Due to lack of patronisation and massive use of plastic items in kitchens both at households and restaurants, the presence of traditional bamboo-made handicrafts is declining fast. A few years ago, bamboo-made handicrafts were used in the crop fields, houses and restaurant kitchens. People includ
The Election Commission has decided to organise the elections of five city corporations in three phases ahead of the upcoming parliamentary polls. Accordingly, voting in Gazipur, Rajshahi, Barishal, Sylhet and Khulna will likely take place between May and June, before the Eid-ul-Azha holiday
COX'S BAZAR, Mar 14: The price of salt produced on the coast of Cox's Bazar has registered a drastic fall with the millers slashing it to Tk 250 from Tk 500 per maund. It is learnt, salt import was halted last year due to a hike in import duty. Consequently, a 'syndicate' raised the price of the
At least four people died as a microbus turned over and caught fire in Trishal Upazila of Mymensingh. The accident that occurred at 2:00 am on Monday at Rangamati on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway left another five passengers injured, according to police. Police are yet to identify the dead. One of
A 13-year-old boy was tortured inhumanly after his father allegedly failed to repay debt in Gurudaspur upazila of Natore district. The incident happened on Friday at Chalnali village. The boy, son of Kabil Hossain, of Gangarampur village is now undergoing treatment at Gurudaspur Upazila Health Com
The people of Mymensigh are eagerly waiting to welcome Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as she is scheduled to visit the city on Saturday. The metropolis has already become colourful and decorative with scores of banners, posters, placards, festoons and paintings on the roadside walls, reports BSS. P
At least three people have died in a collision between a cargo train and a passenger vehicle on Airport Road in Chattogram. The victims of the accident near Meghna Oil under EPZ Police Station area on Monday night are pointsman Azizul Haque, 30, and passengers Asaduzzaman, 30, and Miton Kanti Dey,
Transport owners and workers of Sylhet called a strike on Sylhet-Jakiganj route for an indefinite period from Thursday morning, protesting the 'disorderly' movement of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) buses on the route. The transport leaders came up with the announcement on Sunday nig
Three college students have died in a motorcycle accident in Sirajganj’s Tarash Upazila. The accident occurred at 6:30 am on Monday near a petrol pump in Mannannagar on the Hatikumrul-Banpara Highway, said Badrul Alam, chief of Hatikumrul Highway Police Station. The dead were identified as
A massive fire at Balukhali Rohingya camp No-11 in Palongkhali union of Ukhia upazila has gutted over 50 houses on Sunday afternoon, said officials. Cox's Bazar Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Mohammad Mizanur Rahman said the fire originated in a house of the camp around 3 pm and soon
Three people were killed and at least 77 hurt in separate road crashes in the Debiganj and Boda upazilas of Panchagarh, police said. The deceased were identified as Tamij Uddin, 60, Hasibul Islam, 32, and Swapan Ali, 25, of Tentulia. Fifteen of the 77 injured are still not out of the woods and we
Three people have died after consuming “poisonous spirits” in Kaliganj Upazila in Jhenaidah, according to the police. They were identified as Jahangir Hossain, 35, son of Harun Ar Rashid Khan from Kaliganj’s Nadipara, Bipul Kumar, 45, son of Anil Kumar, and Razib Hasan, 25, son o
A Chhatra League leader and his activists allegedly attacked a local leader of Awami League at his home in the Mithabo area of Rupganj Upazila in Narayanganj district on Friday afternoon. Tanzin Ahmed Khan Riyaz, acting president of Rupganj Upazila Chhatra League, accompanied by 35-40 followers, a
