Mirza Shakil

Once a homemaker, Rina Begum is now revered as an agricultural trendsetter in her village Mamudpur in Tangail.

A craftsman in the district, specialising in weaving shitol patis (mats) with pati bet (a variety of cane), is making different items with the natural fibre for bringing a positive change in the traditional industry and keeping the age-old form of art alive.

Voters, especially female voters, are showing their interest over Kuri Siddiqui, Jatiya Oikyafront candidate from Tangail-8 (Sakhipur-Basail) constituency, in the national elections.

Today is Tangail free day, a memorable day in the history of the district, as the brave sons of this soil hoisted the flag of independent Bangladesh after freeing the town from Pakistani forces on December 11 in 1971.

The walls of the building of a primary school in Madhupur upazila have been painted like an intercity train for attracting students to come to the school.

"I'm too poor to feed my five children well and so, I agreed to hand over one of them to Robi Khan after getting promise that he would arrange food and education for her," said Jhum cultivator Hokkoi Khumi of Komkhemotto in Ruma upazila of Bandarban.

Four short years ago, on the Jamuna river's eastern bank beside the Bangabandhu Bridge in Tangail's Bhuapur upazila, there was a large patch of ground overrun with river sand. Most people would have dismissed it as a wasteland. But when Ibrahim Ali Mondol passed by while sitting aboard a Dhaka-bound train from his native Natore, through the window he saw something else: the potential for a grand orchard.

Like in other districts, small-scale and seasonal traders in Tangail are in trouble with the rawhides they purchased during Eid due to

Business was always a struggle in Rupsha Bazar, a market on a Jamuna River shoal in Sirajganj. For many years, small business

The traders of traditional handloom sari in the district are frustrated due to its poor sale ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.

A good yield of pineapple had brought smiles to farmers in Tangail's Madhupur but low prices cut short their happiness.

A beautiful cultural programme was held at Corpus Christy High School at Jalchhara under Madhupur Upazila in Tangail on the occasion of World Indigenous Peoples' Day. The Garo artistes performed their traditional songs and dances at the cultural event with their traditional musical instruments.

Seventeen out of 37 community clinics in Sakhipur upazila have turned risky as they have not been renovated for several years.

Health care services at Basail Upazila Health Complex have been seriously hampered for the last few years due to various problems.

Park Bazar, the main kitchen market in the town, is in a terrible state as it has not been renovated for the last several years.

Most of the rivers in the district are heading towards virtual death as the riverbeds remain waterless for nearly half of the year.

The Jamuna devoured a number dwelling houses and vast tracts of croplands in Arjuna area of Bhuapur upazila under the district in the last three weeks.

The land of an unused sub-jail in Sakhipur upazila is being grabbed by the vested quarters as the prison could not start functioning in

Hamidpur market, a traditional and largest market in Ghatail upazila, has remained in poor state for long due to lack of renovation, causing immense sufferings to both the buyers and sellers.

Several thousand students of a few schools, beside the Dhaka-Tangail highway in Mirzapur upazila, cross the busy highway risking their lives to go to their institutions.