Mymensingh
‘Every day, we walk miles for water’
More than 500 poor families, including many from the indigenous Garo community, have been hit by an acute crisis of drinking water in 15 villages under Mymensingh’s Dhobaura upazila.
17 April 2025, 18:00 PM
A ‘castle’ in ruins
At the heart of Mymensingh city, surrounded by greenery, stands a two-storied tin-shed “castle” with a banyan tree in front of it.
21 June 2024, 18:00 PM
A fight for survival: Jatra artistes in dire financial crisis due to elections
The artistes have told The Daily Star that they wait for winter season for contracts, but this year, the scenario is totally different due to impact of general election and its ongoing movements. Now, people have been engaged in election campaign, bypassing cultural activities.
1 January 2024, 14:42 PM
Who have highest/lowest bank deposits in Bangladesh?
Dhaka division’s 4.19 crore people in 13 districts have stored in banks a total of Tk 9.79 lakh crore, around 85 per cent of which, or Tk 8.32 lakh crore, belong to the people living inside Dhaka district alone.
28 March 2023, 15:46 PM
Songs of our soil: In praise of Mymensingh’s Bangla folk ballads
Folk-ballads are living archives that represent the imagination, values, ideas, and aesthetics of the people to whom they belong. Folk-ballads are living archives that represent the imagination, values, ideas, and aesthetics of the people to whom they belong.
13 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Mymensingh locked down
The local administration in Mymensingh has locked down the district until further notice in a bid to contain spread of the coronavirus.
14 April 2020, 15:10 PM
3 killed in Mymensingh clash
Three persons are killed and five others injured in a clash over a trivial matter in Ishwarganj upazila of Mymensingh.
14 August 2019, 06:15 AM
2 housewives, 10-year-old girl raped
Two housewives and a third grader were allegedly raped in Patuakhali, Mymensingh and Panchagarh on Wednesday.
25 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Seven killed in road crashes
Seven people, including a three-year old, were killed in road crashes in Mymensingh, Dinajpur and Chattogram yesterday.
20 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Ninth grader tries to take her own life after ‘rape’
A ninth-grader attempted to die by suicide allegedly after being raped several times and publicly beaten up by the rapist in Mymensingh’s Gafargaon on Thursday.
19 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Myanmar man among 6 killed in 'shootouts'
A murder suspect, an alleged robber and four alleged drug peddlers were killed in separate “gunfights” with law enforcers and BGB men in five districts yesterday.
22 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Ward councilor stabbed dead in Mymensingh
A ward councilor of Mymensingh’s Phulpur municipality is stabbed to death by unidentified criminals.
9 May 2018, 15:39 PM
Former MP's gunman killed 'while cleaning his own gun'
Gunman Asgar Khan of a former lawmaker who was bullet-hit while cleaning his shotgun on Saturday died at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital early yesterday.
29 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Prime accused in Mymensingh teenager murder held
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has arrested Akkas Ali alias Akka, who is the prime accused in a case filed for killing a teenage boy in Mymensingh on September 25.
29 September 2017, 07:15 AM
Youth hacked to death in Mymensingh
A youth was hacked to death allegedly by his rival in Dholadia area in the town yesterday afternoon.
27 September 2017, 18:00 PM
SAVAGERY in cold blood
Tied to a concrete pole and surrounded by a group of villagers, Sagor Mia looked totally hapless and exhausted. But every time he
26 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Kalshindur's U-15 footballer dies of fever
Sabina Yasmin, a ninth grader of Kalshindur Govt Girls' High School and a footballer under consideration for the national women's under-15 team, dies of fever in Dhobaura in the early hours of Tuesday.
26 September 2017, 11:28 AM
Kalshindur's U-15 footballer dies of fever
Sabina Yasmin, a ninth grader of Kalshindur Govt Girls' High School and a footballer under consideration for the national women's under-15 team, dies of fever in Dhobaura in the early hours of Tuesday.
26 September 2017, 11:28 AM
Kalshindur's U-15 footballer dies of fever
Sabina Yasmin, a ninth grader of Kalshindur Govt Girls' High School and a footballer under consideration for the national women's under-15 team, dies of fever in Dhobaura today.
26 September 2017, 11:28 AM
Met office predicts moderate rainfall
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places across Bangladesh, says Met office.
15 September 2017, 07:34 AM