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Two die in Chattogram truck accident

Two die in Chattogram truck accident

-- 2018-10-23 14:25:51

Two people were killed and another injured after a truck hit another one on Dhaka-Chottagram Highway in Barotakia area of Mirsarai upazila of the port city on early Tuesday. The deceased were identif...

Gaibandha boiler blast kills college girl

Gaibandha boiler blast kills college girl

-- 2018-10-23 12:26:33

A female college student was killed in a boiler blast incident at Paschimpara in Sadullapur upazila of Gaibandha district on Tuesday morning. The deceased has been identified as Sharmin Akhter, accor...

Rats eat up 0.2m tonnes of Aman in Rangpur division every season

Rats eat up 0.2m tonnes of Aman in Rangpur division every season

Our Correspondent 2018-10-22 21:19:50

RANGPUR, Oct 22: The peasants in eight districts under Rangpur division incur massive loss every year due to crop damage caused by rat attack during Aman season. According to sources rats destroy a...

Malta production gains popularity in Rangamati district

Malta production gains popularity in Rangamati district

-- 2018-10-22 21:18:48

RANGAMATI, Oct 22 (UNB): The farming of Malta is picking up pace in the district, especially the Bari Malta-1 type. Hemkumar Chakma, one such farmer, started farming malta fruits back in 2014 on a on...

Mother ‘commits suicide’ after ‘killing’ daughter

Mother ‘commits suicide’ after ‘killing’ daughter

-- 2018-10-22 16:38:56

A woman allegedly committed suicide by taking poison after killing her 'mentally and physically challenged' daughter in the same way at Goaldanga village in Ashashuni upazila of Satkhira on Monday. T...

Pest attack worries Pirgachha Aman cultivators

Pest attack worries Pirgachha Aman cultivators

Our Correspondent 2018-10-22 10:42:34

Aman plants on vast tracts of lands have severely been affected by pest and disease at different areas under Pirgachha upazila in the district, making the peasants concerned about the output of the cr...

Father, son among three die in Chandpur road crash

Father, son among three die in Chandpur road crash

-- 2018-10-22 10:02:25

At least three people, including a man and his son, were killed as a covered van hit an auto-rickshaw on Chandpur-Cumilla road near Bakila Bazar in Hajiganj upazila of Chandpur district early Monday....

BGB recovers eight smuggled air gunes in Jashore

BGB recovers eight smuggled air gunes in Jashore

-- 2018-10-21 14:57:48

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered eight air guns smuggled from India at Daulatpur in Chowgachha upazila of Jashore on Sunday morning. Being tipped off, a team of BGB conducted a dri...

Cop dies of injuries sustained in Gazipur road crash

Cop dies of injuries sustained in Gazipur road crash

-- 2018-10-21 11:59:29

An assistant sub-inspector of Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP), who sustained injuries after being hit by a bus in Tongi on Saturday, died at National Institute of Traumatology & Orthopaedic Reha...

Fair prices make Joypurhat  snake gourd growers happy

Fair prices make Joypurhat snake gourd growers happy

Roving Correspondent 2018-10-20 21:22:22

JOYPURHAT, Oct 20: Snake gourd growers in the district are happy over the fair prices and good yield this season.The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) officials said they encourage the farmers...

Bamboo craft artisans in Bogura,  Tangail passing busy time

Bamboo craft artisans in Bogura, Tangail passing busy time

Our Correspondent 2018-10-20 21:21:38

BOGURA, Oct 20: A good number of people in the district are expecting to make over Tk 0.5 million by making bamboo products this season.Sources said after transplanting T-Aman paddy in the field most...

Sylhet commuters suffer as transport workers stage demo

Sylhet commuters suffer as transport workers stage demo

-- 2018-10-20 19:17:14

The commuters went through a huge suffering on Saturday as divisional transport workers staged eight-hour strike demanding eight-point charter including amendment to the Road Transport Act 2018. Bang...

Two die in Gopalganj road crash

Two die in Gopalganj road crash

-- 2018-10-20 18:32:47

Two people were killed and five others injured as a microbus crashed into a motorcycle and a van at Ratil in Kashiani upazila in Gopalganj on Saturday afternoon, reports UNB. The deceased were identi...

Neighbours beat man dead

Neighbours beat man dead

-- 2018-10-20 17:29:16

A man was beaten to death allegedly by his neighbours during an argument over a trivial matter in Jashore on Saturday. The victim was Hossain Ali, 45 years old, from Keralkhali village of Sharsha upa...

Jashore ‘gunfight’ leaves drug peddler dead   

Jashore ‘gunfight’ leaves drug peddler dead   

-- 2018-10-20 17:22:55

A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight between two groups of drug peddlers allegedly over establishing supremacy at Choto Achra under Sharsha upazila in Jashore on Saturday. The de...

