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Lightning kills three in Cumilla

Lightning kills three in Cumilla

-- 2018-04-18 11:47:10

Three people including two women were killed in separate incidents of lightning strike in Debidwar and Daudkandi upazilas of Cumilla district on Tuesday. Mizanur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Daudkand...

IU student ‘kills self’ over love affair

IU student ‘kills self’ over love affair

-- 2018-04-18 10:50:09

A first year student of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) department of Islamic University in Kushtia allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at a private hostel at...

BRRI-Dhan-29 reignites hopes  of farmers in Gopalganj

BRRI-Dhan-29 reignites hopes of farmers in Gopalganj

Our Correspondent 2018-04-17 22:24:45

GOPALGANJ, Apr 17: Cultivation of BRRI-Dhan-29 has raised a new hope among the farmers of Gopalganj Sadar in the district. According to Gopalganj Sadar Upazila Agriculture Office sources said, about...

Youths become self-reliant rearing turkey hens

Youths become self-reliant rearing turkey hens

Roving Correspondent 2018-04-17 22:23:32

NAOGAON Apr 17: More than 300 both male and female youths of Naogaon district have become self-reliant through rearing turkey hens commercially from last few years. The enterprise has been implemente...

Weather favours marginal Papaya growers

Weather favours marginal Papaya growers

Our Correspondent 2018-04-17 22:22:14

BOGURA, Apr 17: Papaya cultivation has brought smile to the hundreds of marginal peasants in all twelve upazilas of Bogura district this season. Due to favourable weather and timely supply of necessa...

Chattogram road crashes kill two women

Chattogram road crashes kill two women

-- 2018-04-17 21:25:53

Two women were killed in two separate road accidents in Mirsharai Upazila in Chattogram on Tuesday. One of the deceased was identified as Sajeda Begum, 42, wife of Akhter Hossain of Madhya Wahedpur v...

BGB seizes 9 gold bars in Benapole

BGB seizes 9 gold bars in Benapole

-- 2018-04-17 18:26:30

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 9 gold bars weighing 1 kg from Putkhali area under Benapole Port Police Station in Jashore on Tuesday noon. Tipped off, when a team of the paramilit...

Narayanganj gunfight leaves ‘drug pedlar’ wounded

Narayanganj gunfight leaves ‘drug pedlar’ wounded

Our Correspondent 2018-04-17 14:44:00

An alleged drug pedlar received bullet injury in a gunfight with police at Pagla Nischintapur area under Kutubpur union of Narayanganj on early Tuesday. Manjur Kader, Officer-in- Charge (acting) of F...

Prisoner dies after falling ill at Satkhira jail

Prisoner dies after falling ill at Satkhira jail

-- 2018-04-17 13:19:47

A prisoner, who was serving a five-year imprisonment in a drug case, died at Satkhira jail on early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Golam Mostafa, 30, son of Aziar Rahman of Gayeshpur village...

34,750 farmers to get incentive for Aush farming

34,750 farmers to get incentive for Aush farming

-- 2018-04-17 13:06:55

A total of 34,750 farmers will get incentives of seed, fertilizer and irrigation support for the cultivation of Aus paddy in the current Kharif-1 season in four districts in Rajshahi region. Of the t...

Mother jumps before train along with son

Mother jumps before train along with son

-- 2018-04-17 12:40:08

A 25-year-old woman carrying her minor son reportedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a running train at Dhamail under Gafargaon upazila of Mymensingh on Tuesday morning. The deceased were i...

Maize harvest progresses fast in Gaibandha

Maize harvest progresses fast in Gaibandha

-- 2018-04-16 21:38:27

GAIBANDHA, Apr 16 (BSS): Harvest of maize, one of the cash crops of the district, has been progressing fast in all the seven upazilas here for few weeks last amid much enthusiasm to the farmers. The...

Tractor crushes cyclist in C’nawabganj

Tractor crushes cyclist in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-04-16 21:11:21

A bicyclist was crushed under the wheels of a tractor at Sundarpur under Chapainawabganj sadar upazila Monday morning, reports BSS. The deceased was identified as Nizam Uddin, 30, son of Ekramul Hoqu...

Six get life in prison over murder

Six get life in prison over murder

-- 2018-04-16 19:16:34

A court in Narsingdi on Monday convicted six people and sentenced them to life imprisonment in a case filed over killing a trader in 2003. The convicts are Anwar Hossain, 32, Mosharraf Hossain, 35, F...

Road crash leaves biker dead in Natore

Road crash leaves biker dead in Natore

-- 2018-04-16 14:29:05

A motorcyclist has been killed and another suffered injury when an unidentified vehicle hit their bike at Khejurtola area of Boraigram upazila in Natore on Monday morning. The deceased was identified...

