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Hailstorm, thunderbolt kill two in Satkhira, Brahmanbaria

Hailstorm, thunderbolt kill two in Satkhira, Brahmanbaria

-- 2019-02-26 19:39:08

An elderly man was killed in hailstorm in Satkhira while another man died in a lightning strike in Brahmanbaria on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Zamshed Ali, 70, resident of Khashpur villa...

Accidents leave two dead in Rajshahi

Accidents leave two dead in Rajshahi

-- 2019-02-26 13:47:51

Two separate accidents left an elderly man and another elderly woman dead in Rajshahi. On Tuesday morning, an elderly man was killed as a bus rammed his bi-cycle on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj highway i...

Man stabs youth to death in Jhenaidah

Man stabs youth to death in Jhenaidah

-- 2019-02-26 12:04:25

A young man was stabbed to death at Chadpur village in Jhenaidah’s Harinakundu upazila on Monday night over a trifling matter. The victim was identified as Aslam Mandal, 20, son of Aynal Mandal...

Black cumin cultivation gains popularity in Gopalganj district

Black cumin cultivation gains popularity in Gopalganj district

Our Correspondent 2019-02-25 20:50:43

GOPALGANJ, Feb 25: BARI-1 black cumin cultivation is gaining popularity among the grassroots farmers of Muksudpur upazila in the district. According to the upazila agriculture office sources, a total...

Re-excavation work of  Mora Karotoa river on

Re-excavation work of Mora Karotoa river on

Our Correspondent 2019-02-25 20:49:46

GAIBANDHA, Feb 25: Re-excavation work of 03-km long Mora Karotoa river at Gumaniganj union under Gobindaganj upazila has been progressing fast since January this year. The Department of Fisheries has...

Chandpur gas cylinder blast damages seven houses

Chandpur gas cylinder blast damages seven houses

-- 2019-02-25 19:06:56

Seven houses were damaged after a gas cylinder exploded at a house in Monoharpur village in Kachua Upazila of Chandpur on Sunday night, reports UNB. Ten people were injured during rescue efforts, sai...

Separate road crashes leave five dead

Separate road crashes leave five dead

-- 2019-02-25 18:51:26

At least five people were killed and 23 others injured in separate road accidents in Cumilla, Dhaka, Jashore and Khulna. In Cumilla, two people were killed and 20 others injured after a bus collided...

Four ‘forest robbers’ killed in Sundarbans 'shootout'

Four ‘forest robbers’ killed in Sundarbans 'shootout'

-- 2019-02-25 18:12:58

Four suspected forest robbers, including the chief of infamous 'Arif Bahini', were killed in a reported gunfight between their cohorts and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Jongrar Canal of Sundarbans i...

University student dies as truck ploughs through Ctg mosque

University student dies as truck ploughs through Ctg mosque

-- 2019-02-25 14:04:24

A student of International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC) was killed as a truck ploughed through a mosque in Banur Bazar area in Sitakundu upazila of Chattogram on Monday morning. The deceased...

Booming mango flowers usher in new hope among farmers

Booming mango flowers usher in new hope among farmers

Our Correspondent 2019-02-24 20:04:45

NAOGAON, Feb 24: The booming mango flowers at this stage signals a bumper yield in the district this year. Sources at the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said to fulfil the production targe...

Excellent growth of plants predicts bumper onion output

Excellent growth of plants predicts bumper onion output

Roving Correspondent 2019-02-24 20:03:38

JOYPURHAT, Feb 24: Excellent growth of onion plants on a vast tract of land across all the five upazilas of the district is predicting a bumper production of the item this season. Repeated bumper yie...

Thakurgaon court accepts cases against BGB men

Thakurgaon court accepts cases against BGB men

-- 2019-02-24 18:57:39

A Thakurgaon court on Sunday took into cognisance the cases filed by the families of the three victims killed during a clash between alleged cattle smugglers and members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BG...

Three kids drown in Chattogram pond

Three kids drown in Chattogram pond

-- 2019-02-24 17:26:11

Three children drowned in a pond at Kanai Madari under Chandanish upazila in Chattogram on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Shifatul Islam Abir, 6, son of Helal Uddin, Mohamamd Ifti, 4, and Mo...

Two die as tractor turns turtle in Khargachhari

Two die as tractor turns turtle in Khargachhari

-- 2019-02-24 16:11:33

Two workers were killed as a tractor overturned and fell into a ditch while climbing up a hill at Tungtunglapara in Khargachhari’s Lakkhichhara upazila on Sunday. The dead men were identified a...

Floating vegetable farming gaining popularity in Sylhet

Floating vegetable farming gaining popularity in Sylhet

-- 2019-02-24 11:53:53

Vegetable farming on floating beds made of water hyacinth and bamboo in water bodies or ponds, is gaining popularity in different areas of Sylhet district. With support from Bangladesh Agriculture Re...

