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Village people suffer in absence of river bridge in Rangpur

Village people suffer in absence of river bridge in Rangpur

Our Correspondent 2018-05-21 15:19:36

Around 15,000 people of different villages at Taraganj upazila in Rangpur district are suffering much owing to absence of a concrete bridge over the Jomuneshwari river in Joybangla Ghat area of Hariar...

Traders making vermicelli in unhealthy environment

Traders making vermicelli in unhealthy environment

Our Correspondent 2018-05-20 21:38:20

Vermicelli is one of the most lucrative food items during the month of Ramadan and Eid festivals.  As the demands of vermicelli increased during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, a section of dishonest t...

Police retrieve body of drowned woman

Police retrieve body of drowned woman

-- 2018-05-20 13:28:02

The body of an elderly woman who drowned while taking bath in a canal in the municipality area in Jhenidah was recovered on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Anwara Khatun, 78, wife of E...

Growers start plucking mangoes in Rajshahi

Growers start plucking mangoes in Rajshahi

-- 2018-05-20 11:59:06

Plucking of mangos, the highest juicy and delicious fruit of the summer season, has begun at different orchards in Rajshahi district. Mango growers in different upazilas of the district have started...

Netrokona police detain 23 in special drive

Netrokona police detain 23 in special drive

-- 2018-05-20 11:54:30

Police in a special drive arrested 23 people, including drug traders and sex workers, from different areas in Netrokona district town early Sunday. Md Borhan Uddin, officer-in-charge of Netrakona Mod...

Taking selfie before moving train: Injured Ctg boy dies

Taking selfie before moving train: Injured Ctg boy dies

-- 2018-05-19 21:17:22

The teenage boy, who sustained injuries while taking selfie in front of a moving train, died while undergoing treatment at Chattogram Medical College Hospital on Saturday. The deceased was identified...

B’baria road accident claims three lives

B’baria road accident claims three lives

-- 2018-05-19 14:53:54

Three young men were killed as a bus rammed a CNG-run auto rickshaw on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Malihata area in Sarail upazila in Brahmanbaria on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as Nos...

One dies as auto-rikshaw overturns in Cox’s Bazar

One dies as auto-rikshaw overturns in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2018-05-19 11:44:02

A young man was killed and two other people were injured as an auto-rickshaw overturned after being hit by a truck at Kutupalong in Ukhia upazila on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as R...

Man dies in Pabna clash

Man dies in Pabna clash

-- 2018-05-19 11:34:10

A man was killed and at least 20 people were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers at Char Ghoshpur village in sadar upazila of Pabna district on Friday evening. There had been a long st...

Cumilla youth beats imam for using loud mike

Cumilla youth beats imam for using loud mike

-- 2018-05-18 19:07:09

The imam of a local mosque was beaten by an expatriate youth in Sadakpur Noapara area of Burichang upazila in Cumilla district early Friday for calling Muslims using mikes to take sehri, which, he all...

RCCI, DHROA inaugurate hygienic Iftar outlets in Rangpur

RCCI, DHROA inaugurate hygienic Iftar outlets in Rangpur

-- 2018-05-18 18:11:59

Rangpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) and District Hotel and Restaurant Owners' Association (DHROA) jointly launched 20 hygienic Iftar selling centres in the city on Friday, the first day of...

Narail farmer dies in lightning strike

Narail farmer dies in lightning strike

-- 2018-05-18 17:19:14

A farmer was killed in a lightning strike at Kamargram of Lohagara upazila in Narail on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Babul Sheikh, 28, son of Mannan Sheikh, reports UNB. Locals sai...

‘Gunfight’ leaves ‘drug peddler’ dead in C’nawabganj

‘Gunfight’ leaves ‘drug peddler’ dead in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-05-18 16:53:08

An alleged drug peddler was killed in a 'gunfight' between his cohorts and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at no 4-Beribadh Ghat area of Padma River in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district early...

Cops nab man with 8kg hemp in Naogaon

Cops nab man with 8kg hemp in Naogaon

-- 2018-05-18 16:08:56

Police in a drive detained a man suspected to be drug peddler along with eight kilograms of hemp at Magura village in sadar upazila in Naogaon on Friday morning. The arrestee was identified as Sekend...

Driver dies in road accident in Magura

Driver dies in road accident in Magura

-- 2018-05-18 10:38:44

A human-hauler driver was killed when a truck hit it on Magura-Jhenidah road at Kachabazar in Sadar upazila in Magura on Friday. The deceased was identified as Joynal Hossain, 30, son of Motaleb Hoss...

