Seasonal traders and rawhide merchants squabble over prices as the government-fixed rates largely go unheeded during the nearly trillion-taka total Eid-fiesta business binge this year. On the one hand, the seasonal traders allege that rawhide and skin merchants, who collect the rawhide and salt-t

Eid clothing sales preceding Eid saw a comparative rise Monday but shop-owners said the range of turnovers didn't meet their expectations. Fashion-outlet representatives expressed mixed feelings over their volume of sales that usually increases manifold bit by bit from the 20th Ramadan up till Eid

Humans, livestock and crops alike endure the brutal onslaught of the chilling cold and dense fogs that have shrouded the country for the past week. Hospitals across the country logged 63,021 cases of acute respiratory infection (ARI) and 173,000 cases of diarrhoea this winter, with the death toll

A major disruption in train schedule and nagging traffic congestion on highways made the home-bound journey of Eid holidaymakers highly troublesome on Friday. The Eid-goers had to wait for four to eight hours to get on their vehicles. The situation was too horrible for train passengers who had to