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Chandpur hub depends on Hatiya's hilsa as catches still meagre in Padma

Chandpur hub depends on Hatiya's hilsa as catches still meagre in Padma

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-27 09:18:47

Chandpur depends on Hatiya's hilsa as catches of this delicious fish are still meagre in the Padma in Chandpur belt. According to fish merchants Manik Jamader, Nurul Islam Bokaul, Mostafa Dedar and C...

Chattogram city goes under knee-deep water

Chattogram city goes under knee-deep water

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-26 08:58:22

Most of the areas of the port city went under knee-deep water due to heavy early autumn shower augmenting woes of the city-dwellers who have been suffering from the problem of rain-triggered water-log...

Woman gang-raped after abduction from rail station in Sirajganj

Woman gang-raped after abduction from rail station in Sirajganj

-- 2021-08-25 17:50:16

A group of men raped a woman after abducting her from a railway station where she was waiting to catch a train to visit her parental home, police said on Wednesday.  Police said they launched a...

People cross bamboo-made bridges risking life

People cross bamboo-made bridges risking life

OUR CORRESPONDENTS 2021-08-25 09:11:09

Setting bamboo and wood planks on the collapsed approach to an important road in Sunamganj and erecting a bamboo bridge over the river Dharla in Netrakona the locals have made temporary arrangement fo...

Farmers produce 64,898 tonnes of fish in Khulna

Farmers produce 64,898 tonnes of fish in Khulna

-- 2021-08-24 22:11:07

A total of 64,898 metric tonnes of fish has been produced in the district in the 2020-2021 fiscal year, which is 8,665 metric tonnes more than the target of fisheries department. District Fisheries O...

Three Rohingya children drown at Bhashanchar

Three Rohingya children drown at Bhashanchar

-- 2021-08-24 20:22:45

Three Rohingya children, including two siblings, drowned in a lake at Bhahshanchar in Hatiya upazila of Noakhali district on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Jamal Hossain, 9, and Anisur Rahm...

Voices against CRB hospital project get louder

Voices against CRB hospital project get louder

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-24 08:53:23

Protests against the decision on the construction of a private hospital by United Group in the Central Railway Building (CRB) area of Chattogram are getting louder. Different socio-cultural and pol...

Farming of multiple crops gains popularity

Farming of multiple crops gains popularity

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-22 10:10:36

Sultan Ahmed, a retired teacher, has succeeded in cultivating multiple crops on his land in Chaugachha upazila of Jashore district. Sultan cultivated multiple crops by the Chougachha-Kotchandpur road...

Fertiliser, gas, electricity may be produced from city garbage

Fertiliser, gas, electricity may be produced from city garbage

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-22 10:07:52

The garbage that emits stink in Cumilla city, in many towns for that matter, holds a bright prospect of yielding fertiliser, gas, and electricity. Residents of the area where the solid wastes are dum...

Barishal violence: Two ruling party activists lose eyesight

Barishal violence: Two ruling party activists lose eyesight

UNB 2021-08-21 21:04:29

Two activists of the ruling Awami League and its youth front Jubo League, who suffered gunshot wounds in firing by the village defence party or Ansar last Wednesday in Barishal have lost their eyesigh...

Missing worker’s body recovered from Madhumati after three days

Missing worker’s body recovered from Madhumati after three days

UNB 2021-08-21 18:11:01

Police recovered the body of a worker, who had gone missing three days ago while taking bath, from the Madhumati River in Bagerhat district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Billal Molla, 2...

Sylhet tourist spots open after more than four months

Sylhet tourist spots open after more than four months

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-20 09:43:08

Shut for months due to the restrictions imposed amid Covid-19 situation the tourist spots, hotels, restaurants, guesthouses have been reopened as the authorities lifted the restrictions from Thursday....

Farmers busy harvesting jute

Farmers busy harvesting jute

OUR CORRESPONDENTS 2021-08-20 09:39:08

The harvesting of jute in Tangail and Manikganj districts is going on in full swing with much enthusiasm among the farmers. Meanwhile, farmers in Netrakona district are expecting to get a bumper yield...

Farmer Gani succeeds in rambutan farming

Farmer Gani succeeds in rambutan farming

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-17 09:47:15

Farmer Usman Gani of Haripur village under Kalmakanda Nazirpur union in Netrakona district benefits from rambutan cultivation. Rambutan is one of the foreign fruits that are gaining popularity in Ban...

13 more die of Covid in Bogura

13 more die of Covid in Bogura

-- 2021-08-15 19:43:48

Another 13 people died of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours in different hospitals of Bogura, officials said Sunday.  Of the deceased five were confirmed Covid patients and eight died with symptoms....

