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Beautiful Dibir Haor needs protection

Beautiful Dibir Haor needs protection

-- 2018-12-01 18:43:33

SYLHET, Dec 01 (UNB): Dibir Haor, a beautiful tourist spot surrounded by hills at the foot of Meghalaya state of India, was off the radar even four years back, but it has turned out to be a great dest...

Tangail radish growers expect good production this season

Tangail radish growers expect good production this season

Our Correspondent 2018-12-01 18:42:16

TANGAIL, Dec 01: Radish growers in the district are expecting a good production this season amid favourable weather conditions.The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Tangail sources said some...

Bogura flower farmers eye Tk 100m profit

Bogura flower farmers eye Tk 100m profit

-- 2018-12-01 18:39:56

Our CorrespondentBOGURA, Dec 01: Flower farmers in the district are expecting to make profit over Tk 100 million ahead of the Victory Day.Sources said cultivators of varieties of flower had earned ove...

Elderly man dies in Habiganj road mishap

Elderly man dies in Habiganj road mishap

-- 2018-12-01 16:26:50

An elderly man was killed as a passenger bus hit him at Madhobpur upazila in Habiganj district on Saturday. The man was identified as Harendro Das, 70, from Bula village of the upazila. Police said...

RMP forms QRT for emergency situation

RMP forms QRT for emergency situation

-- 2018-12-01 15:30:26

The Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) has launched the Quick Response Team (QRT) to manage any emergency situation like unruly and subversive activities, terrorism, extremism and drug-trafficking in...

BGB seizes six kg gunpowder in C’nawabganj

BGB seizes six kg gunpowder in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-11-30 18:40:37

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members seized six kilograms of gunpowder from bordering Wahedpur area of Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj district on Friday morning. Lt Col Sajjad Sarwar, commandin...

Road crashes leave two dead in Rajshahi

Road crashes leave two dead in Rajshahi

-- 2018-11-30 15:57:47

Two people, including an octogenarian woman were killed in two separate road crashes in Rajshahi district on Friday. The victims were identified as Rahima Begum, 80, and Akbar Ali, 48, reports BSS....

Girls in Nageshwari stand up against child marriage

Girls in Nageshwari stand up against child marriage

Sajibur Rahman, back from Kurigram 2018-11-30 15:20:55

Family members of 12-year-old Sharmin (not real name) have completed all the arrangements. This is one of their repeated attempts to marry their daughter off forcefully. Fortunately, the juvenile gir...

Police detain three over madrasa student death

Police detain three over madrasa student death

-- 2018-11-30 13:09:36

A madrasa student was found hanging from a window grill the premises of the institution in Feni on Thursday evening. The student was identified as Zahurul Islam, 13, son of Abdul Awal of East Ukilpar...

Two burn to death in Shariatpur

Two burn to death in Shariatpur

-- 2018-11-30 11:36:26

Two workers of a sweetmeat shop were burned to death in a fire that broke out at Palong Bazar in Sadar upazila of Shariatpur in the early hours of Friday. The victims were identified as Palash, 25, s...

T-Aman harvest progressing  fast in Sirajganj district

T-Aman harvest progressing fast in Sirajganj district

Roving Correspondent 2018-11-29 21:01:32

SIRAJGANJ, Nov 29: T-Aman rice harvest is progressing fast in the district as the growers will bring the same land under Rabi crops. Officials at the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Aman ha...

RAB nabs four drug traders, thieves in Rangpur

RAB nabs four drug traders, thieves in Rangpur

-- 2018-11-29 15:51:42

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-13) arrested two alleged drug traders and two notorious thieves with an enormous quantity of drugs, a stolen motorcycle and other goods from different areas of Rangpur on T...

Trucks collide head-on in Sirajganj, killing two

Trucks collide head-on in Sirajganj, killing two

-- 2018-11-29 10:43:12

Two people were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between two trucks at Sayedabad in Sirajganj Sadar upazila on early Thursday. The identities of the deceased could not be known im...

Two school teachers die as truck hits motorcycle

Two school teachers die as truck hits motorcycle

-- 2018-11-29 10:37:20

Two school teachers were killed as a speeding truck hit the motorcycle on which they were riding on the Bagerhat-Mawa highway at Joydihi village in Mollahat Upazila of Bagerhat on Wednesday night. Th...

Early winter potato farmers in Bogura expect bumper production

Early winter potato farmers in Bogura expect bumper production

Our Correspondent 2018-11-28 21:30:33

BOGURA, Nov 28:  Due to favourable weather condition and timely supply of necessary agri-inputs, early winter potato farmers in the district are expecting a bumper production of their produce....

