• The village of bamboo handicrafts

    Almost all the 320 families at Parshuram village of Chandrapur union in Lalmonirhat's Kaliganj upazila earn their livelihood by making and selling bamboo made things, especially fishing tools.

  • Kuakata beach faces serious erosion

    The businessmen in Kuakata sea beach area are worried as erosion has taken a serious turn in recent days due to tidal surge.

  • Seaweed door to blue economy

    Dhaka University's Botany Professor Dr Abdul Aziz invited me to visit Cox's Bazar a few years back. I've been to Cox's Bazar many times. I asked him what new he would show me. He answered, "Come. I am waiting for you with something new." Two years later I could finally take the trip to Cox's Bazar. Although Dr Aziz wasn't there he made sure that I could see what he wanted me to.

  • IU evening courses end

    The authorities of Islamic University, Kushtia ended the short-term evening postgraduate, certificate, diploma and other professional courses in the university yesterday.

  • 'Punish killers of Tripura girl'

    Speakers at a proteat rally in the town yesterday demanded punishemnt of the criminals who killed a fourth grader Tripura girl after rape.

  • Fourth grader raped in Noakhali

    An 11-year-old girl was raped in Senbagh upazila on Tuesday.

  • 500 illegal structures removed

    Patuakhali Roads and Highways Department (RHD) in an eviction drive yesterday removed around 500 illegal structures from both sides of Patuakhal-Kuakata road.

  • Pass rate continues to fall

    Pass rate in the HSC examination at Government Sohrawardy College is decreasing every year compared to Pirojpur Government Girls' College in the town.

  • Underage couple split by cops

    Police yesterday made void a marriage between a ninth grader girl and tenth grader boy here, two days after they tied the knot through an affidavit at Notary Public in Dinajpur on Sunday.

  • Woman dies, husband injured in family feud

    A housewife was stabbed to death and her husband seriously injured in their house in Tintahari area under Manikchhari upazila on Tuesday.

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