Three die of alcohol poisoning in Jhenaidah

Three die of alcohol poisoning in Jhenaidah

-- 2018-10-20 17:18:43

Three people have died and two others were hospitalised due to alcohol poisoning in Kaliganj upazila of Jhenidah. The deceased have been identified as Kaliganj residents Biswas Bappi, Munna Das and S...

43 pirates surrender in Cox’s Bazar

43 pirates surrender in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2018-10-20 15:01:23

43 pirates from six gangs of Kutubdia and Maheshkhali surrendered to the Home Minister in Cox’s Bazar submitting firearms on Saturday. Ten members of 'Anju Bahini', two members of 'Ramij Bahini...

Child dies during Bhola boat race

Child dies during Bhola boat race

-- 2018-10-20 12:43:00

A nine-year-old child has died and another elderly man has gone missing after a trawler capsized during a boat race in Bhola’s Borhanuddin upazila. The event was organised from the Borhanuddion...

Fire breaks out at Walton warehouse in city

Fire breaks out at Walton warehouse in city

-- 2018-10-20 11:42:25

A fire broke out at a warehouse of Walton in Mohammadpur area of the capital on Saturday morning. The fire broke out at 10:15 am at the warehouse at Chand Udyan of the area, said Fire service control...

Excess ‘liquor’ consumption kills two in Jashore, Jhenaidah

Excess ‘liquor’ consumption kills two in Jashore, Jhenaidah

-- 2018-10-19 17:04:28

Two people reportedly died of liquor overdose in Jashore and Jhenaidah districts. The incidents took place amid the Durga Puja celebrations which killed Dipu Das, 30, from Jashore and Munna Das, 35,...

Police recover hanging body of housewife

Police recover hanging body of housewife

-- 2018-10-19 12:50:45

Police recovered the hanging body of a housewife in Panchagarh’s sadar upazila on Thursday. The victim was Pabitra Rani, 22, wife of Krishna Chandra Roy of Goaljhar Pakhilagaon village. Accord...

Summer bean farming becomes boon for Barind farmers

Summer bean farming becomes boon for Barind farmers

-- 2018-10-19 11:58:50

Summer beans farming has been gaining ground in this region including its vast Barind tract as the farmers get lucrative market price of the cash crop. Large numbers of farmers are now engaged in bea...

Papaya growers seek loan,  preservation facilities as  production expands

Papaya growers seek loan, preservation facilities as production expands

Our Correspondent 2018-10-18 21:31:12

GOPALGANJ, Oct 18: Cultivation of Shahi and Red Lady papaya varieties is gaining popularity among the farmers of Kasiani upazila in the district. Sources said people like these varieties for its co...

Ranga promises modern bus terminal in Rangpur

Ranga promises modern bus terminal in Rangpur

-- 2018-10-18 14:27:20

State Minister for LGRD and Cooperatives Mashiur Rahman Ranga has said the Rangpur Central Bus Terminal is being reconstructed with all modern facilities. The project is estimated to be built at a co...

Three sued for killing trader in Benapole

Three sued for killing trader in Benapole

-- 2018-10-18 11:54:55

A local trader in Benapole named Hasanuzzaman also known as Ahsan was murdered in Sadipur village on Monday.   A case was filed against three people in connection over the killing on Wednesday n...

Rangpur peasants produce quality malta at 50 orchards

Rangpur peasants produce quality malta at 50 orchards

Our Correspondent 2018-10-17 21:17:12

RANGPUR, Oct 17: Commercial cultivation of malta has ushered in a new hope to the growers of different areas in the district in recent years. According to agriculturists the soil and climate of the...

PCJSS activist shot dead in Rangamati

PCJSS activist shot dead in Rangamati

-- 2018-10-17 20:56:03

An activist of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti (PCJSS) was shot dead by unidentified miscreants at Biharpara under Naniarchar upazila in Rangamati on Wednesday evening. The deceased was iden...

Missing man found dead in Chuadanga

Missing man found dead in Chuadanga

-- 2018-10-17 19:01:28

Police on Wednesday recovered the body of a man who went missing a month ago from Habibpur village of Jibannagar upazila in Chuadanga. The deceased was identified as Ziarul Islam Ziar, 38, son of Aiz...

Farmers set up 5,935 light traps to protect cropland

Farmers set up 5,935 light traps to protect cropland

Our Correspondent 2018-10-17 13:30:42

Farmers in the Nilphamari district are setting up light trap in their cropland for pest management and becoming successful. DAE sources said some 5,935 light traps have been set up across the distric...

Police recover body of youth from Surma river

Police recover body of youth from Surma river

-- 2018-10-17 11:47:14

Police have recovered the body of a young man from Surma River in Sylhet region. The deceased was identified as Sumon Ahmed, 27, son of Abdul Malik from Pirpur village in sadar upazila. Enamul Hossa...