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Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’ leaves two drug traders dead

Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’ leaves two drug traders dead

-- 2019-01-28 17:01:25

Two suspected drug traders were killed in a 'gunfight' between two groups of drug traders at Minabazar under Teknaf upazila in Cox's Bazar early Monday. The deceased were identified as Delwar Hossain...

Rajbari road mishap leaves two dead

Rajbari road mishap leaves two dead

-- 2019-01-28 11:14:40

Two motorcyclists were killed as a truck rammed their motorcycle in Shripur area of Rajbari town on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Shanto, 25, son of Rajab Ali of Dhunchi village and an...

Chattogram fire leaves nonagenarian dead

Chattogram fire leaves nonagenarian dead

-- 2019-01-27 19:00:52

A 90-year old woman was killed and six houses were gutted in a fire at Dewannagar under Hathazari municipality area in Chattogram on Sunday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Salma Khatun, wif...

Honey farming gains momentum in Rajshahi

Honey farming gains momentum in Rajshahi

-- 2019-01-27 13:04:44

Number of honey harvesters in mustard farming fields is increasing gradually as in Rajshahi including its vast Barind tract. The composite farming is being adjudged as lucrative means of boosting mus...

BGB recovers firearms from Kushtia border

BGB recovers firearms from Kushtia border

-- 2019-01-27 11:57:36

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered firearms from Pakuria Banghapara area in Kushtia’s Daulatpur upazila on Saturday night. Acting on secret information, a BGB team conducted a d...

Flawless execution of crop protection schemes demanded in Sunamganj

Flawless execution of crop protection schemes demanded in Sunamganj

Our Correspondent 2019-01-26 20:20:25

SYLHET, Jan 26: Citizens forum 'Haor Banchao, Sunamganj banchao' has demanded immediate start of works on all the haor protection schemes in the haor districts, dropping the accused persons from the P...

Farmers become self-reliant rearing Turkey birds in Bogura

Farmers become self-reliant rearing Turkey birds in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2019-01-26 20:19:54

BOGURA, Jan 26: A good number of extreme poor farmers of Bogura district are becoming self-reliant rearing Turkey birds from last year.Sensing lucrative profit, over 300 new farmers in Dupchanchia, Ga...

Jubo league worker dies in Kishoreganj attack

Jubo league worker dies in Kishoreganj attack

-- 2019-01-26 12:32:38

A Jubo League activist has been killed and his brother injured in an attack in Kishoreganj. Yusuf Monir, 48, and his younger brother Yakub Sumon, 45, a councillor from ward no. 6 of the Kishoreganj m...

Eight of a family suffer burn injuries in gas cylinder fire

Eight of a family suffer burn injuries in gas cylinder fire

-- 2019-01-25 21:12:49

Eight members of a family sustained burn injuries in a fire that broke out from a gas cylinder at their house of Sadhukhali village in Sadar upazila on Friday noon. The injured are Abdul Fakir Sabur,...

Student dies in Sirajganj road accident

Student dies in Sirajganj road accident

-- 2019-01-25 16:37:52

A student of Jagannath University was killed and his elder brother injured as a pick-van hit their motorcycle on Bangabandhu Bridge West Link Highway near Jhaol bridge area in Sirajganj’s Kamark...

Gas cylinder blast kills balloon vendor in city

Gas cylinder blast kills balloon vendor in city

-- 2019-01-25 13:46:04

A balloon vendor was killed and two people were injured when a gas cylinder exploded at Dhaka Shiksha Board Laboratory School and College compound in Dhaka city's Mirpur on Friday. The dead man was i...

Flower farmers pass busy time  ahead of February 21 in Bogura

Flower farmers pass busy time ahead of February 21 in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2019-01-24 20:44:16

BOGURA, Jan 24: Flower farmers of Bogura district are passing busy time to supply large quantities of flowers for celebrating February 21 with much fervour. They are expecting to grow flowers worth T...

Natore peasants use latest techniques to boost  vegetables production

Natore peasants use latest techniques to boost vegetables production

Roving Correspondent 2019-01-24 20:42:56

NATORE, Jan 24: Farmers are achieving fresh and good yield of winter vegetables adopting latest production techniques in Natore district. "I have cultivated bean on 21 decimal of land this season spe...

Rangpur growers expect plentiful yield of wheat

Rangpur growers expect plentiful yield of wheat

Our Correspondent 2019-01-24 20:42:00

RANGPUR, Jan 24: The farmers in five districts under Rangpur agriculture region are expecting a plentiful yield of wheat during the current season. This year the wheat cultivators of Rangpur agricult...

Over 6,000 Narsingdi youth become self-reliant

Over 6,000 Narsingdi youth become self-reliant

-- 2019-01-24 17:00:39

Over 6,000 youth in Narsingdi district became self-reliant receiving training from Skill Development centre of BSCIC during the last 28 years. Assistant General Manager of BSCIC Industries Service ce...

