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Naogaon Amrapali being exported to UK

Naogaon Amrapali being exported to UK

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-06-20 09:07:03

NAOGAON: Meeting the local demand, the popular Amrapali variety of mangoes of the district are being exported to the United Kingdom. The first consignment of the dainty fruit has already left the cou...

Jashore, Kushtia register record COVID cases

Jashore, Kushtia register record COVID cases

-- 2021-06-18 19:16:55

Jashore and Kushtia have reported a record rise in coronavirus cases in daily count with four deaths each. The number of cases reported in Jashore in the 24 hours to Friday morning was 291 after the...

Jute mills workers in Khulna demand payment of arrear salaries

Jute mills workers in Khulna demand payment of arrear salaries

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-06-18 10:40:34

Two state-owned jute mills workers' organisations at a press conference at the Khulna Press Club on Thursday demanded payment of their arrear salaries and reopening of closed jute mills The angry w...

Young entrepreneur gets success in foreign variety of mango farming

Young entrepreneur gets success in foreign variety of mango farming

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-06-17 10:37:44

Mofizur Rahman Mafi, a young entrepreneur, has succeeded in cultivating foreign varieties of mangoes commercially in Faridpur. The world's most expensive mango Miyazaki or sun-egg is also in Mafi's g...

Low prices disappoint Rajshahi mango producers

Low prices disappoint Rajshahi mango producers

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-06-13 10:20:42

RAJSHAHI: Mango producers in Bagha, Charghat and Durgapur upazilas of the district are disappointed at the low prices of mango though the production was satisfactory this year amid coronavirus. In Ba...

Manikganj road crash leaves two bikers dead

Manikganj road crash leaves two bikers dead

-- 2021-06-12 17:30:38

Two persons were killed and another injured after an ambulance hit a motorcycle on the Dhaka-Aricha highway of Manikganj on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Abdul Alim of Pachuria village an...

18 held for violating fishing ban in Patuakhali

18 held for violating fishing ban in Patuakhali

-- 2021-06-12 17:23:36

As many as 18 fishermen were arrested during a river police operation against unauthorised fishing in the Megna River at Rabnabad in Patuakhali. Acting on a tip-off, a river police team conducted a d...

Rice prices up again in Kushtia

Rice prices up again in Kushtia

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-06-10 11:06:42

KUSHTIA: The price of rice has gone up in the Khazanagar area of Kushtia even in the Boro season. The price of all types of rice has gone up to Tk 2 per kg. Traders claim that unscrupulous people are...

Edward College principal sued for corruption

Edward College principal sued for corruption

-- 2021-06-09 17:16:34

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against the principal of Government Edward College, Pabna Humayun Kabir Majumder on a charge of corruption. Deputy Assistant Director of the comm...

Jamuna erosion threatens 13 villages

Jamuna erosion threatens 13 villages

ROVING CORRESPONDENT 2021-06-08 11:45:24

Serious erosion, caused by the upper stream of the Jamuna River, has threatened 13 villages of four unions under Shahjadpur upazila of Sirajganj district. Meanwhile, hundreds of homes and croplands h...

Aurangzeb era mosque needs a facelift

Aurangzeb era mosque needs a facelift

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-06-07 10:32:45

Renovation work of the newly-discovered historical mosque of Aurangzeb era at Chhoto Soondar village in Rampur union of Chandpur Sadar Upazila has remained suspended for three years- to the surprise o...

Movement of people restricted in two wards of Jashore to curb COVID-19

Movement of people restricted in two wards of Jashore to curb COVID-19

-- 2021-06-06 10:50:41

The local administration has imposed a strict restriction on the movement of people in two wards of Jashore municipality following a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases. The local Corona prevention committe...

Road crash leaves two dead in Gopalganj

Road crash leaves two dead in Gopalganj

-- 2021-06-04 22:19:16

At least two people were killed and three others injured in a road crash in Gopalganj’s Kashiani as a microbus and a pickup van collided head-on. The deceased were identified as NRBC Bank minib...

Vermicompost brings self-reliance to Faridpur women

Vermicompost brings self-reliance to Faridpur women

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-06-04 11:13:54

Tania Parveen of Faridpur has become self-reliant by producing vermicompost, an organic fertiliser. Following her success, many women have come forward to produce vermicompost to change their fortune....

Satkhira under seven-day strict lockdown 

Satkhira under seven-day strict lockdown 

-- 2021-06-03 17:59:09

The local administration has imposed a seven-day strict lockdown in Satkhira district to stem the spread of Covid-19 amid recent hike in infections in the frontier districts. Civil Surgeon Dr Hussain...

