Tangail Shoal teachers suffer amid transport woes
Teachers of various educational institutions located in remote Jamuna shoals of Tangail’s Bhuapur upazila have long been suffering from transportation issues.
20 October 2025, 21:27 PM
Gopalpur in Tangail / Last of the shital pati makers
Shital-pati, a type of mat made by weaving strips of murta cane (Schumannianthus dichotomus), was once a popular household item across the country, prized for its smooth texture and natural cooling properties that offered comfort during the sweltering summer months.
6 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Tangail hospital crippled by manpower crisis
The 250-bed General Hospital in Tangail has been struggling to provide adequate healthcare services due to a severe shortage of doctors and other staff.
4 October 2025, 19:35 PM
Encroachment, waste dumping push Burai Beel to the brink
Burai Beel, a natural wetland located near eastern part of Tangail district town, is rapidly shrinking due to continuous pollution and encroachment.
17 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Encroachment, waste dumping push Burai Beel to the brink
Burai Beel, a natural wetland near Tangail district town, is rapidly shrinking due to pollution and encroachment
17 September 2025, 11:34 AM
Tangail mourns as two Milestone plane crash victims laid to rest
Tanvir was waiting to attend his coaching class after regular school hours when the plane crashed into the school premises
22 July 2025, 06:49 AM
People suffer as bridge lacks approach roads
People continue to suffer due to the lack of approach roads to a bridge built over the Louhajang River in Tangail Sadar upazila.
21 July 2025, 22:18 PM
Battered Tangail road takes toll on locals
The Sakhipur-Sagardighi road in Tangail has become almost unusable due to the lack of necessary repairs, causing immense suffering to people.
20 July 2025, 20:11 PM
Families mourn death of dear ones
An air of gloom is prevailing at the houses of Nurul Islam, 45, and Abul Hossain, 35, in Kalihati upazila of Tangail.
6 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Mixed gardening sees success in Madhupur
Mixed gardening, the practice of growing different fruits and crops on the same land, sees success in Madhupur garh area of the district.
10 February 2016, 18:00 PM
They build road, wooden bridge on their own
The people of remote Hajipur village of Nogda Shimla union in Gopalpur upazila under the district have built around a two-kilometre earthen path and a wooden bridge on a canal through combined voluntary efforts.
12 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Aloe vera, a plant with herbal qualities
Badsha Miah, a small farmer of Dulalia village in Ghatail upazila under Tangail, now leads a somewhat solvent life
16 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Quail farming brings him solvency
Shamim-al-Mamun of Kachua village in Sakhipur upazila under the district has gained solvency by rearing quails.
10 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Doctor for the poor no more
He was affectionately called “Daktar Bhai” (doctor brother). Rightly so, because he served them for decades in a Tangail village, thousands of miles away from home, to live up to his childhood promise to help the helpless.
1 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Grabbers choke Louhajang River in Tangail
The Louhajang River in the district is heading towards virtual death due to mindless encroachment on the once profusely flowing river.
29 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Forestland illegally occupied by hatchery owner
The owner of a hatchery has continued construction of a boundary wall, grabbing government forestlands at Lokkhindor village in
18 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Trafficked, 8 Tangail men in Indian jail for 9 months
Eight people from Mirzapur and Delduar upazilas under the district have been languishing in jail at Dinajpur Balughat in India for the last nine months after brokers trafficked them there in the name of sending to Maldives for job.
27 May 2015, 18:00 PM