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Strawberry farming attracting youths in Rajshahi

Strawberry farming attracting youths in Rajshahi

-- 2019-02-28 13:02:30

Kawsar Habib, 32, has brought economic emancipation in his life through strawberry farming which has also enhanced his level of confidence to a greater extent. Habib, a resident of Kalupur village un...

BGB seizes huge smuggled medicine

BGB seizes huge smuggled medicine

-- 2019-02-28 10:07:09

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized huge amount of medicines worth Tk 0.7 million from Sadipur bordering area in Benapole early Thursday. Tipped off, a team of BGB-49 conducted a drive in...

Bitter gourd prices high  in Bogura, Tangail

Bitter gourd prices high in Bogura, Tangail

Our Correspondent 2019-02-27 21:28:36

BOGURA, Feb 27: Bitter gourd farmers in the district are happy over the fair market prices. A good number of grassroots growers said the Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) supplied...

Experts for promoting bio-security steps in poultry meat production

Experts for promoting bio-security steps in poultry meat production

-- 2019-02-27 21:25:38

RAJSHAHI, Feb 27 (BSS): Poultry scientists and researchers at a discussion here have called for promoting bio-security measures in poultry farming for producing safe poultry meat. They also mentioned...

Rangpur peanut farmers optimistic  of abundant yield

Rangpur peanut farmers optimistic of abundant yield

Our Correspondent 2019-02-27 21:24:55

RANGPUR, Feb 27: The peanut cultivators in the district are optimistic about an abundant production of the crop during the current season. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Rangpur offic...

Badly polluted Chilai river on verge of death

Badly polluted Chilai river on verge of death

-- 2019-02-27 21:24:06

GAZIPUR, Feb 27 (UNB): The 23km Chilai river, flowing through the northern parts of the district, has become toxic with poisonous industrial and construction wastes, and encroachments. "Many locals o...

Woman, sister-in-law die from electrocution in Chattogram

Woman, sister-in-law die from electrocution in Chattogram

-- 2019-02-27 20:24:42

A woman and her sister-in-law died from electrocution at Dakhshin Chambol village of Banshkhali upazila in Chattogram on Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as Rezia Begum, 40, wife of la...

Cumilla road crash leaves three dead

Cumilla road crash leaves three dead

-- 2019-02-27 16:24:46

Three pedestrians were crushed under a covered van on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Kutumbapur area in Cumilla’s Chandina upazila on Wednesday. The dead were identified as Kazu Rafiqul Islam, 60,...

Two die in Narayanganj road mishap

Two die in Narayanganj road mishap

-- 2019-02-27 12:59:00

Two people were killed and six others injured after a bus rammed a human hauler on Dhaka-Narayanganj road in Fatullah on Wednesday. Police identified the victims as Awal, 50 and Ali Hossain, 42. The...

BGB nabs two Indian men at Benapole

BGB nabs two Indian men at Benapole

-- 2019-02-27 11:59:15

Two Indians were arrested with Tk 0.40 million from Benapole port area of Jashore on Tuesday night. The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) identified them as Rakesh Ghosh, 27, son of Dulal Chandra, and Su...

Fish cultivation in cages gains ground

Fish cultivation in cages gains ground

Roving Correspondent 2019-02-26 20:58:59

NAOGAON, Feb 26: Fish cultivation in cages is gaining ground in Mohadevpur upazila of the district for high production. Hundreds of youths in the area are self-reliant farming varieties of fishes und...

Boro farming exceeds target in Narsingdi, Naogaon districts

Boro farming exceeds target in Narsingdi, Naogaon districts

-- 2019-02-26 20:57:44

NARSINGDI, Feb 26 (BSS): Cultivation of Boro paddy in Narsingdi district has surpassed its target this season due to favourable climate condition and adequate supply of high quality seed. The Departm...

Stored rainwater eases life in Barind region

Stored rainwater eases life in Barind region

-- 2019-02-26 20:56:36

RAJSHAHI, Feb 26 (BSS): Mikhail Saren, 42, has been using rainwater for his household purposes over the last three years. "I store rainwater and use it," said Mikhail, a resident of Sundarpur Kakonha...

Hailstorm, thunderbolt kill two in Satkhira, Brahmanbaria

Hailstorm, thunderbolt kill two in Satkhira, Brahmanbaria

-- 2019-02-26 19:39:08

An elderly man was killed in hailstorm in Satkhira while another man died in a lightning strike in Brahmanbaria on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Zamshed Ali, 70, resident of Khashpur villa...

Accidents leave two dead in Rajshahi

Accidents leave two dead in Rajshahi

-- 2019-02-26 13:47:51

Two separate accidents left an elderly man and another elderly woman dead in Rajshahi. On Tuesday morning, an elderly man was killed as a bus rammed his bi-cycle on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj highway i...

