Author: Shipankar Shil

A recently enacted government policy prohibiting Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) personnel from being posted to their home districts or…

In a major move, the BNP government has tightened control over public expenditure by freezing a range of government spending,…

The much-hyped “Simanta Haat” or “Border Haat” initiatives, launched in 2011 to improve livelihoods along the Bangladesh-India border through small-scale…

The age-old philosophy that “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet” has officially died a quiet death…

Adding to a series of murders and shootings, a shocking attack on worshippers inside a mosque has pushed concerns regarding…

Amid a surge in violence across the country, politicians, parliamentary candidates, senior journalists and other prominent figures are making determined…

The life cycle of national fish hilsha is now in peril despite hundreds of crores of taka being spent by…

The flagship Hilsha Resource Development and Management Project was launched to boost production of Bangladesh’s national fish. But five years…

Behind the national fish hilsa’s iconic status — so deeply tied to Bangladesh’s culture and cuisine — lies a riddle…