Work on 8-km road incomplete for 28 years in Sunamganj

Work on 8-km road incomplete for 28 years in Sunamganj

OUR CORRESPONDENTS 2021-08-15 10:11:37

Construction of Tahirpur-Badaghat road in Sunamganj could not be completed in 28 years. Meanwhile, a road in Satair union of Boalmari upazila in Faridpur has become impassable. Our Sylhet Corresponde...

Tale of an arborist

Tale of an arborist

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-15 10:05:24

Wasim, an arborist in Kendua upazila of Netrakona district, has now successfully cultivated Baromasi BARI Mango-11 commercially. He is happy to be able to pick mangoes after about a year and a half of...

Sylhet woman dies in ambulance after futile search for ICU bed

Sylhet woman dies in ambulance after futile search for ICU bed

UNB 2021-08-14 19:39:06

Piara Begum, a 38-year-old woman, had been taken to three hospitals in a day in a futile search for an ICU bed as her Covid infection worsened. Finally, she perished inside an ambulance gasping for br...

Aman rice plantation going on in north

Aman rice plantation going on in north

OUR CORRESPONDENTS 2021-08-13 10:15:31

The farmers in Naogaon and Sylhet districts are now engaged in the cultivation of Aman paddy with the hope of achieving the highest production. Our Naogaon Correspondent reports: Department of Agricu...

Rockmelon farming now in Bangladesh

Rockmelon farming now in Bangladesh

OUR CORRESPONDENTS 2021-08-12 10:13:48

Rockmelon, a desert fruit, is now being cultivated in Bangladesh. Three farmers from Cumilla and Khulna districts have successfully cultivated the desert fruit in their fields. According to the Depa...

Rooftop gardening becomes popular in Tangail town

Rooftop gardening becomes popular in Tangail town

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-10 10:12:42

TANGAIL: Rooftop gardening is becoming popular and increasing in Tangail town day by day. Rooftop gardening has been changing the scenarios recently in the town areas. People are trying to cultivat...

Covid cases reach 88,891 with 551 new in Rajshahi division

Covid cases reach 88,891 with 551 new in Rajshahi division

-- 2021-08-09 14:56:03

A total of 551 more people have tested positive for Covid-19 in all eight districts in the division on Sunday, taking the caseload to 88,891 since the pandemic began, BSS reports. With five more Covi...

Pick-up truck carrying passengers overturns in Natore, six die

Pick-up truck carrying passengers overturns in Natore, six die

-- 2021-08-08 16:46:49

A pick-up truck carrying passengers has overturned in Natore’s Gurudaspur, killing six people and injuring at least six others, including a child. The accident occurred on Sunday afternoon on t...

'Betel leaf villages' see success story of farmers

'Betel leaf villages' see success story of farmers

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-08 09:06:33

Cultivation of betel leaf (Paan), an inseparable component of Bengali tradition, has changed the lives of around three hundred farmers in Sadar upazila of Naogaon district. Jalam, Magura and Jageshwa...

Short duration, drought-tolerant paddy farming on the rise

Short duration, drought-tolerant paddy farming on the rise

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-06 10:37:24

Cultivation of Bina Dhan, a short duration and drought-tolerant paddy has largely expanded in Sunamganj. It is a short-duration variety of Aus paddy that is very suitable for areas like Sunamganj as...

Wholesalers, hoarders suffer billions in losses

Wholesalers, hoarders suffer billions in losses

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-06 09:57:13

After a week-long incessant rain sun appeared in the Chattogram sky on Wednesday, but the sun did not shine for the traders of Khatunganj, Chaktai, Korbaniganj, and Rajakhali who discovered after th...

Indigenous women face wage discrimination

Indigenous women face wage discrimination

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-05 09:54:33

Indigenous women are playing a pioneering role in agriculture in addition to their household chores in the Barind region but they are facing wages discrimination in Bogura and Rajshahi districts. Our...

Aus paddy output may exceed target

Aus paddy output may exceed target

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-04 10:18:09

The harvest of Aus paddy has begun in Netrakona district and Rangpur region. Farmers are hopeful of getting a bumper production this year. Our Netrakona Correspondent says: Aus paddy harvest has star...

Many leave town vacating rented houses

Many leave town vacating rented houses

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-04 09:57:42

CHANDPUR: Lockdown is increasing sufferings of the people of all classes of life in Chandpur. Following the prolonged lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, many families who used to reside...

Delay in launch of trauma centre frustrates people

Delay in launch of trauma centre frustrates people

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-03 09:50:18

A trauma centre building in Gopalganj is being damaged due to indifference between PWD and the health department for seven years. The local people injured in road accidents are being deprived of em...