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Marooned people of Bagha yet to get relief

Marooned people of Bagha yet to get relief

Our Correspondent 2019-09-30 21:43:22

RAJSHAHI, Sept 30: Nearly 1,800 families of 15 char villages under Bagha upazila remained marooned for the last one week. Till Saturday afternoon, no relief materials have been distributed among the s...

Road repairing work in Netrakona progressing  at a snail’s pace

Road repairing work in Netrakona progressing at a snail’s pace

A Correspondent 2019-09-30 21:42:23

NETRAKONA, Sept 30: The slow progress in the repair work of Mymensingh Road's Netrakona section has increased sufferings of the locals. A good number of locals said they are dissatisfied over the del...

Over 2,000 families marooned in C’nawabganj

Over 2,000 families marooned in C’nawabganj

-- 2019-09-29 17:37:19

Over 2,000 families in Sadar and Shibganj upazilas in Chapainawabganj have been marooned due to flashflood caused by on rush of water from the upstream and rise of water levels in the Padma and the Ma...

Human hauler driver dead in Chuadanga road crash

Human hauler driver dead in Chuadanga road crash

-- 2019-09-29 15:37:41

A human hauler driver was killed as a truck crashed into a human hauler on Chuadanga-Jibonnagar road in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Rabiul Islam, of Boalm...

Biker dies in Magura road crash

Biker dies in Magura road crash

-- 2019-09-28 13:55:31

A motorcyclist was killed after his motorbike hit a roadside tree at Goaldaha village in Sreepur upazila of Magura district on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Shawon Biswas, 22, son of...

Police recover lawyer’s dead body in Rajshahi

Police recover lawyer’s dead body in Rajshahi

-- 2019-09-28 10:57:50

Police have recovered the hanging body of a lawyer from his house in Bilsimla area of Rajshahi city. The deceased was identified as Mozammel Haque, 62. He used to practice in Natore Court, reports UN...

Fire Service recovers dead body of sexagenarian man in Sylhet

Fire Service recovers dead body of sexagenarian man in Sylhet

-- 2019-09-27 14:53:10

The body of a sexagenarian man was recovered from the Surma River in Golapganj upazila of Sylhet district on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Sharif Mia, 60 of Phulbari East Para village in t...

Natore buffalo rearers face  shortage of fodder

Natore buffalo rearers face shortage of fodder

Our Correspondent 2019-09-27 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Sept 26:  Buffalo rearers in the char areas under Lalpur of Natore district are in great difficulties due to shortage of fodder. According to sources, for more than five decades, peo...

13 railway stations in Cumilla district closed in 12 years

13 railway stations in Cumilla district closed in 12 years

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2019-09-25 21:43:49

CUMILLA, Sept 25: A total of 13 railway stations across the district have been closed down in the last 12 years. Now the closed stations are being used for different purposes. Some stations are us...

Dream girl’s Pabna ancestral home stands derelict

Dream girl’s Pabna ancestral home stands derelict

Emdadul Haque 2019-09-24 22:24:10

PABNA, Sept 24: The ancestral house of legendary Bangla film actress Suchitra Sen at Gopalpur Himsagor Lane in Pabna town has been lying in a ramshackle state for a long time. Built on 36 decimals of...

Four of a family fall sick after having Pangas fish

Four of a family fall sick after having Pangas fish

-- 2019-09-24 11:21:59

Four members of a family fell sick after having Pangas fish at Bhobanipur village in Mohammadpur upazila in Magura on Monday night. They are Samad Molla, 45, his wife Tahera Begum, 30, daughter Purni...

Low-income group hard hit by soaring prices of veg

Low-income group hard hit by soaring prices of veg

ROVING CORRESPONDENT 2019-09-24 00:00:00

JOYPURHAT, Sept 23: The low and middle-income groups in the district are in a difficult situation for soaring prices of vegetables. Vegetables prices are on rising trend both in retail and wholesal...

Illegal market in front of college hampers academic atmosphere

Illegal market in front of college hampers academic atmosphere

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2019-09-24 00:00:00

CUMILLA, Sept 23: A market has been set up illegally in front of the Nimsar Junab Ali College under Burichang upazila of the district. As a result, traffic congestion has become a regular feature i...

Revenue earnings of Sonamasjid  land port exceeds target

Revenue earnings of Sonamasjid land port exceeds target

Our Correspondent 2019-09-24 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Sept 23: Revenue earnings of Sona Masjid land port has surpassed the target during the period from February to June 2019, informed Dr Shamil Uddin Ahmed Shimul, MP, Shibganj constituency, at...

Three students die in Dinajpur boat capsize

Three students die in Dinajpur boat capsize

-- 2019-09-21 20:26:01

Two students of Haji Mohammad Danesh Science & Technology University and another of Dinajpur Govt Women's College drowned as a boat capsized in Ashura Beel in Nababganj upazila of Dinajpur distric...

