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World Habitat Day observed  in districts

World Habitat Day observed in districts

OUR CORRESPONDENTS 2019-10-07 22:08:46

COX'S BAZAR, Sept 07:  Speakers at a seminar on Monday said tourist town Cox's Bazar will be developed into a well-planned modern city. To reach this goal Cox's Bazar Development Authority (C...

Motor drivers in Khulna get digital health card

Motor drivers in Khulna get digital health card

-- 2019-10-07 17:04:48

The government has distributed digital health cards among professional motor drivers in Khulna to ensure their physical fitness as well as good health. Drivers will be able to examine their health fr...

Train journey a chilling tale for two shaky bridges in Sirajganj

Train journey a chilling tale for two shaky bridges in Sirajganj

EMDADUL HAQUE 2019-10-07 00:00:00

SIRAJGANJ, Oct 06: Passengers inevitably have to undergo a frightful experience while making train journey along a particular stretch in Ullapara upazila of the district because of two bridges lying...

Rajshahi jute growers happy with prices

Rajshahi jute growers happy with prices

-- 2019-10-06 19:57:04

Selling price of the newly harvested jute in the village-markets and other growth centres is now on the upward trend making the farmers happy everywhere in Rajshahi region. According to the sources c...

Water levels of Padma, Mohananda recede in C'nawabganj

Water levels of Padma, Mohananda recede in C'nawabganj

-- 2019-10-05 16:52:25

The water levels of Padma and Mohananda rivers started receding in Chapainawabganj on Saturday morning. According to Chapainawbganj Water Development Board (WDB), the Padma water level fell by at lea...

Barishal road crash kills two

Barishal road crash kills two

-- 2019-10-05 12:26:06

Two people were killed as a private car hit a three wheeler on Dhaka-Barishal highway in Kashimpur area of Barishal on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as Hashem, 40, son of Mizan Jomad...

‘Robber’ dies in Mymensingh gunfight

‘Robber’ dies in Mymensingh gunfight

-- 2019-10-03 14:12:31

A man with alleged links to a series of crimes has been killed in a so-called shootout with police in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh district. Saddam Hossain, 28, described as a bandit by law enforcem...

Youth dies of ‘drug overdose’ in Kurigram

Youth dies of ‘drug overdose’ in Kurigram

-- 2019-10-02 11:22:11

A young man died of suspected drug overdose in Phulbari upazila of Kurigram district on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Faruk Mia, 25, son of Abdul Karim of Mogolhat in Lalmonirhat dist...

More areas go under water in  C’nawabganj, Kushtia, Rajbari

More areas go under water in C’nawabganj, Kushtia, Rajbari

ROVING CORRESPONDENT 2019-10-01 20:30:50

CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Oct 01: Thousands of flood affected people in Chapainawabganj and Kushtia districts have been suffering for pure drinking water. Due to the increase in water, around 5,000 people h...

Two minor girls found dead in Joypurhat pond

Two minor girls found dead in Joypurhat pond

-- 2019-10-01 13:40:38

Two minor girls, who went missing on Monday evening, were found dead in a pond of Purbo Uchna village in Panchbibi upazila of Joypurhat district on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Mariam Akh...

SCC dwellers suffering  from acute water crisis

SCC dwellers suffering from acute water crisis

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2019-09-30 21:45:31

SYLHET, Sept 30: Dwellers in the Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) area have been suffering much due to inadequate supply of pure drinking water as the authority concerned supply 45 million litres against...

Crops on 10,570 hectares under water as rivers swell in C'nawabganj, Natore

Crops on 10,570 hectares under water as rivers swell in C'nawabganj, Natore

ROVING CORRESPONDENT 2019-09-30 21:44:27

CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Sept 30: With the water levels of the rivers Padma, Mahananda, Pagla and Punarbhaba rising in Chapainawabganj and Natore districts, over 10,570 hectares of cropland have gone under wa...

Marooned people of Bagha yet to get relief

Marooned people of Bagha yet to get relief

Our Correspondent 2019-09-30 21:43:22

RAJSHAHI, Sept 30: Nearly 1,800 families of 15 char villages under Bagha upazila remained marooned for the last one week. Till Saturday afternoon, no relief materials have been distributed among the s...

Road repairing work in Netrakona progressing  at a snail’s pace

Road repairing work in Netrakona progressing at a snail’s pace

A Correspondent 2019-09-30 21:42:23

NETRAKONA, Sept 30: The slow progress in the repair work of Mymensingh Road's Netrakona section has increased sufferings of the locals. A good number of locals said they are dissatisfied over the del...

Over 2,000 families marooned in C’nawabganj

Over 2,000 families marooned in C’nawabganj

-- 2019-09-29 17:37:19

Over 2,000 families in Sadar and Shibganj upazilas in Chapainawabganj have been marooned due to flashflood caused by on rush of water from the upstream and rise of water levels in the Padma and the Ma...

