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Head-on collision claims three lives in Bogura

Head-on collision claims three lives in Bogura

-- 2019-09-05 10:37:52

Three people were killed and two others injured in a road accident in Sherpur upazila of Bogura district on Thursday morning. Police said the head-on collision between two trucks took place on the Dh...

Erosion by Jamuna river takes serious turn at Dhunat

Erosion by Jamuna river takes serious turn at Dhunat

Roving Correspondent 2019-09-04 22:00:54

BOGURA, Sept 04: Erosion by the Jamuna river has taken a serious turn at Kaigari-Baroitali point of Bhandarbari union under Dhunat upazila in the district. The Water Development Board (WDB) built the...

Red rot disease affects sugarcane plants in Raninagar upazila

Red rot disease affects sugarcane plants in Raninagar upazila

Our Correspondent 2019-09-04 21:59:40

NAOGAON, Sept 04: Peasants in Raninagar upazila of the district are worried over the pest attack on their sugarcane fields. As the result of the pest attack, the sugarcane plants are drying and dying...

T-Aman farmers in Sylhet division complete replanting of paddy seedlings

T-Aman farmers in Sylhet division complete replanting of paddy seedlings

Our Correspondent 2019-09-04 21:58:53

SYLHET, Sept 04: The flood-hit Aman farmers in Sylhet division, who had been badly affected by the recent flood, have almost completed their replanting of the Aman seedlings as the season is about to...

Jamalpur gets luxurious busses

Jamalpur gets luxurious busses

-- 2019-09-04 17:19:12

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation launched two new luxurious buses in Jamalpur on Wednesday. Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Enamul Haque inaugurated the bus service as the chief guest at his office...

Man found dead along Myanmar border

Man found dead along Myanmar border

-- 2019-09-04 13:50:12

The body of a man was recovered from Tambru along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban on Tuesday night. Police recovered the body lying 500 yards inside the zero poin...

Schoolboy commits suicide in Khulna

Schoolboy commits suicide in Khulna

-- 2019-09-04 11:58:10

A schoolboy reportedly took his own life by hanging himself at his house in Tajpur village of Phultala upazila of Khulna district on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Siam, 16, a...

Permanent suspension of vehicular  movement thru Keane Bridge likely

Permanent suspension of vehicular movement thru Keane Bridge likely

Our Correspondent 2019-09-03 22:33:54

SYLHET. Sept 03: Plying of all modes of vehicles through the Keane Bridge in Sylhet city has been kept suspended since the early hours of Sunday. However, pedestrians will use as usual the bridge, wh...

Century-old canal in Tangail town turns into a mosquito breeding centre

Century-old canal in Tangail town turns into a mosquito breeding centre

FE Desk Report 2019-09-03 22:33:00

The century-old canal in Tangail district town has turned into a mosquito breeding centre for lack of proper cleaning. The garbage-filled canal is the main outlet that connects all the drains in the...

Two RU employees vacate Boro Kuthi rooms, finally

Two RU employees vacate Boro Kuthi rooms, finally

Our Correspondent 2019-09-02 23:04:35

RAJSHAHI, Sept 02: Finally, two employees of Rajshahi University, who were in charge of overseeing the archaeological site 'Boro Kuthi', have vacated the rooms where they used to live with family memb...

High seedlings price in Bogura, Sirajganj fades  T-Aman farmers’ dreams

High seedlings price in Bogura, Sirajganj fades T-Aman farmers’ dreams

Roving Correspondent 2019-09-02 23:03:21

SIRAJGANJ, Sept 02: T-Aman seedbeds on over 600 hectare of land near Jamuna Bank in Bogura and Sirajganj districts have completely damaged in the recent flood. A good number of farmers said they did...

Rajshahi ‘Boro Kuthi’ turns into a community centre?

Rajshahi ‘Boro Kuthi’ turns into a community centre?

Monjuara Khatun 2019-09-01 21:51:23

RAJSHAHI, Sept 01: Dutch establishment 'Boro Kuthi', the ancient-most building of Rajshahi, is virtually turning into a community centre as local people are free to use the historical site for their p...

Brahmaputra devours over 100 homesteads in Kurigram 

Brahmaputra devours over 100 homesteads in Kurigram 

-- 2019-08-31 13:40:34

Over 100 homesteads at Hatiya union in Ulipur upazila of Kurigram have gone into the gorge of the Brahmaputra River in a week as the riverbank erosion has taken a serious turn with the recession of fl...

Schoolgirl ‘kills self’ after being stalked in Pirojpur

Schoolgirl ‘kills self’ after being stalked in Pirojpur

-- 2019-08-31 12:23:37

A schoolgirl allegedly committed suicide by taking sleeping pills after being stalked by a youth in Bhandaria upazila headquarters in Pirojpur on early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Ruksan...

Teenage boy dies in Satkhira road crash

Teenage boy dies in Satkhira road crash

-- 2019-08-30 15:04:10

A teenage boy was killed in a road accident at Isakur in Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Sadek Hossain, 18, son of Samsur Hazari of Parulgaccha villa...