Naogaon municipality, Niamatpur upazila under one week lockdown

Naogaon municipality, Niamatpur upazila under one week lockdown

-- 2021-06-02 17:02:25

The local administration has imposed a one week lockdown in Naogaon municipality and Niamatpur upazila of the district to stem the spread of Covid-19  amid the fear of Indian variant of the virus...

Indian variant raises fears among Cumilla people

Indian variant raises fears among Cumilla people

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-06-02 10:16:20

CUMILLA: Cumilla district covers at least 106 kilometres of Bangladesh-India border areas. There is also a land port in Cumilla. To prevent the spread of coronavirus, the movement of people from Bang...

Brahmanbaria woman gives birth to triplets

Brahmanbaria woman gives birth to triplets

-- 2021-06-01 12:06:37

A woman has given birth to triplets, all girls, at a private hospital in the Brahmanbaria district town, doctors said on Tuesday. Sumaiya Akter, wife of Al Amin of Bijoynagar upazila's Mukundupu...

Benapole customs fails to meet revenue collection target

Benapole customs fails to meet revenue collection target

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-06-01 10:29:42

Benapole Customs House could not fulfil the revenue collection target. In the first 10 months (July-April) of the current financial year, the revenue collection has decreased by Tk 17.34 billion (Tk 1...

Sylhet markets closed as earthquake precaution

Sylhet markets closed as earthquake precaution

UNB  2021-05-31 19:49:26

Sylhet City Corporation shut six markets for 10 days in the city from Monday morning to avoid risks as several quakes hit the district on Saturday and Sunday. Buyers were seen returning from the mark...

Eight-grader ‘kills self’ as parents stop him from playing mobile games

Eight-grader ‘kills self’ as parents stop him from playing mobile games

UNB 2021-05-31 18:29:50

An eighth-grader allegedly killed himself on Sunday in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj as his parents stopped him from playing mobile games. The deceased student was identified as Rafi, son of Shah Ali...

Lightning strikes claim two lives in Sirajganj

Lightning strikes claim two lives in Sirajganj

-- 2021-05-31 13:27:57

Two people were killed after being struck by lightning in Shahzadpur upazila of Sirajganj district on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Sohel Rana, 42, son of Nazrul Islam of Bajrobala Ledurpar...

12 Tangail upazilas benefit from solar power supply

12 Tangail upazilas benefit from solar power supply

OUR CORRESPONDENT, TANGAIL 2021-05-31 09:03:45

Solar power panels are being used in 12 upazilas of the district as an alternative to electricity. It may reduce power outage in the district, experts said. The government is distributing solar power...

'Chandpur Mini Cox's Bazar' beckons holiday-makers

'Chandpur Mini Cox's Bazar' beckons holiday-makers

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-05-27 09:37:56

Holidaymakers of Chandpur and far-flung areas are rushing every day to Chandpur Mini Cox's Bazar beside the district town with a view to making enjoyment and having the touch of Cox's Bazar in the b...

Coastal areas of Satkhira inundated following heavy showers

Coastal areas of Satkhira inundated following heavy showers

-- 2021-05-26 11:30:50

The low-lying areas of Burigoalini union in Satkhira's Shyamnagar upazila have been inundated following heavy showers and the onrush of river water ahead of Cyclone Yaas. Some 15 areas, including Gab...

Bogura farmers expanding dragon farming

Bogura farmers expanding dragon farming

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-05-26 09:27:04

Dragon fruit growers in Bogura district have started dreaming of success with farming as excellent growth of the trees is predicted surplus output this current season. The local farmers are becoming...

Cyclone raises water levels of Bagerhat rivers by two to three feet

Cyclone raises water levels of Bagerhat rivers by two to three feet

-- 2021-05-25 17:16:02

Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) officials have expressed concerns about flooding in the low-lying areas of Bagerhat, a southwestern district, as Cyclone Yaas raises the water level of local...

Meghna-Dhonagoda Dam in Matlab develops breaches

Meghna-Dhonagoda Dam in Matlab develops breaches

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-05-24 13:39:31

The Meghna-Dhonagoda Irrigation Project Dam is a pride project of the district and also one of the biggest Irrigation Dams in Bangladesh. It was built in 1988 by the then Govt in order to save lakhs...

Three Lalmonirhat families face social boycott over land dispute

Three Lalmonirhat families face social boycott over land dispute

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-05-23 11:07:30

Three families of a village have been boycotted by other villagers at Sheknapara under Khuniagach union of sadar upazila, Lalmonirhat, for nearly six months. Family members can't enjoy any social prog...

Chemical-loaded container gutted at Chattogram Port

Chemical-loaded container gutted at Chattogram Port

-- 2021-05-23 11:01:37

A container loaded with chemicals was gutted at Chittagong Port on Saturday morning. However, no casualties were reported. Port sources said, the MV Cape Orient container, loaded with Sodium Per Carb...