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Disabled child allegedly raped, murdered in M’singh

Disabled child allegedly raped, murdered in M’singh

-- 2018-11-10 16:21:42

A child with a speech disability has allegedly been raped and murdered at Mymensingh’s Bhaluka upazila. Police recovered the body of the child from Dhakirvita Forest near Panchgaon village at...

Cops arrest five over drugs sale at SUST

Cops arrest five over drugs sale at SUST

-- 2018-11-10 12:01:36

Police arrested five outsides along with cannabis from the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) in Sylhet on Friday. The arrestees are Soyab Ali, Milon Miah, Moinul Miah, Saleh Ahmed...

Train derailment suspends communication on Naogaon route

Train derailment suspends communication on Naogaon route

-- 2018-11-09 21:11:42

Train communications on Naogaon route was suspended on Friday following derailment of a compartment in Shahagola area of Atrai upazila. Saiful Islam, station master of Ahsanganj Rail Station, said a...

KMP launches e-traffic system in Khulna

KMP launches e-traffic system in Khulna

-- 2018-11-09 20:18:53

In a unique move, Department of Traffic of Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP), has set a replicable example in digitising the traffic management system to protect citizens from harassment and immense su...

Bagerhat road crash death toll rises to four

Bagerhat road crash death toll rises to four

-- 2018-11-09 19:03:27

Three more construction workers, who were injured in a road accident in Mollahat upazila of Bagerhat on Thursday evening died at a Khulna hospital on Friday, taking the death from the accident to four...

Police detain three over rape charge

Police detain three over rape charge

-- 2018-11-08 22:28:14

Police on Wednesday arrested three people for allegedly gang-raping a female Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinee in Dhanbari upazila of Tangail. The arrestees are Abdur Rahman, Majharul Haque...

Rangpur spinach cultivators in joyous mood with  plentiful output

Rangpur spinach cultivators in joyous mood with plentiful output

Our Correspondent 2018-11-08 21:54:52

RANGPUR, Nov 08: Spinach cultivators in the district are in joyous mood as they are achieving an excellent yield of their produce during this year. A good number of growers said that with the hope...

Cattle trader dies in Kushtia road crash

Cattle trader dies in Kushtia road crash

-- 2018-11-08 18:08:18

A cattle trader was killed in a head-on collision between a truck and a human hauler on Kushtia-Rajshahi highway on Thursday morning. The mishap took place in Talabari area of Ramipur upazila which l...

Dhaka-Panchagarh direct train service from Nov 10

Dhaka-Panchagarh direct train service from Nov 10

-- 2018-11-08 17:46:38

A direct train service on Panchagarh-Dhaka route is scheduled to be launched on November 10, aiming to ease communications with the country's northern district. At present, Drutojan Express and Ekota...

Chinese miner dies in Barapukuria coal mine accident

Chinese miner dies in Barapukuria coal mine accident

-- 2018-11-08 13:42:44

A Chinese miner was killed and a Bangladesh worker sustained injuries in an accident in an underground tunnel of Dinajpur’s Barapukuria coal mine on early Thursday. The incident took place arou...

High prices help Bogura cauliflower growers  earn good profit

High prices help Bogura cauliflower growers earn good profit

Our Correspondent 2018-11-07 21:55:01

BOGURA, Nov 07: Cauliflower growers in the district are earning good profit this season due good output and high market prices. More than 2,000 farmers of Sariakanndi, Sherpur, Shibganj, Sonatola, Sh...

Miscreants torch AL office in Pirojpur

Miscreants torch AL office in Pirojpur

-- 2018-11-07 12:38:20

Miscreants set a ward unit Awami League office afire in Pirojpur municipality in the early hours of Wednesday. Miron Sheikh, president of no 1 ward unit Awami League, said a fire broke out at the off...

Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route resume as fog clears

Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route resume as fog clears

-- 2018-11-07 11:30:43

Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route have resumed after three hours of disruption caused by dense fog on Wednesday morning. Mohiuddin Russel, Manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corpora...

Raghunathpur farmers grow early winter tomato on  vast tract of land

Raghunathpur farmers grow early winter tomato on vast tract of land

Our Correspondent 2018-11-06 21:51:34

GOPALGANJ, Nov 06: Farmers of Raghunathpur union under Gopalganj Sadar are growing early winter tomato on a vast tract of land. Dilip Biswas of Raghunathpur village said he is growing 'Beautiful' v...

Water spinach cultivation gains  popularity among peasants

Water spinach cultivation gains popularity among peasants

Roving Correspondent 2018-11-06 21:50:46

NATORE, Nov 06: Commercial cultivation of water spinach is gaining popularity among the grassroots peasants in the district. High market demand and fair prices of the leafy vegetable have also brough...