Record jackfruit production likely in four northern districts

Record jackfruit production likely in four northern districts

Our Correspondent 2018-05-17 22:36:06

BOGURA, May 17:  Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) officials of Bogura, Joypurhat, Pabna and Sirajganj districts are expecting record production of jackfruit this season. They also desir...

Two die in Sherpur road mishap

Two die in Sherpur road mishap

-- 2018-05-17 12:39:29

Two people were killed and four others injured in a road accident at Kandapara in Sherpur district town on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Khoka Mia, 22, son of Riaz Uddin of Kandapara vill...

Rajshahi markets set to sell delicious mangoes

Rajshahi markets set to sell delicious mangoes

-- 2018-05-17 12:29:33

Some indigenous varieties of mango including tasty Gopalbhog are going to appear in Rajshahi markets as ban will be end on harvesting of the seasonal delicious fruit. Farmers, traders and others conc...

Nursery business boosting solvency of farmers in Bogura

Nursery business boosting solvency of farmers in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2018-05-16 21:22:36

BOGURA, May 16: Nursery business is boosting solvency amid farmers in Bogura district from last few years. Mitigating the local demand, they are sending the sapling to the different adjacent district...

Man dies in Gopalganj road accident

Man dies in Gopalganj road accident

-- 2018-05-16 12:24:31

A man was killed after a bus crushed him at Gopinathpur in Sadar upazila under Gopalganj district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Angshu Biswas, 30, of Gopinathpur village in the upazila...

12,000 hectares Boro crops under water in Sirajganj

12,000 hectares Boro crops under water in Sirajganj

-- 2018-05-16 10:51:52

Boro crops on around 12,000 hectares of land in four unions of Tarash upazila in Sirajganj went under water due to waterlogging caused by heavy rains. The affected unions are Magura Binod, Baogaon, M...

Schoolgirl among two dies in lightning

Schoolgirl among two dies in lightning

-- 2018-05-16 10:25:27

Two people including a schoolgirl have been killed in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Kishoreganj and Brahmanabria districts. In Kishoreganj, a housewife named Swarupa Akter, 45, wife of O...

Manikganj road mishap kills three

Manikganj road mishap kills three

-- 2018-05-15 17:53:19

Three persons were killed and 20 others injured in a road mishap at Cross-Bridge area in Ghior upazila of Manikganj district on Tuesday afternoon. The identities of the deceased could not be known im...

Three die as truck, CNG collide head on in Mymensingh

Three die as truck, CNG collide head on in Mymensingh

-- 2018-05-15 15:19:54

Three people were killed and three others injured as a truck collides head-on with a CNG-run-auto-rikshaw on Mymensingh-Tangail highway at Gabtoli in Muktagachha upazila on Tuesday noon.   The i...

Another vessel capsizes in Meghna

Another vessel capsizes in Meghna

-- 2018-05-15 10:52:36

A ship after getting hit by another vessel capsized in the Meghna River on Monday. The broken vessel reported to be carrying 570 tonnes of fly ash at Loggimarar shawl area of Sadar upazila. No casua...

Bus, truck collide head-on killing three

Bus, truck collide head-on killing three

-- 2018-05-15 10:34:36

Three people were killed and four others injured following a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Harotola area of Habiganj Tuesday morning. The identity of the dece...

Electrocution kills two minor brothers in Bhola

Electrocution kills two minor brothers in Bhola

-- 2018-05-14 15:44:44

Two brothers have died from electrocution in Pangasia area under Lalmohon upazila of Bhola district on Monday morning. The deceased were identified as Al-Amin (6), and his brother M Siam (4), sons of...

RAB detains four suspected militants in raids

RAB detains four suspected militants in raids

-- 2018-05-14 15:33:41

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in separate drives arrested four suspected militants in Rajshahi on Monday. The arrestees are: Naimul Islam, Piarul, hailing from Godagari upazila, Jewell, hai...

Two die in cement factory accident

Two die in cement factory accident

-- 2018-05-14 11:33:18

Two workers were killed as a chunk of cement collapsed on them at a cement factory at Paschim Muktarpur in the Munshiganj district town on Monday morning. The deceased have been identified as Md Shah...

Cops recover bodies of expat’s mother, wife in Habiganj

Cops recover bodies of expat’s mother, wife in Habiganj

-- 2018-05-14 11:25:06

Police recovered bodies of a woman and her daughter-in-law from their house at Sadullapur village in Kurshi union of Nabiganj upazila in Sylhet’s Habiganj on Sunday night. The deceased were Mal...