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Youth found hanging in Cox’s Bazar hotel

Youth found hanging in Cox’s Bazar hotel

-- 2018-04-30 11:40:00

A young man was found hanging at a residential hotel in Kolatali Zamzam Hatchery area of the district town on Sunday night. Police recovered the hanging body of Nezam Uddin, 33, son of Anu Miah of Pa...

Flower farming increasing  in Nilphamari

Flower farming increasing in Nilphamari

Our Correspondent 2018-04-29 21:30:29

NILPHAMARI, Apr 29: With the increase in demand of flowers, along with the flower shops, cultivation of varieties of flower has increased in the district. One Shafiqul Islam of Saidpur upazila has be...

RAB arrests five JMB men in C’nawabganj

RAB arrests five JMB men in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-04-29 17:40:56

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members arrested five members of banned Islamic outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Bajitpur area of Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj on Sunday. The arre...

Bus-autorikshaw collision leaves passenger dead

Bus-autorikshaw collision leaves passenger dead

-- 2018-04-29 15:28:16

A man was killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Sylhet-Jakiganj road at Fulbari union of Gopalganj upazila on Sunday morning. The decease...

Case filed over coal-laden cargo capsize in Sundarbans

Case filed over coal-laden cargo capsize in Sundarbans

-- 2018-04-29 11:45:47

A case has been filed accusing nine people over the capsize of a coal-laden cargo vessel in the Pashur River in Mongla upazila near the Sundarbans. But police have been unable to make any arrests till...

Three die as two motorcyclists clash in Dinajpur

Three die as two motorcyclists clash in Dinajpur

-- 2018-04-29 10:40:14

At least three people were killed and one injured in a head-on a collision between two motorcycles on Dinajpur-Gobindaganj highway at Jaliapara in Sadar upazila on Saturday afternoon. The deceased we...

Police arrest four Nigerians in Sylhet

Police arrest four Nigerians in Sylhet

-- 2018-04-29 10:36:59

Police have arrested four citizens of Nigeria from Mila Tila area in Jaintiapur upazila for intruding into Bangladesh illegally. The arrestees have been identified as Ovi Chisom Enest, 35, Ashachi Li...

Fahim now turning fortune wheel of his family doing outsourcing work

Fahim now turning fortune wheel of his family doing outsourcing work

Our Correspondent 2018-04-28 21:43:32

MAGURA, Apr 28: Disabled Fahimul Karim is now turning the fortune wheel of his family with outsourcing work. Fahimul is the son of Rezaul Karim in village Sitarampur under Magura sadar upazila. Fahimu...

Bumper peanut output likely in Gopalganj, Rajshahi

Bumper peanut output likely in Gopalganj, Rajshahi

Our Correspondent 2018-04-28 21:42:58

GOPALGANJ, Apr 28: Farmers of Boiltali union under Gopalganj Sadar are expecting a bumper production of 'Dhaka-1' peanut variety this season.Santosh Biswas, sub-assistant agriculture officer of Boilta...

Female farmer pioneers purple rice farming in Gaibandha

Female farmer pioneers purple rice farming in Gaibandha

-- 2018-04-28 16:13:26

Dulali Begum, a resident of Surandah village at Ramjibon union in Sundarganj upazila, has set an example and generated huge interest among local farmers cultivating purple rice. Purple rice is a rare...

116 families overcome poverty in Nilphamari

116 families overcome poverty in Nilphamari

-- 2018-04-28 13:32:10

Some 116 extremely poor families came out from the vicious cycle of poverty in Sarkerpara village under Ramnagar union of Sadar upazila in Nilphamari district. The villagers who used to lead very mis...

BCL leader ‘beats up’ RU student

BCL leader ‘beats up’ RU student

-- 2018-04-28 10:48:23

A Rajshahi University student sustained injuries as a leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) allegedly beat him up on Friday evening. Jihad Hossain, a 4th year student of Anthropology Department s...

Bhola fire guts dozens of shop

Bhola fire guts dozens of shop

-- 2018-04-28 10:25:11

At least 50 shops were gutted in a fire that broke out at a market of Bhola district town early Saturday. The fire broke out from a shop in Monohari Potti around 12:45am and engulfed the adjoining st...

Detectives arrest 45 Jamaat men in Gazipur

Detectives arrest 45 Jamaat men in Gazipur

-- 2018-04-27 17:11:57

Detectives arrested 45 leaders of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami along with explosives from a resort at Pubail area of Gazipur on Friday. A team of Detective Branch of police arrested them, including Gaz...

Two die as truck rams ambulance in Bagura

Two die as truck rams ambulance in Bagura

-- 2018-04-27 17:05:08

Two people were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between an ambulance and a truck at Ghoga Battala on Dhaka-Bogura highway in Sherpur upazila on Friday noon. The identities of t...

