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Two die in Dhamrai road crash

Two die in Dhamrai road crash

-- 2018-06-07 10:51:44

Two people have died and two others sustained injuries when a Jashore-bound private car plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Aricha highway near Bathuli Bus Stand in Dhamrai upazila on early Th...

Short-duration Aus paddy farming  progressing fast

Short-duration Aus paddy farming progressing fast

Our Correspondent 2018-06-06 22:10:32

BOGURA, Jun 06: A good number of peasants of the district are passing busy time growing short-duration Aus paddy. Sources said Aus cultivation is gaining popularity across the area as the governmen...

Commercial mango cultivation gains popularity in Naogaon

Commercial mango cultivation gains popularity in Naogaon

Roving Correspondent 2018-06-06 22:09:12

NAOGAON, Jun 06: Some farmers across the district started farming mango leaving paddy and other crops cultivation during the last few years. Sources said growers have recently begun harvesting the...

Ctg port authorities recover missing body of captain

Ctg port authorities recover missing body of captain

-- 2018-06-06 14:22:08

Body of the foreign ship captain who went missing after slipping into the Karnaphuli River at Chattogram port on Monday night was recovered from under a jetty of the port on Wednesday. Security perso...

Two die in Nekrokona bridge collapse

Two die in Nekrokona bridge collapse

-- 2018-06-06 11:30:23

A young labourer and a minor boy were killed after an under-construction bridge collapsed upon them at Paikura village in Mohonganj upazila of Netrokona on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Ta...

Three die in Tangail head-on collision

Three die in Tangail head-on collision

-- 2018-06-06 10:02:22

Three people were killed while another one injured in a head-on collision between two trucks on Bangabandhu Bridge link road at Saratoil in Kalihati upazila of Tangail on Wednesday. The identities of...

Saidpur rly workshop repairing 90 coaches for upcoming Eid

Saidpur rly workshop repairing 90 coaches for upcoming Eid

Our Correspondent 2018-06-06 01:07:57

NILPHAMARI, Jun 05: The Saidpur Railway Workshop is repairing 90 coaches for smooth journey of home bound railway passengers during the upcoming Eid festival. Some of the coaches would be used in sp...

Ex-minister’s kin dies in road accident

Ex-minister’s kin dies in road accident

-- 2018-06-05 12:53:52

A relative of former health minister AFM Ruhal Haque has died in a road mishap in Dhaka. Abdus Salam, 70, a brother-in-law of Haque, was a retired public servant. A bus hit him at Paribagh while he...

Captain slips, goes missing at Ctg port

Captain slips, goes missing at Ctg port

-- 2018-06-05 12:29:44

A sea captain has gone missing after slipping into the Karnaphuli River from his ship docked at Chattogram Port. Navy, coastguards and port authorities have launched a rescue operation after the mish...

Four minor boys drown in Chandpur pond

Four minor boys drown in Chandpur pond

-- 2018-06-05 11:12:25

Four minor boys have drowned in a pond while playing nearby at Randhunimura village under Hajiganj municipality in Chandpur. They all - Rahul, Shamim, Raihan and Liyon - are aged between eight and 1...

Demand for bamboo baskets increases in Rajshahi region

Demand for bamboo baskets increases in Rajshahi region

-- 2018-06-05 00:16:00

Demand for bamboo baskets and crafts is gradually increasing as harvest of vegetables and various fruits like mango, litchi and papaya and tomato going on in full swing. Growers and traders said bamb...

Rice procurement drive going on at a snail’s pace in Sylhet division

Rice procurement drive going on at a snail’s pace in Sylhet division

Our Correspondent 2018-06-04 11:57:27

The rice procurement drive is going on at a snail's pace in the Sylhet division with a target of 17,907 tonnes during the current season. The target includes 8,012 tonnes of parboiled and the rest 9,8...

10 members of an insolvent family suffering from eyesight problem

10 members of an insolvent family suffering from eyesight problem

Our Correspondent 2018-06-03 20:53:57

JHENIDAH, Jun 03: A total of 10 members of an insolvent family in Atlia village under Modhuhati union of Jhenidah Sadar have been suffering from vision problem for long and passing their days with g...

Road mishap leaves three dead in Bagura

Road mishap leaves three dead in Bagura

-- 2018-06-03 16:43:17

Three people were killed as a covered van hit them on Dhaka-Bogra highway at Sonka Bazar under Sherpur upazila in Bagura on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Sadek Ali, 55, Al Mahmud, 35 and Mo...

Sirajganj road mishap claims three lives

Sirajganj road mishap claims three lives

-- 2018-06-03 12:11:24

At least three people were killed and three others injured following a head-on a collision between a truck and covered van on Dhaka-Bogura highway in Dadpur area of Raiganj upazila in Sirajganj on Sun...

