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Forest officials seize timber worth Tk 5m

Forest officials seize timber worth Tk 5m

-- 2018-04-27 12:43:36

Forest officials in a drive seized timbers worth Tk 5 million from a forest in Dighinala upazila on Thursday. Harunur Rashid, an official of the Naraichhari range, said a team of forest officials wit...

BGB detains ‘smuggler’ with seven gold bars

BGB detains ‘smuggler’ with seven gold bars

-- 2018-04-27 11:52:52

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel in a raid arrested a suspected smuggler along with seven gold bars worth Tk 3.50 million from a bus in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga district on Friday. The a...

Buddhist monk hacks fellow to death in Bandarban

Buddhist monk hacks fellow to death in Bandarban

-- 2018-04-26 21:20:30

A Buddhist monk was hacked to death by another monk at a monastery in Bakichhara Tungkhapara of Sadar upazila on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Mongthui Sang alias Nainda Vikkhu, 78. Polic...

BGB detains four Indian citizens over border trespassing

BGB detains four Indian citizens over border trespassing

-- 2018-04-26 18:13:01

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained four Indian nationals from Chargaon border area in Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj on Thursday morning. The detainees are Arjit Hajong, 60, his wife De...

Mirpur building fire: Man dies too after child, wife

Mirpur building fire: Man dies too after child, wife

-- 2018-04-26 13:56:15

The man who sustained burn injuries of which his child and wife already died has met the same fate. Thirty-five-year-old Manik, who was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) with 95 per c...

Pregnant woman among three die in road crash

Pregnant woman among three die in road crash

-- 2018-04-26 13:15:52

Three people, including a pregnant woman, were killed in a road crash at Paglapir in Sadar upazila on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Moni Begum, 25, Moni's aunt Asia Begum, 50 and Tushar,...

Accidental drowning kills siblings in Habiganj

Accidental drowning kills siblings in Habiganj

-- 2018-04-26 12:07:30

Two siblings drowned in a pond at Shaestaganj Poura hospital road area in Habiganj on Wednesday evening. The victims were identified as Sourav Miah, 15, son of Zahir Miah and his sister Anufa Akhte,...

‘Gunfight’ leaves ‘drug dealer’ dead in Munshiganj

‘Gunfight’ leaves ‘drug dealer’ dead in Munshiganj

-- 2018-04-26 10:33:38

A suspected drug dealer was killed in a reported gunfight between his cohorts and police at Katakhali Haidrabad in the municipality area in Munshiganj district on Thursday. The drug trader—Sa...

Farmers of northern region busy with veg farming

Farmers of northern region busy with veg farming

-- 2018-04-25 21:42:07

RAJSHAHI, Apr 25 (BSS): Farmers are passing busy days with vegetable farming of the current Kharif season. In the current dry season, they are happy with their good yields with less irrigation water...

Training course for industrial entrepreneurs starts in Rajshahi

Training course for industrial entrepreneurs starts in Rajshahi

Our Correspondent 2018-04-25 21:40:50

RAJSHAHI, Apr 25: A three-day industrial entrepreneur development training course organised by Shilpa Sahayak Kendro, BSCIC, Rajshahi, started at the BSCIC regional office conference room in the city...

Youth dies from snakebite in Barguna

Youth dies from snakebite in Barguna

-- 2018-04-25 16:58:36

A college student died from snakebite at Mokamia village in Betagi upazila of the district on Tuesday night. The youth was identified as Gopal Chandro, 23, a third year student of BM College in Bari...

Railway police recover two minor bodies from train roof

Railway police recover two minor bodies from train roof

-- 2018-04-25 16:13:42

The Government Railway Police (GRP) in Chattogram on Wednesday recovered bodies of two minor children from the roof of an inter-city train. Identities of the minors could not be known immediately, re...

Peanut farming gains momentum in B’baria

Peanut farming gains momentum in B’baria

-- 2018-04-25 12:53:25

Peanut farming is gaining popularity among the farmers in Brahmanbaria upazila as they can cultivate it at a little cost as well as can make good profit. Similar to past years, the farmers are expect...

Beautification project launched in Chattogram

Beautification project launched in Chattogram

FE Online Desk 2018-04-25 12:17:19

Mayor A G M Nasir Uddin of Chattogram City Corporation has recently launched a beautification project with an aim to modernise the port city. The project, implemented by Berger Paints Bangladesh Limi...

City fire kills infant, injures two

City fire kills infant, injures two

-- 2018-04-25 10:22:17

A fierce fire broke out at a building in city’s Mirpur area early Wednesday, burning a seven-month old boy to death and leaving his parents injured. The deceased was identified as Tamim while t...

