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Two killed in Bogura road crash

Two killed in Bogura road crash

-- 2021-09-17 19:23:59

Two people were killed and four others were injured as a bus collided with a battery-run autorickshaw at the Jhopgari area on the Dhaka-Rangpur highway as it crosses Bogura early Friday. The deceased...

0.32m Moderna, Synoform vaccines reach Chattogram

0.32m Moderna, Synoform vaccines reach Chattogram

-- 2021-09-17 17:59:23

A total of 0.32 million (325,120) doses of Coronavirus vaccines of Synoform and Moderna were reached in Chattogram on Friday. Divisional health director Dr Hasan Shahriar Kabir and Chattogram Civil S...

Good yield, good price delight pineapple growers

Good yield, good price delight pineapple growers

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-09-15 10:03:35

TANGAIL, Sept 14: Pineapple growers in the district are happy with the juicy fruit's satisfactory production and prices this season. The consumers, however, expressed their expectation of getting ba...

Rolling sand turns farmland fallow

Rolling sand turns farmland fallow

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-09-15 09:56:11

SYLHET, Sept 14: Anjana's dwelling house was washed away in just few hours as rolling waters and stones from upper-riparian deluged their frontier hamlet. She is among members of about 20 families at...

Villagers try to protect rural road from erosion

Villagers try to protect rural road from erosion

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-09-14 09:27:37

The inhabitants of two villages have been trying to protect a rural road from the Kushiyara river erosion as the authorities concerned failed to take measures to save one of their important roads in S...

Illegal fishing: 16 fishermen held in Sundarbans

Illegal fishing: 16 fishermen held in Sundarbans

-- 2021-09-13 19:13:12

The Forest Department in a drive on Sunday night detained 16 fishermen along with a trawler for unauthorized entry into the Sundarbans under Satkhira range and fishing there. Mohammad Sultan Ahmed, i...

Tourists now flock to Netrakona

Tourists now flock to Netrakona

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-09-13 09:00:25

Like caged birds freed after a long time, people began flocking to Netrakona to enjoy a panoramic view of haors and hills, ranging across the frontier, now that prolonged lockdowns are lifted. Home-s...

Passenger bus crashes into ditch, four die in Magura

Passenger bus crashes into ditch, four die in Magura

-- 2021-09-12 18:45:45

Four people have died after a passenger bus crashed into a ditch in Magura’s Shalikha Upazila. The accident occurred around 3:15 pm on the Magura-Jashore Road in the Ramkantapur area on Sunday,...

Action against illegal fishing at Tanguar Haor demanded

Action against illegal fishing at Tanguar Haor demanded

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-09-12 10:22:29

Illegal fishing in the renowned Tanguar Haor, an internationally recognised ecological site, has been going on by groups using various illegal fishing nets, local sources said. They use different typ...

Farmers expect bumper ginger production in Rangpur region

Farmers expect bumper ginger production in Rangpur region

-- 2021-09-11 20:54:16

Farmers are eying bumper production of ginger cultivated during the Kharif-1 season as harvest of the spicy crop continues in Rangpur agriculture region this year. Officials of the Department of Agri...

Guardians worry over reopening of schools sans vaccination

Guardians worry over reopening of schools sans vaccination

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-09-11 09:13:31

The guardians in Chattogram have expressed concern over the reopening of schools from September 12 without vaccination of the students. Even though many college and university students have been va...

Bamboo-made bridge over Chikli river collapses

Bamboo-made bridge over Chikli river collapses

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-09-10 11:23:28

Over 25,000 people, including traders, have been suffering due to the collapse of a bamboo bridge over the Chikli river under Taraganj upazila in Rangpur. As a result, the commuters have to travel an...

Flash flood leaves many marooned in Chandpur

Flash flood leaves many marooned in Chandpur

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-09-10 11:12:30

Flashflood submerged vast areas in Chandpur sadar, Haimchar and Matlab Uttar upazilas amid onrush of waters from upper-riparian areas, leaving many marooned. Low-lying areas in the district town have...

Avocado being produced successfully, in Magura

Avocado being produced successfully, in Magura

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-09-08 09:03:36

An outstanding success has been achieved in producing avocado in the district. Magura horticulture centre deserves the glorious credit for this. Magura horticulture centre sources informed avocado is...

Jute price brings smile on farmers' face

Jute price brings smile on farmers' face

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-09-08 09:00:11

The market price of the newly-harvested jute has brought smile on faces of farmers in Bogura this season. Farmers are getting satisfactory prices compared to that of last five years. At the beginni...

