CHANDPUR, Dec 01: More than a hundred marginal farmers of Hajiganj Upazila's Badarpur remain in acute poverty as they are unable to utilise 200 acres of their farmland since 2016 due to waterlogging. Water could not be drained from their land as a culvert under a village road was blocked with soil
Three people were killed and seven others injured when a truck crashed into a bus on Dhaka-Bhanga Expressway over Arial Khan Bridge in Shibchar upazila of Madaripur district on Tuesday. One of the deceased was identified as Munir Sheikh, 35, of Najirpur upazila in Pirojpur district. Md Sabuj, ser
COX'S BAZAR, Dec 01: After a nine-month closure, movement of vessels transporting tourists resumed on the Cox's Bazar-Saint Martin's route on Monday (December 1). Cruise ships MV Bar Aulia, MV Karnaphuli and Keary Sindabad set off for Saint Martin's Island from the Nuniarachara BIWTA jetty in Cox'
A fire has swept through a slum in Chattogram’s Bayezid Bostami area, destroying around 50 houses. The blaze broke out around 9:50 am on Monday near the railway line behind a factory operated by industrial group KDS. The area is home to factory workers and various other low-income families,
After a nine-month closure, the Cox's Bazar-St. Martin's route has resumed its tourist traffic from December 1. On the first day of the season, Monday, MV Bar Aulia, MV Karnaphuli and Keary Sindabad set off for St Martin's from the Nuniarachara BIWTA jetty at 7 am. Additional passenger con
The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) is set to establish the country's 54th river port in Bogura very soon, aiming to expand transportation of goods, mostly agricultural produces, between northern Bangladesh and Dhaka through river ways. To this goal, a feasibility study has alr
Three people have been killed and five others injured in a clash stemming from a land feud in Kurigram’s Nageswari. The two sides clashed over 16 decimals of land in Chilakhana village in Sontaspur Union around 7am on Sunday, said Rezaul Karim Reza, chief of Nageswari Police Station. The de
Jute farmers in Gopalganj's Muksudpur and Kashiani upazilas will get half a billion taka this year by selling jute sticks. The Department of Agricultural Extension, (DAE), Gopalganj, targeted 68,960 tonnes of jute stick production from the jute cultivated on 17,240 hectares in two upazilas this ye
Sonadia Island, a natural reserve island in Maheshkhali upazila, 15 kilometres north-west of Cox's Bazar district, is under severe existential threat. In the name of development of tourism, hotels and resorts are being built by cutting down the tamarisk trees in the mangrove forest and destroying
Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin has said the Election Commission will announce the schedule for the next general election in the second week of December. “Hopefully, what we expect is that it will be declared in the second week of December. When the schedule is announced, t
A detainee has been beaten to death inside Jamalpur District Jail. Jail Superintendent Golam Dastagir said the detainee, 25-year-old Pagla Hazrat, was bludgeoned on the head while asleep early on Thursday. He died on Friday morning at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Hazrat had been remanded in j
Two people were killed and two others seriously injured Friday afternoon when a passenger bus collided with a truck carrying bricks on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Daudkandi, Cumilla police said. The accident occurred in the Hugulia area of Daudkandi while a Starline bus traveling toward Chatto
Habibur Rahman, a grower of Begampur village in Jhenaidah's Maheshpur, will make Tk 2 million this year from his Chinese orange cultivation on five bighas, after an investment of only half a million. Inspired by YouTube videos, he started growing the citrus fruit four years ago. Now, rows of orang
