The number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive cases in Sirajganj has risen sharply, prompting the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) to declare the district a “red zone”. According to the HIV centre, 255 positive patients have been identified in the district, 73
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved the filing of a case against Md Naimul Islam Khan, former press secretary to the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, for failing to submit his wealth statement within the stipulated time as required by law. According to an official letter (Me
Thousands of colourful lights illuminated the brilliantly decorated mandaps of Magura town in the evenings for the past couple of days as residents and visitors prepared for the five-day-long observance of Kartiany Puja, starting today (Monday). Locals and visitors from India, Nepal and Sri Lanka
Sapling production has turned out to be a thriving business sector in the agricultural arena of Bogura district, engaging hundreds of small-scale nurseries and generating significant income for local farmers. The local nurseries could recently make a name by producing high-quality chilli saplings,
A fire has ripped through a market in Bandarban’s Thanchi Upazila, burning down at least 13 shops. The fire broke out in the early hours of Sunday in Bolipara Union's Bolibazar, according to Peer Mohammad, chief of the Thanchi Thana Fire Station. "We left for Bolibazar immediately after rec
A violent confrontation and arson have broken out during an eviction drive targeting illegal structures at New Market in Bhola city, leaving 15 municipal sanitation workers injured. During the clash on Saturday afternoon, three of the town council’s garbage and transport vehicles were set on
Three people, including a woman footballer, were injured after some spectators entered the field and attacked during a friendly women’s football match in Maheshpur upazila of Jhenaidah on Friday afternoon. The match was held at Mandartala playground, organized by Mandartala Jubo Sangha. Dha
Saleha Begum, popularly known as “Saleha Pagli,” a beggar from Sirajganj, passed away on Friday night while undergoing treatment at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital in Bogura. Saleha Begum, wife of the late Abdus Salam from Masumpur colony in Sirajganj, had been staying in
Three children drowned while playing near a beel (wetland) in Austagram upazila of Kishoreganj on Friday evening, casting a pall of grief over the area. The incident occurred at Paschim Alinagar village under Deoghar Union. The deceased were identified as Mishkat (5), son of Abul Kalam; Mahin (6)
Two people have been killed and several others injured after a truck ploughed into a bus that had just been involved in a collision with another truck in Faridpur’s Bhanga Upazila. The accident occurred on the Dhaka-Khulna highway near the Tarail bus stand area around 2:45am on Friday, said
A two-year-old boy drowned in a pond in isolated island Monpura upazila of Bhola on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Md Anmad, son of Md Mosleuddin of Sikdarhat village in ward No-8 of Uttar Sakuchia union. According to family members, the child was playing near the house and accide
As locals of Chandpur Sadar, mostly in Puranbazar, have been witnessing a decline in monkey population in the area for the past few years, with weak and sick looking monkeys not as active as they were before, the Forest Department authorities say they are unable to help due to lack of funds. Curre
The monsoon water has receded from most of the low-lying lands, including the Padma chars, in Pabna Sadar and Sujanagar upazilas of the district, unfolding the soil surface and in just two to three weeks, the season of onion farming will begin. For this, farmers in this region has been taking land
