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Lightning strike in Satkhira kills farmer

Lightning strike in Satkhira kills farmer

-- 2019-08-24 11:57:37

A farmer was killed and another injured in a lightning strike at Jalalabad village in Kalaroa upazila of Satkhira district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Delwar Hossain, 30, son of Duk...

Floating Aman seedbeds  gain popularity among  peasants in Rangpur

Floating Aman seedbeds gain popularity among peasants in Rangpur

Our Correspondent 2019-08-22 22:25:38

RANGPUR, Aug 22: Floating Aman seedbeds are gaining popularity among the peasants of different areas under Kawnia upazila in the district. With the assistance of agriculture officials a good of farme...

Lightning claims nine lives in four districts

Lightning claims nine lives in four districts

-- 2019-08-22 21:52:19

Nine people,  including a couple, were killed in lightning strikes in Faridpur, Manikganj, Magura and Bogura districts on Thursday. In Faridpur, four people were killed being hit by lightning st...

Murder suspect killed in Mymensingh ‘gunfight’

Murder suspect killed in Mymensingh ‘gunfight’

-- 2019-08-22 16:18:26

The main suspect in the murder of an auto-rickshaw driver has been killed in a so-called shootout with detective police in Mymensingh’s Gafargaon, reports bdnews24.com.  The incident took...

Two Rohingyas die in BGB anti-drug drive

Two Rohingyas die in BGB anti-drug drive

-- 2019-08-22 16:16:03

Two Rohingyas have died in a so-called shootout with Border Guard Bangladesh, or BGB, in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf, reports bdnews24.com.  The incident took place in the Hoikong area adjo...

Newly-wed couple found dead

Newly-wed couple found dead

-- 2019-08-21 11:42:33

A newly-wed couple apparently took their own lives at Raghobdair village in Magura sadar upazila on Tuesday night, barely three weeks after tying the knot. The deceased were identified as Nirab Biswa...

Cumilla road accident claims lives of two

Cumilla road accident claims lives of two

-- 2019-08-20 12:43:17

Two people were killed and three others injured in a road accident at Kursap on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Debidwar Upazila of Cumilla district on Tuesday morning. Inspector Monirul Islam, in-charge...

Hospitals, health complexes  face shortage of dengue kits

Hospitals, health complexes face shortage of dengue kits

Our Correspondents 2019-08-20 00:00:00

SIRAJGANJ, Aug 19: With the rise in the number of dengue patients across the districts of Rajshahi division, Sadar hospitals and upazila health complexes are facing acute crisis of dengue kits. Civil...

Youth electrocuted in Rajshahi

Youth electrocuted in Rajshahi

-- 2019-08-19 17:02:06

A youth was electrocuted in a shop at Godagari upazila in Rajshahi on Sunday evening. The deceased was identified as Jashim, 18, son of Hazrat Ali of Mohammadpur Joibattola village in the area. He pa...

Bridge collapses only three months after construction

Bridge collapses only three months after construction

-- 2019-08-18 16:23:45

A 40-foot bridge constructed at a cost of Tk 3.1 million has collapsed in only three months, causing extreme suffering to commuters. The bridge was constructed over the Abashongami canal at Purba Dho...

City road crash kills one

City road crash kills one

-- 2019-08-18 13:52:04

A man was killed in a road accident at Uttar Badda in the capital on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Shahidul Islam, 45, son of late Saidul Islam of Charikumarpara in Kamalkanda upazila of Net...

Minor boy killed over land dispute

Minor boy killed over land dispute

-- 2019-08-17 18:31:05

A two-year-old boy was slaughtered over a land dispute at Dalarkandi village of Austagram upazila in Kishoreganj on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Wasim, son of Abdul Wadud of the v...

Two die in Kishoreganj gunfight

Two die in Kishoreganj gunfight

-- 2019-08-14 19:35:06

A gunfight between two groups of local people at Shaympur village of Bajitpur upazila in Kishoreganj over establishing supremacy left two people dead and 20 others injured on Wednesday morning. The d...

Road crash leaves three dead in Bogura

Road crash leaves three dead in Bogura

-- 2019-08-14 18:00:36

Three people were killed and 15 others injured in a head-on collision between two passenger buses at Aria bazaar of Shajahanpur Upazila on Bogura-Dhaka highway on Wednesday. Police said Khairul Alam,...

BSF 'beats Bangladeshi to death'

BSF 'beats Bangladeshi to death'

-- 2019-08-14 17:35:23

A Bangladeshi man was allegedly beaten to death by members of India’s Border Security Force (BSF) along the Thakurpur border of Damurhuda upazila in Chuadanga on Wednesday morning. The deceased...

