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Woman gives birth to quadruplets in Satkhira

Woman gives birth to quadruplets in Satkhira

-- 2019-10-22 21:06:13

A woman gave birth to quadruplets at a private hospital in Sathkhira early Tuesday. Woman’s husband Shariful Islam said Runa Parvin was taken to Sadar Hospital on Monday after she went into lab...

Kushtia road crash kills two motorcyclists

Kushtia road crash kills two motorcyclists

-- 2019-10-22 13:52:04

Two motorcyclists were killed and another was injured as the motorbike they were riding fell into a pond at Kuthipara intersection in Khoksha upazila of Kushtia on Monday night. The deceased were ide...

15 fishermen jailed for netting Hilsa defying ban

15 fishermen jailed for netting Hilsa defying ban

-- 2019-10-21 17:04:39

A mobile court in Manikganj on Monday jailed 15 fishermen for catching Hilsa from the Padma and the Jamuna River defying a government ban in Shibaloy upazila of Manikganj. Shibaloy upazila assistant...

Hason Raja’s ancestral home needs care for historical interest

Hason Raja’s ancestral home needs care for historical interest

IQBAL SIDDIQUEE 2019-10-20 20:40:10

SYLHET, Oct 20: Great mystic poet Hason Raja has a lot many popular songs. 'Loke bole bolery, ghar bari bala nay amar, ki ghor banaimu ami shunneri majhar', 'agey Jodi janto Hason, bachbo koto din, ba...

184 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

184 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

-- 2019-10-19 16:47:18

A total of 184 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country in 24 hours till Saturday morning. Of them, 62 were hospitalised in Dhaka, the Directorate General of Health Services said...

Two killed in Habiganj road accident

Two killed in Habiganj road accident

-- 2019-10-19 16:41:44

Two people were killed and one wounded in a road accident in Mouchak area on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj district in the early hours of Saturday, police said, reports...

Woman ‘kills self’ to escape ‘torture for dowry’ in Magura

Woman ‘kills self’ to escape ‘torture for dowry’ in Magura

-- 2019-10-19 11:49:31

A housewife allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself after being tortured reportedly by her husband for dowry at Sonatundi village in Sreepur upazila here on Friday night. The deceased was iden...

Nearly one million rats eliminated in Rangpur

Nearly one million rats eliminated in Rangpur

-- 2019-10-18 19:06:26

The farmers, filed level agriculture officials, teachers, students and common people eliminated over 0.98 million rats saving 7,371 tonnes of crops worth Taka 10.6 million last year in all five distri...

Stone lifting machineries seized in Sylhet

Stone lifting machineries seized in Sylhet

-- 2019-10-18 11:50:14

A task force of District Administration in Companiganj upazila of in Sylhet district seized and destroyed stone lifting machineries worth Tk 7.50 million in a six-hour drive on Thursday. The task fo...

Puthia Rajbari - an example of Indo-Saracenic architecture

Puthia Rajbari - an example of Indo-Saracenic architecture

Monjuara Khatun 2019-10-17 21:25:41

RAJSHAHI, Oct 17: Puthia Rajbari, a palace in Puthia Upazila of Rajshahi, is an example of Indo-Saracenic revival architecture. The historical structure stands on the Rajshahi-Natore highway, 30 kilo...

Madhumati river erosion takes serious turn

Madhumati river erosion takes serious turn

Our Correspondent 2019-10-17 21:24:46

MAGURA, Oct 17: Erosion by the Madhumati river under Mohammadpur upazila in the district has taken a serious turn. Local sources said six villages of the upazila - Harekrishnapur, Moheshpur, Airmaghi...

Handloom factories on verge of closure in Bogura district

Handloom factories on verge of closure in Bogura district

ROVING CORRESPONDENT 2019-10-17 00:30:27

BOGURA, Oct 16: Handloom factories in the district are on the verge of closure due to price hike of yarn and other raw materials against low market price of woven clothes. Already about 1,000 weave...

'Fishermen get food assistance as Hilsa fishing ban continues'

'Fishermen get food assistance as Hilsa fishing ban continues'

BSS 2019-10-16 16:46:06

A total of 3,522 fishermen families of four upazilas in Gaibandha district got 70.44 tonnes of rice as food assistance from the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock on Tuesday so that they can pass Hil...

Lalon Shah - a bard, a philosopher

Lalon Shah - a bard, a philosopher

ZM Aminul Islam 2019-10-15 21:52:30

JHENIDAH, Oct 15: Lalon Shah is the king of Bauls, a unique mystical tradition of rural Bengal. In Bengali culture Lalon has become an icon of religious tolerance. Widely celebrated as an epitome of r...

Optical rain gauges  set up in Sylhet

Optical rain gauges set up in Sylhet

Our Correspondent 2019-10-15 21:51:09

SYLHET, Oct 15: The Meteorology Department has set up four optical rain gauges, sophisticated equipment at places including Sylhet district with a target of recording real time data of rainfall and it...

