Sahidul Islam Nirab

The number of child patients suffering from cold-related illnesses has been rising steadily at Jamalpur General Hospital, with the paediatric ward becoming increasingly crowded as temperatures drop.

The absence of a bridge over the Jamuna river continues to inflict years of hardship on thousands of residents of Jamalpur’s Sarishabari upazila and neighbouring Kazipur upazila of Sirajganj.

Questions have been raised over the use of public funds after two bridges were built without access roads in a river shoal under Sarishabari upazila of Jamalpur.

The prospect of higher education is often a distant dream for many students hailing from rural areas, especially those residing in the remote shoals.

“Who will go?” The question hung heavy as hundreds of freedom fighters stood in silence. Everyone knew the mission -- carrying a letter urging surrender into the heart of the enemy camp at Kamalpur of Jamalpur’s Bakshiganj upazila -- meant almost certain death.

Inside the Jamuna Bridge Regional Museum in Tangail's Bhuapur, a child was staring at a stuffed owl, mesmerised, as he wondered if it was a real bird.

Operating without environmental clearance, factory dumped chemical waste into nearby fields

Once a source of livelihood for many families in Islampur upazila of Jamalpur, bamboo and cane craft is now on the verge of extinction.