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Awareness campaign prog held in Shibchar

Bangladesh, Nov. 3 -- A campaign to raise awareness about plastic pollution and promote environmental cleanliness organised by the voluntary organization Development Efforts for Society and Humanity (... Read More


Sugarcane cultivation booms in Kalkini

Bangladesh, Nov. 1 -- Farmers in Kalkini upazila of Madaripur are optimistic about higher earnings following a bumper sugarcane harvest this year, with the crop cultivated on 115 hectares of land. Lo... Read More


9 fishermen sentenced for illegal hilsa fishing

Bangladesh, Oct. 24 -- Nine fishermen were detained and sentenced, and about 300,000 metres of banned current nets were seized and destroyed, in an operation against illegal hilsa fishing on the Padma... Read More


51 Kalkini schools show-caused over anomalies in feeding prog

Bangladesh, Sept. 23 -- Allegations of irregularities regarding the distribution of food under the 'School Feeding Programme' have surfaced in government primary schools in Kalkini upazila of Madaripu... Read More


Student shortage persists in Kalkini Girls' School

Bangladesh, Sept. 12 -- A nearly seven-decade-old girls' school in Madaripur's Kalkini has been left virtually without students amid allegations of irregularities against its headteacher and a prolong... Read More


Bomb-making blast injures six, one held

Bangladesh, Sept. 6 -- At least six people were injured when a bomb allegedly exploded while it was being made at an abandoned house in Madaripur Sadar upazila late Thursday night. The explosion occu... Read More