Gafargaon

Somu Chowdhury clears the air after viral photo, says he’s completely fine

Veteran actor Somu Chowdhury made headlines yesterday after a photo of him resting under a tree near Mukhi Shah Miskin Shrine in Gafargaon upazila of Mymensingh, wearing only a gamcha (traditional cotton towel or cloth), went viral on social media. Many initially speculated it might be a scene from a film shoot, while others thought he was mentally unstable

Ninth grader tries to take her own life after ‘rape’

A ninth-grader attempted to die by suicide allegedly after being raped several times and publicly beaten up by the rapist in Mymensingh’s Gafargaon on Thursday.

Gafargaon municipal polls stayed for 3 months

The High Court stays the process for holding elections to the Gafargaon municipality in Mymensingh for three months due to anomalies in area demarcation.

3 missing in Mymensingh boat capsize

At least three people including two students go missing after a boat capsized in the Brahmaputra river at Gafargoan upazila of Mymensingh.

2 killed in Mymensingh over land, 2 arrested

At least two people were killed with several others injured and two arrested in a dispute over owning a piece of land in Pagla upazila of Mymensingh.

June 13, 2025
June 13, 2025

Somu Chowdhury clears the air after viral photo, says he’s completely fine

Veteran actor Somu Chowdhury made headlines yesterday after a photo of him resting under a tree near Mukhi Shah Miskin Shrine in Gafargaon upazila of Mymensingh, wearing only a gamcha (traditional cotton towel or cloth), went viral on social media. Many initially speculated it might be a scene from a film shoot, while others thought he was mentally unstable

April 20, 2019
April 20, 2019

Ninth grader tries to take her own life after ‘rape’

A ninth-grader attempted to die by suicide allegedly after being raped several times and publicly beaten up by the rapist in Mymensingh’s Gafargaon on Thursday.

December 22, 2015
December 22, 2015

Gafargaon municipal polls stayed for 3 months

The High Court stays the process for holding elections to the Gafargaon municipality in Mymensingh for three months due to anomalies in area demarcation.

July 25, 2015
July 25, 2015

3 missing in Mymensingh boat capsize

At least three people including two students go missing after a boat capsized in the Brahmaputra river at Gafargoan upazila of Mymensingh.

May 22, 2015
May 22, 2015

2 killed in Mymensingh over land, 2 arrested

At least two people were killed with several others injured and two arrested in a dispute over owning a piece of land in Pagla upazila of Mymensingh.