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Cumilla sets record producing black tomato

Cumilla sets record producing black tomato

-- 2018-04-20 14:33:20

Jamil Selim, a resident of Thakurpara in Cumilla city, has successfully produced black-coloured tomato, 'Beauty Black', in Bangladesh for the first time. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) of...

Truck rams motorcyclist in C’nawabganj

Truck rams motorcyclist in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-04-20 13:49:26

A man was killed when a truck hit a motorbike at Ranihati in Shibganj upazila on Friday. The deceased was identified as Manirul Islam, an employee of Shibganj upazila Resource Centre and a resident o...

Missing cop’s body found in Kaliganga River

Missing cop’s body found in Kaliganga River

-- 2018-04-20 12:05:04

A police constable, who went missing after jumping into the Kaliganga River for arresting a convicted accused at Joynagar village in Sadar upazila on Thursday afternoon, found dead in the river on Fri...

Bumper wheat yield in Sylhet, Magura

Bumper wheat yield in Sylhet, Magura

Our Correspondent 2018-04-19 21:12:47

SYLHET, Apr 19: Wheat growers of Sylhet division have achieved a good production this season. A total of 1,569 hectares of land were brought under the farming of the crop in all the four districts. On...

Rangpur peasants get benefit from snake bean farming

Rangpur peasants get benefit from snake bean farming

Our Correspondent 2018-04-19 21:11:40

RANGPUR, Apr 19: Farmers of different upazilas in the district are getting financially benefited by growing snake bean (Barbati) on their lands in recent years. Due to congenial weather, low labour c...

‘Medical negligence’ leads to mother’s death at Rajshahi clinic

‘Medical negligence’ leads to mother’s death at Rajshahi clinic

-- 2018-04-19 16:08:02

A new mother’s alleged death due to ‘negligence of physicians’ sparked tension at a private hospital in Rajshashi on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Sultana Begum, 30, wife...

Truck runs over BGB man in Cumilla

Truck runs over BGB man in Cumilla

-- 2018-04-19 11:55:22

A member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was killed when a speeding truck ran over him on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Chauddagram upazila on Wednesday night. The deceased, Abul Kalam, was a lance na...

Speeding truck kills schoolboy in Jashore

Speeding truck kills schoolboy in Jashore

-- 2018-04-19 11:47:48

A schoolboy was killed as a speedy truck dashed his bicycle on Keshabpur-Boga road in Keshabpur upazila on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Saifuzzaman alias Sumon, a Class-VII stu...

Two minor girls die after falling into pond in B’baria

Two minor girls die after falling into pond in B’baria

-- 2018-04-19 10:41:06

Two minor girls drowned in a pond at Boro Bakail village in Brahmanbaria sadar upazila on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Madhu Begum, 7, daughter of Mafiz Mia and Eti Akter, 8, daughter o...

Rajshahi litchi growers upbeat about bumper production

Rajshahi litchi growers upbeat about bumper production

Our Correspondent 2018-04-18 21:23:39

RAJSHAHI, Apr 18:  The litchi trees of the district are now full of young fruits.  Due to favourable climatic condition so far, litchi growers of the district are hopeful of a good harvestin...

Bacterial leaf blast may affect Boro yield  in Bogura

Bacterial leaf blast may affect Boro yield in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2018-04-18 21:22:26

 BOGURA, Apr 18:  A good number Boro paddy growers of the district are worried due to massive attack of bacterial leaf blast disease. Unfavourable weather is the main reason of the disease,...

Drive against illegal establishments begins in Cox’s Bazar

Drive against illegal establishments begins in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2018-04-18 20:30:14

The Cox’s Bazar Development Authority started a drive to demolish buildings, constructed without following the building code, in the district town. Local executive magistrate Sheikh Sadek said...

Detectives detain 7 ‘JMB militants’ in Rajshahi

Detectives detain 7 ‘JMB militants’ in Rajshahi

-- 2018-04-18 18:38:56

Detective Branch of police arrested seven suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Godagari of Rajshahi on Wednesday. The identities of the arreste...

14 get life term over murder during robbery

14 get life term over murder during robbery

-- 2018-04-18 18:09:00

A court in Lakshmipur has sentenced 14 people to life term imprisonment each in a case filed over killing a college student during robbery in a house in 2011. Laxmipur additional district and session...

281 Manikganj houses get power connection

281 Manikganj houses get power connection

-- 2018-04-18 15:31:37

A total of 281 houses of Jamsha union under Singair upazila of the district have been brought under rural electrification network by Manikganj Palli Bidyut Samity (MPDS) on Tuesday. Popular Folk Sing...

