As the water level of Jamuna is increasing with the influence of cyclone ‘Yaas’, the people of low lying areas of Pabna and Sirajganj are worried over early flood induced by the cyclone.

The movement restrictions and ban on tourist arrival, imposed to curb the spread of Covid-19, on the picturesque Saint Martin’s Island have come as a blessing for a few public representatives and their accomplices.

A Natore court yesterday sent a local Swechchhasebak League leader to jail in connection with a case for assaulting an executive engineer of Water Development Board (WDB) and obstructing government work.

A bridge built without any connecting road in Ajmeriganj upazila of Habiganj is yet another example of fleecing public of their money.

Litchi growers in Nazipur upazila of Pirojpur are not happy due to low yield of the succulent fruit.

There were 51 cinema halls in Tangail in the 1990s. But only five have managed to survive while 46 had to yield their place to newer forms of entertainment, revolution of mobile phone technology and lack of audience.

A child died after falling from the mother's lap on way to a shelter in Betagi upazila of Barguna today to escape Cyclone Yaas and its associated tidal waves.

Thirteen sub-inspectors of Brahmanbaria Sadar Model Police Station were transferred together as per the order of the deputy inspector general’s office of Chattogram Range.

A school ground in Faridpur Sadar upazila remains inaccessible for children and locals since March, when a weeks-long trade fair was held on the premises.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated two Mujib Killas in Patuakhali’s Kalapara upazila through video conference on Sunday. At least 500 people and 500 cattle can take shelter in each Mujib Killa.

Police recovered the throat-silt body of man from Mohammadpara area of Gopalganj town yesterday.

The Khulna region has not seen any rainfall in the last seven months.

Police yesterday recovered the body of a youth from Beltoil village in Sirajganj’s Shahzadpur upazila, after four days of his missing on May 19.

Numerous laws to protect public health and the environment -- including agricultural land, crops and vegetation -- are being flagrantly violated by five illegal brick kilns in Barguna’s Amtali upazila. But the authorities are yet to take any action against the violators.

Around 3,000 hectares of land in Kalapur union of Srimangal upazila in Moulvibazar remained fallow during the Boro season every year due to lack of water.

Two siblings drowned in a pond in Baghil area of Sadar upazila yesterday.

A woman and her two daughters, including a minor one, were found murdered at their residence in Champatoli area of Lama upazila on Friday night.

Aman farmers in Jhenidah are having a joyous time -- thanks to favourable weather conditions followed by a bountiful harvest and, most importantly, good prices for the paddy.

Abdus Salam bought three litchi orchards with 150 trees in his area this year at a cost of Tk 2.5 lakh, expecting to have a harvest of around 3.5 lakh to 4 lakh fruits.

Two people were killed in a head-on collision between a microbus and a pickup van at Bijoynagar upazila of Brahmanbaria on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway just 24 hours within the death of three people in a private car accident.