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Cop dies in Mymensingh road crash

-- 2018-06-13 12:58:14

Two people, including a police constable, were killed and seven others injured when a truck hit a number of stationed human haulers at Bypass intersection in Mymensingh city on Wednesday. The dece...

Flooding hits three Chattogram upazilas

-- 2018-06-13 11:51:11

Three upazilas in the district were inundated due to incessant rainfall for last three days till Wednesday morning causing several thousand people marooned. Severe flooding has been reported in Hatha...

Lightning hits boat in Meghna, three die

-- 2018-06-12 21:34:05

Three people including two women were killed as a thunderbolt struck the boat carrying them on the Meghna River in Narsingdi on Tuesday. 10 others were injured in the incident that took place on the...

Two boys drown in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-06-12 17:46:40

Two children drowned in the Pagla River at Narayanpur under Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj on Monday night. The deceased were identified as Shawon, 10, son of Anarul Islam of Tauarpara village,...

Tree collapse kills Rohingya man in Cox's Bazar

-- 2018-06-12 15:20:05

A Rohingya man was killed as a tree collapsed on him due to strong wind and heavy rainfall in Jamtoli area of Balukhali Rohingya camp in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday morning. The dec...

Lightning kills man in Khulna

-- 2018-06-12 12:41:05

A man was lighning strike at Bakhar bil in Dumuria upazila in Khulna on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Anis Sheikh, 36. Locals said that Anis was struck by the thunderbolt while he...

Cumilla police recover hanging body of former college principal

-- 2018-06-11 21:02:55

Police recovered the hanging body of a former college principal from a bathroom of his residence at Women's College Road in Cumilla on Monday morning. The deceased is identified as Abdul Wahab, 60, f...

Three die from electrocution in Ctg

-- 2018-06-11 17:54:29

Three people, including a minor girl, died from electrocution in different parts of port city Chattogram on Sunday night. Zahurul Islam, sub-inspector of Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) po...

Man, granddaughter die in Naogaon road crash

-- 2018-06-11 12:58:33

A collision between a pick-up van and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Naogaon-Rajshahi highway in Chairman intersection area in Manda upazila, left a man and his granddaughter dead on Monday morning. The...

Tremor jolts Sylhet

-- 2018-06-11 12:47:10

A mild earthquake jolted different parts of Sylhet on Monday morning. The 4.9 magnitude earthquake was felt around 10:53am, reports UNB. The epicentre of the earthquake was Gowhati in Assam, India,...

Water tank wall collapse kills mother, son in Ashulia

-- 2018-06-11 11:49:20

A woman and her 10-year old son were killed and her brother suffered injuries when a wall of a water tank collapsed on them at Narsinghapur Banglabazar area of Ashulia on early Monday. The deceased w...

Demand for bamboo-made fishing gear increases as monsoon knocks on the door

Our Correspondent 2018-06-10 21:33:38

BOGURA, Jun 10:  Craftsmen of bamboo-made fishing gear (locally known Chai) are making a handsome profit this season due to high demand. A good number of craftsmen said demand for the item inc...

Three of a family drowned in Faridpur

-- 2018-06-10 20:15:19

Three children of a family drowned in a pond at Kathalbaria village of Nurallahgonj union in Bhanga upazila of Faridpur district on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Jimi Akter, 7, Sajjad, 3,...

Three children drown in Faridpur

-- 2018-06-10 17:52:45

Three children, including two siblings, drowned in a pond at Kathalbaria village in Bhanga upazila in Faridpur on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Mim, 4, daughter of Basar Matubbor, her cousi...

Motorcyclist dies in Chattogram road crash

-- 2018-06-10 10:52:00

A motorcyclist was killed as a covered van hit his vehicle in Mansurabad area of the port city early Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Md Mirza, reports a news agency. The accident took pl...

