Waterlogging hampers classes at primary school
Academic and extra-curricular activities at Bogabaid Government Primary School at Bogabaid village under in Jamalpur municipality are badly hampered due to shortage of classrooms and waterlogging in the school ground.
27 October 2019, 18:00 PM
27 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Free automated irrigation
Since at least the 1980s, the farmers of Jamalpur's Sukhnagari village in Madarganj upazila faced an unusual problem. Across 150
23 November 2017, 18:00 PM
23 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Classes under open sky
A government primary school in the district's Sarishabari upazila has been holding classes under the open sky as the schoolhouses along with the land were eroded by the Jamuna river during flood in late July.
1 November 2017, 18:00 PM
1 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Ammonia crisis hits factories hard
Factories reliant on ammonia have been hit hard since August 21 when the biggest supplier of the gas Jamuna
11 October 2017, 18:00 PM
11 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Fighting for a good cause
Freedom fighter Hafizur Rahman of Tangail's Dhanbari village was gearing up for his Secondary School Certificate exams when the
25 September 2017, 18:00 PM
25 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Lost in Bangladesh, found in India
Ten years ago, a woman of Jamalpur with bipolar disorder, a mental condition, went missing. For three years, her loving mother had
19 May 2017, 18:00 PM
19 May 2017, 18:00 PM
A market run solely by women
In East and West Amkhawa villages in Jamalpur's Dewanganj upazila, the face of retail commerce is changing. Thanks initially to a
26 April 2017, 18:00 PM
26 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Tale of unsung war heroes
The people of Goalgaon village in Bakshiganj upazila of the district, who were killed or injured in a mortar attack by the Pakistani army
27 March 2017, 18:00 PM
27 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Into the abyss of mental illness
Mental illness is a significant challenge for any family, but for a struggling rural family it can be truly catastrophic. In circumstances
24 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Jute market on road
A makeshift jute market occupies Jamalpur-Madarganj road at Balijuri Bazar in Madarganj upazila two days a week, causing
28 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Classes hampered as market sits on school ground
A village market occupies the common ground of Bangali Government Primary School and Baushi Bangali High School and College at Baushi Bazar in Sarishabari municipality under the district every Sunday and Wednesday, hampering classes for years.
25 May 2016, 18:00 PM
BNP mayor aspirant alleges harassment, fears vote rigging
BNP-backed mayoral candidate Shah Md Wares Ali Mamun, also the incumbent mayor of Jamalpur municipality, at a press conference
28 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Jamuna erosion takes alarming turn
The Jamuna has devoured large areas near Guthail hard point at Belgachha Ghonapara village in Islampur upazila under the district in last eight days, leaving at least 150 families homeless.
2 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Malpractice in tests brings woe to MMCH patients
Treatment seekers at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) are often exploited as a large number of brokers are engaged in trapping them into getting pathological
21 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Anowar thought he had only minutes to live
One of the two Bangladeshi returnees who were abducted by unidentified terrorists in Libya talks to The Daily Star about their ordeal.
8 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Thousands suffer for want of permanent bridge
About 20 thousand people of three villages of two unions in Madarganj upazila under Jamalpur district are suffering for want of a concrete bridge over a canal at Gopalpur village in the upazila.
5 March 2015, 19:42 PM