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Gas crisis hits fertilizer production, Rabi farming

TDS Desk: Gas crisis hits fertilizer production, while fertilizer shortage may hamper Boro farming during this peak season. The fertiliser industry is struggling to maintain production targets due to acute

5 detained after woman tied to pole, doused with water over theft allegation at Gulshan madrasah

TDS Desk: Police on Sunday (4 January) detained five people in connection with an incident in which a woman had been tied to an electric pole and doused with water

325 polling centres still without electricity

TDS Desk: Electricity supply remains unavailable at 325 polling centres across the country ahead of the referendum and parliamentary election scheduled for February 12. The Election Commission has instructed the

DPHE: Where irregularities are the rules

Inaction encourages corruption Special Correspondent: The Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) has turned into a den of corruptions and irregularities due to inaction by the higher authorities concerned as

Construction slump likely to persist in 2026

TDS Desk: Bangladesh’s construction sector is expected to remain under strain in 2026, extending a downturn that took hold over the past year amid weak public spending, subdued private investment

9,111 killed in road accidents in 2025

TDS Desk: Road accidents have killed 9,111 people and injured 14,812 others across the country in 2025, according to the Bangladesh Passenger Welfare Association. The organisation says a total of