Bangladesh

People using savings for survival

Shawdesh Desk: People have been withdrawing their savings to cope with the rising living costs caused by the growing inflation in the country. According to Bangladesh Bank data, savings deposits

One held with 2.33kg gold in Chuadanga

Shawdesh Desk: Boarder Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has arrested a ‘smuggler’ along with 20 gold bars measuring 2.33kg from Jibannagar in Chuadanga. Acting on an intelligence report, Lieutenant Colonel Masud Parvez

Farmers frustrated at rising cost of inputs

Shawdesh desk: Boro paddy fields are currently at the flowering and grain-filling stage, raising hopes for farmers to get a good return on their investment, despite the heavy input costs.

Tough journey ahead for Eid home-goers

Shawdesh desk: A festive home journey ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr celebration is unlikely to happen this year as a series of factors are lurking to spoil the joyous road trips

Few Bangabazar traders set makeshift shops

Shawdesh desk: Another fire broke out on Saturday in Gulistan’s Barishal Plaza Shopping Mall near Bangabazar when a few traders affected by the April-4 devastating fire erected makeshift shops under

Dreaded blast disease affects crops in Tahirput upazila

Shawdesh desk: The farmers in Sunamganj’s Tahirpur upazila are facing great distress due to an outbreak of the blast disease, a common fungal infection that has severely impacted their harvest

High costs may hit rice farming

Shawdesh desk: Farmers and farming are under pressure due to soaring cultivation and living costs amid a fear of heavy rains and floods that usually occur in summer and damage

Watermelon cultivation changes lives in char area of Brahmaputra

Shawdesh desk: Watermelon cultivation has started in the remote char area of the River Brahmaputra in Kurigram. Although watermelon cultivation started on an experimental basis last year, the number of