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Two school teachers die as truck hits motorcycle

Two school teachers die as truck hits motorcycle

-- 2018-11-29 10:37:20

Two school teachers were killed as a speeding truck hit the motorcycle on which they were riding on the Bagerhat-Mawa highway at Joydihi village in Mollahat Upazila of Bagerhat on Wednesday night. Th...

Early winter potato farmers in Bogura expect bumper production

Early winter potato farmers in Bogura expect bumper production

Our Correspondent 2018-11-28 21:30:33

BOGURA, Nov 28:  Due to favourable weather condition and timely supply of necessary agri-inputs, early winter potato farmers in the district are expecting a bumper production of their produce....

Sherpur road crash kills schoolgirl

Sherpur road crash kills schoolgirl

-- 2018-11-28 14:25:59

A schoolgirl was killed as a human hauler hit her at Charpara Mohalla in Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Takia Begum, 15, a class seven student of A...

Fire guts five shops in Satkhira

Fire guts five shops in Satkhira

-- 2018-11-28 13:22:04

At least five shops were gutted in a fire that broke out at Budhhata bazar in Assasuni upazila of Satkhira district on Tuesday night. The fire originated from an electric short circuit at a shop name...

DAE targets 1,86,500 tonnes winter vegetables production

DAE targets 1,86,500 tonnes winter vegetables production

-- 2018-11-28 12:15:09

The department of agriculture extension (DAE) in Narsingdi has fixed a target of producing 1,86,500 tonnes of winter vegetable over 8922 hectares of land in the district this Robi season. DAE deputy...

Winter crop cultivation expanding in Sylhet division

Winter crop cultivation expanding in Sylhet division

Our Correspondent 2018-11-27 20:50:14

SYLHET, Nov 27: About 50,621 hectares of land in four districts of Sylhet division have so far been brought under the production of different winter crops and vegetables. Of the total, highest 34,907...

Boro growers busy preparing seedbeds

Boro growers busy preparing seedbeds

Our Correspondent 2018-11-27 20:49:22

GOPALGANJ, Nov 27: Farmers in the district are passing busy time in preparing Boro seedbeds. The Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC), the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE)...

High prices delight Tangail ginger cultivators

High prices delight Tangail ginger cultivators

Our Correspondent 2018-11-27 20:48:25

TANGAIL, Nov 27: High prices of ginger both in retail and wholesale market in all the 12 upazilas of the district have delighted the growers. Most farmers of the item are now busy harvesting the pr...

Four to die for killing schoolboy in Makinganj

Four to die for killing schoolboy in Makinganj

-- 2018-11-27 15:23:53

A court in Manikganj on Tuesday sentenced four people to death and three others to life term imprisonment for killing a schoolboy in Makinganj in 2014. The condemned convicts are Sohel, Rakibul Islam...

Cops detain 22 in Habiganj

Cops detain 22 in Habiganj

-- 2018-11-27 11:42:24

Police arrested 27 people including 20 wanted accused and two accused in regular cases from different areas of Habiganj district in last 12-hour ending at 9:00 am on Tuesday. Detective Branch (DB) of...

Aromatic rice growers of Rangpur,  Dinajpur eye better output

Aromatic rice growers of Rangpur, Dinajpur eye better output

Our Correspondent 2018-11-26 20:35:25

RANGPUR, Nov 26: The growers of aromatic rice under Rangpur and Dinajpur districts are optimistic of achieving an excellent yield of crops during current season. According to Department of Agricultur...

Naogaon peasants happy over good  yield of winter vegetables

Naogaon peasants happy over good yield of winter vegetables

Our Correspondent 2018-11-26 20:34:17

NAOGAON, Nov 26: Farmers of Badalgachi Upazila under the district are happy over the good yield of winter vegetables. Cauliflower, cabbage, bean, brinjal, tomato, carrot, cucumber, bottle gourd, whit...

Electrocution kills housewife in Chattogram

Electrocution kills housewife in Chattogram

-- 2018-11-26 14:36:22

A housewife died from electrocution at Kanungopara in Boalkhali upazila of Chattogram on early Monday. The deceased was identified as Kanika Dey, 20, wife of Sujit Dey. Family sources said that Kani...

Truck plunges into ditch, killing two in Madaripur

Truck plunges into ditch, killing two in Madaripur

-- 2018-11-26 12:50:59

A truck driver and his helper were killed and two people injured as the vehicle plunged into a roadside ditch at Boilgram village in Rajoir upazila of Madaripur on early Monday. The deceased was iden...

Three students die in Chattogram road crash

Three students die in Chattogram road crash

-- 2018-11-26 10:48:04

Three madrasa students on a motorcycle were killed in a head-on collision with an oil-laden truck on Chattogram-Khagrachhari highway in Fatikchhari upazila on Sunday night. The deceased were identifi...

