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BINA-17 paddy yield delights Magura growers, officials

-- 2018-04-21 21:07:10

Our Correspondent MAGURA, Apr 21: A good number of farmers of Uzgram, Moghi and Ramnagar villages in the district have successfully produced BINA-17 paddy.The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE)...

Record 10,308 tonnes of pulse output in Rangpur region

-- 2018-04-21 21:06:42

RANGPUR, Apr 21 (BSS): farmers have produced a record quantity of 10,308 tonnes of pulses during the just-ended Rabi season, higher by about 1,000 tonnes than the previous season, in Rangpur agricultu...

Four tourists detained for hunting birds

-- 2018-04-21 20:50:24

Four tourists were arrested for hunting birds at Monpura Island in Bhola on Saturday. A mobile court led by local Executive Magistrate Abdul Aziz Bhuiyan also fined each of them with Tk 50,000 and se...

N’ganj police officer closed for taking bribe

-- 2018-04-21 16:56:13

A sub-inspector of Araihazar Police Station in Narayanganj was closed to the district Police Lines on Friday night for freeing three drug traders in exchange of bribe. The closed policeman is SI Raki...

Pabna school wall collapse: 4 primary students hospitalised

-- 2018-04-21 16:38:09

Four students were injured as an under-construction wall of a school collapsed on them at Shibrampur in Pabna on Saturday morning. The injured students are Afrin, Afsana, Ami, Ismail. All are the stu...

Rangpur farmers witness record pulse production

-- 2018-04-21 14:09:06

The farmers have produced a record quantity of 10,308 tonnes of pulses during the just-ended Rabi season, higher by about 1,000 tonnes than the previous season, in Rangpur agriculture region. Officia...

Motorcyclist dies after collision with truck

-- 2018-04-21 14:06:18

A motorcyclist was killed as a truck hit his vehicle at Atahar area in Sadar upazila of Chapainawabganj district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Akbar Ali, 50, son of Ayesh Uddin of Kalin...

Truck runs over woman in city

-- 2018-04-21 11:35:48

A woman was killed when a truck hit a rickshaw carrying her in Dhanmondi area of the capital on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Masuda, 35, wife of Mohammad Jamal and a nurse of a privat...

Police recover missing man body in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-04-21 11:32:17

Police recovered the floating body of an old man from the Padma River in Charalatuli-Horma area of Sadar upazila on Friday afternoon, 21 days after he had gone missing. Locals spotted the decomposed...

Man dies from electrocution in Benapole

-- 2018-04-20 22:57:06

A man was killed after being electrocuted by live electric wire in Balunda village of Sharsha upazila on Friday morning. The deceased Usman Ali, 50, son of Budo Morol of the village, was a document w...

Traffic on Shariatpur-Shibchar road remain suspended after bridge collapse

-- 2018-04-20 22:18:31

Traffic on the Shariatpur-Shibchar road remained suspended from Thursday night after a bailey bridge collapsed under the weight of an overloaded truck on the Kirtinasha river at Rajgaon-Arigaon area....

Bogura schoolteacher hacked to death over ‘extramarital affair’

-- 2018-04-20 18:10:11

A school headmaster has been hacked to death in Bogura’s Adamdighi Upazila in the early hours of Friday. The teacher has been identified as 53-year old Abdur Rashid, a resident of Dumuria villa...

Youth ‘commits suicide’ jumping before train

-- 2018-04-20 17:02:22

A young man allegedly killed himself jumping before a running train at Chatmohar Railway Station in Chatmohar upazila, Pabna on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Sirajul Islam, son of Am...

Cumilla sets record producing black tomato

-- 2018-04-20 14:33:20

Jamil Selim, a resident of Thakurpara in Cumilla city, has successfully produced black-coloured tomato, 'Beauty Black', in Bangladesh for the first time. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) of...

Truck rams motorcyclist in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-04-20 13:49:26

A man was killed when a truck hit a motorbike at Ranihati in Shibganj upazila on Friday. The deceased was identified as Manirul Islam, an employee of Shibganj upazila Resource Centre and a resident o...

