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Good guava production brings smile on faces of growers

Good guava production brings smile on faces of growers

-- 2018-07-28 22:26:23

Our CorrespondentRANGPUR, July 28: A good yield of guava has brought smile on the growers across the district this year.Sources said encouraged by good profit and easy cultivation process farmers of t...

Two toddlers die after falling in Dinajpur gutter

Two toddlers die after falling in Dinajpur gutter

-- 2018-07-28 17:14:41

Two toddlers met tragic deaths after falling into a gutter near their house at Khansama upazila in Dinajpur on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as 19 month-old Juthi Rani Roy, daughter...

Two workers die after covered van hits roadside shop

Two workers die after covered van hits roadside shop

-- 2018-07-28 16:20:55

Two workers of a factory were killed and two others severely injured as a covered van hit a roadside shop at Nuritala in Cumilla’s Chandina upazila on Saturday. The identities of the deceased c...

Youth dies as bus plunges into ditch

Youth dies as bus plunges into ditch

-- 2018-07-28 11:35:50

A young man was killed and two other people were injured critically as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj road in Kadipur area of Godagari upazila on Saturday morning. Th...

41 rivers witness rising water levels while 48 fall

41 rivers witness rising water levels while 48 fall

-- 2018-07-27 16:59:56

Water levels at 41 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rise while 48 stations recorded fall. Among the 94 monitored stations, four river stations have...

Jute being harvested on full swing in Narsingdi

Jute being harvested on full swing in Narsingdi

-- 2018-07-27 14:54:27

Harvesting of jute plants get momentum in all the six upazilas of Narsingdi district following adequate rainfall in the recent days. The farmers are now engaged in separating fibers from jute plants...

Jute harvest going on in  Gopalganj, Nilphamari

Jute harvest going on in Gopalganj, Nilphamari

Our Correspondent 2018-07-26 21:49:02

GOPALGANJ, July 26: Jute harvest is going on in full swing in the district this season. Sources said newly-harvested jute has already appeared in the local markets and growers are satisfied over the...

Road accident kills one in C’nawabganj

Road accident kills one in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-07-26 20:54:27

A fourth class employee of local land office was killed in a road accident at Shahibagh Chapainawabganj on Thursday. The deceased was Abdul Hannan, 53, son of Md. Shamsuddin of Bidirpur in Chapainawa...

Two electrocuted in Satkhira

Two electrocuted in Satkhira

-- 2018-07-26 20:13:22

Two people died from electrocution at Kakdanga under Kalaroa upazila in Satkhira on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Sirajul Islam, 60, and Delowar Hossain, 25, son of Nasir Uddin of Kakdang...

Truck-microbus collision leaves four dead in Sylhet

Truck-microbus collision leaves four dead in Sylhet

-- 2018-07-26 19:11:46

Four people were killed and seven others injured as a truck collided head-on with a microbus at Ilashpur under Osmaninagar upazila in Sylhet on Thursday. The identities of the deceased could not be k...

Bus crashes into autorickshaw, killing seven

Bus crashes into autorickshaw, killing seven

-- 2018-07-26 12:58:40

At least seven people were killed and five others injured after a bus crashed into an autorickshaw in the southern district of Barguna on Thursday. The incident took place in the Manikjhuri neighbour...

Man dies from snakebite in Manikganj

Man dies from snakebite in Manikganj

-- 2018-07-26 11:38:23

A man died from snake bite at Betila village in Manikganj’s sadar upazila on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Abdul Kader Biswas, 54, office assistant of deputy commissioner offi...

Four die as motorcycle rams into roadside tree

Four die as motorcycle rams into roadside tree

-- 2018-07-26 11:26:55

Four people were killed when the motorcycle they were on hit a roadside tree at Bholaria village in Katiadi upazila on Wednesday night. The deceased are Sabbir 23, Bipu, 22, Masud, 24, and Antor, 22,...

Rajshahi becomes self-sufficient in fish production

Rajshahi becomes self-sufficient in fish production

Our Correspondent 2018-07-25 21:17:28

RAJSHAHI, July 25: Rajshahi has become self-sufficient in producing varieties of fishes. Sources said fish farming has expanded in Paba, Mohanpur, Durgapur and Tanore upazilas of Rajshahi; Manda, Bad...

Nature lovers gathering in Khulna tree fair

Nature lovers gathering in Khulna tree fair

-- 2018-07-25 15:56:20

A fifteen-day tree fair and tree plantation campaign in Khulna division is gaining momentum at Khulna Circuit House Ground in the city. A large number of tree lovers thronged the tree fair on Wednesd...

