Staff Reporter, Print/Digital, The Daily Star
Homemaker Nurunnahar Begum could not believe her ears yesterday when a trader asked for Tk 100 for a kilogram of green papaya at the capital’s Kachukhet kitchen market.
The rising number of illegal rickshaws remains one of the major reasons for the capital’s traffic getting worse.
He may no longer be with us, but his spirit, his values, and his influence will forever remain
Along with price hikes of chicken and fish, some vegetables also saw rising prices in the kitchen markets of the capital yesterday, adding to the never-ending burden on the pockets of low-income groups.
Although renewable energy saw a significant growth last year, accounting for more than 30 percent of the world’s electricity for the first time last year, Bangladesh generates only 1.5 percent of electricity from renewables.
Although renewable energy saw a significant growth last year, accounting for more than 30 percent of the world’s electricity for the first time last year, Bangladesh generates only 1.5 percent of electricity from renewables.
Established over four decades ago, the Bangladesh Press Council -- beset by a lack of manpower, and currently without a board -- is yet to become a body that wields meaningful authority in the country's journalism landscape
Amid the scarcity of parks and open spaces in the capital, Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Park in Gulshan 2 provided some respite to people from all walks of life, earning appreciation due to its aesthetic beauty.
About a decade ago, very few people were seen roaming around Kazir Dewri’s Stadiumpara in Chattogram city.
The intensive care unit (ICU) and high dependency unit (HDU) of the cardiology department at Bangladesh Shishu Hospital and Institute were burned in a fire yesterday.
People have been offering Eid prayers at the Eidgah for almost 400 years
For many Bangalees, mornings of Pahela Baishakh seem to be incomplete without eating hilsa. This causes a rise in the demand for the country’s national fish ahead of the first day of Bangla New Year.
Mohammad Belal Hossain, 50, came to Dhaka from Khulna to see off his son Mizanur Rahman, who flew to Saudi Arabia on February 18.
Criminals, who stormed the Ruma Upazila Parishad complex on Tuesday night, took 14 weapons, including two light machine guns, of security personnel but failed to take any money from the Sonali Bank branch there, investigators said.
Prices of beef, chicken and potatoes have increased in the capital’s kitchen markets over the last week and a half.
The prices of onions have come down in the country’s markets despite India’s indefinite ban on the export of the vegetable.
“If you seek comfort, no journey is better than a journey by launch. You book a room and you arrive at your destination well-rested. The sightseeing is a bonus,” says Mehedi Hasan, a resident of Borguna’s Bamna.
It is hard to describe a place when its glory days are over.