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Over 200 ambulance drivers of Cumilla have no licence

More than 200 ambulance drivers in Cumilla metropolitan city have no driving licence and vehicle fitness, running through secret contract for a long time. It is learnt that there are more than two hundred ambulances in the private hospitals in the City Corporation area, including those adjacent...

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378 SUST teachers, students in world’s best researchers list

A total of 378 teachers and students of Sylhet Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) have been ranked among the world's best researchers in the Alper Dogger (AD) Scientific Index Ranking-2023. Recently, this list was published on the AD Scientific Index website.It is known that 1...

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Unauthorised edu institutions in Cumilla enrolling students

Some primary and high schools in Cumilla run admission procedures illegally for years despite having no permission from education board. Officials of the Cumilla Board allegedly keep their mouths quiet in exchange for bribes.Sources said, some schools and colleges under Cumilla education board run a...

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Traffic jam intensifies in Cumilla

Due to absence of proper initiatives by the authorities of Cumilla City Corporation (CuCC), the city people are being victims of regular traffic congestion. The conscious people of the city, however, opined the CuCC authorities are reluctant to resolve the traffic jam problem at present because...

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Cumilla Archeology Dept’s revenue income drops drastically

The revenue earnings of 2020-'21 fiscal year under the department of Archeology and Museum, Cumilla, fall drastically due to closure of the museums and the archeological sites surrounding the Lalmai-Moinamoti hills on the backdrop of Covid-19 pandemic. According to sources, Lalmai- Moinamot...

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AL candidate for Cumilla-5 by-election declared

Aftermath of the sudden death of Advocate Abdul Matin Khasru, former MP and Law Minister on April-18 this year, the Election Commission has declared the seat of Cumilla-5 constituency vacant.  With the declaration of the EC, more than 50 local ruling party leaders and activists had purchased no...

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Toxic water of Dakatiya river pollutes environment

An auto rice mill named ‘Mithila Rice Mill’ was set up at Dattapur under Bagmara Union of Cumilla’s Lalmai Upazila about a decade ago occupying a part of the Dakatiya River, and now its- polluting the river.Dakatiya river flows through 5 upazilas of Cumilla and joins the Meghna at ...

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14 candidates in nomination fray for Cumilla-5 seat

Though the date of holding the by-election of Cumilla-5 ( Burichang-Brahmanpara) seat has not been announced following the death of former Minister for Law, AL Presidium Member Advocate Abdul Matin Khasru MP, at least 14 expectants have started a hectic lobbying for getting nominations as  cont...

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Construction of unplanned drains risks water logging in Cumilla

Due to the construction of drains by blocking the entrances of culverts in several places of Cumilla Sadar and Burichang upazilas on Dhaka-Chattogram highway, a vast tracts of land surrounding the culverts is threatened to be inundated and waterlogged during the monsoon. According to sources, t...

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Electric poles beside Gomoti river posing a grave risk

Due to indiscriminate and unplanned excavation of soil from inside the guide-bank of the river Gomoti, electric poles inside the embankment of the river are threatened to be displaced and eroded in the river at any moment causing fatal accident. According to sources, during the recent time, an ...