February 24, 2021
Power plant filling up Meghna bank
The state-owned Ashuganj Power Station Company Limited (APSCL) is filling the Meghna bank with sand to construct a new unit near Sohagpur village. The sand is being extracted from the river bed.
December 23, 2020
Boro on 15,000 hectares in BADC project uncertain
Irrigation in 15,000 hectares of land in the upcoming Boro season seems uncertain as various parts of the canal under the Ashuganj-Palash Agro Irrigation Project have been filled with sand to...
October 30, 2020
4 years of Nasirnagar attack: Victims see no hope for justice
Recalling the violent attack at her home in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria, Purnima Das still trembles with fear.
September 12, 2020
Toxic water from India: environment in Akhaura at risk
Toxic industrial and medical waste and household sewage has been making its way into Bangladesh from Agartala, the capital of the Indian state of Tripura, for years through a cross-border canal...
August 5, 2020
July 31, 2020
Dirt now LGED contractors’ component of choice!
Civil engineering contractors in Bijoynagar upazila have been using earth and substandard bricks to repair a vital road that connects Akhaura land port with at least three nearby upazilas.
July 24, 2020
Transshipment of Indian Goods: First consignment reaches Tripura, Assam thru’ Ctg
India has for the first time sent cargo from Kolkata to Tripura and Assam using Bangladesh’s Akhaura land port in Brahmanbaria.
July 7, 2020
UZ chairman, his men sued as huge govt sand illegally sold
A staggering 50 lakh cubic feet (cft) of sand extracted by Bangladesh Water Development Board from the Meghna River in Ashuganj upazila of Brahmanbaria district has been illegally sold out.
June 25, 2020
Facebook post reunites family after 9 yrs
Sohel Rana used to make a living as a rickshaw-puller in Dhaka city. The youth from Natore was married and had two children, with the family living with him in in the city.
June 21, 2020
Town dwellers suffer as road condition awful
With numerous potholes and cracks, the two-km-long road from Ghukarna to Chandalkhil area of Brahmanbaria town remains virtually off-limits to vehicles, thanks to the negligence of the authorities...