CNG cylinder blast kills two in Noakhali

CNG cylinder blast kills two in Noakhali

-- 2018-06-03 11:04:37

A cylinder of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw exploded after the vehicle crashed into a tree on Sonapur-Char Alexander road in Companir Hat area of Noakhali Sadar upazila on Sunday morning, leaving two people...

Three die as truck plunges into Shariatpur ditch

Three die as truck plunges into Shariatpur ditch

-- 2018-06-03 10:36:20

Three workers were killed and six others injured as a truck plunged into a roadside ditch in Khelsi area of Shariatpur sadar upazila on Saturday night. The deceased have been identified as Md Rahmat...

Road accidents claim 13 lives in seven districts

Road accidents claim 13 lives in seven districts

-- 2018-06-02 21:16:31

At least 13 people were killed and 28 others injured in separate road accidents across the country on Saturday. In Faridpur, three students were killed in two separate road accidents on Dhaka-Khulna...

Commuters suffer for bad shape of  Bogura-Naogaon connecting road

Commuters suffer for bad shape of Bogura-Naogaon connecting road

-- 2018-06-02 21:06:01

Our CorrespondentBOGURA, Jun 02: Thousands of commuters as well as heavy vehicles are suffering much due to bad shape of the Bogura-Naogaon connecting road for a long time.The awful condition of some...

Sylhet growers complete Boro harvest safely

Sylhet growers complete Boro harvest safely

-- 2018-06-02 21:05:34

Our CorrespondentSYLHET, June 02: At last farmers of the Sylhet region completed Boro harvest. Growers and officials concerned are happy as a safe harvest has been managed this season.Some 481,521 hec...

Police form probe body over ‘torture’ on Habiganj journo

Police form probe body over ‘torture’ on Habiganj journo

-- 2018-06-02 20:10:02

Police formed a three-member committee on Saturday to investigate the alleged torture on a local journalist at police custody in Habiganj. Acting superintendent of Habiganj police ASM Shamsur Rahman...

Brisk mango trading in Rajshahi, C’nawabganj

Brisk mango trading in Rajshahi, C’nawabganj

-- 2018-06-02 17:33:12

Mango trading has started gaining momentum in different markets of Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj districts with appearing varieties of the seasonal fruit along with rushing buyers from across the count...

Benapole port users threaten indefinite strike

Benapole port users threaten indefinite strike

-- 2018-06-02 13:42:59

Seven port users' organisations have threatened to go for an indefinite strike at Benapole port protesting 'harassment by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members through seizing their imported goods.'...

Speeding truck kills worker in Rajshahi

Speeding truck kills worker in Rajshahi

-- 2018-06-02 12:37:25

A day labourer was killed after being hit by a truck on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj highway in Bypass Rail gate area of Godagari upazila in Rajshahi on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as S...

Nilphamari road crash kills two

Nilphamari road crash kills two

-- 2018-06-02 10:01:35

Two people have died and two others sustained injuries when a ‘Josheda Paribahan’ bus hit an auto-rickshaw at Dhoyera bus stand in Jaldhaka upazila in Nilphamari on early Saturday. The de...

Female AL leader dies of electrocution in Gopalganj

Female AL leader dies of electrocution in Gopalganj

-- 2018-06-01 20:39:54

A female Awami League died after being electrocuted at Kashalia village in Muksudpur upazila of Gopalganj on Friday. The deceased was identified as Rashmoni Mondal, 55, Women Affairs Secretary of upa...

Police detain 8 for unfair means in teacher recruitment test

Police detain 8 for unfair means in teacher recruitment test

-- 2018-06-01 17:34:02

Police arrested eight examinees in Kurigram for adopting unfair means in the primary teacher recruitment test on Friday. They were arrested from five centres in Sadar and Ulipur upazilas of the distr...

Two die after tractor collides with auto-rikshaw in Lalmonirhat

Two die after tractor collides with auto-rikshaw in Lalmonirhat

-- 2018-06-01 11:59:41

Two people were killed and five others injured when a tractor hit a CNG run auto-rickshaw on Lalmonirhat-Burimari highway at Kamarer Haat in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat early Friday. The deceased...

Train hits, kills two in Tangail

Train hits, kills two in Tangail

-- 2018-06-01 11:09:37

Two people were crushed to death under the wheels of a train in separate incidents in Kalihati upazila of Tangail district early Friday. The identities of the deceased could not be known till the fil...

DAE officials suggest  marketing mature fruits

DAE officials suggest marketing mature fruits

-- 2018-05-31 21:01:22

MEHERPUR, May 30 (UNB): Mouth-watering seasonal fruit litchi has started to hit the local markets of the region. But the fruit lovers are being deprived of the original taste of the fruit as local fa...