Although the poaching of birds is a punishable act, it is going on unabated in Bagerhat under the noses of the local administration . Hunters and poachers are using an array of new methods to trap di...

Just a couple of hours of downpour is enough to make the lives of those living along the Bhabdah beel in Jashore's Monirampur upazila miserable. But this year, the monsoon rains have been particularl...

Bangladesh’s cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises (CMSMEs), a priority sector of the government, cannot avail of the stimulus loan as fast as they had expected due to its slow disbursement p...

COP26 Regional Ambassador Ken O'Flaherty has said it is possible for countries like Bangladesh to significantly expand its renewable energy sector as it has been the cheapest option for new energy in ...

The government is aiming to take up the economy’s revenue-GDP ratio to 11.5 per cent by 2023-24 fiscal through modernisation of revenue administration, broadening the tax base, higher tax compliance...

Each day more than 10,000 people in Brahmanbaria Sadar's North and South Poirtola  use a tottering wooden bridge to move around. For over three years the Poirtola villagers have been using the woode...

Dengue, a mosquito-borne tropical infectious disease, is gradually becoming an annual affair in Bangladesh as an endemic due to the adverse impacts of climate change, say experts. They also said Bang...

The global price surge in the petroleum fuels is forcing the government to count losses as it has to import both liquid petroleum and liquefied natural gas (LNG) at rates much higher than that was las...

The  Bangabandhu Tunnel under the river Karnaphuli , first of a kind in Bangladesh is expected to be open for vehicular movements next year, and it could even be well ahead of the scheduled time of D...

An assistant professor  of Sylhet Agriculture University (SAU) has developed an oral  vaccine for fish, the first of its kind in Bangladesh, which can  protect different species of fish from bacter...