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.
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.
‘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.
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.
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.
A road never paved
Barely five kilometres away from Patuakhali district town, an earthen road lies neglected for decades.
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.
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.
Sudden Teesta erosion makes many homeless
Erosion by the Teesta river has taken serious turns at many points in different upazilas of Lalmonirhat and Kurigram districts, eroding homesteads, croplands and turning many people homeless in the two districts.
3-wheeler stand causing commuter sufferings
The illegal auto-rickshaw stand near the Bangladesh-China Friendship Bridge (Shmabhuganj Bridge) in Mymensingh city has been causing serious traffic jam in the area for nearly two decades.
Rain ravages huge Aman seedbeds
Incessant rain for over a month has wreaked havoc on Aman seedbeds and flooded vast croplands in Patuakhali and Barguna, badly affecting crop cultivation.
Battery-run vehicles flood Habiganj town
A significant rise in number of battery-run auto-rickshaws has paved way to serious traffic congestion at Mantola Bazar Intersection in Habiganj’s Madhabpur upazila.
Cancer, Cardiac Hospital in Barishal: 3 years on, only 45pc work completed so far
The Public Works Department initiated a project in 2021 to build a specialised hospital in Barishal for cancer, cardiac, and kidney patients.
Bagerhat Town: Rain exposes poor drainage system
The recent rainfall has once again exposed Bagerhat municipality’s woefully inadequate drainage system and the sufferings it can cause to town dwellers.
River erosion: Malda devours homesteads, croplands
Sudden erosion by the Malda river has taken a severe turn at bordering Malgara village in Kaliganj upazila, engulfing portion of an important road, croplands and several homesteads.
Wastes being dumped near reserve forest
For the past several years, local residents have been dumping household wastes in the open on Olipur-Shahjibazar road in Brahmandura union under Shayestaganj upazila of Habiganj.
Saiful’s daughter still waits for his return
For the last couple of days, two year-old Sayma Akter holds a mango in her hand, hoping her father will return home so that they can share their favourite fruit together.
We miss him every day
Hasina Begum has become numb since her eldest son, Ahsan Habib, 25, died after being shot in the neck during a clash centring the quota reform protest on July 18.