Man stabs youth to death in Jhenaidah

Man stabs youth to death in Jhenaidah

-- 2019-02-26 12:04:25

A young man was stabbed to death at Chadpur village in Jhenaidah’s Harinakundu upazila on Monday night over a trifling matter. The victim was identified as Aslam Mandal, 20, son of Aynal Mandal...

Black cumin cultivation gains popularity in Gopalganj district

Black cumin cultivation gains popularity in Gopalganj district

Our Correspondent 2019-02-25 20:50:43

GOPALGANJ, Feb 25: BARI-1 black cumin cultivation is gaining popularity among the grassroots farmers of Muksudpur upazila in the district. According to the upazila agriculture office sources, a total...

Re-excavation work of  Mora Karotoa river on

Re-excavation work of Mora Karotoa river on

Our Correspondent 2019-02-25 20:49:46

GAIBANDHA, Feb 25: Re-excavation work of 03-km long Mora Karotoa river at Gumaniganj union under Gobindaganj upazila has been progressing fast since January this year. The Department of Fisheries has...

Chandpur gas cylinder blast damages seven houses

Chandpur gas cylinder blast damages seven houses

-- 2019-02-25 19:06:56

Seven houses were damaged after a gas cylinder exploded at a house in Monoharpur village in Kachua Upazila of Chandpur on Sunday night, reports UNB. Ten people were injured during rescue efforts, sai...

Separate road crashes leave five dead

Separate road crashes leave five dead

-- 2019-02-25 18:51:26

At least five people were killed and 23 others injured in separate road accidents in Cumilla, Dhaka, Jashore and Khulna. In Cumilla, two people were killed and 20 others injured after a bus collided...

Four ‘forest robbers’ killed in Sundarbans 'shootout'

Four ‘forest robbers’ killed in Sundarbans 'shootout'

-- 2019-02-25 18:12:58

Four suspected forest robbers, including the chief of infamous 'Arif Bahini', were killed in a reported gunfight between their cohorts and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Jongrar Canal of Sundarbans i...

University student dies as truck ploughs through Ctg mosque

University student dies as truck ploughs through Ctg mosque

-- 2019-02-25 14:04:24

A student of International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC) was killed as a truck ploughed through a mosque in Banur Bazar area in Sitakundu upazila of Chattogram on Monday morning. The deceased...

Booming mango flowers usher in new hope among farmers

Booming mango flowers usher in new hope among farmers

Our Correspondent 2019-02-24 20:04:45

NAOGAON, Feb 24: The booming mango flowers at this stage signals a bumper yield in the district this year. Sources at the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said to fulfil the production targe...

Excellent growth of plants predicts bumper onion output

Excellent growth of plants predicts bumper onion output

Roving Correspondent 2019-02-24 20:03:38

JOYPURHAT, Feb 24: Excellent growth of onion plants on a vast tract of land across all the five upazilas of the district is predicting a bumper production of the item this season. Repeated bumper yie...

Thakurgaon court accepts cases against BGB men

Thakurgaon court accepts cases against BGB men

-- 2019-02-24 18:57:39

A Thakurgaon court on Sunday took into cognisance the cases filed by the families of the three victims killed during a clash between alleged cattle smugglers and members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BG...

Three kids drown in Chattogram pond

Three kids drown in Chattogram pond

-- 2019-02-24 17:26:11

Three children drowned in a pond at Kanai Madari under Chandanish upazila in Chattogram on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Shifatul Islam Abir, 6, son of Helal Uddin, Mohamamd Ifti, 4, and Mo...

Two die as tractor turns turtle in Khargachhari

Two die as tractor turns turtle in Khargachhari

-- 2019-02-24 16:11:33

Two workers were killed as a tractor overturned and fell into a ditch while climbing up a hill at Tungtunglapara in Khargachhari’s Lakkhichhara upazila on Sunday. The dead men were identified a...

Floating vegetable farming gaining popularity in Sylhet

Floating vegetable farming gaining popularity in Sylhet

-- 2019-02-24 11:53:53

Vegetable farming on floating beds made of water hyacinth and bamboo in water bodies or ponds, is gaining popularity in different areas of Sylhet district. With support from Bangladesh Agriculture Re...

Rail links with Rajshahi restored

Rail links with Rajshahi restored

-- 2019-02-24 10:48:17

The rail communication of Rajshahi with other parts of the country was restored after six-hour disruption following derailment of a freight train near Halidagachhi station of Charghat upazila of Rajsh...

Tangail road crash leaves two dead, six injured

Tangail road crash leaves two dead, six injured

-- 2019-02-23 20:07:27

Two people were killed and six others injured in a road crash in Tangail’s Kalihati, as per a bdnews24.com report. The accident occurred around 4 am on Saturday on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway in...