DMCH, volunteers step up to save lives
Md Ismail was waiting for passengers in his battery-powered auto-rickshaw in Jatrabari’s Kajla area on July 18.
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A relatively calm Dhaka
After days of endless violence, parts of Dhaka were relatively calm yesterday, the second day of the ongoing curfew.
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A desolate Dhaka
All major roads and streets in Dhaka wore a deserted look amid curfew yesterday.
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Moshar Machine promising a solution to mosquito menace
When the entire country is grappling with mosquito menace, a Bangladeshi entrepreneur and his team have come up with an ingenious solution that promises to be an effective tool in mosquito control.
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Beating the heat with ‘cool’ initiatives
April 22 was one of the hottest days Dhaka has ever experienced in the last 65 years. While many city dwellers preferred to stay in the comfort of their homes, some students of the department of philosophy at Jagannath University had other plans.
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Irresistable Antarctica
Mohua Rouf is one of the few Bangladeshis who have ever set foot on the world’s southernmost continent, Antarctica. She spent six days in the icy abode of penguins, seals and whales which is arguably the least-trodden place on earth by humans.
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Dhaka’s vanishing wildlife
Gendaria, a neighbourhood in Old Dhaka, once known for its spacious roads and European style colonial buildings, has lost much of its grandeur.
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RMG Workers’ Life After Protests: Plagued by uncertainty
Since the announcement of the new wage, the workers have been reiterating that it will not bring them any semblance of relief, but fighting for it has brought on all kinds of trouble.
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May 9, 2022
East Jurain: Saga of a manmade mess
Ward 53 of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) covers most parts of East Jurain’s Muradpur area. According to the 2011 census, more than 27,000 people live in this ward which, according to them, has become probably the worst place to live in Dhaka.
May 1, 2022
Closed state-owned jute mills: Laid-off workers still not paid arrears
Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) could not pay arrears and benefits to all the laid-off government jute mill workers even after about two years.
April 11, 2022
Soaring cost of living: Middle class in a tight spot
Excluded from the government’s social safety net, middle-income families are struggling to cope with the rising prices of basic goods and services.
April 2, 2022
50% mothers of children with autism suffer from depression, counselling can help: Studies
When Aklima Akhter (not her real name) learned that her three-year-old son has autism, her world fell apart. A few months after getting this news, her husband married another woman, and Aklima’s in-laws told her that if she conceives another child, the baby will also have autism.
March 28, 2022
Bangabandhu Hi-Tech City likely to get $1.3b investment by 2025
Oryx Bio-Tech Limited was struggling for quite some time to find a suitable plot near Dhaka for building a large manufacturing plant -- the first-ever plasma fractionation plant in Bangladesh.
March 12, 2022
Online Birth Registration: Futuristic or farcical?
Naim Ahmed, a father of two, has been struggling to get the new digital 17-digit birth registration (BR) certificates for himself, his wife and children. All of them already have the old 16-digit BR certificates, and passports which were issued against them.
February 26, 2022
Global warming: Bangladesh loses 7b working hours a year
Bangladesh is losing 7 billion working hours annually due to extreme heat exposure caused by global warming, a new study reveals.
January 25, 2022
Digital birth registration: New system brings forth new hassles
If you don’t have a 17-digit birth registration certificate, get ready for a complex and stressful task to obtain one.
December 11, 2021
Over 9,000 job seekers in limbo
Over 9,000 jobseekers have been waiting for final results of their viva for recruitment at a project run by Bureau of Non-formal Education (BNFE), due to delay on the bureau’s part in finalising a key component of the project.
December 10, 2021
Never before seen images of carnage, hope and victory
April 11, 1971. Anne de Henning, a French photojournalist in her early twenties, crossed the Indo-Bangladesh border secretly to reveal the plight of the Bangladeshis to the world.
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