Bamboo Craftsmen: Clinging to tradition, struggling to survive
People involved in producing bamboo-made crafts in different upazilas of Mymensingh are struggling to survive due to increased production cost and availability of plastic products.
2m ago
Tk 36 crore goes down the drain
The recent heavy rainfall reveals the poor and unplanned drainage system of Mymensingh city, one of the oldest cities in the country.
4m ago
Pagla Mosque donation boxes yield almost Tk 22 crore in 2023
A total of Tk 21,87,85,181 has been collected from the donation boxes at the historic Pagla mosque in Kishoreganj this year.
4m ago
Muktagacha Zamindar Bari: A palace in ruins for lack of care
The Atani Zamindar Palace in Muktagacha of Mymensingh has been in a dilapidated state for a long time, much to the frustration of hundreds of visitors and locals.
5m ago
Small furniture makers up the creek
Small wooden furniture businesses in Bangladesh are facing a deep financial crisis as the demand for their products has fallen drastically, according to market players.
11m ago
Courier companies take over footpaths
In urban areas, traffic jam is generally triggered by some common factors, which general people sometimes tolerate for their own interest.
1y ago
Damaged embankment threatens croplands
Hundreds of farmers in Netrakona’s Kalmakanda and Barhatta upazilas are facing a serious threat, as several damaged parts of the 10-kilometre-long flood-protection embankment, stretching from Ambari to Hirakanda of Kalmakanda’s Pogla union, are yet to be completely repaired.
1y ago
Cheap and durable, cane products hold huge potential
Though plastic, plywood and board furniture have captured the market, the demand for those made from cane has not disappeared completely
1y ago
March 8, 2022
Feeding the unfed
Nree Foundation, a voluntary organisation based in Sherpur, has been serving daily lunch to the unfed people since August last year to alleviate the impact of coronavirus pandemic. The programme titled “Food for the Hungry” has come as a respite for the destitute.
November 21, 2021
Brahmaputra dying a slow death
For the longest river in the country, the Brahmaputra is in quite the awful state. Years of rampant river grabbing and sand lifting has put its existence in such a crisis that even its tributaries are in danger today.
November 6, 2021
Bringing animals back from the edge
Netrakona’s Durgapur upazila is home to a forest area that stretches across both sides of the border with India. Also known as Susang Durgapur, it plays host to a diversity of wild animals.
November 5, 2021
Mymensingh stuck in gridlock
Long queues of cars, buses, rickshaws and motorbikes -- an inseparable image associated mostly with life in metros -- like Dhaka and Chattogram. However, traffic jam, these days, has become a regular phenomenon in the somewhat small divisional city of Mymensingh as well.
October 16, 2021
An ancestral profession lives on
Some 200 families of Bade Majhira village in Muktagacha upazila of Mymensingh have been making a living by making fishing rods. This has been an ancestral profession of these families for around a century.
October 9, 2021
Waterlogged for four months a year!
For around four months a year -- from June to September -- thousands of residents of Balashpur Madhyapara area in Mymensingh city have to sit through debilitating waterlogging.
October 8, 2021
Mymensingh gears up for Durga Puja
For the past two years, Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bengali Hindu community, had lost its colours to the pandemic.
September 24, 2021
Success story comes to a grinding halt
Before the pandemic hit, a group of women with disabilities were living a respectable life, working for a handloom workshop in Mymensingh’s Kanchijuly area.
August 7, 2021
M’singh hospital overrun with patients
“No vacant beds available for Covid-19 patients at ICU and Covid wards” -- reads the sign hanging in front of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital’s (MMCH) emergency department.
August 5, 2021
Rawhide traders in a bind
Menazul Islam, a seasonal rawhide trader from Matikata Mor area of Chilmari upazila in Kurigram, is in dire straits after taking a Tk 2 lakh loan for his business in hopes of turning a profit.
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