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Two die in Cox’s Bazar over land dispute

Two die in Cox’s Bazar over land dispute

-- 2019-02-23 17:07:57

At least two people were killed and eight others received bullet injures in a clash between two groups over a disputed land at Bilhachua in Cox’s Bazar’s Pekua upazila on Saturday. The de...

Father, son die in Chattogram road crash

Father, son die in Chattogram road crash

-- 2019-02-23 14:57:22

A man and his son were killed as a covered van rammed their motorbike at Chattogram’s Kadamtoli in the city on Friday night. The victims are - Md Sagir, 42, a grocery shop owner and his son Md...

Two die in Tangail road accident

Two die in Tangail road accident

-- 2019-02-23 11:43:27

Two people have been killed and six others injured after a microbus accident in Tangail’s Kalihati. The accident occurred at around 4:00am on Saturday on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway in the Kaliha...

Son ‘kills’ father over land dispute 

Son ‘kills’ father over land dispute 

-- 2019-02-22 20:37:05

A man was beaten to death, allegedly by his son, over land dispute at Modhhopara under Nagarkanda upazila in Faridpur on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Harun-or-Rashid Chowdhury, 65,...

Jashore bomb blast leaves teenage boy injured

Jashore bomb blast leaves teenage boy injured

-- 2019-02-22 15:33:21

A teenage boy was severely injured as a bomb exploded while making bomb at a field in Asrom Road in Jashore district town on Friday morning. The injured was identified as Asif, 15, son of Ali Hossain...

BR fines 565 commuters for travelling without tickets

BR fines 565 commuters for travelling without tickets

-- 2019-02-22 13:47:54

Four teams of Bangladesh Railway (BR) have penalised 565 passengers of four intercity trains Tk 2,59,000 for travelling without tickets from different stations under Lalmonirhat Railway Division. &ld...

Police arrest 61 in Satkhira

Police arrest 61 in Satkhira

-- 2019-02-22 11:49:59

Police, in special drives arrested 61 suspects from eight upazilas of Satkhira district in the last 12-hour period ending at 8:00am on Friday morning. Sources with the district police said they were...

6,868 hectares of land come under onion farming in Rangpur zone

6,868 hectares of land come under onion farming in Rangpur zone

Our Correspondent 2019-02-21 00:42:20

RANGPUR, Feb 20: Onion plants at different areas in Rangpur agriculture region are growing well, signaling a good yield of the crop this season. Sources said the prospect of the crops is bright in th...

Good number of poor farmers take to duck rearing in Bogura

Good number of poor farmers take to duck rearing in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2019-02-21 00:41:38

BOGURA, Feb 20: Commercial duck rearing is gaining ground in village areas of the district as a good number of poor farmers have attained self-reliance from the venture. The district livestock office...

Beekeeping gains popularity in Natore for high profit

Beekeeping gains popularity in Natore for high profit

Roving Correspondent 2019-02-21 00:40:48

NATORE, Feb 20: Beekeepers in Chalan Beel area of Pabna, Natore and Sirajganj districts have made a profit over Tk 280 million this season. More than 810 beekeepers of the area were involved with the...

Five get life term for murder in Pabna

Five get life term for murder in Pabna

-- 2019-02-20 19:42:37

A court in Pabna sentenced five people to life imprisonment on Wednesday for murdering a man in 2009. Judge Rustam Ali of Additional District and Sessions Judge's Court also fined the convicts Tk 1,5...

Train hits picnic bus in Chattogram, 13 injured

Train hits picnic bus in Chattogram, 13 injured

-- 2019-02-20 19:13:56

At least 13 people were injured as a Chattogram- bound train hit a picnic bus carrying students and guardians of a madrasha on a level crossing near the Eco -Park in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram on...

School teacher dies in Natore road crash

School teacher dies in Natore road crash

-- 2019-02-20 14:23:41

A school teacher was killed and six others including five schoolboys injured in a road accident at Automills area in Natore’s Baraigram upazila on Wednesday noon. The dead man was identified as...

BGB nabs two hundi traders in Benapole

BGB nabs two hundi traders in Benapole

-- 2019-02-20 12:33:30

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two hundi traders along with Tk 0.65 million from Boro Achra bordering area in Benapole port region on Tuesday night. The arrestees were identified a...

Lalmonirhat road crash kills five

Lalmonirhat road crash kills five

-- 2019-02-20 10:58:53

A bus rammed an auto-rickshaw at Airkhamar in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila, killing five people on Tuesday night. The deceased could not be identified yet, says a UNB report. Officer-in-Charge of Sada...

