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Permanent shops on leased land!
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Illegal pond: A threat to surrounding cropland
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Payra erosion threatens Barguna villages
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Mayor’s wife burnt in blast dies

Mirkadim Municipality Mayor Abdus Salam’s wife, who sustained severe burn injuries during an explosion caused by gas leakage at their residence on
10 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Freedom fighter fights for recognition, survival

At the age of 18, Protap Chandra Roy risked his life when he went all out and joined the ‘Mukti Bahini’ to free his motherland from Pakistani occupation forces.
10 April 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Doing more than ringing bell’

The duties of Harun-or-Rashid, bell ringer cum security guard of Barapusha Government Primary School in Tangail’s Nagarpur upazila, are to perform few simple tasks including ringing the bell during schooltime and keep the institution under watch at the night.
10 April 2021, 18:00 PM

DoE director general dies with Covid-19

AKM Rafique Ahmed, director general of the Directorate of Environment (DoE), died with Covid-19 while undergoing treatment at Central Police Hospital in Dhaka.
10 April 2021, 04:03 AM

Hefajat has to apologise, otherwise face sedition case: BCL

Chhatra League leaders in Brahmanbaria today said BCL will file a sedition case against Hefajat-e-Islam if the organisation does not offer an apology over a false claim about the mayhem in the district.
9 April 2021, 15:46 PM

Narayanganj launch capsize: 5 accused remanded

Five out of 14 arrested in connection with the Narayanganj launch capsize were placed on remand today.
9 April 2021, 15:03 PM

Country needs more energy for development: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government wants to develop the country and for that reason it needs more energy.
9 April 2021, 14:42 PM

Galachipa watermelon growers lose Tk 1.5cr to spring tides

Unusually large spring tides, caused by full moon in the last four days, inundated and damaged nearly Tk 1.50 crore worth of watermelon on about 100 hectares of cropland in Galachipa upazila.
8 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Passengers suffer as public transport made off-limits in Bagerhat

General people, especially the working class, have been suffering immensely due to the absence of public transport during lockdown as bus owners
8 April 2021, 18:00 PM

GK project resumes full-fledged irrigation water supply

Yearly water supply to the country’s largest irrigation project named The Ganges-Kobadak Irrigation Project, commonly known as GK Project, has
8 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Mentally ill man’ kills 2 in Narsingdi

A ‘mentally disturb’ man allegedly stabbed two people to death and injured three others in Narsingdi Sadar upazila on Wednesday.
8 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Higher chemical fertiliser demand for next year

The demand for chemical fertilisers has increased by four lakh tonnes for crops cultivation across the country in the upcoming fiscal compared to the current year.
8 April 2021, 16:24 PM

No outdoor celebration on Pahela Baishakh this year

The government has asked everyone not to hold any mass gathering and outdoor celebration on Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bangla calendar, to curb the spread of Covid-19.
8 April 2021, 04:53 AM

Tk 12.16-cr canal running dry most of the year

The much-hyped surface water irrigation project of Sormongla canal in Rajshahi’s Godagari upazila, implemented by Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) at a cost of Tk 12.16 crore, has been fumbling without water for the past ten years.
7 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Section 144 imposed after Hefajat calls protest rally in Munshiganj’s Sirajdikhan

The local administration of Munshiganj’s Sirajdikhan upazila has imposed section 144 in some areas of the upazila for two days starting from tomorrow at 6:00am due to a protest programme called by Hefajat-e-Islam.
7 April 2021, 15:46 PM

Accidents on waterways in Bangladesh declining: home minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan today said accidents on waterways are declining in the country because of changes in vessel designs, implementation of necessary measures and stronger monitoring.
7 April 2021, 14:20 PM

8 hurt in blast at Bengal Drugs & Chemical plant in Cumilla BSCIC

Eight persons were injured in an explosion at a plant of Bengal Drugs and Chemical Works (pharmaceuticals) Ltd in Cumilla this morning.
7 April 2021, 06:17 AM

Police arrest 9 Jamaat, Hefajat men from secret meeting in Lalmonirhat

Police have arrested nine leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Hefajat-e-Islam while they were holding a secret meeting in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat.
7 April 2021, 04:58 AM

13 injured in an explosion at residence of Mirkadim municipality mayor

At least 13 people, including four councillors, were burnt after an explosion took place at the residence of Mayor Abdus Salam of Mirkadim municipality in Munshiganj this evening.
6 April 2021, 19:04 PM

Farmer’s throat-slit body recovered

Police yesterday recovered the slit-throat body of a farmer from a septic tank of his house in Kalihati upazila, three days after he went missing on Saturday.
6 April 2021, 18:00 PM