Land dispute leaves three dead in Mymensingh

Land dispute leaves three dead in Mymensingh

-- 2019-08-14 13:24:31

Three people were killed and two others injured in a clash over the ownership of a plot at Khathaldangi under Iswarganj upazila in Mymensingh on Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as Jah...

DMP commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia reappointed contractually

DMP commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia reappointed contractually

-- 2019-08-13 20:43:41

Asaduzzaman Miah, the outgoing DMP Commissioner, has been reappointed on contractual basis for the next thirty days, reports UNB. He will join the contractual job on Wednesday, said a press release i...

Amusement centres draw big crowds

Amusement centres draw big crowds

-- 2019-08-13 19:51:26

The amusement centres in the big cities such as Dhaka, Chattogram, Rajshahi and Khulna, became one of the main attractions for the families with kids during the vacation of Eid-ul-Azha. The recreatio...

11 injured in Tangail buffalo attack

11 injured in Tangail buffalo attack

-- 2019-08-13 19:47:31

Eleven people have been injured when a buffalo meant to be slaughtered for Eid-ul-Azha attacked them in Tangail, reports bdnews24.com.  The incident occurred in Jugihati village under Ghatail Up...

Two women die as boat capsizes in Jamuna

Two women die as boat capsizes in Jamuna

-- 2019-08-13 19:32:08

Two women died while five others remained missing after a boat capsized in the Jamuna river in Sariakandi Upazila of Bogura district on Tuesday, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Amena Beg...

Govt to allow rawhide export to ensure fair price

Govt to allow rawhide export to ensure fair price

-- 2019-08-13 19:14:57

The government has decided to allow export of rawhide in order to ensure fair price, says a bdnews24.com report. The commerce ministry called for the traders’ help to ensure that rawhide is tra...

Eight killed in separate road accidents in Rangpur, Dinajpur

Eight killed in separate road accidents in Rangpur, Dinajpur

-- 2019-08-13 19:10:35

Eight people were killed and five others injured in separate road accidents at different places in Rangpur and Dinajpur districts on Monday night and Tuesday, police said. In Rangpur, one rickshaw-va...

DMP puts ban on drone flying in Dhaka city

DMP puts ban on drone flying in Dhaka city

-- 2019-08-13 18:02:00

Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Tuesday puts ban on flying of unauthorised drone in the city to maintain public safety, reports UNB. A press release said flying drone without permission from the authori...

Number of new dengue cases declining: Health minister   

Number of new dengue cases declining: Health minister  

-- 2019-08-13 17:28:29

The number of new patients hospitalised with dengue is declining because the people are becoming more aware about the disease, Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque said Tuesday, reports...

1,200 news dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

1,200 news dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

-- 2019-08-13 17:22:47

At least 1,200 new dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country in 24 hours until Tuesday morning, reports UNB. Since January, 44,471 people were hospitalised with dengue, according...

Three more die of dengue as outbreak rages across Bangladesh

Three more die of dengue as outbreak rages across Bangladesh

-- 2019-08-13 15:51:44

Three people have died from Dengue in Dhaka and Khulna amid the Eid holidays as the mosquito-borne disease continues to wreak havoc across Bangladesh, reports bdnews24.com. On Tuesday morning, a five...

Housewife ‘killed for dowry’ in Satkhira

Housewife ‘killed for dowry’ in Satkhira

-- 2019-08-13 14:52:57

A housewife was allegedly killed by her husband for dowry at Sultanpur Palpara in the town on early Tuesday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Dipika Hazra, wife of Animesh Pal in the area....

Bhutanese PM greets Hasina, Bangladeshis on Eid

Bhutanese PM greets Hasina, Bangladeshis on Eid

-- 2019-08-13 13:36:29

Bhutanese Prime Minister (PM) Lotay Tshering on Tuesday called his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina and extended Eid greetings to her and the people of Bangladesh, reports UNB. “Lotay Tshe...

Maritime ports hoist warning signal 3

Maritime ports hoist warning signal 3

-- 2019-08-13 13:04:31

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has advised maritime ports to raise Local Cautionary Signal No. 3 due to a low over the northern Bay of Bengal. According to Tuesday’s forecast, light t...

Launch, speed boat services suspended at Mawa, Kathalbari

Launch, speed boat services suspended at Mawa, Kathalbari

-- 2019-08-13 12:40:53

Munshiganj (UNB) – Rough weather forced suspension of launch and speed boat services on the Mawa-Kathalbari route on Tuesday morning. Md Aminul Islam, in-charge of Mawa River Police camp, said...