BGB declares red alert along Rajshahi borders

BGB declares red alert along Rajshahi borders

Our Correspondent 2019-08-29 21:20:08

RAJSHAHI, Aug 29:  To avert smuggling of rawhide, the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has declared a red alert throughout the frontier of Rajshahi. According to sources, the wholesale rawhide trad...

Cassava grows well  in Lalmai hills

Cassava grows well in Lalmai hills

Our Correspondent 2019-08-29 21:19:08

CUMILLA, Aug 29: Cassava, also known as wood potato, is being cultivated in the Lalmai hills area of the district for many years. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources, s...

‘Syndicate’ controls jute market of Sirajganj

‘Syndicate’ controls jute market of Sirajganj

Roving Correspondent 2019-08-28 22:05:25

SIRAJGANJ, Aug 28: Jute growers in the district are worried over the present market price. A good number of growers said they got good price of their produce last year, but they are 'heartbroken' at...

Lack of road delays launch of  border haat at Dalfabazar

Lack of road delays launch of border haat at Dalfabazar

Our Correspondent 2019-08-27 21:18:23

SYLHET, Aug 27: Launching of a new border haat on Sunamganj district's Dalfabazar border would be delayed as the connecting road is yet to be ready, sources informed. Sources said, locals demanded im...

Bogura cultivators busy  growing early winter  vegetables

Bogura cultivators busy growing early winter vegetables

Our Correspondent 2019-08-27 21:17:28

BOGURA, Aug 27: Many farmers in the district are passing busy time growing early winter vegetables. Early winter cabbage, bean, carrot, cauliflower, spinach, red spinach, water spinach, Malaber spina...

Riverbank erosion makes 100 families homeless

Riverbank erosion makes 100 families homeless

BSS 2019-08-27 19:34:36

With huge losses of standing crops, riverbank erosion of the Padma River made 100 families homeless in the Harirampur Upazila of Manikganj district this year. Officials of local administration said h...

Bodies of two missing minors recovered from Habiganj pond

Bodies of two missing minors recovered from Habiganj pond

-- 2019-08-27 11:59:09

The floating bodies of two minor cousins were recovered from a pond at Ballavpur village in Baniachang upazila of Habiganj on Tuesday morning, 12 hours after they went missing. The deceased were iden...

Four kids drown in Magura

Four kids drown in Magura

-- 2019-08-27 10:34:56

At least four children drowned in Sadar and Sreepur upazilas of Magura district on Monday. Akayeed, 2, son of Enamul Haque of Gangnia village in Sadar upazila, met the watery burial in a pond near th...

Recent flood damages roads, bridges, culverts worth Tk 650m in Bogura

Recent flood damages roads, bridges, culverts worth Tk 650m in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2019-08-26 22:01:49

BOGURA, Aug 26: Some 115 major roads in the district have severely been damaged by the recent flood, causing untold sufferings to the locals. Sources at the Local Government Engineering Department (L...

Overall dengue situation improves in dists

Overall dengue situation improves in dists

Our Correspondent 2019-08-26 22:00:22

RAJSHAHI, Aug 26:  Officials of the Department of Health have started collecting samples of Aedes mosquito larvae for the second time in Rajshahi. Dr Gopendranath Acharya, director of Department...

Wax gourd brings good profit to Gopalganj growers

Wax gourd brings good profit to Gopalganj growers

Our Correspondent 2019-08-26 21:58:53

GOPALGANJ, Aug 26: A good number of peasants in the remote villages under Gopalganj Sadar upazila have been making a good profit by cultivating wax gourd. They are satisfied over the present market p...

Electrocution kills minor boy in Magura

Electrocution kills minor boy in Magura

-- 2019-08-26 11:40:35

A seven-year-old boy was electrocuted at Dighi village in Shalikha upazila of Magura district on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Abu Huraira, 7, son of Badsha Mia of the area, reports...

Number of dengue patients up  in some northern districts

Number of dengue patients up in some northern districts

Our Correspondents 2019-08-25 21:36:50

BOGURA, Aug 25: The number of dengue patients is increasing in some districts of northern region. Civil Surgeon Dr Gosul Azim Chowdhury of Bogura district said some 14 patients have been infected her...

Infant dies of dengue fever in Mymensingh

Infant dies of dengue fever in Mymensingh

-- 2019-08-24 18:47:14

A five-month old baby has died of dengue fever in Mymensingh amid a massive outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease across Bangladesh, reports bdnews24.com. The infant, Zarif Hossain, passed away duri...

Army sergeant killed in Bogura road crash

Army sergeant killed in Bogura road crash

-- 2019-08-24 18:38:08

An army sergeant was killed and six others injured after a passenger bus overturned at Rahobol on Rangpur-Bogura Highway in Shibganj upazila of Bogura district on Saturday. The deceased was identifie...