Rose growers see strong start to peak sales season
Rose growers across Savar in the central region of Bangladesh are enjoying good yields and sales of the flower amid the peak sales season this year, with prices having reached sky-high on New Year's Eve
Falling egg prices leave poultry farmers in a bind
price of each egg at farm level has fallen by between Tk 3 to Tk 3.5 in one month
AL activists, police take over some BNP sit-ins
Law enforcers were seen confiscating the tables, chairs and microphones that BNP was supposed to use in the sit in
2 cops ‘tortured three people to extort money’
Two police officers in Savar have allegedly tortured three people and extorted money from them in three separate incidents.
A muddy menace
Sukumar Chakma, a senior official at Union Pharmaceuticals Limited in Savar’s Sadhapur, regularly faces obstacles in his daily commute due to an incomplete road project.
Bride-groom demand repeal of DSA during reception
Many brides and grooms from all over the world have come to the limelight by organising fancy weddings which make for great photos on social media
'I don't need anything else'
After spending five days in jail, Prothom Alo reporter Samsuzzaman Shams was welcomed home by his mother in Dautia village in Dhaka's Dhamrai
Their rallies are picnics
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said it would be a blunder for the BNP if seven of its lawmakers resigned from parliament.
October 7, 2022
Police torture victims of robbery
After they were robbed, they went to the police and lodged a complaint. But the law enforcers, instead of giving them the support they sought, brutally tortured them.
October 2, 2022
‘Sealed factory running in full swing’
A fertiliser and pesticide factory, sealed off by authorities around a year ago, is still reportedly continuing its operation in Dhaka’s Keraniganj area.
September 26, 2022
Not waste anymore: Maiden shipment of solid tannery soon
A local company is set to export solid waste generated at the Savar Tannery Industrial Estate (STIE), a move that could show the way for curbing the dumping of polluting materials in open yards and cutting the scope for environmental pollution.
August 30, 2022
Tough times for tannery workers
With the ongoing energy crisis and the rising price of commodities, the tannery industry has been gravely affected, and with that, their workers.
August 16, 2022
People of ‘Mehndi Gram’ earning big from henna
The Salmashi village in Savar is popularly known as “Mehndi Gram” as most farmers in the area cultivate henna trees on a commercial basis to provide for their families.
June 30, 2022
Teacher killing: Culprit arrested, finally
The student in Ashulia who bludgeoned a teacher to death with a cricket stump was finally arrested yesterday, five days after the assault.
June 29, 2022
Ashulia teacher killing accused over 19, mentioned as minor in FIR: School authorities
The age of the student accused in the murder case of Ashulia teacher Utpal Kumar Sarkar was shown as 16 in the FIR, but according to his birth certificate he is over 19, school authorities said today (June 29, 2022).
June 29, 2022
Killing of teacher: Three days on, police yet to arrest culprit
A student who assaulted a teacher with a cricket stump was yet to be arrested more than three days after the attack and a day after the teacher’s death.
June 28, 2022
“What did you do when my son was murdered?”
“What did you do when my son was murdered? My son buy medicines for me. Fifteen days ago, he came to see me. My son loved me very much. I’m losing my mind... Please do something… Ensure justice for my son,” wailed 80-year-old Gita Bala Sarker, mother of school teacher Utpal Kumar Sarker, who died after a student hit him with a cricket stump on June 25.
June 7, 2022
Untimely death of a dream
She lost her mother at six.
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