Work of 70 km long Dhaka-Tangail-Elenga highway at a cost of about Tk 3,066 crore is going on in full swing. The highway is connected to at least 22 North Bengal districts with the capital city and other places of the country. The highway is also an important part of SAARC highway corridor-4, Asian…

With a view to provide improved sanitation facility to the students of primary schools, Department of Public Health and Engineering (DPHE) is constructing 476 toilets in primary schools in the district. A source in DPHE office said a total of 244 toilets are being constructed for female students and…

A retired Bangladesh army member was killed by slighting throat by miscreants at Pirbari in the district town on Monday night, reports UNB. The deceased identified as Bahar Sakra, 45, a resident of Phulbaria area of the town, hailed from Birgaon village of Nabinagar upazila. Locals said a group of miscreants…

Public Health and Engineering Department (PHED) has taken up a programme to set up 860 semi-deep tubewells in different primary schools in the district to supply safe drinking water to the students round the year, reports BSS. In dry season ground water level goes down and normal tube wells turn inoperative…