Commercial maize farming gaining popularity

Commercial maize farming gaining popularity

Our Correspondent 2018-04-24 21:36:02

MAGURA, Apr 24: Commercial maize cultivation is gaining popularity in the district. Sources said low production cost and high market price are the main reasons for expansion of the farming of the cro...

Fake village doctor rapes woman in name of exorcism

Fake village doctor rapes woman in name of exorcism

-- 2018-04-24 18:49:04

A fake village doctor, ‘kabiraj’, allegedly raped a housewife in the name of performing exorcism on her at Lichubagan of Sadar upazila on Monday. Aizul Haque Mufti, 50, had been known for...

Four die in Kishoreganj road accident

Four die in Kishoreganj road accident

-- 2018-04-24 16:59:15

At least four people were killed in a road accident in Kalikaprasad area of Bhairab upazila in Kishoreganj district on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as auto-rickshaw driver Sanaullah, Monwar...

Habiganj road accident claims two lives

Habiganj road accident claims two lives

-- 2018-04-24 15:33:31

Two people were killed and three others injured as a covered van hit them in Rokonpur area on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway under Nabiganj upazila of the district on Tuesday morning. The deceased were ide...

5.2 magnitude earthquake jolts Sylhet

5.2 magnitude earthquake jolts Sylhet

-- 2018-04-24 11:35:07

A moderate earthquake jolted different parts of Sylhet on Tuesday morning. Measuring 5.2 on the Richter Scale, the tremor was felt around 10:08 am, according to Sylhet Met office data. The epicentre...

In-laws set man on fire following divorce

In-laws set man on fire following divorce

-- 2018-04-24 11:21:14

A young man was set on fire by his former in-laws at Daulatdihi village in Sadar upazila on Monday afternoon. The victim was identified as Moniruzzaman alias Rony, 28, son of Shafiur Rahman of Amaba...

Day labourer shortage hits  Sylhet Boro harvest

Day labourer shortage hits Sylhet Boro harvest

Our Correspondent 2018-04-23 22:06:30

SYLHET, Apr 23: Boro farmers of Sylhet division are suffering acute shortage of day labourers during the current harvesting season. Sources said paddy growers of the region are in difficult situation...

HSC examinee dies in Rajshahi road crash

HSC examinee dies in Rajshahi road crash

-- 2018-04-23 11:43:54

A Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinee was killed in a road accident in Paba upazila on Sunday night. The deceased has been identified as Saiful Islam Roni, son of one Rezaul of Alimganj in th...

Aloevera cultivation gaining  popularity in Bogura

Aloevera cultivation gaining popularity in Bogura

Emdadul Haque 2018-04-22 21:47:40

BOGURA, Apr 22:  Aloevera, locally known as Ghritkumari, cultivation is gaining popularity in Shajahanpur upazila of the district. A good number of poor farmers have improved their socio-economic...

150 hectares of Boro land come under blast attack

150 hectares of Boro land come under blast attack

-- 2018-04-22 21:46:42

NETRAKONA, Apr 22 (UNB): Fungal disease 'blast' has affected different upazilas of the district, hindering Boro production during the harvesting season. The fungal attack has spread all over the upaz...

Chilli cultivation brings smile on faces of marginal growers

Chilli cultivation brings smile on faces of marginal growers

Our Correspondent 2018-04-22 21:45:59

SYLHET, Apr 22: Chilli growers of Sylhet division will complete their harvest within a few days. Sources said cultivation of varieties of chilli was increased during the last Rabi season. A good num...

Father, son die in Mymensingh road crash

Father, son die in Mymensingh road crash

-- 2018-04-22 13:10:33

A father and his son were killed while another three injured as a private car hit a covered-van on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Nishinda in Bhaluka upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased were identif...

RAB mobile court jails seven for selling Hilsha fry

RAB mobile court jails seven for selling Hilsha fry

-- 2018-04-22 11:59:28

A mobile court run by the Rapid Action Battalion or RAB has sentenced seven people each to two years in jail for selling ‘Jatka’ or Hilsha fry in Dhaka. Executive Magistrate Sarwoer Alam...

Locals find dead body of man in Jashore

Locals find dead body of man in Jashore

-- 2018-04-22 11:40:22

A man was found dead in front of Khajura police outpost in the district town on Saturday night. Masudur Rahman Masud, a sub-inspector at the police outpost, said locals found Fasiar Rahman, 45, son o...

Four die in Gaibandha head-on crash

Four die in Gaibandha head-on crash

Agencies 2018-04-22 10:22:48

Four people, including a child were killed and 15 other injured following a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Gaibandha’s Gobindaganj. The accident occurred on the Dhaka-Rangpur Hi...