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Paddy harvest going on in Sylhet, Gaibandha

Paddy harvest going on in Sylhet, Gaibandha

Our Correspondent 2018-05-08 21:14:56

SYLHET, May 08: Boro cultivators of Sylhet division are expecting to complete harvest in a week. Sources said though shortage of labourers and incessant rainfall are disrupting harvest,   g...

Rangpur ridge gourd farmers make good profit

Rangpur ridge gourd farmers make good profit

Our Correspondent 2018-05-08 21:14:00

RANGPUR, May 8: The ridge gourd (Jhinga) cultivators across the district are overjoyed to make good profit from its sale this season. The farmers are also witnessing an abundant yield of the vegetabl...

Lightning  kills woman in Sunamganj

Lightning kills woman in Sunamganj

-- 2018-05-08 13:25:49

A female farmer was killed after being hit by a thunderbolt at a haor in Purangaon village of Bishwambharpur upazila on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Shahara Banu, wife of late Hazr...

Farmers reap Boro paddy in Gaibandha

Farmers reap Boro paddy in Gaibandha

-- 2018-05-08 11:39:26

Harvest of Boro paddy is progressing fast in all the seven upazilas in the district with much enthusiasm. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said farmers of the district cultivated Bo...

Speeding bus kills two in Sirajganj

Speeding bus kills two in Sirajganj

-- 2018-05-08 10:49:32

Two people were killed and three others were injured when a speeding bus ran over them on Hatikumrul-Banpara highway at Ramchar in Ullahpara upazila on Monday noon. The deceased were identified as va...

Waterlogging, labour shortage hit Boro harvest in Rajshahi, Magura

Waterlogging, labour shortage hit Boro harvest in Rajshahi, Magura

Our Correspondent 2018-05-07 22:45:57

RAJSHAHI, May 07: Hundreds of acres of standing Boro paddy have been plunged underwater at the Beel Kalam of Tanore upazila. Due to incessant rain and on rush of water from surrounding land on last Mo...

Rangpur pointed gourd growers eye good yield

Rangpur pointed gourd growers eye good yield

Our Correspondent 2018-05-07 22:43:50

RANGPUR, May 07: Pointed gourd (Potol) growers of the district are expecting a good yield of the vegetable during the current season. According to sources due to congenial weather and high demand, fa...

Female college teacher, bank officer found dead

Female college teacher, bank officer found dead

-- 2018-05-07 20:38:25

A female college teacher and a bank officer were found dead at a flat of a two-storey building at Dakkhin Jhiltuli of Faripur on Monday. Police recovered the bodies of Sajia Begum, 34, an assistant p...

Upset after failing in SSC exam, girl kills self

Upset after failing in SSC exam, girl kills self

-- 2018-05-07 13:01:45

A girl who failed in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Examination reportedly committed suicide by taking poison at Mayrampur village in Bancharampur upazila on Sunday night. The deceased was id...

48-hr hartal underway in Rangamati

48-hr hartal underway in Rangamati

-- 2018-05-07 11:46:43

A 48-hour hartal enforced by Parbatya Bangali Chhatra Parishad and Parbatya Nagorik Parishad protesting the killing of five people, including microbus driver Sajib Hawladar, is underway peacefully in...

Bagerhat road crash kills bus driver

Bagerhat road crash kills bus driver

-- 2018-05-07 11:42:48

A bus driver has been killed and at least 20 people sustained injuries when a bus plunged into a ditch beside Khulna- Mawa highway in Kakdanga area of Fakirhat upazila in Bagerhat on early Monday. Of...

Truck overturns in Gopalganj, killing three

Truck overturns in Gopalganj, killing three

-- 2018-05-07 11:05:22

Three labourers have died and 10 others suffered injuries after a truck overturned on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Pathalia area in Gopalganj Sadar upazila on Monday morning. A UNB report says the decease...

Lightning kills man in Sylhet

Lightning kills man in Sylhet

-- 2018-05-06 14:27:02

A man was killed by lightning strike in Goainghat of the district on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Makdul Ali, son of Asgar Ali of Chantabari village in Nandirgao union of Goainghat....

Minor siblings drown in Chandpur pond

Minor siblings drown in Chandpur pond

-- 2018-05-06 11:39:17

Two minor siblings drowned in a pond at Tariaani village in Haziganj upazila on Saturday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Mahmuda Akhter, 8, and Kawsar Hossain, 9, daughter and son respecti...

School boy gets run over by truck in Jashore

School boy gets run over by truck in Jashore

-- 2018-05-05 16:26:54

A twelve years old school boy was killed as a truck crushed him in Monirampur Upazila in Jashore district Saturday. The victim was identified as Raihan, 12, a resident at Bashontopur village of the...

