Between 2010 and 2012, the US employed over 100,000 soldiers in Afghanistan. This deployment was costing Washington $100 billion a year.

In Gutudia, Khulna, there is only one tubewell for four villages and their six thousand residents. Many wait for their turn for hours, and many walk, cycle and even sail miles for getting daily water supply.

The stock of many high value fish in Bay of Bengal has been in a state of steady decline -- threatening the country's fishing industry, and disrupting marine ecosystems. Why and how severe is the decline in marine fish stock?

In the span of a month, Noarpara, a village on a char in Jamuna, has been engulfed by the river. There is nothing now where once there was community and vitality.

Although the Barishal paddy sapling market is usually bustling during the peak season, this year the market is facing a dearth of buyers.

Chattogram port, the main port of the country has slipped nine notches down in the latest Lloyd's List ranking of the top 100 busiest seaports. After showing continuous advancement since 2014, the progress earned by this port has been set back by the recent pandemic.

The medical cost of Covid-19 is resulting in an economic burden of a lifetime as treatment costs in private hospitals is sky high and government hospitals lack capacity to accommodate the surge in patients.

The first metro rail in the country has inaugurated its performance test phase with a successful test run.

Local fisherman in Rajbari caught a colossal ray, weighing around 400 kilograms, from the Padma River on Thursday morning.

Only 15 to 20 percent of the work of a 13-month road extension project on Murali intersection of Khulna bus stand has been completed in nine months.

A bridge in Dharkhar union of Akhaura upazila, Brahmanbaria was constructed in 1999, but to this day no roads have been built connecting them -- an impractically built symbol of irresponsible use of tax money.

The lone tissue bank of this country, located in Savar, has been serving silently for over 10 years, and has aided thousands with at least 1.39 lakh cubic metres of bones and 54,768 pieces of amniotic grafts.

Five, including Dinajpur CID ASP, were arrested on charges of abduction and demanding ransom. The arrestees include Rangpur CID ASP Sarwar Kabir, ASI Hasinur Rahman and Constable Ahsanul Haque Faruk.

Prolonged closure of education institutions during the pandemic has proven fatal for the industry making bags for students.  Many involved in production and sale of bags are facing a crisis. Many are looking for alternate sources of livelihood.

The saline soil of Khulna region has long been unsuitable for most varieties of crops. But recent implementation of Sarjan method under the guidance of the Agriculture Department has shown high yields in green malta variety in this region.

Because of waterlogging of the Bhabadaha river in the southwestern region of the country, inhabitants of the villages adjacent to 52 beels in the area are suffering every year. Projects worth crores of taka have been taken to deal with the problem. But a permanent solution is yet to be reached to alleviate the problems of lakhs of villagers in this region.

When the Rohingyas in Myanmar’s Rakhine State were facing a brutal military crackdown in late August, 2017 and found the doors of neighbouring countries closed -- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had taken the bold decision to give them safe refuge in Bangladesh. And now, after four years, more than a million Rohingyas are still waiting for a solution to their exiled lives.

The streets of Khulna are waterlogged easily even after very little rain. Sewage water and garbage ends up getting mixed in the stagnant water. And people in low-lying neighborhoods of the city have to suffer the most.

In Rupnagar, Dhaka, around 9 pm, two members of police along with four “sources” raided a woman’s house and arrested her with two other women.  The arrestee has claimed that police took at least 2.5 lakh taka during the raid but police denied the allegation. 

Bangladesh Railway’s west zone has collected a shockingly huge amount of revenue from Indian cargo trains in the last two fiscal years, without upgrading its services and facilities.