The ICU unit of Gopalganj's 250-bed General Hospital has remained non-operational for the past four years. This hospital is the only medical facility serving the 1.8 million residents of Gopalganj district. It is alleged that the previous Awami League government purchased a large quantity of moder
A banner mocking Argentina star Lionel Messi has triggered a scuffle between Argentina and Brazil fans in Chattogram’s Lohagara, leaving four people with “minor” injuries. The trouble broke out on Monday afternoon near Kalowarpara of the Upazila’s Sadar Union, and was later
CHATTOGRAM, June 8: Intern doctors at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) continued their work stoppage for the second consecutive day on Monday, pressing for the implementation of their six-point charter of demands. The strike began at 8:00am on Monday. As part of their previously announce
SYLHET, June 8: Although the number of buyers and sellers in the city's markets has declined following Eid-ul-Azha, vegetable prices have remained high. Due to limited supply, most vegetables are being sold at elevated prices, similar to last week. However, consumers have received some relief in t
COX'S BAZAR, June 07: A group of miscreants allegedly set fire to a vast stretch of coastal mangrove forest in Maheshkhali, Cox's Bazar, after pouring kerosene on the vegetation, destroying several hundred acres of forest land in the western part of Ghatibhanga under Kutubjom Union. According to
CHATTOGRAM, June 07: Intern doctors at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) in the port city of Chattogram have launched an indefinite work stoppage over a six-point set of demands. The demands include withdrawal of the 19 May directive on FCPS training and issuance of a revised policy, en
A mobile court has sentenced two meat vendors to seven days’ imprisonment and fined them Tk 10,000 each for selling rotten beef in Rampal upazila of Bagerhat. The mobile court, led by Rampal Upazila Assistant Commissioner (Land) Abhijit Chakraborty, conducted a drive at Foila Bazar on Sunday
A 15-day ultimatum has been issued demanding the return of the only crocodile from the historic Dighi of Hazrat Khan Jahan Ali (RA) shrine in Bagerhat. The ultimatum was announced at a press conference held under the banner of “people from all walks of life” at the Bagerhat Press Club
A man was beaten to death allegedly by his rivals over a land dispute in Chutipur Paschimpara village of Manda upazila in Naogaon district on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Hamid, 65, of the village, UNB reports. Khorshed Alam, officer-in-charge of Manda Police Station,
A fault in the transmission line of the Shitalakkhya 132kV Grid Substation has left large parts of Narayanganj city and surrounding areas without electricity, disrupting daily life and causing widespread suffering amid intense heat. The outage began on Sunday morning without any prior notice. Kam
Police have recovered the hanging body of a chef from the residential quarters of a restaurant in Patuakhali. The deceased has been identified as Md Sayem, 20, a resident of Bhandaria in Pirojpur district. On Sunday around 10am, police recovered his body from a staff accommodation room at Poura P
CHANDPUR, June 6: More than 50,000 residents of six villages under Nayergaon Dakhshin Union in Matlab Dakhshin Upazila have been suffering for the last four years due to the poor condition of two roads with a combined length of three kilometres. According to the Local Government Engineering Depart
A man driving a tractor has died after the vehicle overturned and fell into the Padma River in Faridpur’s Charvadrasan Upazila while ploughing a paddy field. The body of the driver was recovered from the banks of the Padma River in Balurghat village of Char Jhaukanda Union around 11am on Fri
