Peak season, yet hilsa remains beyond reach
Bangladesh’s national fish is becoming a luxury on the plate. Catches are falling, fish are getting...
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22 Aug 2026
Female hall entry deadline: Security or control?
Rehearsals for a play at Bot Tola of Dhaka University were still underway. The clock was...
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14 Aug 2026
SSC results: Full-pass schools fall, zero-pass schools soar
This year’s SSC and equivalent examination results have deteriorated across several indicators, with fewer schools recording...
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11 Aug 2026
Foreign job dreams end in deception
Abdul Gani wanted to send his nephew abroad after watching Facebook videos of European streets, overseas...
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10 Aug 2026
July’s wounded trapped in bureaucratic limbo
Seven-year-old Basit Khan Musa laughs and plays, and every time he does, it burns Mustafizur Rahman...
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05 Aug 2026
Inside measles ward: Mothers on the frontline of outbreak
Afternoon sunlight streams through the windows of the measles ward at the Dhaka North City Corporation’s...
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02 Aug 2026
Hospitals still battle measles surge two months after vaccination campaign
Even two months after the completion of the emergency measles-rubella (MR) vaccination campaign, pressure from measles...
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02 Aug 2026
Uprising’s lost children: For parents, only tears remain
A shelf in the wardrobe now lies empty. It once held a tiny pair of shoes,...
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28 Jul 2026
Scottish traveller recounts ‘tourist prices’ at every turn in Dhaka
A Scottish traveller who recently visited Bangladesh says his trip to Dhaka was marred by repeated...
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18 Jul 2026
When forecasts fail to match the skies
For Rangpur resident Zikrul Haque, a weather forecast turned into a costly uncertainty. He had come...
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13 Jul 2026