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Labour dies of electrocution in Habiganj

Labour dies of electrocution in Habiganj

-- 2018-11-23 11:43:28

A labour died after being electrocuted at Kumri village under Baniachang upazila in Habiganj on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Jamirul Mia, 25, a resident of Jatra Pasha village under sadar...

Bird lover detects rare bird  Tree Pipit in Rajshahi village

Bird lover detects rare bird Tree Pipit in Rajshahi village

Our Correspondent 2018-11-22 21:14:45

RAJSHAHI, Nov 22: 'Tree Pipit,' a tiny, sparrow like bird thought to be extinct 140-year ago, has been detected by a bird lover in a village in Rajshahi recently. Tree Pipit is called 'Gecho Tulika'...

Health complexes in Magura, Bogura suffer for staff, instrument shortages

Health complexes in Magura, Bogura suffer for staff, instrument shortages

Our Correspondent 2018-11-22 21:13:13

MAGURA, Nov 22: Upazila Health Complex, Sreepur, has been suffering from manpower shortage. Moreover, some medical instrument have been lying without repair since long. Sreepur upazila health comple...

Police rescue minor boy 48-hr after abduction

Police rescue minor boy 48-hr after abduction

-- 2018-11-22 18:12:58

Police rescued a minor boy from Noyarhat in Sandwip upazila on Thursday morning, 48-hour after his abduction from school. The rescued boy is Awsaf Hossain Jorif, son of bank official Md Jacob Prokash...

BGB recovers arms, ammo in C’nawabganj

BGB recovers arms, ammo in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-11-22 12:54:56

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered two pistols, three magazines and 13 rounds of bullet in Chapainawabganj on Thursday morning. BGB sources said, a team of them on secret information...

DDMR implements dozens of projects in Mymensingh

DDMR implements dozens of projects in Mymensingh

-- 2018-11-22 12:01:39

Directorate of Disaster Management and Relief (DDMR) implemented numerous development projects under social safety net programme of the present government during the last 9 years in Mymensingh distric...

Elderly man dies in Satkhira road accident

Elderly man dies in Satkhira road accident

-- 2018-11-22 11:25:03

An elderly man was killed after being knocked down by a bus at Akhrakhola in Satkhira sadar upazila on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Ali Hossain Sultan, 65, of Patharghata village in...

Man killed in Joypurhat road crash

Man killed in Joypurhat road crash

-- 2018-11-21 20:41:30

A man was killed as a truck collided head-on with a motor-cycle at Bhimpur area of Panchbibi upazila on Joypurhat-Hili road on Wednesday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam, 4...

Forest guard goes missing in Bagerhat river

Forest guard goes missing in Bagerhat river

-- 2018-11-21 18:45:40

A forest guard, who went missing after he fell into the Baleshwar River at Shapzela in Sharankhola Upazila on Tuesday, could not be traced still Wednesday, reports UNB. Mahmudul Hasan, divisional for...

Miscreants gun down ‘criminal’ in Khulna

Miscreants gun down ‘criminal’ in Khulna

-- 2018-11-21 11:58:37

A suspected criminal was shot dead allegedly by some miscreants in Khulna on Tuesday night. The victium was Mirajul Islam alias Maruf, 43 of Digholia upazila. Kazi Mushtaq Ahmed, officer-in-charge o...

Barguna farmers eye 60000 tonnes vegetable output

Barguna farmers eye 60000 tonnes vegetable output

-- 2018-11-21 11:44:44

Farmers are now cultivating vegetables as it has changed their fate in six upazilas under Barguna district. Farmers in different upazilas under the district have been producing different varieties of...

Lilium cultivation faces setback  due to cold storage shortage

Lilium cultivation faces setback due to cold storage shortage

Our Correspondent 2018-11-20 22:07:15

JHENIDAH, Nov 20: Eye-catching, scented and sparkling Netherlands flower Lilium cultivation, requiring huge investment, is also facing serious setback in Kaliganj upazila in Jhenidah for lack of col...

Three workers die falling off under-construction building

Three workers die falling off under-construction building

-- 2018-11-20 17:01:15

Three construction workers were killed after falling off an under-construction building in Khalishpur area of Khulna city on Tuesday noon. The deceased were identified as Nur-e-Alam, 18, son of Nurul...

Thakurgaon boiler blast leaves worker dead

Thakurgaon boiler blast leaves worker dead

-- 2018-11-20 12:10:54

A worker was killed and another injured in a boiler explosion at a rice mill in Thakurgaon on Monday evening. The dead man was Nur Islam, 38, a worker of Shahjahan Rice Mill and son of late Mohammad...

Tomato farming goes on in full swing in Bogura

Tomato farming goes on in full swing in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2018-11-19 21:23:31

BOGURA, Nov 19:  Tomato cultivation is going on in full swing in the district. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office said farmers some 380 hectares of land have already been broug...

