• Trees chopped down without forest dept approval

    Eleven trees have been cut down inside the Ajmeriganj Upazila Health Complex in Habiganj without any approval from the forest department.

  • Bridge modern, road primitive

    The bridge on Mohim Khal, a canal in Kalmakanda upazila of Netrakona, is used by about 10 thousand inhabitants of 20 villages to communicate with the district and upazila headquarters.

  • Police launch ‘Mask Up’ campaign in Pabna

    While the government is preparing to shut the country down for at least a week from tomorrow, in its attempt to contain the coronavirus transmission,

  • Two held for killing 2 dolphins in Brahmaputra

    Two people were detained and fined Tk 5,000 each by a mobile court for capturing two Ganges river dolphins in the Brahmaputra river in Chilmari upazila of Kurigram.

  • Stalemate continues over firing of tea worker

    For the third consecutive day, the workers of Luhaiuni Tea Garden, in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar, staged demonstrations on Thursday, to press home their 11-point demands that include job reinstatement of a fellow worker.

  • They deliver hope on bike

    Time and again, the youths rose to the occasion when the country needed them the most. This time around, when the Coronavirus pandemic has been sweeping through the bordering districts, eight youths from Chulkathi area of Bagerhat Sadar upazila have come to the rescue of affected locals.

  • BCMCL miners living like prisoners

    Since the coronavirus pandemic hit the country in March last year, the officials, staffers and miners of Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited (BCMCL) have been virtually leading a confined life inside company premises to prevent the spread of the highly transmissible contagious viral infection in the mining complex.

  • Gaibandha char people’s wait for electricity prolonged by ravaging Brahmaputra

    The long wait of the char people for electricity in Gaibandha’s four upazilas has just prolonged as many electric poles set up by the district palli bidyut samity (rural electrification board) have been engulfed by furious Brahmaputra. The river erosion has taken a serious turn in the district since last month.

  • Polls violence claims Sramik League leader’s life

    A leader of Sramik League died on Tuesday night from stab injuries he had sustained during violence over Madaberchar Union Parishad election, held on June 21, in Shibchar upazila of Madaripur.

  • Father kills teenage son in Barguna

    A 14-year-old boy died yesterday when his father hacked him with a sharp weapon.

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