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Road crashes claim lives of three

Road crashes claim lives of three

-- 2018-09-20 12:19:48

Three people, including an old man, were killed in separate road accidents in Cumilla and Khulna districts on Thursday. In Cumilla, the driver of a Chattogram-bound poultry-laden covered van died on...

Man found hanging in Jashore

Man found hanging in Jashore

-- 2018-09-19 20:26:11

Police recovered the hanging body of a man from Pashapol village under Chowghaachha upazila in Jashore on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Madhu, 52, son of late Bashir Ullah and a r...

Cumilla road crashes leave two dead

Cumilla road crashes leave two dead

-- 2018-09-19 17:15:31

Two people, including the driver of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw, were killed in separate road accidents on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Chouddagram upazila of Cumilla on Wednesday. Auto-rickshaw driver Sa...

Bicyclist dies in Lalmonirhat road crash

Bicyclist dies in Lalmonirhat road crash

-- 2018-09-19 16:46:48

A bicycle rider was killed as a passenger bus hit him in sadar upazila of Lalmonirhat today (Wednesday). The deceased was identified as Abdul Mozid, 42, resident at Shibganj of the upazila, said Offi...

Youth gets crushed under train in Pabna

Youth gets crushed under train in Pabna

-- 2018-09-19 14:32:39

A young man was crushed to death under the wheels of a train at Bypass Railway Station in Ishwardi of Pabna district on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Alamin, 23, a carpenter and s...

Elephant tramps man to death in Moulvibazar

Elephant tramps man to death in Moulvibazar

-- 2018-09-19 14:22:34

A man known as the local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) was reportedly trampled to death by a wild elephant in Sagarnal area of Juri upazila in Moulvibazar on Tuesday night. The deceased wa...

Cops recover bodies of two students in Kurigram

Cops recover bodies of two students in Kurigram

-- 2018-09-19 11:15:30

Police recovered the bodies of two students from BSCIC Industrial area in Nazira village of Kurigram Sadar upazila on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Selina Akter, 12, a class VIII student...

T-Aman farming progressing  fast in Joypurhat district

T-Aman farming progressing fast in Joypurhat district

Roving Correspondent 2018-09-18 22:24:42

JOYPURHAT, Sept 18: The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) is expecting to produce over 0.5 million tonnes of T-Aman output this season in the district. More than 0.1 million peasants of Akkel...

River erosion victims to get VGF support until Dec 31

River erosion victims to get VGF support until Dec 31

-- 2018-09-18 20:28:25

River erosion-victims of Noria upazila in Shariatpur will get support under the Vulnerable Grouping Feeding (VGF) programme until December 31. Besides, 5000 bundles of corrugated iron (CI) sheets and...

Control rooms open to face emergency water situation

Control rooms open to face emergency water situation

-- 2018-09-18 20:03:34

Two control rooms have been opened at Water Resources Ministry and Bangladesh Water Development Board to face emergency situation due to rise and fall of river waters across the country. People have...

Female worker dies after falling from building in Joypurhat

Female worker dies after falling from building in Joypurhat

-- 2018-09-18 19:36:12

A female worker died after falling from the under-construction Muktijoddha Complex in the bus stand area of Panchbibi upazila in Joypurhat on Tuesday noon. The deceased was identified as Monwara Begu...

Flood submerges eight unions in Jamalpur

Flood submerges eight unions in Jamalpur

-- 2018-09-18 16:13:40

Low laying areas of eight unions in Islampur and Dewanganj upazila of Jamalpur district had been inundated by flood water for last three days. Water Development Board (WDB) officials said though the...

Two RMG workers among three found dead in Savar

Two RMG workers among three found dead in Savar

-- 2018-09-18 14:23:35

Police recovered three bodies including two readymade garment workers from separate areas of Savar and Ashulia on Tuesday morning. Aslam, 45, a human hauler driver, hailing from Munshiganj, was beate...

Customs detains man with gold bars in Benapole

Customs detains man with gold bars in Benapole

-- 2018-09-18 11:51:24

Customs intelligence arrested a man along with five gold bars (Tk 115,000) from Benapole check post on Tuesday morning. The detainee was identified as Masudur Rahman, 45, son of Abdul Khaleq, hailing...

Fugitive war crimes convict dies

Fugitive war crimes convict dies

-- 2018-09-17 20:25:04

A war crimes convict, who was sentenced to death and remained fugitive for long, died at a house in Fenchuganj upazila of Sylhet on Monday. After his death the body of Anis Mia, 85 of Rajnagar upazil...

