The establishment work of a specialised children's hospital, which was formally inaugurated nearly 8 years ago, has not been completed yet despite immense sufferings of child patients in Sylhet region. Sources said the authorities concerned have failed to implement the project after the formal ina
A fisherman died as a trawler carrying him capsised in the Meghna River after it crashed into two anchored barges early on Friday, river police said. The deceased Harun Majhi (55) was a resident of ward No-6 under Kachia union of Sadar upazila in Bhola, as per UNB reports. Locals said Harun and h
An 18-year-old boy was stabbed to death and another injured in an attack allegedly by a juvenile gang in Akmal Ali Pocket Gate area under Patenga police station in the port city of Chattogram on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Md Mehedi Hasan hailed from Gorinda Bazar in Bhola&rsquo
Train service between Dhaka and the northern regions of Bangladesh was halted on Thursday morning, following the derailment of two bogies of the Burimari Express at Muladuli Railway Station in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna. The derailment occurred as the train passed through the Muladuli station area.
A sudden rise in holding tax has triggered outcry among owners of houses in different wards under the Sylhet City Corporation (SCC). The SCC authorities set a makeshift camp in front of Nagar Bhaban to help the city-dwellers pay taxes and provide required information. Almost all the house owners
Boro paddy harvesting is being hampered halfway through in Magura, Rangpur, Khulna and Gaibandha districts on account of unavailability of farm labourers amid the prevailing hot weather. Our Magura Correspondent reports: An acute shortage of farm labourers and high wages are hampering Boro harvest
At least 72 people went missing after 16 salt-carrying trawlers capsized during a nor’wester that swept Chattogram’s Anwara and Banshkhali coasts of the Bay of Bengal on Wednesday. They went missing amid inclement weather in different coastal areas of the Bay of Bengal from morning to
The driver and a passenger of a CNG-run autorickshaw were killed and two others sustained injuries as it collided with a pickup truck in Sirajganj’s Ullapara upazila on Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as Abdul Gafur, 55, autorickshaw driver of Charia Shika Mathpara village of
A Union Parishad (UP) chairman was arrested with Tk 94,000 allegedly for buying votes for a chairman candidate in Belkuchi upazila of Sirajganj during the first phase of the 6th Upazila Parishad Polls held at 139 upazilas in the country Wednesday. Arrestee Jahurul Islam is a supporter of chairman
A damaged rail line in Natore’s Bagatipara Upazila has been temporarily repaired by stuffing the gap with jute sacks. Trains are passing the area at a slow speed. Locals noticed a four-inch break in the rail line in the Lokmanpur area of Bagatipara on the route from Abdulpur Station to Rajsh
Three-day colourful programs have begun to mark the 163rd birthday of Nobel laureate Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore at his ancestral village in Rupsa Upazila under Khulna district. Khulna Divisional Commissioner Md Helal Mahmud Sharif inaugurated the programmes on Wednesday morning at Pithabhog
Voting in the first phase of the 6th Upazila Parishad Election is underway in Kachua and Rampal upazilas of Bagerhat. The voting began at 8:00 am and will continue till 4:00 pm without any break, as per UNB reports. At the polling centres of the two upazilas, voters, especially women, were seen s
Mango farmers in Satkhria will start harvesting mangoes of this season with Bombay and Golap Khas variety from Thursday. As per the ‘Mango Calendar’ introduced by local administration, farmers in the district will harvest Gobindobhog mangoes from Saturday, Himsagar mangoes from May 22,
