No country for bauls
Bauls in the western part of the country continue to live in constant threat of attacks and humiliation as the attackers enjoy complete impunity.
1y ago
Islamic University halls run by BCL diktat
It’s the Chhatra League leaders, not the university or the hall administration, who are running the show at the dorms of Islamic University.
1y ago
Carew made 21% more in alcohol sales between Jul-Dec '22 compared to year before
The lone state-owned alcohol manufacturer, Carew & Company Bangladesh, has earned about Tk 233 crore in sales in six months from July to December 2022 which is said to be 21 percent higher in comparison to the same period the year before.
1y ago
Betel leaf cultivation creeping up as exports expand
Betel leaf grown in Kushtia is not only popular across Bangladesh, but also beyond the country’s borders with increasing exports in the last several years encouraging more farmers to cultivate the crop.
1y ago
Carew sees record sales in FY22
The 84-year-old Carew & Co (Bangladesh) Limited, a state-owned distillery located in the Darshana area of Chuadanga’s Damurhuda upazila, registered record sales in fiscal 2021-22 thanks to increased demand for its distillery products.
2y ago
Amla: A swimmers’ village without a swimming pool
Amla is a small and tranquil village, akin to many other villages in the country, situated twenty-two kilometres away from the south-western Kushtia district.
2y ago
Bangladeshi hajj pilgrim arrested for “begging” owns land, lost hands “while making bomb”
The story of Matiar Rahman, who was arrested by Saudi police for “begging” in Madinah, has already gone viral on social media. While investigating Matiar’s background, a great deal of information has come to light.
2y ago
Sugarcane shortage a concern for Carew
Carew & Co (Bangladesh) Ltd, the country’s sole state-owned distillery, could face a shortage of sugar as sugarcane threshing at its mill in Chuadanga hit an all-time low this season.
2y ago
September 19, 2017
Low-cost device for securing homes
Regardless of culture or creed, around the world people commonly share a basic concern: they like to know that when they've gone
August 28, 2017
Surprisingly high levels of disability in Kushtia
That disability and poverty reinforce each other is a well-appreciated sociological phenomenon. Thus the results for Kushtia district of
August 11, 2017
7-yr-old boy tied to tree, beaten up
Seven-year-old Jewel was screaming for help, repeatedly saying he did not steal the phone.
July 9, 2017
Missing teen turned deadly militant
In 2003, Hasan Sheikh, a 19-year-old madrasa student of Sadipur Kablipara village of Kumarkhali in Kushtia, went missing.
June 23, 2017
Kushtia bans noncompliant rice millers for two years
Kushtia's local food administration has decided not to buy rice from the noncompliant rice millers for next two years after they failed to deliver the staple food to the government in violation of contracts.
May 31, 2017
From Meherpur to Europe
Joy knows no bounds for some 70 mango growers from Meherpur, who would be sending 250 tonnes of the tropical
April 16, 2017
2 killed in 'gunfight' with police
Two alleged extortionists were killed in a gunfight with police at a brick kiln in Hariadah village in Gangni upazila of Meherpur early Friday.
April 7, 2017
Good yield after blast prevention
Wheat farmers in six south-western districts have got a good yield this year, although the cultivation area is much less against the
February 26, 2017
Living in fear
Eleven Ahmadiyya Muslim families at Moheshkhola village in the district's Mirpur upazila have been living in insecurity after some local religious fundamentalists ostracised them.
February 8, 2017
Punishment for low-quality construction
For using substandard materials, a company, which was constructing a school building in Meherpur's Gangni, has been asked to demolish the structure and rebuild the school.
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