Loading...

Search results for: UN

Padma riverbank turns attractive after RCC’s beautification work

Padma riverbank turns attractive after RCC’s beautification work

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

RAJSHAHI, Mar 11 (BSS): Padma riverbank adjacent to the Sahed Bazar area of the divisional town has turned into an attractive tourist and recreational spot as the Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has r...

Output, fair price bring smile on Baukul farmers’ faces

Output, fair price bring smile on Baukul farmers’ faces

-- 2019-03-10 20:30:35

Roving Correspondent JOYPURHAT, Mar 10: Repeated bumper productions and fair market price have brought smile on the faces of Baukul (a kind of hybrid variety plum) growers in the district this season...

Farmers opting for maize cultivation in Sylhet

Farmers opting for maize cultivation in Sylhet

Our Correspondent 2019-03-10 20:29:51

SYLHET, Mar 10: Maize cultivation is gaining popularity among the farmers in four districts of Sylhet region for the substantial profit they have stated getting from it. According to a report of the...

Rajshahi Ethnic Minority Cultural Academy gets new look

Rajshahi Ethnic Minority Cultural Academy gets new look

-- 2019-03-10 17:54:48

With implementation of diversified innovation programmes, Rajshahi Divisional Ethnic Minority Cultural Academy (RDEMCA) has got a new look as well expanding opportunities for local ethnic people to pr...

15 shops gutted in Chandpur, estimated loss Tk 15m

15 shops gutted in Chandpur, estimated loss Tk 15m

-- 2019-03-09 20:46:22

At least 15 shops were burned down and 15 people sustained burn injuries in a fire that broke out at a market in Moiddhya Baburhat in Chandpur sadar upazila on Saturday. The affected shop owners said...

Separate road crashes leave seven dead in four districts

Separate road crashes leave seven dead in four districts

-- 2019-03-09 19:24:59

At least seven people died and nine others were injured in separate road accidents in Barishal, Dinajpur, Narail and Bogura on Saturday. In Bogura, a car collided head-on with an auto-rickshaw killin...

Papaya farming gains popularity in Panchagarh

Papaya farming gains popularity in Panchagarh

-- 2019-03-09 17:49:29

Papaya framing has been gaining popularity among farmers in the district for last few years as many farmers found the occupation as an important source of income generation leading to their economic s...

Bus hits human hauler in Barishal, killing woman

Bus hits human hauler in Barishal, killing woman

-- 2019-03-09 13:01:45

A bus crashed into a human-hauler on Barishal-Patuakhali highway in Rupatoli area on Saturday morning, leaving a woman dead and three other people injured. The deceased has been identified as Renu Be...

Two die as picnic bus crashes into truck

Two die as picnic bus crashes into truck

-- 2019-03-08 11:03:47

Two people were killed and ten others injured when a picnic bus hit a stationary truck on Bagerhat-Khulna highway at Ronbijoypur in Bagerhat sadar upazila early Friday. The deceased have been identif...

Rangpur female labourers  get less wages than males

Rangpur female labourers get less wages than males

Sayed Mofidul Babu 2019-03-07 21:00:31

RANGPUR, Mar 7: The female labourers in Rangpur district are deprived of equal rights, as they are given much less wages than their male counterparts for the same type of work. According to sources a...

Magura farmers expecting bumper wheat production

Magura farmers expecting bumper wheat production

Our Correspondent 2019-03-07 20:59:31

MAGURA, Mar 07: Farmers of the district are expecting a bumper production of wheat this season as the harvest will start within a couple of weeks. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) source...

Stone quarry worker dies in Sylhet

Stone quarry worker dies in Sylhet

-- 2019-03-07 14:30:36

A worker was killed while extracting stones from a quarry at Shah Arefin Tila in Companiganj upazila, Sylhet on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Akkel Ali, 25, son of Majnu Mia of Bishwanath...

Road crash kills woman in Manikganj

Road crash kills woman in Manikganj

-- 2019-03-06 12:22:40

A woman was killed and two others were injured in a road crash in Shibaloy Upazila of Manikganj on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Bedena Begum, 45, wife of Sayed Ali of the upazila. Q...

Strawberry growers  make good profit

Strawberry growers make good profit

Roving Correspondent 2019-03-05 20:45:05

JOYPURHAT, Mar 05: Strawberry growers in the district are making good profit this season as they got a satisfactory yield and fair market prices. A good number of farmers in Akkelpur, Kalai, Panchbib...

Chandpur children attend classes under open sky

Chandpur children attend classes under open sky

-- 2019-03-05 20:44:10

CHANDPUR, Mar 05 (UNB): Students of a government primary school in Kachua upazila have been attending classes under the open sky for the last few weeks as their school building has turned dilapidated....

