Back in 2013, the government gave official recognition to transgender people as belonging to the "third gender". With this recognition, they are entitled to all the rights that citizens enjoy in the country. But what is the reality? Just a look at the government health service reveals the discrimination they have to face regularly. In the process of getting Covid-19 tests and vaccine, they have to face routine unwelcome experiences.

5 power plants of 779 MW combined capacity have been inaugurated by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday. The Prime Minister attended the programme in a video conference from the Gono Bhaban.

Bangladesh's frozen shrimp processing industry is in a dismal state.

The mother who had herself trafficked to save her daughter was a resident of Mirpur Kalshi slum. At least 20 girls from the same slum were trafficked in the last 6 years. The target of the trafficking racket is mostly girls from such slums. These girls are taken out of the country with the promise of high-paying jobs, and sold to brothels in other countries.

Three Angle Marine Ltd, a shipbuilding and repairing company, has been named the biggest river grabber in Munshiganj by the district administration and National River Conservation Commission. But the same company has been contracted by the Ministry of Shipping and the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) for building and repairing ships.

After one and a half years of closure, schools in Dhaka are preparing to open for physical classes. Authorities of most schools are busy cleaning up classrooms and school premises.

According to Health Minister Zahid Maleque, 12-17 year olds will be vaccinated. However, the health directorate is unaware of any plan to vaccinate children.

Court has acquitted journalist Probir Sikdar after 6 years in ICT case. The verdict was announced by the Dhaka Cyber Tribunal today (September 9, 2021).

At least 300 families from the villages of Nalgaon, Prahladpur, Dumni and Lakshmipur in Kapasia and Sripur upazilas of Gazipur are making a living by collecting and selling water lilies.

The government has so far adopted stimulus packages worth Tk 135,000 crore to revive the economy hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.

In preparation for reopening after 1 and a half years of closure, school authorities in Barishal have started cleaning the institutions and taking measures to ensure health and safety of the students.

After nearly 18 months of being closed due to the ongoing pandemic, schools and high schools of Bangladesh are finally being reopened on September 12.

A devastating fire at Nur Super Market in Keraniganj at around 11 pm yesterday destroyed more than two hundred stores to ashes.

The price of edible oil does not seem to be coming under control, try as one may. Importers attribute the increase in the price of edible oil on the global market to a number of factors.

Aruni Sarkar has invented 6 new climate resistant varieties of Aman rice. This farmer from Gangarampur village of Batiaghata upazila of Khulna had the dream of inventing new varieties of Aman to bring high rice yield in the southwestern region of the country.

The water level of Jamuna river has been flowing above the danger mark in Bogura. The most affected in this catastrophe are the inhabitants of the char areas of Jamuna. Some people in this district have been marooned for a week and some for nearly a month.

Abul Mansur Ahmad, a politician, journalist, lawyer and writer, was born over a hundred years ago. Tomorrow, September 3, is his 123rd birth anniversary. Even though he was born over a century ago, the relevance of his writing, his perspective and his satirical attack on prejudice, communalism and aggression of political and cultural nature, is far from waning. Praising his extraordinary skill of drawing out the essence of language, his friend Kazi Nazrul Islam said “His hand is the hand of a virtuoso.”

A mother had herself trafficked to save her daughter who was smuggled outside the country. Her quest beats any movie script.

In civil administration, officers are getting promoted in unusually high numbers creating an unbalanced top-heavy hierarchy in the country's bureaucracy. Several top positions of civil administration are occupied beyond their capacity. For example, there are now 309 additional secretaries against 99 posts, and 490 joint secretaries against 370 posts.

The entire village of Chilmaripara in Sindurna union of Hatibandha upazila has been lost to Teesta River. All 250 houses of the village eroded into the river and the villagers are left with nothing but uncertainty.