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Gunfights in Kushtia, Cox’s Bazar leave two ‘robbers’ dead

Gunfights in Kushtia, Cox’s Bazar leave two ‘robbers’ dead

-- 2018-11-19 17:22:30

Two suspected robbers were killed in separate 'gunfights' with law enforcers in Cox's Bazar and Kushtia districts early Monday. In Cox's Bazar, Abul HasanManik, 30, a suspected pirate was killed in a...

PEC examinee dies in Chattogram road crash

PEC examinee dies in Chattogram road crash

-- 2018-11-19 13:33:02

A Primary Education Completion (PEC) examinee was killed and a minor girl injured in a collision between a human hauler and a CNG-run autorickshaw in Port Colony area of Chattogram on Monday morning....

Suspected robber dies in Kushtia ‘gunfight’

Suspected robber dies in Kushtia ‘gunfight’

-- 2018-11-19 10:07:23

A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight between two groups of robbers at Hawakhali field in Bheramara upazila of Kushtia early Monday. The deceased could not be identified yet. On infor...

Gopalganj Boro cultivators passing busy time

Gopalganj Boro cultivators passing busy time

Our Correspondent 2018-11-18 21:13:02

GOPALGANJ, Nov 18: Boro cultivators in the district are now passing busy time. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Gopalganj official sources, a total of 3,99,518 hectares of...

Wife throws acid on husband in Rajshahi

Wife throws acid on husband in Rajshahi

-- 2018-11-18 20:56:49

A man sustained burn injuries in an acid attack allegedly by his wife at Darikharbona in Rajshahi on Saturday. The injured man was identified as Babul Islam, according to UNB. Babul's wife told poli...

Man burnt as ‘wife’ throws acid in Rajshahi

Man burnt as ‘wife’ throws acid in Rajshahi

-- 2018-11-18 20:18:15

A man sustained burn injuries in an acid attack allegedly by his wife at Darikharbona in Rajshahi on Saturday. The injured man was identified as Babul Islam. Babul's wife told police that she threw...

Sirajganj road crash leaves two dead

Sirajganj road crash leaves two dead

-- 2018-11-18 10:52:53

Two people were killed and four others wounded early Sunday after a hit-and-run incident in Sirajganj Sadar Upazila. The accident took place around 7:00am on the highway in Sayedabad area on the west...

34 Jhenaidah insolvent FFs get houses

34 Jhenaidah insolvent FFs get houses

Our Correspondent 2018-11-18 10:40:25

JHENAIDAH: A total of 34 landless and insolvent freedom fighters' (FFs) families from six upazilas in the district got houses named 'Bir Nibas'. The total cost of construction of the houses stood at...

Pumpkin farming gains popularity in Rangpur

Pumpkin farming gains popularity in Rangpur

-- 2018-11-17 21:01:53

RANGPUR, Nov 17 (BSS): Some 25,000 char families changed their fortune by farming pumpkin on a vast a tract of land in Rangpur agriculture region over the last nine years.Earlier, these have-not group...

Market price frustrates Magura Aman growers

Market price frustrates Magura Aman growers

Our Correspondent 2018-11-17 21:00:38

MAGURA, Nov 17: Aman growers in the district are frustrated over the present market price. Sources said newly-harvested T-Aman paddy has started appearing in the local markets. Though a bumper product...

Truck runs over minor girl

Truck runs over minor girl

-- 2018-11-17 20:32:46

A minor girl was killed as a speeding truck ran over her on Sherpur-Nalitabari road in Sonnashivita village of Nalitabari Upazila on Saturday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Elahi Zhumur, 5...

Man electrocuted in Gopalganj

Man electrocuted in Gopalganj

-- 2018-11-17 17:58:14

A man was electrocuted while working in his house at Chitkibari village in Kotalipara upazila of Gopalganj district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Kartik Dhali, 40, of the village. Off...

Cops recover unidentified body in Narsingdi

Cops recover unidentified body in Narsingdi

-- 2018-11-17 12:20:19

Police recovered the body of an unidentified rickshaw-puller from Sebhasangha intersection in Sadar upazila of Narsingdi on Saturday morning. Mizan, a sub-inspector (SI) of Sadar Police Station, said...

Sylhet farmers await good Aman harvest

Sylhet farmers await good Aman harvest

-- 2018-11-17 11:10:20

With their croplands filled with high yields of seasonal paddy Aman, farmers of Biswanath upazila are passionately taking their last-moment preparations for harvesting the silver crops. Although the...

Cops recover ten bombs in Faridpur

Cops recover ten bombs in Faridpur

-- 2018-11-16 14:39:50

Police recovered four petrol bombs and six crude bombs from a car near a house in Faridpur’s Saltha upazila on Thursday night. Delwar Hossain Khan, officer-in-charge of Saltha Police Station, s...

