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Two die as bike skids off road in Patuakhali

Two die as bike skids off road in Patuakhali

-- 2019-09-18 11:24:18

Two people were killed when a motorbike skidded off the road on Patuakhali-Kuakata Highway at Basak Bazar in sadar upazila on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Kashem, 26, of Auliapur in Sad...

Two bullet-hit bodies recovered in Cox’s Bazar

Two bullet-hit bodies recovered in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2019-09-16 17:13:27

Police recovered the bullet-hit bodies of two youths from Kata Pahar and Kabita Chattar areas in in Cox’s Bazar on Monday. One of the deceased was identified as Rifat (25), of Baharchara area o...

Child dies of dengue in Khulna

Child dies of dengue in Khulna

-- 2019-09-16 17:05:22

An eight-month-old child died of dengue at Khulna Medical College and Hospital while 619 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in 24 hours till Monday morning. T...

Indigo-the colour of colonial rule in Rangpur

Indigo-the colour of colonial rule in Rangpur

Sayed Mofidul Babu 2019-09-16 13:13:08

RANGPUR: While a peasant being oppressed by the British rulers for his aversion to planting a single sapling of indigo was a scene of bygone era, farmers of Rangpur are now cultivating the item amid g...

Lightning strikes leave two dead in Kurigram, Dinajpur

Lightning strikes leave two dead in Kurigram, Dinajpur

-- 2019-09-15 20:03:28

Two farmers were killed by lightning strikes in Kurigram and Dinajpur districts on Sunday. In Kurigram, a farmer was killed as a thunderbolt struck him   on his way home from his cropland a...

Sherpur man jailed for forcing daughter into child marriage

Sherpur man jailed for forcing daughter into child marriage

-- 2019-09-14 21:15:56

A Sherpur mobile court has sentenced a father to seven days in prison on charges of forcing his underage daughter into marriage. Rafiqul Islam was given the punishment on Saturday for forcing his sev...

Body of housewife found in Bhola

Body of housewife found in Bhola

-- 2019-09-14 20:35:21

Police on Friday recovered body of a housewife from her house in Taltoli area of Daulatkhan upazila in Bhola district. The deceased was identified as Nusrat Jahan Mim, 20, wife of Md Monir of Taltoli...

Farmer electrocuted in Lalmonirhat

Farmer electrocuted in Lalmonirhat

-- 2019-09-14 17:28:46

A farmer died after being electrocuted at Vadai Nichpara under Aditmari upazila in Lalmonirhat on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Ukil Chandra, 46, hailed from the village. Police said Ukil...

Khulna bypass road remains unrepaired for last 10 years

Khulna bypass road remains unrepaired for last 10 years

UNB 2019-09-14 16:20:41

About 3. 5 kilometres of Khulna bypass road constructed in 2008 have become terrible for the movement of vehicles as it remains unrepaired for the last 10 years. The road, constructed by Khulna Devel...

Mobarakganj Sugar Mill suffers heavy losses

Mobarakganj Sugar Mill suffers heavy losses

Our Correspondent 2019-09-12 21:36:08

JHENIDAH, Sept 12:  The Mobarakganj Sugar Mill Limited suffers heavy losses every year due to inadequate supply of sugarcane. According to sources, sugarcane cultivation in the district is decre...

Malta cultivation expands across northern districts

Malta cultivation expands across northern districts

Roving Correspondent 2019-09-12 21:34:26

JOYPURHAT, Sept 12: Malta farming has been gaining momentum across the Barind area over the last few years as it requires less investment but generates good profit. The farmers have started achieving...

Yellow sugarcane cultivation turns profitable in Magura

Yellow sugarcane cultivation turns profitable in Magura

Our Correspondent 2019-09-11 22:25:38

MAGURA, Sept 11: Yellow sugarcane cultivation is turning wheel of fortune wheel for the farmers at Ghasiara village under Sreepur upazila in the district. More than 100 farmers in the area are growin...

Rohingya child drowns in Cox’s Bazar

Rohingya child drowns in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2019-09-11 11:38:23

A Rohingya boy drowned while taking a bath in Labaner Math in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday night. The deceased, Irfan Ali, 11, son of Aman Ullah, resided at Nayapara camp for the fo...

Misappropriating seeds: four BADC officials suspended

Misappropriating seeds: four BADC officials suspended

-- 2019-09-10 20:42:58

Four senior officials of Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) in Jhenaidah and Jashore were suspended on Tuesday for misappropriating seeds, reports UNB. They are - Amin Ullah, depu...

8th grader saved from child marriage

8th grader saved from child marriage

-- 2019-09-10 19:56:22

A mobile court foiled an early marriage bid in Charbania village in Sadar upazila of Sirajganj district on Monday night, reports UNB. The victim, an eighth grader at a local school, is only 13-year-o...

