• Student’s future flourishes with his roses in Jhenidah

    A student in Harinakundu upazila of Jhenidah has seen the face of success cultivating flowers, especially rose and tuberose (rajanigandha).

  • North Bengal Museum receives ancient statue of mythical Nandi

    Kurigram police has formally handed an ancient stone statue of a bull, recovered from the ruined site of a Shiva temple in Kurigram’s Nageshwari upazila in July last year, to the North Bengal Museum.

  • Development project chokes canal

    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.

  • Of no use for 12yrs

    A concrete bridge built over a decade ago without approach roads has been lying abandoned at Nowagaon village in Lakhai upazila of Habiganj.

  • Century-old ‘Doi Mela’ in Sirajganj draws huge crowd

    ‘Doi Mela’, a century-old yoghurt fair on the occasion of the ‘Swarashwati Puja’ held every year in Sirajganj’s Tarash upazila, has become the biggest festival for years for the people in the Chalanbeel area.

  • A good Samaritan indeed

    A poor man has set an example of magnanimity voluntarily guarding an unmanned rail crossing defying the bone-chilling cold and dense fog at the daybreak to caution Uttara EPZ workers about approaching trains, who are in a mad rush to reach factories in time.

  • Demand for ‘Swaraswati’ idols plummets

    Artisans in Thakurgaon are worried about making desired profit supplying idols of Swaraswati, the goddess of learning, as they are yet to get good response from clients for the closure of educational institutions due to coronavirus.

  • Villagers divided over rebuilding Mughal-era mosque

    Two groups of villagers are divided over demolishing a Mughal-era mosque and building a new one in place of it.

  • Youth tied to pole, tortured on theft charge

    A Chuadanga court yesterday sent a shop owner to jail in connection with a case for torturing a young man, tying him to a pole, bringing allegation of stealing some grocery items in Alamdanga upazila on Tuesday night.

  • Dashuria intersection: A sight for sore eyes

    Trucker Iqbal Hossain who crosses long distances often feels tired and exhausted but the glimpse of a host of beautiful flowers at Dashuria intersection in Pabna’s Ishwardi upazila on Bonpara-Kushtia highway refreshes and energises his mind.

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