Garment factory owner ‘commits suicide’

-- 2018-06-09 20:48:13

A garment factory owner, who had a large amount of debt, committed suicide in Fatulla area of Naranayganj on Saturday, The deceased was identified as Abdul Matin, 47, son of late Abdul Jalil of Daula...

Road crashes leave nine dead in six districts

-- 2018-06-09 20:06:24

At least nine people were killed and 12 others injured on Saturday in separate road accidents in Chattogram, Narayanganj, Chapainawabganj, Bogura, Panchagarh and Sirajganj districts. In Chattogram, t...

Over 179,000 poor families get VGF rice in Rajshahi

-- 2018-06-09 17:10:19

Over 179,000 poor and distressed families have been brought under Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme in Rajshahi district to mark the end of Ramadan and celebration of the upcoming holy Eid-ul-F...

‘Three drug peddlers injured in gunfight’

-- 2018-06-09 17:02:32

Three suspected drug peddlers suffered bullet wounds in a reported gunfight with police in Gaibandha town on Saturday. The injured were identified as Sabuj Miah, Maruf Hasan Jim and Moshiur Rahman, r...

Brahmanbaria tailors in rush ahead of Eid

-- 2018-06-09 16:37:43

Tailors in Brahmanbaria district town have been passing busy time to ensure delivery of ordered items ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. Most of them are working more than 16/17 hours daily as holy Eid-ul-Fitr is...

Road crash kills two in Chattogram

-- 2018-06-09 14:59:11

Two people were killed and seven others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and microbus in Keranihat area in Satkania upazila of Chattogram on Saturday morning. The deceased was identifi...

Woman dies in Dhaka road mishap

-- 2018-06-08 17:18:42

A woman was killed as a bus knocked her down in front of the Jatiya Press Club in the capital on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Samiran Akhter Selina, 50, wife of late Abdul Barik, ha...

BGB held Cox's Bazar-bound 17 Rohingyas in B’baria

-- 2018-06-08 16:35:54

Members of Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) held 17 Rohingyas from Nayanpur Bazar in Kasba upazila on Thursday. Those held include five men, seven women and five children. Maniruzzaman, officer-in-cha...

Wall collapse kills worker in Faridpur

-- 2018-06-08 16:24:05

A worker was killed and two others were injured as a wall of an under-construction building collapsed on them at Purba Hasamdia in Bhanga municipality area of Faridpur district on Friday morning. The...

Minor boy drowns in Netrokona pond

-- 2018-06-08 12:49:55

A minor boy drowned in a pond at Bishampur village in Kalmakanda upazila in Netrokona on Thursday. Rubel Bhuiya, chairman of Koilathi Union Parishad, said Mahfuz, 7, son of Ferdous Mia, fell into the...

Manikganj road mishap leaves two dead

-- 2018-06-08 11:41:31

Two people were killed and 12 others injured when a bus rammed into a pick-up van on Dhaka-Aricha highway at Annaypur in Shibalaya upazila on Thursday. One of the deceased, the pick-up van driver, wa...

Lightning kills two in Rangpur

-- 2018-06-08 11:39:36

Two people including a woman were killed by two separate lightning strikes in Badarganj upazila in Rangpur on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Aysha Khatun, 50, of Shahpur Masterpara villag...

Good market prices delight bottle gourd peasants

Roving Correspondent 2018-06-07 22:07:20

JOYPURHAT, Jun 07: A good number of peasants in the district are happy over good market prices of bottle gourd this season. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said farmers...

Four killed in separate road crashes in Tangail

-- 2018-06-07 20:55:34

Four people were killed and three others injured in separate road accidents in Kalihati and Mirzapur upazila of Tangail on Thursday. In Kalihati upazila, truck driver Ashikur 22, son of Rabiul of Pac...

Fire guts 200 shops in Mymensingh

-- 2018-06-07 10:54:01

At least 200 shops were gutted in a devastating fire that broke out at the hawkers' market in Ganginapar area of Mymensingh district town early Thursday. Fire Service sources said the fire originated...