A CORRESPONDENT 2020-01-10 00:29:36
MYMENSINGH, Jan 09: Sweetmeat 'Monda' has an interesting history. Descendants say, about two centuries ago Gopal Pal dreamt that a sage was ordering him to make sweetmeat. The next day, Gopal starte...
-- 2020-01-09 15:10:16
Police have recovered the bodies of a woman and her minor son, presumed murdered, from a home in Manikganj's Saturia Upazila. Parveen Akhter, 26, the wife of Monjur Rahman, a migrant worker in Saudi...
OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-01-08 21:30:24
SYLHET, Jan 08: The Sylhet Central Truck Terminal, set up by the Sylhet City Corporation (SCC), is yet to be made operative and it remained free of trucks as the drivers are not at all interested in k...
-- 2020-01-08 21:29:24
BOGURA, Jan 08 (UNB): Dozens of illegal brick kilns, set up on arable land near schools and colleges, have formed a powerful clique who are removing the fertile topsoil for making bricks, rendering th...
Our Correspondents 2020-01-07 21:29:58
JOYPURHAT, Jan 07: Farmers in the northern districts are worried as bone chilling cold is affecting Boro seedbeds this season. Meanwhile, seedbeds have been infected with various plant diseases...
-- 2020-01-07 18:25:07
Nursery owner Rezaul Islam has succeeded in cultivating costly spicy crop of cardamom in his native Natun Chuliyar Char village of Sadar union in Roumari upazila of Kurigram. In addition to expanding...
-- 2020-01-06 18:58:04
After a little respite for couple of days, severity of the season’s second spell of cold wave worsened on Monday affecting normal life in northern districts of the country. According to officia...
-- 2020-01-06 17:11:36
Dozens of illegal brick kilns, set up in arable land near schools and colleges, have formed a powerful clique who are removing the fertile topsoil for making bricks, rendering the fields unusable for...
-- 2020-01-05 22:07:30
SATKHIRA, Jan 05 (UNB): A crisis of raw materials , low prices of finished goods and availability of cheaper alternatives are pushing the once thriving 'mele' mat industry of Satkhira towards extincti...
-- 2020-01-05 17:04:57
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Saturday evening arrested a couple reportedly along with a shooter gun and 100 Yaba tablets at Katla village of bordering Birampur upazila in Dinajpur. The...
-- 2020-01-05 10:55:49
An elderly woman who suffered burns while basking in fire died at the General Hospital in Jashore on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Shukurunnesa, 60, wife of late Samsuddin of Raypara...
A Correspondent 2020-01-04 23:52:12
MYMENSINGH, Jan 04: Barbel (shing) fish farming in Madihati Para village of Mymensingh Sadar Upazila has received a boost following implementation of the intensive cultivation technique that is set...
Our Correspondent 2020-01-04 23:51:31
CUMILLA, Jan 04: Cumilla has long been known as a district with a rich history and heritage. The tourist attractions of this district, rich in tourism sector, attract everyone. This time, Cumilla'...
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Robbers looted gold ornaments from a house killing an elderly woman at Navy-gate area in Khulna on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Kali Rani Sen, 70. The incident took place around...
-- 2020-01-04 12:49:29
Shortages of raw materials , low prices of finished goods and availability of cheaper alternatives are pushing the once-thriving ‘mele’ mat industry of Satkhira towards extinction. &ldquo...
-- 2020-01-02 11:35:37
Three people were killed and eight others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Lakshmipur Highway near Polly Bidyut area on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Khorshed Alam, 35, son of Nurul Am...
-- 2020-01-01 16:47:12
Agriculturists at a farmers’ field day event have said cultivation of short duration and high yielding variety of BARI Sarisa-14 between the time of Transplanted Aman rice and Boro rice farming...
-- 2020-01-01 12:21:11
A man was killed and 30 others were injured in a collision between two buses at Kashiabari Bridge area in Natore Sadar upazila on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Likhon, the assistant of a...
OUR CORRESPONDENT 2019-12-31 21:15:41
SYLHET, Dec 31: Misuse of public funds by some officials at the Project Implementation Office at Shulla upazila in Sunamganj in the name of construction of bridges at remote villages has been detect...
Our Correspondent 2019-12-30 21:11:10
KHULNA, Dec 30: Hundreds of jute mill workers in Khulna region were continuing their hunger strike unto death for the second consecutive day to press home their 11-point demand. Sources said, the wor...
OUR CORRESPONDENT 2019-12-30 21:09:48
SYLHET, Dec 30: At last, the much-desired children park in the Sylhet divisional city suburban Alampur area is going to be formally inaugurated soon. Sources said, it would help meet a long standing...
-- 2019-12-30 17:51:31
A medical waste management plant is being established in Rajshahi city aimed at bringing all the wastes including the risky and harmful ones produced in both public and private clinics, diagnostics an...
-- 2019-12-30 17:40:23
Three suspected members of a notorious pirate gang were arrested from the Sundarbans by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on early Monday. The arrestees are - Siddiqur Rahman, 34, son of Jumman Ali Gazi,...
-- 2019-12-30 00:34:26
GOALUNDA, Dec 29 (UNB): An unanticipated dry-season bank erosion by the Padma River is wreaking havoc with the inhabitants of two unions here, taking away over 100 bighas of arable land in the last tw...
ROVING CORRESPONDENT 2019-12-30 00:33:38
NAOGAON, Dec 29: Construction of a new floor on the roof of a single-storey 22-year-old Hamidpur Jigatla Multipurpose High School building under Mahadebpur upazila of the district is going apace trigg...
-- 2019-12-28 20:27:14
A teenage boy was killed as fire broke out at a bakery in Khulna city’s Dalmil intersection area early Saturday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Mynul Haque, 15, son of Tara Mia of...
-- 2019-12-28 17:17:23
Among many others, Abdul Mannan, 48, of Mollapara village under Godagari upazila in Rajshahi has become self-reliant through sheep farming. With his curiosity Mannan had procured two sheep from one o...
UNB 2019-12-28 16:26:01
Vegetable farming is creating employment opportunity for previously unemployed youths in Brahmanbaria, changing the scenario in rural areas. Mohiuddin Miah of Mohammadpur village at Ramrail union in...
-- 2019-12-28 12:31:01
The Detective Branch (DB) of police has rejected claims that they picked up five youths on early Thursday from Jashore. The young men are – Sohan Hossain, son of Saheb Ali; Shukur, son of Aziz...
UNB 2019-12-27 17:29:21
At least two people were killed and 20 others injured in a road accident in Kamaliarchar area of Kishoreganj district on Friday morning. The deceased were identified as Faizul Islam Chowdhury, 60, of...
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