Movement in different districts of the country including Dhaka, Chattogram and Manikganj has been slower than yesterday.

Countless cattle traders have returned this year with most of their cattle unsold.

Nasir Ali’s family is one of many farming families of Bangladesh that are affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Equipment belonging to a project undertaken by DNCC worth Tk 746 crore is at risk of becoming dysfunctional.

The government has moved from the six day long mass vaccination program scheduled to begin from August 7 because the country lacks enough vaccine doses in stock.

The ongoing lockdown has been extended till August 10. But, on the streets, restriction on movement is almost non-existent.

A fire broke out at a warehouse in Phulbari area in Savar. The fire started at around 8:20 am today (5 August, 2021), informed locals and fire officers.

Four women from Mymensingh have come forward to perform the funeral rites for female Covid-19 deceased -- an altruistic work beyond social stigma and health risk, a work where only male volunteers used to come forward during these distressing times.

Movement of both people and vehicles are increasing in different districts of the country including Dhaka, Khulna and Chattogram. Vigilance of law enforcement has also decreased on the roads.

At least 51 people lost their lives in the fire at Hashem Food Factory of Narayanganj a month ago. Of them, 48 were burned beyond recognition. Today, bodies of 24 of those victims were returned to their families after identification by DNA tests.

In the span of only one day, top ministers and ministries of Bangladesh have made confusing comments on how the country will operate from August 11 -- at a time when the nation is struggling with the worst spike of Covid-19 yet, the economy is crumbling and when swift, coordinated and strategic action are paramount to save millions.

Every day migrant workers are struggling to get vaccinated in the few Covid-19 vaccine centres that are dedicated for them. Attendants are also stressed further in trying to calm down the frustrated workers. There is barely any system for ensuring social distancing.

Not far from Manikganj town, the Kaliganga river flows by the village of Joynagar. Every year, because of dredging the villagers lose their farmland to the river.

Millions of poverty-stricken individuals, who migrate from every part of this country to earn a minimal living, create the romanticised identity of Dhaka -- "city of rickshaws". However, the pandemic has not spared this already neglected and struggling profession.

Houses constructed under the government's Ashrayan project for landless people collapsing after rain! These incidents have happened in at least 10 districts.

The reserved forest at Lathitila in Moulvibazar is being replaced with a Safari Park -- a move which experts are calling a grave threat to the native flora-fauna.

In different districts of the country including Dhaka, Manikganj and Chattogram, movement of people and vehicles have increased on the roads. Moreover, in Dhaka, people stood in line outside vaccine centres without maintaining social distance.

July 29 marked the 500th day of closure of educational institutions due to the pandemic. The government still does not have any well-articulated strategy to revive the education system.

People's movement in Dhaka has grown dramatically despite the ongoing lockdown. Even though public transport is still off the roads, the highways have been clogged with rickshaws and other small vehicles throughout the day.

It has been nine years, and Tk 500 crore has been spent since the project of wastage treatment beside Dhaleshwari river in Savar was inaugurated. But the project is nowhere near completion and the river is being rapidly polluted.