With the ongoing blockade called by Begum Khaleda Zia, leader of opposition party BNP, running into mid-March it seems that the country doesn’t seem to find a respite from the crippling effect of hartals and oborodhs (a convenient word meaning blockade without any specification of how, when and where). Khaleda Zia called for indefinite nationwide […]
Professional photography has taken a fantastic shape on the Kuakata beach. More than 51 local young men, who used to be fishermen,van pullers, day laborers or unemployed in the recent past have formed a society to work on the beach taking pictures of hundreds of tourists and delivering those to their hotel rooms. Not long […]
The 200-year-old wooden sail ship, salvaged from under the beach in Kuakata at a cost of over one crore taka now lies in tatters due to a lack of conservation efforts. In 2013, engineers of the Bangladesh Army salvaged the ancient ship, believed to be a schooner. They painstakingly laid railway tracks over a distance […]
Traveling in Bangladesh is hazardous. Every day there are reports of buses plunging into ditches, lorries ramming into crowded bazars and unruly students and transport workers creating traffic jam on the roads. As the population grows, our roads are set to get even worse. However despite all the hazards Bangladesh offers one of the most […]
The distance between the third Buriganga bridge and the small town of Kalatia, by the river Dhaleshwari in the outskirts of the capital is hardly 12 kilometers. On this short stretch, 33 speed breakers, some up to two feet high, have been built by villagers trying to tame reckless driving. To add to this, more […]
With a national debt of 316.97 billion Euros as at the end of 2014, Greece is facing the largest economic crisis in its history. After one of the largest bail-outs in global economic history in 2010, the Greek economy has been a serious cause for concern in the Euro-zone. After joining the EU in Jan, […]
Time has been stuck for hundreds of years in the village of Jally, 170 kilometers northwest of the capital. For centuries nothing has moved here to impose any threat to the nature. The village is connected to the outer world by a narrow earthen road through some of the most picturesque landscapes. Lush green paddy […]
The tanneries of Hazaribagh continue to pollute the air, land and water bodies in the southwestern parts of the city exposing millions of people to serious health hazards. The government’s relocation plan is progressing so sluggishly many fear that it would again miss the newly set deadline of 2016. The extent of pollution is so high […]
With a unique crocodile breeding program, a 46 feet high watch tower and a 1,800-meter long elevated walkway through the Sundarbans, Karamjal near Mangla is the most visited site in the mangrove forest of Bangladesh. Every year around 2,50000 visitors take the 40-minute trip on boats from Mangla to have a first hand experience of […]
Tons of natural conch shells are now being extracted every day from the water bodies (haor and bils) of Bagerhat and Faridpur to sell as fish feeds across the districts. The indiscriminate extraction of these shells could lead to an ecological imbalance in these water bodies, which have been extremely rich in flora and fauna […]
