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Joypurhat potters attain solvency

Joypurhat potters attain solvency

Roving Correspondent 2019-01-03 20:32:05

JOYPURHAT, Jan 03: A good number of potters in the district have attained financial solvency in recent days. They make pots of different shapes and sizes according to the market demand. Akkelpur,...

31 Rohingya people held in Cumilla

31 Rohingya people held in Cumilla

-- 2019-01-03 18:54:22

Police arrested 31 Rohingya people, including six women and 18 children, from Eidgah road intersection in Cumilla on Thursday. Md Salahuddin, inspector of Kotwali Model Police station, said on inform...

15,000 hectares of land brought under wheat cultivation in Panchagarh

15,000 hectares of land brought under wheat cultivation in Panchagarh

-- 2019-01-03 18:25:24

A total of 15,000 hectares of land have been brought under wheat cultivation this season in the district with a production target of 62,000 metric tonnes of wheat. The Department of Agriculture Exten...

Electrocution kills minor boy in Tangail

Electrocution kills minor boy in Tangail

-- 2019-01-03 16:40:57

A minor boy died from electrocution in Basail municipality area of Tangail district on Thursday. The dead boy was identified as seven-year-old Jihad, son of mahor Ali, from Purbo Nayapara in the muni...

Two cops in prison after trying to snatch smuggled gold

Two cops in prison after trying to snatch smuggled gold

-- 2019-01-03 11:41:24

Police detained two assistant sub-inspectors of police allegedly for trying to snatch smuggled gold from Navaron intersection in Sharsha upazila of Benapole on Wednesday. Sharsha Police arrested ASI...

Another polls violence victim succumbs to injuries

Another polls violence victim succumbs to injuries

-- 2019-01-02 21:43:38

An Awami League leader, who was injured during election-related violence in Kahalu upazila in the district, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Wednesday. The president of Paikar union A...

Sylhet cultivators busy  nurturing Rabi crops

Sylhet cultivators busy nurturing Rabi crops

Our Correspondent 2019-01-02 21:07:57

SYLHET, Jan 02: Some 85,924 hectares of land have been brought under the farming of varieties of Rabi crops in all the four districts of Sylhet division. Of the total area, highest 55,541 hectares ar...

Mango buds sprout early in Rajshahi village

Mango buds sprout early in Rajshahi village

Our Correspondent 2019-01-02 21:06:41

RAJSHAHI, Jan 02: An early sprouting of mango buds in some trees in Bamlail village under Godagari upazila has created commotion among the locals. It is learnt, Alam Sheikh owns some 60 mango trees...

RMG worker crushed under bus in Gazipur

RMG worker crushed under bus in Gazipur

-- 2019-01-02 19:11:42

A garment worker was killed as a bus crushed him in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur district on Wednesday. The labourer was identified as Russel, 24, an inhabitant in Islampur upazila of Jamalpur distric...

Land dispute leaves man dead in Cumilla

Land dispute leaves man dead in Cumilla

-- 2019-01-02 16:58:31

A man, who sustained injuries during a clash over land dispute at Chandsar village at Chandina upazila in Cumilla on Tuesday, died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital on Wednesday morning. The dece...

Man dies in Brahmanbaria fuel tank accident

Man dies in Brahmanbaria fuel tank accident

-- 2019-01-02 16:27:10

A man has died after inhaling poisonous gas from a fuel tank in Brahmanbaria. Sohel Mia, 24, inhaled the gas as he was cleaning the tank in the Medda area of the Brahmanbaria municipality at around 8...

Mob beat robber to death in Feni

Mob beat robber to death in Feni

-- 2019-01-02 12:38:29

A mob has beaten a suspected robber to death after they allegedly caught him as his gang was preparing to rob a house in Feni. The incident was reported from Bhalukia-Gohadua village in Sadar upazila...

Papaya farming expands in Tangail

Papaya farming expands in Tangail

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

TANGAIL, Jan 01: Papaya cultivation has brought smile on the faces of many grassroots growers in the district. Sources said many growers have been earning handsome profit from commercial cultivatio...

Rangpur farmers optimistic  about achieving good  mustard yield

Rangpur farmers optimistic about achieving good mustard yield

Our Correspondent 2019-01-01 21:04:44

RANGPUR, Jan 01: The farmers of eight districts under Rangpur division are optimistic about achieving a good yield of mustard during the current season. Visiting different areas this FE corresponde...

Man found dead near Thakurgaon border

Man found dead near Thakurgaon border

-- 2019-01-01 20:40:56

Police recovered the body of a man from the bank of Nagor River in Haripur Upazila's bordering Dabori area of Thakurgaon district on Tuesday. Police said the body of Nizarul Islam, 35, bore some inju...

