Price of rawhide low; small traders facing loss

Price of rawhide has fallen sharply causing immense loss to the small traders during this Eid-ul-Azha.
12 August 2019, 15:09 PM

An Untold Story of Courage

Shaheen Reza Rassel, a young artist who has been diagnosed with a rare neurological disease, wants to build a Museum of Courage where stories of people who braved through great adversities to become successful will be showcased to give a ray of hope to people.
12 August 2019, 04:50 AM

Lalmonirhat flood victims struggle to make ends meet

The flood affected victims of Lalmonirhat have very little to look forward to this Eid. Many have lost their homes and source of income and are struggling to make ends meet.
11 August 2019, 14:20 PM

Demolition or renovation?

Rajshahi prison authorities have partially dismantled a pre-colonial era building inside the jail complex in the city’s Sreerampur area in
10 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Joy of Eid washed away in flood

Eid no longer means joy for the residents of five upazilas in Sirajganj, as they have lost everything in the recent flood.
10 August 2019, 12:45 PM

Mother tongue-based lessons help Mro kids to learn with ease

Menpoy Mro has continued imparting mother language-based lessons to Mro children for free at remote Cramadi Para in Bandarban Sadar upazila for the lsst five years.
8 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Dengue Outbreak: Situation worsens

Every day the dengue outbreak situation keeps getting worse and authorities fear the spread of Aedes mosquitoes could get even worse during the Eid holidays.
7 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Investment in health gives 10 times more return

Bangladesh should increase its investment in social sectors such as health, education and nutrition to build a healthy population and enjoy demographic dividend, said a senior official of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
7 August 2019, 18:00 PM

CREATING THE BIG PICTURE

RAFI HOSSAIN: Welcome to Uncensored with Rafi Hossain. Today, we have with us, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki. Farooki, your film, ‘Shonibaar Bikel,’ has won two independent jury awards at the ‘Moscow International Film Festival’, has been nominated for ‘CineCo Pro Award’ at the ‘Munich Festival’, and was included in the official selection of ‘Sydney Film Festival’.
2 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Outbreak in Bangladesh behind rise in dengue cases in West Bengal: Mamata

The rise in the cases of dengue fever in West Bengal in the border regions is a result of the widespread outbreak of the disease in Bangladesh, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says.
2 August 2019, 09:26 AM

Manikganj turkey farmer has eyes on French market

After years of success in farming turkey in the Philippines, an expatriate Bangladeshi sets up a farm at his village home in Manikganj with an aim to export the poultry to markets in France.
2 August 2019, 06:20 AM

Dairy farmers stage demo in Pabna

Dairy farmers in Bhangura upazila of Pabna stage a demonstration over four companies’ suspension of procuring milk from them following a High Court order.
29 July 2019, 09:06 AM

A Year Since Road Safety Demo: Lofty promises, little action

After last year’s unprecedented demonstration for safer roads, different government bodies, police, and transport leaders made a series of lofty promises.
28 July 2019, 18:00 PM

Dengue outbreak: Effigies of health minister, Dhaka mayors burnt at DU

A platform of students of Dhaka University burns effigies of the health minister and mayors of Dhaka south and north city corporations demanding their resignation over “failure in controlling dengue outbreak” in the capital and across the country.
28 July 2019, 10:13 AM

Transforming the mundane

Fahima Akther Sumona, 12, stood second in a drawing competition organised at Chittagong University (CU) three years ago.
27 July 2019, 18:00 PM

Gaibandha flood victims take shelter in empty rail coaches

Many flood-affected people have taken shelter inside empty rail coaches of a train stuck between Trimohoni-Badiyakhali area in Sadar upazila of Gaibandha as their houses were inundated in flood waters.
27 July 2019, 13:54 PM

Mahiya Mahi: The Queen of Tinseltown

Mahiya Mahi talks about her career and her whimsical nature in this week’s interview with Rafi Hossain.
26 July 2019, 04:30 AM

Rajanikanta Sen’s 154th birth anniv today

While locals observe the 154th birth anniversary of legendary poet, lyricist and singer Rajanikanta Sen, his ancestral house at Bhangabari village in Sirajganj’s Belkuchi upazila lies in utter neglect.
25 July 2019, 18:00 PM

Fund for school repair ‘misappropriated’ in Natore

Allegations of corruption have surfaced over misappropriation of the allocated fund for repairing three primary schools in Baraigram upazila of Natore.
25 July 2019, 11:31 AM

Downpour, onrush of water worsen flood in north

Flood situation has started worsening again in some northern districts as rivers are swelling due to heavy downpour and onrush of water from across the border.
24 July 2019, 18:00 PM