Transgender woman becomes upazila vice-chairman in Jhenaidah

Transgender woman becomes upazila vice-chairman in Jhenaidah

-- 2019-10-15 20:26:30

Sadia Akter Pinky, a transgender woman, has been elected vice-chairman of the Kotchandpur Upazila Parishad in Jhenaidah. She ran for the female vice-chairman’s post as a woman and secured 12,88...

Police recover bullet-hit body of youth in Lakshmipur

Police recover bullet-hit body of youth in Lakshmipur

-- 2019-10-15 13:21:07

Police recovered the bullet-hit body of a youth in Bakultala area in Lakshmipur Sadar upazila on early Tuesday. The identity of the deceased could not be known yet. Abul Kalam Azad, officer-in-charg...

Boat craftsmen struggling for livelihood in Naraill

Boat craftsmen struggling for livelihood in Naraill

-- 2019-10-14 20:53:56

NARAIL, Oct 14 (UNB): Twenty-five families, who have kept the boat-making craftsmanship alive for smooth movement in the monsoon, are struggling to keep their heads above water in summer.  Resid...

Sonargaon gets recognition  as ‘World Craft City’

Sonargaon gets recognition as ‘World Craft City’

-- 2019-10-13 21:21:10

NARAYANGANJ, Oct 13 (UNB): Sonargaon, one of the old capitals of the historic region of Bengal, has been recognised as the 'World Craft City' for being the birthplace of Jamdani, opening the door of c...

Task force evicts 50 stone crushers set on Forest land

Task force evicts 50 stone crushers set on Forest land

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2019-10-13 21:20:31

SYLHET, Oct 13: A task force evicted on Saturday over 50 stone crushers set on the land belonging to the Forest Department under Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet. Besides, the structures were demolishe...

Two die ‘inhaling toxic gas’ in Savar

Two die ‘inhaling toxic gas’ in Savar

-- 2019-10-13 14:36:37

Two workers died after ‘inhaling toxic gas’ in a water tank of a tannery at Savar Tannery Industrial Estate on Sunday morning. One of the deceased was identified as Bappy, a tannery worke...

Satkhira road crash kills motorcyclist

Satkhira road crash kills motorcyclist

-- 2019-10-13 11:48:06

A motorcyclist was killed and another injured when a pickup van crashed into their bike on the Bypass in Satkhira Sadar upazila early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Hazrat Ali, 45, son of Jab...

‘Krishi Utshab’ opens new avenue for farmers in Khulna, Jashore

‘Krishi Utshab’ opens new avenue for farmers in Khulna, Jashore

FE Online Report 2019-10-12 21:37:31

A ‘Krishi Utshab’ was launched in Khulna and Jashore recently, aimed at  addressing the growing needs and challenges that farmers facing. NeoSTAR Innovation in association with Solid...

Farmer dies from electrocution in Magura

Farmer dies from electrocution in Magura

-- 2019-10-12 11:52:12

A farmer was electrocuted at Parla village in Mohammadpur upazila of Magura district on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahim, 22, son of Ohid Mia of the area, reports UNB. Tarak...

Another woman dies of dengue

Another woman dies of dengue

-- 2019-10-10 17:15:07

A woman died of dengue at Khulna Medical College Hospital on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Masura, 25, wife of Habibullah of Abhaynagar Upazila in Jashore. Shahin Biswas, a physician of K...

Brahmanbaria gas cylinder explosion leaves two dead

Brahmanbaria gas cylinder explosion leaves two dead

-- 2019-10-09 12:43:59

Two young men were killed in a gas cylinder explosion at Srirampur village in Nabinagar upazila of Brahmanbaria on early Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Bayezid Mia, 18, son of Shah Alam M...

High demand for flowers in Tangail

High demand for flowers in Tangail

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2019-10-09 00:23:08

TANGAIL Oct 08: Flowers traders in the district are doing brisk business due to high market demand. Sources said there are more than 55 flower shops in the district town. About 30 flower shops are on...

Three dead in Faridpur bus crash

Three dead in Faridpur bus crash

-- 2019-10-08 14:03:39

Three people, including a woman, have been killed and 15 others injured after a bus slammed into a roadside tree in Faridpur. The incident took place on the Dhaka-Khulna Highway at Nagarkanda Upazila...

Collapse of bridge over  Goborchapa Canal mounts  commuters’ suffering

Collapse of bridge over Goborchapa Canal mounts commuters’ suffering

ROVING CORRESPONDENT 2019-10-07 22:11:20

BOGURA, Oct 07: The Sujaitpur-Baluahat connecting bridge over the Goborchapa Canal under Sonatola upazila in the district has collapsed following recent flood. During a recent visit to the area thi...

Nine more museums to be set up in Cumilla

Nine more museums to be set up in Cumilla

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2019-10-07 22:10:06

CUMILLA, Oct 07: The Department of Archeology has planned to set up nine more museums in the district. The launch of the museums will create a new horizon in the tourism sector in the district. An...