Cops recover man’s body in Brahmanbaria

Cops recover man’s body in Brahmanbaria

-- 2018-04-16 13:23:28

Police recovered the body of an unidentified man, aged around 45, from a pond in Akhaura municipal area in Brahmanbaria on Monday. Locals spotted the body, floating in a pond behind Maldar Para Nasri...

AL factional clash kills man in Faridpur

AL factional clash kills man in Faridpur

-- 2018-04-16 12:53:41

A man has died in a clash between two factions of local Awami League at Krishnapur Bazar under Sadarpur upazila of Faridpur on Monday morning.   The deceased was identified as Mannan Sikder, son...

Cyclist dies in Magura hit-and-run crash

Cyclist dies in Magura hit-and-run crash

-- 2018-04-16 11:59:00

A cyclist was killed after a speedy car hit him on Magura-Jhenaidah road at Ichhakhada in sadar upazila on Sunday evening. The deceased was identified as Somsher Ali Molla, 55, of Ichhakhada village...

Sajek fire guts three cottages

Sajek fire guts three cottages

-- 2018-04-16 10:58:31

At least three tourist cottages were gutted in a fire at Sajek valley in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati early Monday. The fire broke out around 1:45am, said Anwar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Saj...

Nor'wester damages betel leaf, Boro land in Magura

Nor'wester damages betel leaf, Boro land in Magura

Our Correspondent 2018-04-16 00:30:44

MAGURA, Apr 15:  Nor'wester panic is yet to be over from Magura villagers. They still get panicked as they recently have strong nor'westers on March 30 and April 11. The nor'weaster caused heavy...

Tajhat Zamindar Bari, a glorious historical palace

Tajhat Zamindar Bari, a glorious historical palace

Our Correspondent 2018-04-16 00:29:44

RANGPUR, Apr 15: Tajhat Zamindar Bari in Tajhat area, 3.0 km off Rangpur city known as a majestic palace and one of the most remarkable historical palaces in the country.     ...

Train runs over, kills two schoolboys in Kushtia

Train runs over, kills two schoolboys in Kushtia

-- 2018-04-15 16:57:08

Two schoolboys riding a motorcycle have been killed in a train accident at a level crossing in Kushtia’s Mirpur Upazila. The accident occurred at the Poradaha Railway Junction level crossing ar...

Coal-laden cargo capsizes near Sundarbans

Coal-laden cargo capsizes near Sundarbans

-- 2018-04-15 14:59:04

A cargo carrying 775 metric tonnes of coal capsized in the Pashur River in Mongla upazila near Sundarbans on Saturday night. Commander Oli Ullah, harbour master of Mongla Port, said Jashore-bound 'M...

Rajshahi crane collapse kills two workers

Rajshahi crane collapse kills two workers

-- 2018-04-15 14:11:34

Two workers have been killed after a crane collapsed on them at a multi-storied under-construction building in Shah Makhdum area in Rajshahi on Sunday. The deceased, Mustazfiul Islam (22) and Babu Mi...

Rain with thundershowers likely: Met office

Rain with thundershowers likely: Met office

-- 2018-04-15 12:51:35

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at many places with hails at isolated places over the country in 24 hours ending at 9 am tomorrow. "Rain or th...

Man dies in Mankiganj road crash

Man dies in Mankiganj road crash

-- 2018-04-15 11:25:36

A young man was killed and eight others injured following a head on a collision between a bus and a human hauler on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Muljan area in sadar upazila on Sunday morning. The decease...

Police nab eight Jamaat-Shibir men in C’nawabganj

Police nab eight Jamaat-Shibir men in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-04-14 22:17:56

Detectives on Saturday arrested eight activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir allegedly along with leaflets and books on militancy from a mess in Shahibagh area of Sadar upaz...

Teen dies falling from tree in Jashore

Teen dies falling from tree in Jashore

-- 2018-04-14 19:55:33

A teenage boy died falling from a tree in Manirampur upazila of Jashore on Friday. The deceased was identified as Pranta Biswash, 16, son of Baneshwar Biswash of Balia-Pachakori village in the upazil...

Rathish murder case: Accused dies in custody

Rathish murder case: Accused dies in custody

-- 2018-04-14 16:54:35

An accused in a case filed over Rangpur's public prosecutor Rathish Chandra Bhowmik murder has died in police custody. The deceased, Milon Kumar Mahant; 30, died at Rangpur Medical College Hospital a...

Three hurt in gas cylinder blast in Faridpur

Three hurt in gas cylinder blast in Faridpur

-- 2018-04-14 11:55:33

Three people including a balloon vendor were injured in a gas cylinder blast at Fairdpur Government Rajendrapur College campus here on Saturday morning. The injured were identified as Azim Talukdar,...