DAE eyes 1.71m tonnes  of maize production  in Rangpur div

DAE eyes 1.71m tonnes of maize production in Rangpur div

-- 2018-11-19 21:22:38

RANGPUR, Nov 19 (BSS): The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has fixed a production target of 1.71 million tonnes of maize from 0.18 million hectares of land during this Rabi season in Rangpur...

Bumper output delights papaya cultivators

Bumper output delights papaya cultivators

Roving Correspondent 2018-11-19 21:20:47

JOYPURHAT, Nov 19: Papaya growers in the district are delighted over the bumper production this season as the authority concerned has provided logistic support to the farmers. Besides, brisk sale mad...

Gunfights in Kushtia, Cox’s Bazar leave two ‘robbers’ dead

Gunfights in Kushtia, Cox’s Bazar leave two ‘robbers’ dead

-- 2018-11-19 17:22:30

Two suspected robbers were killed in separate 'gunfights' with law enforcers in Cox's Bazar and Kushtia districts early Monday. In Cox's Bazar, Abul HasanManik, 30, a suspected pirate was killed in a...

PEC examinee dies in Chattogram road crash

PEC examinee dies in Chattogram road crash

-- 2018-11-19 13:33:02

A Primary Education Completion (PEC) examinee was killed and a minor girl injured in a collision between a human hauler and a CNG-run autorickshaw in Port Colony area of Chattogram on Monday morning....

Suspected robber dies in Kushtia ‘gunfight’

Suspected robber dies in Kushtia ‘gunfight’

-- 2018-11-19 10:07:23

A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight between two groups of robbers at Hawakhali field in Bheramara upazila of Kushtia early Monday. The deceased could not be identified yet. On infor...

Gopalganj Boro cultivators passing busy time

Gopalganj Boro cultivators passing busy time

Our Correspondent 2018-11-18 21:13:02

GOPALGANJ, Nov 18: Boro cultivators in the district are now passing busy time. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Gopalganj official sources, a total of 3,99,518 hectares of...

Wife throws acid on husband in Rajshahi

Wife throws acid on husband in Rajshahi

-- 2018-11-18 20:56:49

A man sustained burn injuries in an acid attack allegedly by his wife at Darikharbona in Rajshahi on Saturday. The injured man was identified as Babul Islam, according to UNB. Babul's wife told poli...

Man burnt as ‘wife’ throws acid in Rajshahi

Man burnt as ‘wife’ throws acid in Rajshahi

-- 2018-11-18 20:18:15

A man sustained burn injuries in an acid attack allegedly by his wife at Darikharbona in Rajshahi on Saturday. The injured man was identified as Babul Islam. Babul's wife told police that she threw...

Sirajganj road crash leaves two dead

Sirajganj road crash leaves two dead

-- 2018-11-18 10:52:53

Two people were killed and four others wounded early Sunday after a hit-and-run incident in Sirajganj Sadar Upazila. The accident took place around 7:00am on the highway in Sayedabad area on the west...

34 Jhenaidah insolvent FFs get houses

34 Jhenaidah insolvent FFs get houses

Our Correspondent 2018-11-18 10:40:25

JHENAIDAH: A total of 34 landless and insolvent freedom fighters' (FFs) families from six upazilas in the district got houses named 'Bir Nibas'. The total cost of construction of the houses stood at...

Pumpkin farming gains popularity in Rangpur

Pumpkin farming gains popularity in Rangpur

-- 2018-11-17 21:01:53

RANGPUR, Nov 17 (BSS): Some 25,000 char families changed their fortune by farming pumpkin on a vast a tract of land in Rangpur agriculture region over the last nine years.Earlier, these have-not group...

Market price frustrates Magura Aman growers

Market price frustrates Magura Aman growers

Our Correspondent 2018-11-17 21:00:38

MAGURA, Nov 17: Aman growers in the district are frustrated over the present market price. Sources said newly-harvested T-Aman paddy has started appearing in the local markets. Though a bumper product...

Truck runs over minor girl

Truck runs over minor girl

-- 2018-11-17 20:32:46

A minor girl was killed as a speeding truck ran over her on Sherpur-Nalitabari road in Sonnashivita village of Nalitabari Upazila on Saturday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Elahi Zhumur, 5...

Man electrocuted in Gopalganj

Man electrocuted in Gopalganj

-- 2018-11-17 17:58:14

A man was electrocuted while working in his house at Chitkibari village in Kotalipara upazila of Gopalganj district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Kartik Dhali, 40, of the village. Off...

Cops recover unidentified body in Narsingdi

Cops recover unidentified body in Narsingdi

-- 2018-11-17 12:20:19

Police recovered the body of an unidentified rickshaw-puller from Sebhasangha intersection in Sadar upazila of Narsingdi on Saturday morning. Mizan, a sub-inspector (SI) of Sadar Police Station, said...