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Strawberry growers  make good profit

Strawberry growers make good profit

Roving Correspondent 2019-03-05 20:45:05

JOYPURHAT, Mar 05: Strawberry growers in the district are making good profit this season as they got a satisfactory yield and fair market prices. A good number of farmers in Akkelpur, Kalai, Panchbib...

Chandpur children attend classes under open sky

Chandpur children attend classes under open sky

-- 2019-03-05 20:44:10

CHANDPUR, Mar 05 (UNB): Students of a government primary school in Kachua upazila have been attending classes under the open sky for the last few weeks as their school building has turned dilapidated....

Crop farming on dried-up river  beds benefits Rangpur poors

Crop farming on dried-up river beds benefits Rangpur poors

Our Correspondent 2019-03-05 20:43:25

RANGPUR, Mar 05: Farming of crops on dried-up river beds in different districts under Rangpur division has financially benefited thousands of extreme poor people, especially landless farmers living al...

Three suffer burns in Keraniganj

Three suffer burns in Keraniganj

-- 2019-03-05 14:10:43

Three people, including two minors, sustained burn injuries from electrocution in Chunkutia area of Keraniganj on Tuesday morning. The details of the injured could not be known immediately, according...

Keraniganj wall collapse kills two construction workers

Keraniganj wall collapse kills two construction workers

-- 2019-03-05 14:08:26

Two construction workers were killed and another was injured as an under-construction mud and guard wall of a bridge on the embankment of Singho River collapsed on them in Darmashur area in Keraniganj...

Cultivators busy harvesting Khesari

Cultivators busy harvesting Khesari

Our Correspondent 2019-03-04 21:09:35

GOPALGANJ, Mar 04: The farmers of Fukra union under Kasiani upazila in the district are busy harvesting Khesari pulses. Some farmers of the area said Khesari farming is profitable for its low product...

Boro cultivation target surpasses in Sylhet region

Boro cultivation target surpasses in Sylhet region

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

SYLHET, Mar 03: Boro farming target in Sylhet region has surpassed by over 2.0 per cent. Although transplantation of seedlings in most of the area of the zone is close to end, some farmers in low-lyi...

C’nawabganj road crash kills elderly man

C’nawabganj road crash kills elderly man

-- 2019-03-03 14:25:49

An elderly man was killed in a road accident at Borodadpur village in Gomostapur upazila of Chapainawabganj on Sunday. The deceased was identified Moslem Uddin, 70, a resident of Mohadanga village in...

Two teen boys return home after serving two-year jail in India

Two teen boys return home after serving two-year jail in India

-- 2019-03-02 12:42:02

Two Bangladeshi teenage boys returned home from India through Benapole landport on Friday night after serving two-year jail. They are Sujoy Mandal, 15, son of Kiron Mandal of Monikhali village and Mi...

Five lands in jail for arranging child marriage

Five lands in jail for arranging child marriage

-- 2019-03-01 20:39:41

A Chapainawabganj mobile court on Friday sentenced five people, including the bridegroom, to different jail terms for arranging the marriage of an underage girl in Sadar upazila. Sadar Upazila Nirbah...

Bottle gourd growers  get good yield, prices

Bottle gourd growers get good yield, prices

Our Correspondent 2019-02-28 21:47:02

RANGPUR, Feb 28: The bottle gourd growers in the district are in joyous mood as they are getting good yield as well as satisfactory price of their produce this year. Peasants said with the hope to ea...

Layer poultry farms flourish in Magura

Layer poultry farms flourish in Magura

Our Correspondent 2019-02-28 21:46:06

MAGURA, Feb 28: Layer poultry farm owners in the district are making good profit due to high market prices of eggs. Some farm owners said a good number of farms were shut down due to abnormal fall in...

90pc work of Bangabandhu Technology University project complete

90pc work of Bangabandhu Technology University project complete

Our Correspondent 2019-02-28 21:45:20

GOPALGANJ, Feb 28: The construction of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University is nearing completion as 90 per cent of the work has already been done. According to the Edu...

RMG workers demand outstanding wages

RMG workers demand outstanding wages

-- 2019-02-28 19:10:47

The workers of Garib and Garib Sweater Factory in Gazipur held a rally at the Jatiya Press Club on Thursday demanding unpaid wages. They claimed the factory authorities also threatened to file cases...

Three get life term for murder

Three get life term for murder

-- 2019-02-28 18:11:21

A man and his son were among three sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday for killing the former’s step-brother during a dispute over distribution of family property in Jashore. The convict...

