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Gaibandha road mishap kills two

Gaibandha road mishap kills two

-- 2018-07-09 16:06:17

Two people were killed and 24 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses on Dhaka-Rangpur highway at Kalitala Bazar in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha on Monday. The deceased could not...

Easy-bike driver dies from electrocution

Easy-bike driver dies from electrocution

-- 2018-07-09 11:32:09

An easy-bike driver has died from electrocution at Kashinathpur village in Magura sadar upazila on Monday morning. Bike driver Ronny Ahmed, 25, son of Towhid Matabbar, received a powerful jolt while...

Bitter gourd cultivators making  profit in Bogura district

Bitter gourd cultivators making profit in Bogura district

Our Correspondent 2018-07-08 21:39:17

BOGURA, July 08: Bitter gourd cultivators of Bogura district are making profit due to its good market price this season. Rampant soaring market price of the crops delights hundreds of marginal peasan...

Good yield of Haribhanga mango fails to make growers smile

Good yield of Haribhanga mango fails to make growers smile

Our Correspondent 2018-07-08 21:38:18

RANGPUR, July 08: A good yield of Haribhanga mango has failed to bring smile to the growers of the district owing to its low price in markets. Sources said, the Haribhanga mango cultivators of the di...

Heavy rain damages sugarcane on 200 acres of land in Pabna

Heavy rain damages sugarcane on 200 acres of land in Pabna

Roving Correspondent 2018-07-08 21:37:27

PABNA, July 08: Over 200 acres of prospective sugarcane cropland have been damaged by early heavy rain at sugar mill zone area in Pabna district. Meanwhile around 300 sugarcane peasants are victimize...

An extraordinary school of an ordinary village

An extraordinary school of an ordinary village

Our Correspondent 2018-07-08 21:36:18

MAGURA, July 08: The story is about an extra-ordinary school of an ordinary village in Magura. The name of this school is Pashcim Bariala Government Primary School. Pashcim Bariala is a village und...

Two workers die after inhaling toxic gas

Two workers die after inhaling toxic gas

-- 2018-07-08 20:17:18

Two workers have died after inhaling toxic gas in a septic tank of a house at Maligas area in Tentulia upazila in Panchagarh on Sunday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Bablu Mia, 20, son of...

Two children drown in Sunamganj

Two children drown in Sunamganj

-- 2018-07-08 18:14:27

Two children drowned in a waterbody at Uttar Bir village under Dharmapasha upazila in Sunamganj on Sunday noon. The deceased were identified as Modakkir Mia, 3, son of Bappi Mia and his cousin Md Mon...

Bhola acid attack victim loses battle for life

Bhola acid attack victim loses battle for life

-- 2018-07-08 14:36:02

The teenage girl who suffered serious burn injuries along with her sister after criminals attacked them with acid in Bhola Sadar upazila on May 14, died at CRP Hospital in Mirpur early Sunday. The de...

On-duty cop dies in Ashulia road mishap

On-duty cop dies in Ashulia road mishap

-- 2018-07-08 13:13:41

An on-duty police constable was killed when a bus hit him on Bypail-Abdullahpur highway in Nishchintapur area of Ashulia on Sunday morning. The deceased has been identified as Constable William Marty...

Rangpur citizens using electricity to boost rural economy

Rangpur citizens using electricity to boost rural economy

-- 2018-07-08 12:46:19

Rural economy of Rangpur district is boosting as the small and medium scale entrepreneurs have set up 5,360 power-run cottage and small-scale industries and enterprises taking the advantage of rural e...

Minor boy drowns in Thakurgaon pond

Minor boy drowns in Thakurgaon pond

-- 2018-07-08 11:33:32

A minor boy drowned while taking bath in a pond of Hawda village under Baliadangi upazila in Thakurgaon on Saturday noon. The deceased was identified as Rabbi, 7, son of Dulal Uddin of Goalkari villa...

Cops recover body of unidentified youth in Natore

Cops recover body of unidentified youth in Natore

-- 2018-07-08 11:31:56

An unidentified body of a young man has been recovered from Bonpara-Hatikumrul highway in Talbaria area of Gurudashpur upazila in Natore on Sunday morning. Officer-in-Charge of Bonpara highway police...

Rajshahi population growth  rate decreases to 1.25 per cent

Rajshahi population growth rate decreases to 1.25 per cent

-- 2018-07-07 21:01:14

RAJSHAHI, July 7 (BSS): The population and reproductive growth rates decreased to 1.25 per cent and 2.1 per cent respectively by dint of field level uninterrupted supply of contraceptive items during...

Peasants happy over groundnut  production in Pabna

Peasants happy over groundnut production in Pabna

-- 2018-07-07 21:00:52

Roving CorrespondentPABNA, July 7: Due to favourable climate condition and necessary agri-input, the farmers of Pabna district have achieved over some 0.2 million maunds of fresh groundnut yield this...

