Sahidul Islam Nirab

A sub-jail built on 2.73 acres of government land in Bakshiganj upazila of Jamalpur in 1984 has remained unused for 42 years.

The facility, constructed in 1984 to accommodate around 150 inmates, was never opened

Knee-deep water through last year's monsoon and this year's has also damaged saplings, quarters and mango orchards

Every monsoon, farmer Mojibor Rahman of Takuria village carries sacks of produce on his back and walks 1.5 kilometres to Aramnagar Bazar because no van or rickshaw driver is willing to brave the mud-soaked road past his home.

For residents of 25 villages in Sirajganj and Jamalpur, the muddy stretch has remained an annual obstacle for over half a century

Even at 83, Razia Samad Dahlia, a veteran social worker who has spent decades serving the poor, the sick and the vulnerable, shows little sign of slowing down.

Zahurul Haque stood shattered when the body of his son Zamil Ahamed Limon arrived from the US at his ancestral home in Jamalpur’s Madarganj upazila yesterday afternoon, 18 days after his murder.

Family grieves as Bangladeshi student Zamil Limon’s sudden death abroad leaves parents unwell