Jahid Hasan

Three young men from Madaripur, who set out dreaming of Italy’s shores, were allegedly shot dead by a Libyan mafia while attempting to cross the Mediterranean. Their bodies were reportedly thrown into the sea.

In Shariatpur, a young mother mourns as two children wait for the father who will never return

Wife of Abul Kalam Azad, who was killed after a bearing pad of a metro rail pillar fell on him, said her husband was killed due to negligence of the authorities concerned.   

A syndicate run by the civil surgeon’s chauffeur and a government ambulance driver has long gripped Shariatpur’s ambulance services -- and last Thursday, its greed allegedly claimed the life of a newborn.

New erosion has been reported in the Padma Bridge project area, putting the main protection embankment at Naowdoba in Shariatpur’s Jajira end at risk.

Laboni Akter, a resident of Dhaka’s Khilgaon, after completing her post-graduation in Zoology from Khilgaon Model College, sought a unique venture to achieve financial solvency.

Cylinder gas explosion in Savar kills his parents

The night before he left for Dhaka from Khulna, Rashed Sardar’s daughters – nine-year-old Safa and five-year-old Sara – had asked him to bring back Eid outfits for them.

Some people, crossing the Padma Bridge, were seen stopping their private cars on the bridge to take selfies even though there is a restriction on it.

Rafiq Islam (45) works at an electric shop in Dhaka. His village home is in Angaria union of Shariatpur Sadar upazila. He bought the first bus ticket from Shariatpur to cross the Padma Bridge and became a part of the nation’s road communication history.

Polling officials made a mess of counting ballots at a voting centre in Shariatpur’s Naria upazila during the fifth phase of the union parishad polls on Wednesday, raising questions about the credibility of the election results.