Tk 3.0m bridge lying unused for 5 years

Tk 3.0m bridge lying unused for 5 years

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-09-07 10:22:20

SYLHET: A bridge constructed on a narrow canal at a remote village spending Tk 3.0 million comes of no help to the locals. The villagers in Dharmapasaha upazila of Sunamganj still have to use boats to...

Madhumati river devours schools, mosques

Madhumati river devours schools, mosques

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-09-06 10:35:47

Water Development Board (WDB)'s assurance of approval for Faridpur's Alfadanga Upazila Madhumati river-erosion protection project still remains a dream while the river continues to cause devastation....

Cattle farmers face acute fodder crisis

Cattle farmers face acute fodder crisis

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-09-06 10:32:54

Cattle farmers in char areas under Bogura and Sirajganj districts are facing acute fodder crisis as vast areas including croplands have been submerged in floodwater. To cope with the situation, trade...

Padmachar cluster village lies vacant

Padmachar cluster village lies vacant

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-09-05 09:04:53

Even after two years of handover of the cluster village on Padmachar in Shibchar, Madaripur, no one lives in the habitats, built at a cost of millions of taka, mainly for a lack of habitable environs....

Nitrous gas crisis hampers surgery in CMC Hospital

Nitrous gas crisis hampers surgery in CMC Hospital

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-09-03 09:51:19

Cumilla Medical College (CMC) Hospital has been experiencing an acute shortage of nitrous-oxide gas essential for the surgery. Doctors could not perform surgery on many patients for the past few da...

Chandpur sees Covid-19 vaccines crisis

Chandpur sees Covid-19 vaccines crisis

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-09-02 10:05:12

Men and women waiting in queue to have jabs at Chandpur Lady Protima Girls' High School Centre — FE Photo Corona vaccine crisis has been prevailing all over Chandpur district resulting in an...

Khulna University of Engineering and Technology celebrates 18th founding anniversary

Khulna University of Engineering and Technology celebrates 18th founding anniversary

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-09-02 10:02:46

KHULNA: Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) observed "University Day" marking its 18th founding anniversary on Wednesday on limited scale amid Covid-19 pandemic. In the present sit...

Flood victims face food, drinking water crisis

Flood victims face food, drinking water crisis

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-09-01 10:11:04

BOGURA: Due to prolonged flood-like situation people living in the char areas of Sariakandi, Sonatola and Dhunat upazilas of Bogura district and Sirajganj district are facing severe food and pure drin...

Native fish production on rise in Naogaon

Native fish production on rise in Naogaon

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-31 09:14:29

Production of native fish has increased by more than 3,000 tonnes in Naogaon this year, District Fisheries Office sources said. The sources said, "There are 47,326 ponds on 12,895 hectares of land...

Road turns into a deathtrap

Road turns into a deathtrap

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-31 09:11:29

Sonaray-Dakumara connecting road under Gabtoli upazila of Bogura district has now turned into a deathtrap as potholes and big ditches at many points have made vehicular movement risky. Due to the dil...

EPI staff suspended for pushing Covid vaccine at home

EPI staff suspended for pushing Covid vaccine at home

-- 2021-08-30 22:10:48

Health authorities have suspended a staff (vaccine carrier) of Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in North Matlab upazila in Chandpur district for pushing Covid-19 jabs at receivers' homes. The...

Teesta, Dharla erosion wreaks havoc

Teesta, Dharla erosion wreaks havoc

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-30 09:02:19

The erosion by the Teesta and Dharla rivers has taken a serious turn, causing havoc in some unions of Patgram, Hatibandha, Kaliganj, Adimari, and Lalmonirhat sadar upazila of the district in recent ti...

Karishma watermelon farming sees success

Karishma watermelon farming sees success

OUR CORRESPONDENTS 2021-08-29 09:45:59

Karishma variety watermelon has seen success after its test cultivation on a demonstration plot under Badalgachhi upazila of Naogaon district. Meanwhile, farmers are interested in cultivating loft me...

Youth's body found floating in Karnaphuli river

Youth's body found floating in Karnaphuli river

-- 2021-08-28 22:09:21

The floating body of a youth was recovered from the Fishery Ghat area of Karnaphuli river in Chittagong on Saturday. He was identified as Fayaz Noor, 21, from the NID card found in his shirt pocket....

20,000 marooned as 16 rivers swell in Kurigram

20,000 marooned as 16 rivers swell in Kurigram

-- 2021-08-27 20:52:54

Onrush of upstream waters and heavy rains have caused 16 rivers to swell in Kurigram and left almost 20,000 people marooned. Water levels have risen to above 17 cm and 5 cm above the danger line at S...