Warning signal for ports withdrawn

Warning signal for ports withdrawn

-- 2019-09-10 19:34:04

  The Met Office on Tuesday withdrew warning signals for maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra as the weather improved, reports UNB. In a special bulletin, the Met o...

14 Rohingyas detained in Ctg

14 Rohingyas detained in Ctg

-- 2019-09-10 17:35:25

Fourteen Rohingya men, who fled from refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, were detained from Lohagara Upazila of Chattogram district on early Tuesday, reports UNB. Md Syful Islam, officer-in-charge of...

Bagerhat road crash kill three   

Bagerhat road crash kill three  

-- 2019-09-10 16:17:23

Three people were killed as a stone-laden truck hit a stationary truck at Bottola  in Rampal upazila of Bagerhat district Tuesday noon, reports UNB. One of the deceases was identified as truck...

Heavy rainfall likely in three divisions

Heavy rainfall likely in three divisions

-- 2019-09-10 15:26:04

Due to active monsoon heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely at places over Chattogram, Khulna and Barisal divisions during the next 24 hrs commencing 01:00 pm on Tuesday, reports UNB. Due to very he...

Cox’s Bazar landslide kills two children

Cox’s Bazar landslide kills two children

-- 2019-09-10 11:42:42

Two children were killed and six other people injured in a landslide triggered by heavy rain in Teknaf municipality area in Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as M...

Jamuna erosion damages 125-km dam  in Gaibandha, Bogura, Sirajganj

Jamuna erosion damages 125-km dam in Gaibandha, Bogura, Sirajganj

Roving Correspondent 2019-09-09 21:22:57

SIRAJGANJ, Sept 09: Due to recent erosion by the Jamuna river, over 125- km long village and town protection embankment in Gaibandha, Bogura and Sirajganj district has been damaged, causing serious pr...

Drought-like situation in Rangpur region hampers Aman, veg cultivation

Drought-like situation in Rangpur region hampers Aman, veg cultivation

Our Correspondent 2019-09-09 21:22:06

RANGPUR, Sept 09: Cultivation of Aman paddy and different varieties of vegetables is seriously being hindered in Rangpur agriculture region this year as a drought like situation has been prevailing in...

Work on development projects in SCC going on at a snail’s pace

Work on development projects in SCC going on at a snail’s pace

Our Correspondent 2019-09-09 21:21:11

SYLHET, Sept 09: Some large development schemes have been going on in the Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) area for the last several months. These include road widening, recovering canals and drains, de...

Mymensingh road mishap kills two

Mymensingh road mishap kills two

-- 2019-09-09 12:05:25

Two people were killed being hit by a truck in Bagar Bazar Signboard area in Trishal upazila of Mymensingh on Monday. The deceased were identified as Fazlu Mia, 50 and Alauddin Mia, 70 of Narayanpur...

Behula Lakshindar’s Bride Chamber in Bogura still enchants visitors

Behula Lakshindar’s Bride Chamber in Bogura still enchants visitors

EMDADUL HAQUE 2019-09-09 00:00:00

BOGURA, Sept 08: Behula Lakshindar's Bride Chamber or Gokul Medh at the village Gokul, 11 kilometres off Bogura town, still appears to be an archeological site of great importance to the visitors, wit...

Housemaid ‘kills self’ in Magura

Housemaid ‘kills self’ in Magura

-- 2019-09-08 12:01:13

A female housemaid allegedly killed herself at Moghi village in Magura Sadar upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Sumaiya Khatun Rachana, 14, daughter of Billal Molla of Bashudev...

Schools remain inundated for months every year

Schools remain inundated for months every year

Iqbal Siddiquee 2019-09-05 21:22:52

SYLHET, Sept 05: Students of at least 150 schools in Sunamganj suffer extremely every monsoon for the inundation problem. It happened this year too affecting the academic activities and causing much...

Rodents damage Aus crops  at Mohanpur upazila

Rodents damage Aus crops at Mohanpur upazila

Our Correspondent 2019-09-05 21:21:45

RAJSHAHI, Sept 05: Attack of rodents at Aus paddy fields under Mohanpur upazila is causing widespread crop damage. According to sources, Aus paddy will ripen within a couple of weeks. Due to favoura...

Off-season bean growers happy with mkt price

Off-season bean growers happy with mkt price

Roving Correspondent 2019-09-05 21:20:40

PABNA, Sept 05: Off-season bean cultivators in Ishwardi upazila of the district are happy over the present market price. They are making a good profit from the produce this season. Each kg of bean is...

BSF shoots Bangladeshi to death

BSF shoots Bangladeshi to death

-- 2019-09-05 17:37:15

A Bangladeshi man was shot dead by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Rajapur border at Jibannagar Upazila in Chuadanga early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Najim Uddin, 35...