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Bogura road mishaps claim three lives

Bogura road mishaps claim three lives

-- 2018-09-02 17:11:39

Three people were killed and 38 others injured in separate road accidents in Bogura today (Sunday). The deceased were identified as Sajjad Ali, 20, son of Ranju Mia under Gobindaganj upazila in Gaiba...

Police detain five for blackmailing traders

Police detain five for blackmailing traders

-- 2018-09-02 16:06:16

Police in separate drives on Saturday night detained five people in Gopalganj on charge of blackmailing traders and extorting money from them. The arrestees are Kamrul Islam Molla, 50, Sohag Molla, 2...

Fire-fighters recover body of man in Shitalakkhya

Fire-fighters recover body of man in Shitalakkhya

-- 2018-09-02 15:39:19

The body of a man who went missing after jumping from a trawler into the Shitalakkhya River two days ago has been found dead near in the port city of Narayanganj. The victim has been identified as 19...

Five die in Rangpur head-on crash

Five die in Rangpur head-on crash

-- 2018-09-02 13:43:00

At least five people were killed and 50 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses at Seo Bazar in Rangpur city on Sunday. The identities of deceased could not be known yet, reports UNB....

Fire guts several shops in Jashore

Fire guts several shops in Jashore

-- 2018-09-02 13:38:14

At least five shops were reportedly gutted as a fire broke out at Boro Bazar in Jashore district town on Saturday night. Parimal Chandra Kundu, deputy director of Jashore Fire Service and Civil Defen...

10 RMG workers injured as human hauler overturns

10 RMG workers injured as human hauler overturns

-- 2018-09-02 12:36:16

At least 10 readymade garment (RMG) workers were injured as a human hauler overturned on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Bhabanipur area of Gazipur city on Sunday morning. Witnesses said the accident too...

Man drowns in Sylhet

Man drowns in Sylhet

-- 2018-09-02 12:27:17

A man drowned at Champa Khari Beel in Fenchuganj upazila of Sylhet on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Alauddin Miah, 42, a resident of Rajonpur village in the upazila. Quoting to family mem...

Schoolgirl dies after falling into hole in Cumilla

Schoolgirl dies after falling into hole in Cumilla

-- 2018-09-02 12:02:15

A schoolgirl died after falling into a hole made for lifting sand at Khodaitol village in Burichang upazila of Cumilla on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Fahmida Akhter Raisa, a third...

Train rams bus in Chattogram, killing one

Train rams bus in Chattogram, killing one

-- 2018-09-02 09:57:04

One person was killed and 22 others were injured after a train rammed a bus on a rail crossing in Chattogram’s Mirsharai. The accident occurred at the Bariarhat Rail Crossing area around 4:00...

Maize output exceeds target in Rangpur region

Maize output exceeds target in Rangpur region

-- 2018-09-01 21:43:37

RANGPUR, Sept 01 (BSS): The farmers have achieved a bumper output of maize exceeding the fixed production target by 20 per cent during this Kharip-1 season in all five districts under Rangpur agricult...

Arum harvest begins in Joypurhat

Arum harvest begins in Joypurhat

-- 2018-09-01 21:42:20

Roving CorrespondentJOYPURHAT, Sept 01: Farmers of the district have started harvesting arum this season.Sources said arum farmers across the district are trying to complete the harvest the vegetable...

RAB arrests four pirates with arms in Barguna

RAB arrests four pirates with arms in Barguna

-- 2018-09-01 19:22:47

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained four members of two pirate gangs from different areas of Patharghata near the Sundarbans in Barguna on Friday. The detainees were identified as Rumi S...

Bullet-hit body of ‘drug trader’ found in Chuadanga

Bullet-hit body of ‘drug trader’ found in Chuadanga

-- 2018-09-01 19:16:28

Police recovered the bullet-hit body of a suspected drug trader from a garden at Benipur village in Jibannagar upazila of Chuadanga district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Shahin, son of...

Private car catches fire in Gazipur 

Private car catches fire in Gazipur 

-- 2018-09-01 15:49:37

A private car was gutted as a fire broke out in it on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Masterbari area in Gazipur city on Saturday morning. Zakir Hossain, station officer of Gazipur Fire Service, said a...

‘Cousin’ beats man to death in Narsingdi

‘Cousin’ beats man to death in Narsingdi

-- 2018-08-31 18:48:19

A young man who was injured after being beaten allegedly by his cousin at Purba Seydnagar village in Shibpur upazila of Narsingdi district on Thursday afternoon died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital...

