GOPALGANJ, July 29: Vegetable prices skyrocketed in the past three days to Tuesday in Gopalganj and locals said they are displeased over the lack of price control initiatives by the authorities. Per kg of bitter gourd was selling at Tk 80-90, which was Tk 50-55. A kilogram of okra was selling at T

The unabated use of plastic fishing gear- including nets, ropes and traps- to catch fish is widely threatening the ecology and biodiversity in the haors of Sunamganj district, pointing finger at the clear indifference among the authorities regarding doing the needful in this matter. The natural en

Litchis have started appearing in Rajshahi markets ahead of the peak harvesting season, with limited supply and weather-induced crop losses driving prices too high. With the Bangla month of Jaishtha-traditionally known as the peak fruit season-set to begin within days, orchards across Rajshahi are

A family ceremony in northern Bangladesh has drawn widespread attention after a grandfather fulfilled a 23-year-old promise by gifting coins equal to his granddaughter's weight at her wedding. At the ceremony held at his home in the Thanthania area of Bogura town on Friday (March 27), bride Naima

SYLHET, Sept 13: Under the Second Rural Transport Improvement Project (RTIP-II) of World Bank financing, repair work of the five -year pilot project on the 35km long Sylhet-Gachhbari GC-Kanaighat Upazila Headquarters Road in the Kanaighat upazila of the district has been completed .Besides the desc