Man dies as bus rams motorcycle in Gopalganj

Man dies as bus rams motorcycle in Gopalganj

-- 2018-09-17 11:12:18

A motorcyclist was killed and 20 other people were injured as a bus lost control and rammed into a motorcycle in Dhopabhita area of Muksudpur upazila on Monday morning. The deceased has been identifi...

Brahmaputra crosses danger level in Gaibandha

Brahmaputra crosses danger level in Gaibandha

-- 2018-09-16 22:13:37

Water level of the Brahmaputra crossed its danger mark today morning inundating the river basin including char areas, reports BSS. According to sources, water level of other three major rivers Ghagot...

Indefinite bus strike begins in Gaibandha, Rangpur

Indefinite bus strike begins in Gaibandha, Rangpur

-- 2018-09-16 20:26:22

Bus workers went on an indefinite strike on all the routes of Rangpur and Gaibandha districts on Sunday, demanding a change in the draft road transport law. Gaibandha District Motor Workers' Union en...

Man dies in Natore road mishap

Man dies in Natore road mishap

-- 2018-09-16 13:55:33

A young man was killed and seven others injured in a head-on collision between two buses at sadar upazila road in Natore on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Birendra Pahan, 30, an indig...

Sylhet train accident kills two

Sylhet train accident kills two

-- 2018-09-16 11:38:45

Two men have been killed as they attempted to board a moving train at Sylhet Railway Station. The Dhaka-bound inter-city Upoban Express left Sylhet on Saturday at around 10:15 pm right when the incid...

Microbus plunges into Hatirjheel lake, no casualties

Microbus plunges into Hatirjheel lake, no casualties

-- 2018-09-15 13:26:50

A microbus plunged into Hatirjheel lake in the capital on Saturday morning. Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters sources said the microbus fell into the lake breaking the railing of a bridge a...

Teenager dies in Tangail road crash

Teenager dies in Tangail road crash

-- 2018-09-15 11:43:02

A teenage boy has been killed and another injured after their motorcycle was hit by a truck in Tangail’s Modhupur. The accident occurred on Sagor Dighi Road in the Motorbazar area on Friday eve...

Minor boy drowns in Gopalganj

Minor boy drowns in Gopalganj

-- 2018-09-14 16:58:01

The body of a minor boy was recovered from the Madhumati River at Haridaspur in Sadar upazila of Gopalganj on Friday morning, a day after he went missing while bathing. The deceased was identified as...

Bus runs over, kills two pedestrians in Rangpur

Bus runs over, kills two pedestrians in Rangpur

-- 2018-09-14 15:57:07

Two pedestrians were killed and 10 bus passengers injured as a bus hit them after hitting another bus in central bus terminal area in Rangpur city on Friday. The deceased were identified as Hasina Be...

Eco-friendly pest management gains ground in Rajshahi

Eco-friendly pest management gains ground in Rajshahi

-- 2018-09-14 14:05:19

Farmers of the Barind region are being encouraged and habituated over using eco-friendly pest management in their transplanted paddy field. During the current season, many farmers have adopted parchi...

Lightning kills two in Jashore

Lightning kills two in Jashore

-- 2018-09-14 11:34:57

At least two people have been killed and two others injured in a  thunderbolt strike at Charavita Mahmudpur village under Bagharpara upazila under Jashore. The deceased were identified as Mohamm...

Two children drown in Natore

Two children drown in Natore

-- 2018-09-13 20:54:40

Two children drowned in a pond at Walia village under Lalpur upazila in Natore on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Naim, son of Adam Sardar of the village, and Afia, maternal cousin of Naim....

Sonatola, Sarikandi Upshi cultivators passing busy time

Sonatola, Sarikandi Upshi cultivators passing busy time

Our Correspondent 2018-09-13 20:39:03

BOGURA, Sep 12: Growers across Sonatola and Sarikandi upazilas of the district are now busy in harvesting and processing the newly-harvested Upshi Aus paddy. Cultivators are also happy as they are ge...

Truck rams microbus, kills man in Panchagarh

Truck rams microbus, kills man in Panchagarh

-- 2018-09-13 13:44:21

A freedom fighter was killed and four others injured when a truck rammed a microbus on Panchagarh-Debiganj highway at Boda Bypass in Boda upazila of Panchagarh on Thursday. The deceased was identifie...

Electrocution kills mother, son in Gazipur

Electrocution kills mother, son in Gazipur

-- 2018-09-13 12:27:26

A woman and her son were electrocuted in Kewa-Bakultala area under Sripur upazila of Gazipur district Thursday morning. The deceased were identified as Salina Akhter, 35, wife of Anwar Hossain, a res...