Infant drowns in Chuadanga

Infant drowns in Chuadanga

-- 2019-01-01 17:59:45

A three-year-old minor boy drowned at Mochainagar village in Alomdanga upazila of Chuadanga district on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Rohan Ahmed, son of Masud Rana, hailed from Baro Gangn...

Female garment worker dies in city road crash

Female garment worker dies in city road crash

-- 2019-01-01 16:16:18

A teenage female worker of a readymade garment factory was killed when a bus hit her at Malibagh Chowdhurypara in Dhaka city on Tuesday. The young woman was identified as Mim Akhter, 14. Sub-inspect...

Three children drown in Chandpur

Three children drown in Chandpur

-- 2019-01-01 12:31:30

Three children have drowned at different locations in Chandpur’s Sadar upazila. The incidents occurred at Balia Union’s Forakkabad on Monday afternoon and Kalyanpur Union’s Dasadi V...

Weekly haats create severe traffic snarl on Rajshahi-Tanore highway

Weekly haats create severe traffic snarl on Rajshahi-Tanore highway

Our Correspondent 2018-12-31 20:26:00

RAJSHAHI, Dec 31: Severe traffic congestion on the Rajshahi-Tanore Highway at Kaliganj and Talanda under Tanore upazila of the district is now a regular phenomenon during the two weekly haats beside t...

Magura cabbage growers unhappy about low prices

Magura cabbage growers unhappy about low prices

Our Correspondent 2018-12-31 20:25:00

MAGURA, Dec 31: Cabbage growers in the district are frustrated over the present low market prices. Sources said though a bumper production of cabbage has been achieved, farmers are not getting fair p...

Severe cold wave sweeps Panchaghar

Severe cold wave sweeps Panchaghar

-- 2018-12-31 18:21:59

Severe cold wave is sweeping over Panchaghar district. Mild to moderate cold wave is sweeping over Mymensingh division and the rest part of Rangpur division, and the regions of Tangail, Madaripur, Go...

Injured in polls violence, AL man dies in Rajshahi

Injured in polls violence, AL man dies in Rajshahi

-- 2018-12-31 14:02:08

An Awami League leader, who sustained injuries during a clash between Awami League and BNP activists in Godagari upazila on Sunday, died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) early Monday. The...

Farmers show interest in diversifying crops

Farmers show interest in diversifying crops

Our Correspondent 2018-12-30 21:14:28

SYLHET, Dec 30: Cultivation of different crops in addition to Boro paddy during the current Rabi season has increased as the farmers are showing more interest in the diversified crops in place of the...

BGB recovers firearms, ammo in C’nawabganj

BGB recovers firearms, ammo in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-12-30 11:59:05

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered a foreign made pistol, a magazine and seven rounds of bullet from Tarapur area under Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district in the early hours of Sunday....

BADC supplies 7,706 tonnes of high-yielding Boro seeds in Sylhet

BADC supplies 7,706 tonnes of high-yielding Boro seeds in Sylhet

Our Correspondent 2018-12-29 21:07:21

SYLHET: A total of 7,706 tonnes of high-yielding Boro seeds have so far been supplied to the farmers in Sylhet division this season through the Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC)....

Cauliflower cultivation gains  popularity in Magura

Cauliflower cultivation gains popularity in Magura

Our Correspondent 2018-12-29 21:06:47

MAGURA, Dec 29: Cauliflower cultivation is gaining popularity in the district.Farmers' sources said a bumper production of cauliflower has been achieved in the district this season. Growers are also g...

Three workers die in Korean EPZ road accident

Three workers die in Korean EPZ road accident

-- 2018-12-29 12:23:28

Three people have been killed and 35 others injured after a bus rammed another bus carrying workers near the gate of the Korean EPZ in Chattogram. The accident occurred near the KAFKO Gate at around...

Youth found dead in Narayanganj

Youth found dead in Narayanganj

-- 2018-12-28 20:23:24

Police recovered the body of an unidentified youth from Fatullah in Narayanganjearly Friday. Officer-in-charge (Investigation) of Fatullah Model Police Station Shah Jalal said a night guard spotted t...

Chattogram road crash leaves three dead

Chattogram road crash leaves three dead

-- 2018-12-28 17:12:07

Three people, including a minor boy, were killed as a cement-laden truck hit a rickshaw at Mirsharai Upazila in Chattogram on Friday. The victims were identified as Sultan, 31, from Pola Morga area,...

Blaze at Faridpur bazar guts 13 shops

Blaze at Faridpur bazar guts 13 shops

-- 2018-12-28 13:24:44

Thirteen shops were gutted in a fire which broke out at Satroshi Bazar in Sadarpur upazila of Faridpur early Friday. Faridpur Fire Service station officer Saifuzzaman said the fire broke out at a sho...