Shipyard Road left in ruins for over a decade

For more than a decade, Shipyard Road stretching from Khulna’s Rupsha Traffic Intersection to Khan Jahan Ali (Rupsha) Bridge has been a nightmare for commuters, businesses and students. What was once a bustling artery of trade and transport has turned into a pothole-ridden stretch.
2 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Gazipur villages thrive on coriander cultivation

A radical change has transformed the lives of people in Rathura, Sankatpur, Demra, Fetalia and Nashera villages of Gazipur’s Kaliganj upazila.
2 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Once a road, now a nightmare

A 1.5-kilometre stretch of Kalenga Road in Habiganj’s Chunarughat upazila has fallen into such disrepair that locals say it is barely recognisable as a road.
2 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Man generates power from sluice gate water

Harnessing the current of sluice gate water, a man in Barguna has devised a way to generate electricity at no cost.
2 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Early motherhood, lasting vulnerability

Only 14 years old, Eka Akhter Munni lay in the gynaecology ward of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), her face marked by exhaustion and despair.
2 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Green chilli prices soar past Tk 300

Continuous rain over the past few days has driven up the prices of several vegetables.
2 October 2025, 18:00 PM

CHT peace accord: Unease growing beneath unkept promises

Rights activists say due to non-implementation, coexistence between CHT people and Bangalee settlers is becoming increasingly difficult
2 October 2025, 18:00 PM

The passing of a language movement hero

Renowned cultural activist, Language Movement veteran, Tagore exponent, poet, essayist and columnist Ahmad Rafique passed away last night at Dhaka’s Birdem Hospital.
2 October 2025, 17:20 PM

Shahidul Alam shares video from Gaza-bound flotilla amid rough seas

Photographer-activist reported feeling unwell but assured he was safe
2 October 2025, 16:27 PM

Until the conch shells call her again

Durga Puja ends with immersion of idols
2 October 2025, 14:18 PM

3 killed, 20 injured as bus crashes in Feni

Passenger bus hits electric pole and overturns on Feni-Noakhali highway
2 October 2025, 07:59 AM

Once a road, now a nightmare: 1.5km road in Habiganj frustrates commuters

Residents say Kalenga road has been impassable for months
2 October 2025, 06:50 AM
2 October 2025, 04:18 AM

Yunus returns from New York after 9-day official visit

A commercial flight of Emirates airlines carrying the chief adviser and his entourages landed at Dhaka Airport at 9:00am
2 October 2025, 03:58 AM

Crushing debt forces mother to sell newborn

A private clinic was raided and its owner arrested yesterday after a staffer arranged for a widowed patient to sell her newborn to pay off debts and hospital bills in Jhenaidah’s Maheshpur upazila on Tuesday.
1 October 2025, 21:26 PM

‘Bird House’ of Kalapara

For more than four decades, hundreds of birds have found sanctuary in the homestead of 60-year-old Akhtar Hossain, a schoolteacher in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali..Locals now fondly call it the “Bird House”..Located in Musuliabad village under Baliatali union, Akhtar’s home is surr
1 October 2025, 19:57 PM

Cox’s bazar int’l airport: Launch blows past deadline

The upgrade of Cox’s Bazar airfield to an international airport has been delayed by about a week as it awaits government approval.
1 October 2025, 18:37 PM

Two children tortured over alleged hilsa theft

Two children were allegedly tied up and tortured on charges of stealing hilsa in Patuakhali's Galachipa upazila on Monday.
1 October 2025, 18:35 PM

Rakhine state faces acute hunger: WFP

After Ajib Bahar’s six-month-old son fell sick last year in Myanmar’s war-torn Rakhine state, the 38-year-old Rohingya mother said she had no medicine or food to give him. The boy died in her arms.
1 October 2025, 18:19 PM