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Mob beats ‘mentally retarded’ killer to death in Cumilla

Mob beats ‘mentally retarded’ killer to death in Cumilla

-- 2019-07-10 13:26:34

Three people, including a woman and her 12-year-old boy, were stabbed to death allegedly by a 'mentally retarded' man who was subsequently beaten to death by local people at Radhanagar in Debidwar upa...

Farmers busy cultivating T-Aman Paddy in Sylhet

Farmers busy cultivating T-Aman Paddy in Sylhet

Our Correspondent 2019-07-10 00:00:00

SYLHET, July 09: Farmers in Sylhet division have been engaged in the cultivation of T-Aman paddy in a bid to achieve highest yield, officials and a number of farmers said. Seedbeds have already been...

Physician found dead in Sylhet

Physician found dead in Sylhet

-- 2019-07-09 13:25:46

A physician was found dead at his residence in Baghbari area of Sylhet on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Dr Habib Ullah Khan, an assistant professor of Paediatric Surgery department of...

Bagerhat road accident leaves two dead

Bagerhat road accident leaves two dead

-- 2019-07-08 18:00:08

An easy-bike driver and a cyclist were killed after being hit by a truck on Khulna-Mawa highway at Bishwa Road intersection in Fakirhat upazila in Bagerhat on Monday. The deceased were identified as...

Youth dies in Narayanganj road crash

Youth dies in Narayanganj road crash

-- 2019-07-08 11:11:08

A youth was killed as a bus hit a motorbike at Signboard on Dhaka-Narayanganj road in Narayanganj on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Noor Mohammad Russel, 20, son of Gias Uddin of Siddhi...

Brinjal, the winter vegetable -- can now be grown in rainy season thru new method

Brinjal, the winter vegetable -- can now be grown in rainy season thru new method

Our Correspondent 2019-07-08 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, July 07: Farmers in Godagari upazila of the district are growing brinjal by covering the soil with polythene sheets with a view to saving the plants from being damaged by rain water. Brinja...

Jamuna erosion renders more than 500 families homeless in Sariakandi

Jamuna erosion renders more than 500 families homeless in Sariakandi

Our Correspondent 2019-07-07 21:24:45

BOGURA, July 07: More than 500 families of Manik Dair and Pakiria area under Sariakandi upazila of the district have been rendered homeless by the erosion of the river Jamuna within a week. Another 3...

Families in Ctg hill being evacuated fearing landslides

Families in Ctg hill being evacuated fearing landslides

-- 2019-07-07 17:55:37

Over 50 families have been evacuated from Jalalbad hill in Chattogram on Sunday fearing landslides due to rain for the last couple of days. The local administration started asking people through loud...

Bumper jute output in Magura, Rangpur region likely

Bumper jute output in Magura, Rangpur region likely

-- 2019-07-06 20:56:05

Our CorrespondentsMAGURA, July 06: Recent rainfall has come as a boon for the jute growers in the district.A good number of jute growers said a drought-like situation was prevailing in the district fo...

Mango prices go up as season of the fruit  nearing an end

Mango prices go up as season of the fruit nearing an end

-- 2019-07-06 20:55:02

Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, July 06: At the end of Bangla month 'Ashar', there is an abundant supply of mango in the markets of the district. The supply of quality mangoes including Fazli, Langra and A...

Two accused in Barguna murder case remanded

Two accused in Barguna murder case remanded

-- 2019-07-06 20:32:11

A Barguna court on Saturday placed two accused in the Rifat Sharif killing case on a five-day remand for interrogation over the gruesome murder. Those remanded are Tiktak Hridoy and Rafiul Islam Rabb...

Two killed in Sirajganj road accident

Two killed in Sirajganj road accident

-- 2019-07-06 16:36:22

Two people were killed and three other injured as a mini truck hit another one in Kashemmor area in Kamarkhand upazila of Sirajganj district on Saturday morning. The identities of the deceased couldn...

College teacher killed in Satkhira road crash

College teacher killed in Satkhira road crash

-- 2019-07-06 16:32:10

A college teacher was killed after being run over by a truck in Patkelghata on Satkhira-Khulna Highway on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Jahanara Khatun, 38, wife of Shahadat Hossai...

Traffic police dies in city road accident

Traffic police dies in city road accident

-- 2019-07-06 10:34:36

A traffic police was killed as a truck hit him at Jatrabari intersection in the city on early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Assistant Sub-inspector Mohammad Khairul, 32. Dhaka Medical Col...

