Tonu murder: 9 years without closure
It has been nine long years since the rape and murder of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, yet the case remains unresolved.
19 March 2025, 19:10 PM
Bahar: the patron of Cumilla’s goons
Some people of Cumilla, along with a section of the Awami League, started supporting former Chhatra League leader AKM Bahauddin Bahar in the ‘80s to usher in a new era of young leadership and counter the influence of late party heavyweight Afzal Khan’s family in regional politics. Little did they know what was ahead of them.
24 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Most victims yet to get govt aid
Around 82,000 houses were partially or completely damaged after the Gumti river embankment was breached on August 22, resulting in a devastating flood that affected thousands of people in Cumilla.
17 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Remains of 24 Japanese WW2 soldiers being exhumed for relocation
Twenty deceased soldiers were identified by DNA testing while the process of identifying the others is underway
18 November 2024, 11:27 AM
Reading in the era of reels
BARD Cumilla organises reading in nature to revive the reading culture in youth
9 November 2024, 19:06 PM
2021 Cumilla communal violence: No cases have gone to trial in three years
12 cases were filed with different police stations within Cumilla district after the incident of October13, 2021
7 October 2024, 11:07 AM
1,258km roads, 32 bridges and culverts damaged
Rural and regional roads, bridges, culverts and other infrastructures sustained considerable damages in the recent spells of flood in 16 upazilas of Cumilla.
6 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Relief delivery is now the challenge
People wishing to distribute relief materials among the flood victims are finding it very difficult to reach remote areas due to a lack of boats.
26 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Cumilla choked by congestion
Commuters’ suffering in the sweltering heat on the roads, as most of them had to spend at least 30 minutes to an hour more than the usual time to reach their destinations due to gridlocks, has become a common situation in Cumilla city.
13 August 2022, 18:00 PM
An uphill task, yet Sakku fought well
The split in the pro-BNP vote bank because of the party’s two expelled leaders running for mayor was a big advantage for the ruling Awami League candidate in the Cumilla City Corporation election.
17 June 2022, 02:00 AM
Cumilla city polls: Dramatic win for Rifat
It was at the Shilpakala Academy auditorium, Cumilla, around 8:20pm.
15 June 2022, 18:00 PM
EVM experience: Largely without hassles
Voting in yesterday’s Cumilla City Corporation polls took place largely without hassles, but there were some complaints about technical issues with electronic voting machines and long waiting times.
15 June 2022, 18:00 PM
It's actually Sakku vs Bahar: Cumilla city goes to polls
An unusually calm Cumilla city goes to election this morning amid a lack of enthusiasm and excitement among the voters about the polls, considered an acid test for the newly formed Election Commission.
14 June 2022, 18:00 PM
People want change: Rifat
Ruling Awami League mayoral candidate Arfanul Haque Rifat said people of the Cumilla city wants change.
14 June 2022, 02:30 AM
No level playing field: Sakku
Monirul Haque Sakku, an independent in the Cumilla city mayoral polls, alleged that there is no level playing field right now and the ruling party candidate will try to create chaos on election day.
14 June 2022, 02:00 AM
Cumilla city polls: All eyes on Cumilla, EC
Candidates in the Cumilla city polls made their last-minute efforts to woo voters yesterday as the electioneering ended at midnight.
13 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Cumilla polls nomination: AL picks No. 1 patron of narcos
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government have declared zero tolerance against narcotics. But the ruling Awami League has picked a top listed patron of the illegal drug business as its mayoral candidate for the Cumilla city polls.
16 May 2022, 02:30 AM
Tonu murder: Hope for justice fading
The family of Sohagi Jahan Tonu is losing hope that her brutal murder would be solved anytime soon as the killers are still at large six years on.
19 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Killers trained, target clear
The killers’ target was clear: shoot and confirm the death of Cumilla city Councillor Syed Mohammad Sohel on the spot.
23 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Cumilla mayhem: A chronicle of hate unleashed
Around 7:00am on October 13, a 30-year-old Ekram Hossain dialled 999 and reported to the police about an alleged defamation of the Holy Quran at Nanua Dighir Par puja mandap in Cumilla city.
17 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Cumilla Medical College Hospital: Acute scarcity of nitrous oxide hampers surgery
A lack of nitrous oxide supply -- needed for anesthesia during surgeries -- is putting patients at Cumilla Medical College Hospital in difficulty.
5 September 2021, 18:00 PM
College Student’s Death: Her elder sister loses job at private bank
The elder sister of the college student who was found dead in a Gulshan flat on April 26 has been terminated from her job at Padma Bank.
18 July 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Missing’ Humayun Ahmed painting exhibited in Cumilla
A controversy has stirred up centring a painting of celebrated writer, playwright and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed that either got lost or stolen during the time of his death in USA in 2012, and has now resurfaced in Cumilla after almost nine years.
11 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Justice for Tonu: 5 yrs on, no ray of hope for her family
Her parents left no stone unturned to help her become what she wanted to be: an artist. Sohagi Jahan Tonu had a natural knack for acting, and she would often sing and dance in theater plays.
19 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Withstanding the test of time
For the unassuming, Cumilla Victoria Govt College’s Shaheed Minar may seem like a customary tribute to the Language Movement. That the monument itself has been a battleground between the region’s people and the then East Pakistan administration is thus a history worth retelling.
21 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Who’ll clean it up?
Garbage has been dumped unabated right beside Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Nazirabazar in Cumilla for years with no authorities taking care of the issue.
30 January 2021, 18:00 PM
A case of sheer negligence
The government is yet to take any action against the registrar -- who recorded the marriage of deceased Lakingme Chakma, a 14-year-old girl -- based on a fake birth certificate and others involved.
26 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Muradnagar mayhem: Escalation is all they wanted
The attackers who vandalised and torched four Hindu houses and a family temple in Korbanpur village of Cumilla’s Muradnagar on Sunday, did so even as the issue that inflamed them -- a Facebook post that they said hurt religious sentiments -- was being resolved.
3 November 2020, 18:00 PM