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Coast Guard members seize jatka in Chandpur

Coast Guard members seize jatka in Chandpur

-- 2017-12-04 04:57:28

Members of Coast Guard Bangladesh in a drive seized 70 kilograms of jatka (hilsa fry less than 9 inches in length) from a launch in Meghna river in Chandpur on Monday. Lt Sinchon Ahmed, commander of...

Customs officials arrest three Indians with gold bars

Customs officials arrest three Indians with gold bars

-- 2017-12-04 04:46:48

Customs Intelligence officials arrested three Indian citizens along with 17 gold bars worth Tk 10 million from international check post of Benapole Port in Jessore on Monday. The arrestees were ident...

Ctg road crash kills vegetable traders

Ctg road crash kills vegetable traders

-- 2017-12-04 02:27:53

Two vegetable traders have been killed and two others injured after a Chittagong-bound vegetable-laden truck from Comilla, hit a stationed truck in Shitalpur area on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Sitaku...

Early tomato farmers making huge profits in Bogra

Early tomato farmers making huge profits in Bogra

Our correspondent 2017-12-03 12:53:55

Many farmers, who have taken up early cultivation of winter crops, especially tomato, are now counting huge profits in Bogra district. They already started harvesting the vegetable, which is now sell...

Gopalganj road crash death toll reaches 8

Gopalganj road crash death toll reaches 8

-- 2017-12-03 12:00:00

Another person,who was badly injured in a road accident at Sadar upazila of Gopalganj died on Saturday morning. The death toll raised from the incident to eight. The accident took place on Friday nig...

Green onion brings smile to farmers in Natore

Green onion brings smile to farmers in Natore

Roving Correspondent 2017-12-03 12:00:00

Green onions have brought smiles on the faces of hundreds of poor and marginal farmers this year as it is selling at a lucrative rate in Natore. They also made huge profits in last year. They cultiva...

NGO foundation day observed in Magura

NGO foundation day observed in Magura

-- 2017-12-03 12:00:00

Bangladesh NGO foundation day was observed in Magura on Saturday . A discussion was arranged jointly by Rova foundation , SWC and Palli Prokriti at Rova foundation training center.Magura deputy commi...

Clash kills ex-UP member in Habiganj clash

Clash kills ex-UP member in Habiganj clash

-- 2017-12-03 11:27:41

A former Union Parisad member was killed and 15 people were injured in a clash at Jashkesori village in Ajmiriganj upazila.The clash ensued over a disputed land on Saturday afternoon. Zillur Rahman C...

Rivals torch 14 houses in Madaripur

Rivals torch 14 houses in Madaripur

-- 2017-12-03 08:55:20

At least 14 houses were torched in sporadic clashes between two groups of villagers over establishing supremacy at Lakshmiganj area in Madaripur. Witnesses said two groups of people led by a ward cou...

Muggers hack Gas station worker, rob in Gazipur

Muggers hack Gas station worker, rob in Gazipur

-- 2017-12-03 03:13:45

Muggers have robbed a gas station worker of Tk 1 million after stabbing him in a drive-by attack in Gazipur. The victim, Niamat Ali, 35, works as a manager at the Hazi Mofizuddin CNG Filling Station...

RCC development works going on at a snail's pace

RCC development works going on at a snail's pace

-- 2017-12-03 01:22:22

Development works under Rajshahi City Corporation are going on at a snail's pace as RCC authorities have failed to repay TK 200 million arrears bills to 60contractors. RCC authorities have taken up t...

Gopalganj road crash kills 7

Gopalganj road crash kills 7

-- 2017-12-02 12:53:57

Seven people, including a minor, were killed and 20 others injured in a road accident. The accident took place when a bus rammed a truck in Betgram area on Dhaka-Khulna Highway in Sadar upazila on Fr...

Land dispute kills mother, 2 kids in Kishoreganj

Land dispute kills mother, 2 kids in Kishoreganj

-- 2017-12-02 12:09:45

A woman and her two children were hacked to death and her husband was seriously injured over land related dispute in Pakundia upazila of Kishoreganj on Saturday morning. The deceased were wife of Mos...

Shantu Larma warns of unrest in the hills

Shantu Larma warns of unrest in the hills

-- 2017-12-02 11:54:08

Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma, popularly known as Shantu Larma, has warned the Bangladesh government that the hill regions will be engulfed in unrest unless it fully honours the 1997 Chittagong Hill Tr...

Pabna road mishap takes lives of two

Pabna road mishap takes lives of two

-- 2017-12-02 07:42:46

Two people, including a woman, were killed and four others injured when a truck hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Nurpur area on Pabna-Gachhpara road in Sadar upazila on Saturday. The deceased have been...

