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Human-animal conflict: Nilgai dies in Thakurgaon after being chased by locals

A Nilgai, the largest antelope in Asia, died after locals...
Oxygen at Home: Bagerhat launches delivery service

The district administration of Bagerhat yesterday launched a...
Erosion hits Sirajganj town protection levee

Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) has started urgent repair...

Covid-19 Fallout: Jhenidah mango growers feel the pinch

Loss in sales amid the pandemic situation has put hundreds of mango...
Peanut farmers lose harvest to Madhumati

Peanut plants on at least 200 acres in five village of Alfadanga...
Tree theft thwarted in Kulaura forest

Kulaura upazila administration in a raid yesterday thwarted an act...

Widow with a heart of gold

During the time of pandemic, when many are struggling to maintain a...
Another bridge collapses in Barguna’s Amtali

Just two days after this paper ran a report on seven extremely...
Panic grips riverside villages

Erosion hits hard the riverside villages in Mirzapur upazila in...

No ICU in hospitals of Habiganj

Covid-19 patients suffer immensely as there is no intensive care...
Unlocking the potential of youth

Youth are a significant part of the total population in Bangladesh....
Barguna’s healthcare crisis

Barguna finds itself in a unique position regarding its healthcare...

Haribhanga Mango of Rangpur: Framers eye good production this year

The growers of Haribhanga mango variety in Rangpur are expecting a...
Plight of the haor people

The struggles of the people living in the haor areas of the country...
UP chairman marries, divorces underage girl

A teenage boy attempted to take his own life on Friday when a 60...

Another bridge collapses in Barguna’s Amtali

Just two days after this paper ran a report on seven extremely...
Panic grips riverside villages

Erosion hits hard the riverside villages in Mirzapur upazila in...
Schoolboy swept away by waves at Cox’s Bazar beach

A school student was swept away by waves yesterday morning after he...
60-yr-old UP chairman marrying teenager: HC orders three separate inquiries

The High Court today ordered authorities to conduct three separate...
People suffer as bridge collapses in Gopalpur

A footbridge on Bairan river at Gopalpur municipality in Tangail...

Unlocking the potential of youth

Youth are a significant part of the total population in Bangladesh....
Barguna’s healthcare crisis

Barguna finds itself in a unique position regarding its healthcare...
Fire at Faridpur jute mills damages goods worth Tk 4 crore

A massive fire broke out at a jute mill beside Dhaka-Khulna highway...
Bridge modern, road primitive

The bridge on Mohim Khal, a canal in Kalmakanda upazila of...
Caught in the cycle

“Without his income, we are powerless,” says Nasima Begum, 30, a...

Plight of the haor people

The struggles of the people living in the haor areas of the country...
UP chairman marries, divorces underage girl

A teenage boy attempted to take his own life on Friday when a 60...
5 fertiliser dealers jailed for black marketeering

A Bogura court on Saturday sent five fertiliser dealers of...
Trees chopped down without forest dept approval

Eleven trees have been cut down inside the Ajmeriganj Upazila...
Police launch ‘Mask Up’ campaign in Pabna

While the government is preparing to shut the country down for at...

BCMCL miners living like prisoners

Since the coronavirus pandemic hit the country in March last year,...
Two held for killing 2 dolphins in Brahmaputra

Two people were detained and fined Tk 5,000 each by a mobile court...
Father kills teenage son in Barguna

A 14-year-old boy died yesterday when his father hacked him with a...

They deliver hope on bike

Time and again, the youths rose to the occasion when the country...
Gaibandha char people’s wait for electricity prolonged by ravaging Brahmaputra

The long wait of the char people for electricity in Gaibandha’s...
Seven deadly bridges in four unions

As many as seven concrete bridges built on iron infrastructure have...

Stalemate continues over firing of tea worker

For the third consecutive day, the workers of Luhaiuni Tea Garden,...
Polls violence claims Sramik League leader’s life

A leader of Sramik League died on Tuesday night from stab injuries...
Camellia open sky school

‘Camellia Khola Akash School’ (Camellia Open Sky School), an...

Caught in the cycle

“Without his income, we are powerless,” says Nasima Begum, 30, a resident of the Kholpatua village in Pirojpur, when speaking about her husband,
Two held for killing 2 dolphins in Brahmaputra

Two people were detained and fined Tk 5,000 each by a mobile court for capturing two Ganges river dolphins in the Brahmaputra river in Chilmari upazila of Kurigram.
Stalemate continues over firing of tea worker

For the third consecutive day, the workers of Luhaiuni Tea Garden, in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar, staged demonstrations on Thursday, to press home their 11-point demands that include job reinstatement of a fellow worker.
They deliver hope on bike

Time and again, the youths rose to the occasion when the country needed them the most. This time around, when the Coronavirus pandemic has been sweeping through the bordering districts, eight youths from Chulkathi area of Bagerhat Sadar upazila have come to the rescue of affected locals.
BCMCL miners living like prisoners

Since the coronavirus pandemic hit the country in March last year, the officials, staffers and miners of Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited (BCMCL) have been virtually leading a confined life inside company premises to prevent the spread of the highly transmissible contagious viral infection in the mining complex.
Gaibandha char people’s wait for electricity prolonged by ravaging Brahmaputra

