The seasonal cold-related diseases have struck a large number of people in the country as for the last few days a cold wave has been sweeping through the country, particularly the northern districts. According to a report of this newspaper at least 51 have died of cold-related diseases across the country…

Ferry services on the key Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma River resumed after an eight-hour suspension yesterday morning after visibility improved. Zillur Rahman, deputy general manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC), said the authorities concerned kept ferry services…

National vitamin ‘A’ plus campaign will be held in three upazilas of Narail district on Saturday (11 January). A total of 91,633 children of 6 months to 5 years age group will be feed vitamin A plus capsule in Sadar, Lohagara and Kalia upazilas of the district. In the occasion, a press briefing…

The two-kilometre road from Phulbari Gate on the Lalmonirhat side to Achhiar Bazar on the eastern side of the Sheikh Hasina Dharla Bridge in Phulbari upazila of Kurigram district has been named as ‘Mujib Bharsha Sarak’ (Mujib Year Road). Divisional Commissioner KM Tariqul Islam inaugurated…

Hotel worker found dead UNB, Joypurhat Police recovered the body of a teenage hotel worker boy from a potato field at Chanpara in Panchbibi upazila yesterday morning. The deceased was identified as Jihad Hossain, 16, Maznu Miah. He has been working at a hotel in Chanpara Bazar for the last one and a…