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Passengers in Tangail town are left with little choice but to travel in unsafe battery and motor-powered rickshaws, as traditional pedal rickshaws have almost disappeared from the streets. These modified vehicles are fast but dangerously fragile, lacking basic safety features such as proper brakes, ...
Construction of a multi-storey commercial complex named Bibartan at the new bus terminal in Tangail remains unfinished even after ten long years. The project, initiated by the Tangail District Council, began after demolishing the old raw market at the site. Although the construction period was suppo...
For several decades in Nagarpur, Tangail, followers of two major religions have been practising their faith side by side in the same compound, free from conflict and rich in mutual respect.Over fifty-seven years ago, the central Durga temple—established in memory of Ojha Thakur and Harnath at ...
Charan Beel, a once-thriving wetland located in Kalihati Upazila of Tangail district, is now on the verge of collapse. Despite being recognised as one of the country’s significant natural fish sanctuaries, rampant and unchecked fishing continues day and night, threatening the beel’s ecol...
Under the emergency riverbank protection initiative, temporary preventive work is being carried out along the left bank of the Dhaleshwari River to safeguard residents of Omorpur and Charpauli villages in Kakua Union of Tangail Sadar upazila. The project covers 510 metres of the riverbank with geo-t...
In Tangail, farmers are busy now cultivating and tending to early winter vegetables. With the new season underway, many are opting to grow early varieties of winter crops in hopes of fetching higher prices by reaching the market ahead of peak season supply.Typically, winter vegetables enter the mark...
The water supply in Tangail Municipality is severely inadequate compared to the demand of its residents, leaving a significant portion of the urban population deprived of this basic civic necessity. In Ward 3’s Paschim Akur Takur Para area, resident Raham Ali has had a municipal water co...
Preparations are in full swing across Tangail as the Hindu community gears up for its biggest festival, Sharadiya Durga Puja. This year, celebrations will take place at 1,247 mandaps across the district, with artisans giving final touches to the idols and decorators setting up gates and lighting.Acc...
Farmers in Tangail’s Ghatail, Madhupur, and Sakhipur upazilas are beginning to see new hope through the cultivation of turmeric, a popular spice crop. Due to its low production costs, minimal pest issues, and high profitability, turmeric farming is gaining popularity across the region.Accordin...
Public transport services in Tangail are still being operated from a terminal built in the 1980s, despite a severe lack of space and modern infrastructure. Over a decade ago, the mayor of Tangail Municipality declared the terminal’s passenger shed and the association building unusable. Yet, th...
Education & Culture,Country
Stablished in 1870, the 155-year-old historical Santosh Janhvi High School in Tangail is on the verge of extinction.The school, located in Tangail Sadar is not just an educational institution, it is also an architectural masterpiece. Built in British colonial period, the building is about 300 ...
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...
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