As our rivers lay dying
Rivers don’t live anymore, they merely exist. They exist as relics of their halcyon days when rivers were truly wild, mysterious, free -- or as a character in their own story, as told through poetry and music.
31 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Waste management a far cry in Tangail
At the very entrances of Tangail district town -- on Tangail-Mymensingh highway in north, Tangail-Aricha highway in south, and Dhaka-Tangail highway in east -- await heaps of garbage dumped by municipality authorities after collecting from households.
30 January 2024, 18:00 PM
When the hills cry for help
Once what were beautiful hillocks of red earth, are now barren lands.
29 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Cold takes a toll on children
A high number of patients are turning up at hospitals in Tangail with cold-related health complications, amid the ongoing cold wave over the last couple of weeks.
21 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Madhupur Sal Forest: Of deforestation and vanishing wildlife
The Madhupur Sal Forest in Tangail, once teeming with diverse wildlife such as peacocks, wild buffalo, and deer, is now facing a devastating impact from deforestation, food shortages, and poaching.
20 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Spending Tk 1.38cr in vain
Once a vibrant waterway in Tangail, Sundari canal is now on its deathbed as a result of pollution and encroachment.
19 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Siddique brothers: Latif wins big defeating former protégé
Kader, Murad face embarrassing defeats
8 January 2024, 16:32 PM
In Tangail, no one seems to care about canals
Once a trading hub along the banks of the Louhajang river, Tangail was adorned with 27 canals, crisscrossing through the town.
21 December 2023, 18:00 PM
A doer knows no barrier
Ashraful Alam Sami is a doer, prevailing against all odds.
17 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Fortune favours the farmer
After completing MBA in 2017, Habib Khan started his career in the ready-made garment sector, only to realise he had a different calling.
27 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Century-old Tangail Eidgah in a shambles
The century-old central Eidgah ground in Tangail has been occupied by an influential syndicate for the last couple of weeks in the name of a temporary truck stand.
18 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Villages of artisans
Men and women of almost every house in three villages of Tangail’s Delduar upazila have taken up bamboo crafting as their main occupation, turning those villages into cottage industries.
26 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Turning the page
After finishing his MBA from a private university in 2017, Habib Khan, 32, landed a job in the garment sector in the same year. After four years in the much-coveted job, he was still struggling to support his family.
20 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Low price, high labour cost frustrate jute growers
Jute growers in different upazilas of the district are becoming frustrated due to fall in jute price and high labour cost this season.
6 September 2023, 18:00 PM
‘Need embankment, not relief’
Amid heavy rains and onrush of water from upstream, Jamuna river erosion has turned into an all-devouring menace in Tangail.
15 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Good yield, better prices delight Tangail banana growers
Farmers in different upazilas of Tangail are delighted as the district sees bumper banana yield due to a favourable weather condition this season.
31 July 2023, 18:00 PM
People suffer for delay in bridge work
Thousands of people in Tangail Sadar upazila have been facing immense sufferings due to delay in construction of a bridge on Louhajang river.
30 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Work left incomplete for months
Thousands of people are being deprived of different facilities as renovation work of Tangail-Aynapur road has remained incomplete for nearly seven months.
3 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Jamuna erosion intensifies in Tangail
Erosion by the river Jamuna took a serious turn in the last few days, rendering several hundreds of families homeless, and devouring vast tracts of croplands and structures in Tangail’s Sadar, Bhuanpur, and Nagarpur upazilas.
2 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Banned Fishing Traps: A threat to native fish species
Native fish stocks are in serious decline due to indiscriminate use of fishing nets nowadays.
24 June 2023, 18:00 PM