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Why do rail projects constantly miss deadlines?

Only six projects under Bangladesh Railway will finish timely, out of the 20 projects set to be completed this fiscal year. This was the case for at least 19 projects last fiscal year.
9 May 2022, 15:09 PM

Dhaka's Lost Paradise

While Dhaka was losing its splendour after the fall of Mughal Empire, the local zamindars and nawabs under British rule tried to revive its past splendour as the city of gardens. Dhaka's Baldha Garden is one of the most magnificent examples of this beautification effort. Still it is one of the richest botanical gardens of this subcontinent that spans 3.15 acres of land and boasts of eighteen thousand plant specimens of eight hundred different species. It has some of the rarest species of plants that can be found nowhere else in Bangladesh or even in this subcontinent.
9 May 2022, 03:04 AM

Are relatives of ministers, MPs now entitled to misuse power, influence?

A traveling ticket examiner (TTE) of Bangladesh Railway's Pakshey Division was suspended after he fined three passengers who were traveling without tickets, introducing themselves as relatives of the railway minister. The suspension order was, however, withdrawn today.
8 May 2022, 15:00 PM

Sudder Street: A piece of Bangladesh in Kolkata

Sudder Street is a busy thoroughfare in the bustling city of Kolkata. What's unique about this street is that it attracts many Bangladeshis.
8 May 2022, 03:00 AM

Same laws operate differently for Khaleda Zia & Haji Salim?

Both BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and Awami League MP Haji Salim are convicts. Both needed treatment abroad. Even though family members of Khaleda Zia have asked the law minister and government repeatedly to take her abroad for medical treatment, they were denied by the authorities. Yet Haji Salim, who's been convicted for 10 years over corruption, has returned home after receiving medical treatment in Bangkok, Thailand. There has been soaring criticism in the national media regarding the treatment by the government in regard to the two convicts.
7 May 2022, 15:01 PM

Shaan: Action-packed thriller based on true story

An evil organisation is behind smuggling people abroad. This ring is equally strong locally and internationally.
6 May 2022, 03:17 AM

Amir Hossain built a car out of local materials

Since he was five years old, Amir Hossain, the son of "Dholu Maker," has been familiar with machines.
5 May 2022, 15:40 PM

Fire in the hills; locals surviving on leaves, wild herbs

Locals are claiming that a fire caused by the LAMA Rubber Industries on land used for jhum farming in Bandarban is now causing food and water shortage in the remote areas of Lama upazila.
5 May 2022, 11:20 AM

‘Acting is my comfort, be it in any medium'

With a grand entrance to the show business through LUX Channel I Superstar 2010, Mousumi Hamid lived up to her inauguration with a bag full of national hits both on TV and silver screen. 
4 May 2022, 05:24 AM

Eid at an old age home

Joint families in Bangladesh, like in most countries, have been split up. With that, family ties, love, and connection to parents appear to be waning.
3 May 2022, 14:38 PM

Jaya Ahsan in Iranian film 'Fereshta'

After creating a bold position for herself in Bangladeshi and Indian films, Jaya Ahsan has started working in an Iranian film.
3 May 2022, 04:36 AM

I have every right to return to my country: Taslima Nasrin

Taslima Nasrin is an internationally known writer of Bangla literature. Because of her controversial writings, she received more criticism than appreciation. For her writings, she was banished from Bangladesh. But that did not diminish her spirit. She continues to write.
2 May 2022, 15:27 PM

Shaan - a thriller based on a true story

Siam Ahmed and Puja Cherry duo returned to the silver screen once again, this time, with the thriller film “Shaan”.
2 May 2022, 12:58 PM

How much do private sector workers know about labour laws?

Do the people, who work in the private sectors of Bangladesh, know about the labour laws of the country? How much do they know?
1 May 2022, 15:20 PM

Setting even half a regular Eid budget is now struggle for many

During the two years of pandemic, almost everybody has been pushed towards economic crisis, many to extreme poverty.
1 May 2022, 12:06 PM

Busy season for sari weavers but business still down

Weavers from Tangail, Pabna and Sirajganj suffered immensely the past 2 years because of the pandemic. But they’ve been very busy during Ramadan this year. Meanwhile, the cost of production has increased due to the increase in the price of raw materials. But compared to that, business has been slow. However, the work of weaving sari of various designs is going on every day.
30 April 2022, 16:14 PM

Afzal Hossain’s 'Choto Kaku' airing this Eid

Afzal Hossain’s new seven-episode production of the ''Choto Kaku'' series is going to be aired on Channel i this Eid-ul-Fitr.Afzal Hossain’s new seven-episode production of the ''Choto Kaku'' series is going to be aired on Channel i this Eid-ul-Fitr.
30 April 2022, 03:33 AM

Millions making Eid journey

The absence of pandemic restrictions are causing more people to leave Dhaka this Eid compared to the last two years.
29 April 2022, 17:00 PM

Kidnapping: Anyone can be a target now

Kidnappers are devising new strategies. They are not just kidnapping people for ransom money as done before. Although some people were fortunate enough to be saved by law enforcers, not all kidnapping victims have been lucky.
29 April 2022, 15:02 PM

How would the 'unlimited' data packages work?

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has directed the mobile phone operators to roll out two types of new internet data packages, which will offer mobile users with data without expiry date and monthly limitless data.
29 April 2022, 13:58 PM