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Two ‘thieves’ die in lynch-mob attack

Two ‘thieves’ die in lynch-mob attack

-- 2018-09-07 19:20:33

Two suspected thieves were killed in a lynch-mob attack in Gourisankarhat in Raujan upazila headquarters in Chattogram early Friday. The deceased were identified as Mokter Hossain and Saiful Islam, r...

Khulna ice-cream factories running in unhygienic condition

Khulna ice-cream factories running in unhygienic condition

-- 2018-09-07 16:16:03

Almost all the ice-cream factories in the city are running without any operational licence and in very unhygienic condition. Experts said substandard ingredients are used to produce ice-creams which...

Jhum farmers rejoice over paddy production in Rangamati

Jhum farmers rejoice over paddy production in Rangamati

-- 2018-09-07 15:59:04

Bumper production of paddy has brought smiles to the faces of jhum farmers in Rangamati district this year, thanks to the timely rainfall and favourable weather. During a recent visit to jhum cultiva...

Police recover bullet-riddled body in Gazipur

Police recover bullet-riddled body in Gazipur

-- 2018-09-07 13:09:17

Police on Thursday recovered the bullet-riddled body of an unidentified youth from Hilejor area in Kapasia upazila under Gazipur region. When police went to the area after hearing sounds of gunshots,...

Fire breaks out, kills temple employee in Ctg

Fire breaks out, kills temple employee in Ctg

-- 2018-09-07 11:40:30

A temple employee died of suffocation as a fire broke out at Askar Dighier Par in Chattogram city on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Arun Chakrawarty, 60, accountant of Sree Sree Lokna...

Flower cultivation brings solvency to Bogura farmers

Flower cultivation brings solvency to Bogura farmers

Our Correspondent 2018-09-06 21:12:42

BOGURA, Sept 06: A good number of people in the district have attained financial solvency by cultivating varieties of flower. A decade ago, farmers of Sadar, Shibganj, Shajahanpur and Sherpur upazila...

Police arrest 10 over forest guard murder in Chattogram

Police arrest 10 over forest guard murder in Chattogram

-- 2018-09-06 19:05:06

Police on Thursday arrested 10 people, including prime accused Nazrul Islam, in connection with the murder of a forest guard at Bhujpur in Fatikchhari upazila of Chattogram. Officer-in-charge of Bhuj...

Elephant tramps woman to death

Elephant tramps woman to death

-- 2018-09-06 15:59:15

An elderly woman was trampled to death while another injured by a wild elephant at Rajmura in Banskhali upazila of Chattogram on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Mariam Khatun, 60, wife of Si...

BRAC provides skill dev training to 2,000 school dropouts

BRAC provides skill dev training to 2,000 school dropouts

-- 2018-09-06 13:13:55

More than 2,000 school dropouts, including 1,120 girls and 30 transgender, were given technical skill development training for making them worthy citizens in the city. BRAC, an international developm...

BGB nabs two with US $89,800 in Jashore

BGB nabs two with US $89,800 in Jashore

-- 2018-09-06 11:58:25

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh arrested two people with US $89,800 (Tk 7.543m) from Amrakhali check post at Benapole port area in Jashore on Thursday. The arrestees were identified as Obaidur Rah...

Sylhet Aus farmers eye good yield

Sylhet Aus farmers eye good yield

Our Correspondent 2018-09-05 21:16:57

SYLHET, Sept 05: Aus harvest is nearing to end in all the four districts of Sylhet division. So far 152,220 hectares of land have already been harvested, an official informed on Wednesday. It includ...

Fire burns 14 shanties in Teknaf Rohingya camp

Fire burns 14 shanties in Teknaf Rohingya camp

-- 2018-09-05 12:46:42

A fire has burnt down at least 14 shanties at a Rohingya refugee camp in Teknaf. The locals tamed the fire 20 minutes after it broke out at the Chakmarkul Rohingya camp in Whoaikong Union at around 5...

Jhenidah ATI to distribute flood-tolerant T-Aman seedlings among growers

Jhenidah ATI to distribute flood-tolerant T-Aman seedlings among growers

Our Correspondent 2018-09-05 10:15:57

The Agriculture Training Institute (ATI), Jhenidah, is now prepared to give seedlings of late T-Aman variety among the growers. Official sources said the variety is flood-tolerant. Stagnant floodwate...

Two bikers die in Gaibandha road mishap

Two bikers die in Gaibandha road mishap

-- 2018-09-05 10:07:47

Two motorcyclists have been killed when a tractor rammed their motorbike at Chithulia in Shaghata upazila of Gaibandha on Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as Sajib Ghosh of Shaghata an...

Low market prices dishearten Parija,  Jirashail farmers in Bogura

Low market prices dishearten Parija, Jirashail farmers in Bogura

Emdadul Haque 2018-09-04 22:06:24

BOGURA, Sept 04: Parija and Jirashail growers of Sherpur upazila in the district are dishearten due to low market price of the paddy varieties. Sources said cultivators are getting Tk 3,000 to Tk 3,5...

