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Pickup van driver, helper die in Sylhet road crash

Pickup van driver, helper die in Sylhet road crash

-- 2018-08-16 11:13:54

A pickup van's driver and helper were killed as the vehicle went out of control and turned upside down on Dhaka-Sylhet road at Lalbar in South Surma upazila on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased have...

LoGIC project helps community people adapt to adverse effect  of climate change

LoGIC project helps community people adapt to adverse effect of climate change

FE Desk 2018-08-15 21:05:08

Raniganj union council under Chilmari upazila of Kurigram organised a workshop on 'Validating the climate change risks assessed by the community people' recently, according to a statement. Under the...

Red spinach cultivation brings smile on faces  of Natore farmers

Red spinach cultivation brings smile on faces of Natore farmers

Roving Correspondent 2018-08-15 21:04:16

NATORE, Aug 15: Commercial red spinach cultivation has brought smile on the faces of poor farmers in the district. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said an elaborate progr...

Three die in Kishoreganj road accident

Three die in Kishoreganj road accident

-- 2018-08-15 20:38:32

Three people died in a road accident on Bhairab-Kishoreganj road in Kuliarchar upazila of Kishoreganj on Sunday afternoon. The accident took place when a passenger bus and battery-run auto-rickshaw c...

RAB rescues 23 fishermen from clutches of robbers

RAB rescues 23 fishermen from clutches of robbers

-- 2018-08-15 18:19:28

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) rescued 23 fishermen from the clutches of forest robbers in Marki Canal of Sibla River in the Sundarbans on Wednesday. A suspected robber was killed in a repor...

Authority suspends two cops after accused flees custody

Authority suspends two cops after accused flees custody

-- 2018-08-15 15:58:37

Two policemen of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) were suspended recently over the escape of an accused from their custody. Sub-inspector Fakhrul Islam of Akbar Shah Police Station and Constable...

Seven cops, two police organisations receive award

Seven cops, two police organisations receive award

-- 2018-08-15 13:42:05

The Rangpur Range of Bangladesh Police has awarded its seven personnel and two organisations with medals in recognition of their professional and organisational excellence in discharging duties. Depu...

Rajshahi road crash leaves three dead

Rajshahi road crash leaves three dead

-- 2018-08-15 13:22:19

At least three people were killed after a bus ploughed through a shop at Naudapara area in Rajshahi city on Wednesday. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately, sources said. Th...

T-Aman cultivation progressing  fast in Pabna, Magura districts

T-Aman cultivation progressing fast in Pabna, Magura districts

Roving Correspondent 2018-08-14 22:02:13

PABNA, Aug 14: The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) is expecting to produce over 0.2 million tonnes of T-Aman paddy output this season. More than 0.7 million farmers of Pabna, Sirajganj, Bog...

Speeding truck kills schoolgirl in Satkhira

Speeding truck kills schoolgirl in Satkhira

-- 2018-08-14 13:38:28

In a tragic incident, a schoolgirl was crushed under the wheels of a truck at Hajipur intersection in Ashashuni upazila of Satkhira region on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Priti Swa...

Man dies in cylinder blast in Chattogram

Man dies in cylinder blast in Chattogram

-- 2018-08-14 13:20:13

A rickshaw-van puller was killed as a gas cylinder exploded in Sadarghat area of the port city on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Kamal Uddin, 50, according to a UNB report. The cyli...

Dhunot Aus farmers make Tk 135 million profit  this season

Dhunot Aus farmers make Tk 135 million profit this season

Our Correspondent 2018-08-13 22:11:51

BOGURA, Aug 13:  Farmers of Dhunot upazila of the district have made profit of over Tk 135 million this season by cultivating Aus paddy. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sour...

Papaya cultivation gaining popularity in Magura

Papaya cultivation gaining popularity in Magura

Our Correspondent 2018-08-13 22:10:48

MAGURA, Aug 13: Papaya cultivation is gaining popularity in the district. A good number of farmers have attained financial solvency from the farming of papaya. Sources said farmers show their intere...

Vegetable prices soaring up in  N region

Vegetable prices soaring up in N region

Roving Correspondent 2018-08-13 22:09:54

SIRAJGANJ, Aug 13: Vegetable prices are soaring up both in retail and wholesale markets in northern six districts from the last week. Sources said poor-income groups of Bogura, Sirajganj, Natore, P...

Bus driver dies in Natore road mishap

Bus driver dies in Natore road mishap

-- 2018-08-13 12:04:55

A bus driver has been killed and at least 16 passengers suffered injuries following a head-on collision between a Meherpur-bound bus and a covered van on Bonpara- Hatikumrul road in Hansmara area of G...