Farmer dies from electrocution in Panchagarh

Farmer dies from electrocution in Panchagarh

-- 2019-02-28 16:29:57

A farmer died from electrocution at Sarker Para under Tentulia upazila in Panchagarh on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Jakir Hossain, 42, son of Jasim Uddin. Md Jahurul Islam, offi...

‘Drug trader’ killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’

‘Drug trader’ killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’

-- 2019-02-28 16:25:32

A suspected drug trader was killed while another was injured in gunfights in Cox's Bazar and Lalmonirhat districts early Thursday. In Cox's Bazar, suspected drug trader Belal Hossain, 38, son of Abul...

Strawberry farming attracting youths in Rajshahi

Strawberry farming attracting youths in Rajshahi

-- 2019-02-28 13:02:30

Kawsar Habib, 32, has brought economic emancipation in his life through strawberry farming which has also enhanced his level of confidence to a greater extent. Habib, a resident of Kalupur village un...

BGB seizes huge smuggled medicine

BGB seizes huge smuggled medicine

-- 2019-02-28 10:07:09

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized huge amount of medicines worth Tk 0.7 million from Sadipur bordering area in Benapole early Thursday. Tipped off, a team of BGB-49 conducted a drive in...

Bitter gourd prices high  in Bogura, Tangail

Bitter gourd prices high in Bogura, Tangail

Our Correspondent 2019-02-27 21:28:36

BOGURA, Feb 27: Bitter gourd farmers in the district are happy over the fair market prices. A good number of grassroots growers said the Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) supplied...

Experts for promoting bio-security steps in poultry meat production

Experts for promoting bio-security steps in poultry meat production

-- 2019-02-27 21:25:38

RAJSHAHI, Feb 27 (BSS): Poultry scientists and researchers at a discussion here have called for promoting bio-security measures in poultry farming for producing safe poultry meat. They also mentioned...

Rangpur peanut farmers optimistic  of abundant yield

Rangpur peanut farmers optimistic of abundant yield

Our Correspondent 2019-02-27 21:24:55

RANGPUR, Feb 27: The peanut cultivators in the district are optimistic about an abundant production of the crop during the current season. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Rangpur offic...

Badly polluted Chilai river on verge of death

Badly polluted Chilai river on verge of death

-- 2019-02-27 21:24:06

GAZIPUR, Feb 27 (UNB): The 23km Chilai river, flowing through the northern parts of the district, has become toxic with poisonous industrial and construction wastes, and encroachments. "Many locals o...

Woman, sister-in-law die from electrocution in Chattogram

Woman, sister-in-law die from electrocution in Chattogram

-- 2019-02-27 20:24:42

A woman and her sister-in-law died from electrocution at Dakhshin Chambol village of Banshkhali upazila in Chattogram on Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as Rezia Begum, 40, wife of la...

Cumilla road crash leaves three dead

Cumilla road crash leaves three dead

-- 2019-02-27 16:24:46

Three pedestrians were crushed under a covered van on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Kutumbapur area in Cumilla’s Chandina upazila on Wednesday. The dead were identified as Kazu Rafiqul Islam, 60,...

Two die in Narayanganj road mishap

Two die in Narayanganj road mishap

-- 2019-02-27 12:59:00

Two people were killed and six others injured after a bus rammed a human hauler on Dhaka-Narayanganj road in Fatullah on Wednesday. Police identified the victims as Awal, 50 and Ali Hossain, 42. The...

BGB nabs two Indian men at Benapole

BGB nabs two Indian men at Benapole

-- 2019-02-27 11:59:15

Two Indians were arrested with Tk 0.40 million from Benapole port area of Jashore on Tuesday night. The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) identified them as Rakesh Ghosh, 27, son of Dulal Chandra, and Su...

Fish cultivation in cages gains ground

Fish cultivation in cages gains ground

Roving Correspondent 2019-02-26 20:58:59

NAOGAON, Feb 26: Fish cultivation in cages is gaining ground in Mohadevpur upazila of the district for high production. Hundreds of youths in the area are self-reliant farming varieties of fishes und...

Boro farming exceeds target in Narsingdi, Naogaon districts

Boro farming exceeds target in Narsingdi, Naogaon districts

-- 2019-02-26 20:57:44

NARSINGDI, Feb 26 (BSS): Cultivation of Boro paddy in Narsingdi district has surpassed its target this season due to favourable climate condition and adequate supply of high quality seed. The Departm...

Stored rainwater eases life in Barind region

Stored rainwater eases life in Barind region

-- 2019-02-26 20:56:36

RAJSHAHI, Feb 26 (BSS): Mikhail Saren, 42, has been using rainwater for his household purposes over the last three years. "I store rainwater and use it," said Mikhail, a resident of Sundarpur Kakonha...