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Three go missing as trawler capsizes in Jamuna River

Three go missing as trawler capsizes in Jamuna River

-- 2018-08-28 13:31:54

At least three people, including two minors, went missing as a trawler with around 150 passengers on board capsized in the Jamuna River in Char Shivalaya area on Tuesday morning. The trawler, coming...

Pick-up van rams truck, kills trader in Gazipur

Pick-up van rams truck, kills trader in Gazipur

-- 2018-08-28 12:53:55

A vegetable vendor was killed as a pick-up van carrying him rammed into a parked truck in Salna area of Gazipur city early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Fazlur Rahman Badal, 28, hailing fro...

Eight police officers withdrawn in Narayanganj

Eight police officers withdrawn in Narayanganj

-- 2018-08-28 11:47:57

At least eight police officials including seven detective branch (DB) men were closed on Monday centering a clash at a restaurant in front of Chuwrongi Park in the city's Khanpur area on Sunday night....

Cumilla road crash kills father, son

Cumilla road crash kills father, son

-- 2018-08-28 10:57:09

A man and his minor son were killed while his wife and daughter injured when a CNG-run auto-rickshaw carrying them hit a roadside tree in Palpara area of Cumilla Sadar upazila on Tuesday morning. The...

Barguna MP sued on extortion charge

Barguna MP sued on extortion charge

-- 2018-08-27 20:54:55

A case was filed against lawmaker Showkat Hasanur Rahman (Rimon) with a court in Barguna for allegedly extorting money and gold ornaments from a local Awami League leader. Md Idris Chowdhury, preside...

Youth ‘pushed’ to death from running bus in Chattogram

Youth ‘pushed’ to death from running bus in Chattogram

-- 2018-08-27 20:24:22

A young man was pushed to death from a moving bus allegedly by its helper in City Gate area of Chattogram on Monday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Ashrafuzzaman Rony, 30, son of Oli Ahmed...

One dies as bus overturns in Rajshahi

One dies as bus overturns in Rajshahi

-- 2018-08-27 10:41:46

A man was killed and 20 people were injured as a bus overturned on a road at Belpukur in Puthia upazila early Monday. The deceased has been identified as Aminul Islam, 30, reports a news agency. Sen...

Magura, Sylhet rawhide traders suffer for fund shortage

Magura, Sylhet rawhide traders suffer for fund shortage

Our Correspondent 2018-08-26 20:57:50

MAGURA, Aug 26: Rawhide traders of the district are disappointed over the low price, high processing cost and fund shortage. Sources said around 500 merchants across the district are frustrated durin...

Erosion renders 500 families homeless

Erosion renders 500 families homeless

Our Correspondent 2018-08-26 20:56:36

RANGPUR, Aug 26: At least 500 families at different villages of Kawnia upazila in the district were rendered homeless during last couple of weeks owing to severe erosion by the river Teesta. &nbs...

SDC Jhenidah trains 3,400 youths

SDC Jhenidah trains 3,400 youths

Our Correspondent 2018-08-26 20:55:47

JHENIDAH, Aug 26: The Skill Development Centre (SDC) under the Urban Community Development (UCD) at Jhenidah social services office is playing a vital role imparting training to the youths of the muni...

Four children die of ‘unknown’ disease in Chattogram  

Four children die of ‘unknown’ disease in Chattogram  

-- 2018-08-26 20:26:49

Four children died and 21 others fell sick in five days till Sunday due to the outbreak of an 'unknown' disease at remote Tripura Palli on a hill under Hathazari upazila in Chattogram. Family sources...

Two friends die in Bogura road crash

Two friends die in Bogura road crash

-- 2018-08-26 16:19:45

Two friends have died in a road crash in Bijoyghat area of Nandigram upazila in Bogura on Saturday night. The deceases were identified as Ferdous Alam, 45, son of late Mayen Uddin of Namuit village a...

BR fines 86 passengers for travelling without tickets

BR fines 86 passengers for travelling without tickets

-- 2018-08-26 15:16:57

Bangladesh Railway (BR) today (Sunday) fined 86 passengers of two trains Tk 32,700 for travelling without tickets from Lalmonirhat on different routes under Lalmonirhat railway division, officials sai...

High Aush paddy yield makes Barind farmers delighted

High Aush paddy yield makes Barind farmers delighted

-- 2018-08-26 13:46:48

Farmers are happy with satisfactory yield of newly harvested BRRI Dhan-48 in the region, including its vast Barind tract, in the current season. Amidst this glowing atmosphere the farmers are now ver...

Mymensingh-Bhairab train service resumes

Mymensingh-Bhairab train service resumes

-- 2018-08-26 13:32:58

The rail communication between Mymensingh and Bhairab resumed after four hours of suspension due to the derailment of a goods-laden train at Bakainagar in Gauripur upazila on Sunday noon. The tracks...

