Fifty-four out of total 84 houses allotted to homeless families under the Ashrayan project in Komolganj upazila of Moulvibazar have been under lock and key as the families ownig those have left the site for various reasons. They declined to stay in the houses due to the absence of required tubewel
Beef fattening activities have become vibrant everywhere in Rajshahi area as the villagers look for good profits ahead of the upcoming Eid-Ul-Azha, reports BSS. This type of beef fattening everywhere in the region has been contributing a lot towards improving living and livelihood condit
OUR CORRESPONDENT CHANDPUR, May 31: Thick and large water hyacinths in the Dakatia River have been impeding normal movement of the country boats and mechanided river vessels in Chandpur Sadar and Faridganj upazilas for the last 12 years. Not only that, smooth plying of river vesse
Two cousins drowned in a pond of Hosenur village in Chandpur's Sadar upazila on Friday.The deceased were identified as Nusrat, 8, daughter of Salim Khan and Chan Mia's daughter Mariam Akhter, 10, of the village.Both were students at Hossainpur Government Primary School.Md Billal Hossain Master, cha
Three people were killed and six others injured when a truck rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Lalmonirhat-Burimari highway in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat district on Friday night. The deceased were identified as Rafiqul Islam, 36, son of Abdul Gafur, Mizanur Rahman, 32, son of Atiqul Isl
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) said on Thursday they have seized 14 gold bars weighing around 1.630kg from Pachvulot border of Jashore's Sharsha upazila, reports UNB. Lieutenant Colonel Tanveer Ahmed, commander of the BGB-21 battalion, said tipped-off that a consignment of gold was
Although upgraded to a 50-bed hospital from a 31-bed facility in 2018, the Barlekha Upazila Health Complex in Moulvibazar district is still operating with its previous staff. Locals allege that the authorities have not allocated the necessary manpower. As a result, patients are forced to seek serv
More than 200,000 residents of salinity-hit Khulna's Dacope upazila have been grappling with a severe shortage of safe drinking water since the onset of the dry season. Long queues have become a common sight at shops selling purified open water, while some people are resorting to collecting water
Two people were killed and four others injured when a microbus overturned after being hit by a truck on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Cumilla's Daudkandi, police said. The accident took place at Shahidnagar in Daudkandi upazila of the highway at 8:30am on Sunday, reports UNB. The deceased were
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion have arrested a man with 1.26 kg of heroin in Chapainawabganj, reports UNB. The arrestee Ziakur, 50, of Shibganj upazila of the district was arrested from Langra Mor area of Charbagdanga union of Sadar upazila of the district on Thursday night, said a pr
A newly-built culvert in Chandpur district suddenly collapsed within 11 days of its construction. Locals said, ''In the afternoon on May 23, the culvert suddenly collapsed making a big sound.'' The culvert is located near Munshibari on Nandikhola-Bokchar Road in Matlab Dakhshin Upazila's Nayergao
BNP vice-chairman Abdullah Al Noman on Wednesday said they will start one-point movement soon to oust the incumbent government. "We (BNP) are yet to observe programmes like shutdown (hartal). We are still working on our 10-point demand movement which will soon be a single-point demand to topple th
A Rangpur court on Tuesday sentenced a Hindu man to 10 years in prison in a case over derogatory remarks about Islam and Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) on Facebook around six years ago, reports UNB. The court of Rangpur Cyber Tribunal Judge Dr Abdul Majid also fined the convict Tk 50,000, said Pub
