Our Correspondent 2018-05-13 20:58:47
SYLHET, May 13: Farmers of Sunamganj district are in trouble as they could not able to harvest paddy on 5,000 hectares of land. Sources said about 70 per cent of crop have already been harvested and...
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Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) have picked-up three Bangladesh nationals from Paria border in Baliadangi upazila of the district early Sunday. The detainees are: Shah Alam, 35, son of...
-- 2018-05-13 13:00:41
An elderly woman was killed as a bus crushed her on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj highway at Godagari municipal area in Rajshahi on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Rasheda Begum, 60, wife o...
-- 2018-05-13 10:19:30
Police recovered the bodies of two men from Kamalapur and Kaundia areas of Birulia of Savar on Sunday morning. A 42-year-old rickshaw puller Chand Miah reportedly committed suicide by taking poison a...
Our Correspondent 2018-05-12 21:08:18
SYLHET, May 12: With a target to bring larger areas under Aus farming in Sylhet division in the Kharif season, the farmers in many areas are busy in preparing seedbeds. It would be completed in weeks...
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Many people, both males and females, have become financially solvent over manufacturing shoes at Kaluhati village under Charghat upazila in Rajshahi district. The successful villagers are contributin...
-- 2018-05-12 11:02:07
A cargo vessel carrying 1000 tonnes of clinker capsized in the middle of the Meghna River at Katakhali Majherchar area in Haimchar upazila in Chandpur on Friday evening. The vessel 'MV Millennium-1 w...
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A mobile court fined five candidates and sentenced another one for adopting unfair means in the primary assistant teacher recruitment test in Gopalganj on Friday. The candidates are: Sankar Das, Sheu...
-- 2018-05-11 16:57:08
Six people were killed as a bus crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Kashni of Tarakanda upazila in Mymensingh on Friday afternoon. Mazharul Haque, officer-in-charge of Tarakanda Police Station, s...
-- 2018-05-11 13:20:00
Two children drowned in a river at Kashil Paschimpara village in Basail upazila of Tangail on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Rumi, 7, daughter of Bhulu Jamadar and Shonali, 6, daughter of...
-- 2018-05-11 12:30:23
A newspaper hawker was crushed under wheels of a truck on Dhaka-Sylhet highway near Velanagar Bazar area in Narsingdi at about 6 am Friday. The deceased was identified as Kamal Mia, aged 58, a hawker...
-- 2018-05-11 12:19:18
Farmers across Rajshahi region are adapting themselves in using pre-paid cards for irrigation and the system is being popularised among them in the vast Baring tract since the last couple of years....
Our Correspondent 2018-05-10 21:17:40
RANGPUR, May 10: Severe dearth of day-labourers has been affecting the harvesting of Boro paddy in eight upazilas of the district this year. According to sources a good number of farm labourers of th...
Our Correspondent 2018-05-10 16:00:41
The cultivation of ginger is going on in full swing across the Nilphamari district. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources, around 2150 hectares of land have been b...
-- 2018-05-10 12:40:34
A worker of Palli Bidyut Samity was killed by lightning at Boro Pukurpar area in Bijoynagar upazila on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam, 35, a line man of Suhilpur Palli Bidyut...
-- 2018-05-09 12:38:45
A housewife died from electrocution at Zadabpur village in Shahrasti upazila on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Minu Ara Begum, 40, wife of Kabir Hossain of the village, said Selim Patwari, c...
-- 2018-05-09 11:40:20
Detectives in a drive seized nine zebras from Satmail Bazar area in Sharsha upazila early Wednesday. Tipped off, a team of Detective Branch of police raided the area around 12 am and recovered the ze...
Our Correspondent 2018-05-08 21:14:56
SYLHET, May 08: Boro cultivators of Sylhet division are expecting to complete harvest in a week. Sources said though shortage of labourers and incessant rainfall are disrupting harvest, g...
Our Correspondent 2018-05-08 21:14:00
RANGPUR, May 8: The ridge gourd (Jhinga) cultivators across the district are overjoyed to make good profit from its sale this season. The farmers are also witnessing an abundant yield of the vegetabl...
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A female farmer was killed after being hit by a thunderbolt at a haor in Purangaon village of Bishwambharpur upazila on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Shahara Banu, wife of late Hazr...
-- 2018-05-08 11:39:26
Harvest of Boro paddy is progressing fast in all the seven upazilas in the district with much enthusiasm. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said farmers of the district cultivated Bo...
-- 2018-05-08 10:49:32
Two people were killed and three others were injured when a speeding bus ran over them on Hatikumrul-Banpara highway at Ramchar in Ullahpara upazila on Monday noon. The deceased were identified as va...
Our Correspondent 2018-05-07 22:45:57
RAJSHAHI, May 07: Hundreds of acres of standing Boro paddy have been plunged underwater at the Beel Kalam of Tanore upazila. Due to incessant rain and on rush of water from surrounding land on last Mo...
Our Correspondent 2018-05-07 22:43:50
RANGPUR, May 07: Pointed gourd (Potol) growers of the district are expecting a good yield of the vegetable during the current season. According to sources due to congenial weather and high demand, fa...
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A female college teacher and a bank officer were found dead at a flat of a two-storey building at Dakkhin Jhiltuli of Faripur on Monday. Police recovered the bodies of Sajia Begum, 34, an assistant p...
-- 2018-05-07 13:01:45
A girl who failed in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Examination reportedly committed suicide by taking poison at Mayrampur village in Bancharampur upazila on Sunday night. The deceased was id...
-- 2018-05-07 11:46:43
A 48-hour hartal enforced by Parbatya Bangali Chhatra Parishad and Parbatya Nagorik Parishad protesting the killing of five people, including microbus driver Sajib Hawladar, is underway peacefully in...
-- 2018-05-07 11:42:48
A bus driver has been killed and at least 20 people sustained injuries when a bus plunged into a ditch beside Khulna- Mawa highway in Kakdanga area of Fakirhat upazila in Bagerhat on early Monday. Of...
-- 2018-05-07 11:05:22
Three labourers have died and 10 others suffered injuries after a truck overturned on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Pathalia area in Gopalganj Sadar upazila on Monday morning. A UNB report says the decease...
-- 2018-05-06 14:27:02
A man was killed by lightning strike in Goainghat of the district on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Makdul Ali, son of Asgar Ali of Chantabari village in Nandirgao union of Goainghat....
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