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Lightning kills mother, son in Gaibandha

Lightning kills mother, son in Gaibandha

-- 2018-05-02 10:27:13

A woman and her son were killed in lightning in a paddy field at Jumarbari area under Shaghata upazila in the district on Tuesday around 2 pm while they were having meal there. Family sources said fa...

Five cops injured in Cumilla ‘gunfight’

Five cops injured in Cumilla ‘gunfight’

-- 2018-05-01 21:09:36

Five policemen and two others were injured during a reported gunfight between with robbers at Daudkandi upazila of Cumilla on Tuesday. Police also arrested two robbers, Mohsin; 37, son of Razu Mia an...

Two die as bike crashes into Hatirjheel divider

Two die as bike crashes into Hatirjheel divider

-- 2018-05-01 16:15:52

Two motorcyclists were killed as their motorbike overturned near Hatirjheel area in the capital early Tuesday. The deceased have been identified Hedayet Ullah, 25 and his friend Habibullah, 24. Kazi...

Two die, three injured in lightning strike

Two die, three injured in lightning strike

-- 2018-05-01 14:46:31

Two people were killed and three others injured in separate incidents of lightning in the district on Tuesday morning. In Jamalganj upazila, a farmer was killed and three others were injured as a lig...

Rangpur produces 46,954 tonnes of sweet potato

Rangpur produces 46,954 tonnes of sweet potato

-- 2018-05-01 13:02:01

The farmers have produced 46,954 tonnes of sweet potato in five districts under Rangpur agriculture region during the Rabi season. The farmers are also happy with the local market price of the newly...

Road crash claims three lives in M’singh

Road crash claims three lives in M’singh

-- 2018-05-01 12:57:33

At least three people were killed and five others injured as a bus hit a stationary truck in Habirbari Seedstore bazar in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh on Tuesday. Two of the deceased were identifi...

Elephant found dead in Sherpur

Elephant found dead in Sherpur

-- 2018-05-01 12:37:06

A wild elephant was found dead at bordering Gandhigaon village in Jhenaigati upazila on Tuesday morning. Md Rafiqul Islam, beat officer of Gazni beat of Department of Forest in Jhenaigati upazila, sa...

Solar power improves livelihood of char people

Solar power improves livelihood of char people

-- 2018-05-01 00:37:59

RANGPUR, Apr 30 (BSS): By virtue of solar power, the lifestyle of around 0.2 million people, living in some 200 remote and hardly reachable riverine char villages of all five districts in greater Rang...

Jashore road mishap kills cop

Jashore road mishap kills cop

-- 2018-04-30 22:42:57

A police officer was killed on Mondayafternoon in a road accident at Nabnagar area of Jhikargacha upazila on Jashore- Benapole Highway. The deceased was identified as Ahsanullah, 36, in-charge of Chi...

College student dies falling from human hauler

College student dies falling from human hauler

-- 2018-04-30 16:06:22

A college student was killed when she fell from a human hauler at Shanir Akhra Bus Stand area in city's Kadamtali area on Monday. The deceased was identified as Nusrat Jahan Jhuma, 19, a 1st year stu...

Motorcyclist dies in Sunamganj accident

Motorcyclist dies in Sunamganj accident

-- 2018-04-30 15:32:57

A motorcyclist was killed as a human hauler hit his two-wheeler at Mallikpur in Sunamganj municipality area on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Ruhul Amin Hridoy, 27, son of Shah Jamal...

Lightning kills three across country

Lightning kills three across country

-- 2018-04-30 13:44:02

Two farmers were killed in separate incidents of lightning in Sunamganj and Habiganj districts along with another college student in Chuadanga on Monday. A farmer was killed after being hit by a thun...

Financial crisis drives Magura farmer to 'suicide'

Financial crisis drives Magura farmer to 'suicide'

-- 2018-04-30 11:42:50

A farmer allegedly committed suicide by taking poison at Dakhshin Mirzapur village in Magura sadar upazila on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Tariqul Islam, 45. Quoting family members, E...

Youth found hanging in Cox’s Bazar hotel

Youth found hanging in Cox’s Bazar hotel

-- 2018-04-30 11:40:00

A young man was found hanging at a residential hotel in Kolatali Zamzam Hatchery area of the district town on Sunday night. Police recovered the hanging body of Nezam Uddin, 33, son of Anu Miah of Pa...

Flower farming increasing  in Nilphamari

Flower farming increasing in Nilphamari

Our Correspondent 2018-04-29 21:30:29

NILPHAMARI, Apr 29: With the increase in demand of flowers, along with the flower shops, cultivation of varieties of flower has increased in the district. One Shafiqul Islam of Saidpur upazila has be...

