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Brick kilns’ emissions damage  paddy, banana fields

Brick kilns’ emissions damage paddy, banana fields

Our Correspondent 2019-05-08 21:15:42

NAOGAON, May 08: Emissions from brick kilns is damaging banana plants and paddy fields on 20 hectares of land under Dhamoirhat upazila in the district. Some local farmers said similar damage to their...

Water spinach cultivation  expands across Bogura

Water spinach cultivation expands across Bogura

Our Correspondent 2019-05-08 21:13:42

BOGURA, May 08: High production of water spinach has brought smile on the faces of grassroots farmers in the district this season. Harun-or-Rashid of Ashunja village under Dupchanchia upazila said pr...

Chandpur road crash leaves two dead

Chandpur road crash leaves two dead

-- 2019-05-08 17:47:41

Two people were killed in a collision between a truck and an auto-rickshaw at Lebutola Balu Mohalin in Chandpur Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as auto-rickshaw drive...

Beekeepers collect over 12 tonnes of honey from  200 litchi orchards

Beekeepers collect over 12 tonnes of honey from 200 litchi orchards

Roving Correspondent 2019-05-07 20:11:47

NATORE, May 07: Beekeepers have collected over 12 tonnes of honey from 200 litchi orchards in the district this season. Sources said commercial honeybee farming is gaining popularity in the area for...

Rangpur arum cultivators  optimistic of achieving  good production

Rangpur arum cultivators optimistic of achieving good production

Our Correspondent 2019-05-07 20:10:25

RANGPUR, May 07: The arum cultivators across the district are optimistic about achieving a good yield of the vegetable during the current season due to a favourable weather condition and timely supply...

Three dead, two missing in Gaibandha boat capsize

Three dead, two missing in Gaibandha boat capsize

-- 2019-05-07 19:50:56

Three people died and two others went missing when a boat capsized in the Brahmaputra River at Gidari in Sadar upazila on Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified as Rokeya Begum, 45, wife of In...

Chemical-free muri production in Manikganj

Chemical-free muri production in Manikganj

-- 2019-05-07 18:19:49

Puffed rice (Muri) is one of the most essential and tasty item of ‘Iftar’ during the holy Ramadan everywhere across the country. Though it has demand throughout the year, but during the ho...

Woman ‘kills self’ in Rajshahi

Woman ‘kills self’ in Rajshahi

-- 2019-05-07 11:37:02

A woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at Kismat Kukhandi in Poba upazila of Rajshahi in the early hours of Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Ayesha Begum, 35, wife of Samjan....

Jute farming expands across Bogura

Jute farming expands across Bogura

Our Correspondent 2019-05-07 00:42:47

BOGURA, May 06: Jute growers in the district are eyeing an abundant yield this season amid the prevailing weather. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) officials said over 1,200 tonnes of the go...

Twin brothers drown in Dinajpur pond

Twin brothers drown in Dinajpur pond

-- 2019-05-06 18:07:02

Two minor siblings drowned in a pond beside their house at Bhabki village under Birganj upazila in Dinajpur on Monday. The deceased were identified as Hasan and Hussain, two-year-old twin sons of Sid...

Two workers suffer burns at N’ganj steel mill

Two workers suffer burns at N’ganj steel mill

-- 2019-05-05 14:11:58

Two workers sustained burn injuries while working at a steel mill at Bhulta in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj on Sunday. The identities of the victims could not be known immediately. Mahmudul Haq, o...

Truck overturns on Dhaka-Ctg highway, killing two

Truck overturns on Dhaka-Ctg highway, killing two

-- 2019-05-05 11:12:28

Two workers were killed and two others injured when a truck overturned on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Chauddagram upazila of Cumilla early Sunday. Of the deceased, Mamtaz Mia, 50, was a resident of S...

Malta cultivation  up in Naogaon

Malta cultivation up in Naogaon

Roving Correspondent 2019-05-04 21:40:43

NAOGAON, May 04: Malta cultivation has been increasing in Manda upazila of the district.Officials at the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said repeated plenteous production, good demand and f...

Fani destroys over 200 houses in Bhola

Fani destroys over 200 houses in Bhola

-- 2019-05-04 18:12:58

A woman has died and more than 200 homes have been destroyed in Bhola as Cyclone Fani is crossing Bangladesh after hitting India’s Odisha and West Bengal coasts. The dead has been identified as...

Mymensingh City Corporation goes to polls Sunday

Mymensingh City Corporation goes to polls Sunday

-- 2019-05-04 18:03:14

The first ever election to Mymensingh City Corporation will be held on Sunday to decide only its councillors as the lone mayoral candidate has already been elected unopposed. The balloting for 33 gen...