Rain accompanied by thundershowers likely

Rain accompanied by thundershowers likely

-- 2018-04-27 16:58:04

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind and lighting flashes is likely to occur at a few places over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Rangpur, Khulna, Barisal, Sylhet and Chi...

Gaibandha farmers see boost in chilli production

Gaibandha farmers see boost in chilli production

-- 2018-04-27 16:11:39

Chilli cultivation has changed lots of the char farmers of Fulchhari and Shaghata upazilas in the district in recent years. According to sources, the char farmers of the upazilas used to cultivate c...

Forest officials seize timber worth Tk 5m

Forest officials seize timber worth Tk 5m

-- 2018-04-27 12:43:36

Forest officials in a drive seized timbers worth Tk 5 million from a forest in Dighinala upazila on Thursday. Harunur Rashid, an official of the Naraichhari range, said a team of forest officials wit...

BGB detains ‘smuggler’ with seven gold bars

BGB detains ‘smuggler’ with seven gold bars

-- 2018-04-27 11:52:52

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel in a raid arrested a suspected smuggler along with seven gold bars worth Tk 3.50 million from a bus in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga district on Friday. The a...

Buddhist monk hacks fellow to death in Bandarban

Buddhist monk hacks fellow to death in Bandarban

-- 2018-04-26 21:20:30

A Buddhist monk was hacked to death by another monk at a monastery in Bakichhara Tungkhapara of Sadar upazila on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Mongthui Sang alias Nainda Vikkhu, 78. Polic...

BGB detains four Indian citizens over border trespassing

BGB detains four Indian citizens over border trespassing

-- 2018-04-26 18:13:01

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained four Indian nationals from Chargaon border area in Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj on Thursday morning. The detainees are Arjit Hajong, 60, his wife De...

Mirpur building fire: Man dies too after child, wife

Mirpur building fire: Man dies too after child, wife

-- 2018-04-26 13:56:15

The man who sustained burn injuries of which his child and wife already died has met the same fate. Thirty-five-year-old Manik, who was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) with 95 per c...

Pregnant woman among three die in road crash

Pregnant woman among three die in road crash

-- 2018-04-26 13:15:52

Three people, including a pregnant woman, were killed in a road crash at Paglapir in Sadar upazila on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Moni Begum, 25, Moni's aunt Asia Begum, 50 and Tushar,...

Accidental drowning kills siblings in Habiganj

Accidental drowning kills siblings in Habiganj

-- 2018-04-26 12:07:30

Two siblings drowned in a pond at Shaestaganj Poura hospital road area in Habiganj on Wednesday evening. The victims were identified as Sourav Miah, 15, son of Zahir Miah and his sister Anufa Akhte,...

‘Gunfight’ leaves ‘drug dealer’ dead in Munshiganj

‘Gunfight’ leaves ‘drug dealer’ dead in Munshiganj

-- 2018-04-26 10:33:38

A suspected drug dealer was killed in a reported gunfight between his cohorts and police at Katakhali Haidrabad in the municipality area in Munshiganj district on Thursday. The drug trader—Sa...

Farmers of northern region busy with veg farming

Farmers of northern region busy with veg farming

-- 2018-04-25 21:42:07

RAJSHAHI, Apr 25 (BSS): Farmers are passing busy days with vegetable farming of the current Kharif season. In the current dry season, they are happy with their good yields with less irrigation water...

Training course for industrial entrepreneurs starts in Rajshahi

Training course for industrial entrepreneurs starts in Rajshahi

Our Correspondent 2018-04-25 21:40:50

RAJSHAHI, Apr 25: A three-day industrial entrepreneur development training course organised by Shilpa Sahayak Kendro, BSCIC, Rajshahi, started at the BSCIC regional office conference room in the city...

Youth dies from snakebite in Barguna

Youth dies from snakebite in Barguna

-- 2018-04-25 16:58:36

A college student died from snakebite at Mokamia village in Betagi upazila of the district on Tuesday night. The youth was identified as Gopal Chandro, 23, a third year student of BM College in Bari...

Railway police recover two minor bodies from train roof

Railway police recover two minor bodies from train roof

-- 2018-04-25 16:13:42

The Government Railway Police (GRP) in Chattogram on Wednesday recovered bodies of two minor children from the roof of an inter-city train. Identities of the minors could not be known immediately, re...

Peanut farming gains momentum in B’baria

Peanut farming gains momentum in B’baria

-- 2018-04-25 12:53:25

Peanut farming is gaining popularity among the farmers in Brahmanbaria upazila as they can cultivate it at a little cost as well as can make good profit. Similar to past years, the farmers are expect...