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Fourth grader found dead in Joypurhat

Fourth grader found dead in Joypurhat

-- 2019-03-16 13:18:58

The body of a 10-year-old was recovered from an abandon house at Biddi village in Panchbibi Upazila of Joypurhat. The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahman, son of Rezaul Karim of Dhurail village...

Woman dies in Khulna road crash

Woman dies in Khulna road crash

-- 2019-03-15 10:46:59

A woman has been killed and three others were injured when a bus hit a van on Khulna-Satkhira road in Dumuria upazila's Chuknagar. The deceased was identified as Fatima Begum, 44, daughter of Abdul B...

Hopper pest attack worries  Naogaon mango growers

Hopper pest attack worries Naogaon mango growers

Our Correspondent 2019-03-14 21:06:07

NAOGAON, Mar 14: Mango growers in several upazilas of the district are worried due to severe hopper pest attack. Farmers are trying to get rid of the pest by spraying pesticides on their trees. The...

Three motorcyclists killed in Chattogram road crash

Three motorcyclists killed in Chattogram road crash

-- 2019-03-14 17:15:10

Three motorcyclists were killed as their bike crashed into a roadside tree at Osmanpur of Mirsharai upazila in Chattogram on Thursday noon. The deceased were identified as Arif Hosain, 20, son of Nur...

Police recover bullet-hit body of ‘criminal’ in Chuadanga

Police recover bullet-hit body of ‘criminal’ in Chuadanga

-- 2019-03-14 11:24:08

The bullet-hit body of a suspected criminal was recovered from Utholi Mollabari village in Jibonnagar upazila of Chuadanga on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Imran Hossain, 27, son o...

Man dies as bus plunges into Manikganj ditch

Man dies as bus plunges into Manikganj ditch

-- 2019-03-14 11:17:05

A man was killed and 15 others were injured when a bus plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Aricha highway at Dhulondi in Manikganj's Ghior upazila on Thursday midnight. The identity of the decease...

Bamboo products fetch good prices

Bamboo products fetch good prices

Our Correspondent 2019-03-13 21:51:40

RANGPUR, Mar 13: A good number of indigenous families at Adivasi Palli of Mahelipara village at Chatra union under Pirganj upazila in the district are earning their living by making different bamboo p...

Rajshahi farmers achieve  ample pumpkin yield

Rajshahi farmers achieve ample pumpkin yield

Our Correspondent 2019-03-13 21:50:59

RAJSHAHI, Mar 13: Farmers in the district have achieved an ample production of pumpkin this season. The pumpkin peasants are making a good profit than other Rabi crops growers spending a small amount...

88,624 hectares of land come under maize farming in six districts

88,624 hectares of land come under maize farming in six districts

-- 2019-03-13 21:50:18

JASHORE, Mar 13 (BSS): Farmers are expecting a bumper production of maize in the six south-western districts under Khulna division during the current season as the farmers cultivated the crop on recor...

Husband, wife ‘commit suicide’ in Sirajganj

Husband, wife ‘commit suicide’ in Sirajganj

-- 2019-03-13 21:37:55

A young couple reportedly committed suicide following a family feud at Uttar Chandangati  of Belkuchi upazila in Sirajganj on Tuesday night. On information, police recovered the bodies of Nazmul...

Youth’s throat-silt body recovered in Sylhet

Youth’s throat-silt body recovered in Sylhet

-- 2019-03-13 18:50:52

Police recovered the throat-silt body of a young man from Dorakul village at Companiganj upazila in Sylhet on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Badrul Amin, 20, son of Momtaz Ali. Ta...

Asrayan brings smiles to 4,500 people in Rangpur

Asrayan brings smiles to 4,500 people in Rangpur

-- 2019-03-13 17:17:25

‘Asrayan Prakalpo’, one of the 10 priority projects of the present government, has turned into an evident means of alleviating poverty of the people who once passed their days in extreme m...

110b BWDB project likely to repair 82km embankment in Khulna

110b BWDB project likely to repair 82km embankment in Khulna

-- 2019-03-13 17:12:29

The Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) is planning a Tk 110 billion (Tk 11,000 crore) project to repair embankments in four upazilas to tackle river erosion. Under this project, at least 82 ki...

Coconut cultivation up in Tangail district

Coconut cultivation up in Tangail district

Our Correspondent 2019-03-12 21:10:05

Coconut cultivation is on the rise across the district for high profit. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Tangail sources, coconut is grown on 582 hectares of land in the dis...

RU teacher creates ‘snake database’

RU teacher creates ‘snake database’

RU Correspondent 2019-03-12 21:09:23

RAJSHAHI, Mar 12: A teacher at Rajshahi University (RU) has created the country's first and only 'snake database' including snakes' venom and their toxicity. Prof Dr Abu Reza of Genetic Engineering D...

