Explosion at Feni building; 3 of a family injured

A woman and her two daughters were injured in an explosion inside their flat in Feni in the early hours of today.
6 March 2021, 05:16 AM

Rail link with Kushtia snapped after freight train, engine trolley collision

Train movement from Kushtia, Rajshahi, Gopalganj, Faridpur and Goalando was suspended after a head-on collision between a freight train and an engine trolley, adjacent to Kushtia Boro Station this afternoon.
5 March 2021, 10:28 AM

Law Minister visits Akhaura, praises PM for Bangladesh’s progress

Law Minister Anisul Huq today visited his constituency Akhaura where journalists asked him whether any changes or reform will be made to the controversial Digital Security Act, to which he replied “you will see in a few days, whatever there is.”
5 March 2021, 06:55 AM

2 killed as private car plunges into river in Satkhira

Two people were killed and three others were injured in a road accident when a private car lost control and fell into the Chuna River at Shawkatnagar area at Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira yesterday.
5 March 2021, 06:40 AM

Chuadanga Scam: Charges framed against four

A special tribunal in Kushtia framed charges against four people in a case filed over using bamboo sticks in place of iron rods in construction of a government-funded building in Chuadanga in 2015.
4 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Seasonal sawmills bring relief to Kurigram char residents

Residents of Char Jatrapur, a remote river island or char in Sadar upazila of Kurigram, used to spend an excessive amount of money on transportation when they had to buy timber or wooden planks from the mainland for their homes or boats.
4 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Agri-loan, key to farming success

Starting today’s article with statistics provided by the Bangladesh Bank. According to the statistics, in six months, from July to December 2020, banks have given loans a total of Tk 12,077 crore (USD 1420 million) to the farmers, collected Tk 14,091 crore (USD 1657 million) from the farmers at the same time.
4 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Worker dies after falling from under-construction Payra Bridge

A worker died after falling from the under-construction Payra Bridge in Lebukhali area of Patuakhali-Barishal highway this morning.
4 March 2021, 07:09 AM

3 including mother and son drown in Mymensingh

Three people, including a mother and her son, drowned after falling into a manhole of a poultry hatchery in Mymensingh’s Bhaluka upazila yesterday.
3 March 2021, 20:56 PM

Faridpur municipality mayor’s wife, son and neighbour killed in road crash

The wife, elder son and neighbour of newly elected mayor of Faridpur’s Nagarkanda municipality were killed and the mayor seriously injured after a bus crashed head on into the microbus carrying them in Faridpur tonight.
3 March 2021, 18:04 PM

Five illegal brick kilns in one village!

Several unauthorised brick kilns have been removing earth from the embankment along the Katcha river in Indurkani upazila for over a year, but the authorities still seem to be oblivious of the criminal act.
3 March 2021, 18:00 PM

1 killed over land dispute

A man was killed during a scuffle between two groups of villagers allegedly over a disputed land in a in Chapainawabganj municipality yesterday.
3 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Three land in jail over gang rape

A Noakhali court yesterday sent three men to jail in connection with a case for gang-raping a housewife in Hatiya upazila on Sunday.
3 March 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Include independence manifesto in syllabus’

Speakers at a discussion yesterday urged the government to include the ‘Manifesto of Independence’ in academic syllabus to present the authentic
3 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Bhabadaha’s Waterlogging: Farmers defy the odd on their own

Waterlogging has always remained a perennial problem in Bhabadaha region since 1983, according to the Jashore Water Development Board sources.
2 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Mosque bears horrific memories of 1971

Soon after the crackdown by the Pakistan army on the unarmed people of Bangladesh on the black night of March 25 in 1971, the occupation forces started raiding at different places across the country.
2 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Farmers’ human chain in Sylhet demands increasing prices of Aman seeds

Farmers in Sylhet today demanded increasing the price of Aman seed which are being collected from contracted farmers of Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC), during a human chain formed in front of the BADC office.
2 March 2021, 14:00 PM

2 workers go missing as stone-laden vessel sinks in Karnaphuli River

Two workers went missing today as a stone-laden vessel sank in the Karnaphuli River at Kalarpole in Patiya upazila under Chattogram.
2 March 2021, 13:15 PM

Collapse of under-construction bridge in Sunamganj: probe committee formed to identify reason

Road Transport and Highway Division today formed a four-member probe committee to identify the reason behind the collapse of an under-construction bridge in Sunamganj on Sunday and those responsible for it.
2 March 2021, 10:48 AM

Madrasa super found dead

Police recovered the hanging body of a madrasa superintendent from his residence in Hat Gopalpur area in Sadar upazila yesterday.
1 March 2021, 18:00 PM