Speeding truck kills van-puller in Savar

Speeding truck kills van-puller in Savar

-- 2018-11-16 11:38:16

A van-puller was killed when a truck hit his van on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Genda area of Savar on Friday. Police said Jamal Hossain, the van-puller of 'Nur Mahal Bakery' shop died on the spot when a...

Veg farming gets a boost in Sylhet, Joypurhat

Veg farming gets a boost in Sylhet, Joypurhat

Our Correspondent 2018-11-15 20:30:33

SYLHET, Nov 15: Some 26,262 hectares of land in all the four districts of Sylhet division have already been brought under the farming of winter crops and vegetables. Of the said total, varieties of v...

Man dies in Jashore road crash

Man dies in Jashore road crash

-- 2018-11-15 16:33:08

A man was killed while 20 others injured following a head-on collision between two buses at Karimpur on Jashore-Narail highway on Thursday morning. The dead man was identified as Sushovon Khisha, 65,...

Trucker, helper die from electrocution

Trucker, helper die from electrocution

-- 2018-11-15 11:24:01

Two people including a truck driver died from electrocution at Jhajra area of Gazipur city early Thursday. The deceased have been identified as Rubel Mia, 30, a truck driver and his assistant Jahangi...

Short-duration paddy can help save crops from early flood

Short-duration paddy can help save crops from early flood

Our Correspondent 2018-11-14 21:34:07

SYLHET, Nov 14: A research by the academics at the Sylhet Agricultural University (SAU) says early farming of short-duration paddy could save the crop from the risk of early flood in vast haor region....

Purabetai primary school students attending classes in a shed

Purabetai primary school students attending classes in a shed

Our Correspondent 2018-11-14 21:33:11

JHENIDAH, Nov 14: Students of Purabetai Government Primary School in Jhenidah Sadar have been attending classes in a shed made of the matting of bamboo and corrugated sheets, hampering educational act...

Husband, wife killed in Tangail road accident

Husband, wife killed in Tangail road accident

-- 2018-11-14 17:20:31

Two persons were killed and three others injured as a truck collided head on with an auto-rickshaw in Sakhipur upazila of Tangail district on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Motiur Rahman...

Grassroots families in Rajshahi, Natore achieve solvency rearing ducks

Grassroots families in Rajshahi, Natore achieve solvency rearing ducks

Our Correspondent 2018-11-14 12:59:42

RAJSHAHI: Thousands of poor and grassroots families living in villages adjacent to various water bodies of the district have attained financial solvency by rearing ducks. Sources said more than 3,000...

Woman dies in Natore road mishap

Woman dies in Natore road mishap

-- 2018-11-14 12:53:19

A woman was killed when a bus knocked her down at Chandpur in Natore Sadar uapzila on Wednesday. The deceased Mamtaz Begum was a vegetable vendor. Mostafizur Rahman, Officer-in-Charge of Sadar Polic...

Two minors drown in Sirajganj pond

Two minors drown in Sirajganj pond

-- 2018-11-11 11:48:41

Two minor boys drowned while bathing in a pond in Sirajganj on Saturday evening. The victims have been identified as Mithun Akanda, 6, son of Mano Akanda of Rooppur village and Imran, 8, son of Hanif...

Quake jolts Northeastern Bangladesh

Quake jolts Northeastern Bangladesh

-- 2018-11-11 10:33:35

An earthquake of 5.4-magnitude on the Richter scale shook Northeastern parts of the country including Sylhet on Saturday night. The epicentre of the moderate quake was India-Myanmar bordering region,...

Off-season pumpkin cultivation makes peasants happy

Off-season pumpkin cultivation makes peasants happy

Roving Correspondent 2018-11-10 21:09:14

JOYPURHAT, Nov 10: Off-season pumpkin cultivation is gaining popularity among the grassroots growers in Akkelpur upazila of the district.Sources said peasants are making Tk 30,000 to Tk 40,000 from th...

Raw jute crisis hampers production at Khulna-Jashore region mills

Raw jute crisis hampers production at Khulna-Jashore region mills

-- 2018-11-10 21:08:39

KHULNA, Nov 10 (UNB): Production in nine state-owned jute mills in Khulna-Jeshore region is being hampered due to crisis of raw jute while the stock of unsold jute products is increasing.Jute products...

SI gets suspension for demanding extortion, assaulting truck driver

SI gets suspension for demanding extortion, assaulting truck driver

-- 2018-11-10 18:52:39

A sub-inspector of Tangail district police was suspended temporarily for assaulting a truck driver for extortion on Saturday. The decision came following a two-hour blockade on the eastern part of Ba...

Three women ‘commit suicide’ in Nilphamari

Three women ‘commit suicide’ in Nilphamari

-- 2018-11-10 18:27:22

In separate incidents, a teenage girl and a woman committed suicide while another found dead in different areas of Domar upazila on Saturday and Friday. The deceased were identified as Asma Begum, 22...