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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...

Fowl with black flesh  bred in Rajshahi

Fowl with black flesh bred in Rajshahi

Our Correspondent 2019-06-27 21:02:16

RAJSHAHI, June 27: Known as Black Diamond, 'Kadaknath' or Kali Masi (fowl with black flesh), a rare breed of chicken, is now being successfully bred in the district. The fowl reportedly has medicinal...

Three female students suffer burns in Natore hostel fire

Three female students suffer burns in Natore hostel fire

-- 2019-06-27 13:16:47

Three female students suffered severe burns after a fire broke out in their room at Borogaccha area of Natore district town on Thursday. The victims were identified as Sanzida, Shamima and Fatema. Th...

Female UP member found dead in Narayanganj

Female UP member found dead in Narayanganj

-- 2019-06-26 15:48:59

A female UP member was found dead at her house at Chanpara in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Beauty Akter Kutti, 50, a member of no 4 ward of Chanpara uni...

18 suffer burns in Chattogram microbus blast

18 suffer burns in Chattogram microbus blast

-- 2019-06-26 09:52:49

At least 18 people, including three children, suffered burns when the compressor of a microbus air-conditioner exploded on the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar Highway in Patia upazila of the district on Tuesda...

Miscreants shoot dead PCJSS man in Bandarban

Miscreants shoot dead PCJSS man in Bandarban

-- 2019-06-25 17:07:12

An activist of Parbatya Chattogram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS-MN Larma) was shot to death by criminals at Roangchhari upazila in Bandarban early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Ontui Ching M...

Mob beats Narail youth for ‘hurting religious sentiments’

Mob beats Narail youth for ‘hurting religious sentiments’

-- 2019-06-25 16:08:45

A young man was injured in a mob beating at Ujirpur in Narail municipality area on Tuesday reportedly for hurting religious sentiments of Muslims. The victim was identified as Tanu Dutta, 27, son of...

3,175 tonnes of sesame output likely in Magura this season

3,175 tonnes of sesame output likely in Magura this season

Our Correspondent 2019-06-24 21:16:58

MAGURA, June 24: Sesame growers in the district have started harvesting their produce. They are happy over the production and present market price. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Magu...

Transplantation of Aus seedlings in Sylhet region nearing end

Transplantation of Aus seedlings in Sylhet region nearing end

Our Correspondent 2019-06-24 21:16:00

SYLHET, June 24: Aus paddy farmers in Sylhet region are about to complete transplantation of seedlings this season. In line with the national programme for expanding Aus farming, the division's cover...

Rangpur village courts resolve over 5,000 cases in one year

Rangpur village courts resolve over 5,000 cases in one year

-- 2019-06-24 17:00:16

Village courts in Rangpur have resolved more than 5,800 cases in the last one year in 41 unions of five upazilas of district. The village courts accepted 5,880 cases in Rangpur during the July-2017 a...

Five cops closed to Chuadanga police lines

Five cops closed to Chuadanga police lines

-- 2019-06-24 12:47:39

Five policemen in Chuadanga have been closed to district police lines for reportedly taking 'illegal facilities' from some job seekers of police constable post. Police Super Mahabubur Rahman said t...

Vast areas of Joypurhat come under Aus farming

Vast areas of Joypurhat come under Aus farming

Roving Correspondent 2019-06-23 22:34:54

JOYPURHAT, June 23: More than 550 grassroots farmers in the district are growing Aus rice this season. The farming generally starts in the Bangla month of Boishakh and Jaishtha and crop harvest begin...

Zinc-enriched paddy to be grown in Magura

Zinc-enriched paddy to be grown in Magura

Our Correspondent 2019-06-23 22:33:46

MAGURA, June 23: An initiative has taken to boost zinc-enriched, heat-tolerant and highly-productive paddy cultivation in the district. In this connection, the Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agricul...

Launch service resumes in Rangamati

Launch service resumes in Rangamati

-- 2019-06-23 17:21:51

Launch service in three upazilas of Rangamati district has resumed after nearly two and a half month of suspension due to poor navigability in the Kaptai Lake. As the water level of the Kaptai Lake h...