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High season for flower sale: Jashore florists eye Tk 70cr business
Flower farmers in Jashore’s Jhikargacha say they expect to sell flowers worth Tk 70-80 crore ahead of Pahela Falgun, Valentine's Day and International Mother Language Day this month.
Bidyanondo: collecting waste, saving nature
Dhaka, known as one of the unhealthy cities in the world because of several types of environmental pollution, has to suffer in almost every election- thanks to the advertisements usage in the election campaigns of the candidates. A good load of posters and banners cover the whole cityscape and after the ending of these elections, both the city corporations suffer to clean up these huge messes.
Mongla going to have 10MW floating solar power plant
A process is underway to set up a 10MW floating solar power plant at Mongla as a Mujib Borsho gift for the people of the area.
President Hamid's first book ready to hit Ekushey Book Fair
Get ready to read a book compiled with the speeches of a President!
Waterlogging in ‘Beel Kochua’ makes Boro cultivation uncertain
Boro cultivation on 750 acres of land in ‘Beel Kochua’ located at Bakra in Jhikorgacha upazila has become uncertain due to waterlogging caused by the construction of illegal fish enclosures by some influential people.
Teacher shortage hinders studies at century-old Bagerhat school
Academic activities at two Bagerhat government high schools – one is a century-old one while another in its seventh decade – are being severely hampered because of the shortage of teachers.
BNP exposed its ‘political bankruptcy’ again: Experts
Though the party joined the elections to the two Dhaka city corporations as part of its ‘movement’, BNP has failed to take its supporters and polling agents to polling stations during the voting on Saturday, exposing its political bankruptcy and weak leadership once again, say political analysts.
Hartal came and gone ‘with no impact’
Hartal, a long-missing word in Bangladesh politics, has hit headlines again when BNP called a dawn-to-dusk shutdown for Sunday after five years, rejecting the results of the elections to the two Dhaka city corporations.
Digital transformation changes lives in Moheshkhali Island
The Moheshkhali Island, a popular destination for tourists, has now been transformed into a digitalised locality with modern facilities. In some cases, it is more advanced than some other regions of the country.
Analysis: Debates continue over EVM use in Dhaka city election
Bangladesh’s capital city gears up for Saturday’s election to elect their mayors and councillors with the full use of electric voting machine (EVM) amid doubts and debates about its credible outcomes.