Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has expressed doubt about the capability of the salvage vessel ‘Prattoy’ in recovering the sunken ferry.

The chief engineer of Chattogram Development Authority (CDA) said the news that there is a crack in one of the ramps of MA Mannan flyover in the port city is a rumour.

Barishal fish markets are now filling up with a bounty of hilsa fish.

At present, there seems to be a massive lack in teaching the value of mutual respect in our education system. There is also no place for protest or criticism in the society. The existing political system in the country makes it easier for fundamentalist forces to develop. Combined, these issues have resulted in the attack on the Hindu community during the recent Durga Puja.

After spending Tk 100 crore, the Dhaka-Chattogram Expressway project has been cancelled. On the other hand, a 225km long railway line will be built spending Tk 93,000 crore, which will allow one to travel between the capital and the Port City in around an hour.

Bipul Chandra Roy, a local policeman from Lalmonirhat's Gaddimari union, has been going without pay for the past 22 months. The family is now on the verge of starvation.

Power and Participation Research Center and BRAC Institute of Governance and Development in a study found that around 79.6 lakh students in primary and secondary education are at risk of learning loss.

Teachers and students of Dhaka University blocked Shahbagh intersection in the capital earlier today, in protest of attacks on temples and mandaps across the country during Durga Puja.

Numerous households, shops and industries have been set up on land grabbed from Bongshi and Dhaleshwari rivers in Savar. The waste from these settlements are dumped into the Bongshi river. Despite publication of lists of the river grabbers, no steps have been taken against the perpetrators.

After being closed for more than 18 months, in-person classes and exams have started in Dhaka University. From Sunday 8am, classes and exams have started in several departments and institutes of DU.

Five kg of "ice" or crystal meth has been confiscated from Dhaka's Jatrabari by RAB. This is the biggest bust of the drug in the country so far.

The 5-day festival of “Sharadiya Durga Puja” ended with the immersion of idols in the Buriganga.

A case has been filed over the gang rape of a mother and her daughter in Sherpur.

“For everything I was rewarded with in life, I think I am an extremely fortunate man”

A trial vaccination run for 12 to 17-year-olds took place in Manikganj Colonel Medical College Hospital. Zahid Malik, State Minister for Health, inaugurated this program.

For over 20 years, garment products are being stolen from the Dhaka-Chattogram highway. Garment factory owners are suffering losses and the country’s reputation is also at stake. How are these products being stolen from the highway?

This year, puja mandaps in Rajshahi are smaller in scale because of the pandemic. Nevertheless, colours, themes and some creative protests marked this year’s celebration.

The 13th “Mritshilpi Shammelan O Shamanana” 2021 was held in Barishal. The festival is organised every year at Shilpakala academy in the district to honour clay artisans.

Despite the Dhaka University (DU) administration's intention to end the “Gono room” culture, the practice of tens of students cramming into such rooms is ongoing after residential halls reopened following the Covid-induced closure.

In the port city of Chattogram, most of the total 972 kilometres of drains are left open, and has turned into a winding network of coagulated garbage claiming at least four lives in the last three months.