The Daily Sky

Bricks, bribes, blind eyes

Natore Correspondent: From residential villages to fertile farmlands and even the edges of railway tracks, brick kilns in Natore are rising where the law clearly says they should not. Officially,

327 factories shut down, over 150,000 workers jobless

TDS Desk: More than 3,000 workers were once employed at the 100 per cent export-oriented Mukul Knitwear Limited factory in Nilnagar of Konabari, Gazipur Metropolitan City. As the global economic

Country loses nearly Tk6,000cr a year under Adani power deal

TDS Desk: Bangladesh is losing nearly Tk6,000 crore every year due to a controversial electricity purchase agreement with India’s Adani Group, according to findings of a government review committee. The

Tigers return but hunger lurks in Sundarbans

Khulna Correspondent: The recent rescue of a Royal Bengal Tiger after it was caught in a deer snare has once again drawn attention to rampant poaching and the widespread use

Ex-DMP chief Habibur, 2 others to die for Chankharpul killings during July uprising

TDS Desk: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) sentenced three people, including former Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner Habibur Rahman, to death in a crimes against humanity case over the killing

Elections for all, but women left ‘on the sidelines’ in Bangladesh

TDS Desk: With women making up only 3.6 percent of candidates, political parties are once again sidelining female presence ahead of the February-12 national election. Out of 1,732 party-nominated candidates,