Balijuri school centenary celebrations today

Balijuri FM High School, a famous non-government educational institution in Jamalpur's Madarganj upazila, is going to
24 December 2016

Bridge lying broken for 10 years!

A broken bridge on a Jhalakathi canal in Sadar upazila has been lying unrepaired for about ten years, much to the
24 December 2016

A Paean to Aleppo

The heart-breaking visuals and devastating destruction that has befallen the citizens of Aleppo, its infrastructure and
23 December 2016

Facebook provides users’ info to govt again

Social networking website Facebook for the second time in the year has provided users’ information to the Bangladesh authorities.
23 December 2016

Non-MPO teachers threaten movement

Non-MPO (monthly payment order) teachers threatened to go for a non-stop movement from January 8 if their demand to take them
22 December 2016

Poverty drives kids to bidi factory in Lalmonirhat

Sumi Akhter, 10, read up to Class II, but she could not continue going to school as her parents put her to work in a bidi factory at
22 December 2016

Transport strike begins in Gaibandha

District Motor Malik-Sramik Oiakay Parishad called an indefinite strike yesterday protesting the attack on the secretary of the district Bus-Truck-Tank Lorry Owners' Association (BTTLOA) and vandalising a ticket counter.
21 December 2016

Battery-run illegal vehicles reign in Bogra town

Hundreds of unauthorised battery-run auto-rickshaws and rickshaws have flooded Bogra town, causing huge tailbacks and accidents, to the suffering of the commuters.
21 December 2016

Trawler service for critical patients

Local administration has introduced a 24-hour water transport service for critical patients who have to face many hurdles to cross the Sugandha river to reach Babuganj Upazila Health Complex in Barisal.
21 December 2016

Indian visa centre kicks off in Jessore

The newly set up Indian visa processing centre started receiving visa applications from visa seekers in Jessore yesterday.
20 December 2016

Khagrachhari journos seek security of life

Thirty-five journalists of the hill district yesterday sought security of their lives alleging that the mayor of Khagrachhari and his
20 December 2016

Spurious pesticides flood markets

Adulterated pesticides have flooded the markets in the district due to lax monitoring by the Department of Agriculture
20 December 2016

Indonesian foreign minister visits Rohingya camps

Indonesia's Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi visits two refugee camps of Rohingyas in Ukhia of Cox’s Bazar.
20 December 2016

A group trying to destroy apparel sector: Minister

State Minister for Labour and Employment Mujibul Haque Chunnu comes down hard on the agitating apparel workers and says a vested quarter is trying to destroy the sector.
20 December 2016

Santals refuse to shift elsewhere

The evicted ethnic minority Santals of Madarpur and Joypurpara in Gaibandha's Gobindaganj upazila have demanded
19 December 2016

Poor sale of quilt upsets traders

Second-hand warm clothes and cheap rated blankets have a bad impact on the sale of quilts this season, making the
18 December 2016

Meet demands by December 21

Reiterating the demand for implementation of the first phase of land acquisition for divisional activities, sparing
18 December 2016

Evicted hawkers reoccupy rail tracks in Nilphamari

Only three months after eviction, hawkers have again set up scores of makeshift shops of second-hand warm
18 December 2016

Concrete bridge still a dream

A concrete bridge over the river Gidari is now nothing but a dream for the villagers at Chawratari in Aditmari upazila
17 December 2016

Jhalakathi school under threat of river erosion

Mathbari Union High School in the district is under threat of erosion by Bishkhali River as the river has been devouring
17 December 2016