Bridging the Padma River, that last leg of the Ganges "before it converts into a mush of foam and mud at the mouth of the sea," in the words of the architect Kazi Khaleed Ashraf, was always going to present the great challenge of nation-building for any state occupying ...

Bangladesh is set to witness a historic moment on Saturday with the inauguration of Padma Bridge demonstrating to the world what this country can do on its own, proving the skeptics wrong amid the World Bank's scrapping of committed loans. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasin ...

A third wave of flash floods in a matter of weeks devastated the north-eastern part of Bangladesh this week, especially Sylhet, Sunamganj, Netrokona and Habiganj districts. Heavy rainfall starting from June 10 in north-eastern India largely contributed to the increased ...