Among myriad discussions, criticism, obscene and hostile comments, one question pops up every now and then: “Why so much fuss over a teep?”

In the river, it looks like a wide desert. This stretch of white sand along the Dharla river in Lalmonirhat cannot be described as devoid of people. Because this char has been the home for a couple in their sixties for the past one and half years. They are the only people who live on this char.

Two canals in Cox’s Bazar have been leased out to Jubo League leaders for sand mining. And now the canals along with several forests, water bodies, and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park Cox's Bazar is now at an existential threat due to rampant and possibly illegal sand mining.

Falguni Datta Roy, a resident of Kolkata, has his ancestral home in Kishoreganj, which is now in Bangladesh. The 80 years of national separation failed to uproot him from his ancestry as he has been an avid collector of souvenirs and historical documents, paper cuttings, photographs, etc of Bangladesh and the Liberation War.

Dhaka’s air is one of the most toxics in the world; pitch-black polluted water runs through its rivers, canals; tap water contains hazardous chemicals and cholera pathogens; the traffic here are unbearable, the roads are death traps -- Dhaka has now become an unlivable city stuffed with over 2.2 crore people.

Four years later, Narayani Rani met her father. When she spotted him on the other side of the barbed wire at the Lalmonirhat border, she burst into tears.

Going abroad in hope of a better life, they become subject to medieval torture. A gang of criminals kidnap migrant workers luring them with promises of better wages.

Famous director SS Rajamouli released his new film “RRR” on March 25 and it has been a commercial success since the first day of release.

Solar power plant is being built on farmlands at Bhabanipur village in Pabna. A private organisation called Paramount Holdings has taken up the project. As a result, thousands of farmers are in the fear of losing their livelihood.

The World Bank is offering $358 million or almost Tk 3,000 crore to make the roads safer. Primarily the two highways from Gazipur to Elenga - NH4 and from Natore to Nawabganj - NH6 will be getting the funding to ensure safety. The World Bank is hoping that this will decrease road accident related deaths by 30%. How exactly will the World Bank’s Tk 3,000 crore be spent?

Toxic pollution from factories has turned the rivers near Savar - Bongshi, Turag, and Dhaleshwari - uninhabitable for fish and, as a result, unreliable for fishermen's livelihood.

Every day, almost 1,200 patients with diarrhoea and cholera symptoms are admitted to the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b). Around 23% of them were positively identified for cholera pathogens.

In an exceptional initiative, different architectural designs for a building were exhibited on the construction site. Institute of Architects Bangladesh organised this exhibition for the re-building project of Golpahar Mohashoshan Kali Temple in Chattogram. The exhibition was open to the public to see and give their feedback about the designs.

There was a time when people were interested in bank shares. Prices of bank shares were quite high due to the demand.

Fagua is a festival of colours, dance and poetry. This festival of tea workers in the Bangla month Falgun paints the tea gardens of Moulvibazar district in vivid colours. People from different walks of life join in to celebrate this festival.

Mongla Export Processing Zone or in short Mongla EPZ was established in 2001 in a hope to attract new investments from all around the world and subsequently emancipate the south-western Bangladesh from economic negligence.

Shampa Reza is a bona fide Bangladeshi singer, model and actress. A graduate from Shantiniketon, she began her training in classical music at the tender age of four and continues to do so, till date. In 1975 Reza began her acting career with the play 'Ostrutogandha' and the rest is history, this admirable actress speaks to Star Lifestyle today about everything under the sun from her childhood days, film career to the child-friendly schools she has steered over the years.

Once upon a time, Louhajang River in Tangail used to bear large cargo boats and passenger launches. But now, owing to the construction of a sluice gate, siltation and lack of water have virtually turned it into a canal.

This country needs 2.75 million litres of water per day, and almost 80% of this comes from underground reservoirs. And as the country gets more and more industrialised, urbanised, and populated, the underground water level drops more rapidly than ever before.

Nobody is claiming Tk 35 crore prize bond winnings from Bangladesh Bank.