Migrant worker forced to fight for Russia killed in drone attack
"Are you Akram's mother? How do I tell you that Akram is no more…?".Mobina Begum, mother of Akram Hossain, a migrant worker who was forcefully made to fight for Russia by human traffickers in its war against Ukraine, got a call from his fellow Bangladeshi fighter from Kishoreganj on Thursd
19 April 2025, 19:02 PM
Farmers struggle as illegal soil extraction chokes Titas river
A syndicate engaged in extracting soil illegally in Brahmanbaria’s Akhaura upazila has curved out a road-like structure through the Titas river and adjoining cropland to facilitate soil transportation, thereby choking the river’s natural flow.
22 March 2025, 19:20 PM
Breathing life into bamboo
In the village of Sreemoddi under Cumilla’s Homna upazila, the melodious craft of making bamboo flutes has quietly persisted for generations.
14 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Poisoning land and lives
Illegal brick kilns take a toxic toll on Brahmanbaria
28 February 2025, 18:00 PM
No Shaheed Minar at 1,048 schools in Brahmanbaria
At least 1,048 educational institutions in Brahmanbaria district lack Shaheed Minars
19 February 2025, 12:55 PM
Brahmanbaria BNP prepares for conference on school grounds without permission
Brahmanbaria district BNP has started making preparations for their biennial conference at the grounds of Bangladesh Gas Fields School and College, a Key Point Installation ((KPI) classified as educational institution, slated for January 18
16 January 2025, 13:17 PM
When Israeli aggression claims a Bangladeshi life
For over a year now, parents in Palestine have mourned their children, families have grieved over their homes turned to dust, as thousands were killed by Israel's genocide on the Gaza Strip.
3 November 2024, 18:15 PM
'Only his lifeless body will return'
Israeli airstrike claims Bangladeshi expat Nizam’s life in Beirut, leaving family in grief and uncertainty
3 November 2024, 11:51 AM
Beirut blast: Bangladeshi dreams engulfed in flames
Four.
That is the current number of Bangladeshi nationals who died in the Beirut explosion last night.
Beyond that number, however, lies the story of migrant workers who leave Bangladesh to seek better fortune elsewhere.
5 August 2020, 17:09 PM
Dirt now LGED contractors’ component of choice!
Civil engineering contractors in Bijoynagar upazila have been using earth and substandard bricks to repair a vital road that connects Akhaura land port with at least three nearby upazilas.
30 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Transshipment of Indian Goods: First consignment reaches Tripura, Assam thru’ Ctg
India has for the first time sent cargo from Kolkata to Tripura and Assam using Bangladesh’s Akhaura land port in Brahmanbaria.
23 July 2020, 18:00 PM
UZ chairman, his men sued as huge govt sand illegally sold
A staggering 50 lakh cubic feet (cft) of sand extracted by Bangladesh Water Development Board from the Meghna River in Ashuganj upazila of Brahmanbaria district has been illegally sold out.
6 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Facebook post reunites family after 9 yrs
Sohel Rana used to make a living as a rickshaw-puller in Dhaka city. The youth from Natore was married and had two children, with the family living with him in in the city.
25 June 2020, 13:11 PM
Town dwellers suffer as road condition awful
With numerous potholes and cracks, the two-km-long road from Ghukarna to Chandalkhil area of Brahmanbaria town remains virtually off-limits to vehicles, thanks to the negligence of the authorities of the ‘A’ category municipality.
20 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Special OMS of 10-Taka Rice in B’baria: Affluent persons listed as poor
He introduces himself in different ways in line with the different posts he holds.
13 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Permanent structure on leased land
Brahmanbaria Chamber of Commerce and Industry is constructing a six-storey building on a leased land at Kumarshil Moar of Brahmanbaria town, allegedly in violation of the lease contact.
20 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Illegal stations, sand trade threat to 3 Meghna bridges
Some local influential people are running at least 10 illegal landing stations just beside two rail bridges and a highway bridge over the Meghna at Ashuganj in the district while a syndicate of illegal sand traders have set pipelines by cutting roads in the area.
7 January 2020, 18:00 PM
New ‘poison’ in old bottles
October 9, 2019. Anwarpur village, Akhaura.
The two correspondents went to the house of Abu Rayhan, near Hirapur High School, posing as Phensedyl users.
4 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Illegal sand trade poses threat to Titas bridge
At a time when the government is conducting drives against river encroachment, an influential sand trader is not only constricting flow of the Titas river in Banchharampur upazila by occupying its bank, but also endangering Sheikh Hasina Titas Setu over the river.
24 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Smugglers of zero line
It’s a house right on the zero line.
Transnational syndicates have turned its kitchen into a storeroom of smuggled motorcycles. They also use it for assembling bikes, bringing in parts like tanks, wheels, headlights and seats from across the border.
24 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Mass grave of 250 FFs lies in utter neglect
A mass graveyard of 250 martyrs of the Liberation War at Bangladesh-Tripura border is now covered with jungle, making it hardly distinguishable from surroundings.
14 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Brahmanbaria Train Accident: A mother’s search for her sons continues
Four days have passed since the gruesome accident on early Tuesday in Brahmanbaria; brothers -- Nurul Islam and Badal Mia -- still remain missing.
15 November 2019, 18:00 PM
‘Train driver’s fault’ takes sixteen lives
It was around 3:00am yesterday.
A Chattogram-bound train from Sylhet -- Udayan Express -- was changing its track to allow Dhaka-bound train Turna Nishita Express from Chattogram to pass byMandobagh Railway Station in Brahmanbaria’s Kasba.
12 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Many faces of train tragedy
The train accident in Brahmanbaria yesterday left at least 16 dead and shattered the lives of many.
12 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Nasirnagar Attack Probe: It is just ‘eyewash’
Even three years after arson attacks and vandalism on the homes and temples of Hindus in Brahmanbaria’s Nasirnagar upazila, those responsible are still to face any punishment as the investigations of most of the cases are yet to be complete.
29 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Brutal murder at Feni Madrasa 16 get death penalty
A Feni court yesterday handed down death sentence to all the 16 accused, including a sacked madrasa principal and two expelled local Awami League leaders, over the murder of madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi in April, an incident that had shocked the entire nation.
24 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Teacher shortage bogs down academic activities
Headteacher posts in Brahmanbaria’s 159 government primary schools lied vacant for years, some for as long as four years.
6 October 2019, 18:00 PM
B’baria Murder Probe: Dead man talking
A former union parishad chairman in Brahmanbaria died on November 2 last year, but documents placed before a district court show he “gave statement” to a police officer as a witness in a murder case nearly three months after his death.
22 September 2019, 18:00 PM