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Fire guts over 100 shanties in Chattogram

Fire guts over 100 shanties in Chattogram

-- 2019-02-10 15:29:05

Over 100 shanties were gutted in a devastating fire at three slums in Rail gate area of Chattogram city on Saturday night. Three firefighting units from Chandanpur, Agrabad and Bayzid Station managed...

30 hurt in Lalmonirhat AL factional clash

30 hurt in Lalmonirhat AL factional clash

-- 2019-02-10 14:27:18

At least 30 people including three policemen sustained injuries during a clash between two factions of Awami League at Aditmari upazila headquarters in Lalmonirhat on Sunday centering the nomination o...

Man rapes speech-impaired girl in Satkhira

Man rapes speech-impaired girl in Satkhira

-- 2019-02-10 11:36:07

A speech-impaired girl was reportedly raped by the driver of Shyamnagar Upazila Nirbahi Officer in the government quarter premises in upazila headquarters of Satkhira on Saturday. Police arrested dri...

Gopalganj farmers get benefit  from Broccoli cultivation

Gopalganj farmers get benefit from Broccoli cultivation

Our Correspondent 2019-02-09 21:26:23

GOPALGANJ, Feb 09: Farmers of Gopalpur union under Tungipara upazila in the district are getting good benefit from "Lora Broccoli" cultivation in the recent years. According to Tungipara Upazila Agric...

Scarcity of fish in Rangpur region

Scarcity of fish in Rangpur region

Our Correspondent 2019-02-09 21:25:42

RANGPUR, Feb 09: Despite various steps taken by the authority concerned to increase fish production in Rangpur district, scarcity of fish has been prevailing across the region in recent years.Accordin...

Mentally challenged student dies in Tungipara road crash

Mentally challenged student dies in Tungipara road crash

-- 2019-02-09 14:09:06

A mentally challenged student was killed as a bus hit him at Malek Bazar in Tungipara upazila of Gopalganj district on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Korban Sarder, 12, son of Nasir...

Noakhali road crash kills three army men

Noakhali road crash kills three army men

-- 2019-02-08 22:04:00

Three army personnel were killed and nine others injured in a road accident in Subarnachar upazila in Noakhali on Friday afternoon. The deceased were identified as sepoys Mamun, Foyez and Firoz of th...

Gopalganj road crash leaves two dead

Gopalganj road crash leaves two dead

-- 2019-02-08 16:55:36

A woman and her mother-in-law were killed in a collision between a motorcycle and human hauler at Devgram in Gopalganj’s Kotalipara upazila on Friday morning. The dead were identified as Mansur...

Fire guts 13 shops in Mirsarai

Fire guts 13 shops in Mirsarai

-- 2019-02-08 14:37:37

At least 13 shops were gutted in a fire which broke out at College Bazar Road in Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram early Friday. Jashimuddin, Assistant director of Chattogram Fire Service and Civil Defe...

Man dies as truck plunges in Bogura

Man dies as truck plunges in Bogura

-- 2019-02-08 12:40:10

A man was killed when a truck plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhanut-Sherpur road at Boalkandi in Bogura’s Sherpur upazila on Friday. The deceased was identified as truck helper Aminul Islam,...

Police recover Saudi national’s body in Mymensingh

Police recover Saudi national’s body in Mymensingh

-- 2019-02-08 12:10:34

A Saudi national was found dead at his friend's house at Douhakhala village in Gouripur upazila of Mymensingh district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Abu Naser, 55, a resident of Dammam in...

Absence of pucca bridge over Iramati Khal  causes suffering to Bogura UZ commuters

Absence of pucca bridge over Iramati Khal causes suffering to Bogura UZ commuters

Our Correspondent 2019-02-07 21:29:18

BOGURA, Feb 07: The absence of a concrete bridge over Iramaty Khal is causing serious setback for thousands of commuters under Dupchanchia upazila of Bogura district for a long time. Local political...

Mud collapse kills two children in Kushtia

Mud collapse kills two children in Kushtia

-- 2019-02-07 16:37:59

Two minor boys were killed and another was injured as mud collapsed on them while they were playing in Ghordoho Khal Para in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia on Thursday noon. The dead were identified as Ak...

Headmaster dies in Rangpur road mishap

Headmaster dies in Rangpur road mishap

-- 2019-02-07 11:50:46

A school headmaster was killed when a bus rammed a motorbike on Dhaka-Rangpur highway at Gorermath in Mithapukur upazila on Wednesday night. The victim was Abdul Majid, 50, headmaster of Fakirhat Gov...

Fire guts seven houses in Bagerhat

Fire guts seven houses in Bagerhat

-- 2019-02-07 11:45:56

A fire broke out at Bagerhat’s in Fakirhat upazila burning out seven houses in Rudrakhali village on Wednesday. Local people said the fire, originated from electric short circuit, broke out at...

