Students of different schools and colleges yesterday staged demonstrations and blocked Chaurasta intersection area for two hours in the town demanding…

Residents of Bhatidihi village and some adjoining areas in Kanaighat upazila sadar union are at the risk of losing their homesteads as receding water level of Surma River has triggered erosion. Villagers say a number of houses will be lost to erosion if preventive measures are not taken immediately.…

Four workers went missing after a stone-laden trawler sank in Padma River near Antar crossing in Sadar upazila on Friday afternoon. The victims were identified as Nuruzzaman, 40, Farukh, 40, Abdul 43, and Alamin Sheikh, 45, of Sirajganj district. Shawkat Ali Joardar, deputy director of Rajbari Fire…

With the onset of winter, the roadside pitha shops in Lalmonirhat not only give people something warm and delicious to nibble on but also provide seasonal labourers a much-needed livelihood. People throng the mobile pitha (rice cake) shops located on various street corners of the town mainly in the…

During winter, tourists come here in large numbers to enjoy the scenic beauty of Shat Gombuj Mosque, one of the largest in Bangladesh. The mosque, declared…

Joypurhat Sugar Mills resumes production UNB, Joypurhat Joypurhat Sugar Mills resumed production in the current season on Friday afternoon. Anwar Hossain Akanda, managing director of the mills, with officials, staff, labourers and their leaders, and sugarcane producers inaugurated the 57th sugarcane…