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Community seedbeds gaining  popularity in Naogaon

Community seedbeds gaining popularity in Naogaon

Our Correspondent 2019-01-10 21:02:47

NAOGAON, Jan 10: The community seedbed method, a modern process of planting paddy seed, is gaining popularity in Mohadevpur upazila of the district.   Department of Agriculture Extension (D...

Cattle fattening turns fortune of Aziz

Cattle fattening turns fortune of Aziz

Our Correspondent 2019-01-10 21:01:47

MAGURA, Jan 10: Cattle fattening has turned fortune wheel of Abdul Aziz, a resident of village Nanduali under Magura Sadar upazila. He has no land of his own. Earlier he cultivated land of other peopl...

Two workers die as bridge collapses in Thakurgaon

Two workers die as bridge collapses in Thakurgaon

-- 2019-01-10 19:36:42

A girder of an old bridge collapsed killing two workers and injuring three others during repairs in Thakurgaon’s Haripur Upazila. Around 10 workers were working at the site in Bujruk village wh...

Teenage girl’s slaughtered body recovered in Noakhali

Teenage girl’s slaughtered body recovered in Noakhali

-- 2019-01-10 19:11:42

Police recovered the slaughtered and hacked body of a teenage girl from her house at Purba Shullokia village under Sadar upazila in Noakhali on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Parvin,...

Physician dies in Manikganj road accident

Physician dies in Manikganj road accident

-- 2019-01-10 17:08:55

A physician was killed in a road accident on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway near Kaliganga bridge in Manikganj’s Sadar upazila on Thursday. The victim was identified as Dr Monjurul Alam Khan, 42, a r...

Lentil farming becoming popular in Rajshahi

Lentil farming becoming popular in Rajshahi

-- 2019-01-10 13:04:15

Farming of lentil is increasing gradually across Rajshahi region including its vast Barind tract as it requires less cultivation and irrigation cost compared to many other crops especially paddy. Sou...

Cops recover missing man’s body in Rajshahi

Cops recover missing man’s body in Rajshahi

-- 2019-01-10 11:47:42

A man, who had been reported missing since Monday, was found dead at Sormongla in Rajshahi’s Godagari upazila on Wednesday. He was Jashim Uddin Joy, 20, a human hauler driver and son of Arkan A...

Pabna peasants pass busy time growing onion

Pabna peasants pass busy time growing onion

Roving Correspondent 2019-01-09 20:24:46

PABNA, Jan 09: A good numbers of peasants are passing busy time growing onion on a commercial basis this season in Sujanagar upazila of Pabna district. The farmers of the upazila are expecting good y...

Trucker dies in Rajshahi road accident

Trucker dies in Rajshahi road accident

-- 2019-01-09 15:18:09

A truck driver was killed and ten others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Rajshahi highway at Baneshwar in Puthia upazila of Rajshahi on Wednesday. The dead driver was identified as Kutub Ali, 32,...

Blanket distribution programme continues in Gaibandha

Blanket distribution programme continues in Gaibandha

-- 2019-01-09 11:54:48

Amid the cold wave sweeping over Gaibandha region, the district administration has intensified the programme of blanket distribution among the affected people. Official sources said the district admi...

Housewife ‘kills self’ in Rajshahi

Housewife ‘kills self’ in Rajshahi

-- 2019-01-09 11:23:43

A housewife reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a mango tree near their house at Mahdipur village in Bagha upazila of Rajshahi on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Ismat Ara Be...

Magura mustard farmers  expect bumper output

Magura mustard farmers expect bumper output

Our Correspondent 2019-01-08 21:37:39

MAGURA, Jan 08: Magura farmers are expecting a bumper production of mustard this season. Mustard growers informed that they are waiting for harvesting mustard. As high yielding seeds were used for cu...

Growers hopeful of good potato production in Bogura

Growers hopeful of good potato production in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2019-01-08 21:36:46

BOGURA, Jan 08: With lucrative market price as well as bumper production, good number of potato farmers of Bogura district is expecting to be self-reliant this season. The farmers generally spend app...

Vegetable farming on 55,500 hectares in Sylhet

Vegetable farming on 55,500 hectares in Sylhet

Our Correspondent 2019-01-08 21:35:57

SYLHET, Jan 08: Different kinds of winter vegetables are being cultivated on 55,554 hectares of land in Sylhet division. The crops include vegetables of all kinds including gourd, sweet gourd, radish...

52 held for fishing inside Sundarbans

52 held for fishing inside Sundarbans

-- 2019-01-08 21:02:35

Members of Coast Guard detained 52 fishermen for catching fish in the waters of the Sundarbans without taking authority's prior permission from Bangabandhurchar under Dacope Upazila in Khulna on Tuesd...

