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Buriganga trawler capsize leaves two youths dead

Buriganga trawler capsize leaves two youths dead

-- 2019-04-01 11:05:27

Two young men died as a trawler capsized in Buriganga river near Keraniganj on Sunday night. The deceased were identified as Sabbir Hossain, 18, son of Shahidul Islam and Tuhin, 20, son of Afzal Hoss...

Lightning kills four in three districts

Lightning kills four in three districts

-- 2019-03-31 19:10:11

Four people, including two minor sisters, were killed in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Habiganj, Kishoreganj and Moulvibazar districts on Sunday. In Moulvibazar, two minor sisters died a...

Police seize stolen medicines worth Tk 10m in Bogura

Police seize stolen medicines worth Tk 10m in Bogura

-- 2019-03-31 14:52:03

Medicines, stolen from government hospitals, worth around Tk 10 million were seized in Bogura on Sunday morning. Police said they raided a multi-storey building at Mofiz Paglar More acting on a tip-o...

Father, daughter die in Chattogram road mishap

Father, daughter die in Chattogram road mishap

FE Online Desk 2019-03-31 14:32:13

A CNG-driven auto-rickshaw collided with the jeep of Lama upazila chairman in Shantir Hat area of Chattogram’s Rangunia, killing a man and his minor daughter on Sunday morning. The deceased wer...

BGB man on polls duty dies following cardiac arrest

BGB man on polls duty dies following cardiac arrest

-- 2019-03-31 11:56:08

A Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) official died after suffering a cardiac arrest while performing upazila election duty in Bagherpara Upazila of Jashore on Saturday night. The deceased was identified a...

Foreign minister calls  on journos to monitor development works

Foreign minister calls on journos to monitor development works

Our Correspondent 2019-03-30 21:06:52

SYLHET, Mar 30: Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has called upon journalists to monitor and report the development activities all over the country so that things could be implemented on time as well as...

Success in producing BARI-4  onion seeds in Magura

Success in producing BARI-4 onion seeds in Magura

Our Correspondent 2019-03-30 20:56:58

MAGURA, Mar 30: Farmers in the district have achieved a success in producing BARI-4 onion seeds. Regional Spice Research Center, Magura, official sources said they are happy over the bumper production...

Rangpur char people attain solvency by cultivating pumpkin

Rangpur char people attain solvency by cultivating pumpkin

-- 2019-03-30 20:56:32

RANGPUR, Mar 30 (BSS): Pumpkin cultivation on char lands has improved agro-economy in char areas of Rangpur agriculture region bringing fortune to over 42,000 have-not group of landless char families...

Lightning strike kills two in Pabna

Lightning strike kills two in Pabna

-- 2019-03-30 19:57:40

A schoolboy and a woman were killed in a lighting strike at Bothor village in Chatmohar upazila of Pabna on Saturday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Shanto, 12, son of Zakir Hossain of the...

Four dead in Noakhali road crash

Four dead in Noakhali road crash

-- 2019-03-30 19:35:59

At least four people were killed and two others injured as a bus collided head-on with an auto-rickshaw on Begumganj-Maijdi road at Dorbeshpur in Noakhali on Saturday. The deceased were identified as...

Low market price frustrates T-Aman paddy growers

Low market price frustrates T-Aman paddy growers

-- 2019-03-28 21:15:53

Roving CorrespondentSIRAJGANJ, Mar 28: T-Aman paddy growers in the district are frustrated over the low market price.Many growers told this correspondent that they are selling their hard-earned produc...

High pumpkin yield  likely in Rangpur

High pumpkin yield likely in Rangpur

Our Correspondent 2019-03-28 21:15:12

RANGPUR, Mar 28: An excellent yield of pumpkin is likely to be achieved across the district during the current season due to a congenial weather and timely supply of agri-inputs.Visiting different are...

Police recover bullet-hit body of ‘drug pedlar’ in Khulna

Police recover bullet-hit body of ‘drug pedlar’ in Khulna

-- 2019-03-28 10:47:47

Police recovered the bullet-hit body of a suspected drug trader from Khejurtala village in Batiaghata upazila of Khulna in the early hours of Thursday. The deceased was identified as Asaduzzaman Mitu...

College student dies as bike hits auto-rickshaw

College student dies as bike hits auto-rickshaw

-- 2019-03-27 12:40:42

A college student was killed and three others were injured when a motorcycle hit an auto-rickshaw at Khilbaisa in Lakshmipur sadar upazila on Wednesday morning. The deceased has been identified as Ad...

Smooth growth of tender mango predicts bumper production

Smooth growth of tender mango predicts bumper production

-- 2019-03-25 21:40:42

RANGPUR, Mar 25 (BSS): Officials of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) are expecting bumper mango production following smooth formation of tender fruits after massive blooming in Rangpur ag...

