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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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‘He hooked me with promises of stardom’
Says young man who landed in jail pretending to be Rabiul
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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”.
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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.
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September 29, 2018
A case of callousness
A couple of nurses and a cleaning staff member (aya) of Debidwer Upazila Health Complex were venturing something they were not supposed to do without the presence of a doctor.
September 13, 2018
Cases too puzzling
Implicated in three “false cases” and tired of police harassment, Ahad Khalifa was desperately looking for a break.
September 7, 2018
A rare example of empathy
For housewife Rokeya Begum and her day labourer husband Shah Alam, the burden of hospital bills of Tk two lakh outweighed embracing their newborn at the Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of a private clinic, but humanity triumphed over money in Comilla this week as help arrived in the form of media reports and attention from the administration.
May 27, 2018
A different call of duty
A woman gave birth to a baby girl under the open sky near Amtoli Mosque beside the Dhaka-Chittagong highway at 4:00pm yesterday.
December 23, 2017
Forging a future
The high point of 24-year-old Md Amzad Hossain's life was the day he was accepted to study Bangla at Dhaka University. “When the
December 20, 2017
For the love of nature
Zamil Khan is by profession a restaurateur. He runs a Bangla fare establishment called Nongor in Comilla's Jhawtala.
April 12, 2017
A traditional toy for festivals
The vuvuzela, a plastic horn made famous around the world since the 2010 World Cup in South Africa has become ubiquitous, too, in
April 1, 2017
Raid on in Borohat, Moulvibazar: 'Some militants, explosives inside'
Suspected militants at Moulvibazar's Borohat den held their ground by putting up a defiant resistance throughout the day yesterday, forcing police to eventually suspend their operation as soon as dark fell.
March 29, 2017
Comilla city goes to polls tomorrow
Mayoral candidates from the ruling Awami League and the BNP wrapped up their intensive two-week-long campaign in Comilla yesterday midnight in the run-up to the city corporation polls.
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