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Four of a family sustain severe burn injuries

Four of a family sustain severe burn injuries

-- 2019-04-09 17:43:54

Four members of a family sustained severe burn injuries after a fire broke out at their house in Lochonpur village of Raipura Upazila in Narsingdi on Tuesday. The injured -- Priti, 11, Sweety, 13, Mu...

Driver dies as human hauler overturns in Chuadanga

Driver dies as human hauler overturns in Chuadanga

-- 2019-04-09 10:08:09

A human hauler driver was crushed under the wheels of a truck while two of its passengers sustained injuries after the vehicle overturned in Chuadanga district town on Tuesday morning. The deceased c...

Thrust on expanding Aus, maize cultivation

Thrust on expanding Aus, maize cultivation

Our Correspondent 2019-04-08 21:02:08

SYLHET, Apr 08: Speakers at a workshop in Sunamganj laid emphasis on expanding Aus and maize cultivation in the four districts of Sylhet division to boost production. Additional Secretary of the Mini...

Jute mill workers to stage demonstrations again

Jute mill workers to stage demonstrations again

-- 2019-04-08 17:45:10

Workers of 22 jute mills, including the state-owned ones, have decided to intensify demonstration to force the government accept their demands including implementation of wage commission. The Banglad...

Jewellery shop employee found dead in Chattogram

Jewellery shop employee found dead in Chattogram

-- 2019-04-08 10:27:17

Police have recovered the body of a jewellery shop employee from Bakshirhat area in the port city. The deceased was identified as Utpaul, 30, an employee of 'Danu Miah Sawdagar Jewellery Shop'. Loca...

Magura achieves success in producing BINA Gram-4

Magura achieves success in producing BINA Gram-4

Our Correspondent 2019-04-07 21:44:03

MAGURA, Apr 07: The district has experienced a success in producing BINA Gram-4 for the first time. Some 10 acres of land on the compound of the Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA),...

Joypurhat peasants expecting high bottle gourd production

Joypurhat peasants expecting high bottle gourd production

Roving Correspondent 2019-04-07 21:43:18

JOYPURHAT, Apr 07: Summer bottle gourd cultivators of all the five upazilas of the district are expecting a bumper output this season. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) official sources...

10 hurt in police-BCL clash at CU

10 hurt in police-BCL clash at CU

-- 2019-04-07 17:43:28

At least ten people were injured in sporadic clashes between Bangladesh Chhatra League(BCL) activists and police on Chittagong University campus during a blockade enforced by a faction of BCL to press...

Fire guts jute godown in Chuadanga

Fire guts jute godown in Chuadanga

-- 2019-04-07 12:40:00

A jute godown was gutted as a fire broke out in Pashurhat area of Alamdanga upazila, Chuadanga early on Sunday. Police and Fire Service sources said the fire broke out at the godown of one Mohibul Is...

Two RU students die after ‘taking excessive liquor’

Two RU students die after ‘taking excessive liquor’

-- 2019-04-07 11:27:25

Two students of Rajshahi University died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital on Sunday reportedly after taking excessive amounts of liquor. The deceased were identified as Muhtasim Rafid Khan, a 3rd...

Five killed in Gaibandha road crash

Five killed in Gaibandha road crash

-- 2019-04-06 18:25:03

At least five persons were killed and 15 others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Ranpur Highway in Balua area of Gobindaganj upazila in Gaibandha district in the early hours of Saturday. Police an...

RCC launches mosquito control drive on RU campus

RCC launches mosquito control drive on RU campus

-- 2019-04-06 17:59:08

Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has launched a week-long mosquito control and cleanliness drive in Rajshahi University (RU) campus aimimg at making it free from the mosquito menace. RCC Panel Mayor S...

Female student set on fire at examination centre

Female student set on fire at examination centre

-- 2019-04-06 16:37:03

A female madrasa student, who had accused her principal of sexually harassing her, was set afire allegedly by fellow students in Sonagazi Upazila of Feni on Saturday. But some madrasa students claime...

Fire guts valuables at super shop in Ctg

Fire guts valuables at super shop in Ctg

-- 2019-04-06 14:04:02

A fire broke out at a super shop in Kazir Deuri area in Chattogram city on Saturday morning. The fire broke out on the second floor of 'Shopping Bag' super shop from an electric short circuit around...

Natore road crash kills man

Natore road crash kills man

-- 2019-04-06 13:04:55

A man was killed and another injured in when a truck hit another one in Fulbagan area in Natore district town on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Rahabul Islam, 44, hailing from Mirpu...

