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Low production, market price upset Sirajganj honey collectors

Low production, market price upset Sirajganj honey collectors

Roving Correspondent 2019-02-01 00:22:19

SIRAJGANJ, Jan 31: Due to unexpected low production and market price, a good number trained up honey collectors in Sirajganj district are severely disheartened this season. The honey extractors of th...

Doctor ‘commits suicide’ in Chattogram

Doctor ‘commits suicide’ in Chattogram

-- 2019-01-31 16:20:45

A physician allegedly killed himself over family feud at Chandgaon residential area in Chattogram city in the early hours of Thursday. The dead man was identified as Mostafa Murshed Akash, 33, son of...

Three die in Mymensingh road accident

Three die in Mymensingh road accident

-- 2019-01-31 12:20:00

Three people were killed and two others injured after an ambulance overturned at Alalpur in Sadar upazila of Mymensingh in the early hours of Thursday. The accident took place at around 3:00am when a...

RAB arrests three with arms, ammo in Natore

RAB arrests three with arms, ammo in Natore

-- 2019-01-31 11:19:27

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three suspected arms trader along with firearms and ammunition in Lalpur upazila of Natore on Thursday. The arrestees are Faim Hossain Palak, Sweet an...

Widespread consumer demand makes  cabbage peasants happy in Bogura

Widespread consumer demand makes cabbage peasants happy in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2019-01-30 21:47:35

BOGURA, Jan 30: Widespread demand of hundreds of consumer's has made cabbage growers in Bogura district happy. During the time last year, they suffered due to low market price but this year they are...

Cultivation of Malta gains  popularity in Naogaon

Cultivation of Malta gains popularity in Naogaon

Our Correspondent 2019-01-30 21:46:17

NAOGAON, Jan 30: The farming of Malta, a juicy citrus fruit, enriched with vitamin C, is gaining popularity among farmers in Porsha Upazila of the district as it yields good profit. Department of Agr...

T-Aman growers upset over rice price fall in Joypurhat

T-Aman growers upset over rice price fall in Joypurhat

Roving Correspondent 2019-01-30 21:45:26

JOYPURHAT, Jan 30: T-Aman rice growers of the five upazilas of the district are upset due to excessive price fall in Joypurhat district. They are forced to sell their produced paddy below the product...

Schoolboy ‘commits suicide’ in Magura

Schoolboy ‘commits suicide’ in Magura

-- 2019-01-30 11:45:28

A schoolboy reportedly committed suicide by consuming poison at Jashmantapur village in Magura on Tuesday night. He was 10-year-old Nur Mohammad, son of Shafiul Islam and a student of class IV of a l...

GI recognition makes C’nawabganj Khirshapat mango growers happy

GI recognition makes C’nawabganj Khirshapat mango growers happy

Roving Correspondent 2019-01-29 21:08:37

CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Jan 29: The growers of Khirshapat mango, one of the most popular and tasty mango varieties are happy over getting Geographical Indication (GI) for Chapainawabganj district's extraordi...

Boro rice transplantation work going on in Bogura

Boro rice transplantation work going on in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2019-01-29 21:07:54

BOGURA, Jan 29: Boro rice transplantation work across Bogura district is progressing fast as the weather of the region is quite favourable now for the job. From the very early stage like sowing seeds...

Good yield of coriander satisfies  cultivators in Rangpur

Good yield of coriander satisfies cultivators in Rangpur

Our Correspondent 2019-01-29 21:06:52

RANGPUR, Jan 29: A good yield of coriander leaves has made the cultivators under Rangpur district delighted this season. According to sources harvesting of coriander leaves is going on in full swing...

UPDF man shot dead in Rangamati

UPDF man shot dead in Rangamati

-- 2019-01-29 18:33:49

An activist of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF), a Chittagong Hill Tracts-based political group, was shot dead by unidentified assailants at Bhuiyachara under Langadu Upazila's in Rangamati on...

Two die as truck plunges into ditch in Ashulia

Two die as truck plunges into ditch in Ashulia

-- 2019-01-29 11:25:00

At least two people were killed and two others went missing after a truck plunged into in a roadside ditch in Ashulia, Savar in the early hours of Tuesday. The mishap took place in Ashulia Boro Bridg...

Chattogram road crash claims lives of two

Chattogram road crash claims lives of two

-- 2019-01-29 09:51:17

A Chhatra League activist and his friend were killed as a truck rammed a motorcycle on which they were riding near Chandanaish upazila headquarters in Chattogram on Monday night. The deceased were id...

Tangail curd producers pass  busy time in winter season

Tangail curd producers pass busy time in winter season

Our Correspondent 2019-01-28 22:08:07

TANGAIL, Jan 28: Sweetmeat cham cham and curd of Tangail is famous in the country and aboard. Every day more than one thousand kilo of curd and sweetmeats are being sent to the different districts. A...

