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Flouting hilsa ban puts 25 fishermen in prison

Flouting hilsa ban puts 25 fishermen in prison

-- 2018-10-13 15:57:49

A mobile court in Bhola on Saturday jailed 25 fishermen and fined eight others for netting hilsa from the Meghna and Tetulia rivers in the district defying a government ban. Among the convicts, 25 fi...

Driver dies in Bogura road crash

Driver dies in Bogura road crash

-- 2018-10-13 13:00:27

A fatal head on collision of two buses in Bogura in the early hours of Saturday has killed a man and injured 15 others. The accident took place on Dhaka-Bogura Highway at Sherpur upazila’s Hari...

Rajshahi sees a slump in rice retail price

Rajshahi sees a slump in rice retail price

-- 2018-10-13 12:31:22

Rice price in Rajshahi’s retail markets is on a nosedive following the government’s launching of “Food Friendly Programme” to control rice price hike. Within a gap of one mont...

Fire guts two Manikganj school buildings

Fire guts two Manikganj school buildings

-- 2018-10-12 16:30:18

A fire raged through two tin-shed buildings of a government primary school in Manikganj district town on Friday noon, burning down valuables of the school. It is being primarily assumed that the fire...

Eight fishermen in jail for flouting ban on hilsa

Eight fishermen in jail for flouting ban on hilsa

-- 2018-10-12 11:56:48

Eight fishermen were sentenced to one-year imprisonment for catching hilsa in the Meghna River on Thursday defying an ongoing ban on netting hilsa. The convicts are Ripon Patwary, 22, Rahim Sheikh, 3...

Peasants attain solvency by growing snake beans

Peasants attain solvency by growing snake beans

Our Correspondent 2018-10-11 21:39:01

BOGURA, Oct 11: A good number of marginal peasants in the district are attaining financial solvency this season by growing snake bean. A good number of farmer said snake bean cultivation is profitabl...

Joypurhat DAE eyes over 400  tonnes of ginger yield

Joypurhat DAE eyes over 400 tonnes of ginger yield

Roving Correspondent 2018-10-11 21:38:15

JOYPURHAT, Oct 11: The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) is expecting to grow over 400 tonnes of ginger in the district this season. The farmers can grow the spice crop easily after harvest...

Upgradation still a distant dream

Upgradation still a distant dream

-- 2018-10-11 21:37:06

Upgradation of Thakurgaon Sugar Mills still reamins a distant dream though five years have elapsed since the approval of the development project, reports UNB. One of the reasons behind it is complexi...

Barishal road crash kills three

Barishal road crash kills three

-- 2018-10-11 17:07:52

Three people were killed and 10 others injured as a bus crashed into a roadside tree on Dhaka-Barishal highway at Baichkhola in Gouronadi upazila on Thursday afternoon. One the deceased was identifie...

Car plunges into ditch, kills two in Rajbari

Car plunges into ditch, kills two in Rajbari

-- 2018-10-11 11:53:41

Two people were killed when a private car carrying them plunged into a roadside ditch in Rajbari early Thursday. The fatal accident left driver Manir Hossain, 32, and passenger Ripon Quadir, 30 dead....

Mother, daughter die in Nilphamari road crash

Mother, daughter die in Nilphamari road crash

-- 2018-10-11 10:36:55

A woman and her five-year-old daughter were killed when a truck hit a rickshaw van at Bhatiapara in Domar upazila of Nilphamari on Wednesday night. The deceased are Nazma Begum, 30, wife of Rube...

Police detain seven Rohingyas along Satkhira border

Police detain seven Rohingyas along Satkhira border

-- 2018-10-10 13:41:06

Seven Rohingyas, including women and children, were held from Abaderghat in Satkhira sadar upazila early Wednesday while being trafficked to India. The arrestees are Nur Begum, 45, wife of Selim, the...

Early winter cabbage farmers making good profit

Early winter cabbage farmers making good profit

Our Correspondent 2018-10-09 22:06:20

BOGURA, Oct 09: Early winter cabbage farmers of Shibganj upazila in the district are happy over the bumper production and fair market prices. Favourable weather condition and timely supply of neces...

Joypurhat Sugar Mill eyes 500 tonnes of production

Joypurhat Sugar Mill eyes 500 tonnes of production

Roving Correspondent 2018-10-09 22:04:51

JOYPURHAT, Oct 09: Authority of the Joypurhat Sugar Mill is expecting to produce around 500 tonnes of sugar this season. The mill official sources said farmers of the district have brought over 6,500...

Two die as sunshade collapses in Khulna

Two die as sunshade collapses in Khulna

-- 2018-10-09 18:02:20

Two siblings died in sunshade collapse of an under-construction building in Deana Uttarpara area under Daulatpur police station in Khulna district on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased were identified a...

Naogaon road crash kills three

Naogaon road crash kills three

-- 2018-10-09 13:22:17

Three people were killed when a truck rammed their motorbike on Mohadebpur-Patnitola road in Patnitola upazila headquarters in Naogaon on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Abdus Salam, 45, son...

