It has been nine long years since the rape and murder of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, yet the case remains unresolved.
Some people of Cumilla, along with a section of the Awami League, started supporting former Chhatra League leader AKM Bahauddin Bahar in the ‘80s to usher in a new era of young leadership and counter the influence of late party heavyweight Afzal Khan’s family in regional politics. Little did they know what was ahead of them.
Around 82,000 houses were partially or completely damaged after the Gumti river embankment was breached on August 22, resulting in a devastating flood that affected thousands of people in Cumilla.
Twenty deceased soldiers were identified by DNA testing while the process of identifying the others is underway
BARD Cumilla organises reading in nature to revive the reading culture in youth
12 cases were filed with different police stations within Cumilla district after the incident of October13, 2021
Rural and regional roads, bridges, culverts and other infrastructures sustained considerable damages in the recent spells of flood in 16 upazilas of Cumilla.
People wishing to distribute relief materials among the flood victims are finding it very difficult to reach remote areas due to a lack of boats.
The killers’ target was clear: shoot and confirm the death of Cumilla city Councillor Syed Mohammad Sohel on the spot.
Around 7:00am on October 13, a 30-year-old Ekram Hossain dialled 999 and reported to the police about an alleged defamation of the Holy Quran at Nanua Dighir Par puja mandap in Cumilla city.
A lack of nitrous oxide supply -- needed for anesthesia during surgeries -- is putting patients at Cumilla Medical College Hospital in difficulty.
The elder sister of the college student who was found dead in a Gulshan flat on April 26 has been terminated from her job at Padma Bank.
A controversy has stirred up centring a painting of celebrated writer, playwright and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed that either got lost or stolen during the time of his death in USA in 2012, and has now resurfaced in Cumilla after almost nine years.
Her parents left no stone unturned to help her become what she wanted to be: an artist. Sohagi Jahan Tonu had a natural knack for acting, and she would often sing and dance in theater plays.
For the unassuming, Cumilla Victoria Govt College’s Shaheed Minar may seem like a customary tribute to the Language Movement. That the monument itself has been a battleground between the region’s people and the then East Pakistan administration is thus a history worth retelling.
Garbage has been dumped unabated right beside Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Nazirabazar in Cumilla for years with no authorities taking care of the issue.
The government is yet to take any action against the registrar -- who recorded the marriage of deceased Lakingme Chakma, a 14-year-old girl -- based on a fake birth certificate and others involved.
The attackers who vandalised and torched four Hindu houses and a family temple in Korbanpur village of Cumilla’s Muradnagar on Sunday, did so even as the issue that inflamed them -- a Facebook post that they said hurt religious sentiments -- was being resolved.