Maize cultivation exceeds  target in Joypurhat

Maize cultivation exceeds target in Joypurhat

Roving Correspondent 2018-11-25 20:59:13

JOYPURHAT, Nov 25: The farmers have exceeded maize cultivation target this current season getting bumper production previous year in Joypurhat district. The sowing process of the seed is going on in...

Retired govt official changes his fortune  by cultivating banana in Magura

Retired govt official changes his fortune by cultivating banana in Magura

Our Correspondent 2018-11-25 20:58:28

MAGURA, Nov 25: The story is about a retired government service holder who has turned his fortune wheel by cultivating banana. The name of this successful farmer is Md Mominuddin of village Norihati u...

Election Officer dies after cardiac arrest in Rajshahi

Election Officer dies after cardiac arrest in Rajshahi

-- 2018-11-25 16:32:01

Election Officer of Rajshahi Niamul Haque died after a possible cardiac arrest in Rajshahi in the early hours of Sunday. He was 52. He left behind his wife, three daughters and host of relatives, col...

Good bean yield brings smile on  Rangpur dist growers' faces

Good bean yield brings smile on Rangpur dist growers' faces

Our Correspondent 2018-11-24 20:29:36

RANGPUR, Nov 24: A good yield of bean has brought smile on the faces of growers across Rangpur district during the current season. According to Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Rangpur of...

Farmers happy over T-Aman  production in Jhenidah

Farmers happy over T-Aman production in Jhenidah

Our Correspondent 2018-11-24 20:27:44

JHENIDAH, Nov 24: Farmers of Jhenidah are now busy harvesting Transplanted Aman (T-Aman) paddy they are happy over the yield. According the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources, around...

Separate road crashes in Savar kill three

Separate road crashes in Savar kill three

-- 2018-11-24 19:22:39

Two motorcycle passengers and a pedestrian have been killed in separate road accidents in Dhaka’s Savar upazila. The incidents occurred on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Ashulia’s Nayarhat a...

Two N’ganj mill accident victims die at DMCH

Two N’ganj mill accident victims die at DMCH

-- 2018-11-24 17:04:00

Two workers, who were burnt as melted iron fell on them in a factory at Sonargaon upazila in Narayangaj district, died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Saturday. The deceased were Naya...

Motorcyclist dies in Magura road accident

Motorcyclist dies in Magura road accident

-- 2018-11-24 16:38:05

A motorcyclist was killed and another one injured as a passenger bus collided head on with the motorcycle in Sadar upazila of Magura on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Rabbi, an inhabitant i...

Satkhira road crash leaves farmer dead

Satkhira road crash leaves farmer dead

-- 2018-11-24 15:05:07

A farmer was killed as a human hauler overturned in Satkhira on Saturday morning. The dead man was Gour Chandra Ghosh, 55, son of Chandra Ghosh of Jethua village. Russel Mehedi, officer-in-charge of...

Bus crash kills one in Habiganj

Bus crash kills one in Habiganj

-- 2018-11-24 12:13:54

A man was killed and 20 people were injured as a bus tumbled into a ditch on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway at Natun Bazar in Nabiganj upazila on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Safi Kamal Cho...

Sugarcane crushing begins at Rajshahi Sugar Mills

Sugarcane crushing begins at Rajshahi Sugar Mills

-- 2018-11-24 11:40:13

Sugarcane crushing at Rajshahi Sugar Mills (RSM) began in Rajshahi on Friday with a target of producing 8,250 tonnes of sugar by crushing 1,10,000 tonnes of sugarcane within next 67 days of the curren...

12 workers burned as melted iron falls on them in N’ganj

12 workers burned as melted iron falls on them in N’ganj

FE Online Report 2018-11-23 18:33:46

Twelve workers sustained burn injuries as melted iron fell on them at a steel and rod factory in Madanpur area of Bandar upazila in Narayanganj on Friday. All of them are undergoing treatment at Dhak...

Air Force pilot dies as training jet crashes in Tangail

Air Force pilot dies as training jet crashes in Tangail

-- 2018-11-23 16:52:28

A training aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) crashed at Rasulpur in Madhupur upazila of Tangail district on Friday afternoon, killing its lone pilot. Rezaul Karim, assistant director of Inter Se...

Two die after bus hits truck in Lalmonirhat

Two die after bus hits truck in Lalmonirhat

-- 2018-11-23 12:51:18

A man and a 10-year-old child were killed and five others injured after a bus hit a truck in Lalmonirhat. The incident took place at around 6:30 am on Friday on the Rangpur-Kurigram Highway in the Sa...

Feni road crash leaves two dead

Feni road crash leaves two dead

-- 2018-11-23 12:18:55

Two people were killed and three others injured when a truck rammed a covered van on Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Lemua bridge in Sadar upazila on Friday. The identities of the deceased could not be k...