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Copter crash-lands in Pabna, all four on board safe

-- 2017-10-01 09:36:50

A helicopter has crash-landed in Pabna's Chatmohar with four people on board, and all of them are safe, police say, according to bdnews24.com. One of the three passengers received 'minor injuries' wh...

Lightning kills 3 fishermen in Rajshahi

-- 2017-10-01 04:40:18

A lightning strike during storm has killed three fishermen at Baghmara Upazila of Rajshahi district on Sunday afternoon. The dead are Abul Hossain, 40, Jalal Uddin, 38, and Khorshed Alam, 50, residen...

Woman dies in Ashulia road mishap

-- 2017-09-30 12:00:00

An unidentified woman was crashed under the wheels of a moving bus on Nabinagar-Chandra Highway in Ashulia area of Savar, on the outskirts of the Dhaka city Saturday morning. Witnesses said that a bu...

Sherpur dam collapse floods 15 villages

-- 2017-09-30 12:00:00

Flood control embankment has collapsed due to strong current in the Moharashi river due to onrush of water from upstream, inundating 15 villages under four unions in Jhenigati upazila of Sherpur distr...

Elderly woman downs in Magura

-- 2017-09-30 10:30:57

An elderly woman drowned in Noboganga river at Shikundi village in Sadar upazila of Magura district on Friday.  Ilius Hossain, officer- in-charge at Sadar Police Station, said Dulali Begum (70),...

Success story of Monira Begum, a cattle raiser

Our Correspondent 2017-09-29 12:27:01

MAGURA, Sept 28: The story is about a successful cattle fattener Monira Begum. Monira Begum is the wife of Moniruzzaman of Islampur area in Magura town. Now she is at the age of 62. But she is still...

Air pumped into rectum, teenage worker dies in Bogra

-- 2017-09-29 05:13:05

A teenage worker was killed after air was pumped through his rectum by his co-worker in a factory in Birkedar area of Kahalu upazila of Bogra on Friday. The deceased was identified as Russel, 18, son...

Comilla road crash kills two

-- 2017-09-29 03:13:16

Two people were killed when a covered van overturned on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Jagurjhuli in Adorsho Sadar upazila of Comilla district on Friday. The deceased were identified as Amir Hossian, 26...

Natore farmers grow pomegranate on experimental basis

Roving Correspondent 2017-09-28 12:00:00

Some farmers of the district are farming pomegranate on an experimental basis. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office source said the peasants planted some 2,000 pomegranate saplings at...

Rangpur growers attaining financial solvency from banana cultivation

Our Correspondent 2017-09-28 12:00:00

RANGPUR, Sept 27: A good number of people are attaining financial solvency by growing banana in different areas of the district.Growers are bringing more lands under the farming of the tasty fruit due...

Gulshan building fire doused

-- 2017-09-28 12:00:00

A fire broke out at an office in city’s Gulshan area on Thursday. Ataur Rahman, duty officer of Fire Service Control room, said the fire broke out at the 4th floor of a six-storey building arou...

Grinding machine blast kills one

-- 2017-09-28 12:00:00

An electrician was killed after a grinding machine blasted at his rented residence in Jamgora area of Ashulia on Wednesday evening. The deceased was identified as Salam alias Nayan, 25, supervisor of...

Commercial turkey farming flourishes in Gazipur

Our Correspondent 2017-09-27 12:55:02

GAZIPUR, Sept 26: The turkey bird farming is gaining popularity among youths and housewives in Gazipur. Commercial turkey farms have been developed in Gazipur city area as well as different upazilas i...

Schoolboy dies after being electrocuted

-- 2017-09-26 12:00:29

A schoolboy died from electrocution at Kholsi village of Benapole on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Alif Hossain (11), son of Alim Morol, a resident of the village, a news agency report...

Murder suspect killed in Kushtia 'gunfight'

-- 2017-09-26 12:00:00

A man has been killed in an alleged shootout with police in Kushtia’s Daulatpur. The gunfight took place at the Pipulbaria-Baliadanga field around 3:45am on Wednesday, said Daulatpur Police Sta...

