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Chattogram road crash kills truck diver

Chattogram road crash kills truck diver

-- 2018-05-24 11:16:23

A driver of a truck died and two others sustained injuries when the stone-laden truck hit a covered van at Fouzdarhat Jalil Textile Gate on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Sitakunda upazila of the port ci...

Lightning claims four lives in three districts

Lightning claims four lives in three districts

-- 2018-05-24 10:58:18

Four people have been killed in lightning strikes in three different districts -- Mymensingh, Bogura, and Sunamganj. In Mymensingh, two people died on Wednesday after being hit by lightning while cat...

Demand for locally-made threshing machines increasing in Natore

Demand for locally-made threshing machines increasing in Natore

Our Correspondent 2018-05-23 21:32:06

RAJSHAHI, May 23: The demand of locally produced threshing machine is increasing among the farmers of the country. By meeting local demands, the machines produced in Natore are being sold in other dis...

Three of a family die in Gopalganj road crash

Three of a family die in Gopalganj road crash

-- 2018-05-23 19:11:02

Three members of a family have died in a road accident at Kashiani upazila of Gopalganj. Two others injured in the accident that occurred when a truck collided with a human hauler on Dhaka-Khulna hig...

Flash floods submerge 30 B’baria villages

Flash floods submerge 30 B’baria villages

-- 2018-05-23 14:28:36

At least 30 villages in Akhaura upazila of Brahmanbaria district were submerged due to rains and onrush of water from Indian hills over the past several days. Onrush of water from Indian hills throug...

Five die as truck rams into human hauler in Bogura

Five die as truck rams into human hauler in Bogura

-- 2018-05-23 13:16:32

At least five people were killed and seven injured as a truck hit a human hauler on Bogura-Natore road at Partekur in Bogura sadar upazila on Wednesday. Three of the deceased have been identified as...

Two die in Magura road crash

Two die in Magura road crash

-- 2018-05-23 10:45:04

Two people died and five others sustained injuries when a Magura-bound bus from Sreepur hit a motorcycle at Benipur in Magura Sadar upazila on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Raju (40), son...

Lightning panic grips  Barind farm labourers

Lightning panic grips Barind farm labourers

Our Correspondent 2018-05-22 21:53:45

RAJSHAHI, May 22: Farmers of Barind region are now busy in reaping Boro paddy. With the shortages of farm labourer, a new panic-death by being struck in thunderbolt has been added as a new panic among...

Lightning kills two in Khulna, Sirajganj

Lightning kills two in Khulna, Sirajganj

-- 2018-05-22 17:03:37

Two people were killed in separate lightning strikes in Khulna and Sirajganj districts on Tuesday. In Khulna, a young man was killed and his friend injured as a thunderbolt struck them at Jugerati vi...

Ranga promises 100pc electricity in Gangachara soon

Ranga promises 100pc electricity in Gangachara soon

-- 2018-05-22 12:48:56

State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Mashiur Rahman Ranga has said there would be 100 per cent electricity coverage in Gangachara upazila by 2018. "As per pledge o...

Speeding truck kills two motorcyclists in Jhenaidah

Speeding truck kills two motorcyclists in Jhenaidah

-- 2018-05-22 12:13:39

Two motorcyclists were killed as a speeding truck ran over the motorcycle at Narayankandi village in Harinakundu upazila in Jhenaidah on Monday noon. The deceased were identified as Mokhles, son of S...

Narsingdi Jamdani weavers busy ahead of Eid

Narsingdi Jamdani weavers busy ahead of Eid

-- 2018-05-21 21:12:01

NARSINGDI, May 21 (BSS): Doulotpur Jamdani Palli in Monohardi upazila of the district came to lively as Jamdani saree weavers are now passing very busy time with producing one of the finest muslin tex...

Man gets life term over murder in Netrokona

Man gets life term over murder in Netrokona

-- 2018-05-21 17:12:53

A court in Dhaka has awarded life term imprisonment to a man in a case filed over killing a retired teacher of Barhatta upazila in Netrokona in 2008. Netrokona District and Sessions Court Judge, KM R...

Village people suffer in absence of river bridge in Rangpur

Village people suffer in absence of river bridge in Rangpur

Our Correspondent 2018-05-21 15:19:36

Around 15,000 people of different villages at Taraganj upazila in Rangpur district are suffering much owing to absence of a concrete bridge over the Jomuneshwari river in Joybangla Ghat area of Hariar...

Traders making vermicelli in unhealthy environment

Traders making vermicelli in unhealthy environment

Our Correspondent 2018-05-20 21:38:20

Vermicelli is one of the most lucrative food items during the month of Ramadan and Eid festivals.  As the demands of vermicelli increased during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, a section of dishonest t...

