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Thai guava farming inspires  hundreds of unemployed  youths in Naogaon

Thai guava farming inspires hundreds of unemployed youths in Naogaon

Roving Correspondent 2018-09-12 21:26:25

NAOGAON, Sept 12: Thai guava farming has brought smile on the faces of hundreds of unemployed youths in the district. Sources said high profit has been inspiring the farmers to expand the production...

Ginger production expanding in Bogura

Ginger production expanding in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2018-09-12 21:24:52

BOGURA, Sept 12: Ginger cultivation is expanding in the district due to repeated bumper production and fair market prices. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) official sources said, "We hav...

Female ‘drug peddler’ found dead in Korotoa River

Female ‘drug peddler’ found dead in Korotoa River

-- 2018-09-12 20:54:02

Police recovered the body of a 'listed female drug trader' from the Korotoa River near Matidali area in Bogura town on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Rani Begum, 35, wife of Mukhter Hossai...

Lightning strikes leave two dead in Sunamganj

Lightning strikes leave two dead in Sunamganj

-- 2018-09-12 19:10:27

At least two people were killed in lightning strikes in separate places in Sunamganj on Wednesday. Hridoy Das, 14, son of Lulu Das of Joynagar village in Chhatak upazila, died on the spot after being...

Cox’s Bazar accident leaves three dead

Cox’s Bazar accident leaves three dead

-- 2018-09-12 14:11:20

Three people were killed and four others injured when a covered van hit a human hauler on Chittagong-Cox's Bazar highway near Inani Resort in Chakaria upazila on Wednesday. The identities of the dece...

Two die in Chattogram head-on crash

Two die in Chattogram head-on crash

-- 2018-09-12 12:20:35

At least two people were killed while another one was injured in a head-on collision between two covered vans on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Mirsarai upazila early Wednesday. One of the deceased has...

Fire guts tyre factory in Narayanganj

Fire guts tyre factory in Narayanganj

-- 2018-09-12 10:43:46

A fire broke out at a tyre factory at Dapa Idrakpur in Fatulla in Narayanganj on Wednesday morning. Manjur Quader, Officer-in-Charge of Fatullah Police Station, said the fire broke out at the factory...

Indigenous fruits disappearing in Narsingdi

Indigenous fruits disappearing in Narsingdi

-- 2018-09-11 20:59:49

NARSINGDI, Sept 11 (BSS): Native fruits are gradually disappearing due to adverse impact of climate change. Use of agro-chemicals and lack of a proper planning on production and marketing of the frui...

Two killed in Thakurgaon snakebite

Two killed in Thakurgaon snakebite

-- 2018-09-11 20:56:47

A schoolboy and a woman were killed in separate incidents of snakebite in Pirganj and Haripur upazilas of Thakurgaon. In Pirganj upazila, a snake bit Hasan Dipu, 7, son of Akbar Ali of Narayanpur vil...

Cox’s Bazar road crash kills seven

Cox’s Bazar road crash kills seven

-- 2018-09-11 14:54:00

At least seven people have died after a bus rammed a human hauler, locally known as leguna, in Cox’s Bazar’s Chokoria. The accident occurred on Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar Highway near B...

Missing teacher found dead in Khulna

Missing teacher found dead in Khulna

-- 2018-09-11 14:43:52

Police recovered the body of a school teacher from a water body in Boira area of Khulna city on Tuesday morning 15 days after he went missing. The deceased was identified as Kazi Taskin Hossain Toyon...

23 villages under water in Teesta basin

23 villages under water in Teesta basin

-- 2018-09-11 12:35:16

More than 10,000 people of 23 villages in the char areas of Teesta and Dharala rivers in Lalmonirhat district have been trapped in flood water following onrush of water from upstream hilly areas. The...

Cops recover two bodies in Satkhira

Cops recover two bodies in Satkhira

-- 2018-09-11 11:50:31

Police recovered the bodies of a woman and a man from Nagarghata and Jhorghachha villages of Tala upazila in Satkhira on Monday. The deceased were identified as Mamtaz Begum, 55, and Gopal Gosh. Quo...

Repeated bumper output boosts lemon cultivation in Tangail

Repeated bumper output boosts lemon cultivation in Tangail

Our Correspondent 2018-09-10 20:31:26

TANGAIL, Sept 10: Lemon growers in the district have been making a good profit for the last couple of years. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Tangail, sources said lemon farming is popu...

Lalpara govt primary school takes classes, exams under the open sky

Lalpara govt primary school takes classes, exams under the open sky

Roving Correspondent 2018-09-10 20:30:39

NAOGAON, Sept 10: Classes as well as exams at Lalpara Government Primary School in Manairi union under Atrai upazila are going on under the open sky due to bad shape of the school building. Regular a...

