Country, Districts
The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) in Tangail is making remarkable progress in implementing 19 development projects under the 2023–24 fiscal year. With an estimated total budget of BDT 2,678.88 crore, works worth BDT 2,289.99 crore have already been executed, achieving an avera...
A traditional boat race was held in a festive atmosphere on the Elengjani River at Chilimpur Union in Tangail Sadar upazila on Monday afternoon.The event, organized by the residents of Baruha village, drew a gathering of nearly 30,000 spectators who thronged both banks of the river to witness the th...
Cassava farmers in Madhupur of Tangail are enjoying bumper harvests of the crop, which has changed the fortunes of many in the fertile, hilly region.Locals have been cultivating the nutty-flavoured root vegetable for centuries. Cassava is also known as ‘Shimul alu in the area.At one time...
Papaya cultivation has brought smile on the faces of many grassroots growers in Tangail district.Sources said many growers have been earning handsome profit from commercial cultivation of papaya in recent times.Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) is looking at the potential for a trade turnov...
Residents of Tangail district, home to over four million people, are being deprived of critical Intensive Care Unit (ICU) services due to the absence of functional ICUs in the region’s two major government hospitals – Tangail Medical College Hospital and the 250-bed Tangail General Hospi...
Unprotected and unauthorised level crossings continue to cause fatal accidents and loss of lives in Tanagil.Local sources said out of the 46 rail crossings from Ibrahimabad Railway Station adjacent to the Jamuna River in Tangail to Mirzapur Railway Station in the district, 30 unprotected crossings h...
Police have arrested three individuals for violating a 22-year-old-woman in Tangail district.The arrested is identified as Dulal Chandra Das, 28, Rupu Mia, 27 and Sajib Khan, 19, all of them are CNG drivers by profession.According to police, a woman was violated by the arrested near Gharinda Railway...
Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) is looking at the potential for a trade turnover of pineapple, a traditional GI product, amounting to around Tk 200 crore this season amid bumper yield in Tangail.They have a plan to set up a factory to make different food products from pineapples and to ex...
Biri workers formed human in Tangail on Wednesay, demanding stricter tobacco control legislation to protect public health and advance country's tobacco-free vision.Development Organization of Rural Poor-DORP organised the demonstration which united labour leaders, youth representatives, journali...
Under the theme ‘Let’s plant trees for a greener Bangladesh,’ a seven-day tree plantation campaign and fair began on Monday in Tangail. The event, held at Shaheed Smriti Municipal Park, is jointly organised by the Tangail District Administration and the Forest Department...
Three people, including two women, were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in the Baghil area of Dhanbari upazila, Tangail. The accident occurred around 2 PM on Monday on the Tangail-Jamalpur highway.Two of the deceased have been ...
The market of jackfruit, national fruit of the country, is now booming in different local markets of Sakhipur upazila in Tangail district. Jackfruit of the upazila worth about Tk half a crore is being sold to different districts of the country every week. This national fruit, which is swee...
Dr. Asif Nazrul, Adviser to the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment, stated that the skill trade programme launched in Tangail is the first of its kind in the history of Bangladesh. He expressed hope that if students can acquire these skills, they will be able to secure be...
Primary and Mass Education adviser Dr Bidhan Ranjan Roy Podder said there are no separate projects for children in river erosion-affected areas. Officials will be instructed to gather statistics on children from these areas, and efforts will be made to ensure that children in these regions do not fa...
At least four people were killed in a collision between a bus and a pickup van on the Tangail-Mymensingh regional highway’s Malauri area in Madhupur upazila of Tangail district on Tuesday morning.The deceased were identified as Rabiul Islam, 28, son of Atar Ali of Mohammadpur village of Islamp...
The 48th death anniversary of the Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani was observed in Tangail on Sunday with various programs.Professor Dr Md Anwarul Azim Akhand, Vice-Chancellor of Maulana Bhasani Science and Technology University (MBSTU), along with the deans of various faculties, provosts, departmen...
Adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, Syeda Rizwana Hasan said that no social afforestation will be allowed in natural forests. Natural forests will remain as natural forests. She said if social afforestation is to be conducted, agreements should be signed with the...
Three people including a member of banned terrorist organisation Bangladesh Chattra League (BCL) have been arrested over various cases at Dhanbari upazila in Tangail. Police conducted separate drives in the upazila on Monday night and arrested them from different places in the upazila.The arres...
Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) conducted an eviction drive to remove the illegal structures on Jamuna Bridge site in Bhuapur upazila of Tangail on Sunday.The drive was conducted in Jamuna Setu Purba Pathailkandi Bazar in the upazila on Sunday morning.It was learnt that the local people kept the b...
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