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Cops arrest man for ‘harassing’ women

Cops arrest man for ‘harassing’ women

-- 2018-05-31 13:37:14

Police on Wednesday arrested a man who claims to be a 'Pir' (religious leader) for his alleged involvement in harassing women in Bhatbaur village of Sadar upazila. The arrestee was identified as Abu...

Fire at Khulna bazar guts 20 shops

Fire at Khulna bazar guts 20 shops

-- 2018-05-31 10:47:04

At least 20 shops were gutted in a fire that broke out at Sachiadah Bazar in Terokhada upazila on Wednesday night around 9:00pm. On information, 10 firefighting units from Khulna, Bagerhat, and Gopal...

Rangpur farmers storing potato in natural cold storages

Rangpur farmers storing potato in natural cold storages

Our Correspondent 2018-05-30 21:41:26

RANGPUR, May 30: Natural cold storages have ushered in a new hope to the potato farmers of different areas under Rangpur district in recent years. The farmers are showing their interest in eco-frie...

Farmer Golam Ali prospers by doing hard work

Farmer Golam Ali prospers by doing hard work

Our Correspondent 2018-05-30 21:40:35

MAGURA, May 30: Farmer Golam Ali has proved that hard work can make anything possible in life. He has turned into a successful farmer from an unemployed poverty-stricken ordinary youth. In 2004, Al...

Dinajpur road crash kills one

Dinajpur road crash kills one

-- 2018-05-30 12:36:11

A man was killed and three others suffered injuries when a Biral-bound paddy-laden truck from Dinajpur hit a human hauler at Baluadanga in the Dinajpur district town on Wednesday. Redwanur Rahim, Off...

College student dies in Ctg road crash

College student dies in Ctg road crash

-- 2018-05-30 09:55:26

A college student was killed while two others injured as a truck rammed into a motorcycle on Chattogram-Khagrachhari highway at Farhadabad in Hathazari upazila on Wednesday night. The deceased has be...

Benarashi weavers passing busy time

Benarashi weavers passing busy time

Our Correspondent 2018-05-29 21:38:06

RANGPUR, May 29: With the Eid-ul-Fitr drawing nearer, the weavers of Benarashi Palli at Gangachhara upazila in Rangpur district have geared up the manufacturing of Benarashi Sarees. Presently, the...

Mango cultivation expanding in Gopalganj

Mango cultivation expanding in Gopalganj

Our Correspondent 2018-05-29 21:37:13

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Two die in Jashore road accident

Two die in Jashore road accident

-- 2018-05-29 11:29:34

Two men who were known to be mango traders were killed and three others injured as a bus rammed a human hauler on Jashore-Benapole highway in Shyamlagachi area of Sharsha upazila in Jashore early Tues...

Mob lynches ‘robber’ in Jashore

Mob lynches ‘robber’ in Jashore

-- 2018-05-29 10:35:40

A suspected robber was killed in a lynch-mob attack on Jashore-Magura highway adjacent to Nongarpur Bazar in Jashore district town early Tuesday. The identity of the deceased could not be known immed...

Mango exports from Rajshahi to European markets rising

Mango exports from Rajshahi to European markets rising

Our Correspondent 2018-05-28 22:09:07

Rajshahi mangoes are being exported to a number of countries. To produce pesticide-free and quality mangoes, farmers of the area are using ‘fruit bagging process’ to save the fruit from th...

Jhenidah Sadar Hospital struggling with  hundreds of diarrhoea patients

Jhenidah Sadar Hospital struggling with hundreds of diarrhoea patients

Our Correspondent 2018-05-28 22:08:02

JHENIDAH, May 28:  Jhenidah Sadar hospital has been struggling with hundreds of diarrhoea patients for the last four days. The cause behind the sudden huge outbreak of the disease is yet to be...

260,000 families to get VGF rice in Rangpur

260,000 families to get VGF rice in Rangpur

-- 2018-05-28 18:10:55

A total of over 260,000 poor and distressed families of Rangpur will get 2,606 tonnes of rice under special Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) Programme to celebrate the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr festivity. O...

Bogura, Panchagarh farmers happy over  good prices of newly-harvested Boro

Bogura, Panchagarh farmers happy over good prices of newly-harvested Boro

Our Correspondent 2018-05-27 23:56:40

BOGURA, May 27: Farmers of the district are happy over the good market price of the newly-harvested Boro this season. Sources said each maunds of the paddy variety is being sold at Tk 800 to Tk 900...

Litchi business reaching peak in Rangpur region

Litchi business reaching peak in Rangpur region

-- 2018-05-27 23:55:25

RANGPUR, May 27 (BSS): The litchi business is going on in full swing in all the five districts under Rangpur agriculture region. As the business picks up, hundreds of labourers are now becoming engag...

