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Rajbari road crash leaves two dead

Rajbari road crash leaves two dead

-- 2019-02-14 11:37:32

Two people were killed and eight others injured when a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Shialdangi village in Rajbari’s Pangsha upazila in the early hours of Thursday. The dead were identif...

Cucumber farmers happy over fair mkt price, ample output in Natore

Cucumber farmers happy over fair mkt price, ample output in Natore

Roving Correspondent 2019-02-13 20:49:31

NATORE, Feb 13: Due to favourable weather condition and timely supply of necessary agro-input, peasants in Natore district cultivating cucumber, locally known as Khira, are happy. Getting both fair m...

Excellent litchi blooming in Rangpur agriculture region

Excellent litchi blooming in Rangpur agriculture region

-- 2019-02-13 20:48:14

RANGPUR, Feb 13 (BSS): The farmers are happy witnessing excellent blooming in their litchi trees amid favorable climatic condition with advent of the spring on the eve of departure of the winter in Ra...

Medical student dies in Khulna road mishap

Medical student dies in Khulna road mishap

-- 2019-02-13 16:29:15

A student of Khulna Medical College was killed in a road accident on Rupsha Bridge Bypass road in Labanchora of Khulna city on Wednesday. The victim was identified as Ariful Islam Akash, 22, a 3rd ye...

Jamalpur collects 26910-kg honey

Jamalpur collects 26910-kg honey

-- 2019-02-13 12:56:53

Around 26910 kilograms of honey were collected from mustard fields in Jamalpur district this year. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) officials on Wednesday said honey collectors installed 343...

Police recover body of housewife in Satkhira

Police recover body of housewife in Satkhira

-- 2019-02-13 11:37:00

Police recovered the hanging body of a housewife from Brahmarajpur in Satkhira’s Sadar upazila on Tuesday. The dead woman was identified as Akhi Bose, wife of Arup Bose of the village. Sub-ins...

Dry chilli price generates hope among Bogura farmers

Dry chilli price generates hope among Bogura farmers

Our Correspondent 2019-02-12 21:42:35

BOGURA, Feb 12: Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) officials have forecast that over 13,000 tonnes of dry chilli will be produced this season in Bogura district. In a recent visit in Gabtoly,...

Police recover body of ‘drug pedlar’ in Rajshahi

Police recover body of ‘drug pedlar’ in Rajshahi

-- 2019-02-12 15:17:27

Police recovered the bullet-riddled body of a suspected drug pedlar from Safina Park area at Godagari upazila of Rajshahi on Tuesday morning. The dead man was identified as Moti, 40, son of Syed Ali...

Project to welcome migratory birds

Project to welcome migratory birds

Roving Correspondent 2019-02-11 21:34:53

NAOGAON, Feb 11: With arrival of bone chilling cold across Siberia and other countries, the migratory birds have started coming to vast water body in Mohadebpur upazila, a sanctuary for birds, under N...

Bamboo artisans passing  hard time in Bogura

Bamboo artisans passing hard time in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2019-02-11 21:33:45

BOGURA, Feb 11: Bamboo artisans, who have no cropland of their own, are passing hardship time with the ancestral profession for last few years.  The consumers preferred to use "duli" for storing...

Vegetable farming on 0.10 million  hectares in Sylhet division

Vegetable farming on 0.10 million hectares in Sylhet division

Our Correspondent 2019-02-11 21:32:29

SYLHET, Feb 11: Winter vegetables of different kinds were cultivated on 102,544 hectares of land in Sylhet division during the current season. The vegetables include gourd, sweet gourd, radish, bean,...

Three die in Munshiganj road crash

Three die in Munshiganj road crash

-- 2019-02-11 16:42:04

At least three people, including a woman, have died and another woman has been injured after a car rammed a covered van in Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj district. The accident occurred on the Dhaka-C...

Khulna road crash kills five BCL, Jubo League men

Khulna road crash kills five BCL, Jubo League men

-- 2019-02-11 10:56:27

Five leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Jubo League were killed in a collision between a truck and a private car on Rupsha bridge bypass road at Harintala in Khulna city on S...

Meat production exceeds target in Rangpur div

Meat production exceeds target in Rangpur div

Our Correspondent 2019-02-10 22:25:13

RANGPUR, Feb 10: The production of meat has exceeded its target in Rangpur division during the last five years. According to Divisional Livestock office, Rangpur sources, around 3.4 million tonnes of...

Garlic peasants optimistic of bumper output in Joypurhat

Garlic peasants optimistic of bumper output in Joypurhat

Roving Correspondent 2019-02-10 22:24:41

JOYPURHAT, Feb 10: Garlic peasants of Joypurhat district are optimistic of bumper output this season as they have been provided with all sorts of necessary agro-inputs during sowing seeds. According...