Tangail cultivators show interest in guava farming

Tangail cultivators show interest in guava farming

Our Correspondent 2019-02-19 20:58:50

TANGAIL, Feb 19: Guava cultivation has brought smile on the faces of many grassroots farmers in the district. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Tangail, sources, some 797 he...

Thrust on comprehensive initiatives to stop school dropout

Thrust on comprehensive initiatives to stop school dropout

-- 2019-02-19 20:58:10

RANGPUR, Feb 19 (BSS): Experts at a citizen dialogue laid emphasis on Tuesday on comprehensive efforts of all concerned to stop dropout from school for ensuring normal educational life of children for...

Boro seedling transplantation nears end

Boro seedling transplantation nears end

-- 2019-02-19 20:57:21

RANGPUR, Feb 19 (BSS): The farmers have already completed transplantation of Boro seedlings on 92 per cent of targeted land area on way to achieve the fixed farming target of the crop in Rangpur agric...

Woman killed in Chapainawabganj road crash

Woman killed in Chapainawabganj road crash

-- 2019-02-19 17:27:03

A pillion rider was killed after being hit by a speeding truck in Shibganj Upazila of Chapainawabganj on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Mabia Begum, 39, wife of Saifuddin, resident of Kornak...

Khagrachhari gas cylinder blast burns seven

Khagrachhari gas cylinder blast burns seven

-- 2019-02-19 13:56:13

At least seven people including a couple received burn injuries from an explosion at a gas cylinder shop at Khobongpuria village in Khagrachhari Sadar upazila in the early hours of Tuesday. Among the...

Two ship-breaking yard workers burnt dead

Two ship-breaking yard workers burnt dead

-- 2019-02-19 10:48:15

Two workers were burnt to death at a ship-breaking yard at Shitolpur in Sitakunda upzaila of Chattogram on Monday night. The deceased were identified as Md Jalil, 26, son of Md Ainal, hailing from Ba...

Potato cultivation on dried-up riverbeds increasing

Potato cultivation on dried-up riverbeds increasing

Our Correspondent 2019-02-18 20:32:46

NAOGAON, Feb 18: Cultivation of potato on the dried-up riverbeds and char lands is gradually increasing in the district. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources, the poor a...

Poultry farming plays vital  role in poverty alleviation

Poultry farming plays vital role in poverty alleviation

Roving Correspondent 2019-02-18 20:31:36

PABNA, Feb 18: Poultry farming has been playing a vital role in poverty alleviation in the district for long. According to the district livestock office sources, over 3,000 small, medium and large po...

BCL activists assault four journalists in Sylhet

BCL activists assault four journalists in Sylhet

-- 2019-02-18 17:40:30

Four journalists were allegedly attacked by Bangladesh Chhatra League activists during a factional clash of the ruling party's student front at MC College in Sylhet on Monday. The journalists said th...

RAB nabs ‘drug pedlar’ with yaba in Natore

RAB nabs ‘drug pedlar’ with yaba in Natore

-- 2019-02-18 12:19:55

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested a suspected drug pedlar along with 1,830 yaba tablets from Tokia Dhalan area in Sadar upazila of Natore on Monday morning. The arrestee is...

Bitter gourd farming lucrative to Gopalganj growers

Bitter gourd farming lucrative to Gopalganj growers

Our Correspondent 2019-02-17 21:23:05

GOPALGANJ, Feb 17: Good market prices have brought smile on the faces of bitter gourd farmers of Raghunathpur union under Sadar upazila in the district this season. According to the Department of Agr...

Papaya production excellent across Rangpur district

Papaya production excellent across Rangpur district

Our Correspondent 2019-02-17 21:21:47

RANGPUR, Feb 17: Papaya growers across the district are optimistic of getting an excellent yield this season amid a favourable weather condition. The growers are also happy for getting expected price...

Sirajganj mudslide kills two construction workers

Sirajganj mudslide kills two construction workers

-- 2019-02-17 20:28:49

Two workers were killed and five others injured in a mudslide while working at the site of an under-construction building of a primary school in Sirajganj municipality area on Sunday. The deceased we...

Police recover 32 ‘wartime’ grenades from Khulna

Police recover 32 ‘wartime’ grenades from Khulna

-- 2019-02-17 19:12:09

Police recovered 32 abandoned grenades from a fish enclosure at Sonadala village in Paikgachha upazila of Khulna district on Sunday. A group of workers spotted some bomb like objects while they were...

Jubo League leader stabbed to death in Jashore

Jubo League leader stabbed to death in Jashore

-- 2019-02-17 18:44:45

A local leader of Jubo League leader was stabbed to death and his brother injured in an attack by their rivals at Charabari village in Chougaccha upazila of Jashore district on Sunday. The deceased w...