Schoolgirl dies falling off rooftop in Sirajganj

Schoolgirl dies falling off rooftop in Sirajganj

-- 2018-08-13 09:44:20

A schoolgirl died after falling off the rooftop of a building at Mujib Road in the district town on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Dola Karmakar, 15, daughter of Ripon Kumar Karmakar an...

Low market price worries Bogura guava growers

Low market price worries Bogura guava growers

Our Correspondent 2018-08-12 21:26:10

BOGURA, Aug 12: Hundreds of guava farmers of the district are worried due to low market price. Moreover, a good number of guava gardens have been attacked by fungal and bacterial diseases. Sources s...

Good bitter gourd yield brings smile on faces of Joypurhat farmers

Good bitter gourd yield brings smile on faces of Joypurhat farmers

Roving Correspondent 2018-08-12 21:25:06

JOYPURHAT, Aug 12: Bitter gourd cultivation has brought smile on the faces of hundreds of extreme poor farmers in district this season. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office source sai...

Thrust on boosting commercial sheep rearing

Thrust on boosting commercial sheep rearing

-- 2018-08-12 21:23:27

RAJSHAHI, Aug 12 (BSS): Academics and experts have urged the village people to boost commercial sheep rearing. They said it would meet the nutritional demand besides providing valuable wool for exped...

Student’s death in road crash sparks protests in Rangpur

Student’s death in road crash sparks protests in Rangpur

-- 2018-08-12 15:53:36

Local people blocked Dinajpur-Rangpur highway for two and half hours and vandalised eight vehicles following the death of school student in a road crash at Darshana in the city on Sunday. Quoting wit...

Ctg slum fire kills mentally disabled man

Ctg slum fire kills mentally disabled man

-- 2018-08-12 13:27:25

A mentally disabled man was burnt to death inside his house in a slum fire at Chandgaon of the port city on Sunday. The victim Ahatul Islam, 32, was tied up inside his house in Shomsherpara area when...

Rajshahi mulls over commercial sheep farming

Rajshahi mulls over commercial sheep farming

-- 2018-08-12 11:55:37

Academics and experts in Rajshahi have urged the rural people to boost commercial sheep farming to meet the nutritional demand besides providing valuable wool for expediting the huge opportunity of de...

College student dies in Jashore road accident

College student dies in Jashore road accident

-- 2018-08-12 11:47:06

A college student was killed while another injured as a pick-up van hit a motorcycle on Jashore-Chuknagar road in Monirampur upazila on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Obhi, 21, son of...

Magura school boy dies of snakebite

Magura school boy dies of snakebite

-- 2018-08-12 11:43:02

A schoolboy died from snake bite at Bhatoail in Magura’s Shalikha upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Topai Biswas, 10, son of Parimal Biswas and a class V student of Bhat...

BGB seizes 0.34 million Yaba tablets in Cox’s Bazar

BGB seizes 0.34 million Yaba tablets in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2018-08-12 11:24:49

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 0.34 million (3.40 lakh) pieces of contraband Yaba tablets from Teknaf upazila in Cox's Bazar early Saturday. A BGB team conducted a drive in Nazirpara...

Thrust on more practical research on sericulture

Thrust on more practical research on sericulture

-- 2018-08-11 20:54:36

RAJSHAHI, Aug 11 (BSS): Lawmakers and high administrative officials at a function unequivocally called for more pro-active sericulture related scientific and industrial research for benefiting the pub...

Rawhide prices suddenly  drop in Rajshahi

Rawhide prices suddenly drop in Rajshahi

-- 2018-08-11 20:53:23

Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, Aug 11: The price of rawhide suddenly falls in Rajshahi just week ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha. Moreover, hide traders of the district are perplexed at the price of rawhide fixe...

RAB arrests ‘JMB’ man in Jhenaidah

RAB arrests ‘JMB’ man in Jhenaidah

-- 2018-08-11 17:31:25

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members arrested an alleged Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) activist from Shyamkur village in Maheshpur upazila of Jhenaidah district on Friday night. The arrestee...

Bandarban fire guts 170 houses

Bandarban fire guts 170 houses

-- 2018-08-11 17:03:47

At least 170 houses were gutted in a fire that broke out at Maddampara in Bandarban district on Saturday. The fire originated from the kitchen of a house around 12 pm and it soon engulfed the adjoini...

Cops recover pregnant woman’s body in Savar

Cops recover pregnant woman’s body in Savar

-- 2018-08-11 15:05:30

Police recovered the hanging body of a pregnant woman from Solai Market area in Bhakuta union of Savar on early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Ratna, 30, wife of Khairul Islam, a lineman of...