Human hauler driver dead in Chuadanga road crash

Human hauler driver dead in Chuadanga road crash

-- 2019-09-29 15:37:41

A human hauler driver was killed as a truck crashed into a human hauler on Chuadanga-Jibonnagar road in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Rabiul Islam, of Boalm...

Biker dies in Magura road crash

Biker dies in Magura road crash

-- 2019-09-28 13:55:31

A motorcyclist was killed after his motorbike hit a roadside tree at Goaldaha village in Sreepur upazila of Magura district on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Shawon Biswas, 22, son of...

Police recover lawyer’s dead body in Rajshahi

Police recover lawyer’s dead body in Rajshahi

-- 2019-09-28 10:57:50

Police have recovered the hanging body of a lawyer from his house in Bilsimla area of Rajshahi city. The deceased was identified as Mozammel Haque, 62. He used to practice in Natore Court, reports UN...

Fire Service recovers dead body of sexagenarian man in Sylhet

Fire Service recovers dead body of sexagenarian man in Sylhet

-- 2019-09-27 14:53:10

The body of a sexagenarian man was recovered from the Surma River in Golapganj upazila of Sylhet district on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Sharif Mia, 60 of Phulbari East Para village in t...

Natore buffalo rearers face  shortage of fodder

Natore buffalo rearers face shortage of fodder

Our Correspondent 2019-09-27 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Sept 26:  Buffalo rearers in the char areas under Lalpur of Natore district are in great difficulties due to shortage of fodder. According to sources, for more than five decades, peo...

13 railway stations in Cumilla district closed in 12 years

13 railway stations in Cumilla district closed in 12 years

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2019-09-25 21:43:49

CUMILLA, Sept 25: A total of 13 railway stations across the district have been closed down in the last 12 years. Now the closed stations are being used for different purposes. Some stations are us...

Dream girl’s Pabna ancestral home stands derelict

Dream girl’s Pabna ancestral home stands derelict

Emdadul Haque 2019-09-24 22:24:10

PABNA, Sept 24: The ancestral house of legendary Bangla film actress Suchitra Sen at Gopalpur Himsagor Lane in Pabna town has been lying in a ramshackle state for a long time. Built on 36 decimals of...

Four of a family fall sick after having Pangas fish

Four of a family fall sick after having Pangas fish

-- 2019-09-24 11:21:59

Four members of a family fell sick after having Pangas fish at Bhobanipur village in Mohammadpur upazila in Magura on Monday night. They are Samad Molla, 45, his wife Tahera Begum, 30, daughter Purni...

Low-income group hard hit by soaring prices of veg

Low-income group hard hit by soaring prices of veg

ROVING CORRESPONDENT 2019-09-24 00:00:00

JOYPURHAT, Sept 23: The low and middle-income groups in the district are in a difficult situation for soaring prices of vegetables. Vegetables prices are on rising trend both in retail and wholesal...

Illegal market in front of college hampers academic atmosphere

Illegal market in front of college hampers academic atmosphere

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2019-09-24 00:00:00

CUMILLA, Sept 23: A market has been set up illegally in front of the Nimsar Junab Ali College under Burichang upazila of the district. As a result, traffic congestion has become a regular feature i...

Revenue earnings of Sonamasjid  land port exceeds target

Revenue earnings of Sonamasjid land port exceeds target

Our Correspondent 2019-09-24 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Sept 23: Revenue earnings of Sona Masjid land port has surpassed the target during the period from February to June 2019, informed Dr Shamil Uddin Ahmed Shimul, MP, Shibganj constituency, at...

Three students die in Dinajpur boat capsize

Three students die in Dinajpur boat capsize

-- 2019-09-21 20:26:01

Two students of Haji Mohammad Danesh Science & Technology University and another of Dinajpur Govt Women's College drowned as a boat capsized in Ashura Beel in Nababganj upazila of Dinajpur distric...

Rangpur Tajhat Palace-an epitome of historic magnificence

Rangpur Tajhat Palace-an epitome of historic magnificence

Sayed Mofidul Babu 2019-09-19 21:43:17

RANGPUR, Sept 19: "A thing of beauty is a joy forever", a famous quote of English romantic poet John Keats, is pretty well pertinent to Tajhat Palace in Rangpur as the historic site still leaves the v...

No progress in Kulaura-Shahbajpur  railway track rehabilitation work

No progress in Kulaura-Shahbajpur railway track rehabilitation work

Our Correspondent 2019-09-19 21:42:20

SYLHET, Sept 19: There has been no major progress in the much-talked-about rehabilitation of Kulaura-Shahbajpur railway track in Moulvibazar district. Sources said, rail tracks had been brought to th...

Munshiganj road crash kills two

Munshiganj road crash kills two

-- 2019-09-19 13:47:05

Two motorcyclists were killed in an accident on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway on Thursday morning. The deceased were identified as Zakir Hossain, 24, son of Mostafa; and Mohammad Miraz, 18, son of Man...