Rice blast hits Boro corps in Sirajganj

Rice blast hits Boro corps in Sirajganj

-- 2018-04-18 14:49:47

Farmers of nine upazilas in the district are worried of getting poor yield of Boro crops due to fungal disease blast attack during the harvesting season. The fungal attack has spread all over the upa...

Father, daughter die as bus hits motorbike

Father, daughter die as bus hits motorbike

-- 2018-04-18 13:59:15

A man and his minor daughter were killed while his wife sustained serious injuries when a bus hit his motorbike on Bagerhat-Khulna highway at Kathaltala in Fakirhat upazila on Wednesday. The deceas...

Lightning kills three in Cumilla

Lightning kills three in Cumilla

-- 2018-04-18 11:47:10

Three people including two women were killed in separate incidents of lightning strike in Debidwar and Daudkandi upazilas of Cumilla district on Tuesday. Mizanur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Daudkand...

IU student ‘kills self’ over love affair

IU student ‘kills self’ over love affair

-- 2018-04-18 10:50:09

A first year student of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) department of Islamic University in Kushtia allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at a private hostel at...

BRRI-Dhan-29 reignites hopes  of farmers in Gopalganj

BRRI-Dhan-29 reignites hopes of farmers in Gopalganj

Our Correspondent 2018-04-17 22:24:45

GOPALGANJ, Apr 17: Cultivation of BRRI-Dhan-29 has raised a new hope among the farmers of Gopalganj Sadar in the district. According to Gopalganj Sadar Upazila Agriculture Office sources said, about...

Youths become self-reliant rearing turkey hens

Youths become self-reliant rearing turkey hens

Roving Correspondent 2018-04-17 22:23:32

NAOGAON Apr 17: More than 300 both male and female youths of Naogaon district have become self-reliant through rearing turkey hens commercially from last few years. The enterprise has been implemente...

Weather favours marginal Papaya growers

Weather favours marginal Papaya growers

Our Correspondent 2018-04-17 22:22:14

BOGURA, Apr 17: Papaya cultivation has brought smile to the hundreds of marginal peasants in all twelve upazilas of Bogura district this season. Due to favourable weather and timely supply of necessa...

Chattogram road crashes kill two women

Chattogram road crashes kill two women

-- 2018-04-17 21:25:53

Two women were killed in two separate road accidents in Mirsharai Upazila in Chattogram on Tuesday. One of the deceased was identified as Sajeda Begum, 42, wife of Akhter Hossain of Madhya Wahedpur v...

BGB seizes 9 gold bars in Benapole

BGB seizes 9 gold bars in Benapole

-- 2018-04-17 18:26:30

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 9 gold bars weighing 1 kg from Putkhali area under Benapole Port Police Station in Jashore on Tuesday noon. Tipped off, when a team of the paramilit...

Narayanganj gunfight leaves ‘drug pedlar’ wounded

Narayanganj gunfight leaves ‘drug pedlar’ wounded

Our Correspondent 2018-04-17 14:44:00

An alleged drug pedlar received bullet injury in a gunfight with police at Pagla Nischintapur area under Kutubpur union of Narayanganj on early Tuesday. Manjur Kader, Officer-in- Charge (acting) of F...

Prisoner dies after falling ill at Satkhira jail

Prisoner dies after falling ill at Satkhira jail

-- 2018-04-17 13:19:47

A prisoner, who was serving a five-year imprisonment in a drug case, died at Satkhira jail on early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Golam Mostafa, 30, son of Aziar Rahman of Gayeshpur village...

34,750 farmers to get incentive for Aush farming

34,750 farmers to get incentive for Aush farming

-- 2018-04-17 13:06:55

A total of 34,750 farmers will get incentives of seed, fertilizer and irrigation support for the cultivation of Aus paddy in the current Kharif-1 season in four districts in Rajshahi region. Of the t...

Mother jumps before train along with son

Mother jumps before train along with son

-- 2018-04-17 12:40:08

A 25-year-old woman carrying her minor son reportedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a running train at Dhamail under Gafargaon upazila of Mymensingh on Tuesday morning. The deceased were i...

Maize harvest progresses fast in Gaibandha

Maize harvest progresses fast in Gaibandha

-- 2018-04-16 21:38:27

GAIBANDHA, Apr 16 (BSS): Harvest of maize, one of the cash crops of the district, has been progressing fast in all the seven upazilas here for few weeks last amid much enthusiasm to the farmers. The...

Tractor crushes cyclist in C’nawabganj

Tractor crushes cyclist in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-04-16 21:11:21

A bicyclist was crushed under the wheels of a tractor at Sundarpur under Chapainawabganj sadar upazila Monday morning, reports BSS. The deceased was identified as Nizam Uddin, 30, son of Ekramul Hoqu...