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Switch to underground power substation halts for high cost

Switch to underground power substation halts for high cost

FHM Humayan Kabir 2017-10-14 10:15:49

A switch to rich-country practice of having underground power-transmission system received a blow with the rejection of two substation projects for the capital for their bloated costs. Officials sai...

Hanging body of madrasa staff recovered

Hanging body of madrasa staff recovered

-- 2017-10-14 02:29:05

Police recovered the hanging body of a madrasa staff from the classroom in Gupinathpur union of Akkelpur upazila of Joypurhat district on Saturday morning. The deceased, identified as Jewel (31) was...

Two minor sisters drown in Comilla

Two minor sisters drown in Comilla

-- 2017-10-14 02:13:44

Two minor twin sisters drowned in a pond of Mohammadpur village in Laksam upazila of Comilla district on Saturday morning. The deceased were Mariam (4) and Fatema (4), the daughters of Liton Mia, hai...

Two siblings die in Habiganj lightning

Two siblings die in Habiganj lightning

-- 2017-10-13 12:00:00

Two siblings were killed by lightning strike at Baghata village in Baniachang upazila on Friday. The deceased were identified as Babul Mia, 27 and Irfan Ali, 15-sons of Akkas Ali of the village, repo...

Couple found dead in Netrokona

Couple found dead in Netrokona

-- 2017-10-13 12:00:00

A couple was found dead at Satpai in the municipality area in Netrokona on Friday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Mihir Kanti Biswas, 70 and Tuli Rani Nanda, 58, reports UNB. Joydeb Chowd...

N’ganj gunfight kills ‘drug-traders’

N’ganj gunfight kills ‘drug-traders’

-- 2017-10-13 10:54:37

An alleged drug-trader was killed in a reported gunfight between his cohorts and police at Galachipa in Sadar upazila of Narayanganj district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Shaheen alias B...

Deadly ‘supercell thunderstorm’ hits SA

Deadly ‘supercell thunderstorm’ hits SA

BBC 2017-10-12 12:00:00

Moored ships were blown away as a "supercell thunderstorm" swept through South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal region, killing at least 11 people. The dead include a child swept away by rising waters and two...

Gunfight leaves ‘robber’ dead

Gunfight leaves ‘robber’ dead

-- 2017-10-12 11:59:50

An alleged robber was killed in a reported gunfight between his cohorts and police at Daragaon Tea Estate in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj on early Thursday. The deceased, identified as Madan Mia alias...

Three die in Sirajganj road crashes

Three die in Sirajganj road crashes

-- 2017-10-12 01:43:45

Three people, including an elderly woman, were killed and three others sustained injuries in separate road crashes in Kamarkhan and Kazipur upazilas of Sirajganj district on Thursday. Officer-in-char...

Over 40 families earn solvency by making Chinni-pitha

Over 40 families earn solvency by making Chinni-pitha

Our Correspondent 2017-10-11 12:45:41

BOGRA, Oct 10:  More than 40 extreme-poor families have attained financial solvency through making Chinni-pitha, hard but tasty food item, from last decade under Dupchanchia upazila of Bogra dist...

Malta cultivation gaining popularity in Thakurgaon

Malta cultivation gaining popularity in Thakurgaon

Roving Correspondent 2017-10-11 12:00:00

Cultivation of malta is gaining popularity in the district. A good number of farmers have attainted financial solvency by growing the citrus fruit. Local sources said cultivators have started farming...

Youths come forward to help  flood-affected families

Youths come forward to help flood-affected families

Samiha Akhte 2017-10-11 12:00:00

In a low-land country like Bangladesh, floods are a common occurrence in monsoon every year. One particular area that has been gravely affected by this year's flood is Sunamganj, Sylhet. Around 200,00...

Fire guts nine shops in Lakshmipur

Fire guts nine shops in Lakshmipur

-- 2017-10-11 10:44:25

Nine shops were gutted in a fire at Hazirhat Bazar in Kamalnagar upazila of Lakshmipur on Tuesday midnight. The fire originated from an electric short circuit at a cloth store around 12:00 am an...

Train services of Dhaka with 3 districts resume

Train services of Dhaka with 3 districts resume

-- 2017-10-11 05:42:25

Train communication of Dhaka with Mymensingh, Jamalpur and Netrakona districts resumed nearly after three and half hours of disruption on Wednesday morning. The Dhaka-bound intercity train ‘Jam...

BNP men clash with cops in Noakhali

BNP men clash with cops in Noakhali

-- 2017-10-11 05:34:40

At least 20 people were injured as BNP activists clashed with police at Maijdee town in Noakhali on Wednesday during their demonstration against the arrest warrant for BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia. Po...