Joypurhat farmers make handsome profit from bitter gourd farming

Roving Correspondent 2017-09-26 12:00:00

JOYPURHAT, Sep 25: Hundreds of marginal farmers are making handsome profit by cultivating bitter gourd in all the five upazilas of the district. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) official...

Rangpur, Bogra eye good production

Our Correspondent 2017-09-26 12:00:00

RANGPUR, Sept 25: An excellent growth of different varieties of short duration Aman paddy across the Rangpur agriculture region has made the growers optimistic of achieving a good yield of the crop du...

Three die as bus ploughs into pedestrians

-- 2017-09-26 12:00:00

Three pedestrians were crushed under a bus when it plunged into a roadside ditch in Bhobokdia area of Nagarkanda upazila on Dhaka-Barisal highway on Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified as W...

Miscreants strangle man to death

-- 2017-09-26 12:00:00

A man was strangulated to death early Tuesday by some unidentified miscreants in Chakuli Bazar area of Manda upazila in Naogaon district. The deceased was identified as Yusuf Ali, 40, owner of a gara...

SCC, BRAC sign MoU to face urban poverty

Our Correspondent 2017-09-25 12:00:00

Speakers at an event in Sylhet on Saturday laid emphasis on the need for coordinated measures to face the increasing urban poverty in Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) area in 2020.   The function...

Early cultivated beans start appearing in local markets

Roving Correspondent 2017-09-25 12:00:00

Beans cultivated in early season has started appearing in the local markets of the district.   Local source said over 4,000 farmers of Santhia, Bera, Chatmohor, Atghoria, Ishwardi and Sujanaga...

BSF tortures BD youth to death

-- 2017-09-25 12:00:00

A Bangladeshi young man was tortured to death by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Dabri border area in Haripur upazila of Thakurgaon district early Monday. The deceased has been ident...

Youths’ hanging bodies recovered

-- 2017-09-24 12:00:00

Police recovered hanging bodies of two young men, including an Ansar member from separate places in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka city, on Sunday.   An Ansar man was found hanging from the c...

Carpenter dies from electrocution in Sherpur

-- 2017-09-24 05:33:54

A carpenter died from electrocution in Nabinagar area of Sherpur on Sunday morning.   Witnesses said Jahurul Islam, 34, son of Abdul Halim Mistri, a resident of Nabinagar Gairal Bari area, was...

Carpenter dies from electrocution

-- 2017-09-24 01:40:28

A carpenter died after being electrocuted in Nabinagar area of Sherpur district town on Sunday morning.    The deceased, identified as Jahurul Islam (34), son of Abdul Halim Mistri, a resi...

Head-on crash with bus kills two bikers

-- 2017-09-23 12:08:15

Two motorcyclists were killed and two others sustained injuries in a road accident at Barunkandi village on bypass road of the Naogaon district town on Saturday morning.     The dece...

Four sustain burn injuries from fan explosion in Ashulia

-- 2017-09-23 04:20:53

Four people were taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital with burn injuries after a fan exploded at a home in Savar.   The accident occurred late on Friday night at a home in Ashulia, said loca...

Farmer dies in lightning strike

-- 2017-09-23 01:58:56

A farmer was killed in a lightning strike at South Balapara village under Dimla upazila of Nilphamari district on Saturday morning. The deceased, Goljar Hossain (34) was a son of Ansar Ali who is a...

Narail villagers’ clash injures 15

-- 2017-09-23 01:24:52

At least 15 people were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers following a previous enmity at Jadunathpur village in Sadar upazila on Saturday morning.   Officer-in-charge of Sadar...

Five of a Dhaka family sustain burn injuries

-- 2017-09-22 12:00:00

Five members of a family sustained burn injuries in a fire caused by a gas oven blast in the city's Shyampur area early Friday. Inspector Farhaduzzaman, a duty officer at Fire Service Control room, s...