From Districts

From Districts

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.

5d ago

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.

1w ago

‘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.

1w ago

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.

1w ago

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.

3w ago

A road never paved

Barely five kilometres away from Patuakhali district town, an earthen road lies neglected for decades.

1m ago

Jamuna devours 300 houses in Jamalpur

Erosion by the Jamuna river devoured at least 300 homestead and hundreds of bighas of arable land at three villages in Madarganj upazila in the last couple of weeks.

1m ago

Lack of Dustbins: Waste dumping pollutes Brahmaputra

Several thousand residents of Islambagh area in Mymensingh city have been dumping daily waste on the bank of the Brahmaputra river for years due to lack of public awareness and absence of sufficient dustbins.

1m ago

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.

3m ago

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.

3m ago

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.

3m ago

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.

3m ago

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.

3m ago

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.

3m ago
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