven in itself. And it appears as if these tales are at risk of vanishing forever.

Mohib Ullah, one of the most prominent advocates of Rohingya repatriation and the representative of Rohingya refugees’ struggle for identity before the international audience, was shot dead in his office in Kutupalong camp.

Many citizens have lost their lands to Gazipur city corporation. The owners of the lands have complained that workers of the city corporation started demolishing structures without acquiring the land first.

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.

Workers of Opex & Sinha Group in Kanchpur have surrounded Shromo Bhaban demanding payment of arrears.

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.

Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah came home in Lambashia camp in Ukhia after his Esha prayers on Wednesday night. His wife, Nasima, asked him whether he wanted to eat something.

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.