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Tonu murder case latest update

10 years of grief for Tonu’s parents, an unanswered question for the nation

9 April 2026, 21:45 PM
As a Cumilla court orders fresh DNA testing, Tonu’s parents say the pain of losing their daughter has not faded and neither has their demand for justice
9 April 2026, 21:45 PM
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Update / 12 killed as train rams into bus at level crossing in Cumilla

22 March 2026, 19:18 PM
18 injured; bus dragged for nearly a kilometre
22 March 2026, 19:18 PM
Tonu Murder

Tonu murder: 78 court hearing dates, no arrests in 10 years

20 March 2026, 14:13 PM
A decade on, the murder case remains unresolved, with no arrests, no trial and a grieving family awaiting justice
20 March 2026, 14:13 PM
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Key Cumilla road in ruins, thousands suffer daily

9 October 2025, 18:00 PM
The Major Abdul Gani Road in Cumilla, which connects Cumilla city and Brahmanpara upazila, has become largely unfit for travel, causing immense suffering for nearly 50,000 people who use the road for their daily commute.
9 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Tonu murder: 9 years without closure

19 March 2025, 19:10 PM
It has been nine long years since the rape and murder of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, yet the case remains unresolved.
19 March 2025, 19:10 PM
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Of cronies and crimes / Bahar: the patron of Cumilla’s goons

24 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Some people of Cumilla, along with a section of the Awami League, started supporting former Chhatra League leader AKM Bahauddin Bahar in the ‘80s to usher in a new era of young leadership and counter the influence of late party heavyweight Afzal Khan’s family in regional politics. Little did they know what was ahead of them.  
24 January 2025, 18:00 PM
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Flood damages / Most victims yet to get govt aid

17 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Around 82,000 houses were partially or completely damaged after the Gumti river embankment was breached on August 22, resulting in a devastating flood that affected thousands of people in Cumilla.
17 December 2024, 18:00 PM
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Remains of 24 Japanese WW2 soldiers being exhumed for relocation

18 November 2024, 11:27 AM
Twenty deceased soldiers were identified by DNA testing while the process of identifying the others is underway
18 November 2024, 11:27 AM
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Hillocks razed at Comilla University

The Mainamati-Lalmai hillocks on the campus premises of Comilla University are at risk.
14 January 2020, 18:00 PM
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‘Train driver’s fault’ takes sixteen lives

It was around 3:00am yesterday. A Chattogram-bound train from Sylhet -- Udayan Express -- was changing its track to allow Dhaka-bound train Turna Nishita Express from Chattogram to pass byMandobagh Railway Station in Brahmanbaria’s Kasba.
12 November 2019, 18:00 PM
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Brutal murder at Feni Madrasa 16 get death penalty

A Feni court yesterday handed down death sentence to all the 16 accused, including a sacked madrasa principal and two expelled local Awami League leaders, over the murder of madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi in April, an incident that had shocked the entire nation.
24 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Videographer Prashanth gunfight

Prashanth’s Death In ‘Crossfire’: Family, BGB, police contradict each other

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and police are making contradictory claims over the videographer who was killed in a “gunfight” with BGB men in Cumilla on early Friday.
29 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Despite legal ban, many kiln owners employ underage workers

Brick kilns' child labour problem

Pabitra Roy, who secured GPA-5 in PEC and JSC exams, spends six months of a year working at a brick kiln to pay for his studies as well as support his family.
1 March 2019, 18:00 PM
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Defy obstacles, cast your vote

Top leaders of the Jatiya Oikyafront yesterday said December 30 would be the “day of freedom” for the country's people as no one would be able to snatch their victory in the 11th parliamentary election.
19 December 2018, 18:00 PM
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A case of callousness

A couple of nurses and a cleaning staff member (aya) of Debidwer Upazila Health Complex were venturing something they were not supposed to do without the presence of a doctor.
28 September 2018, 18:00 PM
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Cases too puzzling

Implicated in three “false cases” and tired of police harassment, Ahad Khalifa was desperately looking for a break.
12 September 2018, 18:00 PM
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A rare example of empathy

For housewife Rokeya Begum and her day labourer husband Shah Alam, the burden of hospital bills of Tk two lakh outweighed embracing their newborn at the Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of a private clinic, but humanity triumphed over money in Comilla this week as help arrived in the form of media reports and attention from the administration.
6 September 2018, 18:00 PM
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A different call of duty

A woman gave birth to a baby girl under the open sky near Amtoli Mosque beside the Dhaka-Chittagong highway at 4:00pm yesterday.
26 May 2018, 18:00 PM
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Forging a future

The high point of 24-year-old Md Amzad Hossain's life was the day he was accepted to study Bangla at Dhaka University. “When the
22 December 2017, 18:00 PM
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For the love of nature

Zamil Khan is by profession a restaurateur. He runs a Bangla fare establishment called Nongor in Comilla's Jhawtala.
19 December 2017, 18:00 PM
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A traditional toy for festivals

The vuvuzela, a plastic horn made famous around the world since the 2010 World Cup in South Africa has become ubiquitous, too, in
11 April 2017, 18:00 PM
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Raid on in Borohat, Moulvibazar: 'Some militants, explosives inside'

Suspected militants at Moulvibazar's Borohat den held their ground by putting up a defiant resistance throughout the day yesterday, forcing police to eventually suspend their operation as soon as dark fell.
31 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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Comilla city goes to polls tomorrow

Mayoral candidates from the ruling Awami League and the BNP wrapped up their intensive two-week-long campaign in Comilla yesterday midnight in the run-up to the city corporation polls.
28 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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