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Body recovered from collapsed building in Narayanganj

Body recovered from collapsed building in Narayanganj

-- 2019-11-05 21:30:17

Fire Service rescuers recovered the body of a missing boy from a four-storey under-construction building that collapsed two days ago, reports bdnews24.com. Wahid, 12, was found dead on the constructi...

Five Pabna youths’ endeavour  to become self-reliant

Five Pabna youths’ endeavour to become self-reliant

ROVING CORRESPODENT 2019-11-05 21:16:45

PABNA, Nov 05: Five youths in the district are bearing their educational expenses by rearing ducks. Locals said Suman Ali, a student of Pabna Government Edward College, Ruhul Amin, a first year stude...

Sylhet to mark 100 years of Tagore’s visit

Sylhet to mark 100 years of Tagore’s visit

Iqbal Siddiquee 2019-11-04 21:31:10

SYLHET, Nov 04: In commemoration of 100 years of the visit of great poet Rabindranath Tagore to Sylhet, a three-day colourful programme has been taken up in the north-eastern city. Prime Minister S...

40-year-old bridge turns into a death trap

40-year-old bridge turns into a death trap

ROVING CORRESPONDENT 2019-11-04 21:27:47

JOYPURHAT, Nov 04: More than 40-year-old concrete bridge over the Shiholy canal in the Durgapur area under Kalai upazila of the district has turned into a death trap due to lack of repair work. A goo...

Three die after being electrocuted in Barguna

Three die after being electrocuted in Barguna

-- 2019-11-04 11:11:56

Three family members, including a woman and her son, have died of electrocution in Barguna. The incident occurred at Khashtabak village of Kakchira Union in Patharghata Upazila of Barguna at 7:30am o...

Jute mill workers want implementation of national wages commission

Jute mill workers want implementation of national wages commission

A Correspondent 2019-11-03 21:38:12

KHULNA, Nov 03: State-owned jute mill workers want implementation of the national wages commission. They also want cancellation of the decision of public-private partnership (PPP) and payment of PF...

Woman’s throat-slit body found in B'baria

Woman’s throat-slit body found in B'baria

-- 2019-11-02 16:48:03

Police recovered the throat-slit body of a housewife from Birampur village at Sadar upazila in Brahmanbaria on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Chantara Begum, 42, wife of Khalil Mia,...

People suffer for  want of bridge  over Bau river

People suffer for want of bridge over Bau river

ROVING CORRESPONDENT 2019-10-31 21:37:04

BOGURA, Oct 31: Due to absence of a concrete bridge over the Bau river, thousands of people including students of Satani Government Khaduli Primary School at Mothurapur union under Dhunot upazila of...

Biman starts Ctg-Madina flight

Biman starts Ctg-Madina flight

-- 2019-10-31 17:02:10

Bangladesh Biman’s direct flight to Chattogram – Madina was inaugurated at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram on Thursday. State Minister for Civil Aviation & Tourism Moh...

Electrocution kills man, nephew in Gaibandha

Electrocution kills man, nephew in Gaibandha

-- 2019-10-31 11:41:50

A man and his nephew died of electrocution at Damodorpur village in Sadullahpur uapzila of Gaibandha on early Thursday. The deceased were identified as Azizul Islam, 45, and his nephew Ujjal Mia, 25,...

Bridge lying unused due to absence of road

Bridge lying unused due to absence of road

ROVING CORRESPONDENT 2019-10-30 00:37:31

PABNA, Oct 29: Bridge over the Gazony Beel is lying unused for long time due to absence of link road. It is causeing untold suffering for thousands of commuters at Hatkhali union under Suzanagar up...

Sonu’s dream to become   bellwether for Harijans fails

Sonu’s dream to become bellwether for Harijans fails

-- 2019-10-30 00:36:35

NARAYANGANJ, Oct 29 (UNB): Sonu Rani Das, the lone graduate from the Harijan community here, wanted to be a teacher to establish her own language, but could not yet materialise her dream. Sonu was ea...

200-year-old Santahar railway station limping for lack of modern facilities

200-year-old Santahar railway station limping for lack of modern facilities

ROVING CORRESPONDENT 2019-10-28 20:56:09

BOGURA, Oct 28: Thousands of train passengers at Santahar railway station and junction under Adamdighi upazila have been suffering much due to lack of common facilities and bad shape of the station....

Bus, truck collide head-on in Rangpur, killing two

Bus, truck collide head-on in Rangpur, killing two

-- 2019-10-28 12:21:13

Two people were killed and another was injured after a bus and a truck collided head-on at Boldipakur on Rangpur–Dhaka Highway in Mithapakur Upazila of Rangpur district on early Monday. The dec...

Century-old dead trees on Jashore-Benapole road to be removed

Century-old dead trees on Jashore-Benapole road to be removed

A Correspondent 2019-10-27 22:16:04

BENAPOLE, Oct 27: The district council is identifying dead trees along the Benapole-Jashore Highway Road for their removal. The removal started jointly with the forest department and the Zilla Parish...