Labourers pass idle time  in Naogaon as less rice  procured from local mills

Labourers pass idle time in Naogaon as less rice procured from local mills

Roving Correspondent 2019-02-06 21:33:38

NAOGAON, Feb 06: A good number of rice mill labourers of Naogaon district are passing idle time due to the government's decision to purchase less rice. Sources said, the mill owners of the region h...

Two college students die in Dhaka, Kurigram

Two college students die in Dhaka, Kurigram

-- 2019-02-06 16:10:08

Police in Dhaka and Kurigram have recovered two bodies of college students on Wednesday. In Dhaka, police recovered the hanging body of a college student from Khalpar area in Keraniganj upazila of th...

Police recover college student’s hanging body in Keraniganj

Police recover college student’s hanging body in Keraniganj

-- 2019-02-06 16:05:40

Police recovered the hanging body of a college student from Khalpar area in Keraniganj upazila of the city in the early hours of Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Mahmud Hasan, 22, a third ye...

Woman, granddaughter die in Sylhet road crash

Woman, granddaughter die in Sylhet road crash

-- 2019-02-06 11:24:19

A woman and her granddaughter were killed and two others injured when a bus hit a CNG run-auto rickshaw on Sylhet-Fenchuganj road at Dharampur in Moglabazar upazila, Sylhet on Tuesday. The deceased w...

Joypurhat peasants expect good mustard output

Joypurhat peasants expect good mustard output

Roving Correspondent 2019-02-05 21:10:40

JOYPURHAT, Feb 05: The mustard seed farmers of Joypurhat district are expecting a good yield this season due to favourable weather condition and timely supply of necessary agro-inputs.  The must...

Sudden egg price rise makes  Bogura farmers happy

Sudden egg price rise makes Bogura farmers happy

Our Correspondent 2019-02-05 21:09:51

BOGURA, Feb 05: The sudden rise of egg price have made farmers happy in Bogura district as it has increased by Tk 4 to 5 for a hali (four pieces) within a couple of weeks. Though egg producers are ha...

Electrocution kills man in Satkhira

Electrocution kills man in Satkhira

-- 2019-02-05 16:12:25

A man died after being electrocuted at a fish enclosure at Khejurdangi village of Satkhira’s Sadar upazila on Tuesday morning. The dead man was identified as 35-year-old Khokon Hossain - a staf...

RCC to feed vitamin A capsule to 62,953 babies

RCC to feed vitamin A capsule to 62,953 babies

-- 2019-02-05 14:02:11

Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has set a target of feeding vitamin A capsule to 62,953 babies on the day of National Vitamin A Plus campaign (2nd round) - 2019 scheduled to be held on February 9. Of...

Bank official among two dies as bus plunges into Gopalganj ditch

Bank official among two dies as bus plunges into Gopalganj ditch

-- 2019-02-05 13:54:18

At least two people have died and 20 others suffered injuries after a bus carrying them aboard plunged into a roadside ditch at Sadar upazila in Gopalganj. The deceased were identified as Nurul Isl...

Bean cultivation changes fortune of Magura farmers

Bean cultivation changes fortune of Magura farmers

Our Correspondent 2019-02-04 20:49:17

MAGURA, Feb 04: Bean cultivation is turning fortune of farmers in Magura. Farmers informed, low production cost and high price are encouraging them to cultivate beans. Department of Agriculture Exten...

Growers become  self-reliant cultivating plum in Tangail

Growers become self-reliant cultivating plum in Tangail

Our Correspondent 2019-02-04 20:48:26

TANGAIL, Feb 04: Plum growers of the district are happy as they got an abundant production and satisfactory price of their crops at the local markets since last couple of years and become self reliant...

Two die after taking herbal medicine in Kushtia

Two die after taking herbal medicine in Kushtia

-- 2019-02-04 13:06:53

A man and a minor girl died and another man fell sick after taking herbal medicine at Kharara in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia on Sunday night. The deceased were identified as Nur Mohammad, 50, son of Po...

Winter vegetable farming a boon for marginal peasants in Bogura

Winter vegetable farming a boon for marginal peasants in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2019-02-03 21:05:13

BOGURA, Feb 03: Different kinds of winter vegetables farming has become a boon for hundreds of marginal peasants in Bogura district as they sell their produces at a high price. Lucrative profit mostl...

Ample pumpkin output delights farmers in Joypurhat

Ample pumpkin output delights farmers in Joypurhat

Roving Correspondent 2019-02-03 21:04:06

JOYPURHAT, Feb 03: With favourable weather condition and timely supply of necessary agro-inputs, the farmers have achieved ample pumpkin output this season in Joypurhat district. Spending trifling mo...

Bus helper dies in Bogura road accident

Bus helper dies in Bogura road accident

-- 2019-02-03 17:41:45

A bus helper was killed and three other passengers were injured in a road accident in Ghogha Bridge area on the Dhaka-Bogura Highway under Sherpur upazila of Bogura district on Sunday. The details of...