Man hacked dead in Jhenidah

Man hacked dead in Jhenidah

-- 2018-09-04 19:01:42

A man was allegedly hacked to death by some miscreants over previous enmity at Mandia area under Harinakunda upazila in Jhenidah on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Toaz Uddin, 50, son of...

49 rivers swell, 36 fall

49 rivers swell, 36 fall

-- 2018-09-04 17:16:16

Water levels in 49 rivers stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rise and 36 stations recorded fall. Among the 94 monitored water level stations, six are steady...

One dies of snake bite in Jashore

One dies of snake bite in Jashore

-- 2018-09-04 16:58:32

A madrassa student died while undergoing treatment at Jessore General Hospital after receiving snakebite in Jashore early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Tamil Hossain Hridoy, 14, a class nin...

ACC sues railway official in Chattogram

ACC sues railway official in Chattogram

-- 2018-09-04 16:47:31

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday filed a case against a railway official for amassing wealth illegally. Mohammad Sharif Uddin, deputy assistant director of ACC, filed the case against...

Man dies in clash over land dispute in Gopalganj

Man dies in clash over land dispute in Gopalganj

-- 2018-09-04 12:12:29

A man was killed in a clash over land dispute in Dakhshin Fukra village of Kashiani upazila under Gopalganj district on Monday. The deceased was identified as Hingul Sarder, 45, son of Irful Sardar o...

Sylhet mid-level rawhide traders suffering

Sylhet mid-level rawhide traders suffering

Our Correspondent 2018-09-04 10:52:25

Due to shortage of processing and preservation facilities, the small and mid-level rawhide traders and businesses in the Sylhet region suffer much every year. This is why often they have to incur hug...

Water spinach farming expanding in Joypurhat

Water spinach farming expanding in Joypurhat

Roving Correspondent 2018-09-03 21:01:27

JOYPURHAT, Sept 04: Hundreds of grassroots farmers of the district are happy over the good market price of water spinach. Farmers of Khetlal, Panchbibi, Akkelpur, Kalai, and Sadar upazilas of the dis...

13,000 ‘char’ villagers come  under solar power network

13,000 ‘char’ villagers come under solar power network

-- 2018-09-03 20:59:58

RAJSHAHI, Sept 03(BSS): Solar power has brought a social change in many hard-to-reach villages under Char Ashariadaha union council under Godagari upazila of the district. Although having the problem...

Three throat-slit Rohingya men rescued alive in Cox’s Bazar

Three throat-slit Rohingya men rescued alive in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2018-09-03 17:31:37

Three throat-slit Rohingya men were rescued alive from a hill cave at Chakmarkul Pariapara under Teknaf upazila in Cox's Bazar on Monday. They were identified as Nure Alam, 42, son of Sayed Khokon of...

Electrocution kills schoolboy in Sylhet

Electrocution kills schoolboy in Sylhet

-- 2018-09-03 15:52:03

A schoolboy died from electrocution and another sustained injuries at Asampara village in Goainghat upazila in Sylhet on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Mashuk, 12, son of Jahur Uddin...

Battery-run rickshaws ply Ctg roads after court order

Battery-run rickshaws ply Ctg roads after court order

Our Correspondent 2018-09-03 10:36:49

After a long-drawn legal battle, the battery-run three-wheeler rickshaws and auto-bikes have started plying on the Chattogram city roads today. Bangladesh Battery-run Auto-Rickshaw, Auto Bike Servi...

Engineer, two others die in Savar road crash

Engineer, two others die in Savar road crash

-- 2018-09-03 10:23:01

At least three people were killed and five others injured as a pick-up van hit a truck on Dhaka-Aricha highway at Boliarpur of Savar upazila early Monday. The deceased have been identified as Enginee...

Commercial hog plum cultivation gains popularity in districts

Commercial hog plum cultivation gains popularity in districts

Our Correspondent 2018-09-02 21:52:12

NATORE, Sep 02: Commercial hog plum cultivation has brought smile on the faces of hundreds of peasants in the district this season. Sources said hog plum farming is gaining popularity among the farme...

Sylhet Hi-Tech Park to open new era in IT sector, says minister

Sylhet Hi-Tech Park to open new era in IT sector, says minister

Our Correspondent 2018-09-02 21:50:57

SYLHET, Sept 02: Minister for Post, Tele communication and ICT Mostafa Jabbar said in order to achieving the vision 2021 through the use of ICT in all strata of life the government has been working si...

Govt won’t allow any anarchy over religion: Mosharraf

Govt won’t allow any anarchy over religion: Mosharraf

-- 2018-09-02 18:06:55

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday said the government would not allow anyone to create anarchy in the country in the name of religion....