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BCMCL miners living like prisoners

Since the coronavirus pandemic hit the country in March last year,...
Stalemate continues over firing of tea worker

For the third consecutive day, the workers of Luhaiuni Tea Garden,...
Gaibandha char people’s wait for electricity prolonged by ravaging Brahmaputra

The long wait of the char people for electricity in Gaibandha’s...

They deliver hope on bike

Time and again, the youths rose to the occasion when the country...
Two held for killing 2 dolphins in Brahmaputra

Two people were detained and fined Tk 5,000 each by a mobile court...
Polls violence claims Sramik League leader’s life

A leader of Sramik League died on Tuesday night from stab injuries...

Father kills teenage son in Barguna

A 14-year-old boy died yesterday when his father hacked him with a...
Joypurhat cops provide free oxygen for the needy

With Covid-19 infections surging in bordering districts in the...
Broken bridge woe for villagers

People in Alisarkul area of Srimangal upazila in the district are...

Seven deadly bridges in four unions

As many as seven concrete bridges built on iron infrastructure have...
Rakhine students get bicycles, other gifts from PM

As many as 30 school children from Rakhine community in Kalapara...
Thousands in Pirojpur without protection of embankment for years

Thousands living alongside the Kacha, Baleshwar, Sandhya and...

Camellia open sky school

‘Camellia Khola Akash School’ (Camellia Open Sky School), an...
Lighter vessel capsizes at Karnaphuli river

A lighter vessel capsized at Karnaphuli river this evening after it...
2,781 homeless families get houses in Patuakhali

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday handed over 2,781 houses to...

Joypurhat cops provide free oxygen for the needy

With Covid-19 infections surging in bordering districts in the...
Broken bridge woe for villagers

People in Alisarkul area of Srimangal upazila in the district are...
2 rape accused still at large

Police are yet to arrest two youths accused in an alleged rape...
Roundabout on Sylhet-Dhaka highway turns risky

The roundabout at Muktijoddha Chattar on Sylhet-Dhaka highway in...
2 killed, 10 injured as two buses collide head-on in Chattogram

Two people were killed and 10 passengers injured when a BRTC bus...

Rakhine students get bicycles, other gifts from PM

As many as 30 school children from Rakhine community in Kalapara...
Thousands in Pirojpur without protection of embankment for years

Thousands living alongside the Kacha, Baleshwar, Sandhya and...
Crane overturns in Pabna: Dhaka’s rail link with northern, southern districts snapped

Rail communication of northern and southern districts with Dhaka...
Barapukuria coal mine expanding northward

About Tk 300 crore is going to be spent on acquisition of at least...
Rape accused charge-sheeted in 24 hrs

Police arrested a man and submitted charge sheet against him within...

Lighter vessel capsizes at Karnaphuli river

A lighter vessel capsized at Karnaphuli river this evening after it...
2,781 homeless families get houses in Patuakhali

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday handed over 2,781 houses to...
Patuakhali teacher finds success in commercial cultivation of tween fruit

A madrasa teacher has seen the face of success by commercially...
World’s most expensive mango Miyazaki in Bangladesh

I have been roaming around the villages of Bangladesh since the...
'Man tortured by neighbours on suspicion of burglary in Bogura'

A man was tortured after he was picked up by five of his neighbours...

Once turbulent Dhaleswari now cropland

The dried-up bed of once turbulent Dhaleswari river at different...
Man sued for raping 2 schoolgirls

Two cases were filed on Tuesday with Rajbari Women and Children...
Fishermen of Gohala river being driven out by influentials

A group of fishermen who have been fishing in the waterbody of...

BIWTA drive at Shitalakkhya river: More than 50 illegal establishments evicted

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has evicted...
Contractor using substandard rod in college building

Putting lives of students, teachers and others in danger, low-grade...
2 more die of diarrhoea in Bandarban, 200 affected

A six-year-old child and a middle-aged woman of Mro community died...

Faridpur BSMMCH cancer unit not ready in 10 years

Without allocation of necessary work force and a full set of...
AL MP wears placard to parliament demanding embankment for his constituency

Ruling Awami League MP SM Shahjada today resorted to a new...
A nightmare 668 metres long

People and transports are facing immense sufferings moving through...

2 killed, 3 injured in Mymensingh road accident

At least two people were killed and three others were injured in a road accident between a bus and a CNG run auto-rickshaw in Rashidpur area of Mymensingh Sadar upazila.
4 injured as covered van falls off Munshiganj bridge

Four people, including a pedestrian, were critically injured when a covered van fell off Muktarpur Bridge in Munshiganj.
QS World University Ranking 2022: DU, Buet see no improvement

University of Dhaka and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) have yet again failed to make any progress in the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) world university ranking of 2022.
Global Liveability Index 2021: Dhaka now 4th least liveable city

Dhaka moved one notch up in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual ranking of most liveable cities in 2021, which has largely been shaken up by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Erosion puts vital bridge at risk

A bridge on Sohagi-Atharabari road in Ishwarganj upazila is under tremendous risk of collapsing as earth from both sides of its approach roads has been eroding away.
Unpaved road the bane of 30k people

Absence of a paved road in Shahzadapur village seriously hampers communication between the village, district town and Sarail upazila headquarters, causing immense problems for residents of three villages.
200 families taken to shelter centres from risky hill slopes in Ctg

The Chattogram district administration has relocated 200 families living in the risky hill slopes and they have been given shelter at 19 shelter centres in the city.
Drinking water scarce in eight upazilas

Thousands in seven out of eight upazilas in Patuakhali district are under the risk of acquiring diarrhoea and other water-borne illnesses as tidal waters inflicted by cyclone Yaas left at least 715 deep tube wells in the region damaged.
Breaking taboo with needles

Seeing young Aminul Islam’s keen interest in embroidery and needlework, the villagers used to tease him saying, “Embroidery is for women and girls. Why do you like it so much? Are you a housewife?”
Newborn rescued from tea stall in Bagerhat

Police have rescued a newborn girl who was left on a carom board at a tea stall in Bagerhat today.