Mymensingh

A ‘castle’ in ruins

At the heart of Mymensingh city, surrounded by greenery, stands a two-storied tin-shed “castle” with a banyan tree in front of it.

A fight for survival: Jatra artistes in dire financial crisis due to elections

The artistes have told The Daily Star that they wait for winter season for contracts, but this year, the scenario is totally different due to impact of general election and its ongoing movements. Now, people have been engaged in election campaign, bypassing cultural activities.

Who have highest/lowest bank deposits in Bangladesh?

Dhaka division’s 4.19 crore people in 13 districts have stored in banks a total of Tk 9.79 lakh crore, around 85 per cent of which, or Tk 8.32 lakh crore, belong to the people living inside Dhaka district alone.

BOOK REVIEW: NONFICTION / Songs of our soil: In praise of Mymensingh’s Bangla folk ballads

Folk-ballads are living archives that represent the imagination, values, ideas, and aesthetics of the people to whom they belong. Folk-ballads are living archives that represent the imagination, values, ideas, and aesthetics of the people to whom they belong.

Mymensingh locked down

The local administration in Mymensingh has locked down the district until further notice in a bid to contain spread of the coronavirus.

3 killed in Mymensingh clash

Three persons are killed and five others injured in a clash over a trivial matter in Ishwarganj upazila of Mymensingh.

2 housewives, 10-year-old girl raped

Two housewives and a third grader were allegedly raped in Patuakhali, Mymensingh and Panchagarh on Wednesday.

Seven killed in road crashes

Seven people, including a three-year old, were killed in road crashes in Mymensingh, Dinajpur and Chattogram yesterday.

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.

May 9, 2018
May 9, 2018

Ward councilor stabbed dead in Mymensingh

A ward councilor of Mymensingh’s Phulpur municipality is stabbed to death by unidentified criminals.

October 30, 2017
October 30, 2017

Former MP's gunman killed 'while cleaning his own gun'

Gunman Asgar Khan of a former lawmaker who was bullet-hit while cleaning his shotgun on Saturday died at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital early yesterday.

September 29, 2017
September 29, 2017

Prime accused in Mymensingh teenager murder held

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has arrested Akkas Ali alias Akka, who is the prime accused in a case filed for killing a teenage boy in Mymensingh on September 25.

September 28, 2017
September 28, 2017

Youth hacked to death in Mymensingh

A youth was hacked to death allegedly by his rival in Dholadia area in the town yesterday afternoon.

September 27, 2017
September 27, 2017

SAVAGERY in cold blood

Tied to a concrete pole and surrounded by a group of villagers, Sagor Mia looked totally hapless and exhausted. But every time he

September 26, 2017
September 26, 2017

Kalshindur's U-15 footballer dies of fever

Sabina Yasmin, a ninth grader of Kalshindur Govt Girls' High School and a footballer under consideration for the national women's under-15 team, dies of fever in Dhobaura in the early hours of Tuesday.

September 26, 2017
September 26, 2017

Kalshindur's U-15 footballer dies of fever

Sabina Yasmin, a ninth grader of Kalshindur Govt Girls' High School and a footballer under consideration for the national women's under-15 team, dies of fever in Dhobaura in the early hours of Tuesday.

September 26, 2017
September 26, 2017

Kalshindur's U-15 footballer dies of fever

Sabina Yasmin, a ninth grader of Kalshindur Govt Girls' High School and a footballer under consideration for the national women's under-15 team, dies of fever in Dhobaura today.

September 15, 2017
September 15, 2017

Met office predicts moderate rainfall

Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places across Bangladesh, says Met office.

September 11, 2017
September 11, 2017

‘Robber’ killed in ‘gunfight’, another dies by mob in Mymensingh

An alleged robber has been killed in a reported gunfight with law enforcers while his associate dies by mob in Trishal upazila of Mymensingh.