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Tired of mockery, Austrian village changes name
Agence France-Presse .Vienna | Updated at 11:14am on November 27, 2020
Residents of an Austrian village will ring in the new year under a new name — Fugging — after ridicule of their signposts, especially on...
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ay village police members under grade 19, 20: HC
M Moneruzzaman | Updated at 12:51am on July 03, 2020
The High Court in a full verdict in a village police case asked the government to pay salaries of the village police members under union...
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Morocco fortress village hopes to draw ‘Game of Thrones’ fans
Agence France-Presse . Ait-Ben-Haddou | Updated at 11:24pm on February 19, 2020
Millions worldwide may have seen the desert fortress in the hit fantasy series “Game of Thrones”, but fewer know they can visit the Moroccan village...
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Livestock farms change rural women’s lot
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 12:16am on February 01, 2020
Rehena Begum has changed her livelihood by setting up a cow farm around four years ago taking a loan of Tk 16,000 from the Village...
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Traditional village fair, marble contest held in Agoiljhara
Our Correspondent . Barishal | Updated at 10:59pm on January 18, 2020
A 240-year old village fair, featuring marble contest, was held at Ramanander Aak village under Rajihar union of Agoiljhara upazila in Barishal recently. People and...
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Fakhrul asks alliance partners to go to villages, unite people
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:14am on December 01, 2019
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday urged its alliance partners to go to villages to unite people for advancing the...
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Fakhrul asks youths to spread to villages, organise movement
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:12am on August 28, 2019
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday urged the youths to spread to villages and towns, make the people aware of...
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Government must ensure doctor’s presence in rural areas
| Updated at 12:00am on July 22, 2019
DOCTORS are, as an International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh says, highly urban-centric while majority of the population live in rural areas. The study,...
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Sunamganj village clash kills 1, injures 10
Staff Correspondent . Sylhet | Updated at 01:25am on June 21, 2019
A school boy was killed and 10 others were injured in a clash between the residents of two villages on Thursday afternoon in Sunamganj. The...