Police recover youth’s body from Cumilla river

Police recover youth’s body from Cumilla river

-- 2019-10-27 11:34:40

Police recovered the body of a young man, who went missing on Saturday evening, from the Gomti River in Burichang upazila of Cumilla on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Ali, 23...

Pochamaria village - a famed bird sanctuary

Pochamaria village - a famed bird sanctuary

Monjuara Khatun 2019-10-25 00:52:39

RAJSHAHI, Oct 22: Not only in winter, but all the year round Pochamaria village under Puthia upazila of the district becomes abode of thousands of birds, both indigenous and migratory, which makes t...

Shatranji now being produced  in many areas of Rangpur

Shatranji now being produced in many areas of Rangpur

Our Correspondent 2019-10-23 21:45:10

RANGPUR, Oct 23: Shatranji (handcrafted rug), a heritage of Rangpur, has already conquered the heart of the people across the country as well as the abroad with its magnificent designs and enchantin...

Woman gives birth to quadruplets in Satkhira

Woman gives birth to quadruplets in Satkhira

-- 2019-10-22 21:06:13

A woman gave birth to quadruplets at a private hospital in Sathkhira early Tuesday. Woman’s husband Shariful Islam said Runa Parvin was taken to Sadar Hospital on Monday after she went into lab...

Kushtia road crash kills two motorcyclists

Kushtia road crash kills two motorcyclists

-- 2019-10-22 13:52:04

Two motorcyclists were killed and another was injured as the motorbike they were riding fell into a pond at Kuthipara intersection in Khoksha upazila of Kushtia on Monday night. The deceased were ide...

15 fishermen jailed for netting Hilsa defying ban

15 fishermen jailed for netting Hilsa defying ban

-- 2019-10-21 17:04:39

A mobile court in Manikganj on Monday jailed 15 fishermen for catching Hilsa from the Padma and the Jamuna River defying a government ban in Shibaloy upazila of Manikganj. Shibaloy upazila assistant...

Hason Raja’s ancestral home needs care for historical interest

Hason Raja’s ancestral home needs care for historical interest

IQBAL SIDDIQUEE 2019-10-20 20:40:10

SYLHET, Oct 20: Great mystic poet Hason Raja has a lot many popular songs. 'Loke bole bolery, ghar bari bala nay amar, ki ghor banaimu ami shunneri majhar', 'agey Jodi janto Hason, bachbo koto din, ba...

184 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

184 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

-- 2019-10-19 16:47:18

A total of 184 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country in 24 hours till Saturday morning. Of them, 62 were hospitalised in Dhaka, the Directorate General of Health Services said...

Two killed in Habiganj road accident

Two killed in Habiganj road accident

-- 2019-10-19 16:41:44

Two people were killed and one wounded in a road accident in Mouchak area on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj district in the early hours of Saturday, police said, reports...

Woman ‘kills self’ to escape ‘torture for dowry’ in Magura

Woman ‘kills self’ to escape ‘torture for dowry’ in Magura

-- 2019-10-19 11:49:31

A housewife allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself after being tortured reportedly by her husband for dowry at Sonatundi village in Sreepur upazila here on Friday night. The deceased was iden...

Nearly one million rats eliminated in Rangpur

Nearly one million rats eliminated in Rangpur

-- 2019-10-18 19:06:26

The farmers, filed level agriculture officials, teachers, students and common people eliminated over 0.98 million rats saving 7,371 tonnes of crops worth Taka 10.6 million last year in all five distri...

Stone lifting machineries seized in Sylhet

Stone lifting machineries seized in Sylhet

-- 2019-10-18 11:50:14

A task force of District Administration in Companiganj upazila of in Sylhet district seized and destroyed stone lifting machineries worth Tk 7.50 million in a six-hour drive on Thursday. The task fo...

Puthia Rajbari - an example of Indo-Saracenic architecture

Puthia Rajbari - an example of Indo-Saracenic architecture

Monjuara Khatun 2019-10-17 21:25:41

RAJSHAHI, Oct 17: Puthia Rajbari, a palace in Puthia Upazila of Rajshahi, is an example of Indo-Saracenic revival architecture. The historical structure stands on the Rajshahi-Natore highway, 30 kilo...

Madhumati river erosion takes serious turn

Madhumati river erosion takes serious turn

Our Correspondent 2019-10-17 21:24:46

MAGURA, Oct 17: Erosion by the Madhumati river under Mohammadpur upazila in the district has taken a serious turn. Local sources said six villages of the upazila - Harekrishnapur, Moheshpur, Airmaghi...

Handloom factories on verge of closure in Bogura district

Handloom factories on verge of closure in Bogura district

ROVING CORRESPONDENT 2019-10-17 00:30:27

BOGURA, Oct 16: Handloom factories in the district are on the verge of closure due to price hike of yarn and other raw materials against low market price of woven clothes. Already about 1,000 weave...