OC in trouble for demanding biriyani, sweets
15 October 2023, 15:16 PM Country
Water scarcity hampers jute processing
19 July 2022, 18:00 PM Bangladesh
Auto rice mill near school
18 July 2022, 18:00 PM Bangladesh
Sudden Jamuna erosion makes many homeless
13 July 2022, 18:00 PM Natural disaster
Natore UP member found dead, wife injured
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM Crime & Justice
Two kids drown in Lalmonirhat, Kurigram
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM Accidents & Fires
Permanent shops on leased land!
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM Crime & Justice
Illegal pond: A threat to surrounding cropland
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM Crime & Justice
Payra erosion threatens Barguna villages
25 June 2022, 18:00 PM Bangladesh

MP supporters block 39km of Ctg-Cox's Bazar highway

Supporters of Cox's Bazar-01 lawmaker Jafar Alam blocked the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar highway protesting the decision to expel him from his Cox's Bazar district Awami League presidential post.
10 June 2021, 18:33 PM

Boy beaten up by his teachers

A case was filed against the chairman and another teacher of Yusufia Rashidia Hafizia Nurani Madrasa, in Uttar Taktabunia village of Barguna’s Amtali
10 June 2021, 18:00 PM

First death sentence execution in Dinajpur jail

Death sentence of a convict was executed in Dinajpur Jail yesterday -- a first in the history of the 167-year-old prison.
10 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Bamondanga river: Once Nilphamari’s lifeblood, now personal property

The 150-year-old Nilphamari township in the northen region was developed on the bank of Bamondanga river but the river has now no physical existence.
10 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Bamboo fencing in Payra causing accidents

Dredging was done in the beginning of this year to improve navigability in the Payra river near Barguna’s Amtali upazila town.
10 June 2021, 18:00 PM

23,000 living in Patuakhali island get electricity connection

Around 45 homes, accommodating nearly 23,000 people in two unions of Rangabali upazila of Patuakhali got electricity connection today through a submarine cable line from Bhola’s Char Fasson upazila.
10 June 2021, 12:11 PM

Helping, healing in silence

Charitable activities of Germania Trest Company (GTC), a hired company of Maddhapara Granite Mining company Limited (MGMCL), have appeared to be a gift for hundreds of people of two upazilas of Dinajpur and Rangpur, during the crisis period of Covid-19.
9 June 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Stop conspiring to evict Khasia-Garo communities from their land’

A delegation of Citizens’ Platform (Nagorik Samaj) on Tuesday demanded a stop to the conspiracy to evict Khasia and Garo communities from their land in Moulvibazar in the name of expanding tea garden.
9 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Boundary Wall of Primary School: Construction flaw might put children in danger

Safety of school children as well as locals has come to the fore as allegations surfaced about irregularities and use of substandard materials in construction of a boundary wall of a government primary school in Rajnagar upazila.
9 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Railway worker killed after being hit by a train in Dinajpur

A railway employee was killed today after a train hit him at Dinajpur’s Hili Railway Station when he was crossing the tracks during a lunch break, police said.
9 June 2021, 17:40 PM

2 OCs of Brahmanbaria transferred

Officers-in-charge of Bijoynagar and Nasirnagar Police Stations in Brahmanbaria have been transferred.
9 June 2021, 16:13 PM

2 killed, 3 injured in Mymensingh road accident

At least two people were killed and three others were injured in a road accident between a bus and a CNG run auto-rickshaw in Rashidpur area of Mymensingh Sadar upazila.
9 June 2021, 12:52 PM

4 injured as covered van falls off Munshiganj bridge

Four people, including a pedestrian, were critically injured when a covered van fell off Muktarpur Bridge in Munshiganj.
9 June 2021, 08:34 AM

QS World University Ranking 2022: DU, Buet see no improvement

University of Dhaka and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) have yet again failed to make any progress in the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) world university ranking of 2022.
9 June 2021, 07:18 AM

Global Liveability Index 2021: Dhaka now 4th least liveable city

Dhaka moved one notch up in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual ranking of most liveable cities in 2021, which has largely been shaken up by the Covid-19 pandemic.
9 June 2021, 06:26 AM

Erosion puts vital bridge at risk

A bridge on Sohagi-Atharabari road in Ishwarganj upazila is under tremendous risk of collapsing as earth from both sides of its approach roads has been eroding away.
8 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Unpaved road the bane of 30k people

Absence of a paved road in Shahzadapur village seriously hampers communication between the village, district town and Sarail upazila headquarters, causing immense problems for residents of three villages.
8 June 2021, 18:00 PM

200 families taken to shelter centres from risky hill slopes in Ctg

The Chattogram district administration has relocated 200 families living in the risky hill slopes and they have been given shelter at 19 shelter centres in the city.
8 June 2021, 15:48 PM

Drinking water scarce in eight upazilas

Thousands in seven out of eight upazilas in Patuakhali district are under the risk of acquiring diarrhoea and other water-borne illnesses as tidal waters inflicted by cyclone Yaas left at least 715 deep tube wells in the region damaged.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Breaking taboo with needles

Seeing young Aminul Islam’s keen interest in embroidery and needlework, the villagers used to tease him saying, “Embroidery is for women and girls. Why do you like it so much? Are you a housewife?”
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM