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BGB nabs two hundi traders in Benapole

BGB nabs two hundi traders in Benapole

-- 2019-02-20 12:33:30

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two hundi traders along with Tk 0.65 million from Boro Achra bordering area in Benapole port region on Tuesday night. The arrestees were identified a...

Lalmonirhat road crash kills five

Lalmonirhat road crash kills five

-- 2019-02-20 10:58:53

A bus rammed an auto-rickshaw at Airkhamar in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila, killing five people on Tuesday night. The deceased could not be identified yet, says a UNB report. Officer-in-Charge of Sada...

Tangail cultivators show interest in guava farming

Tangail cultivators show interest in guava farming

Our Correspondent 2019-02-19 20:58:50

TANGAIL, Feb 19: Guava cultivation has brought smile on the faces of many grassroots farmers in the district. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Tangail, sources, some 797 he...

Thrust on comprehensive initiatives to stop school dropout

Thrust on comprehensive initiatives to stop school dropout

-- 2019-02-19 20:58:10

RANGPUR, Feb 19 (BSS): Experts at a citizen dialogue laid emphasis on Tuesday on comprehensive efforts of all concerned to stop dropout from school for ensuring normal educational life of children for...

Boro seedling transplantation nears end

Boro seedling transplantation nears end

-- 2019-02-19 20:57:21

RANGPUR, Feb 19 (BSS): The farmers have already completed transplantation of Boro seedlings on 92 per cent of targeted land area on way to achieve the fixed farming target of the crop in Rangpur agric...

Woman killed in Chapainawabganj road crash

Woman killed in Chapainawabganj road crash

-- 2019-02-19 17:27:03

A pillion rider was killed after being hit by a speeding truck in Shibganj Upazila of Chapainawabganj on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Mabia Begum, 39, wife of Saifuddin, resident of Kornak...

Khagrachhari gas cylinder blast burns seven

Khagrachhari gas cylinder blast burns seven

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

At least seven people including a couple received burn injuries from an explosion at a gas cylinder shop at Khobongpuria village in Khagrachhari Sadar upazila in the early hours of Tuesday. Among the...

Two ship-breaking yard workers burnt dead

Two ship-breaking yard workers burnt dead

-- 2019-02-19 10:48:15

Two workers were burnt to death at a ship-breaking yard at Shitolpur in Sitakunda upzaila of Chattogram on Monday night. The deceased were identified as Md Jalil, 26, son of Md Ainal, hailing from Ba...

Potato cultivation on dried-up riverbeds increasing

Potato cultivation on dried-up riverbeds increasing

Our Correspondent 2019-02-18 20:32:46

NAOGAON, Feb 18: Cultivation of potato on the dried-up riverbeds and char lands is gradually increasing in the district. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources, the poor a...

Poultry farming plays vital  role in poverty alleviation

Poultry farming plays vital role in poverty alleviation

Roving Correspondent 2019-02-18 20:31:36

PABNA, Feb 18: Poultry farming has been playing a vital role in poverty alleviation in the district for long. According to the district livestock office sources, over 3,000 small, medium and large po...

BCL activists assault four journalists in Sylhet

BCL activists assault four journalists in Sylhet

-- 2019-02-18 17:40:30

Four journalists were allegedly attacked by Bangladesh Chhatra League activists during a factional clash of the ruling party's student front at MC College in Sylhet on Monday. The journalists said th...

RAB nabs ‘drug pedlar’ with yaba in Natore

RAB nabs ‘drug pedlar’ with yaba in Natore

-- 2019-02-18 12:19:55

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested a suspected drug pedlar along with 1,830 yaba tablets from Tokia Dhalan area in Sadar upazila of Natore on Monday morning. The arrestee is...

Bitter gourd farming lucrative to Gopalganj growers

Bitter gourd farming lucrative to Gopalganj growers

Our Correspondent 2019-02-17 21:23:05

GOPALGANJ, Feb 17: Good market prices have brought smile on the faces of bitter gourd farmers of Raghunathpur union under Sadar upazila in the district this season. According to the Department of Agr...

Papaya production excellent across Rangpur district

Papaya production excellent across Rangpur district

Our Correspondent 2019-02-17 21:21:47

RANGPUR, Feb 17: Papaya growers across the district are optimistic of getting an excellent yield this season amid a favourable weather condition. The growers are also happy for getting expected price...

Sirajganj mudslide kills two construction workers

Sirajganj mudslide kills two construction workers

-- 2019-02-17 20:28:49

Two workers were killed and five others injured in a mudslide while working at the site of an under-construction building of a primary school in Sirajganj municipality area on Sunday. The deceased we...