Train halts after derailing in Mymensingh

Train halts after derailing in Mymensingh

-- 2018-08-26 11:51:23

A good-laden train derailed at Bakainagar in Gauripur upazila of Mymensingh on Sunday morning suspending the communication link between Mymensingh and Bhairab. Four compartments of a slipper and ston...

Pungchu grass cultivation gaining popularity

Pungchu grass cultivation gaining popularity

-- 2018-08-25 21:10:44

Our CorrespondentBOGURA, Aug 16: Pungchu grass, an Australian variety, cultivation is gaining popularity in the district.A good number of farmers said Pungchu grass farming is now profitable venture a...

16,550 tonnes of groundnut production in five northern districts

16,550 tonnes of groundnut production in five northern districts

-- 2018-08-25 21:10:14

RANGPUR, Aug 25 (BSS): The farmers produced 16,550 tonnes of groundnut during the last Rabi season and just-ended Kharip-1 season in all five districts under Rangpur agriculture region this year.Offic...

Bidi factories rob thousands of childhood

Bidi factories rob thousands of childhood

-- 2018-08-25 21:09:37

Sayed Mofidul BabuRANGPUR, Aug 25: Aklima Khatun, six years old tiny lass, is one of those children who begins life with tobacco instead of pencil or pen. They forget to dream for a beautiful future i...

Tourist drowns in Sylhet

Tourist drowns in Sylhet

-- 2018-08-25 19:17:24

A tourist drowned in the Pyain River in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Rifat Ahmed, 19, son of Abu Sayed Ahmed, a resident of Shahjadpur area in Uttara of Dh...

Man, grandson killed in road crash

Man, grandson killed in road crash

-- 2018-08-25 16:42:45

A man and his grandson were killed and two others were injured in a collision between a motorcycle and an auto-rickshaw in Katakhali area of Rajshahi on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified...

Rajshahi road crash leaves auto-rikshaw driver dead

Rajshahi road crash leaves auto-rikshaw driver dead

-- 2018-08-25 13:16:59

An auto-rickshaw driver was killed and three people were injured in a road accident at Katakhali in Rajshahi city on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Nazim, 50, of Dewanpara area in t...

Khulna’s prominent businessman Shahnewaz passes away

Khulna’s prominent businessman Shahnewaz passes away

-- 2018-08-25 12:12:31

Kazi Shahnewaz, president of Bangladesh Frozen Fish Exporters Association (BFFEA), passed away at his Natun Bazar residence in Khulna city on Friday night. He was 72. Shahnewaz, also a freedom fighte...

Bus accident on Dhaka-Ctg highway kills two

Bus accident on Dhaka-Ctg highway kills two

-- 2018-08-25 10:02:06

Two people were killed and 25 others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway at Jimaltola in Daudkandi upazila on Saturday morning. The identities of the deceased could not be known ye...

Two-year old drowns in Munshiganj   

Two-year old drowns in Munshiganj   

-- 2018-08-24 17:34:20

A two-year old boy drowned in a water body in Haldia union of Lauhajang upazila of Munshiganj on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Ibrahim Matabbar, 02, son of Md Shaheen Matabbar of Sat...

Ten-year-old girl fighting for life after being ‘abused’

Ten-year-old girl fighting for life after being ‘abused’

-- 2018-08-24 17:05:18

A ten-year-old girl is fighting for life at a hospital in Narail after being reportedly abused massively during her employment earlier as a domestic help in Dhaka. The bed-ridden girl, Roksana, is be...

RAB detains two ‘arms traders’ in Natore

RAB detains two ‘arms traders’ in Natore

-- 2018-08-24 16:45:53

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two suspected arms traders from Naldanga upazila of Natore district on Thursday night. The arrestees were identified as Md Naimur Rahman Naim, 21, son of Md Atau...

Farmers produce 16,550 tonnes groundnut in Rangpur

Farmers produce 16,550 tonnes groundnut in Rangpur

-- 2018-08-24 15:19:31

The farmers produced 16,550 tonnes of groundnut during the last Rabi season and just-ended Kharip-1 season in all five districts under Rangpur agriculture region this year. Official of the Department...

Woman dies after bus runs over in Tongi

Woman dies after bus runs over in Tongi

-- 2018-08-24 13:50:59

A woman was killed and her two children were seriously injured while a bus ran over them at Tongi under Gazipur district on Thursday. Police and hospital sources said the dead was identified as Bithi...

Bagerhat attracts huge holidaymakers

Bagerhat attracts huge holidaymakers

-- 2018-08-24 12:53:13

Bagerhat, one of the popular tourist destinations of the country, attracted a huge number of visitors with its historical sites and magnificent beauty in this Eid vacation as in previous years. While...