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8 killed in road accidents

At least eight people were killed in road accidents in Sunamganj, Sylhet, Lakshmipur, Chattogram and Mymensingh districts from Friday night to Saturday.

Dhaka Div tops unemployed population

Dhaka division has the highest unemployed people of 6.87 lakh people Mymensingh division the least unemployed people of 1.04 lakh, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics...

Impunity, inaction fuel land grab, violence against officials

The Roads and Highways Department coming to suspend its eviction drive to reclaim grabbed land after one of its surveyors was attacked by illegal occupiers speaks of the sorry state of reclamation efforts. The surveyor came under attack on September 2 during a drive to demolish illegal structures beside the Dhaka–Mymensingh Highway at Sripur in Gazipur. Officials of...

Green Delta settles dairy heat index insurance claim

Green Delta Insurance PLC completed Bangladesh’s first-ever dairy heat index insurance claim settlement recently in Mymensingh, said a press release...

Road dept surveyor injured by grabbers during eviction drive

BAU students block rail line for 3rd day, probe body formed

Students of the Bangladesh Agricultural University continued their protests for the third consecutive day on Tuesday by blocking the Dhaka-Mymensingh rail tracks following an attack on them.

BAU students block rail line for 2nd day

The students of Bangladesh Agricultural University continued their protests for the second day running on Monday, demanding apology from the vice-chancellor, resignation of the proctorial body and action against outsiders and some teachers for...

BAU students block Dhaka-M’singh rail track demanding reform in public service

Students of different agricultural universities in different districts on Sunday enforced an ‘Agri Blockade’ by blocking roads and rail lines, demanding reforms in the recruitment and promotion systems of agriculturists in the public service.

Managers’ meeting held by Jamuna Bank

Jamuna Bank PLC recently organised its Managers’ Meeting for the Dhaka North and Mymensingh zones at a hotel in the capital...

Educationist Jatin Sarkar dies

Independence Award-winning writer and educationist Professor Jatin Sarkar died while undergoing treatment at Mymensingh Medical College on Wednesday...

Karmasangsthan Bank hosts entrepreneurship dev training

Karmasangsthan Bank’s loan and advance department on Thursday hosted an entrepreneurship development training programme at Upazila Livestock Office and Veterinary Hospital at Gouripur in Mymensingh, said a press release...

Workers block Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway for arrears

Vehicular movement on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway remained suspended for three hours as the workers of a ceramics factory blocked the highway, demanding arrears and other benefits, in Gazipur’s Sreepur upazila Sunday morning...

JBPLC holds divisional branch managers’ confce

Janata Bank PLC on Friday held its branch managers’ conference in Mymensingh, said a press release...

Islami Bank holds half-yearly business dev confce

Mymensingh Zone of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC has recently organised ‘Half-Yearly Business Development Conference,’ said a press release...

Throat-slit bodies of woman, children found at rented house in Mymensingh

The throat-slit bodies of a woman and her two children were found dead at their rented house in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh on Monday morning...

Kewatkhali Bridge project deviates from design, civic platform alleges

A platform of local people of Mymensingh has alleged that the Roads and Highways Department is constructing the country’s largest arch bridge known as Kewatkhali Bridge in the region, deviating from its approved plan, which if allowed to go on unhindered would cause great suffering to the region’s people...

6 killed in road accidents

At least six people were killed and eight others injured in road accidents in Tangail, Mymensingh and Sherpur districts on Monday...

Lightning strike kills man, his son in Mymensingh

A 45-year-old man and his nine-year-old son were killed in a lightning strike in Nandail Upazila of Mymensingh Sunday afternoon...

Arnob, Soumyia triumph in Mymensingh Div Tennis

Arnob Saha and Soumyia Akter clinched the men’s and women’s singles titles of the week-long MTB Mymensingh Divisional Tennis Tournament that ended at the Mymensingh Club on Friday.

Two students’ bodies recovered after 22hrs of boat capsize

The bodies of two madrassah students, who went missing after a boat capsized in the Brahmaputra River in Gafargaon upazila in Mymensingh, were recovered Wednesday morning from the river in Pakundia upazila after 22 hours...

Global Islami Bank opens 3 sub-branches

Global Islami Bank on Wednesday opened three sub-branches at Bhuiyar Hat in Noakhali, Islamia Madrasa in Chattogram and Tarakanda in Mymensingh, said a press release...

Expatriate ‘commits suicide’ after ‘killing’ ex-wife in Mymensingh

A Bangladeshi expatriate in Oman allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his house after killing his ex-wife at Gulkibari in Mymensingh district town on Tuesday...

EU to support 70,000 Bangladeshis with disabilities

The European Union will support more than 70,000 individuals with disabilities residing in Mymensingh and Netrakona districts...

Online GD service to be launched in Dhaka, Mymensingh Tuesday

The online general diary service at all police stations under the Dhaka and Mymensingh ranges will start on Tuesday.

Shakil, Farzana return to jail after parole

Ekattor Television’s former chief news editor Shakil Ahmed and his wife, former chief reporter and anchor Farzana Rupa returned to jail on Wednesday after four-hour parole to attend the funeral of Farzana’s mother in Mymensingh...

Four killed, 20 injured in road accidents

At least four people, including a mother and her daughter, were killed and 20 more were injured in two separate road crashes in Pabna and Mymensingh districts on Wednesday...

12-km tailback on Dhaka-M’sing highway

A 12-km long tailback has been created on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway stretching from Tongi to Chandana Chowrasta in Gazipur district on Thursday.

Workers block highway as colleague killed in road accident

Readymade garment workers blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway for about three hours protesting at the death of a female worker in a road accident in Gazipur on Tuesday...

Rebuilding of Bikshan Open Stage in Mymensingh demanded

The Subarnagram Sangskriti Angan formed a human chain, protesting at the demolition of the Bikshan Open Stage in Mymensingh, in front of the Sonargaon Press Club in Narayanganj on Sunday...

BAU students block rail line demanding PSC reformation

A section of students of Bangladesh Agricultural University blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh rail line for about an hour Saturday night, expressing solidarity with some protesting students of Dhaka University...