Doctor gets show-cause notice for ‘assaulting patients’

Doctor gets show-cause notice for ‘assaulting patients’

-- 2018-09-10 11:24:31

A show-cause notice has been served upon a doctor of Bagerhat Sadar Hospital for allegedly assaulting two patients and a guardian. The accused doctor is Abul Kalam Azad, a senior consultant of Gynae...

Jute growers of Rangpur, Narsingdi in joyous mood with soaring prices

Jute growers of Rangpur, Narsingdi in joyous mood with soaring prices

Our Correspondent 2018-09-10 11:07:47

Jute cultivators in the district are in joyous mood owing to soaring price of the crop this year. Jute was cultivated on around 10,500 hectares of land in eight upazilas under the district during the...

Cultivators preparing for early  winter cauliflower production

Cultivators preparing for early winter cauliflower production

Our Correspondent 2018-09-09 20:46:53

BOGURA, Sept 09: A good number of farmers in Shibganj, Sherpur, Shajahanpur, Sariakanndi, Sonatola and Dhunot upazilas of the district are taking preparation for the cultivation of early winter caul...

Fire guts cookeries godown in Chattogram

Fire guts cookeries godown in Chattogram

-- 2018-09-09 20:45:31

A cookeries godown was gutted as a fire broke out in Baroquarter area under Pahartali thana in Chattogram city Sunday. The fire originated from an electric short circuit from the godown at around 1:3...

Death of infant Akifa: RAB detains bus owner in Faridpur

Death of infant Akifa: RAB detains bus owner in Faridpur

-- 2018-09-09 19:58:35

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive on Sunday arrested the owner of 'Ganj-e-raj Paribahan' bus from the district town in connection with the death of one-year-old Akifa, who was hit by...

Teenage girl commits ‘suicide’ by jumping into Dhanmondi lake

Teenage girl commits ‘suicide’ by jumping into Dhanmondi lake

-- 2018-09-09 16:56:34

A teenage girl has committed suicide by jumping into Dhaka’s Dhanmondi lake after an altercation with her younger sister, police said. The girl has been identified as 17-year-old Mosharat Khand...

Electrocution kills college student in Khulna

Electrocution kills college student in Khulna

-- 2018-09-09 15:51:48

A college student died from electrocution at Sreefaltala in Rupsha upazila of Khulna on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Alimur Islam, 21, son of Habibur Rahman and a degree (pass) leve...

Cement-laden ship capsizes in Bay of Bengal

Cement-laden ship capsizes in Bay of Bengal

-- 2018-09-09 14:20:43

A lighter ship carrying cement clinkers has sunk in the Bay of Bengal after a collision with another vessel, the BIWTA says. The accident occurred near Noakhali’s Tangarchar, about a kilometre...

Scanty rain hits veg production

Scanty rain hits veg production

Md Sayed Mofidul Babu 2018-09-09 11:20:30

Vegetable growers of Rangpur are apprehensive about the expected yield of their produce this season owing to lack of rainfall. The region has not been witnessing rain for over three weeks as a result...

Bus hits, kills man on Dhaka-Aricha highway

Bus hits, kills man on Dhaka-Aricha highway

-- 2018-09-09 11:14:21

A man was killed after being hit by a bus on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Bathuli area of Dhamrai upazila on Saturday night. The deceased has been identified as Dinesh Chandra Sutradhar, 45, a resident of...

Jamburi Park opens to public in Chattogram

Jamburi Park opens to public in Chattogram

-- 2018-09-08 21:08:22

Jamburi Park, a recreational park covering around 8.55 acres of land at Agrabad area in Chattogram, opened to the public from Saturday. Public Works minister Mosharrof Hossain inaugurated the park on...

Fire guts Moulvibazar market

Fire guts Moulvibazar market

-- 2018-09-08 19:37:16

A numbers of establishments, including factories and shops, were gutted in a fire that broke out at a market in Sherpur Afrozganj area of Moulvibazar on Saturday afternoon. The fire ensued from an el...

Chattogram clash leaves youth dead

Chattogram clash leaves youth dead

-- 2018-09-08 18:01:41

A young man, who was injured in a clash between two groups over establishing supremacy at Paschim Khulshi in the port city on Friday night, died at a hospital in Chattogram on Saturday. The deceased...

Shop employee burnt to death in Ctg

Shop employee burnt to death in Ctg

-- 2018-09-08 15:00:17

A shop employee was burned to death as a fire broke out in an area under Bayezid thana area in Chattogram city early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Md Sohel, reports Reuters. Kamal Uddi...

Country moves ahead in every sector: Mosharraf

Country moves ahead in every sector: Mosharraf

-- 2018-09-07 20:31:47

The LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain has said the country is moving forward in every sector under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. “Once upon a...