Urs of Khwaja Mainuddin Chisty at Maidan on Wednesday

Urs of Khwaja Mainuddin Chisty at Maidan on Wednesday

-- 2019-03-12 19:10:05

The annual urs marking the 807th death anniversary of Hazrat Shah Sufi Khawaja Mainuddin Chisty (RA) will be observed on the premises of Mia Saheb's Maidan at Luxmibazar in Old Dhaka on Wednesday. A...

Okra cultivation uplifts farmers’ lot in Magura

Okra cultivation uplifts farmers’ lot in Magura

Our Correspondent 2019-03-11 20:43:33

MAGURA, Mar 11: Okra cultivation has turned fortune wheel of a good number of farmers in the district. Low production cost and high market demand have encouraged the growers to cultivate the short-du...

Padma riverbank turns attractive after RCC’s beautification work

Padma riverbank turns attractive after RCC’s beautification work

-- 2019-03-11 20:42:21

RAJSHAHI, Mar 11 (BSS): Padma riverbank adjacent to the Sahed Bazar area of the divisional town has turned into an attractive tourist and recreational spot as the Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has r...

Output, fair price bring smile on Baukul farmers’ faces

Output, fair price bring smile on Baukul farmers’ faces

-- 2019-03-10 20:30:35

Roving Correspondent JOYPURHAT, Mar 10: Repeated bumper productions and fair market price have brought smile on the faces of Baukul (a kind of hybrid variety plum) growers in the district this season...

Farmers opting for maize cultivation in Sylhet

Farmers opting for maize cultivation in Sylhet

Our Correspondent 2019-03-10 20:29:51

SYLHET, Mar 10: Maize cultivation is gaining popularity among the farmers in four districts of Sylhet region for the substantial profit they have stated getting from it. According to a report of the...

Rajshahi Ethnic Minority Cultural Academy gets new look

Rajshahi Ethnic Minority Cultural Academy gets new look

-- 2019-03-10 17:54:48

With implementation of diversified innovation programmes, Rajshahi Divisional Ethnic Minority Cultural Academy (RDEMCA) has got a new look as well expanding opportunities for local ethnic people to pr...

15 shops gutted in Chandpur, estimated loss Tk 15m

15 shops gutted in Chandpur, estimated loss Tk 15m

-- 2019-03-09 20:46:22

At least 15 shops were burned down and 15 people sustained burn injuries in a fire that broke out at a market in Moiddhya Baburhat in Chandpur sadar upazila on Saturday. The affected shop owners said...

Separate road crashes leave seven dead in four districts

Separate road crashes leave seven dead in four districts

-- 2019-03-09 19:24:59

At least seven people died and nine others were injured in separate road accidents in Barishal, Dinajpur, Narail and Bogura on Saturday. In Bogura, a car collided head-on with an auto-rickshaw killin...

Papaya farming gains popularity in Panchagarh

Papaya farming gains popularity in Panchagarh

-- 2019-03-09 17:49:29

Papaya framing has been gaining popularity among farmers in the district for last few years as many farmers found the occupation as an important source of income generation leading to their economic s...

Bus hits human hauler in Barishal, killing woman

Bus hits human hauler in Barishal, killing woman

-- 2019-03-09 13:01:45

A bus crashed into a human-hauler on Barishal-Patuakhali highway in Rupatoli area on Saturday morning, leaving a woman dead and three other people injured. The deceased has been identified as Renu Be...

Two die as picnic bus crashes into truck

Two die as picnic bus crashes into truck

-- 2019-03-08 11:03:47

Two people were killed and ten others injured when a picnic bus hit a stationary truck on Bagerhat-Khulna highway at Ronbijoypur in Bagerhat sadar upazila early Friday. The deceased have been identif...

Rangpur female labourers  get less wages than males

Rangpur female labourers get less wages than males

Sayed Mofidul Babu 2019-03-07 21:00:31

RANGPUR, Mar 7: The female labourers in Rangpur district are deprived of equal rights, as they are given much less wages than their male counterparts for the same type of work. According to sources a...

Magura farmers expecting bumper wheat production

Magura farmers expecting bumper wheat production

Our Correspondent 2019-03-07 20:59:31

MAGURA, Mar 07: Farmers of the district are expecting a bumper production of wheat this season as the harvest will start within a couple of weeks. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) source...

Stone quarry worker dies in Sylhet

Stone quarry worker dies in Sylhet

-- 2019-03-07 14:30:36

A worker was killed while extracting stones from a quarry at Shah Arefin Tila in Companiganj upazila, Sylhet on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Akkel Ali, 25, son of Majnu Mia of Bishwanath...

Road crash kills woman in Manikganj

Road crash kills woman in Manikganj

-- 2019-03-06 12:22:40

A woman was killed and two others were injured in a road crash in Shibaloy Upazila of Manikganj on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Bedena Begum, 45, wife of Sayed Ali of the upazila. Q...