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Neighbours beat man dead

Neighbours beat man dead

-- 2018-10-20 17:29:16

A man was beaten to death allegedly by his neighbours during an argument over a trivial matter in Jashore on Saturday. The victim was Hossain Ali, 45 years old, from Keralkhali village of Sharsha upa...

Jashore ‘gunfight’ leaves drug peddler dead   

Jashore ‘gunfight’ leaves drug peddler dead   

-- 2018-10-20 17:22:55

A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight between two groups of drug peddlers allegedly over establishing supremacy at Choto Achra under Sharsha upazila in Jashore on Saturday. The de...

Three die of alcohol poisoning in Jhenaidah

Three die of alcohol poisoning in Jhenaidah

-- 2018-10-20 17:18:43

Three people have died and two others were hospitalised due to alcohol poisoning in Kaliganj upazila of Jhenidah. The deceased have been identified as Kaliganj residents Biswas Bappi, Munna Das and S...

43 pirates surrender in Cox’s Bazar

43 pirates surrender in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2018-10-20 15:01:23

43 pirates from six gangs of Kutubdia and Maheshkhali surrendered to the Home Minister in Cox’s Bazar submitting firearms on Saturday. Ten members of 'Anju Bahini', two members of 'Ramij Bahini...

Child dies during Bhola boat race

Child dies during Bhola boat race

-- 2018-10-20 12:43:00

A nine-year-old child has died and another elderly man has gone missing after a trawler capsized during a boat race in Bhola’s Borhanuddin upazila. The event was organised from the Borhanuddion...

Fire breaks out at Walton warehouse in city

Fire breaks out at Walton warehouse in city

-- 2018-10-20 11:42:25

A fire broke out at a warehouse of Walton in Mohammadpur area of the capital on Saturday morning. The fire broke out at 10:15 am at the warehouse at Chand Udyan of the area, said Fire service control...

Excess ‘liquor’ consumption kills two in Jashore, Jhenaidah

Excess ‘liquor’ consumption kills two in Jashore, Jhenaidah

-- 2018-10-19 17:04:28

Two people reportedly died of liquor overdose in Jashore and Jhenaidah districts. The incidents took place amid the Durga Puja celebrations which killed Dipu Das, 30, from Jashore and Munna Das, 35,...

Police recover hanging body of housewife

Police recover hanging body of housewife

-- 2018-10-19 12:50:45

Police recovered the hanging body of a housewife in Panchagarh’s sadar upazila on Thursday. The victim was Pabitra Rani, 22, wife of Krishna Chandra Roy of Goaljhar Pakhilagaon village. Accord...

Summer bean farming becomes boon for Barind farmers

Summer bean farming becomes boon for Barind farmers

-- 2018-10-19 11:58:50

Summer beans farming has been gaining ground in this region including its vast Barind tract as the farmers get lucrative market price of the cash crop. Large numbers of farmers are now engaged in bea...

Papaya growers seek loan,  preservation facilities as  production expands

Papaya growers seek loan, preservation facilities as production expands

Our Correspondent 2018-10-18 21:31:12

GOPALGANJ, Oct 18: Cultivation of Shahi and Red Lady papaya varieties is gaining popularity among the farmers of Kasiani upazila in the district. Sources said people like these varieties for its co...

Ranga promises modern bus terminal in Rangpur

Ranga promises modern bus terminal in Rangpur

-- 2018-10-18 14:27:20

State Minister for LGRD and Cooperatives Mashiur Rahman Ranga has said the Rangpur Central Bus Terminal is being reconstructed with all modern facilities. The project is estimated to be built at a co...

Three sued for killing trader in Benapole

Three sued for killing trader in Benapole

-- 2018-10-18 11:54:55

A local trader in Benapole named Hasanuzzaman also known as Ahsan was murdered in Sadipur village on Monday.   A case was filed against three people in connection over the killing on Wednesday n...

Rangpur peasants produce quality malta at 50 orchards

Rangpur peasants produce quality malta at 50 orchards

Our Correspondent 2018-10-17 21:17:12

RANGPUR, Oct 17: Commercial cultivation of malta has ushered in a new hope to the growers of different areas in the district in recent years. According to agriculturists the soil and climate of the...