Motorcyclist dies after collision with truck in Kurigram

Motorcyclist dies after collision with truck in Kurigram

-- 2018-07-25 14:01:39

A man was killed when a truck hit his motorcycle at Matherpar in Kurigram’s Ulipur upazila on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Mithu Roy, 32, a polling agent of the ongoing by-election...

Commuters suffer for bad shape of Dupchanchia-Talora link road

Commuters suffer for bad shape of Dupchanchia-Talora link road

Our Correspondent 2018-07-24 21:52:59

BOGURA, July 24: Hundreds of commuters are suffering much due to bad shape of Dupchanchia-Talora link road under Dupchanchia upazila of the district. Vehicles like good-laden trucks, three wheelers,...

Joypurhat papaya growers  expecting good production

Joypurhat papaya growers expecting good production

Roving Correspondent 2018-07-24 21:52:04

JOYPURHAT, July 24: Papaya growers of Joypurhat are expecting a good production this season. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) officials, papaya farming is profitable in the...

Torrential rain inundates low-lying areas of Ctg

Torrential rain inundates low-lying areas of Ctg

-- 2018-07-24 21:32:47

Incessant rains for the last two days have submerged many parts of Chattogram city and three upazilas of the district, causing immense sufferings to people. The low-lying areas of the city, and Hatha...

Kushtia teen marries four times

Kushtia teen marries four times

-- 2018-07-24 19:14:27

A teenager has married four times before reaching the minimum official marriage age of 21, triggering harsh criticisms by social media and local people. Rana Mondol,  17, son of Rashedul Mondol...

Two die in Gazipur road crash

Two die in Gazipur road crash

-- 2018-07-24 15:17:10

At least two passengers of an auto-rickshaw were killed when a speeding bus hit it from behind on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Teknagarparea in Gazipur city on Monday night. The identities of the dece...

Two workers die in ship blast in Chattogram

Two workers die in ship blast in Chattogram

-- 2018-07-24 11:45:22

Two workers have died in an explosion on a ship in the Karnaphuli River in Chattogram’s Shikolbaha. The blast occurred when they were welding metal pieces on the oil-carrying ship Desh-1 on Mon...

Fire breaks out in Rangamati

Fire breaks out in Rangamati

-- 2018-07-24 11:37:25

Five shops and two rooms were gutted in a fire at Bonrupa market in Rangamati district town early Tuesday. Deedarul Islam, assistant director of Rangamati Fire Service and Civil Defence, said the fir...

Double transplanting method helps boost yield

Double transplanting method helps boost yield

Our Correspondent 2018-07-23 21:42:43

Farmers in Sylhet division are now busy preparing the land for Transplanted Aman (T-Aman) paddy cultivation. Some 16,616 hectares of land seedbed have already been prepared against the target of 20,4...

Bogura growers eyeing bumper sugarcane production

Bogura growers eyeing bumper sugarcane production

Our Correspondent 2018-07-23 21:41:32

BOGURA, July 23: Due to positive behave of climate condition, sugarcane growers of Shibganj, Dhunot, Sonatola and Sariakandi upazilas of the district are expecting a bumper production this season. Ac...

Two die in Brahmanbaria road crash

Two die in Brahmanbaria road crash

-- 2018-07-23 15:00:35

Two people were killed and as many injured as a pick-up van and a covered van collided head-on on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Boishamura under Sarail upazila in Brahmanbaria on Monday morning. The deceas...

Low target disappoints farmers

Low target disappoints farmers

Our Correspondent 2018-07-23 14:43:37

Paddy farmers in Sylhet region are in great trouble due to low market price of their hard-earn produce in the open market. Boro production was good in the region but late starting the rice procurem...

Customs seizes 870 cartons of cigarettes at Dhaka airport

Customs seizes 870 cartons of cigarettes at Dhaka airport

-- 2018-07-23 13:14:30

Customs intelligence officials seized 870 cartons of illegally imported cigarettes from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday morning. Acting on a tipoff, a team of customs intelligence of...

Two kids drown in Chandpur

Two kids drown in Chandpur

-- 2018-07-22 18:44:28

Two children drowned in a pond in Badda area under Hajiganj upazila in Chandpur on Sunday noon. The deceased were identified as Akib Patwari, 4, son of Barkat Patwari, and his cousin Tanisha Aktar, 5...

Road crashes leave three dead in Rajshahi

Road crashes leave three dead in Rajshahi

-- 2018-07-22 18:37:07

Three people were killed in separate road accidents at Godagari upazila in Rajshahi on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Emadad Hossain Chandu, 50, son of Emaj Uddin of Faradpur village in Goda...