Irregularities in Surma riverbank protective  work alleged

Irregularities in Surma riverbank protective work alleged

Our Correspondent 2019-03-25 21:40:00

SYLHET, Mar 25: Locals have alleged large scale irregularities in the protective work on the Surma riverbank under Doarabazar upazila of Sunamganj district. The contracting firm, they said, was not a...

80 pc work on Gopalganj Police  Lines Hospital complete

80 pc work on Gopalganj Police Lines Hospital complete

Our Correspondent 2019-03-25 21:39:12

GOPALGANJ, Mar 25: The construction of the Police Lines Hospital on the new police lines compound in Gopalganj Sadar is going on in full swing. Authority said around 80 per cent work of the project h...

Road crash leaves elderly man dead in Savar

Road crash leaves elderly man dead in Savar

-- 2019-03-24 14:03:12

A 65-year-old man was killed while 15 others injured in a road accident on C&B road in Ashulia in Savar on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Abdul Mannan, 65, son of late Shahar Ali,...

Fire guts 40 shops in Cumilla

Fire guts 40 shops in Cumilla

-- 2019-03-24 11:17:02

At least 40 shops were gutted in a fire that broke out at Raiganj Bazar in Cumilla in the early hours of Sunday. Alamgir Hossain, senior assistant station manager of Cumilla Fire Service and Civil De...

Commercial aloe vera farming expands in Bogura

Commercial aloe vera farming expands in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2019-03-23 20:54:52

BOGURA, Mar 23: Commercial aloe vera farming is expanding fast across the district due to high market price. Many growers in the area have attained financial solvency from the plants as it easy to cul...

Demand for Rangpur shatranji grows

Demand for Rangpur shatranji grows

Our Correspondent 2019-03-23 20:54:06

RANGPUR, Mar 23: The demand for shatranji (handcrafted rug) is growing day by day, as it has drawn global attention. The traditional manually woven carpet, a heritage of Rangpur, has a glorious histor...

Minor boy drown in Chandpur pond

Minor boy drown in Chandpur pond

-- 2019-03-23 19:32:13

A three-year old boy drowned in a pond at Montala village under Faridganj upazila in Chandpur on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Fahim, son of Motahar Hossain of the village. Family sources...

Students block Dhaka-Barishal Highway

Students block Dhaka-Barishal Highway

-- 2019-03-23 18:02:46

Students of Government BM College blocked the Dhaka-Barishal Highway demanding maximum penalty for the bus driver involved in a road accident which left a student of the college dead. The accident in...

Indian nationals shoot Bangladeshi teen

Indian nationals shoot Bangladeshi teen

-- 2019-03-22 17:16:43

A Bangladesh youth was shot dead by Indian nationals at Companiganj Upazila in Sylhet on Friday morning. The deceased, 19-year-old Md Babul Mia, was the son of Muslim Uddin of Turung village of the u...

Okra growers hopeful of achieving good output

Okra growers hopeful of achieving good output

Our Correspondent 2019-03-21 21:24:46

RANGPUR, Mar 21: The okra growers in the district are optimistic of achieving a good yield during the current season due to a congenial weather condition. Okra is cultivated at Annadanagor, Chhawla,...

Two students die in separate road crashes in Sirajganj, Narsingdi

Two students die in separate road crashes in Sirajganj, Narsingdi

-- 2019-03-21 12:57:29

Two students were killed and two others injured in separate road accidents in Sirajganj and Narsingdi districts on Thursday. In Sirajganj, Hridoy, 17, a student of Dhukuria Technical College and son...

Plucking tea leaves brings self-reliance among female farm labourers

Plucking tea leaves brings self-reliance among female farm labourers

-- 2019-03-20 21:11:42

Plucking of tea-leaves has brought self-reliance to some 10,000 female farm-labourers in the fast-expanding tea sector on the 'Karotoa Valley' ecological zone in the northern region, reports BSS. Alo...

Fire at Singer warehouse in Ctg

Fire at Singer warehouse in Ctg

-- 2019-03-20 14:46:28

A fire broke out at a warehouse of Singer in Pahartoli thana in Chattogram district on Wednesday morning. The fire broke out around 5:45am and spread rapidly, said Jashim Uddin, deputy assistant dire...

Brick kilns hurting fruit, crop growth

Brick kilns hurting fruit, crop growth

Our Correspondent 2019-03-19 21:18:40

RAJSHAHI, Mar 19: Fruits and leaves of various trees are dying due to impact of deposited dust, fumes, smoke, ash, toxic carbon and sulfur gas disposed from the brick kilns of the district. In additi...

Pointed gourd cultivators hopeful about high yield

Pointed gourd cultivators hopeful about high yield

Our Correspondent 2019-03-19 21:17:41

RANGPUR, Mar 19: The pointed gourd (Potol) cultivators in different areas of the district are hopeful about a plentiful yield of the vegetable in this current season. Motaleb, a grower of potol at Na...