Rail links with Rajshahi restored

Rail links with Rajshahi restored

-- 2019-02-24 10:48:17

The rail communication of Rajshahi with other parts of the country was restored after six-hour disruption following derailment of a freight train near Halidagachhi station of Charghat upazila of Rajsh...

Tangail road crash leaves two dead, six injured

Tangail road crash leaves two dead, six injured

-- 2019-02-23 20:07:27

Two people were killed and six others injured in a road crash in Tangail’s Kalihati, as per a bdnews24.com report. The accident occurred around 4 am on Saturday on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway in...

Two die in Cox’s Bazar over land dispute

Two die in Cox’s Bazar over land dispute

-- 2019-02-23 17:07:57

At least two people were killed and eight others received bullet injures in a clash between two groups over a disputed land at Bilhachua in Cox’s Bazar’s Pekua upazila on Saturday. The de...

Father, son die in Chattogram road crash

Father, son die in Chattogram road crash

-- 2019-02-23 14:57:22

A man and his son were killed as a covered van rammed their motorbike at Chattogram’s Kadamtoli in the city on Friday night. The victims are - Md Sagir, 42, a grocery shop owner and his son Md...

Two die in Tangail road accident

Two die in Tangail road accident

-- 2019-02-23 11:43:27

Two people have been killed and six others injured after a microbus accident in Tangail’s Kalihati. The accident occurred at around 4:00am on Saturday on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway in the Kaliha...

Son ‘kills’ father over land dispute 

Son ‘kills’ father over land dispute 

-- 2019-02-22 20:37:05

A man was beaten to death, allegedly by his son, over land dispute at Modhhopara under Nagarkanda upazila in Faridpur on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Harun-or-Rashid Chowdhury, 65,...

Jashore bomb blast leaves teenage boy injured

Jashore bomb blast leaves teenage boy injured

-- 2019-02-22 15:33:21

A teenage boy was severely injured as a bomb exploded while making bomb at a field in Asrom Road in Jashore district town on Friday morning. The injured was identified as Asif, 15, son of Ali Hossain...

BR fines 565 commuters for travelling without tickets

BR fines 565 commuters for travelling without tickets

-- 2019-02-22 13:47:54

Four teams of Bangladesh Railway (BR) have penalised 565 passengers of four intercity trains Tk 2,59,000 for travelling without tickets from different stations under Lalmonirhat Railway Division. &ld...

Police arrest 61 in Satkhira

Police arrest 61 in Satkhira

-- 2019-02-22 11:49:59

Police, in special drives arrested 61 suspects from eight upazilas of Satkhira district in the last 12-hour period ending at 8:00am on Friday morning. Sources with the district police said they were...

6,868 hectares of land come under onion farming in Rangpur zone

6,868 hectares of land come under onion farming in Rangpur zone

Our Correspondent 2019-02-21 00:42:20

RANGPUR, Feb 20: Onion plants at different areas in Rangpur agriculture region are growing well, signaling a good yield of the crop this season. Sources said the prospect of the crops is bright in th...

Good number of poor farmers take to duck rearing in Bogura

Good number of poor farmers take to duck rearing in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2019-02-21 00:41:38

BOGURA, Feb 20: Commercial duck rearing is gaining ground in village areas of the district as a good number of poor farmers have attained self-reliance from the venture. The district livestock office...

Beekeeping gains popularity in Natore for high profit

Beekeeping gains popularity in Natore for high profit

Roving Correspondent 2019-02-21 00:40:48

NATORE, Feb 20: Beekeepers in Chalan Beel area of Pabna, Natore and Sirajganj districts have made a profit over Tk 280 million this season. More than 810 beekeepers of the area were involved with the...

Five get life term for murder in Pabna

Five get life term for murder in Pabna

-- 2019-02-20 19:42:37

A court in Pabna sentenced five people to life imprisonment on Wednesday for murdering a man in 2009. Judge Rustam Ali of Additional District and Sessions Judge's Court also fined the convicts Tk 1,5...

Train hits picnic bus in Chattogram, 13 injured

Train hits picnic bus in Chattogram, 13 injured

-- 2019-02-20 19:13:56

At least 13 people were injured as a Chattogram- bound train hit a picnic bus carrying students and guardians of a madrasha on a level crossing near the Eco -Park in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram on...

School teacher dies in Natore road crash

School teacher dies in Natore road crash

-- 2019-02-20 14:23:41

A school teacher was killed and six others including five schoolboys injured in a road accident at Automills area in Natore’s Baraigram upazila on Wednesday noon. The dead man was identified as...