BGB seizes 10 firearms, ammo in Chapainawabganj

BGB seizes 10 firearms, ammo in Chapainawabganj

-- 2019-07-05 13:48:09

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel recovered ten firearms and 36 bullets from Bakherali bordering area in Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila on Friday, reports UNB. Tipped off, a team of BGB-53 condu...

Man ‘sets himself afire’ after quarrel with wife

Man ‘sets himself afire’ after quarrel with wife

-- 2019-07-05 13:43:33

A man has suffered burn injuries as he allegedly set himself on fire by pouring kerosene following an altercation with his wife at Falmondi in Chattogram city. The victim was identified as Abul Kashe...

Young girl ‘commits’ suicide in Sylhet

Young girl ‘commits’ suicide in Sylhet

-- 2019-07-05 13:34:40

A teenage girl has committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her house at Baurbhag Dakkhin Kucharai village in Jointapur upazila of Sylhet district. The deceased was identified as Kris...

Woman dies from electrocution while charging cellphone

Woman dies from electrocution while charging cellphone

-- 2019-07-05 13:31:04

Mother-of-two Mabia Khatun, 35, has been electrocuted while talking to her son over mobile phone while charging it in Kushtia district today. The woman died while talking to her son Mamun on Thursday...

Two die in Gazipur road mishap

Two die in Gazipur road mishap

-- 2019-07-04 12:06:53

Two people were killed and two others injured when a truck hit a human hauler on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Rangila Bazar in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur in the early hours of Thursday. The identities...

BINA sesame popular among growers  for high yield

BINA sesame popular among growers for high yield

Our Correspondent 2019-07-03 21:03:19

Cultivation of BINA Til-2 is gaining popularity among the farmers of Sadar and Kasiani upazilas in the districts as they find it more profitable. Enjil Sheikh, a farmer of Boiltali village in Boiltal...

Savar wall collapse kills toddler

Savar wall collapse kills toddler

-- 2019-07-03 13:51:05

A toddler was killed and four others were injured in a wall collapse at Kathgara in Ashulia in Savar on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Tasim Hossain, the one and a half year old son of Naz...

Natore fire victims die at DMCH

Natore fire victims die at DMCH

-- 2019-07-03 10:59:09

Two female students, who suffered severe burns in a fire at Borogaccha of Natore district town on June 27, died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital on Tuesday. They were identified as Shamima and S...

Stick spinach farming changing fortune of many farmers  in Magura district

Stick spinach farming changing fortune of many farmers in Magura district

Our Correspondent 2019-07-02 20:54:12

MAGURA, July 02: Stick spinach (data shak) cultivation is turning fortune wheel of many grassroots farmers in the district. Some farmers said stick spinach farming is easy. It does not require huge s...

RCC launches smart auto-rickshaw management system

RCC launches smart auto-rickshaw management system

-- 2019-07-02 16:48:22

Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has launched smart auto-rickshaw management system for the first time in the country to reduce traffic congestion on the city area. RCC Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton in...

Repair work of flood control  structures going on in Sylhet

Repair work of flood control structures going on in Sylhet

Our Correspondent 2019-07-01 21:08:39

SYLHET, July 01: Emergency protection and reconstruction works on the flood control embankments and structures in different districts of Sylhet division are going on. The Water Development Board (WDB...

Road crash on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway kills three

Road crash on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway kills three

-- 2019-07-01 10:13:44

Three people were killed in an accident on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Habirbari in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh early Monday. The identities of the deceased could not be known yet, reports a news a...

50,000 people in three upazilas in  trouble for risky bamboo bridge

50,000 people in three upazilas in trouble for risky bamboo bridge

-- 2019-06-30 21:48:32

FENI, June 30 (UNB): About 50,000 people of three upazilas in the district have to use a bamboo bridge over the Choto Feni river at Dakshin Koikhali village under Daganbhuiyan upazila, putting their l...

Mother, son die in Gopalganj road mishap

Mother, son die in Gopalganj road mishap

-- 2019-06-29 11:05:02

A woman and her son were killed as a bus ran over them in Gerakhola area on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Muksudpur upazila of Gopalganj on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as Shawon, 30 and...

12,170 families getting solar systems in Rangpur

12,170 families getting solar systems in Rangpur

-- 2019-06-28 18:59:20

The government is distributing solar systems among 12,170 families living at char villages in Gangachara upazila under Rangpur district. Project Director of the ‘Renewable Energy Development in...

Lightning strikes kill  five in Satkhira

Lightning strikes kill five in Satkhira

-- 2019-06-28 14:31:50

Five people, including three members of a family, were killed by lightning strikes in Kaliganj and Ashashuni upazilas of Satkhira district on Friday. In Kaliganj upazila, a thunderbolt struck three m...