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Rivers shaped Narail's civilisation, but ancient waterways are vanishing

BENAPOLE, Aug 01: The history of Narail, a riverine district in southwestern Bangladesh, is inseparable from the history of its rivers. The district's origin, changing landscape, agriculture, trade, transport, settlement patterns, and even its culture and folk traditions were all shaped by an intricate network of waterways.Once crisscrossed by countless...

Bogura, Khulna, Rajshahi road accidents kill eight

A total of eight people were killed in separate road accidents in Bogura, Khulna, and Rajshahi districts on Saturday and Friday night.In Bogura, four people were killed when a truck collided head-on with a pick-up van on the Bogura-Naogaon highway at Kazipara in Kahalu upazila of Bogura district on Saturday.One...

Five years on, Taraganj women's training centre still lies deserted

RANGPUR, Aug 01 (UNB): Built with the promise of empowering rural women through skills training, the Taraganj Upazila Women's Development Training Centre now stands as a deserted building-its classrooms silent, its doors broken, and its future uncertain.Five years after its construction, not a single training session has been held at...

Man kills son over smartphone instalment, flees in Joypurhat

JOYPURHAT, Aug 01 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a 19-year-old man on Friday afternoon after his father allegedly strangled him to death following a dispute over a smartphone instalment payment and an ongoing family conflict in Joypurhat town. Police also detained the victim's stepmother for questioning.The incident occurred in...

IU student found hanging in Rajshahi house

ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY, Kushtia, Aug 01 (BSS): A student of Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia was found dead in his room. Police recovered his hanging body from his residence in Rajshahi on Friday night.The deceased was identified as Ankon Kundu, a student of the Law and Land Administration Department under the...

Md. Mazibur Rahman, a senior assistant vice president (SAVP) and head of Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd,

Md. Mazibur Rahman, a senior assistant vice president (SAVP) and head of Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd, Gopalganj branch, speaks at a programme marking Consumer Service Month (July 1-31, 2026) recently.