Two die in Bagerhat road accident

Two die in Bagerhat road accident

-- 2019-05-03 10:50:18

Two people were killed and another was injured when a bus collided with a microbus on Khulna-Mawa highway at Nauapara in Fakirhat upazila of Bagerhat district on Friday. The identities of the decease...

One killed in Lakshmipur road accident

One killed in Lakshmipur road accident

-- 2019-05-02 16:53:32

A CNG run auto-rickshaw driver was killed and two others injured when a truck hit a standby CNG auto-rickshaw in North Temuhoni area of Lakshmipur town this morning. The deceased was identified as th...

No truck passage in ferries for 6 days over Eid

No truck passage in ferries for 6 days over Eid

-- 2019-05-01 15:11:02

All trucks and covered vans will be restricted from boarding ferries across the country for three days either side of Eid-ul-Fitr, making an exception for essential products.   State Minister o...

Woman ‘commits suicide after poisoning daughters’

Woman ‘commits suicide after poisoning daughters’

-- 2019-04-30 11:25:53

A woman apparently killed herself after allegedly poisoning her two daughters at Shikderpara in Rangunia upazila of Chattogram in the early hours of Tuesday over a family feud. The deceased were iden...

Four doctors suspended for negligence in Narail

Four doctors suspended for negligence in Narail

-- 2019-04-29 21:43:24

Four doctors of Narail Sadar Hospital have been suspended for negligence in duty and posted as Officers on Special Duty (OSD). The four doctors are junior consultants (cardiology) Md Sawkat Ali and M...

RMG worker ‘kills self’ after being raped in Uber car

RMG worker ‘kills self’ after being raped in Uber car

-- 2019-04-29 13:58:42

A garment worker has 'committed suicide' after being raped in an Uber car by its driver in Agrabad area under Double Mooring thana in Chattogram city. The 17-year-old girl, who used to live with her...

Maize farming exceeds target in Bogura district

Maize farming exceeds target in Bogura district

Our Correspondent 2019-04-28 21:12:52

BOGURA, Apr 28: Maize cultivation target has exceeded in the district this season. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), over 500 hectares of land have been come under the produ...

Patkuas with solar panel lids provide  irrigation in Naogaon

Patkuas with solar panel lids provide irrigation in Naogaon

Our Correspondent 2019-04-28 21:11:21

NAOGAON, Apr 28: Patkua wells with solar panel lids are providing irrigation facilities to the vegetable growers in drought-prone Sapahar upazila hinder the district. Sources said the Barind Multipur...

Rajshahi farmers start bio-method paddy  cultivation

Rajshahi farmers start bio-method paddy cultivation

-- 2019-04-28 21:06:46

Farmers have started paddy farming through using bio-method in the district creating a high hope of protecting soil health and water from pollution caused by chemical fertilisers and pesticides, repor...

Lightning kills two including child in Habiganj

Lightning kills two including child in Habiganj

-- 2019-04-28 18:22:13

A farmer and a child were killed in separate incidents of lightning strike at Nazirpur village in Sadar upazila and Sangor village in Baniachong upazila of Habiganj on Sunday. The deceased were ident...

HSC examinee ‘kills self’ in Chattogram

HSC examinee ‘kills self’ in Chattogram

-- 2019-04-28 11:34:24

A college student apparently killed himself at his aunt's house in Baklia area of Chattogram on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Minhazul Karim, 19, son of Rezaul Karim, a resident of K...

New 250-bed Sunamganj Hospital building yet  to be of any use

New 250-bed Sunamganj Hospital building yet to be of any use

-- 2019-04-27 21:11:13

Our CorrespondentSYLHET, Apr 27: The new 250-bed Sunamganj District Hospital building is yet to be of any use though the construction work was completed last year.Different organisations and citizen f...

Joypurhat mango farmers eye bumper production

Joypurhat mango farmers eye bumper production

Roving Correspondent 2019-04-27 21:10:47

JOYPURHAT, Apr 27: Gopalbhog mango farmers in the district are eyeing a bumper production amid the prevailing weather.Sub-assistant agriculture officer of DAE Azizur Rahman said the mango variety is p...

Good Boro yield likely in five Rangpur districts

Good Boro yield likely in five Rangpur districts

Our Correspondent 2019-04-27 21:10:16

RANGPUR, Apr 27: A good yield of Boro paddy is likely to be achieved across five districts under Rangpur agriculture region during the current season due to congenial weather condition and timely supp...

HSC examinee stabbed dead in Bogura

HSC examinee stabbed dead in Bogura

-- 2019-04-27 19:39:25

A Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) candidate was stabbed to death in Shahjahanpur upazila in Bogura on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Naziur Rahman Nahid, 19, son of Matiur Rahman of Nari...