Crop farming on dried-up river  beds benefits Rangpur poors

Crop farming on dried-up river beds benefits Rangpur poors

Our Correspondent 2019-03-05 20:43:25

RANGPUR, Mar 05: Farming of crops on dried-up river beds in different districts under Rangpur division has financially benefited thousands of extreme poor people, especially landless farmers living al...

Three suffer burns in Keraniganj

Three suffer burns in Keraniganj

-- 2019-03-05 14:10:43

Three people, including two minors, sustained burn injuries from electrocution in Chunkutia area of Keraniganj on Tuesday morning. The details of the injured could not be known immediately, according...

Keraniganj wall collapse kills two construction workers

Keraniganj wall collapse kills two construction workers

-- 2019-03-05 14:08:26

Two construction workers were killed and another was injured as an under-construction mud and guard wall of a bridge on the embankment of Singho River collapsed on them in Darmashur area in Keraniganj...

Cultivators busy harvesting Khesari

Cultivators busy harvesting Khesari

Our Correspondent 2019-03-04 21:09:35

GOPALGANJ, Mar 04: The farmers of Fukra union under Kasiani upazila in the district are busy harvesting Khesari pulses. Some farmers of the area said Khesari farming is profitable for its low product...

Boro cultivation target surpasses in Sylhet region

Boro cultivation target surpasses in Sylhet region

Our Correspondent 2019-03-03 21:14:21

SYLHET, Mar 03: Boro farming target in Sylhet region has surpassed by over 2.0 per cent. Although transplantation of seedlings in most of the area of the zone is close to end, some farmers in low-lyi...

C’nawabganj road crash kills elderly man

C’nawabganj road crash kills elderly man

-- 2019-03-03 14:25:49

An elderly man was killed in a road accident at Borodadpur village in Gomostapur upazila of Chapainawabganj on Sunday. The deceased was identified Moslem Uddin, 70, a resident of Mohadanga village in...

Two teen boys return home after serving two-year jail in India

Two teen boys return home after serving two-year jail in India

-- 2019-03-02 12:42:02

Two Bangladeshi teenage boys returned home from India through Benapole landport on Friday night after serving two-year jail. They are Sujoy Mandal, 15, son of Kiron Mandal of Monikhali village and Mi...

Five lands in jail for arranging child marriage

Five lands in jail for arranging child marriage

-- 2019-03-01 20:39:41

A Chapainawabganj mobile court on Friday sentenced five people, including the bridegroom, to different jail terms for arranging the marriage of an underage girl in Sadar upazila. Sadar Upazila Nirbah...

Bottle gourd growers  get good yield, prices

Bottle gourd growers get good yield, prices

Our Correspondent 2019-02-28 21:47:02

RANGPUR, Feb 28: The bottle gourd growers in the district are in joyous mood as they are getting good yield as well as satisfactory price of their produce this year. Peasants said with the hope to ea...

Layer poultry farms flourish in Magura

Layer poultry farms flourish in Magura

Our Correspondent 2019-02-28 21:46:06

MAGURA, Feb 28: Layer poultry farm owners in the district are making good profit due to high market prices of eggs. Some farm owners said a good number of farms were shut down due to abnormal fall in...

90pc work of Bangabandhu Technology University project complete

90pc work of Bangabandhu Technology University project complete

Our Correspondent 2019-02-28 21:45:20

GOPALGANJ, Feb 28: The construction of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University is nearing completion as 90 per cent of the work has already been done. According to the Edu...

RMG workers demand outstanding wages

RMG workers demand outstanding wages

-- 2019-02-28 19:10:47

The workers of Garib and Garib Sweater Factory in Gazipur held a rally at the Jatiya Press Club on Thursday demanding unpaid wages. They claimed the factory authorities also threatened to file cases...

Three get life term for murder

Three get life term for murder

-- 2019-02-28 18:11:21

A man and his son were among three sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday for killing the former’s step-brother during a dispute over distribution of family property in Jashore. The convict...

Farmer dies from electrocution in Panchagarh

Farmer dies from electrocution in Panchagarh

-- 2019-02-28 16:29:57

A farmer died from electrocution at Sarker Para under Tentulia upazila in Panchagarh on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Jakir Hossain, 42, son of Jasim Uddin. Md Jahurul Islam, offi...

‘Drug trader’ killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’

‘Drug trader’ killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’

-- 2019-02-28 16:25:32

A suspected drug trader was killed while another was injured in gunfights in Cox's Bazar and Lalmonirhat districts early Thursday. In Cox's Bazar, suspected drug trader Belal Hossain, 38, son of Abul...