The 15 km stretch of road from Jhenaidah town to Kaliganj had formed several mounds of displaced bitumen due to the pressure of heavy vehicles. The road has completely deteriorated at many places including Chutalia, Tentultala, Bishaikhali, Gariwala, Koyargachhi and Khoyartala. The result is that drivers have to struggle a lot to drive on this […]
Jashore Road Development and Age Old Tree Conservation Committee sent a press release to the media today, Thursday, in protest. Committee convener Khandakar Azizul Haq and member secretary Zillur Rahman said in the statement that they noted with deep concern and anger that the forest department has issued a tender for the sale of more […]
Station Master of Bhanga Railway Station, Zillur Rahman said that the rail track is being constructed under the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project to bring the southern and south-western part of the country under the railway network. China Railway Group Limited (CREC) is implementing the project jointly financed by China and Bangladesh. The broad gauge […]
The polytechnic has a 260-bed facility, Shaheed Principal Sultan Uddin Hostel, for students. The authorities closed the hostel in 2008 due to drugs, student politics and dominance of outsiders. After a dozen years, the hostel was reopened in December last year. Currently more than a hundred students live there, but already outsiders have started to […]
MD Munim Hasan told Prothom Alo, so far 21 items in the country have been recognized as GI products. And 10 items, including the latest three, have been published in journals. The 21 items certified as GI products so far include Jamdani saree, Bangladeshi Ilish (Hilsa), Khirshapat mango of Chapainawabganj, white soil of Bijoypur, Katribhog […]
Even after repair of TK 4B, Jashore-Khulna road is in dilapidated condition.
The Election Commission has published the final list of local election observation agencies for the upcoming 12th Parliamentary elections. Around 917 observers from 21 election monitoring agencies in six constituencies of Jashore have received approval from the Election Commission. The other 20 agencies in the list are – Manobadhikar O Samaj Unnayan Sangathan (MOSUS), Social […]
Anindya Islam, BNP organizing secretary for Khulna division, said Aminur maintains social status as a college teacher, but the police is treating him like a top criminal. This is a blatant violation of human rights. When contacted, Additional Superintendent of Police (Crime) in Jashore Belal Hussain declined to comment on the issue. Jailor Shariful Alam […]
Once the rail link is fully operational, it will halve the travel time between Dhaka and Jashore, Khulna and other districts, thereby boosting the railway connectivity of the country. MD Afzal Hussain said that the rail link will contribute significantly to the country’s economy, as 64 districts of the country will be brought under the […]
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina officially inaugurated the 82-km Dhaka-Bhanga railway line running over the Padma Bridge. Passenger trains will start operating on this new railway soon. According to sources close to the project, within the framework of the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project, a new railway line of 172 kilometers is being constructed […]
The train was brought from Rajbari to Dhaka on Wednesday for trial run. Speaking to Prothom Alo, Station Master of Rajbari Rail Station Tanmay Kumar Dutt said that the train has one locomotive and eight coaches.Today, on Thursday, there was a program to leave for Bhanga from Kamlapur in the capital at 9:00 am. Related […]