A 17-month old baby was stabbed and injured by rivals at Chandipasha village in Nandail upazila of the district yesterday morning. The victim was identified as Bithi, daughter of Deen Islam, a day labourer of Chandipasha. Nandail police officer-in-charge Md Ataur Rahman said there had been a dispute…

Chapainawabganj: Speakers at a daylong seminar on Saturday stressed the need for growing chemicals-free mangoes and the development of packaging system for increasing the export of mangoes to other countries, reports BSS. Export Development Bureau arranged the seminar on ‘Export Opportunities…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a man along with eight pistols, 16 magazines and 140 rounds of bullet from Ranihati area in Shibganj upazila yesterday morning. Lieutenant Colonel Mahbubul Alam, commanding officer of Rab-5, said tipped off, a team of the elite force conducted a drive…

JOYPURHAT: The government distributed over Tk 2.61crore as old age allowance among 21,817 beneficiaries in the district during the three months of fiscal year 2015 2016, reports BSS. The Department of Social Service (DSS) Joypurhat distributed the allowance among the old people at the rate of Taka 400…

Thousands of char people, who lived in abject poverty in the pasts, have achieved laudable success in sanitation, health, hygiene and safe drinking water to improve life standard on the Brahmaputra basin, reports BSS. They have achieved the success with assistance of the comprehensive Chars Livelihoods…