Protection works on the Meghna river bank are yet to start, even though the Bhola Water Development Board issued a work order on it three months back. This has kept residents of the two unions of Bhola Sadar in constant fear of flooding. The work was scheduled to start from November…

dinajpur: Police, in special drives from Thursday night to yesterday, arrested 47 accused and recovered illegal drugs-Phensidyl, yaba tablets, ganja and locally made liquor - from six upazilas of the district, reports BSS. Police said they were picked up from different areas of the district Police said,…

Instead of depending on only Irri-Boro farming, importance should be given to the promotion of less-irrigation consuming cereal crops in Barind area to lessen the gradually mounting pressure on underground water, said Dr Akram Hossain Chowdhury, reports BSS. He opined that large-scale promotion of less-water…

A housewife was hacked to death allegedly by her husband at Masimpur in the district town yesterday.The deceased was identified as Asma Begum, 26, wife of Rezaul Islam of Tala upazila in Satkhira district. Quoting local people, police said Rezaul along with his wife Asma and nine labourers rented a…

A schoolboy was found dead in his residence at New town under Kotwali police station in Jessore on Thursday.The deceased was Shahjahan Hossain, 9, son of Azibar Rahman and also a student of Smriti Primary School in the area.Abdullah –Al- Mamun, medical officer of Jessore General Hospital said…

Darasbari Mosque is the largest mosque in the Bangladesh part of gaur-lakhnauti, now in ruins. It is situated in the Darasbari quarter of the mediaeval…

2 killed in road accident Bagerhat: Two local Juba League activists were killed and another was injured as their motorbike hit a roadside tree near Jalchira bridge in Mongla upazila on Thursday night, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Kamruzzaman Saikat, 23, son of Shahadat Hossain and Shovon…