Md Aminul Islam

It has been 24 years since retired school teacher Kanon Bala Devi, now 71, her sister Basona Devi and their widowed relative Nayan Rani fled from their village home -- in Shahbazpur village of in Netrakona’s Purbadhala upazila -- where they had everything.

Obnoxious odour from an unenclosed landfill in Mymensingh city’s Char Kalibari is making life miserable for residents and commuters for a long time but the authorities concerned are not paying heed to the issue.

Seasonal rawhide traders in Mymensingh region are in deep crisis as they cannot sell the skins at expected prices with buyers offering them lower amount.

When losses incurred by fish farmers in the entire district of Netrakona totals to Tk 10 crore, the ones in Kalmakanda upazila alone suffered around Tk 7 crore in losses due to three flash floods in one month.

With a view to keeping Mymensingh clean, a group of volunteers has been working relentlessly for the last four years.

Potter families in Mymensingh are struggling to survive as they cannot sell their products amid coronavirus outbreak.

Flamboyant kites of different shapes and colours are seen flying in the sky especially in rural areas as children have enough time for the traditional pastime during the closure of schools amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

For the past couple of decades, eye specialist Hari Sankar Das has been seeing patients at Mymensingh city’s Charpara area. As the country’s healthcare system took a major hit amid the coronavirus outbreak, access to medical facilities became more and more difficult. Despite the challenges, the 70-year old continued to serve the people of Mymensingh, not turning away anyone who might need medical help for their eyes.

If you knew that the beginning of next month, you would have no money, none at all, how badly would you try to save your job?

He even spent the last days of his life working for the welfare of the nation. There was no Shaheed Minar in Nagor union of Netrakona’s Khaliajury upazila to pay homage to the martyrs of 1952 Language Movement. Nobody bothered to build a permanent structure there even years after the language movement.

Khandakar Abdul Malek Shahidullah was only seventeen in 1952 when the wave of protests during the Language Movement shook the country.

Majority of healthcare facilities in Mymensingh city are not following proper medical waste disposal system, due to authorities’ failure to check the malpractice and lack of necessary government arrangement to dispose of those.

The silver jubilee celebration of Jahanara Latif Mohila College in Melandah, Jamalpur, organised by the college authority, concluded recently. Mirza Azam, MP, inaugurated the event as the chief guest, and College Principal (acting) Md Khairul Islam delivered the welcome speech.

After her son was released from the police station, the mother asked him, “Did they hurt you, did they rough you up?”

An 11-year-old madrasa boy lost sight of his right eye as a teacher allegedly threw cane at the eye in Kishoreganj’s Pakundia upazila.

A mother’s support and inspiration can work wonders and often help one reach inconceivable heights. No one knows it better than Swarna Rani Sarker, who is attending this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations despite losing both her hands in an accident when she was in fifth grade.

Since hearing the appalling news, Taslima Akter cried so much that her tears have dried up.

“Failure is the pillar of success” has come to reality in Shitol Sarker’s life.

Where there is water, there is life. A reliable source of water is one of the most fundamental requirements of any human society, but it is a far cry for people from Hajong community.

With Awami League candidate Ekramul Haque Titu already elected unopposed in the maiden Mymensingh City Corporation (MCC) election, the May 5 polls have lost its appeal.