Gopalganj farmers get benefit  from tomato cultivation

Gopalganj farmers get benefit from tomato cultivation

Our Correspondent 2019-01-28 22:05:33

GOPALGANJ, Jan 28: Farmers of three upazilas of the district are benefiting from the cultivation of tomato as the crop is being sold at lucrative price in the local markets here. Sources said, the ne...

Keraniganj road crash kills two children

Keraniganj road crash kills two children

-- 2019-01-28 18:12:47

Two children have been killed and their father injured after a truck rammed their motorcycle in Dhaka’s Keraniganj. The accident took place at the Mollar Pul area in Rajendrapur around 11:30 am...

Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’ leaves two drug traders dead

Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’ leaves two drug traders dead

-- 2019-01-28 17:01:25

Two suspected drug traders were killed in a 'gunfight' between two groups of drug traders at Minabazar under Teknaf upazila in Cox's Bazar early Monday. The deceased were identified as Delwar Hossain...

Rajbari road mishap leaves two dead

Rajbari road mishap leaves two dead

-- 2019-01-28 11:14:40

Two motorcyclists were killed as a truck rammed their motorcycle in Shripur area of Rajbari town on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Shanto, 25, son of Rajab Ali of Dhunchi village and an...

Chattogram fire leaves nonagenarian dead

Chattogram fire leaves nonagenarian dead

-- 2019-01-27 19:00:52

A 90-year old woman was killed and six houses were gutted in a fire at Dewannagar under Hathazari municipality area in Chattogram on Sunday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Salma Khatun, wif...

Honey farming gains momentum in Rajshahi

Honey farming gains momentum in Rajshahi

-- 2019-01-27 13:04:44

Number of honey harvesters in mustard farming fields is increasing gradually as in Rajshahi including its vast Barind tract. The composite farming is being adjudged as lucrative means of boosting mus...

BGB recovers firearms from Kushtia border

BGB recovers firearms from Kushtia border

-- 2019-01-27 11:57:36

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered firearms from Pakuria Banghapara area in Kushtia’s Daulatpur upazila on Saturday night. Acting on secret information, a BGB team conducted a d...

Flawless execution of crop protection schemes demanded in Sunamganj

Flawless execution of crop protection schemes demanded in Sunamganj

Our Correspondent 2019-01-26 20:20:25

SYLHET, Jan 26: Citizens forum 'Haor Banchao, Sunamganj banchao' has demanded immediate start of works on all the haor protection schemes in the haor districts, dropping the accused persons from the P...

Farmers become self-reliant rearing Turkey birds in Bogura

Farmers become self-reliant rearing Turkey birds in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2019-01-26 20:19:54

BOGURA, Jan 26: A good number of extreme poor farmers of Bogura district are becoming self-reliant rearing Turkey birds from last year.Sensing lucrative profit, over 300 new farmers in Dupchanchia, Ga...

Jubo league worker dies in Kishoreganj attack

Jubo league worker dies in Kishoreganj attack

-- 2019-01-26 12:32:38

A Jubo League activist has been killed and his brother injured in an attack in Kishoreganj. Yusuf Monir, 48, and his younger brother Yakub Sumon, 45, a councillor from ward no. 6 of the Kishoreganj m...

Eight of a family suffer burn injuries in gas cylinder fire

Eight of a family suffer burn injuries in gas cylinder fire

-- 2019-01-25 21:12:49

Eight members of a family sustained burn injuries in a fire that broke out from a gas cylinder at their house of Sadhukhali village in Sadar upazila on Friday noon. The injured are Abdul Fakir Sabur,...

Student dies in Sirajganj road accident

Student dies in Sirajganj road accident

-- 2019-01-25 16:37:52

A student of Jagannath University was killed and his elder brother injured as a pick-van hit their motorcycle on Bangabandhu Bridge West Link Highway near Jhaol bridge area in Sirajganj’s Kamark...

Gas cylinder blast kills balloon vendor in city

Gas cylinder blast kills balloon vendor in city

-- 2019-01-25 13:46:04

A balloon vendor was killed and two people were injured when a gas cylinder exploded at Dhaka Shiksha Board Laboratory School and College compound in Dhaka city's Mirpur on Friday. The dead man was i...

Flower farmers pass busy time  ahead of February 21 in Bogura

Flower farmers pass busy time ahead of February 21 in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2019-01-24 20:44:16

BOGURA, Jan 24: Flower farmers of Bogura district are passing busy time to supply large quantities of flowers for celebrating February 21 with much fervour. They are expecting to grow flowers worth T...

Natore peasants use latest techniques to boost  vegetables production

Natore peasants use latest techniques to boost vegetables production

Roving Correspondent 2019-01-24 20:42:56

NATORE, Jan 24: Farmers are achieving fresh and good yield of winter vegetables adopting latest production techniques in Natore district. "I have cultivated bean on 21 decimal of land this season spe...