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Crude bombs hurled at Jashore Sweeper Colony

Crude bombs hurled at Jashore Sweeper Colony

-- 2018-09-30 20:42:38

Miscreants hurled 4-5 crude bombs at Sweeper Colony near Jashore Railway Station in Sadar upazila on Sunday. Apurba Hasan, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station, said the crude bombs were throw...

13 rivers register rises, 78 falls

13 rivers register rises, 78 falls

-- 2018-09-30 17:55:29

Water levels in 13 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) marked rises and 78 stations recorded falls. Among the 94 monitored water level stations, two are steady, a...

Cops recover three bodies in Bandarban

Cops recover three bodies in Bandarban

-- 2018-09-30 12:37:14

Police recovered the bodies of three suspected robbers from Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban district on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Anwar Hossain alias Anaia, 27, son of Abdus...

Bangladeshi found dead near Thakurgaon border

Bangladeshi found dead near Thakurgaon border

-- 2018-09-30 11:02:02

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered the bullet-hit body of Bangladeshi national from Ratnai border point in Baliadangi upazila on Saturday night. The victim has been identified as Said...

Septic tank accident in Madaripur kills two

Septic tank accident in Madaripur kills two

-- 2018-09-29 18:05:15

Two workers have died in a septic tank accident in Madaripur, said police. The incident took place on the property of Habibur Rahman in Madaripur’s Pakdi around 12:00 pm on Saturday, said Madar...

Lighterage vessel sinks in Bay

Lighterage vessel sinks in Bay

-- 2018-09-29 15:42:10

A lighterage vessel carrying iron scraps sank at the outer anchorage of Chittagong port on Saturday. Chattogram Port Authority secretary Omar Faruk said, the vessel 'Char Shamayl' was returning to th...

College student dies of electrocution

College student dies of electrocution

-- 2018-09-29 14:11:13

A college student died from electrocution in Magura district on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Mohiuddin, 22, son of Abdul Khaleq, a resident of Shimulia village under sadar upazila...

Gaibandha launches dairy farm for transgender people

Gaibandha launches dairy farm for transgender people

-- 2018-09-29 11:37:18

A dairy farm named Uttaran had been established at David Company Para of Gaibandha district town for welfare of the transgender people at cordial effort and initiative of superintendent of police (SP)...

BGB detains youth with five gold bars in Benapole

BGB detains youth with five gold bars in Benapole

-- 2018-09-28 16:28:36

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a young man along with five gold bars worth Tk 2.15 million from Benapole Port Police Station on Friday. The arrestee was identified as Shafiqul Isla...

Fire guts 18 shops in Faridpur

Fire guts 18 shops in Faridpur

-- 2018-09-28 11:32:23

At least 18 shops were gutted in a fire which broke out at Haat Krishnapur Bazar in Sadarpur upazila of Faridpur on Thursday night. Saifuzzaman, senior station officer of Faridpur Fire service, said...

Bogura jute farmers get fair prices

Bogura jute farmers get fair prices

Our Correspondent 2018-09-27 21:08:25

BOGURA, Sep 27:  Farmers of Sonatola and Sarikandi upazilas of the district are delighted over the good market price of jute this season. Spending Tk 1200 to Tk 1300 to produce a maund of jute,...

Man dies in Tangail road mishap

Man dies in Tangail road mishap

-- 2018-09-27 16:30:19

A local leader of Jubo League was killed and two others injured when a truck rammed a jeep on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Bhuapur upazila on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Rasheduzzaman Jewel,...

Cops recover 12 bombs in Habiganj

Cops recover 12 bombs in Habiganj

-- 2018-09-27 11:02:08

Police recovered six crude bombs and six petrol bombs from an under construction building in Mirpur Bazar of Bahubal upazila of Sylhet’s Habiganj on early Thursday. Noticing 4-5 people near an...

Motorcyclist dies in road crash on Ctg flyover

Motorcyclist dies in road crash on Ctg flyover

-- 2018-09-27 10:18:27

A biker was killed and three others injured when a car hit a motorcycle on Akhteruzzaman Flyover in port city's Sholosohor area on Wednesday night. The deceased has identified as Obhi Datta, 30, repo...

Early winter bean farming  makes peasants happy

Early winter bean farming makes peasants happy

Our Correspondent 2018-09-26 21:09:29

NAOGAON, Sept 26: Growers of Naogaon Sadar Upazila are very delighted over the early bean farming as they are getting handsome profit from the cultivation. Growers cultivated the early variety of bea...