Truck ploughs through shop, kills man in Noakhali

Truck ploughs through shop, kills man in Noakhali

-- 2019-01-24 11:30:00

A man was killed and six others injured when a truck ploughed through a shop on Sonapara-Kabirhat road at Kabirhat upazila in Noakhali on Thursday. The victim was identified as Golam Mawla, 45, a mas...

Massive flowering heralds bumper mango production in Bogura

Massive flowering heralds bumper mango production in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2019-01-23 21:40:07

BOGURA, Jan 23: Massive mango flowering here in Bogura district is predicting a bumper output this season as a large number of the mango trees have already started sprouting early. This year, farmers...

Floating cabbage farming gains  popularity in Gopalganj

Floating cabbage farming gains popularity in Gopalganj

Our Correspondent 2019-01-23 21:39:03

GOPALGANJ, Jan 23: Floating cabbage farming is gaining popularity among the farmers of Joaria union under Tungipara Upazila in the district as it is proved as a profitable crop in this region. This h...

Groundnut growers at Jamuna char  in Sirajganj expect good yield

Groundnut growers at Jamuna char in Sirajganj expect good yield

Roving Correspondent 2019-01-23 21:38:10

SIRAJGANJ, Jan 23: Due to favourable weather condition and timely supply of necessary agri-inputs, the groundnuts growers of char in Jamuna Rivers under Sirakgsnj district are expecting bumper output...

Jubo Dal leader found dead in Chattogram

Jubo Dal leader found dead in Chattogram

-- 2019-01-23 18:16:12

Police recovered the decomposed body of a local Jubo Dal leader from a house in Kazir Deuri area of Chattogram on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Rashedul Hasan Milton, 39, hailing from...

Cotton harvesting begins in Jamalpur

Cotton harvesting begins in Jamalpur

-- 2019-01-23 15:32:54

Farmers in Jamalpur have started cotton harvesting with a production target of 750 metric tonnes (MTs) of seed cotton in the current season. Sources concerned said the farmers cultivated different va...

Inmate dies while undergoing treatment at RMCH

Inmate dies while undergoing treatment at RMCH

-- 2019-01-23 12:26:17

A prisoner died while undergoing treatment at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Jabbar, 45, son of Javed Ali of Paba upazila, said Hafizur Rahm...

Landless char people change fortune by  cultivating BINA China-4 peanut

Landless char people change fortune by cultivating BINA China-4 peanut

Our Correspondent 2019-01-22 22:02:09

MAGURA, Jan 22: BINA China-4 peanut is turning fortune wheel of landless char people. BINA (Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture) Magura sources informed, cultivation of BINA China-4 peanut is...

Cultivation of reproduced local species  of fish gets popular in Bogura

Cultivation of reproduced local species of fish gets popular in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2019-01-22 22:01:25

BOGURA, Jan 22:  With the initiative of a fisheries research institute, indigenous Bheda species fish cultivation is getting popular across Bogura district. Shantaher Fisheries Research Institut...

Bee keepers become self-reliant  selling honey in Joypurhat

Bee keepers become self-reliant selling honey in Joypurhat

Roving Correspondent 2019-01-22 22:00:22

JOYPURHAT, Jan 22: Over 250 bee farmers, trained by Bangladesh Small and Cottage industry (BSIC), have become self-reliant collecting honey in Joypurhat district. The areas from where honey was colle...

Rangpur peasants passing busy time transplanting Boro paddy

Rangpur peasants passing busy time transplanting Boro paddy

Our Correspondent 2019-01-22 21:59:37

RANGPUR, Jan 22: The peasants of Rangpur agriculture region are passing busy time in transplanting Boro paddy seedlings across the region this season. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) source...

Four to die for killing woman in Sirajganj

Four to die for killing woman in Sirajganj

-- 2019-01-22 19:14:02

The husband of a woman is among four people sentenced to death over her murder in 2011. Sirajganj Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal handed down the maximum punishment on Tuesday. The...

ACC evicts brick kilns in Singair for polluting environment

ACC evicts brick kilns in Singair for polluting environment

FE Online Report 2019-01-22 18:24:09

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday evicted two brick kilns at Singair Upazila in Manikganj on grounds of illegal operation, destruction of agricultural lands and affecting public health. A t...

Schoolboy dies in Ctg road crash

Schoolboy dies in Ctg road crash

-- 2019-01-22 16:47:09

A teenager has died in a road accident while on his way to school in Chattogram’s Dhanialapara. Kazi Mahmudur Rahman, an eighth grader, was killed when the tempo he was travelling on collided h...

Amnura by-pass rly station faces closure

Amnura by-pass rly station faces closure

Our Correspondent 2019-01-21 20:45:39

RAJSHAHI, Jan 21: Just 19-month after its inauguration, Amnura by-pass railway station under west zone railway in Rajshahi is going to be closed. Already an official letter to close the rail station h...