February 28, 2022
A self-made man
Jamir Uddin, a landless and homeless day labourer, applied for a house at a government shelter project in 2018. Following his application, he was allotted a two-room house built on two decimals of land at Andulbaria Ashrayan Project under Jibannagar upazila of Chuadanga on June 20, 2021.
January 9, 2022
Carew plans to double alcohol production
The country’s lone state-run distillery Carew & Company (Bangladesh) is planning to double alcohol production through an automation project and go for market expansion observing a recent hike in sales.
September 29, 2021
Kaliganga crying out for help
Years of encroachment has left the Kaliganga, which used to be one of the most prominent rivers in the country, in its death throes. But the authorities seem to have turned a blind eye to the crime.
July 11, 2021
Kushtia hospital overrun with Covid-19 patients
The wave of Covid-19 patients has turned Kushtia General Hospital helpless. Every one and a half hours, someone is losing their life, and many are close to dying at the 250-bed medical facility. Doctors say the situation is truly out of their control.
June 14, 2021
Gruesome
A police official was arrested after shooting to death a woman, her seven-year-old son, and a man in broad daylight in Kushtia town yesterday.
June 8, 2021
Graft in Chuadanga Hospital: Probe body visits almost a year later
The probe committee tasked with investigating alleged irregularities in procurement of medicine and medical equipment for Chuadanga Sadar Hospital and four upazila health complexes visited the district for the first time on Sunday, almost a year after its formation.
May 31, 2021
Illegal border crossings going on in 6 districts
Amid the closure of Indo-Bangla land borders, Bangladeshi nationals are trespassing using several illegal points in six districts of the south.
May 30, 2021
Amid health risk, illegal border crossing on in 6 Khulna districts
Bangladesh nationals in Khulna division’s six districts have been using some points between Bangladesh and India to cross the border without visa.
May 21, 2021
Khulna Division’s Water Crisis: Dearth now in all 10 districts
The crisis of pure drinking water is deepening in Khulna division as the underground water level has also gone down in five previously unaffected districts, say experts.
March 26, 2021
Chuadanga’s date molasses market going strong as ever
The famous 300-year-old date molasses market in Sarojganj of Khulna’s Chuadanga district is enjoying excellent business this year.