The 150-year-old Nilphamari township in the northen region was developed on the bank of Bamondanga river but the river has now no physical existence.

Dredging was done in the beginning of this year to improve navigability in the Payra river near Barguna’s Amtali upazila town.

A case was filed against the chairman and another teacher of Yusufia Rashidia Hafizia Nurani Madrasa, in Uttar Taktabunia village of Barguna’s Amtali

Death sentence of a convict was executed in Dinajpur Jail yesterday -- a first in the history of the 167-year-old prison.

Charitable activities of Germania Trest Company (GTC), a hired company of Maddhapara Granite Mining company Limited (MGMCL), have appeared to be a gift for hundreds of people of two upazilas of Dinajpur and Rangpur, during the crisis period of Covid-19.

A delegation of Citizens’ Platform (Nagorik Samaj) on Tuesday demanded a stop to the conspiracy to evict Khasia and Garo communities from their land in Moulvibazar in the name of expanding tea garden.

Safety of school children as well as locals has come to the fore as allegations surfaced about irregularities and use of substandard materials in construction of a boundary wall of a government primary school in Rajnagar upazila.

A railway employee was killed today after a train hit him at Dinajpur’s Hili Railway Station when he was crossing the tracks during a lunch break, police said.

Officers-in-charge of Bijoynagar and Nasirnagar Police Stations in Brahmanbaria have been transferred.

A fishing trawler sank in the Karnaphuli river in Chattogram early today.

At least two people were killed and three others were injured in a road accident between a bus and a CNG run auto-rickshaw in Rashidpur area of Mymensingh Sadar upazila.

A bridge on Sohagi-Atharabari road in Ishwarganj upazila is under tremendous risk of collapsing as earth from both sides of its approach roads has been eroding away.

Absence of a paved road in Shahzadapur village seriously hampers communication between the village, district town and Sarail upazila headquarters, causing immense problems for residents of three villages.

The Chattogram district administration has relocated 200 families living in the risky hill slopes and they have been given shelter at 19 shelter centres in the city.

Thousands in seven out of eight upazilas in Patuakhali district are under the risk of acquiring diarrhoea and other water-borne illnesses as tidal waters inflicted by cyclone Yaas left at least 715 deep tube wells in the region damaged.

Seeing young Aminul Islam’s keen interest in embroidery and needlework, the villagers used to tease him saying, “Embroidery is for women and girls. Why do you like it so much? Are you a housewife?”

Three teenagers suffered injuries during a clash among juveniles at Jashore Child Development Center this afternoon.

Police have rescued a newborn girl who was left on a carom board at a tea stall in Bagerhat today.

At least four people have been killed in a series of clashes over the UP elections of Uttar and Dakkhin Ulania Union Parishad in Mehendiganj upazila of Barishal in the last two months.

Traders of Bonogram haat in Santhia upazila, one of the biggest village markets of Pabna district, were often harassed by extortionists and thieves but now they are feeling pretty much secure as the entire market has come under Close Circuit Camera (CC camera) surveillance, thanks to the Bazar association and district police administration.