Satkhira people urge authorities to save Betna River

Satkhira people urge authorities to save Betna River

-- 2018-07-07 18:39:16

Civic groups in Satkhira district formed a human chain on Saturday urging the local authorities to save the Betna River from the illegal occupants. Satkhira Betna Bachao Andolon and Satkhira Nagorik...

Villagers capture 15-foot python in Faridpur

Villagers capture 15-foot python in Faridpur

-- 2018-07-07 18:38:01

Villagers captured a 15-foot long python from a yard at Borail village in Madhukhali upazila of Faridpur district early Saturday while it was taking shelter in a house. Owner of the house Akram Mridh...

Manikganj char farmers eyeing bumper groundnut yield

Manikganj char farmers eyeing bumper groundnut yield

-- 2018-07-07 17:07:48

The char farmers of Daulatpur, Shibalaya and Harirampur upazilas of Manikganj district are happy getting bumper output of groundnut as harvesting of the crop continues on the char lands during the cur...

Police recover body of youth in Natore

Police recover body of youth in Natore

-- 2018-07-07 15:15:40

Police recovered the hanging body of a young man from a mango orchard at Kalikapur village in Bagatipara upazila of Natore region on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Ratan, son of Abd...

Rescuers recover bodies of three missing tourists from Bay of Bengal

Rescuers recover bodies of three missing tourists from Bay of Bengal

-- 2018-07-07 14:44:32

The bodies of three tourists, who went missing from Banshbaria sea beach in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram on Friday, were recovered from the same area on Saturday. The deceased were identified as S...

Minor boy killed after failing off bridge in Cumilla

Minor boy killed after failing off bridge in Cumilla

-- 2018-07-06 21:49:45

A minor boy was killed after he fell from a bridge and drowned in the canal in Jagannatpur village under Debidwar upazila in Cumilla on Friday. The deceased was identified as Jesan, 5, son of Saudi e...

Police detain five Rohingyas with fake passports

Police detain five Rohingyas with fake passports

-- 2018-07-06 21:05:54

Immigration police detained five Rohingya people at Darshana Joynagar check post in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga on Friday morning. The law enforcers also seized fake Bangladesh passports from thei...

Biogas changing lifestyle of Cumilla villagers

Biogas changing lifestyle of Cumilla villagers

-- 2018-07-06 14:31:58

As fight to eradicate poverty continues, there has been a marked change in the lifestyle of villagers in Sadar Dakkhin upazila in Cumilla, thanks to biogas plants installed there recently, enabling th...

Two motorcyclists die as bus rams them in Savar

Two motorcyclists die as bus rams them in Savar

-- 2018-07-06 12:58:21

Two motorcyclists were killed when a bus rammed a motorbike on Dhaka-Aricha highway at Aminbazar Truck Stand in Savar on Friday. The deceased were identified as Sujat, 25 and Shafiq Ahmed, 26, hailin...

Mob lynches ‘robber’ in Narsingdi

Mob lynches ‘robber’ in Narsingdi

-- 2018-07-06 11:47:18

A suspected robber was killed in a lynch-mob attack at Tatarkandi village in Shibpur upazila of Narsingdi early Friday. The deceased was identified as Nurul Amin alias Nura 'Dacoit', 29, son of Mia C...

Teacher shortage hits three Sunamganj schools

Teacher shortage hits three Sunamganj schools

Our Correspondent 2018-07-05 21:40:47

SYLHET, July 05: Three government-run high schools in Sunamganj district have been suffering from acute shortage of teachers for long. Swarup Chandra High School, established in 1926 in Jogonnathpur...

Light to moderate rain likely in 24hrs

Light to moderate rain likely in 24hrs

-- 2018-07-05 15:57:37

Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind and lightning flashes are likely to occur at many places over the country in 24 hours as of 9 am Friday. It may occur at m...

Two die in Naogaon as human hauler turns turtle

Two die in Naogaon as human hauler turns turtle

FE Online Desk 2018-07-05 11:41:33

Two people were killed and six others injured when a human hauler (locally known as Votvoti) overturned on Dhamoirhat road at Kokiler Mor in Naogaon district early Thursday. The deceased have been id...

Sesame cultivation expanding across Bogura district

Sesame cultivation expanding across Bogura district

Our Correspondent 2018-07-05 00:46:20

BOGURA, July 04: Sesame farmers of the district are expecting a bumper yield this season. Officials at the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) have encouraged the marginal farmer to grow the...

Cumilla court sentences man to life for rape

Cumilla court sentences man to life for rape

-- 2018-07-04 17:15:39

A court in Cumilla on Wednesday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for raping a widow in Daudkandi upazila in 2001. Judge of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-3 Sheikh Hafizur...