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.
1m ago
Tk 53cr withdrawn for an unfinished road
A contractor firm tasked with the construction of Nabinagar-Shibpur-Radhika regional highway in Brahmanbaria has withdrawn the entire Tk 53 crore bill for the project without completing it.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.
5m ago
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.
5m ago
Lives lost, dreams shattered
There was a crowd in front of the Bhairab Upazila Health Complex, staring at a digital monitor yesterday.
8m ago
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.
8m ago
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.
11m ago
June 24, 2019
Crossing the Mediterranean: Trip doomed from start
The motorboat used by traffickers for the journey by sea from the coast of Libya to Europe was barely capable of carrying 35 people. Yet, 75 people, including the 64 Bangladeshis, were crammed on board.
April 29, 2019
Bridge turns death trap
The Kaikyachara Bridge that connects Bijoynagar and Madhabpur upazilas has remained severely damaged for months now, causing distress to locals and hampering the movement of traffic.
March 20, 2019
Once a canal ran through it
A flowing canal ran through the town of Brahmanbaria once. Now what is left of the 3.5-km-long canal is a mere stream. At places, it looks as though it is a long stretch of barren land.
March 3, 2019
Drying of river hampers Boro farming in B'baria
Boro cultivation on 4,000 bighas of land in six villages of Nasirnagar upazila has been facing a serious setback this year due to insufficient flow of water in the dried up Chikondiya river.
October 18, 2018
2 women surrender after 39 hours
Two suspected women militants surrender two days after law enforcers cordoned off a seven-storey building in Gangpar area of Madhabdi upazila in Narsingdi.
July 22, 2018
Paving in the rain!
It was raining around 12:30pm yesterday. Despite this, a group of workers, equipped with shovels and rakes, was trying to level freshly laid asphalt on TA Road near Ghorapatty intersection in Brahmanbaria town. Next to them two road rollers were moving in different directions to compact the surface.
March 29, 2018
No less than a movie
It was an unusual but lucrative offer for Selim Mia, a rickshaw-puller in Brahmanbaria's Chhoto Kuripaika village.
February 2, 2018
Beyond the call of duty
All SSC examinees were in the exam centre by then. They were about to start one of the important public examinations of their life.
December 29, 2017
Obliged to stop it, he does the opposite
If informed about a child marriage, a union parishad chairman, like any other local government representative, becomes legally obliged to step in to stop the social evil.
November 18, 2017
B'baria Handloom Industry: Hanging by a thread
The once hustle and bustle of the traditional handlooms at Bancharampurupazila of Brahmanbaria is now a thing of the past.
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