Kishoreganj District Administration have been tight security measures in the district town and its adjoining areas for ensuring a pleasant Eid-ul-Azha celebraion sheduled to be held on September 25 (Friday).The sepcial decision was taken at a meeting held at Local…
A good number of people started leaving the Sylhet from Friday morning to observe the Holy Eid-ul-Azha with their near and dear ones at village homes.Family members, especially wives, children, students and elderly ones were going earlier to avoid the…
The four-day Tax Fair,a part of the country wide programe to motivate the citizens for paying taxes has began here at Narsingdi pourashava auditorium on Friday Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Suriaya Begum inaugurated the fair as chief guest with Deputy…
Thakurgaon district unit of Bangladesh Chemists and Druggists Association (BCDA) went on a strike on Tuesday evening demanding release of the owner of a drugstore in the town.Sources said officials of Department of Narcotics Control on Wednesday morning arrested Tulen…
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) distributed relief materials among 1,000 flood affected people of three char unions of the district on Tuesday to mitigate their sufferings.Each of the relief packages contained 10-kg of rice, a litre of soybean oil, one…
The body of Social Welfare Minister Syed Mohsin Ali, who died on Monday at a Singapore hospital, has reached Dhaka.
A teenage girl reportedly committed suicide by cutting vein of hand at Sherali Madonpur village in Monirampur upazila of Jessore district on Tuesday early morning.The deceased was identified as Musfika Khatun alias Akhi, 15, daughter of Mustafizur Rahman, a resident…
Optimum consumption of micro nutrient-rich small fishes effectively saves the pregnant women, lactating mothers, babies and malnourished children from many severe diseases meeting their nutritional demand.Despite laudable success achieved so far in the health sector, malnutrition of the pregnant women,…
A septuagenarian woman of an ethnic minority community allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself with a tree at Bangpur village in Godagari upazila of the district on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Rabon Murmo, 75, wife of late Gonesh Murmo,…
Two workers, including a woman, of a wig factory sustained burn injuries as a fire broke at the factory atUttara EPZ on Monday. The injured workers, identified as Yeakub and Asia, were admitted to Rangpur Medical College Hospital.Fire service sources…
News The overall flood situations in the district improved significantly as water level in the river Jamuna dropped further.Water Development Board sources said during the last 24 hours Jamuna dropped 19 cm and was flowing 42 cm below the red…
Train movement from Dhaka to Chittagong and Sylhet has remained suspended from Sunday morning following derailment of a freight train at Jatrapur in Ashuganj upazila of the district.
A young man was beaten to death over theft charge at Harikhali village in Sharsha upazila on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam, 28, son of Kawser Ali, a resident of the village.
A housewife was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband as she protested her illicit relationship in Bostapotti area of the district town early Sunday.The deceased was identified as Sanjida, 22, wife of Babu, a resident of the area.
A young man died falling from a coconut tree at Zidhuri Moholla village in Belkuchi upazila headquarters on Saturday.
Private university students, who have been pressing the demand for withdrawal of a government-imposed 7.5 percent VAT on tuition fees, will continue their agitations on Monday. The announcement came at the end of their daylong demonstrations on the streets on…
The grassroots level elected public representatives should have adequate knowledge on the Right to Information (RTI) Act for smoothly running the local government bodies ensuring accountability and transparency.The observation came out at a daylong orientation course on ‘Right to Information…
As a whole, the digitisation process had already created scope of employment and income generation in various ways including outsourcing, selling products through e-shop and offering different services everywhere in the country including the Union Digital Centres (UDCs), speakers at…
A Bill that proposes to make it mandatory for government officials to get permission from authorities to marry foreigners has been placed in Parliament. It also has the provision for the government to sack officials who will defy it. Public…
Two construction workers died from electrocution while another was injured in Burichang upazila headquarters on Wednesday morning.The deceased were identified as Mahsin,35, and Ismael,37.
A young man was shot to death by miscreants at Bharatpur village in Atghoria upazila on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Salauddin Ahmed alias Bishal Khan,24, son of late KM Mehedi Hasan Khan of the village.
A couple died from electrocution at Chapadal village in Badalgachchi upazila early Friday. The deceased were identified as Yeasin Ali, 60, and his wife Rina Begum, 52, of the village.
Train communications of Chittagong with Dhaka and Sylhet were restored after one and half hours of suspension following derailment of a freight train in Akhaura railway junction on Thursday morning.
Over 300 male and female students of Dhukdhukirhat High School under Badarganj upazila have committed for launching social movement to eradicate child marriage and sexual harassment from the upazila.They took the vow at the quiz and essay writing competitions on…
A youth was killed in a road accident at Kasipur on the Barisal-Dhaka highway in the city here this noon.The identity of the deceased could not be known.
Ferry service on the Bhola-Laxmipur route resumed after seven days of disruption on Sunday morning.The ferry service was suspended on August 23 as the new ferry ghat was damaged by erosion by the river Meghna.
A minor boy was electrocuted in Sholok village under Ujirpur upazila of the district this morning.The victim was identified as Hasan Sarder, 3, son of Jabbar Sarder of the same village.
A 30-km long tailback was created on both sides of the Dhaka-Sylhet highway on Saturday for suspension of vehicular movement due to repair work of Shahbazpur Bridge in Sarail upazila.Sources said plying of vehicles remained halted for 22 hours-from 6am…
Two Myanmar nationals were arrested for their suspected link to Myanmar insurgent group ‘Arakan Army’ from Kainda union in Rajasthali upazila here early Saturday.The arrestees were identified as Tosoi Aung Marma, 42, and Mong Chong Wang Marma, 39.
A long-term plan to solve the existing problems of the region’s ethnic community was stressed at a discussion today for their self- reliance and peaceful existence as the conventional development programmes and approaches yield less desired results for the disadvantaged…