Aus cultivation going on in full swing in Magura

Aus cultivation going on in full swing in Magura

Our Correspondent 2018-05-27 23:54:44

MAGURA, May 27: Aus paddy cultivation going on in full swing in the district. Magura DAE sources said some 3,387 hectares of land will be brought under the farming of Aus with the production target...

Toxic gas kills two workers in Khagrachhari

Toxic gas kills two workers in Khagrachhari

-- 2018-05-27 16:21:54

Two construction workers died after inhaling toxic gas of septic tank of a hatchery in sadar upazila in Khagrachhari on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as - Rafikul Islam and Ramjan Ali....

Woman dies in Bandarban road crash

Woman dies in Bandarban road crash

-- 2018-05-27 15:51:03

A woman was killed in a road accident on VIP road near Hill View Hospital under sadar upazila of Bandarban town on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Krishna De, 55, wife of hotel owner...

Man beats housewife to death in Manikganj

Man beats housewife to death in Manikganj

-- 2018-05-27 14:25:16

A housewife was beaten to death allegedly by a man at Chotobutuni village in Shivalaya upazila in Manikganj district early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Ayesha Begum, 35, wife of Saudi expat...

Five die in lightning strikes in Sylhet, Habiganj

Five die in lightning strikes in Sylhet, Habiganj

-- 2018-05-27 12:09:48

Five people including two brothers were killed in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Sylhet sadar, Tahirpur and Baniachong upazilas on Saturday. In Tahirpur upazila, Jahur Alam, 35, resident...

Farmers eye record Haribhanga mango production this year

Farmers eye record Haribhanga mango production this year

-- 2018-05-26 21:31:01

RANGPUR, May 26 (BSS): A record production of fibreless, fleshy and tasty 'Haribhanga' mango is likely in Rangpur agriculture region this season as its harvest begins from the middle of the next mon...

Magura road crash leaves two dead

Magura road crash leaves two dead

-- 2018-05-26 19:41:57

Two people, including a pickup driver, were killed while two others injured as the vehicle overturned on Magura-Jhenidah road at Abalpur on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Noor Islam, 35, d...

373 houses get power connection in Manikganj

373 houses get power connection in Manikganj

-- 2018-05-26 13:47:03

A total of 373 houses in three villages of Betila Union under Sadar Upazila of Manikganj district have been brought under rural electrification network (REB) by Manikganj Palli Bidyut Samity. State M...

Three die in lightning  strikes in Thakurgaon

Three die in lightning strikes in Thakurgaon

-- 2018-05-26 10:25:09

At least three people were killed and five others injured after being stuck by thunderbolts in Haripur and Pirganj upazilas in Thakurgaon on Friday. The deceased were identified as Moinuddin, 26, son...

Road crashes kill three in Chattogram

Road crashes kill three in Chattogram

-- 2018-05-25 18:04:11

At least three people, including a woman, were killed in separate road accidents on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Sitakunda upazila on Friday. Two of the deceased were identified as Ruby Akhter, 55, an...

Two die in Chattogram road crash

Two die in Chattogram road crash

-- 2018-05-25 16:03:37

Two men were killed in a road accident on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Kumira Gul Ahmed Jute Mills Gate area under Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram district Friday. The deceased were identified as...

Police recover Bishnu statue in Gobindaganj

Police recover Bishnu statue in Gobindaganj

-- 2018-05-25 11:47:56

Police in a raid recovered a Bishnu statue from a house at Raza Birat village of Gobindaganj upazila on Thursday. Acting on a tip off, a team of police conducted a drive at the house and seized the s...

Boro harvest nears end in Sylhet, Panchagarh

Boro harvest nears end in Sylhet, Panchagarh

Our Correspondent 2018-05-24 22:19:17

SYLHET, May 24: Boro harvest is about to be completed in days in Sylhet region and the common farmers are seemed to be happy as they managed making a safe harvest amid a troubled weather. Non-haor are...

Three workers die from electrocution in Jamalpur

Three workers die from electrocution in Jamalpur

-- 2018-05-24 21:08:29

Three persons were killed and five others injured from electrocution at Islampur upazila in Jamalpur district Thursday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Hasan, 25, Taher, 20, and Obaidul, 22...

Rajshahi starts mango exports to Europe's chain shops

Rajshahi starts mango exports to Europe's chain shops

-- 2018-05-24 12:25:34

Keeping their traditional intrinsic value and similar to previous years, Rajshahi has started export of mangoes to eight European countries such as England, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Portugal, Fran...