14,000 hectares of land come under Aman cultivation in Rajshahi

14,000 hectares of land come under Aman cultivation in Rajshahi

Our Correspondent 2018-08-30 22:28:33

RAJSHAHI, Aug 30: Nearly 14,000 hectares of more land has been brought under Aman paddy cultivation than the target in the district during the current season. Due to favourable climatic condition, th...

Snake bean farming gains popularity  for high profit

Snake bean farming gains popularity for high profit

Our Correspondent 2018-08-30 22:27:39

GOPALGANJ, Aug 30: Farmers of Borashi union under Gopalganj Sadar have benefited by growing short-duration snake bean (Borboti). According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Gopalganj,...

Local Markets in Jhenidah  suffering for space shortage

Local Markets in Jhenidah suffering for space shortage

Our Correspondent 2018-08-30 22:25:25

JHENIDAH, Aug 28: Most of the local markets (Haats) in the district are suffering hugely from space crisis as the places have been made congested with permanent establishments mounting suffering to th...

Trapped barking deer rescued in CU

Trapped barking deer rescued in CU

-- 2018-08-30 18:30:13

A barking deer (Maya Horeen), which was trapped in the net of a window of the science faculty building in Chittagong University (CU) campus, was rescued in critical condition on Thursday. The deer wa...

Each upazila likely to get one school for children with disabilities

Each upazila likely to get one school for children with disabilities

-- 2018-08-30 13:40:15

The government has taken a move to designate at least one school exclusively for children with disability in each upazila, aiming to bring them in the mainstream of society and involve them in economi...

Two die in bus-autorickshaw collision in Chattogram

Two die in bus-autorickshaw collision in Chattogram

-- 2018-08-30 13:23:15

Two people were killed and four others injured when a bus rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Chattogram city's Bakolia area on Thursday. One of the deceased was identified as Mohammad Jamal, 40 while...

Nilphamari wall collapse kills youth

Nilphamari wall collapse kills youth

-- 2018-08-30 12:08:56

A young boy was killed as a wall of an abandoned house collapsed on him at Sadagorpara area in sadar upazila of Nilphamari on Wednesday evening. The deceased was identified as Arafat, 12, son of Sira...

T-Aman cultivation going on in full swing in Sylhet div

T-Aman cultivation going on in full swing in Sylhet div

-- 2018-08-29 22:12:53

Our CorrespondentSYLHET, Aug 29: Farmers of all the four districts of Sylhet division have been passing busy time in T-Aman cultivation.T-Aman paddy is the main crop of the region. Growers are expecti...

Commercial buffalo farming brings smile on faces of Bogura farmers

Commercial buffalo farming brings smile on faces of Bogura farmers

-- 2018-08-29 22:12:05

Emdadul HaqueBOGURA, Aug 26: Commercial buffalo farming has brought smile on the faces of farmers in the district. Sources said the rearers had taken short-term training from the district Jubo Unnayan...

Newlywed woman found hanged in Jashore

Newlywed woman found hanged in Jashore

-- 2018-08-29 21:48:00

A newlywed woman was found hanged at her house in Nehalpur in Manirampur upazila of Jashore on Wednesday morning. Police recovered the hanging body of Labony Das, 20, wife of Paresh Das of the villag...

Five of a family burned in Sylhet fire

Five of a family burned in Sylhet fire

-- 2018-08-29 21:34:50

Five members of a family suffered burn injuries in a fire that broke out at a house at Rahimpur village under Biswanath upazila in Sylhet early Wednesday. The victims are Faruk Miah, 55, his wife Cha...

Bus falls into ditch, kills three in B’baria

Bus falls into ditch, kills three in B’baria

-- 2018-08-29 16:54:36

Three people died and 20 others were injured after a bus plunged into a roadside ditch in Brahmanbaria on Wednesday. The accident took place on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Sarail upazila’s Bois...

Cops nab three female dope gang members in city

Cops nab three female dope gang members in city

-- 2018-08-29 16:40:52

Police on Tuesday arrested three female members of a dope (ogyan) gang from the capital’s Demra area. Police arrested three women identifying themselves as Sathi, 30, Sonia, 30, and Laki, 44,...

Two minor children drown in Chandpur

Two minor children drown in Chandpur

-- 2018-08-29 12:59:38

Two minor children drowned in a water body while collecting water lilies at Royosree village in Shahrasti upazila of Chandpur on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Lamia Akter, 5, dau...

Teenage girl hangs herself in Chattogram

Teenage girl hangs herself in Chattogram

-- 2018-08-28 15:29:19

A teenage girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan in her house in Chambal Shikderpara area of Banshkhali upazila in Chattogram on Tuesday. The deceased was identified a...