14-yr-old dies being limb-lost in road mishap

14-yr-old dies being limb-lost in road mishap

-- 2018-05-05 12:07:53

A schoolboy, who lost his limb after a human hauler hit his motorcycle on Bypass Bridge in the district town on Friday afternoon, died on the way to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital at night. Police...

Farmers eye bumper Haribhanga  mango output in Rangpur

Farmers eye bumper Haribhanga mango output in Rangpur

-- 2018-05-04 21:02:18

Local farmers and officials of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) are expecting a bumper output of the highly tasty and fibreless local variety Haribhanga mango in the district this season,...

Lightning kills farmer in Sunamganj 

Lightning kills farmer in Sunamganj 

-- 2018-05-04 14:46:35

A farmer was killed when a thunderbolt struck him at Gorkati village in Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Zafar Ali, 45, reports UNB. Ali met the trag...

LGD installs 2,186 tube-wells in Jamalpur

LGD installs 2,186 tube-wells in Jamalpur

-- 2018-05-04 13:58:28

The Local Government Division (LGD) installed 2,186 arsenic-free tube-wells in seven upazilas of Jamalpur district in fiscal 2017-2018. The tube-wells were set up spending Tk 32.80 million under the...

Pick-up van runs over, kills youth in city

Pick-up van runs over, kills youth in city

-- 2018-05-04 11:48:21

A youth was killed when a pick-up van hit him in the city's Arambagh area early Friday. Bacchu Mia, sub-inspector of Dhaka Medical College Hospital Police camp, said Shaon, 18, a mineral water suppli...

Afzal making a fortune rearing foreign pigeons

Afzal making a fortune rearing foreign pigeons

-- 2018-05-04 11:27:10

Sheikh Afzal Hossain, a resident of Bishwanath upazila under Sylhet division, has become self-reliant by setting up a pigeon farm at his residence where he usually rears foreign species. At the very...

Researchers detect sporadic pest attacks on litchi trees

Researchers detect sporadic pest attacks on litchi trees

Our Correspondent 2018-05-03 20:48:42

SYLHET, May 03: A team of researchers have detected sporadic attack of insect of Hemiptera family on litchi trees at places in Sylhet although it was almost non-existent in the country years ago. It w...

Easy bikes dominating Rajshahi streets

Easy bikes dominating Rajshahi streets

Our Correspondent 2018-05-03 20:47:39

RAJSHAHI, May 03:  Battery-driven auto-rickshaws (easy bikes) and two-seated rickshaws have become the main reasons of city traffic jam. Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) was issuing those ricksha...

Miscreants shot dead UZ chairman in Rangamati

Miscreants shot dead UZ chairman in Rangamati

-- 2018-05-03 17:35:16

The chairman of Naniarchar upazila parishad was shot to death by unidentified miscreants in front of the upazila parishad complex on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Shaktiman Chakma, 55, als...

Cop dies in Rajshahi road crash

Cop dies in Rajshahi road crash

-- 2018-05-03 10:41:11

A police constable was killed and another injured when a truck hit them at Sishutala in Charghat upazila early Thursday. Nazrul Islam, officer-in-charge of Charghat Police Station, said the accident...

BRRI-74 paddy production on the rise in Magura

BRRI-74 paddy production on the rise in Magura

Our Correspondent 2018-05-02 22:32:31

MAGURA, May 02: BRRI-74 paddy has raised hope among the farmers of Jashore region. A farmers' field-day on the paddy variety held in Angardoha village under Magura Sadar recently. HarvestPlus and Soc...

Third Bangladesh-China Friendship Bridge becomes vulnerable to heavy pressure of vehicles

Third Bangladesh-China Friendship Bridge becomes vulnerable to heavy pressure of vehicles

Monjuara Khatun 2018-05-02 22:31:40

RAJSHAHI, May 02:  The third Bangladesh-China Friendship Bridge over the Mahananda river is being used even at its grace period since its lifespan has already been expired years ago. Due to indis...

Road crash kills four on Dhaka-Khulna highway

Road crash kills four on Dhaka-Khulna highway

-- 2018-05-02 17:20:59

Four people were killed and four others injured on Wednesday when a goods-laden truck hit a battery-run auto-rickshaw at Maidia on Dhaka-Khulna highway in the district.  The deceased were identi...

Natore road crash ends driver’s life

Natore road crash ends driver’s life

-- 2018-05-02 16:01:52

A truck driver was killed in a head-on collision between two trucks in Agran area of Baraigram upazila on Tuesday night. GM Shamsun Nur, officer-in-charge of Baraigram Police Station, said the accide...

Worker dies after wall collapses in Gopalganj

Worker dies after wall collapses in Gopalganj

-- 2018-05-02 13:05:46

A construction worker was killed when a portion of a wall collapsed on him at Uttar Jalirpar in Maksudpur upazila on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Utpal Mandal, 32, son of Upen Mandal of...