Three die in Munshiganj road accident

Three die in Munshiganj road accident

-- 2017-10-11 05:29:28

Three people died in a road accident at Raushunia in Sirajdikhan upazila of Munshiganj on Wednesday. Three others were also injured in the accident. The accident occurred when a bus plunged into a r...

Pumpkin cultivation turns a boon for Panchagarh peasants

Pumpkin cultivation turns a boon for Panchagarh peasants

-- 2017-10-10 12:20:40

PANCHAGARH, Oct 09 (BSS): Pumpkin cultivation has changed the socio-economic conditions of many farmers of the district in the recent years. A large number of farmers have engaged themselves in the c...

Short-duration Aman harvest starts in Rangpur region

Short-duration Aman harvest starts in Rangpur region

Our Correspondent 2017-10-10 12:00:00

Harvesting of short duration varieties of Aman paddy has begun across Rangpur agriculture region, bringing smile on the faces of the growers. Presently, farmers and farm labourers under the region ar...

Police recover bullet-hit body of ‘top terrorist’

Police recover bullet-hit body of ‘top terrorist’

-- 2017-10-10 12:00:00

A listed top terrorist was found dead on Comilla- Sylhet highway in Gazaria area of Sadar upazila of Brahmanbaria district on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Linkon (40), son of Golam...

Ten die as wildfires hit California wine country

Ten die as wildfires hit California wine country

BBC 2017-10-10 10:41:56

Parts of California's wine region are being ravaged by fast-spreading fires that have killed at least 10 people. Mass evacuations have taken place and at least 1,500 properties have been destroyed. S...

Elderly woman dies in bus crash

Elderly woman dies in bus crash

-- 2017-10-10 10:22:49

An elderly woman was crushed under the wheels of a bus on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Chapta area of Kashiani upazila in Gopalganj district on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Moriam Begum, w...

Nine Jamaat leaders on 10-day remand in two cases

Nine Jamaat leaders on 10-day remand in two cases

-- 2017-10-10 07:36:58

A Dhaka court put nine top leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami on a 10-day remand each on Tuesday in two cases filed against them with Kadamtali Police Station. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court judge Golam...

RUET admission test on Nov 17

RUET admission test on Nov 17

-- 2017-10-10 02:37:14

Admission test for first year honours classes for 2017-18 academic session of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) will be held on November 17. To this end, online application pr...

Veg prices soaring for shortage of supply in Joypurhat, Gopalganj

Veg prices soaring for shortage of supply in Joypurhat, Gopalganj

Roving Correspondent 2017-10-09 12:00:00

Prices of vegetables have been soaring in the local kitchen markets of the district for the last couple of weeks due to supply shortage. Sub-assistance agri-officer of the Department of Agriculture E...

Rajshahi road mishap kills trucker

Rajshahi road mishap kills trucker

-- 2017-10-09 10:19:25

A truck driver was killed and three others were injured in a road accident at Jhalmolia on Dhaka-Rajshahi highway in Putia upazila of Rajshahi district on Sunday night. The deceased, Akter Hossian (3...

‘Police’ beat man to death

‘Police’ beat man to death

-- 2017-10-09 01:17:05

A man was beaten to death allegedly by police at Harunga village of Kalai upazila in Joypurhat district early Monday. The deceased was identified as Saidur Rahman, son of Ashraf Ali, a resident of th...

BGB rescues 14 Bangladesh nationals in Benapole

BGB rescues 14 Bangladesh nationals in Benapole

-- 2017-10-08 12:40:59

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued 14 Bangladesh nationals from Daulatpur border in Benapole Port Police Station while they were being trafficked to India on Saturday night. The rescued...

Two die in Khulna road accident

Two die in Khulna road accident

-- 2017-10-08 06:53:07

Two students died in a road accident at Miksimil on Khulna-Dumuria road in Dumuria upazila of Khulna district on Saturday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Mostakim Morol, 20, and Wasim Mond...

Four die in B’baria road crash

Four die in B’baria road crash

-- 2017-10-08 01:23:32

Four people, including a woman and an infant, have been killed and another 10 injured after a bus collided head-on with a truck in Brahmanbaria. The incident occurred in Sarail Upazila’s Maliha...

Khagrachhari Mother, son die from electrocution

Khagrachhari Mother, son die from electrocution

-- 2017-10-07 10:59:21

A woman and her son were electrocuted and three of their family members injured at Betchhari area of Dighinala upazila in Khagrachhari on Friday night. The deceased were identified as Kalamile Chakma...