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
A tourist has died allegedly due to excessive alcohol consumption at a hotel in Cox’s Bazar’s Kolatoli area, leading police to detain five people for questioning. The incident occurred on Wednesday morning in room 407 of the “Hypherion White Palace” hotel located in the cit
Police on Wednesday recovered the dismembered body of a college student from railway tracks in Sylhet’s South Surma upazila. The deceased was identified as Motiur Rahman, 21, son of late Kutu Mia from Pani Chora village in Jaintiapur upazila and a second-year honours student at MC College. H
A dilapidated bridge over the Ichamati River at Kusta Purbo Para in Ghior upazila of the district has become a daily nightmare for thousands of people. Built in 2002 at a cost of around Tk1.8 million by the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), the bridge lost one of its approaches to th
A fire incident was reported from a gas pipe leakage at Panchabati in Fatullah of Narayanganj on Tuesday afternoon. Sources said the fire was reported around 3:30 pm near the Panchabati municipal market. Videos circulated on social media over the incident showed concerned authorities were trying t
Khulna's Dakop was once a poverty-stricken and disaster-prone coastal region of South-West Bangladesh, but thanks to the now prevalent climate tolerant farming practices, it has become an example of a silent revolution featuring a notable participation of women farmers. Frequent cyclones, tidal su
