Illegal soil extraction from the banks of the Haora river in Brahmanbaria’s Akhaura upazila has raised serious concerns over the integrity of the river protection embankment and the surrounding environment.
Daily exports through the port halved after the restriction
"Are you Akram's mother? How do I tell you that Akram is no more…?".Mobina Begum, mother of Akram Hossain, a migrant worker who was forcefully made to fight for Russia by human traffickers in its war against Ukraine, got a call from his fellow Bangladeshi fighter from Kishoreganj on Thursd
A syndicate engaged in extracting soil illegally in Brahmanbaria’s Akhaura upazila has curved out a road-like structure through the Titas river and adjoining cropland to facilitate soil transportation, thereby choking the river’s natural flow.
In the village of Sreemoddi under Cumilla’s Homna upazila, the melodious craft of making bamboo flutes has quietly persisted for generations.
At least 1,048 educational institutions in Brahmanbaria district lack Shaheed Minars
In their forensic report, police found no evidence of Rasraj’s involvement in spreading a photograph that led to a mayhem in Brahmanbaria’s Nasirnagar in October 2016.
Cultivation of Boro on about 5,500 hectares of land in the current season seems uncertain due to the filling up of an important canal for a development project in Sarail upazila of Brahmanbaria.
Abdul Hoque was among the several hundred drug traders from Brahmanbaria who had surrendered to police during an anti-narcotics crackdown in 2017.
Sometimes he introduced himself as an officer at the land office, sometimes as an officer in the deputy commissioner’s office and at other times as an influential person in a government office.
In many areas across the Brahmanbaria town, mosquitoes descend upon neighbourhoods every day after sunset. But these days, even during daytime, their numbers are so high that people are finding it hard to stay home.
Although the top leaders of Hefajat-e-Islam repeatedly denied the organisation’s involvement in recent countrywide vandalism and violence, photographs and footages testify the opposite.
From March 26 to 28, Hefajat-e-Islam activists attacked and vandalised 58 government and non-government institutions, two temples, and houses and offices of top leaders of the district Awami League and Chhatra League in Brahmanbaria.
A week after the Brahmanbaria mayhem, Hefajat-e-Islam, the ruling Awami League and the BNP are trading blame for the widespread violence and damages in the town.
The music academy of legendary musician Ustad Alauddin Khan is situated just 150 metres off Brahmanbaria Sadar Model Police Station.
The state-owned Ashuganj Power Station Company Limited (APSCL) is filling the Meghna bank with sand to construct a new unit near Sohagpur village. The sand is being extracted from the river bed.