Rangpur Tajhat Palace-an epitome of historic magnificence

Rangpur Tajhat Palace-an epitome of historic magnificence

Sayed Mofidul Babu 2019-09-19 21:43:17

RANGPUR, Sept 19: "A thing of beauty is a joy forever", a famous quote of English romantic poet John Keats, is pretty well pertinent to Tajhat Palace in Rangpur as the historic site still leaves the v...

No progress in Kulaura-Shahbajpur  railway track rehabilitation work

No progress in Kulaura-Shahbajpur railway track rehabilitation work

Our Correspondent 2019-09-19 21:42:20

SYLHET, Sept 19: There has been no major progress in the much-talked-about rehabilitation of Kulaura-Shahbajpur railway track in Moulvibazar district. Sources said, rail tracks had been brought to th...

Munshiganj road crash kills two

Munshiganj road crash kills two

-- 2019-09-19 13:47:05

Two motorcyclists were killed in an accident on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway on Thursday morning. The deceased were identified as Zakir Hossain, 24, son of Mostafa; and Mohammad Miraz, 18, son of Man...

Two die as bike skids off road in Patuakhali

Two die as bike skids off road in Patuakhali

-- 2019-09-18 11:24:18

Two people were killed when a motorbike skidded off the road on Patuakhali-Kuakata Highway at Basak Bazar in sadar upazila on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Kashem, 26, of Auliapur in Sad...

Two bullet-hit bodies recovered in Cox’s Bazar

Two bullet-hit bodies recovered in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2019-09-16 17:13:27

Police recovered the bullet-hit bodies of two youths from Kata Pahar and Kabita Chattar areas in in Cox’s Bazar on Monday. One of the deceased was identified as Rifat (25), of Baharchara area o...

Child dies of dengue in Khulna

Child dies of dengue in Khulna

-- 2019-09-16 17:05:22

An eight-month-old child died of dengue at Khulna Medical College and Hospital while 619 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in 24 hours till Monday morning. T...

Indigo-the colour of colonial rule in Rangpur

Indigo-the colour of colonial rule in Rangpur

Sayed Mofidul Babu 2019-09-16 13:13:08

RANGPUR: While a peasant being oppressed by the British rulers for his aversion to planting a single sapling of indigo was a scene of bygone era, farmers of Rangpur are now cultivating the item amid g...

Lightning strikes leave two dead in Kurigram, Dinajpur

Lightning strikes leave two dead in Kurigram, Dinajpur

-- 2019-09-15 20:03:28

Two farmers were killed by lightning strikes in Kurigram and Dinajpur districts on Sunday. In Kurigram, a farmer was killed as a thunderbolt struck him   on his way home from his cropland a...

Sherpur man jailed for forcing daughter into child marriage

Sherpur man jailed for forcing daughter into child marriage

-- 2019-09-14 21:15:56

A Sherpur mobile court has sentenced a father to seven days in prison on charges of forcing his underage daughter into marriage. Rafiqul Islam was given the punishment on Saturday for forcing his sev...

Body of housewife found in Bhola

Body of housewife found in Bhola

-- 2019-09-14 20:35:21

Police on Friday recovered body of a housewife from her house in Taltoli area of Daulatkhan upazila in Bhola district. The deceased was identified as Nusrat Jahan Mim, 20, wife of Md Monir of Taltoli...

Farmer electrocuted in Lalmonirhat

Farmer electrocuted in Lalmonirhat

-- 2019-09-14 17:28:46

A farmer died after being electrocuted at Vadai Nichpara under Aditmari upazila in Lalmonirhat on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Ukil Chandra, 46, hailed from the village. Police said Ukil...

Khulna bypass road remains unrepaired for last 10 years

Khulna bypass road remains unrepaired for last 10 years

UNB 2019-09-14 16:20:41

About 3. 5 kilometres of Khulna bypass road constructed in 2008 have become terrible for the movement of vehicles as it remains unrepaired for the last 10 years. The road, constructed by Khulna Devel...

Mobarakganj Sugar Mill suffers heavy losses

Mobarakganj Sugar Mill suffers heavy losses

Our Correspondent 2019-09-12 21:36:08

JHENIDAH, Sept 12:  The Mobarakganj Sugar Mill Limited suffers heavy losses every year due to inadequate supply of sugarcane. According to sources, sugarcane cultivation in the district is decre...

Malta cultivation expands across northern districts

Malta cultivation expands across northern districts

Roving Correspondent 2019-09-12 21:34:26

JOYPURHAT, Sept 12: Malta farming has been gaining momentum across the Barind area over the last few years as it requires less investment but generates good profit. The farmers have started achieving...

Yellow sugarcane cultivation turns profitable in Magura

Yellow sugarcane cultivation turns profitable in Magura

Our Correspondent 2019-09-11 22:25:38

MAGURA, Sept 11: Yellow sugarcane cultivation is turning wheel of fortune wheel for the farmers at Ghasiara village under Sreepur upazila in the district. More than 100 farmers in the area are growin...