Amanur Aman

The three-day death anniversary programme in memory of mystic poet Lalon Shah ended with speakers emphasising the need to look back to Lalon's philosophy, especially the humanitarian aspect, through more research.

Now it is afternoon. There's sunshine and everything is glowing. The beauty of nature shines in every nook and cranny in the entire area, except a nearby railway station lying in an uncared state for years. Where once flowers and leaves were swaying in the wind, there is now the kingdom of weed and grass.

Local administration in Kumarkhali upazila has set up a park for birds along the Gorai river embankment in Baruria area.

The 0.720-km-long flood protection groyne built along the Gorai river is under threat of being damaged when the rainy season comes as sand is being illegally lifted from the river bed.

A lot of farmers in six south-western districts have switched to maize farming this year from wheat due to fear of wheat blast disease, which caused huge loss for them in previous years.

Traditional Baul musical instrument makers in Kushtia have called for financial support to expand their businesses.

“I come to Lalon shrine to hear the Baul songs which gives a divine purity in my mind and soul,” said Robiul Islam, sitting right at the

You will hardly find any family in Meherpur that does not rear a goose in the homestead because rearing geese has become a tradition for them.

A three-day death anniversary programme in memory of mystic poet Lalon Shah ended with speakers calling for a 'Lalon University' to

The Alauddin Ahmed Degree College and United High School in Banshgram village of Kushtia's Kumarkhali upazila could be said to be

Regardless of culture or creed, around the world people commonly share a basic concern: they like to know that when they've gone

That disability and poverty reinforce each other is a well-appreciated sociological phenomenon. Thus the results for Kushtia district of

Seven-year-old Jewel was screaming for help, repeatedly saying he did not steal the phone.

In 2003, Hasan Sheikh, a 19-year-old madrasa student of Sadipur Kablipara village of Kumarkhali in Kushtia, went missing.

Kushtia's local food administration has decided not to buy rice from the noncompliant rice millers for next two years after they failed to deliver the staple food to the government in violation of contracts.

Joy knows no bounds for some 70 mango growers from Meherpur, who would be sending 250 tonnes of the tropical

Two alleged extortionists were killed in a gunfight with police at a brick kiln in Hariadah village in Gangni upazila of Meherpur early Friday.

Wheat farmers in six south-western districts have got a good yield this year, although the cultivation area is much less against the

Eleven Ahmadiyya Muslim families at Moheshkhola village in the district's Mirpur upazila have been living in insecurity after some local religious fundamentalists ostracised them.

For using substandard materials, a company, which was constructing a school building in Meherpur's Gangni, has been asked to demolish the structure and rebuild the school.