The latest increase in Bangladesh’s fuel prices is feeding into transport costs, agricultural expenses, industrial production and, ultimately, household budgets, adding another layer of pressure to an economy already grappling with elevated living costs. The government raised the retail prices of all four major petroleum products by Tk20 a litre on 21 September. Diesel, the […]

Three people, including Tuhin Reza, a central vice-president of Chhatra League, have been arrested in a special operation by the Detective Branch (DB) of police in Jhenaidah. The arrests were made on Wednesday night in the area of Yafat Filling Station in Jhenaidah Sadar upazila, according to police. The two other people arrested have been […]

Some figures in Bengali literary history are remembered not merely for what they wrote, but for what they saved from oblivion. Abdul Karim Sahityabisharad was one such remarkable scholar. Through decades of searching, collecting, editing and studying ancient manuscripts, he helped recover fragments of Bengal’s literary past that might otherwise have disappeared without a trace. […]