Sherpur road crash kills schoolgirl

Sherpur road crash kills schoolgirl

-- 2018-11-28 14:25:59

A schoolgirl was killed as a human hauler hit her at Charpara Mohalla in Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Takia Begum, 15, a class seven student of A...

Fire guts five shops in Satkhira

Fire guts five shops in Satkhira

-- 2018-11-28 13:22:04

At least five shops were gutted in a fire that broke out at Budhhata bazar in Assasuni upazila of Satkhira district on Tuesday night. The fire originated from an electric short circuit at a shop name...

DAE targets 1,86,500 tonnes winter vegetables production

DAE targets 1,86,500 tonnes winter vegetables production

-- 2018-11-28 12:15:09

The department of agriculture extension (DAE) in Narsingdi has fixed a target of producing 1,86,500 tonnes of winter vegetable over 8922 hectares of land in the district this Robi season. DAE deputy...

Winter crop cultivation expanding in Sylhet division

Winter crop cultivation expanding in Sylhet division

Our Correspondent 2018-11-27 20:50:14

SYLHET, Nov 27: About 50,621 hectares of land in four districts of Sylhet division have so far been brought under the production of different winter crops and vegetables. Of the total, highest 34,907...

Boro growers busy preparing seedbeds

Boro growers busy preparing seedbeds

Our Correspondent 2018-11-27 20:49:22

GOPALGANJ, Nov 27: Farmers in the district are passing busy time in preparing Boro seedbeds. The Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC), the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE)...

High prices delight Tangail ginger cultivators

High prices delight Tangail ginger cultivators

Our Correspondent 2018-11-27 20:48:25

TANGAIL, Nov 27: High prices of ginger both in retail and wholesale market in all the 12 upazilas of the district have delighted the growers. Most farmers of the item are now busy harvesting the pr...

Four to die for killing schoolboy in Makinganj

Four to die for killing schoolboy in Makinganj

-- 2018-11-27 15:23:53

A court in Manikganj on Tuesday sentenced four people to death and three others to life term imprisonment for killing a schoolboy in Makinganj in 2014. The condemned convicts are Sohel, Rakibul Islam...

Cops detain 22 in Habiganj

Cops detain 22 in Habiganj

-- 2018-11-27 11:42:24

Police arrested 27 people including 20 wanted accused and two accused in regular cases from different areas of Habiganj district in last 12-hour ending at 9:00 am on Tuesday. Detective Branch (DB) of...

Aromatic rice growers of Rangpur,  Dinajpur eye better output

Aromatic rice growers of Rangpur, Dinajpur eye better output

Our Correspondent 2018-11-26 20:35:25

RANGPUR, Nov 26: The growers of aromatic rice under Rangpur and Dinajpur districts are optimistic of achieving an excellent yield of crops during current season. According to Department of Agricultur...

Naogaon peasants happy over good  yield of winter vegetables

Naogaon peasants happy over good yield of winter vegetables

Our Correspondent 2018-11-26 20:34:17

NAOGAON, Nov 26: Farmers of Badalgachi Upazila under the district are happy over the good yield of winter vegetables. Cauliflower, cabbage, bean, brinjal, tomato, carrot, cucumber, bottle gourd, whit...

Electrocution kills housewife in Chattogram

Electrocution kills housewife in Chattogram

-- 2018-11-26 14:36:22

A housewife died from electrocution at Kanungopara in Boalkhali upazila of Chattogram on early Monday. The deceased was identified as Kanika Dey, 20, wife of Sujit Dey. Family sources said that Kani...

Truck plunges into ditch, killing two in Madaripur

Truck plunges into ditch, killing two in Madaripur

-- 2018-11-26 12:50:59

A truck driver and his helper were killed and two people injured as the vehicle plunged into a roadside ditch at Boilgram village in Rajoir upazila of Madaripur on early Monday. The deceased was iden...

Three students die in Chattogram road crash

Three students die in Chattogram road crash

-- 2018-11-26 10:48:04

Three madrasa students on a motorcycle were killed in a head-on collision with an oil-laden truck on Chattogram-Khagrachhari highway in Fatikchhari upazila on Sunday night. The deceased were identifi...

Maize cultivation exceeds  target in Joypurhat

Maize cultivation exceeds target in Joypurhat

Roving Correspondent 2018-11-25 20:59:13

JOYPURHAT, Nov 25: The farmers have exceeded maize cultivation target this current season getting bumper production previous year in Joypurhat district. The sowing process of the seed is going on in...

Retired govt official changes his fortune  by cultivating banana in Magura

Retired govt official changes his fortune by cultivating banana in Magura

Our Correspondent 2018-11-25 20:58:28

MAGURA, Nov 25: The story is about a retired government service holder who has turned his fortune wheel by cultivating banana. The name of this successful farmer is Md Mominuddin of village Norihati u...