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Farmers expect bumper Boro production in Gaibandha

Farmers expect bumper Boro production in Gaibandha

-- 2019-04-20 17:41:58

Farmers of all the seven upazilas in Gaibandha are expecting a bumper production of Boro paddy, a high value crop, during the current Boro season. Office sources said the department has set a target...

Man found dead in Gazipur

Man found dead in Gazipur

-- 2019-04-20 17:21:18

A man was found dead at Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) in Gazipur on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Ansarul Haque Talukdar, 55, son of Mujibur Rahman of Phulbari upazi...

Toddler’s body found in Sylhet fish enclosure

Toddler’s body found in Sylhet fish enclosure

-- 2019-04-19 18:22:32

Police on Friday recovered the body of a baby boy from a fish enclosure in Jaintiapur Upazila in the district. The identity of the toddler, aged about one and a half years, could not be known yet. O...

Rape victim ‘commits suicide’

Rape victim ‘commits suicide’

-- 2019-04-19 11:49:18

A girl committed suicide reportedly after being raped at Goalkhali village of Sirajdikhan upazila of Munshiganj district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Shetu Mondol, 14, an eighth grade...

Off-season chilli growers happy  with fair price in Bogura

Off-season chilli growers happy with fair price in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2019-04-18 22:20:19

BOGURA, Apr 18: Getting repeated abundant production and fair market price, off-seasonal chilli growers are happy this season growing the item. The farmers of the district generally grow chilli in...

‘Sabri’ banana farming  expands in Joypurhat

‘Sabri’ banana farming expands in Joypurhat

Roving Correspondent 2019-04-18 22:18:59

JOYPURHAT, Apr 18:  "Sabri" banana farming is expanding fast across Joypurhat district. The farmers who were cultivated Boro, T-Aman rice and different vegetables in high cropland have started...

Teenager  ‘commits suicide’ in Jashore

Teenager  ‘commits suicide’ in Jashore

-- 2019-04-18 17:42:42

A college student reportedly committed suicide in a huff as his parents scolded him over excessive use of mobile phones in Lon Office Para area of Jashore early Thursday. The deceased was identified...

Bus rams human hauler, killing three

Bus rams human hauler, killing three

-- 2019-04-18 12:13:43

Three people were killed as a bus rammed a human hauler on Dinajpur-Phulbari road at Chuniapara in the district sadar upazila on Thursday. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately,...

Housewife ‘kills self’ in Chattogram

Housewife ‘kills self’ in Chattogram

-- 2019-04-18 12:11:51

A housewife allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan of her house at Gumanmardan in Hathazari upazila of Chattrogram on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Sultan...

Pumpkin farming brings solvency to the extreme poor in Bogura

Pumpkin farming brings solvency to the extreme poor in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2019-04-17 20:56:55

BOGURA, Apr 17: With frequent monitoring by Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), pumpkin cultivation has brought a revolutionary success among the extreme poor farmers in Bogura district this...

Lightning kills truck driver in Rajshahi

Lightning kills truck driver in Rajshahi

-- 2019-04-17 11:51:40

A truck driver was killed when a thunderbolt struck him at Khudir Batala in Charghat upazila of Rajshahi district on Tuesday night, reports UNB. The incident occurred when victim Hebol Ali, 55, son o...

Poultry farms boosting rural  economy in Joypurhat

Poultry farms boosting rural economy in Joypurhat

Roving Correspondent 2019-04-17 00:54:54

JOYPURHAT, Apr 16: With effective efforts, poultry farms are boosting the rural economy in Joypurhat. The veterinary doctors of the upazilas are ensuring smooth medicare service to check the outbreak...

'Journalists’ criticism imperative for development'

'Journalists’ criticism imperative for development'

-- 2019-04-16 18:25:26

Journalists' criticism and contribution both are imperative for the development of the country. Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder made the comment in a programme at Naogaon Press Club on Tuesday....

Mudslide kills two workers in Chuadanga brick field

Mudslide kills two workers in Chuadanga brick field

-- 2019-04-16 12:36:36

Two workers were killed and three others injured as a chunk of mud collapsed on them at a brick field in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga on Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified as Abdul Hanna...

Bogura summer radish growers making good profit for fair price

Bogura summer radish growers making good profit for fair price

Our Correspondent 2019-04-15 21:16:30

BOGURA, Apr 15: Summer radish growers of the district are making good profit this season due to fair market price. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), so far 300 bighas of l...

Off-season bitter gourd  farming on rise in Natore

Off-season bitter gourd farming on rise in Natore

Roving Correspondent 2019-04-15 21:15:23

NATORE, Apr 15: Off-season bitter gourd cultivation is on the rise in the district as the growers have been making a handsome profit from the vegetable over the last couple of years. Farmers genera...

