• 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.

  • Law Minister Anisul Huq talks on Jatiya Oikyafront's Demand

    ‘Speedy trial of road crashes in new law’

    The government is in the process of enacting a new law that will ensure speedy trial of road crashes, Law Minister Anisul Huq says.

  • Dhaka-Chittagong highway blockade

    Transport workers beat up student

    During a demo of transport workers, an altercation broke out between them and passengers of a bus at Mouchak area of Siddhirganj in Narayanganj, witnesses say.

  • Safe Road demand Students' Protest in Bangladesh

    Protest spreads outside Dhaka

    Students blocked roads in Narayanganj and Gazipur as protest over the demand for safe roads spread outside Dhaka.

  • Obaidul Quader

    Road transport act to be placed before cabinet next week: Quader

    Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says the long-awaited road transport act will be placed before the next week’s cabinet meeting and the draft act is expected to be passed in the next parliamentary session.

  • Betel leaf bonanza

    In Bagerhat, prosperity grows in leafy bursts of resplendent green. Betel vines have performed to their utmost this year; enough to please even the most hardened farmer.

  • Pitch melting pollutes Dimla air

    Air quality of Dimla upazila under tthe district hit a hazardous level due to melting of pitch in front of Dimla Islamia Degree College for construction of a road, causing health hazards of the students as well as locals.

  • Mymensingh city Jubo League leader Azad Sheikh killing

    Jubo League man shot dead

    A Jubo League leader was shot and hacked to death yesterday in Akua Morolpara area of the town.

  • Fertiliser trader hacked to death

    A fertiliser trader was hacked to death at Nithok Achintola village in Kaliganj upazila early yesterday.

  • Ban on fishing in Kaptai ends today

    Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation (BFDC) has lifted the ban on fishing in Kaptai Lake, starting from midnight today.

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