Missing cop’s body found in Kaliganga River

-- 2018-04-20 12:05:04

A police constable, who went missing after jumping into the Kaliganga River for arresting a convicted accused at Joynagar village in Sadar upazila on Thursday afternoon, found dead in the river on Fri...

Bumper wheat yield in Sylhet, Magura

Our Correspondent 2018-04-19 21:12:47

SYLHET, Apr 19: Wheat growers of Sylhet division have achieved a good production this season. A total of 1,569 hectares of land were brought under the farming of the crop in all the four districts. On...

Rangpur peasants get benefit from snake bean farming

Our Correspondent 2018-04-19 21:11:40

RANGPUR, Apr 19: Farmers of different upazilas in the district are getting financially benefited by growing snake bean (Barbati) on their lands in recent years. Due to congenial weather, low labour c...

‘Medical negligence’ leads to mother’s death at Rajshahi clinic

-- 2018-04-19 16:08:02

A new mother’s alleged death due to ‘negligence of physicians’ sparked tension at a private hospital in Rajshashi on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Sultana Begum, 30, wife...

Truck runs over BGB man in Cumilla

-- 2018-04-19 11:55:22

A member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was killed when a speeding truck ran over him on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Chauddagram upazila on Wednesday night. The deceased, Abul Kalam, was a lance na...

Speeding truck kills schoolboy in Jashore

-- 2018-04-19 11:47:48

A schoolboy was killed as a speedy truck dashed his bicycle on Keshabpur-Boga road in Keshabpur upazila on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Saifuzzaman alias Sumon, a Class-VII stu...

Two minor girls die after falling into pond in B’baria

-- 2018-04-19 10:41:06

Two minor girls drowned in a pond at Boro Bakail village in Brahmanbaria sadar upazila on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Madhu Begum, 7, daughter of Mafiz Mia and Eti Akter, 8, daughter o...

Rajshahi litchi growers upbeat about bumper production

Our Correspondent 2018-04-18 21:23:39

RAJSHAHI, Apr 18:  The litchi trees of the district are now full of young fruits.  Due to favourable climatic condition so far, litchi growers of the district are hopeful of a good harvestin...

Bacterial leaf blast may affect Boro yield in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2018-04-18 21:22:26

 BOGURA, Apr 18:  A good number Boro paddy growers of the district are worried due to massive attack of bacterial leaf blast disease. Unfavourable weather is the main reason of the disease,...

Drive against illegal establishments begins in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2018-04-18 20:30:14

The Cox’s Bazar Development Authority started a drive to demolish buildings, constructed without following the building code, in the district town. Local executive magistrate Sheikh Sadek said...

Detectives detain 7 ‘JMB militants’ in Rajshahi

-- 2018-04-18 18:38:56

Detective Branch of police arrested seven suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Godagari of Rajshahi on Wednesday. The identities of the arreste...

14 get life term over murder during robbery

-- 2018-04-18 18:09:00

A court in Lakshmipur has sentenced 14 people to life term imprisonment each in a case filed over killing a college student during robbery in a house in 2011. Laxmipur additional district and session...

281 Manikganj houses get power connection

-- 2018-04-18 15:31:37

A total of 281 houses of Jamsha union under Singair upazila of the district have been brought under rural electrification network by Manikganj Palli Bidyut Samity (MPDS) on Tuesday. Popular Folk Sing...

Rice blast hits Boro corps in Sirajganj

-- 2018-04-18 14:49:47

Farmers of nine upazilas in the district are worried of getting poor yield of Boro crops due to fungal disease blast attack during the harvesting season. The fungal attack has spread all over the upa...

Father, daughter die as bus hits motorbike

-- 2018-04-18 13:59:15

A man and his minor daughter were killed while his wife sustained serious injuries when a bus hit his motorbike on Bagerhat-Khulna highway at Kathaltala in Fakirhat upazila on Wednesday. The deceas...