Youth shot dead in Chattogram

Youth shot dead in Chattogram

-- 2019-04-15 20:56:37

A young man was shot to death by miscreants at Dakkhin Saral village in Banshkhali upazila early Monday. The deceased was identified as Abul Kalam, 37, of the village. Family sources said Kalam was...

Khulna road crash kills elderly woman

Khulna road crash kills elderly woman

-- 2019-04-14 17:52:44

A woman was killed being hit by a motorcycle in Binapani area of Koyra upazila in Khulna on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Chini Rani Barman, 62, wife of Nagendra Nath Barman. Local...

20 shops gutted in Kurigram fire

20 shops gutted in Kurigram fire

-- 2019-04-14 14:22:31

At least 20 shops were gutted as a fire broke out at a market in central bus terminal area of Kurigram town early Sunday. Monzil Haque, deputy assistant director of Kurigram Fire Service, said the fi...

Truck-motorcycle collision leaves ASI dead on Rangpur-Bogura highway

Truck-motorcycle collision leaves ASI dead on Rangpur-Bogura highway

-- 2019-04-14 09:03:45

An assistant sub- inspector (ASI) of police was killed as a speeding truck hit his motorcycle on the Rangpur-Bogura highway at Baldipakur in Mithapakur upazila of Rangpur on Saturday noon. The deceas...

UZ chairmen, vice-chairmen take oath in Rajshahi

UZ chairmen, vice-chairmen take oath in Rajshahi

-- 2019-04-13 17:42:51

Chairmen, vice-chairmen and vice-chairmen in women reserved seats elected through the fifth upazila parishad election in Rajshahi district took oath on Saturday with a vow to serving their respective...

Three ‘robbers’ die in Feni lynch-mob attack

Three ‘robbers’ die in Feni lynch-mob attack

-- 2019-04-13 12:30:21

Three suspected robbers were killed in a lynch-mob attack at Uttar Alipur village in Daganbhuiyan upazila of Feni in the early hours of Saturday. Two of the deceased were identified as Monir Hossain,...

Construction worker dies falling off Sunamganj building

Construction worker dies falling off Sunamganj building

-- 2019-04-12 20:33:21

A construction worker died after falling from an under-construction building in Court Chattar area of Sunamganj district town on Friday. The deceased was identified as Md Mostafa Mia, 55, son of Gaus...

Farmers to produce 3.4m tonnes Boro in Rajshahi

Farmers to produce 3.4m tonnes Boro in Rajshahi

-- 2019-04-11 21:33:10

Farmers have cultivated boro paddy on around 830,000 hectares of land exceeding the target set by Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) in eight districts under Rajshahi division during the curren...

Bogura potato growers incur loss for low  market price

Bogura potato growers incur loss for low market price

Our Correspondent 2019-04-10 21:14:25

BOGURA, Apr 10: A good number of farmers in the twelve upazilas of the district are worried over the low market price of potato this year. Farmers said Fata Pakri, Diamond, Telpakri and some others p...

Mentally challenged youth burned dead in Chattogram

Mentally challenged youth burned dead in Chattogram

-- 2019-04-10 17:29:33

A mentally challenged young man was burned to death in a fire incident at Lakhera under Kolagaon union of Patiya upazila in Chattogram on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Hinu Barua, 28,...

Two dead in Natore road crashes

Two dead in Natore road crashes

-- 2019-04-10 17:24:45

Two people were killed in separate road accidents in Natore on Wednesday. A man was killed and 10 others were injured after a cattle-laden human hauler plunged into a ditch near Ramaigachi area of Na...

Two die in Natore road crashes

Two die in Natore road crashes

-- 2019-04-10 13:40:35

A man and a woman were killed while ten others injured in separate road crashes in Natore district town and Baraigram upazila on Wednesday. A cattle trader was killed and ten others injured when a ca...

75 mass grave sites of  Liberation War martyrs  lying uncared for

75 mass grave sites of Liberation War martyrs lying uncared for

Our Correspondent 2019-04-09 21:15:47

NAOGAON, Apr 09: Some 75 mass grave sites of the Liberation War martyrs have been lying uncared for in different upazilas of the district. Ekushey Parishad Naogaon, a socio-cultural organisation of...

High-yielding wheat varieties make Barind growers happy

High-yielding wheat varieties make Barind growers happy

-- 2019-04-09 21:14:36

RAJSHAHI, Apr 09 (BSS): Farmers are now on the final stage of harvesting their cultivated wheat with satisfactory yield in the region including its vast Barind tract thanks to the newly-developed high...