Sylhet-Tamabil-Jafflong highway reconstruction work starts

Sylhet-Tamabil-Jafflong highway reconstruction work starts

Our Correspondent 2019-02-10 22:23:54

SYLHET, Feb 10: Work on the much- talked about Sylhet-Tamabil-Jaflong highway has been started. The project worth Tk 1.98 billion was approved at the ECNEC in June last year. Accordingly, bidding and...

Motorcycle showroom catches fire in city

Motorcycle showroom catches fire in city

-- 2019-02-10 17:02:26

A fire broke out in a motorcycle showroom in the city's Bangsal area on Sunday afternoon. The fire engulfed the Makimpur outlet at around 2:35pm, said Dana Mia, an operator of Fire Service Control Ro...

Fire guts over 100 shanties in Chattogram

Fire guts over 100 shanties in Chattogram

-- 2019-02-10 15:29:05

Over 100 shanties were gutted in a devastating fire at three slums in Rail gate area of Chattogram city on Saturday night. Three firefighting units from Chandanpur, Agrabad and Bayzid Station managed...

30 hurt in Lalmonirhat AL factional clash

30 hurt in Lalmonirhat AL factional clash

-- 2019-02-10 14:27:18

At least 30 people including three policemen sustained injuries during a clash between two factions of Awami League at Aditmari upazila headquarters in Lalmonirhat on Sunday centering the nomination o...

Man rapes speech-impaired girl in Satkhira

Man rapes speech-impaired girl in Satkhira

-- 2019-02-10 11:36:07

A speech-impaired girl was reportedly raped by the driver of Shyamnagar Upazila Nirbahi Officer in the government quarter premises in upazila headquarters of Satkhira on Saturday. Police arrested dri...

Gopalganj farmers get benefit  from Broccoli cultivation

Gopalganj farmers get benefit from Broccoli cultivation

Our Correspondent 2019-02-09 21:26:23

GOPALGANJ, Feb 09: Farmers of Gopalpur union under Tungipara upazila in the district are getting good benefit from "Lora Broccoli" cultivation in the recent years. According to Tungipara Upazila Agric...

Scarcity of fish in Rangpur region

Scarcity of fish in Rangpur region

Our Correspondent 2019-02-09 21:25:42

RANGPUR, Feb 09: Despite various steps taken by the authority concerned to increase fish production in Rangpur district, scarcity of fish has been prevailing across the region in recent years.Accordin...

Mentally challenged student dies in Tungipara road crash

Mentally challenged student dies in Tungipara road crash

-- 2019-02-09 14:09:06

A mentally challenged student was killed as a bus hit him at Malek Bazar in Tungipara upazila of Gopalganj district on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Korban Sarder, 12, son of Nasir...

Noakhali road crash kills three army men

Noakhali road crash kills three army men

-- 2019-02-08 22:04:00

Three army personnel were killed and nine others injured in a road accident in Subarnachar upazila in Noakhali on Friday afternoon. The deceased were identified as sepoys Mamun, Foyez and Firoz of th...

Gopalganj road crash leaves two dead

Gopalganj road crash leaves two dead

-- 2019-02-08 16:55:36

A woman and her mother-in-law were killed in a collision between a motorcycle and human hauler at Devgram in Gopalganj’s Kotalipara upazila on Friday morning. The dead were identified as Mansur...

Fire guts 13 shops in Mirsarai

Fire guts 13 shops in Mirsarai

-- 2019-02-08 14:37:37

At least 13 shops were gutted in a fire which broke out at College Bazar Road in Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram early Friday. Jashimuddin, Assistant director of Chattogram Fire Service and Civil Defe...

Man dies as truck plunges in Bogura

Man dies as truck plunges in Bogura

-- 2019-02-08 12:40:10

A man was killed when a truck plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhanut-Sherpur road at Boalkandi in Bogura’s Sherpur upazila on Friday. The deceased was identified as truck helper Aminul Islam,...

Police recover Saudi national’s body in Mymensingh

Police recover Saudi national’s body in Mymensingh

-- 2019-02-08 12:10:34

A Saudi national was found dead at his friend's house at Douhakhala village in Gouripur upazila of Mymensingh district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Abu Naser, 55, a resident of Dammam in...

Absence of pucca bridge over Iramati Khal  causes suffering to Bogura UZ commuters

Absence of pucca bridge over Iramati Khal causes suffering to Bogura UZ commuters

Our Correspondent 2019-02-07 21:29:18

BOGURA, Feb 07: The absence of a concrete bridge over Iramaty Khal is causing serious setback for thousands of commuters under Dupchanchia upazila of Bogura district for a long time. Local political...

Mud collapse kills two children in Kushtia

Mud collapse kills two children in Kushtia

-- 2019-02-07 16:37:59

Two minor boys were killed and another was injured as mud collapsed on them while they were playing in Ghordoho Khal Para in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia on Thursday noon. The dead were identified as Ak...