CHANDPUR, Oct 12: The half a kilometre road from Boro Railway Station area to Chandpur BIWTA terminal ghat has long been in a dilapidated condition and causing immense sufferings to thousands of passengers and drivers who have to use the road round the clock. The road, which has numerous potholes,
A man in Lakshmipur’s Raipur Upazila has reclaimed possession of nearly 1.4 hectares of land after a legal battle that lasted more than four decades. On Monday, a court delegation handed over the disputed land to Bahar Patwary and his family with traditional drumming, in line with court inst
COX'S BAZAR, Oct 12: A large hill has been created from heaps of garbage on the Bankkhali riverbank, dumped by the Cox's Bazar municipality authorities, creating environmental hazards. As garbage is dumped directly near the waterbody instead of being disposed of properly, it clearly manifests inad
Six people have died and another remains in critical condition after reportedly consuming toxic liquor in the Dingedah area of Chuadanga Sadar Upazila between Thursday and Sunday. The deceased were identified as Kheder Ali, 40, a van driver from Nafarkanti village; Mohammad Selim, 40, a fish trade
Three children tragically drowned while bathing in a pond in Chapatala village of Mohammadpur upazila, Magura on Saturday afternoon. Abdur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Mohammadpur Police Station, confirmed that the the victims were Tarin, 8, daughter of Anarul Mia; Cynthia, 9, daughter of Sajjad M
At least 30 people were injured as two groups of villagers clashed over a football match in Ashuganj Upazila of Brahmanbaria on Friday. Several houses were also vandalised during the violence. The incident took place in the Durgapur Bazar area of Durgapur union around Friday morning. According t
Seven passengers of a battery-run rickshaw have suffered burns in a gas balloon explosion in Rajshahi’s Godagari Upazila, with five of them in critical condition. The explosion occurred around 11:30am on Friday in the Kalipur area, said Godagari Police chief Moazzem Hossain. Five of the inj
An organisation called the “Parbatya Nagorik Parishad” (Hill Tracts Citizens’ Council) has called a dawn-to-dusk hartal (general strike) in Bandarban Upazila on Oct 13 to push for an eight-point list of demands, including the scrapping of the Chittagong Hill-tracts Regulation la
BENAPOLE, Oct 08: Snails and clams are being collected indiscriminately from canals, wetlands, and waterbodies across Narail district, ignoring restrictions imposed by the Department of Environment (DoE). The snails and clams gathered are being supplied to shrimp enclosures in Narail and other dis
Three people, including two motorcyclists and a pedestrian, were killed in separate road accidents in Chattogram on Wednesday night. Police said the accidents occurred in the Halishahar area of the Faujdarhat–Port Link Road and near Akmal Ali Point in the city’s port area. The decease
Leaders and activists of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh blocked the Chattogram–Khagrachhari and Chattogram–Rangamati highways on Wednesday, demanding justice over the death of one of their leaders in a road accident, halting traffic on both routes. Police said Maulana Sohel Chowdhury, an e
Two siblings drowned in a pond in Kalia upazila of Narail district on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Taslima Khatun, 15, a 10th-grade student of Bardiya Girls’ Secondary School, and her brother Kawsar Sheikh, 8, a 2nd-grade student of Shibanandapur Government Primary Scho
LALMONIRHAT, Oct 07: Flood situation in Lalmonirhat's five upazilas has significantly improved in the last 24 hours to Tuesday as water receded in the Teesta and Dharla river basin areas and also due to no rainfall, or onrush of upstream waters in the greater Rangpur region. Sources at the Teesta