Commercial banana cultivation gains  ground in Rajshahi district

Commercial banana cultivation gains ground in Rajshahi district

Our Correspondent 2018-10-08 21:46:01

RAJSHAHI, Oct 08: Commercial cultivation of banana is gaining ground in the district. According to sources, the price of banana remained dull during last year. But, this year the price of banana pr...

Malta farming brings smile on faces  of Chapainawabganj peasants

Malta farming brings smile on faces of Chapainawabganj peasants

Roving Correspondent 2018-10-08 21:44:53

CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Oct 8: Commercial malta farming has brought smile on the faces of hundreds of grassroots peasants in the district this season. Sources said BARI-1 malta variety is popular among th...

CU teacher on three-day remand

CU teacher on three-day remand

-- 2018-10-08 19:57:44

A court in Chattogram has granted a three-day remand to interrogate Maidul Islam, an assistant professor of Chittagong University (CU), in a case filed for making 'derogatory remarks' on Prime Ministe...

Fire guts factory, six warehouses in Munshiganj

Fire guts factory, six warehouses in Munshiganj

-- 2018-10-08 10:05:16

A factory and six warehouses were gutted as a fire broke out at Komolaghat Bandar in Mirkadam municipality of Munshiganj early Monday. Zahurul Islam, a fireman at Munshiganj Fire Service, said the fi...

Growers eyeing good yield of early cultivated cauliflower

Growers eyeing good yield of early cultivated cauliflower

Our Correspondent 2018-10-07 21:49:23

RANGPUR, Oct 07: The early cultivated cauliflower growers under the district are expecting an abundant yield of their produce during this season due to congenial weather condition. Sources said the f...

Joypurhat farmers start harvesting BRRI-62, BINA-7 rice varieties

Joypurhat farmers start harvesting BRRI-62, BINA-7 rice varieties

Roving Correspondent 2018-10-07 21:48:46

JOYPURHAT, Oct 07: Paddy farmers of the district are happy over the satisfactory yield of BRRI-62 and BINA-7 this season. High land is suitable for farming the paddy varieties. Growers are passing...

Construction of Sunamganj CJM court building goes  on at a snail’s pace

Construction of Sunamganj CJM court building goes on at a snail’s pace

Our Correspondent 2018-10-07 21:47:58

SYLHET, Oct 07: A 10-storey building for the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court is being constructed for easing the long standing sufferings of litigants as well as the lawyers in Sunamganj district to...

Illegal sand lifting from Jomuneshwari River goes on

Illegal sand lifting from Jomuneshwari River goes on

Our Correspondent 2018-10-07 14:46:53

A section of unscrupulous people have continued lifting of sand from Jomuneshwari River at Pairadaho area of Milonpur union under Mithapukur upazila in Rangpur district, threatening erosion of river b...

Human-hauler hits, kills schoolgirl in C’nawabganj

Human-hauler hits, kills schoolgirl in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-10-07 12:41:24

A schoolgirl was killed as a human-hauler hit her on Nachole-Amnura road in Panditpur area in Nachole upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased has been identified as Kabita, 15, daughter of Golam Kabi...

Short-duration BRI-71 rice harvest starts in Nilphamari

Short-duration BRI-71 rice harvest starts in Nilphamari

Our Correspondent 2018-10-06 21:20:48

NILPHAMARI, Oct 06: Harvest of short-duration BRI-71 paddy is going on in full swing in the district.The newly-harvested paddy has already appeared in the local market and is selling at Tk 1,000 per m...

Sylhet-Tamabil-Jafflong highway in sorry state

Sylhet-Tamabil-Jafflong highway in sorry state

Our Correspondent 2018-10-06 21:20:07

SYLHET, Oct 06: The Sylhet-Tamabil-Jafflong Highway has been in a dilapidated state for long with a number of potholes and cracks. Specially, the 17-km portion from Jaintapur upazila headquarters to J...

Natore rearers losing interest in buffalo farming

Natore rearers losing interest in buffalo farming

Roving Correspondent 2018-10-06 21:15:18

NATORE, Oct 06: People of Lalpur upazila in the district are losing their interest in commercial buffalo farming.Upazila livestock office source said buffalo rearing was popular among the poor across...

River erosion puts 10km area in Kanaighat at risk

River erosion puts 10km area in Kanaighat at risk

-- 2018-10-06 20:56:02

Around ten kilometres of land along the Surma and Lova rivers in Kanaighat upazila are at the risk of erosion. The embankment along the Surma river and number of houses adjacent to it are being batte...

12 missing as trawler capsizes in Turag

12 missing as trawler capsizes in Turag

-- 2018-10-06 11:44:11

At least 12 people are reportedly missing since Friday evening after a trawler capsized in Turag River of Ashulia. Fire-fighters from Tongi and Ashulia fire service stations have been engaged in resc...