Lightning kills farmer in Sherpur

Lightning kills farmer in Sherpur

-- 2018-09-26 20:55:10

A farmer was killed when a thunderbolt struck him at Chareshpur Pashchim Para village under Sadar upazila in Sherpur on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Mojibur Rahaman, son of lat...

Fatal accident in Bogura kills two

Fatal accident in Bogura kills two

-- 2018-09-26 13:58:31

At least two people were killed when a truck plunged into a ditch after breaking the railing of a bridge in Bogura’s Shahjahanpur upazila on Wednesday. Police are working to trace the identitie...

Fire guts 22 shops in Rangamati

Fire guts 22 shops in Rangamati

-- 2018-09-26 11:09:23

At least 22 shops were gutted as a fire broke out at a local market in Kaukhali area of Rangamati sadar upazila early Wednesday. The fire broke out around 3:00am at a shop of Azam Market and soon spr...

Veg farming on floating beds gains popularity  in Gopalganj

Veg farming on floating beds gains popularity in Gopalganj

Our Correspondent 2018-09-25 21:13:04

GOPALGANJ, Sept 25: Vegetable cultivation on floating beds is gaining popularity in the district. Some 3,500 farmers across the district are now growing varieties of vegetable on such land. Accordin...

Transplantation of T-Aman paddy seedlings nears completion

Transplantation of T-Aman paddy seedlings nears completion

Our Correspondent 2018-09-25 21:12:10

SYLHET, Sept 25: Farmers in Sylhet division are about to finish transplanting T-Aman paddy seedlings during the current season. Already the target is surpassed, but on some pocket areas the transplan...

Bottle gourd cultivation  expanding in Rangpur  for high yield

Bottle gourd cultivation expanding in Rangpur for high yield

Our Correspondent 2018-09-25 21:11:12

RANGPUR, Sept 25: Farmers of different upazilas in the district are becoming financially benefited by growing bottle gourd on their land in recent years. Due to congenial weather, low labour cost and...

Padma erosion turns serious in Harirampur

Padma erosion turns serious in Harirampur

-- 2018-09-25 20:54:41

Rising water in Padma river devoured a hundred houses over the last one week rendering more than 300 families homeless in Harirampur in Manikganj. Many others were under the threat of devastating riv...

Police recover 11 bombs in Habiganj

Police recover 11 bombs in Habiganj

-- 2018-09-25 16:44:14

Police in a drive recovered six crude bombs and five petrol bombs from Rakhi village in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj district early Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, a team of police conducted a drive...

Three to die for housewife murder in Madaripur

Three to die for housewife murder in Madaripur

-- 2018-09-25 16:11:18

A court in Madaripur on Tuesday sentenced three people to death for killing a housewife in Rocketbiri area of the district town in 2013. District and Sessions Judge Sharif Uddin Ahmed announced the v...

Five die as truck rams into crowd in Chattogram

Five die as truck rams into crowd in Chattogram

-- 2018-09-25 11:10:55

Four auto-rickshaw drivers and a passenger were killed while two others injured as a speeding truck rammed into a crowd at an auto-rickshaw stand in Thakurdighi area of Mirsharai upazila on Tuesday mo...

Pottery industry in Badalgachhi on the  verge of extinction

Pottery industry in Badalgachhi on the verge of extinction

Our Correspondent 2018-09-24 21:40:37

NAOGAON, Sept 24: The traditional pottery industry in Badalgachhi upazila of the district is on the verge of extinction. Hundreds of potters in the area have been thrown into uncertainty. Many potter...

Two die as bus hits bike in Magura

Two die as bus hits bike in Magura

-- 2018-09-24 11:03:21

Two people were killed as a speedy bus hit their motorcycle at Magura-Kamarkhali road in the district on early Monday. The deceased have been identified as Moniruddin Talukder, 38, son of Shahjahan T...

Three die in Kishoreganj road crash

Three die in Kishoreganj road crash

-- 2018-09-23 20:19:43

Three people, including a child, died in a road accident in Kishoreganj district on Sunday. The accident took place when a bus crashed into a motorcycle on Kishoreganj-Mymensingh Highway at Daukia ar...

Rail link with five districts resumes after 26 hrs

Rail link with five districts resumes after 26 hrs

-- 2018-09-23 19:35:38

The rail communications of five districts with other parts of the country resumed after 26 hours of suspension on Sunday afternoon. The rail communications were suspended on Saturday morning as heavy...

Alcohol overdose kills youth in Satkhira

Alcohol overdose kills youth in Satkhira

-- 2018-09-23 15:56:34

A young man died after allegedly taking 'too much foreign made alcohol' at Shuktia village in Patkelghata upazila of Satkhira early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Kamal Gazi, 27, son of Abdul...