The government is preparing to inaugurate Cox’s Bazar International Airport in November this year. Once operational, the airport will allow foreign tourists to travel directly to Cox’s Bazar from different parts of the world. To achieve this goal, the government is exploring the possibility of Continue Reading
Students for Sovereignty has alleged that the agreement with DP World to operate Chittagong Port’s New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) puts Bangladesh’s economic interests and sovereignty at risk. The organisation has demanded the cancellation of the deal and clear answers to six questions concerning its financial structure, operational rights and capacity targets. The Continue Reading
The only road leading to Balaganj Upazila Health Complex in Sylhet has become a death trap due to more than five years of neglect and lack of repairs. No authority has taken responsibility for the 400-metre road, forcing pregnant women, elderly people, children, emergency patients, critically ill patients, doctors and nurses to travel along it […]Continue Reading
The government is planning to introduce a new law to protect citizens from humiliation, harassment and harm caused by the misuse of artificial intelligence (AI) on social media, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman has said. The minister also assured journalists that their concerns over the proposed amendments to the cyber law would […]Continue Reading
The Sub-Registry Office in Monirampur, Jashore, is operating in a dilapidated lockup building of an abandoned judge court constructed in the 1980s. Important land documents, record books and other files are lying unprotected in the risky building. Even light rain causes water to leak through the roof, soaking the records. Office staff have been forced […]Continue Reading
At least 14,655 passengers have been left stranded after 89 Saudi-bound flights from Dhaka were suspended due to the deteriorating security situation in Saudi Arabia. The affected operations include direct flights to Saudi Arabia as well as transit flights operated by various international airlines. The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) disclosed the Continue Reading
A total of BDT 5.31 million in agricultural loans was distributed among 51 farmers in Zakiganj, Sylhet, through seven financial institutions. The disbursement took place on Wednesday at 10:30 AM during an agricultural loan campaign, discussion meeting, and public loan disbursement ceremony organized at the Upazila Auditorium. Organized under the leadership of Sonali Bank Continue Reading
A grave healthcare crisis has unfolded at Kushtia 250-Bed General Hospital, where critically ill patients are forced onto ward floors to receive life-saving oxygen. Despite the installation of a central oxygen plant and a liquid oxygen tank costing nearly BDT 40 million during the COVID-19 pandemic, the system has effectively collapsed. The severe disruption stems […]Continue Reading
Six years after construction began, a BDT 7.5 crore bridge built over a tributary of the Padma River at Gonir Ghat in Pabna’s Ishwardi Upazila remains entirely unusable for residents. Undertaken by the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) to ease the suffering of nearly 40,000 residents in Char Kurulia under Laxmikunda Union, the bridge lacks […]Continue Reading
Energy experts hope that multifaceted initiatives undertaken under Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s directives to produce renewable energy through public and private endeavors, particularly across Barishal and the western region, will yield positive results in mitigating the ongoing power crisis. Solar energy has already demonstrated transformative socio-economic impacts on Continue Reading




















