The day the Char Gokunda women rose up

Due to sociocultural factors, women’s involvement in the Liberation War of 1971 was mostly indirect. But when their pride and dignity were being desecrated repeatedly by Pakistani occupation forces, women in Char Gokunda village of Sadar upazila rose to the occasion and took part in an ambush on their oppressors.
21 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Crop fields lying forsaken as men flee houses fearing arrest

All the jute plants are drying in fields in three unions of Saltha upazila as almost all the men of the three unions have gone into hiding following cases filed in connection with the violence on April 5.
21 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Police firing at Banshkhali power plant: Another bullet-hit employee dies, say family members

Family members of a man who died in Chattogram early Tuesday said he was a employee of SS Power I Plant at Chattogram’s Banshkhali upazila and succumbed to bullet wounds sustained during police firing at the plant on April 17.
21 April 2021, 17:48 PM

Police firing at Banshkhali power plant: Another bullet-hit worker dies

Another worker who was injured in police shooting at SS Power I Plant in Gondamara union of Chattogram’s Banskhali upazila succumbed to his injuries today.
21 April 2021, 14:43 PM

Imam in Bogura sacked for FB post favouring Hefajat’s Mamunul

An imam in Bogura's Dhunat upazila was sacked over his Facebook post in favour of Hefajat-e-Islam's Joint Secretary General Mamunul Haque.
20 April 2021, 18:59 PM

Pumpkin growers upset as buyers scanty in Teesta sands of Lalmonirhat

Pumpkin farmers in Lalmonirhat’s Teesta char (land emerged from riverbed) areas and Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj are facing odds due to transport problem amid the outbreak of Covid-19.
20 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Jhenidah flower growers bear the brunt

Hundreds of flower growers in Jhenidah are incurring losses because of transport disruption caused by Covid-19 shutdown.
20 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Hefajat activist in Laxmipur held over offensive Facebook post about PM

Members of Detective Branch (DB) of police detained an activist of Hefajat-e-Islam from Ramganj of Laxmipur yesterday over an offensive post on his Facebook account about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
19 April 2021, 18:11 PM

Diarrhoea claims 4 lives in Patuakhali

The number of people suffering from diarrhoea in different upazilas of the district has increased in the last few day.
19 April 2021, 18:00 PM

One year into pandemic: ICU at Tangail General Hospital still elusive

Although the Covid-19 situation is deteriorating and the number of patients is increasing, an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) could not be set up so far at the hospital in Tangail.
19 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Baishroshi Zamindar Mansion: ‘Heritage site’ losing lustre while govt clings to legal battle

Caught in the middle of a long tug of war between its heirs and the government, an age-old building located in Baishroshi area of Sadarpur upazila, with magnificent aesthetic features from the past, is in ruins.
19 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Fifth-grader drowns in Panchagarh's Karatoya river

A fifth-grader drowned in the Karatoya river at Tulardang in Panchagarh municipality while taking a bath today.
19 April 2021, 14:26 PM

Digital Security Act: Man sent to jail over 'offensive' Facebook post about Kushtia MP

A court in Kushtia sends a man to jail in a case filed under Digital Security Act over a Facebook post he made about Kushtia-4 Lawmaker Selim Altaf George.
18 April 2021, 20:32 PM

Youth held for raping schoolgirl

Police yesterday arrested a youth in connection with a case for raping a fifth-grader in Sadar upazila.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Man held for rape attempt

Police on Saturday night arrested a man on charge of attempting to rape an intellectually challenged woman in Rangpur’s Kaunia upazila the same night.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Jatka seized

Police in a drive on Saturday night seized around 22 tonnes of Jatka, hilsa fry, from the Toll Plaza of Sheikh Kamal Bridge on Patuakhali-Kuakata highway.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Fake doctor arrested, clinic owner fined

A mobile court raided a private clinic in Thakurgaon municipality yesterday and detained a fake doctor from there.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Pirojpur sunflower farmers all smiles

Farmers of Nazirpur’s Baniary village in the district are happy with good production of sunflower which will be harvested within two weeks.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM

A zamindar mansion taken over by drug runners

A place that could have been an attractive destination for archaeology and history enthusiasts has turned into a den of antisocial elements.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM

One Year into First Confirmed Covid Case: Treatment facility in Pabna remains same

The First Covid-19 patient was identified in Pabna on April 16 last year but on year down the line the treatment facility in the district remains the same although now there are several thousand Covid-19 patients in the district.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM