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Thieves steal onion from fields!

Thieves steal onion from fields!

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2019-12-08 10:26:03

Due to the prolonged price hike, immature onion is being stolen from fields in Bogura, Sirajganj, Pabna and Joypurhat districts. The farmers are defying acute cold wave at night to guard crops, accor...

Meghna launch collision kills one

Meghna launch collision kills one

-- 2019-12-07 11:54:06

A collision between two launches on the Meghna River has left one passenger dead and 15 others injured. The accident, involving Chandpur-bound MV Bogdadia-13 and Dhaka-bound MV Manik-4, took place ne...

Chilmari port yet to start  operation even three yrs after inauguration

Chilmari port yet to start operation even three yrs after inauguration

-- 2019-12-05 22:00:04

KURIGRAM, Dec 05 (UNB): Although three years have elapsed since the formal inauguration of Chilmari River Port, it is yet to see any activities, causing frustration to local people. Sources said a Sh...

Coordinated and evidence based response  is key to disaster management

Coordinated and evidence based response is key to disaster management

-- 2019-12-05 20:18:39

Department of Disaster Management (DDM) of the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MoDMR) of the government of Bangladesh and CARE Bangladesh jointly organised a workshop on Thursday with the...

Robbers loot four cows after killing owner in Rajshahi

Robbers loot four cows after killing owner in Rajshahi

-- 2019-12-05 17:43:35

Robbers looted four cows after killing its owner at Daspurkur in Rajshahi early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Majid, son of Abdul Aziz of the area. Mehedi Hasan, officer-in-charge o...

Two die in Manikganj road crash

Two die in Manikganj road crash

-- 2019-12-05 11:17:39

A woman and her daughter were killed as a pickup hit them at Nabogram in Shibalaya upazila of Manikganj district on Wednesday night. The deceased could not be identified yet, reports UNB. Yamin Uddo...

Patients can’t go to community  clinics for lack of roads

Patients can’t go to community clinics for lack of roads

ROVING CORRESPONDENT 2019-12-04 21:45:47

PABNA, Dec 04: People in Bhangura upazila of the district cannot get proper services from three community clinics in the area as there are no connecting roads to go to the clinics. Hatgram Community...

320 homes set up for the homeless in Cumilla

320 homes set up for the homeless in Cumilla

Our Correspondent 2019-12-03 21:30:17

CUMILLA, Dec 03: The Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief has set up 320 disaster tolerant houses for the homeless in the district. Cumilla district Relief and Resettlement Office sources said...

Jute mill workers’ demo continues in Khulna,  highway blocked

Jute mill workers’ demo continues in Khulna, highway blocked

A Correspondent 2019-12-02 22:19:37

KHULNA, Dec 02: Nine state-owned jute mill workers staged a daylong protest in the district demanding payment of wages to the workers. They also blocked the Khulna-Jashore highway for an hour and a...

Woman found dead in Chattogram

Woman found dead in Chattogram

-- 2019-12-02 15:45:53

A woman was found dead, with her hands and legs tied up, at her own residence at Jhautala of Chattogram on Monday. The deceased was identified as Rozy Akter, 20, wife of Rezaul Karim of Sitakunda upa...

Students residing in unfit college hostel  in Sunamganj risking their lives

Students residing in unfit college hostel in Sunamganj risking their lives

OUR CORRESPIONDENTS 2019-12-02 00:21:14

SYLHET, Dec 01: Although the department concerned declared the structure of Krishnachandra Hostel of Sunamgaj Government College 'unfit for use' long ago, many students are still residing there amid r...

No sale of TCB onion in Rajshahi

No sale of TCB onion in Rajshahi

Our Correspondent 2019-11-30 21:00:57

RAJSHAHI, Nov 30: It was early in the morning of Saturday, several hundred people rushed to the zero point of Shaheb Bazaar to procure onion at a fair price to be sold through the outlet of Trading Co...

Three-wheeler driver electrocuted in Bhola

Three-wheeler driver electrocuted in Bhola

-- 2019-11-30 19:30:45

The driver of a three-wheeler vehicle died and another was injured after being electrocuted in Mollah Bridge area of Bhola district, reports BSS. The deceased was identified as Md Mahbub, 30, a resid...

Tea seller hacked to death in Rajshahi

Tea seller hacked to death in Rajshahi

-- 2019-11-30 16:37:59

A tea seller was hacked to death allegedly by his neighbour at Malda Colony in the city on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Ramjan Ali, 28, son of Abdur Razzak of the colony, reports&...

Sugarcane farmers get good prices

Sugarcane farmers get good prices

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2019-11-28 21:22:22

BOGURA, Nov 28: Bumper sugarcane production as well as fair market price have brought smile on the faces of farmers in the district this season. According to the Department of Agricultural Extension...

One dead in city road crash

One dead in city road crash

-- 2019-11-27 14:10:27

An unidentified rickshaw puller was killed after being run over by a truck in city’s Gandaria on early Wednesday. The accident took place around 3:30am, said Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of...

Hakaluki Haor to be listed as ‘Ramsar site’

Hakaluki Haor to be listed as ‘Ramsar site’

Our Correspondent 2019-11-26 22:30:48

SYLHET, Nov 26: Hakaluki Haor, the country's largest water body spreading over a vast area in Sylhet and neighbouring Moulvibazar district, is going to be listed as 'Ramsar site', the third in Banglad...

Dried fish trading gains popularity  in Pabna district

Dried fish trading gains popularity in Pabna district

ROVING CORRESPONDENT 2019-11-26 22:29:36

PABNA, Nov 26: Dried fish trading is gaining popularity in the district, specially in the Chalan Beel area. Talking to this correspondent a good number of fishermen in Suzanagar upazila said they c...

Man killed in Munshiganj road accident

Man killed in Munshiganj road accident

-- 2019-11-26 19:30:40

A man was killed in a head-on collision between two motorcycles in Sirajdikhan upazila of Munshigan district on Tuesday.  The deceased was identified as Anik Islam, 30, son of Nazrul Islam of Go...

Fire guts 33 shops in Khulna

Fire guts 33 shops in Khulna

-- 2019-11-26 12:36:34

At least 33 shops were gutted in a fire that broke out early Tuesday at Ferry ghat intersection in Khulna city. Iqbal Bahar Bulbul, deputy director of fire service, said the fire broke out at around...

State-owned jute mill workers’ hunger procession to realise  11-point demand

State-owned jute mill workers’ hunger procession to realise 11-point demand

A Correspondent 2019-11-26 00:32:13

KHULNA, Nov 25: State-owned jute mill workers brought out a hunger procession in Khalishpur industrial area in Khulna. The procession ended at the Platinum Jute Mill Gate. A seven-day agitation progr...

Stress on concerted efforts to achieve SDGs

Stress on concerted efforts to achieve SDGs

-- 2019-11-25 17:08:13

Concerted efforts of all government and non-government entities concerned can be a vital means of supplementing the efforts of the present government to attain the target of inclusive development in t...

Cumilla Fire Service  ill-equipped to fight blaze in high-rises

Cumilla Fire Service ill-equipped to fight blaze in high-rises

Our Correspondent 2019-11-24 21:29:31

CUMILLA, Nov 24: Cumilla Fire Service and Civil Defence is not well-equipped to fight fire incidents in buildings more than seven-storey. High-rises in Cumilla city are at high risk of fire incidents...

Three die as wild elephants go on rampage

Three die as wild elephants go on rampage

-- 2019-11-24 12:40:43

Three people were trampled to death by wild elephants in Kadurkhil, Syednagar, and Joistapura areas of Boalkhali upazila under Chattogram district on Sunday morning.   The deceased have been ide...

13 rocket launchers, explosives recovered in Habiganj

13 rocket launchers, explosives recovered in Habiganj

-- 2019-11-23 19:48:19

Members of Bangladesh Army and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) seized 13 rocket launchers and explosives during a two-day drive at Satchhari National Park in in Habiganj. Confirming the matter, Commandi...

4.67 kg gold recovered in Satkhira

4.67 kg gold recovered in Satkhira

-- 2019-11-23 18:15:21

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 31 gold bars weighing about 4.67kg from Kakdanga border area of Satkhira district on Friday morning. “On a tip-off, a patrol team of th...

Lynch mob in Laxmipur kills robber

Lynch mob in Laxmipur kills robber

-- 2019-11-22 12:30:50

A suspected robber was killed and five others injured in a lynch-mob attack at Sagardi village in Raipur upazila of Laxmipur district early Friday. The deceased was identified as Sohel, reports UNB....

'Early warning and forecast system will help save livelihoods'

'Early warning and forecast system will help save livelihoods'

FE Online Report 2019-11-21 18:00:38

CARE’s SHOUHARDO III, a food security programme with funding from USAID and government of Bangladesh organised a workshop on “Improved Weather and Flood Information System for Community Ba...

Two die in Gopalganj road accident

Two die in Gopalganj road accident

-- 2019-11-21 11:33:23

Two people were killed when a covered-van hit a peddled-van on Dhaka-Khulna Highway at Dhundia in Sadar upazila of Gopalganj district on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Manjur Sardar, 50, o...

Bulbul takes its toll on Bagerhat tomato farmers

Bulbul takes its toll on Bagerhat tomato farmers

-- 2019-11-20 17:17:51

Cyclone ‘Bulbul’ dealt a heavy blow to the dreams of hundreds of tomato growers in the coastal district as farmers now stare at bleak future scratching their heads to find ways to repay lo...