Falling container kills two on Chattogram road

Falling container kills two on Chattogram road

-- 2019-01-08 16:10:17

Two auto-rickshaw passengers were crushed to death as a cargo container fell off a long trailer and hit them in Chattogram. The accident occurred near the EPZ area at around 4.00am on Tuesday, said P...

Two die as truck rams into bike in C’nawabganj

Two die as truck rams into bike in C’nawabganj

-- 2019-01-08 11:00:33

Two motorcyclists were killed when a truck rammed their vehicle in Kolyanpur area of Chapainawabganj town on Tuesday morning. The deceased have been identified as Mizanur Rahman, son of Jalal Uddin,...

Abrupt fall in cabbage prices disheartens Magura growers

Abrupt fall in cabbage prices disheartens Magura growers

Our Correspondent 2019-01-07 21:49:41

MAGURA, Jan 07: A bumper production of cabbage has been achieved in the district this season. But abrupt fall in cabbage price has faded smile on the faces of growers. Department of Agriculture Ext...

Peasants expect good yield of Sajina in Rangpur

Peasants expect good yield of Sajina in Rangpur

Our Correspondent 2019-01-07 21:48:21

RANGPUR, Jan 07: The blooming Sajina (drumstick) trees in different areas under the district and its adjacent areas have taken an eye-catching look with huge flowers predicting a good yield of the v...

Date-gurh becomes boon for many Rajshahi people

Date-gurh becomes boon for many Rajshahi people

-- 2019-01-07 21:47:26

RAJSHAHI, Jan 07 (BSS): With advent of winter season, date juice collection along with processing gurh (molasses) has become vibrant everywhere in the region, generating employment opportunities for m...

Companiganj stone quarry collapse kills two

Companiganj stone quarry collapse kills two

-- 2019-01-07 20:25:12

At least two workers have been killed as a stone quarry collapsed while extracting stones in Shah Arefin Tila of Companiganj Upazila in Sylhet on Monday. The deceased were identified as Sona Mia, 25,...

‘Extortionist’ lynched in Chattogram

‘Extortionist’ lynched in Chattogram

-- 2019-01-07 17:34:37

A suspected extortionist was killed in a lynch-mob attack at Pahartali Bazar at Double Mooring in Chattogram on Monday. The deceased, Mohiuddin Sohel, 27, was a listed drug trader of Khulshi area and...

Farmer dies from electrocution

Farmer dies from electrocution

-- 2019-01-07 13:57:59

A farmer died from electrocution at Srifalkati village in Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira on Monday morning. The deceased has been identified as Ichha Morol, 55, according to a news agency report. Ab...

Satkhira schoolgirl dies after being raped

Satkhira schoolgirl dies after being raped

-- 2019-01-07 11:39:54

A class three girl died after being violated allegedly by a college student at Gabtola village in Ashashuni upazila of Satkhira on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Sushmita, daughter of P...

Bitter gourd farmers happy with market price in Bogura, Magura

Bitter gourd farmers happy with market price in Bogura, Magura

Our Correspondents 2019-01-06 22:06:48

BOGURA, Jan 06: The bitter gourd farmers are happy over fair market price as well as good output in Bogura district this season.  Each maund of bitter gourd is being sold at Tk 1400 to 1500 in th...

Santahar-Rohanpur rly track desire of Rajshahi people

Santahar-Rohanpur rly track desire of Rajshahi people

Our Correspondent 2019-01-06 22:01:46

RAJSHAHI, Jan 06:  A long cherished desire of millions of people of Rajshahi will be fulfilled if a project, left abandoned for the last 108 years, is implemented. With the construction of railw...

Abundant potato production likely in Naogaon

Abundant potato production likely in Naogaon

Our Correspondent 2019-01-06 22:00:57

NAOGAON, Jan 06: Cultivators and local agro-officials are expecting a bumper potato production across the district this season. Sources at the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said, a total...

Two bodies recovered in B’baria, Narsingdi

Two bodies recovered in B’baria, Narsingdi

-- 2019-01-06 19:54:54

Police recovered the bodies of two young men from Brahmanbaria and Narisingdi districts on Sunday. In Brahmanbaria, police recovered the body of a young seven days after he went missing Titas River a...

Mild cold wave sweeps some parts across country

Mild cold wave sweeps some parts across country

-- 2019-01-06 18:03:16

Mild to moderate cold wave is sweeping over the regions of Madaripur, Gopalganj, Netrokona, Moulvibazar, Rajshahi, Pabna, Noagaon, Dinajpur, Nilphamari, Kurigram, Panchagarh, Jashore, Kushtia, Barisha...

Two die in Netrokona road accident

Two die in Netrokona road accident

-- 2019-01-06 16:48:36

A woman and her son have been killed in an accident involving a bus and an autorickshaw in Netrokona’s Sadar upazila. Three people, including the woman’s daughter, have also been injured...