Youth of Rupgram village sets up integrated farm

Youth of Rupgram village sets up integrated farm

-- 2018-11-06 21:49:49

NAOGAON, Nov 06 (UNB): Sohel Rana of Rupgram village in Dibor union under Patnitola upazila in the district started an integrated farm in his village after completing his graduation. And now he has b...

Short-duration paddy cultivators happy with present rate

Short-duration paddy cultivators happy with present rate

Our Correspondent 2018-11-06 21:49:09

BOGURA, Nov 06: Growers of short-duration paddy variety in the district are delighted over the present market rate of their newly-harvested produce. BINA-7 paddy is selling at Tk 900 to Tk 1,100 pe...

Kushtia court orders action against plaintiff, cop for filing false case

Kushtia court orders action against plaintiff, cop for filing false case

-- 2018-11-06 20:25:29

A Kushtia court on Tuesday directed for taking action against the plaintiff and a police official for filing a false case against a couple over instigating an elderly woman to commit suicide. After...

Body recovered in Kushtia

Body recovered in Kushtia

-- 2018-11-06 18:13:10

Police recovered body of a man from Charsonatola ground of Daulatpur upazila in Kushtia on Tuesday. Identity of the deceased was not ascertained immediately. Siraj Mondol, chairman of Ramkrishnapur...

Rab seizes 115,000 yaba pills from vehicle with NGO sticker

Rab seizes 115,000 yaba pills from vehicle with NGO sticker

-- 2018-11-06 17:47:39

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seized some 150,000 yaba tablets from a car with the sticker of a foreign NGO and arrested a man at Collegepara of Teknaf municipality in Cox’s Bazar on T...

Officials seize smuggled goods worth Tk 7m in Gobindaganj

Officials seize smuggled goods worth Tk 7m in Gobindaganj

-- 2018-11-06 16:15:07

An anti-smuggling task force team seized huge quantity of smuggled goods worth Tk 7 million from ‘Jalil Super Market’ in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha on Monday afternoon. “Compr...

Police detain 31 in Dinajpur

Police detain 31 in Dinajpur

-- 2018-11-06 12:01:16

Law enforcers, in special drives arrested 31 people including nine drug traders and five activists of Jamaat-E-Islami from different areas of Dinajpur district in last 12-hour ending at 8:00 am on Tue...

Motorcyclist dies in Sherpur road crash

Motorcyclist dies in Sherpur road crash

-- 2018-11-06 10:26:34

A motorcyclist was killed while another injured in a head on collision between a truck and their vehicle on Nalitabari-Nakugaon road at Andharpara under Nalitabari upazila in Sherpur on Monday night....

Bumper output delights  bottle gourd peasants

Bumper output delights bottle gourd peasants

Roving Correspondent 2018-11-05 21:47:47

JOYPURHAT, Nov 05: Bottle gourd farmers in the district are making handsome profit this season for fair market prices. Farming of the vegetable was started in the area in September last and growers s...

Tk 40.62b project to provide treated water in Rajshahi

Tk 40.62b project to provide treated water in Rajshahi

-- 2018-11-05 18:05:35

Rajshahi Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (RWASA) is going to implement a mega project for providing treated water to people of the city and its outskirts. The project titled ‘Rajshahi WASA...

Woman dies in city road crash

Woman dies in city road crash

FE Online Report 2018-11-05 17:26:42

An unidentified woman, aged 26, was killed in a road crash at Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover near Tikatuli area of the capital on Monday morning. The victim woman died on the spot as a pickup van ra...

Fire guts fashion house at Mirpur

Fire guts fashion house at Mirpur

-- 2018-11-05 11:24:42

A fashion house was gutted in a fire at Mirpur-10 in the city on Monday morning. Fire service and Civil control room sources said the fire broke out at the showroom of 'Chandrabindu Fashion House' ar...

Truck hits, kills school girl  in Magura

Truck hits, kills school girl in Magura

-- 2018-11-05 10:30:51

A school girl was crushed under the wheels of a truck in Katakhali area of Magura sadar upazila on Monday morning. The deceased has been identified as Bonna Khatun, 13, daughter of Billal Hossain of...

Excessive cold storage rent puts potato farmers in crisis

Excessive cold storage rent puts potato farmers in crisis

Our Correspondent 2018-11-04 21:10:12

RAJSHAHI, Nov 04:  Farmers of Tanore, Durgapur, Puthia and Paba upazilas in the district who stored potato in cold storages are facing crisis due to excessive rent. It is alleged, the farmers ha...

Jhenidah ATI students take interest  in integrated duck, fish farming

Jhenidah ATI students take interest in integrated duck, fish farming

ZM Aminul Islam 2018-11-04 21:08:52

JHENIDAH, Nov 04: Students at the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), Jhenidah, are showing their interest in integrated duck and fish cultivation. They are learning the farming process in the in...