Police recover 32 ‘wartime’ grenades from Khulna

Police recover 32 ‘wartime’ grenades from Khulna

-- 2019-02-17 19:12:09

Police recovered 32 abandoned grenades from a fish enclosure at Sonadala village in Paikgachha upazila of Khulna district on Sunday. A group of workers spotted some bomb like objects while they were...

Jubo League leader stabbed to death in Jashore

Jubo League leader stabbed to death in Jashore

-- 2019-02-17 18:44:45

A local leader of Jubo League leader was stabbed to death and his brother injured in an attack by their rivals at Charabari village in Chougaccha upazila of Jashore district on Sunday. The deceased w...

BGB arrests man with 14 gold bars at Benapole

BGB arrests man with 14 gold bars at Benapole

-- 2019-02-17 13:10:04

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a suspected gold smuggler along with 14 gold bars (worth Tk 8.5m) from Putkhali border in Benapole region on Saturday evening. The arrestee was ident...

52 PIC officials face action for irregularities

52 PIC officials face action for irregularities

Our Correspondent 2019-02-16 21:23:15

SYLHET, Feb 16: Punitive actions has been taken against at least 52 Project Implementation Committees (PICs) officials in Sunamganj district for negligence, violation of rules and flawed works on the...

Farmers eye good output as Atrai UZ achieves 'best maize cultivation area'

Farmers eye good output as Atrai UZ achieves 'best maize cultivation area'

Our Correspondent 2019-02-16 21:22:13

NAOGAON, Feb 16: The Atrai upazila of Naogaon district has already achieved fame as the 'best maize cultivation area' in the district. Farmers under eight unions under Atrai upazila of the district a...

Magura cucumber growers  get bumper production

Magura cucumber growers get bumper production

Our Correspondent 2019-02-16 21:21:21

MAGURA, Feb 16: Magura growers achieved a bumper production of cucumber in the district this season.  At the same time cucumber is being sold in the district at a high price. In this situation th...

Betel leaf farming increases in northern districts

Betel leaf farming increases in northern districts

Roving Correspondent 2019-02-16 21:20:15

JOYPURHAT, Feb 16: Betel leaf cultivation is increasing day-by-day in the northern districts since its cultivation boosts profit compare to other crops. With the effort of farmers two types of betel...

Worker burns to death in Chattogram

Worker burns to death in Chattogram

-- 2019-02-16 13:45:45

A worker was burned to death as a fire broke out in a paper mill in Kalurghat BSCIC industrial area of Chattogram city in the early hours of Saturday. The dead man was identified as Arman, 19, a work...

RAB detains two with 3,640 yaba tablets

RAB detains two with 3,640 yaba tablets

-- 2019-02-16 11:42:14

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two alleged drug pedlars with 3,640 yaba tablets from Ranihati Bazar area under Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj on Friday. The arrestees were identified as A...

Two more devotees die at Ijtema venue

Two more devotees die at Ijtema venue

-- 2019-02-15 14:06:44

Two more devotees died of cardiac arrest at Biswa Ijtema venue in Tongi on Friday. With these, the death toll at the Ijtema venue rose to four this year. The deceased were identified as Shafiqur Rah...

Fire guts Gazipur textile factory godown

Fire guts Gazipur textile factory godown

-- 2019-02-15 12:48:01

A fire gutted raw materials of a textile factory in its godown in Tongi's Badam area in Gazipur on Thursday night. Senior Station Officer of Tongi Fire Service and Civil Defense, Atiqur Rahman said t...

Youth stabs college student to death

Youth stabs college student to death

-- 2019-02-15 11:56:18

A college student was killed and another injured in an attack by a young man at Bangabandhu Udyan in Barishal city on Thursday. The dead man was identified as Rubel Hossain, 1st year student of Braja...

Fair price of mustard seeds makes marginal farmers happy in Joypurhat

Fair price of mustard seeds makes marginal farmers happy in Joypurhat

Roving Correspondent 2019-02-14 21:11:32

JOYPURHAT, Feb 14: Fair market price of newly harvested mustard seeds is making hundreds of marginal farmers happy in Joypurhat district. The farmers are passing busy time harvesting mustard seeds wi...

Irrigation to cover 73pc Sylhet Boro target areas

Irrigation to cover 73pc Sylhet Boro target areas

Our Correspondent 2019-02-14 21:10:38

SYLHET, Feb 14: With a target to raising the paddy yield in Sylhet division, irrigation facilities would be provided for a total of 2,46,969 hectares of Boro land this season by using a total of 36,97...

Bumper lentil output likely in Bogura

Bumper lentil output likely in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2019-02-14 21:09:10

BOGURA, Feb 14: With prevailing favourable weather condition and timely supply of necessary agro-input, bumper lentil output likely in Bogura this season. During sowing seeds, Bangladesh Agriculture...