RAB arrests five JMB men in C’nawabganj

RAB arrests five JMB men in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-04-29 17:40:56

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members arrested five members of banned Islamic outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Bajitpur area of Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj on Sunday. The arre...

Bus-autorikshaw collision leaves passenger dead

Bus-autorikshaw collision leaves passenger dead

-- 2018-04-29 15:28:16

A man was killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Sylhet-Jakiganj road at Fulbari union of Gopalganj upazila on Sunday morning. The decease...

Case filed over coal-laden cargo capsize in Sundarbans

Case filed over coal-laden cargo capsize in Sundarbans

-- 2018-04-29 11:45:47

A case has been filed accusing nine people over the capsize of a coal-laden cargo vessel in the Pashur River in Mongla upazila near the Sundarbans. But police have been unable to make any arrests till...

Three die as two motorcyclists clash in Dinajpur

Three die as two motorcyclists clash in Dinajpur

-- 2018-04-29 10:40:14

At least three people were killed and one injured in a head-on a collision between two motorcycles on Dinajpur-Gobindaganj highway at Jaliapara in Sadar upazila on Saturday afternoon. The deceased we...

Police arrest four Nigerians in Sylhet

Police arrest four Nigerians in Sylhet

-- 2018-04-29 10:36:59

Police have arrested four citizens of Nigeria from Mila Tila area in Jaintiapur upazila for intruding into Bangladesh illegally. The arrestees have been identified as Ovi Chisom Enest, 35, Ashachi Li...

Fahim now turning fortune wheel of his family doing outsourcing work

Fahim now turning fortune wheel of his family doing outsourcing work

Our Correspondent 2018-04-28 21:43:32

MAGURA, Apr 28: Disabled Fahimul Karim is now turning the fortune wheel of his family with outsourcing work. Fahimul is the son of Rezaul Karim in village Sitarampur under Magura sadar upazila. Fahimu...

Bumper peanut output likely in Gopalganj, Rajshahi

Bumper peanut output likely in Gopalganj, Rajshahi

Our Correspondent 2018-04-28 21:42:58

GOPALGANJ, Apr 28: Farmers of Boiltali union under Gopalganj Sadar are expecting a bumper production of 'Dhaka-1' peanut variety this season.Santosh Biswas, sub-assistant agriculture officer of Boilta...

Female farmer pioneers purple rice farming in Gaibandha

Female farmer pioneers purple rice farming in Gaibandha

-- 2018-04-28 16:13:26

Dulali Begum, a resident of Surandah village at Ramjibon union in Sundarganj upazila, has set an example and generated huge interest among local farmers cultivating purple rice. Purple rice is a rare...

116 families overcome poverty in Nilphamari

116 families overcome poverty in Nilphamari

-- 2018-04-28 13:32:10

Some 116 extremely poor families came out from the vicious cycle of poverty in Sarkerpara village under Ramnagar union of Sadar upazila in Nilphamari district. The villagers who used to lead very mis...

BCL leader ‘beats up’ RU student

BCL leader ‘beats up’ RU student

-- 2018-04-28 10:48:23

A Rajshahi University student sustained injuries as a leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) allegedly beat him up on Friday evening. Jihad Hossain, a 4th year student of Anthropology Department s...

Bhola fire guts dozens of shop

Bhola fire guts dozens of shop

-- 2018-04-28 10:25:11

At least 50 shops were gutted in a fire that broke out at a market of Bhola district town early Saturday. The fire broke out from a shop in Monohari Potti around 12:45am and engulfed the adjoining st...

Detectives arrest 45 Jamaat men in Gazipur

Detectives arrest 45 Jamaat men in Gazipur

-- 2018-04-27 17:11:57

Detectives arrested 45 leaders of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami along with explosives from a resort at Pubail area of Gazipur on Friday. A team of Detective Branch of police arrested them, including Gaz...

Two die as truck rams ambulance in Bagura

Two die as truck rams ambulance in Bagura

-- 2018-04-27 17:05:08

Two people were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between an ambulance and a truck at Ghoga Battala on Dhaka-Bogura highway in Sherpur upazila on Friday noon. The identities of t...

Rain accompanied by thundershowers likely

Rain accompanied by thundershowers likely

-- 2018-04-27 16:58:04

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind and lighting flashes is likely to occur at a few places over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Rangpur, Khulna, Barisal, Sylhet and Chi...

Gaibandha farmers see boost in chilli production

Gaibandha farmers see boost in chilli production

-- 2018-04-27 16:11:39

Chilli cultivation has changed lots of the char farmers of Fulchhari and Shaghata upazilas in the district in recent years. According to sources, the char farmers of the upazilas used to cultivate c...