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Gender-neutral bathrooms in schools have been the focus of questions and political debate across the country. Johnson Senior High School in St. Paul, which made all of its bathrooms gender neutral in 2016, has some answers.

Jasmine Akhter, 30, a housewife from Uttar Char Larench village in Kamalnagar Upazila of Lakshmipur, utilises her spare time knitting prayer caps, known as "tupi", and earns Tk4,500 per month on average from it.

New Age, a Dhaka-based leading English language daily newspaper, is a major source of news of Bangladesh and international affairs

New Age, a Dhaka-based leading English language daily newspaper, is a major source of news of Bangladesh and international affairs

LAKSHMIPUR, Feb 28, 2023 (BSS) - The government has imposed a two-month ban on catching of all kinds of fishing

New Age, a Dhaka-based leading English language daily newspaper, is a major source of news of Bangladesh and international affairs

The breath-taking beauty of the coastal town of Lakshmipur leaves a deep mark on the mind of any person. Rivers and nature make the coast of Lakshmipur beautiful.

It may look like a nondescript silvery fish, but hilsa, or Tenualosa ilisha, accounts for an eighth of Bangladesh’s total fish catch, and more than 1% of the country’s economic output. It’s so important that the government bans hilsa fishing twice a year, for about three weeks at a time, to allow the fish to […]

A two-month ban on netting, selling and transporting hilsa in six sanctuaries is set to start tomorrow.

  DHAKA, Feb 28, 2022 (BSS) - In a bid to conserve Jatka or juveniles of hilsa, the government has