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
More than 500 poor families, including many from the indigenous Garo community, have been hit by an acute crisis of drinking water in 15 villages under Mymensingh’s Dhobaura upazila.
At the heart of Mymensingh city, surrounded by greenery, stands a two-storied tin-shed “castle” with a banyan tree in front of it.
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.
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.
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.
The local administration in Mymensingh has locked down the district until further notice in a bid to contain spread of the coronavirus.
Three persons are killed and five others injured in a clash over a trivial matter in Ishwarganj upazila of Mymensingh.
Two housewives and a third grader were allegedly raped in Patuakhali, Mymensingh and Panchagarh on Wednesday.
As the light breeze blows, the leaves of the old banyan tree on the Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University campus in Trishal of Mymensingh sway back and forth, as if it is dancing to the tune of music.
Wearing hand-cuffs and shackles, a life-term convict flees away from police custody by jumping off a Mymensingh-bound moving train in Trishal area.
A High Court bench refuses to stay the trail proceedings of a case filed for killing a student of Mymensingh Girls' Cadet College in 2005.
State Minister for Social Welfare Promod Mankin dies of cancer while undergoing treatment at a hospital in India. He was 77.
Ten-year-old Kakoli Akhtar was stunned and absolutely silent after she was told that her entire family had been wiped out in a road crash in Mymensingh yesterday.
Eight people are killed as a bus hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Mymensingh Sadar upazila.
Former state minister and Awami League lawmaker Dr Capt (retd) Mujibur Rahman Fakir of Mymensingh constituency-3 has passed away at the age of 68.
Three Garo men, who were picked up from Sherpur and Mymensingh more than two weeks ago, are still missing.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) arrests 13 persons from different parts of the country for misappropriating over Tk 9.5 crore and grabbing lands.
Detectives claim of arresting four militants of banned militant group JMB from Mymensingh Sadar upazila.
