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Tk 53cr withdrawn for an unfinished road
A contractor firm tasked with the construction of Nabinagar-Shibpur-Radhika regional highway in Brahmanbaria has withdrawn the entire Tk 53 crore bill for the project without completing it.
5m 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.
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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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October 30, 2017
Probe still incomplete
One year has passed since the attack on houses and temples of Hindu people at Nasirnagar upazila in Brahmanbaria but police could not complete investigations and submit the charge sheet into the incident yet.
October 26, 2017
Highway in sorry state
The dilapidated Comilla-Sylhet highway, an important road for trade between Bangladesh and India through Akhaura land port, has turned hazardous for motor vehicles.
August 7, 2017
B'baria schoolchildren at risk
For up to three thousand schoolchildren in Brahmanbaria's Nasirnagar upazila, dilapidated school buildings are a usual hazard.
May 7, 2017
FLUTE plays export music
The sound of flutes tuning and playing is nothing new to Sreemoddi village in Comilla's Homna upazila. Over a century ago two expert flute craftsmen, Kokil Das Bairagi and Deen Bandhu, reached the village from India to ply their trade. Locals say they made up to a
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