Woman dies in Rab custody
A 45-year-old woman died on Friday morning due to what her grieving husband said was torture in Rab custody in Bhairab, Kishoreganj.
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Tk 53cr withdrawn for an unfinished road
A contractor firm tasked with the construction of Nabinagar-Shibpur-Radhika regional highway in Brahmanbaria has withdrawn the entire Tk 53 crore bill for the project without completing it.
4m ago
Hospitals overrun with patients amid cold snap
The recent cold wave has led to a surge in diarrhoea and pneumonia cases across Brahmanbaria district.
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Sweet syrupy surprise
When you visit Bijoynagar, you will be welcomed not with words but a bite into warm chitoi pitha, dipped in the rich and velvety Lali gur -- a delicacy that has graced these lands for decades.
5m ago
Housing at the cost of a pond
A 50-year-old pond with an expanse of 72-decimal area is being filled up with truckloads of earth in Brahmanbaria’s Bijoynagar upazila, flouting rules.
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Lives lost, dreams shattered
There was a crowd in front of the Bhairab Upazila Health Complex, staring at a digital monitor yesterday.
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17 killed as trains collide in Bhairab
At least 17 people were killed after a freight train ignored a signal light and rammed into a carriage of Egarosindhur Godhuli near Bhairab Bazar Junction Railway Station yesterday afternoon.
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Contractors paid Tk 1.36cr even before work starts
A project was passed for the financial year 2022-23 to build two new school buildings with the funding of the World Bank in Kasba upazila of Brahmanbaria at a cost of Tk 1.36 crore.
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December 15, 2019
Mass grave of 250 FFs lies in utter neglect
A mass graveyard of 250 martyrs of the Liberation War at Bangladesh-Tripura border is now covered with jungle, making it hardly distinguishable from surroundings.
November 16, 2019
Brahmanbaria Train Accident: A mother’s search for her sons continues
Four days have passed since the gruesome accident on early Tuesday in Brahmanbaria; brothers -- Nurul Islam and Badal Mia -- still remain missing.
November 13, 2019
‘Train driver’s fault’ takes sixteen lives
It was around 3:00am yesterday. A Chattogram-bound train from Sylhet -- Udayan Express -- was changing its track to allow Dhaka-bound train Turna Nishita Express from Chattogram to pass byMandobagh Railway Station in Brahmanbaria’s Kasba.
November 13, 2019
Many faces of train tragedy
The train accident in Brahmanbaria yesterday left at least 16 dead and shattered the lives of many.
October 30, 2019
Nasirnagar Attack Probe: It is just ‘eyewash’
Even three years after arson attacks and vandalism on the homes and temples of Hindus in Brahmanbaria’s Nasirnagar upazila, those responsible are still to face any punishment as the investigations of most of the cases are yet to be complete.
October 25, 2019
Brutal murder at Feni Madrasa 16 get death penalty
A Feni court yesterday handed down death sentence to all the 16 accused, including a sacked madrasa principal and two expelled local Awami League leaders, over the murder of madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi in April, an incident that had shocked the entire nation.
October 7, 2019
Teacher shortage bogs down academic activities
Headteacher posts in Brahmanbaria’s 159 government primary schools lied vacant for years, some for as long as four years.
September 23, 2019
B’baria Murder Probe: Dead man talking
A former union parishad chairman in Brahmanbaria died on November 2 last year, but documents placed before a district court show he “gave statement” to a police officer as a witness in a murder case nearly three months after his death.
August 2, 2019
Waterbodies disappearing in Brahmanbaria town
Once known as a ‘town of ponds’, Brahmanbaria now hardly retained only one-fourth of its 200 natural water bodies.
July 26, 2019
Moderate rain inundates Brahmanbaria town
Waterlogging has become a common phenomenon in monsoon at a number of neighbourhoods in Brahmanbaria.
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