Eight years on, still no justice for Tonu
Eight years have passed since the murder of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, yet there has been little to no progress in the probe, frustrating the victim’s family.
First city polls under new AL govt today
Mymensingh and Cumilla cities go to polls today to pick their mayors and councillors, just two months after the Awami League formed a new government.
Cumilla City Corporation By-election: No enthusiasm among voters
Despite 13-day-long vigorous campaigning by mayoral candidates in Cumilla City Corporation by-polls that ended last night, there is no apparent enthusiasm among voters.
In Cumilla, canals run black
Joinul Hossain, a 55-year-old farmer in Cumilla Sadar south upazila, followed in his father’s footsteps to dedicate his entire life to cultivating their small piece of land and fishing in a canal near it.
Not a single arrest in 7 years
Seven years have passed since the killing of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, yet law enforcement agencies have failed to make any progress in the murder probe.
A plot afoot to throw BNP leaders out of polls
The BNP yesterday alleged the government was conspiring to implicate its senior leaders in “false and fabricated” cases to make them ineligible for the national election “like it did to Khaleda Zia”.
Cumilla rally today: BNP faces few obstructions this time
Though BNP men faced transport strikes and obstructions ahead of most of the recent rallies in several cities, the situation in Cumilla was different before today’s rally.
November 24, 2021
Killers trained, target clear
The killers’ target was clear: shoot and confirm the death of Cumilla city Councillor Syed Mohammad Sohel on the spot.
October 18, 2021
Cumilla mayhem: A chronicle of hate unleashed
Around 7:00am on October 13, a 30-year-old Ekram Hossain dialled 999 and reported to the police about an alleged defamation of the Holy Quran at Nanua Dighir Par puja mandap in Cumilla city.
September 6, 2021
Cumilla Medical College Hospital: Acute scarcity of nitrous oxide hampers surgery
A lack of nitrous oxide supply -- needed for anesthesia during surgeries -- is putting patients at Cumilla Medical College Hospital in difficulty.
July 19, 2021
College Student’s Death: Her elder sister loses job at private bank
The elder sister of the college student who was found dead in a Gulshan flat on April 26 has been terminated from her job at Padma Bank.
April 12, 2021
‘Missing’ Humayun Ahmed painting exhibited in Cumilla
A controversy has stirred up centring a painting of celebrated writer, playwright and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed that either got lost or stolen during the time of his death in USA in 2012, and has now resurfaced in Cumilla after almost nine years.
March 20, 2021
Justice for Tonu: 5 yrs on, no ray of hope for her family
Her parents left no stone unturned to help her become what she wanted to be: an artist. Sohagi Jahan Tonu had a natural knack for acting, and she would often sing and dance in theater plays.
February 22, 2021
Withstanding the test of time
For the unassuming, Cumilla Victoria Govt College’s Shaheed Minar may seem like a customary tribute to the Language Movement. That the monument itself has been a battleground between the region’s people and the then East Pakistan administration is thus a history worth retelling.
January 31, 2021
Who’ll clean it up?
Garbage has been dumped unabated right beside Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Nazirabazar in Cumilla for years with no authorities taking care of the issue.
January 27, 2021
A case of sheer negligence
The government is yet to take any action against the registrar -- who recorded the marriage of deceased Lakingme Chakma, a 14-year-old girl -- based on a fake birth certificate and others involved.
November 4, 2020
Muradnagar mayhem: Escalation is all they wanted
The attackers who vandalised and torched four Hindu houses and a family temple in Korbanpur village of Cumilla’s Muradnagar on Sunday, did so even as the issue that inflamed them -- a Facebook post that they said hurt religious sentiments -- was being resolved.
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