Fire guts three houses in Sylhet

Fire guts three houses in Sylhet

-- 2019-04-06 11:53:09

Three houses were gutted in a fire that broke out at Dakhshin Dashpaika village in Bishwanath upazila of Sylhet district on Friday afternoon. Amir Ali, chairman of Daulatpur union, said that the fire...

Groundnut farming on  the rise in Sylhet division

Groundnut farming on the rise in Sylhet division

Our Correspondent 2019-04-04 20:50:13

Farming of some non-traditional crops like groundnut has been on rise in greater Sylhet region as many farmers were getting interest on those for better returns, sources informed. In total 1,492 hect...

RU student starts campus ride sharing service

RU student starts campus ride sharing service

RU Correspondent 2019-04-04 20:49:17

RAJSHAHI, Apr 04: Masud Parvez, a student of Geology and Mining Department of Rajshahi University (RU), has started motorcycle ride sharing service on the campus. He charges Tk 10 for going to any pl...

Rajshahi fruit growers hopeful about bumper mango yield

Rajshahi fruit growers hopeful about bumper mango yield

-- 2019-04-04 17:22:23

Mango growers and businessmen have become hopeful about the ensuing mango production as the fruit setting process is going on successfully in Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj, nationwide famous for the de...

RCC adopts Tk 27.14b mega project

RCC adopts Tk 27.14b mega project

-- 2019-04-04 16:46:49

Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) adopted a mega project involving Tk 27.1442 billion (Tk 2,714.42 crore) for improving living and livelihood condition of its people. City Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton...

Faridpur man killed in factional infighting

Faridpur man killed in factional infighting

-- 2019-04-04 16:25:18

A man was killed and 20 others injured in a clash between two factions of local Awami League (AL) over establishing supremacy at Poail village in Boalmari upazila of Faridpur district early Thursday....

Bus crushes security guard in Barishal; driver held

Bus crushes security guard in Barishal; driver held

FE Online Desk 2019-04-04 14:11:21

A security guard of a textile mill was killed when a bus crushed him on Barishal-Patuakhali highway on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Shah Alam, 50, a worker of Sonargaon Texti...

Road crashes leave five dead in three districts

Road crashes leave five dead in three districts

-- 2019-04-03 16:39:42

Al least five people, including a minor girl, were killed in separate road crashes in Natore, Khagrachhari and Netrakona districts on Wednesday. In Khagrachhari, pedestrian Mahmudul Haque, 70, was ki...

Housewife dies in Kushtia fire

Housewife dies in Kushtia fire

-- 2019-04-03 12:30:42

A housewife was burnt to death in a fire that broke out at her house at Ramchandrapur village in Bheramara upazila of Kushtia in the early hours of Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Saleha Be...

Gopalganj farmers eye good BARI wheat-30 output

Gopalganj farmers eye good BARI wheat-30 output

Our Correspondent 2019-04-02 21:46:25

GOPALGANJ, Apr 02: Farmers of Moksudpur upazila in the district are expecting a plenteous production of BARI Wheat-30 as the harvest is going on in full swing. According to the upazila DAE office, a...

0.85m hectares of land in five northern dists come under irrigation facilities

0.85m hectares of land in five northern dists come under irrigation facilities

-- 2019-04-02 21:45:20

RANGPUR, Apr 02 (BSS): The government has provided irrigation facilities to over 0.85 million hectares of land for cultivation of different crops in Rangpur agriculture region to increase food output...

Maize farming on the increase in Rajshahi

Maize farming on the increase in Rajshahi

-- 2019-04-02 21:44:51

Maize farming has gradually been rising in Rajshahi region including the vast Barind tract as the farmers are reaping more profit than that of wheat and Boro paddy, reports BSS. For this reason, the...

Youth’s body found in Chapainawabganj

Youth’s body found in Chapainawabganj

-- 2019-04-02 10:50:59

The body of a youth, bearing gunshot wounds, was found on Tuesday morning in Shibganj Upazila's Masudpur area of Chapainawabganj. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Milon, 21, son of Kalu Mohamm...

Sylhet college teacher murder: Suspects give depositions

Sylhet college teacher murder: Suspects give depositions

-- 2019-04-01 20:21:42

Two accused, who were arrested in connection with the killing of a teacher of Madan Mohan College in Sylhet, gave their depositions before the court on Monday. The court of Sylhet Metropolitan Magist...

Miscreants stab AL polling agent in Jashore  

Miscreants stab AL polling agent in Jashore  

-- 2019-04-01 16:56:02

A man, who served as a poling agent for a ruling Awami League candidate, was stabbed by unidentified criminals in Jhikorgacha upazila of Jashore on Sunday night. Abdul Matleb Sheikh, 35, the agent, c...