Tangail
#Crafts / Borni village: Where bamboo crafts tell the story of skill and heritage
Quality bamboo crafts are usually difficult to come by and finding a destination with an extensive selection of choices can be even more elusive. Hence, if you are in pursuit of such a place, let us recommend a trip to Borni, a village in Tangail.
4 places to visit in Tangail
Located around 100 kilometres north of Dhaka, the Tangail district is a place where not only the hilly forest of Bhawal meets the mighty Jamuna River, but also a melting pot of Bengali and unique cultures like the Garo and the Koch people. Although not particularly known for tourism, the Tangail district features an astonishing blend of picturesque countryside, deep forests, rich cultural heritage, and sites of historical significance.
Nisho's fans create temporary hall in his hometown for 'Shurongo'
Afran Nisho's die hard fans from Tangail have created a temporary cinema hall to watch his silver screen debut "Shurongo" on the big screen.
Who will hold the reins of brick kiln owners?
Toxic smoke from brick kilns is damaging crops and public health
A young agro enthusiast helping farmers in Tangail
When the pandemic hit and in-person classes at universities were suspended, Shakil Ahmed, then a final-year student of agriculture department at Noakhali Science and Technology University, had returned home.
6 get death penalty for killing couple for land property in Tangail
A tribunal in Dhaka today sentenced six people to death for killing a couple -- a retired government primary school teacher and his wife -- in a bid to grab land property in Sadar upazila of Tangail in 2017.
2 bodies recovered in Tangail
Police have recovered the bodies of two motorcyclists beside Dhaka-Tangail highway in Mirzapur upazila of Tangail.
Miscreants shoot postmaster, snatch Tk 50 lakh in Tangail
A group of miscreants snatched Tk 50 lakh from a postmaster after shooting him in the leg at Kalihati upazila of Tangail today.
Family abandons woman with flu-like symptoms in Tangail forest
A woman suspected to be showing symptoms of coronavirus was left behind in a forest in Tangail’s Shakhipur upazila allegedly by her family members yesterday evening.
AL man held with firearm in Tangail
Detectives in a drive arrest a local Awami League leader along with a firearm from his house in Gopalpur upazila of Tangail.
Faruk killing: Arrest order for Tangail AL MP, 9 others
A Tangail court issues arrest warrant against 10 fugitives including an Awami League lawmaker and his three brothers in a case filed for killing Tangail AL leader and freedom fighter Faruk Ahmed.
Six transport leaders sued for cover-up bid
Nine transport workers and leaders have been sued over the “gang-rape” of a female garment worker in a moving bus in Tangail on Friday.
Nature Quest: Neelbanolata: eye-catching blue flower
I went to Madhupur in Tangail to see a garden of medical plants. The garden is located at Telki Bazar in the upazila. A road through the forest leads to this
Mother, son killed as bus hits rickshaw-van in Tangail
A woman and her son are killed and another is injured as a bus hits a rickshaw-van in Madhupur upazila of Tangail.
Road crash: Minister's son among 6 killed on Bangabandhu bridge
Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif’s son is one of the nine victims of the separate road crashes on the Bangabandhu bridge in Tangail and Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga district.
Irresponsibility of cops blamed
“Irresponsible attitude” of cops mainly led to the killing of four of the locals protesting the brutality on a woman and her son at Kalihati upazila in Tangail in September last year, said an enquiry report of police.
3 ‘PBCP outlaws’ killed in ‘gunfight’ with Tangail Rab
Three alleged Purba Bangla Communist Party (PBCP) outlaws killed in what Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) says gunfight in Tangail Sadar upazila.
Torture on woman: SC upholds stay on shifting case to military court
Supreme Court upholds High Court order that stayed a move to transfer a case filed against an army officer allegedly for torturing his wife to a military court from a special tribunal.
4 killed in Tangail road crash
Four people are killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between a human-hauler and a bus on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Mirzapur upazila.