Teaching from the heart
When her husband died twelve years ago, it took quite a toll on Minara Begum, now 55, from Kornapur Crossing area of Gazipur's Sreepur upazila.
21 December 2017, 18:00 PM
A third of forests, hilly land grabbed
Amzad Hossain came from his village Moghnama in Pekua upazila to Cox's Bazar town two decades ago and began working as a newspaper hawker. He bought two decimal land and built a house on a hilltop at Baiddyaghona.
18 June 2017, 18:00 PM
A disaster waiting to happen
An aging bridge on one of the busiest and most important national roads, the 151-kilometre highway from Chittagong to Cox's Bazar,
7 June 2017, 18:00 PM
FLUTE plays export music
The sound of flutes tuning and playing is nothing new to Sreemoddi village in Comilla's Homna upazila. Over a century ago two expert flute craftsmen, Kokil Das Bairagi and Deen Bandhu, reached the village from India to ply their trade. Locals say they made up to a
6 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Change Makers: Nightingale of Narayanganj
When Irani Baroi, a nurse from Betkadia village in Kotalipara upazila of Gopalganj first contracted fever back in December 1996 it
29 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Fighting tobacco with lemons
Freedom fighter Mozaffar Ahmed, 63, from Fulunir Char village in Kauarkhop union of Ramu upazila in Cox's Bazar, who at the age of 16 took up arms to fight in the 1971 Liberation War, has since been engaged in a new battle.
23 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Huge potential, problems untouched
The largest wholesale market of dried fish, called shutki in Bangla, at Naziratek in Cox's Bazar is buzzing with activity as traders, workers and wholesalers have joined forces to make a good profit this time around.
1 February 2017, 18:00 PM