Kumar Barman News Today

DHAKA — Lika Chakma, 37, says she can still remember her childhood days when the springs in the Digholchari Hajachara area of eastern Bangladesh, where she grew up, flowed year-round. These perennial water bodies supported not only the lives and livelihoods of the communities in the region, but also diverse fish and aquatic wildlife. Among […]

An assistant manager of Apeejay Group’s Mathurapur tea estate sustained serious burn injuries in a fire caused by smoking a cigarette while filling his bike with petrol. The incident raises concerns regarding the sale and storage of petrol.

At least 157 people who were employed on a contract basis in Assams National Register of Citizens (NRC) have recently been laid off.

In order to beautify Guwahati, State Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has taken up an initiative to utilize junk and used waste materials.

The GMDA has installed artworks in several flyover bridges made by using waste materials.

DHAKA – Bangladesh has recently achieved remarkable success in freshwater fish production due to its fast-growing aquaculture, securing third place in global freshwater fish farming. The country produced more than 1.25 million metric tons of freshwater fish in 2020 while it was only 440,000 metric tons in 1980, according to the United Nations Food and […]

DHAKA: Almost as soon as the boat started moving to take passengers to the other side of the Karatoya River, where many Hindu devotees were heading to celebrate the Durga Puja festival at a popular temple, the small vessel began to tremble. The 15-minute journey to cross the river in northern Bangladesh that Sunday afternoon quickly turned into a tragedy, taking less than four

Twenty-six more bodies were recovered yesterday, taking the death toll from Sunday’s boat capsize in Panchagarh to 50, and rescuers fear the number may increase further as over 30 persons were missing. 

New Age, a Dhaka-based leading English language daily newspaper, is a major source of news of Bangladesh and international affairs

The police apprehended the truck driver and registered a case against him under the relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.