The long wait of the char people for electricity in Gaibandha’s four upazilas has just prolonged as many electric poles set up by the district palli bidyut samity (rural electrification board) have been engulfed by furious Brahmaputra. The river erosion has taken a serious turn in the district since last month.
Polls violence claims Sramik League leader’s life

A leader of Sramik League died on Tuesday night from stab injuries he had sustained during violence over Madaberchar Union Parishad election, held on June 21, in Shibchar upazila of Madaripur.
Father kills teenage son in Barguna

A 14-year-old boy died yesterday when his father hacked him with a sharp weapon.
Seven deadly bridges in four unions

As many as seven concrete bridges built on iron infrastructure have become the cause of great distress for about 50 thousand people in four unions of Amtali upazila under Barguna.
Rakhine students get bicycles, other gifts from PM

As many as 30 school children from Rakhine community in Kalapara upazila received bicycles from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Joypurhat cops provide free oxygen for the needy

With Covid-19 infections surging in bordering districts in the country, Joypurhat police have launched an ‘Oxygen Bank’ to stand by Covid patients facing financial difficulties.
Camellia open sky school

‘Camellia Khola Akash School’ (Camellia Open Sky School), an innovative initiative of the Bangladesh Tea Board (BTB), is eying to create expert tea farmers, develop the skills of small-scale tea farmers and flourish tea cultivation in five northern districts including Panchagarh, Thakurgaon, Nilphamary, Lalmonirhat and Dinajpur.
Lighter vessel capsizes at Karnaphuli river

A lighter vessel capsized at Karnaphuli river this evening after it collided with an oil tanker.
Thousands in Pirojpur without protection of embankment for years

Thousands living alongside the Kacha, Baleshwar, Sandhya and Kaliganga rivers in Pirojpur experience flooding especially during the monsoon every year.
Broken bridge woe for villagers

People in Alisarkul area of Srimangal upazila in the district are suffering a lot as a bridge on a canal on the local road has been lying broken for the over eight years.
2 rape accused still at large

Police are yet to arrest two youths accused in an alleged rape attempt case in Katiadi upazila of Kishoreganj district, five days into the incident.
2,781 homeless families get houses in Patuakhali

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday handed over 2,781 houses to landless and homeless families in Patuakhali district as part of her government’s campaign to bring all such destitute families under a housing scheme.
Crane overturns in Pabna: Dhaka’s rail link with northern, southern districts snapped

Rail communication of northern and southern districts with Dhaka has been suspended for nearly five hours now after a railway crane overturned in Bhangura upazila of Pabna.
Barapukuria coal mine expanding northward

About Tk 300 crore is going to be spent on acquisition of at least 300 acres of land, mostly arable, to facilitate northward expansion of the Barapukuria coal mine in Parbatipur upazila.
Roundabout on Sylhet-Dhaka highway turns risky

The roundabout at Muktijoddha Chattar on Sylhet-Dhaka highway in Sherpur Bazar of Moulvibazar Sadar upazila has turned hazardous to unsuspecting moving traffic.
Patuakhali teacher finds success in commercial cultivation of tween fruit

A madrasa teacher has seen the face of success by commercially cultivating tween fruit, commonly known as fig, in Patuakhali during the Covid-19 pandemic situation.
2 killed, 10 injured as two buses collide head-on in Chattogram

Two people were killed and 10 passengers injured when a BRTC bus collided head on with another bus in Chattogram this afternoon.
Rape accused charge-sheeted in 24 hrs

Police arrested a man and submitted charge sheet against him within 48 hours of filing of a case in connection with attempted rape of a woman in Itna upazila of Kishoreganj.
World’s most expensive mango Miyazaki in Bangladesh

I have been roaming around the villages of Bangladesh since the early 80s to cover news of prospects, fortune and miseries of farmers and the farming sector, which you have seen on Bangladesh Television’s Mati O Manush (Soil & People) programme.
'Man tortured by neighbours on suspicion of burglary in Bogura'

A man was tortured after he was picked up by five of his neighbours on suspicion of burglary at Ohor Malancha village under Kahalu upazila in Bogura, the victim's father said.
BIWTA drive at Shitalakkhya river: More than 50 illegal establishments evicted

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has evicted more than 50 illegal establishments including dockyard, buildings, and mud-houses on the bank of Shitalakkhya river in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj today.
Man sued for raping 2 schoolgirls

Two cases were filed on Tuesday with Rajbari Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal against a man for raping two teenage school girls.
Faridpur BSMMCH cancer unit not ready in 10 years

Without allocation of necessary work force and a full set of equipment, the cancer unit at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College Hospital (BSMMCH) in Faridpur remains useless for cancer patients in the region.
Once turbulent Dhaleswari now cropland

The dried-up bed of once turbulent Dhaleswari river at different places in Tangail is being used for cultivation. Local farmers are using the river beds for cultivating different crops including paddy and vegetables.
AL MP wears placard to parliament demanding embankment for his constituency

Ruling Awami League MP SM Shahjada today resorted to a new technique in the parliament to realise his demand for an embankment in his constituency.