Thousands of families in ten villages of Jessore's Keshabpur Upazila have to travel extra kilometres to reach their destinations in the Keshabpur and Monirampur upazilas as floods left part of a bypass road submerged and approach roads of a bridge on the route damaged. Vehicular movement completel
A 54-year-old deaf woman was crushed under the wheels of a train at the Burimari rail route in Hatibandha upazila of Lalmonirhat district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Janiron Begum, wife of Osman Goni of Singimari union, UNB reports. Quoting witnesses, Mahmudur Nabi, officer-in-cha
A fisherman has died after allegedly being beaten by fellow fishermen during a dispute over net casting in Sirajganj. The incident took place early on Friday in the Gohala River, said Shahjadpur Police chief Md Aslam Ali. The dead has been identified as Bimal alias Tetul Hawlader, 60. One of his
A woman struggling in poverty has reportedly strangled her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter to death using a rope before dying by suicide in Kushtia’s Daulatpur. The incident is said to have happened around 7pm on Thursday in Insafnagar village in Ramkrishnapur Union. Police and locals say
At least 15 people, including a woman, were injured in a clash between supporters of the BNP and Gono Odhikar Parishad in Galachipa upazila of Patuakhali district on Thursday night. The incident occurred around 9:00 pm at Dakshin Kupalbera intersection in Charshiba village under Charkazal union, a
Fifteen shops have been destroyed in a fire in Lakshmipur’s Ramgati Upazila. The blaze broke out in a market in the Alexander Bazar area early on Friday morning, according to Khokon Majudar, station officer of the Ramgati Fire Service. Locals said the fire originated from an electrical shor
Tea production in Sylhet region is apprehended to suffer a massive shortfall this year due to drought-induced foul weather and high prices of fertilisers. Industry insiders anticipate the fall in tea yield while there's no chance to achieve the year's target as the main season of production has al
Three months have already elapsed since bacterial disease anthrax was transmitted to humans from infected livestock in Rangpur, but most of the farm and domestic animals in the district are yet to be vaccinated, giving rise to a grave concern among the commoners as well as the ranchers in the distr
A BNP leader was found dead under a bridge in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Yunus Shikdar, convener of Arafat Rahman Koko Krira Sangsad Teknaf upazila unit and a member of No One ward of Sabrang union. Himel Roy, office-in-charge of Tekn
Police have recovered the body of an autorickshaw driver with the throat slit in Bogura’s Shajahanpur Upazila. The body was recovered from the edge of a mulberry garden adjacent to the first bypass highway in the Fuldighi area of the Upazila around 6:30 am on Wednesday, said Shajahanpur Poli
A man has allegedly been killed with sharp weapons in an attack by his cousins over a land feud in Chattogram. he victim, 65-year-old Zakir Hossain, was a resident of Banshkhali Upazila’s Puro Ilsha village. He was injured in the attack on Tuesday morning and died while undergoing treatment
At least 23 shops have been damaged by a fire at the Mohalchari market in Khagrachhari. Local Fire Service Deputy Director Zaker Hossain said the blaze, which erupted around 12:30 am on Tuesday night, was brought under control after five hours of effort. However, there were no reports of casualti
The Manikganj District Public Library is grappling with numerous challenges, including infrastructure decay, manpower shortage, and a poor location; all of which are seriously hampering its operation. Despite housing more than 38,000 books, the library continues to suffer from a serious lack of re