‘Neighbor’ stabs man dead in Ctg

‘Neighbor’ stabs man dead in Ctg

-- 2017-12-02 04:32:57

A young man was stabbed to death over a previous enmity at Jhaldi in Banshkhali upazila. The deceased was Didarul Alam, 28, son of Najir Ahmed of the village. Abdul Malek, a neighbour of Didarul, ha...

3,500 hectares of land under bean production in Narsingdi district

3,500 hectares of land under bean production in Narsingdi district

-- 2017-12-01 12:41:17

NARSINGDI, Nov 30 (UNB): Bean cultivation has been gaining popularity in the district after a large number of farmers have involved themselves in bean farming considering good profit in low investment...

Malta cultivation expands in Gopalganj

Malta cultivation expands in Gopalganj

Our Correspondent 2017-12-01 12:40:37

GOPALGANJ, Nov 30: Malta cultivation has recently started on commercial basis in Chandradighalia village under Gopalganj Sadar. Mafizur Rahman, a grower of the village, has started farming BARI-1 m...

Aromatic rice farming going on in full swing

Aromatic rice farming going on in full swing

Our correspondent 2017-12-01 12:00:00

Aromatic rice cultivators of Rangpur district are in joyous mood as they have been witnessing a congenial weather condition this year. They are optimistic about attaining a plentiful yield of the prod...

Police rescue missing Natore priest

Police rescue missing Natore priest

-- 2017-12-01 12:00:00

Police have rescued priest and school teacher Father Walter William Rozario from Kadamtoly Bus Terminal in Sylhet, five days after he went missing from Natore. "Father Walter William Rozario, who wen...

GPBS brings 3 50 families under power network in Muksudpur

GPBS brings 3 50 families under power network in Muksudpur

-- 2017-12-01 05:04:29

Gopalganj Palli Bidyut Samity has brought three hundred and fifty families from Krishnapur and Gopalpur villages under electrification network on Friday. A function was held in Gopalpur School field...

Cops arrest Jamaat leader with gunpowder in C’nawabganj

Cops arrest Jamaat leader with gunpowder in C’nawabganj

-- 2017-12-01 03:47:09

Police arrested a leader of Jamaat-e-Islami along with 500 gram gunpowder at Benipur village in Nachole upazila early Friday. The arrestee is Rafiqul Islam, 48, assistant secretary of Nachole Upazila...

Villagers catch Meso tiger in Jessore

Villagers catch Meso tiger in Jessore

-- 2017-12-01 03:39:51

Village people caught a Meso tiger at Tengrali village in Sharsha upazila of the district on Thursday evening. Local people said a group of 10-12 people saw the Meso tiger in a paddy field of the vil...

Dhaka's rail links with north, south back on track

Dhaka's rail links with north, south back on track

-- 2017-12-01 01:33:53

Dhaka's train communications with northern and southern districts have resumed five hours after a freight train derailed in Pabna. Around 6am on Friday, two carriages of the train went off the tracks...

Rail communication with Sylhet resumes

Rail communication with Sylhet resumes

-- 2017-11-30 12:00:00

Train communications of Sylhet with Dhaka and Chittagong were restored after two hours of suspension following derailment of a train near to Bhatera Railway Station in Kulaura upazila on Thursday morn...

Dairy farming, a fortune maker for many in Joypurhat

Dairy farming, a fortune maker for many in Joypurhat

Roving Correspondent 2017-11-30 12:00:00

More than 500 ultra-poor dairy farm owners have become self-reliant in Joypurhat district in recent years. Once in extreme poverty, they are now leading a life of dignity where they no longer have to...

‘Gunfight’ leaves ‘criminal’ dead in Ctg

‘Gunfight’ leaves ‘criminal’ dead in Ctg

-- 2017-11-30 10:47:08

Mohim Uddin alias Mohin, 36, a listed criminal was killed in an alleged gunfight between his cohorts and the members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in port city's Panchlaish area on early Thursday....

Road crash: Mother, daughter among 3 die

Road crash: Mother, daughter among 3 die

-- 2017-11-30 09:10:45

Three people, including a woman and her daughter, were killed in a road accident on Sherpur-Dhunot road in Bogra on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Mitu Begum, 30, wife of Mizanur Rahman of...

College student dies in Noakhali road crash

College student dies in Noakhali road crash

FE Online Desk 2017-11-30 01:31:50

Anisa Anan, 17, a student of Noakhali Government Women College, has been killed and another sustained injuries when the battery-run easy bike in which they were travelling,  collided head on with...

Sreepur Zamindar Bari, an archeological asset, on the verge of ruination

Sreepur Zamindar Bari, an archeological asset, on the verge of ruination

Our Correspondent 2017-11-30 01:02:05

MAGURA, Nov 28: Archeological asset Sreepur Zamindar Bari is now on the verge of ruination for the lack of proper maintenance. History tells during the regime of Baro Bhuiyan Pratapaditya was the kin...