Changing families, growing risks: Who is watching over our children?
The disappearance of a fourth-grade girl in Pabna ended in a nightmare no family should have...
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Gazipur BRT turns into white elephant
Bangladesh is already paying foreign loan instalments and interest for a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system...
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19 Sep 2026
Load-shedding pushes up household costs
The return of severe load-shedding is pushing up household costs as residents rush to buy IPS...
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13 Sep 2026
Shrinkflation makes consumers buy more packs
Yusra Khandaker was leaving a super shop in Hatirpool with several packets of packaged food. At...
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12 Sep 2026
Int’l Day of Clean Air: Indoor air pollution, the danger lurking inside homes
For years, homemaker Tanbeen Sultana avoided stepping outside her home in Dhaka’s Basabo Buddhist Temple area,...
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07 Sep 2026
From slums to flats, and back again
For Joy Biswas, a government-allocated low-rent flat in Dhaka’s Baunia Badh area of Mirpur was supposed...
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28 Aug 2026
Nine years of Rohingya exodus: Aid dries up, Bangladesh bears burden
Nine years after Myanmar’s military launched its brutal crackdown on the Rohingya in Rakhine State, more...
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25 Aug 2026
Pink Bus service sees low turnout on first day
For Tanima Ferdous, travelling from Badda to Shahbagh, the Pink Bus was supposed to offer a...
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20 Aug 2026
Double-deckers on single chassis: Death traps on wheels
Hundreds of double-decker sleeper coaches illegally built on single-decker chassis are operating on highways, raising serious...
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19 Aug 2026
Only for women, ‘Pink Bus’ service launched
The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) has launched a specialised ‘Pink Bus’ service exclusively for female...
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18 Aug 2026