Police retrieve body of drowned woman

Police retrieve body of drowned woman

-- 2018-05-20 13:28:02

The body of an elderly woman who drowned while taking bath in a canal in the municipality area in Jhenidah was recovered on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Anwara Khatun, 78, wife of E...

Growers start plucking mangoes in Rajshahi

Growers start plucking mangoes in Rajshahi

-- 2018-05-20 11:59:06

Plucking of mangos, the highest juicy and delicious fruit of the summer season, has begun at different orchards in Rajshahi district. Mango growers in different upazilas of the district have started...

Netrokona police detain 23 in special drive

Netrokona police detain 23 in special drive

-- 2018-05-20 11:54:30

Police in a special drive arrested 23 people, including drug traders and sex workers, from different areas in Netrokona district town early Sunday. Md Borhan Uddin, officer-in-charge of Netrakona Mod...

Taking selfie before moving train: Injured Ctg boy dies

Taking selfie before moving train: Injured Ctg boy dies

-- 2018-05-19 21:17:22

The teenage boy, who sustained injuries while taking selfie in front of a moving train, died while undergoing treatment at Chattogram Medical College Hospital on Saturday. The deceased was identified...

B’baria road accident claims three lives

B’baria road accident claims three lives

-- 2018-05-19 14:53:54

Three young men were killed as a bus rammed a CNG-run auto rickshaw on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Malihata area in Sarail upazila in Brahmanbaria on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as Nos...

One dies as auto-rikshaw overturns in Cox’s Bazar

One dies as auto-rikshaw overturns in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2018-05-19 11:44:02

A young man was killed and two other people were injured as an auto-rickshaw overturned after being hit by a truck at Kutupalong in Ukhia upazila on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as R...

Man dies in Pabna clash

Man dies in Pabna clash

-- 2018-05-19 11:34:10

A man was killed and at least 20 people were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers at Char Ghoshpur village in sadar upazila of Pabna district on Friday evening. There had been a long st...

Cumilla youth beats imam for using loud mike

Cumilla youth beats imam for using loud mike

-- 2018-05-18 19:07:09

The imam of a local mosque was beaten by an expatriate youth in Sadakpur Noapara area of Burichang upazila in Cumilla district early Friday for calling Muslims using mikes to take sehri, which, he all...

RCCI, DHROA inaugurate hygienic Iftar outlets in Rangpur

RCCI, DHROA inaugurate hygienic Iftar outlets in Rangpur

-- 2018-05-18 18:11:59

Rangpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) and District Hotel and Restaurant Owners' Association (DHROA) jointly launched 20 hygienic Iftar selling centres in the city on Friday, the first day of...

Narail farmer dies in lightning strike

Narail farmer dies in lightning strike

-- 2018-05-18 17:19:14

A farmer was killed in a lightning strike at Kamargram of Lohagara upazila in Narail on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Babul Sheikh, 28, son of Mannan Sheikh, reports UNB. Locals sai...

‘Gunfight’ leaves ‘drug peddler’ dead in C’nawabganj

‘Gunfight’ leaves ‘drug peddler’ dead in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-05-18 16:53:08

An alleged drug peddler was killed in a 'gunfight' between his cohorts and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at no 4-Beribadh Ghat area of Padma River in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district early...

Cops nab man with 8kg hemp in Naogaon

Cops nab man with 8kg hemp in Naogaon

-- 2018-05-18 16:08:56

Police in a drive detained a man suspected to be drug peddler along with eight kilograms of hemp at Magura village in sadar upazila in Naogaon on Friday morning. The arrestee was identified as Sekend...

Driver dies in road accident in Magura

Driver dies in road accident in Magura

-- 2018-05-18 10:38:44

A human-hauler driver was killed when a truck hit it on Magura-Jhenidah road at Kachabazar in Sadar upazila in Magura on Friday. The deceased was identified as Joynal Hossain, 30, son of Motaleb Hoss...

Record jackfruit production likely in four northern districts

Record jackfruit production likely in four northern districts

Our Correspondent 2018-05-17 22:36:06

BOGURA, May 17:  Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) officials of Bogura, Joypurhat, Pabna and Sirajganj districts are expecting record production of jackfruit this season. They also desir...

Two die in Sherpur road mishap

Two die in Sherpur road mishap

-- 2018-05-17 12:39:29

Two people were killed and four others injured in a road accident at Kandapara in Sherpur district town on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Khoka Mia, 22, son of Riaz Uddin of Kandapara vill...