Residents in northern Feni are facing renewed concerns over flooding as the monsoon season approaches, with damaged embankments along the Muhuri, Kohua and Silonia rivers yet to receive durable repairs. People living in riverbank areas of Fulgazi, Parshuram and Chhagalnaiya upazilas say temporary restoration work has heightened fears of another disaster similar to the devastating […]

A worker employed at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project was killed in a road accident in Ishwardi, Pabna, after a motorcycle struck his bicycle while he was returning home from work. The accident took place at around 10:00 pm on Saturday, 16 May, at Montri’s Intersection in Shahapur Union of Ishwardi Upazila. The deceased […]

Authorities in Noakhali district have seized 96 sacks of government-allocated rice from the residence of a local leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami in Subarnachar, following allegations of illegal stockpiling and profiteering. The operation was carried out on Saturday afternoon after local residents informed officials that large quantities of subsidised rice had allegedly been stored for a […]

A wave of cattle theft has left two farming families in northern Bangladesh devastated just weeks before Eid-ul-Adha, after thieves allegedly stole eight cows from separate households in Jamalpur’s Madarganj upazila during the same night. The incidents took place early on Friday morning in the villages of Purba Sukhnagari and Banikunj, according to the affected […]

We all know that avoiding regular exercise, becoming addicted to mobile phones, laziness, smoking, or alcohol consumption are harmful to our personal lives, families, and society as a whole. Yet, despite making countless promises and resolutions, why do we still fail to break these bad habits? Why? Today’s discussion is an attempt to answer that […]

A long-standing family land dispute in the Kishoreganj district of Bangladesh has ended in tragedy after a man was allegedly hacked to death by his paternal uncle, according to police and local sources. The incident occurred on Friday afternoon in the Purbachar Paratola area of Lohajuri Union under Katiadi Upazila. The deceased, Anwar Hossain, aged […]