Jhalakathi marks National Youth Day with rally, awards and youth loan cheques
National Youth Day has been observed in Jhalakathi with the theme ‘Skilled youth will build the country, Bangladesh for all’. To mark the day, the district administration and the Department of Youth Development organised a colourful rally and…
BM College hostel students hand principal memorandum with four demands, including a gate to keep outsiders out
Students of the Ashwini Kumar Hostel at Barishal’s Government Brajamohan College (BM College) staged a protest march and submitted a memorandum with a four-point charter of demands, including swift completion of the hostel road construction and a…
Posing as patients, NSI team exposes fake doctor in Babuganj; Tk 50,000 and Tk 1 lakh fines imposed
A mobile court drive in Babuganj, Barishal, has fined a fake doctor Tk 50,000 and a diagnostic centre operating without a pathologist Tk 1 lakh. Upazila Nirbahi Officer and Executive Magistrate Asma Ul Husna said the fines were imposed at the end of the…
Only son dies in Saudi Arabia, debt-ridden Barguna family uncertain about bringing body home
‘Put me in touch with my son, just once. I beg you, holding your hands and feet, put me in touch with him. I have one child; I lost my husband when he was little, and I have no one but this son. There is no one who will call me Ma. Bring […]
Man who went to Saudi Arabia on loans dies buried under soil, uncertainty over bringing back body
Ismail Hossain, 40, of Barguna had gone to Saudi Arabia after borrowing Tk 5 lakh to end the financial hardship of his poor family. That dream of bringing smiles to his family’s faces was never fulfilled. He died after being buried under soil while…
Plenty of hilsa in fishermen’s nets in Charfasson
The flow of hilsa has suddenly increased in the Meghna and Tentulia rivers in the Charfasson area of Bhola. As ample hilsa has been caught in fishermen's nets over the past three to four days, joy and bustle have returned to the local fish landing…
Meritorious students with GPA-5 accorded reception in Charfasson
Meritorious students of Charfasson upazila in Bhola who obtained GPA-5 in the SSC and equivalent examinations of 2026 have been accorded a reception. The event was held at Charfasson Brajagopal Town Hall on Saturday, organised by Charfasson Upazila…