From Districts
Sastar Bazar: A relief for low-income families
Members of a voluntary organisation in Patuakhali town have been buying different vegetable items directly from the growers and selling those to consumers, especially low-income group people, at a cheaper price.
Road construction work: Sand lifting threatens Kuakata reserve forest
Locals said that despite repeated complaints to the authorities concerned, nothing has been done so far
Illegal fish market on RHD land
Influential quarters have continued constructing an illegal market by occupying a portion of land owned by the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) in Habiganj town.
Rain damages vegetables on vast land
Untimely rain since the end of last month has caused severe damage to early varieties of vegetable plants in different districts under Rangpur region.
‘Demeaning students’: College principal to be sued over FB post
The Lalmonirhat District Administration has ordered a case to be filed against a college principal who allegedly referred to students from the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement as a “disabled generation” in a Facebook post.
Road or dumpsite?
The accumulation of garbage and household waste along a two-kilometre stretch of the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Madhabpur upazila, Habiganj district, is causing significant inconvenience to both locals and those passing through the area.
Sand lifting threatens riverside structures
Several hundred residents of Kasba Ghoshpara area in Jashore Sadar upazila have been passing their days in utter despair since the beginning of September when a number of houses started collapsing into the Bhairab river due illegal and unplanned sand lifting.
A road never paved
Barely five kilometres away from Patuakhali district town, an earthen road lies neglected for decades.
Saiful’s daughter still waits for his return
For the last couple of days, two year-old Sayma Akter holds a mango in her hand, hoping her father will return home so that they can share their favourite fruit together.
We miss him every day
Hasina Begum has become numb since her eldest son, Ahsan Habib, 25, died after being shot in the neck during a clash centring the quota reform protest on July 18.
Aman cultivation: Sale of saplings sees rise in Rajbari
Farmers in different upazila of Rajbari are busy purchasing paddy saplings for planting in their croplands amid the ongoing Aman planting season across the country.
Prison break: Tk 50,000 announced for info on looted arms
A Tk 50,000 bounty has been announced for anyone who will be able to provide information on the arms and ammunition looted from Narsingdi District Jail.
Campuses, streets turn into battlegrounds
Violence centring quota reforms in government jobs was not only limited to the capital yesterday, it also spread like wildfire across the country.
Fall in pointed gourd price upsets growers
Pointed gourd growers in Jashore’s Chougachha upazila have been deprived of fair price of the vegetable as the price dropped alarmingly this season.
Keeping onion fresh for over 6 months
Onion growers in Faridpur are optimistic about the newly constructed model storages for onion and garlic, which promise to reduce spoilage and enhance profitability.
Unpaved for 50 years
The 14-kilometre-long Bajua-Podderganj road of Bangladesh Water Development Board in Khulna’s Dacope upazila has been connecting around 8,000 people across several villages in the upazila for around half a century.