PCJSS activist shot dead in Rangamati

PCJSS activist shot dead in Rangamati

-- 2018-10-17 20:56:03

An activist of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti (PCJSS) was shot dead by unidentified miscreants at Biharpara under Naniarchar upazila in Rangamati on Wednesday evening. The deceased was iden...

Missing man found dead in Chuadanga

Missing man found dead in Chuadanga

-- 2018-10-17 19:01:28

Police on Wednesday recovered the body of a man who went missing a month ago from Habibpur village of Jibannagar upazila in Chuadanga. The deceased was identified as Ziarul Islam Ziar, 38, son of Aiz...

Farmers set up 5,935 light traps to protect cropland

Farmers set up 5,935 light traps to protect cropland

Our Correspondent 2018-10-17 13:30:42

Farmers in the Nilphamari district are setting up light trap in their cropland for pest management and becoming successful. DAE sources said some 5,935 light traps have been set up across the distric...

Police recover body of youth from Surma river

Police recover body of youth from Surma river

-- 2018-10-17 11:47:14

Police have recovered the body of a young man from Surma River in Sylhet region. The deceased was identified as Sumon Ahmed, 27, son of Abdul Malik from Pirpur village in sadar upazila. Enamul Hossa...

One dies while saving street hawker in Benapole

One dies while saving street hawker in Benapole

-- 2018-10-16 21:41:47

A man was killed trying to save a street hawker who was being beaten by some miscreants at Sadipur intersection in Benapole on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Hasanuzzaman, 50, member of...

Cauliflower cultivation gains popularity  in Joypurhat

Cauliflower cultivation gains popularity in Joypurhat

Roving Correspondent 2018-10-16 20:56:51

JOYPURHAT, Oct 16: Early winter cauliflower cultivation is gaining popularity across the district due to high market prices. More than 12,000 farmers of Akkelpur, Kalai, Khetlal, Panchbibi and Sada...

Police arrest 51 in Satkhira

Police arrest 51 in Satkhira

-- 2018-10-16 17:22:44

Police, in special drives arrested 51 persons including five activists of Jamaat-E-Islami from eight upazilas of the district in last 12-hour ending at 8am this morning. Sources with the district pol...

Man dies as tractor overturns in Kushtia

Man dies as tractor overturns in Kushtia

-- 2018-10-16 14:28:53

A man was killed after a tractor overturned on Kushtia-Meherpur road in Kushtia on Tuesday morning. The victim was identified as Saddam Hossain, 30, son of Jannat Hossain. Witness said the tractor d...

Beheaded body found in Barguna

Beheaded body found in Barguna

-- 2018-10-16 13:40:07

Police recovered the beheaded body of an unidentified young man in Barguna on Monday night. Locals of Kismat Koruna village in Betagi upazila spotted the body at night and informed police, said Md Ka...

Three of a family die in Tangail road accident

Three of a family die in Tangail road accident

-- 2018-10-16 09:48:15

Three members of a family were killed when a truck carrying a group of workers plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Shubulla area of Mirzapur upazila on Tuesday morning. The dece...

Chilli price fall worries Bogura cultivators

Chilli price fall worries Bogura cultivators

Our Correspondent 2018-10-15 22:02:16

BOGURA, Oct 15: Farmers of Adamdighi upazila in the district are worried over the sudden price fall of off-season chilli. Good number farmers of Jenoir, Boshipur, Pushinda, Nasaratpur and Jhakoir v...

Mariners’ Society to have its own building

Mariners’ Society to have its own building

-- 2018-10-15 20:02:09

The construction work of 20-storied building of Bangladesh Mariners’ Society was started as Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan, MP laid the foundation stone of the building Sunday, said a press rel...

Housewife ‘beaten to death’ in Panchagarh

Housewife ‘beaten to death’ in Panchagarh

-- 2018-10-15 17:36:28

A young housewife, who was beaten and forced to take insecticide allegedly by her husband and in-laws at Darjipara village in Tentulia upazila on Sunday, died at a hospital on Monday. The deceased wa...

Eco-friendly light trap, perching methods cut cost, ensure healthy-crops

Eco-friendly light trap, perching methods cut cost, ensure healthy-crops

Our Correspondent 2018-10-14 22:03:07

RANGPUR, Oct 14: The peasants at different areas under the district are showing their interest in cultivating T-Aman paddy using eco-friendly light trap method introduced by the Department of Agricu...

Indian Khasias kill Bangladeshi youth near Sylhet border

Indian Khasias kill Bangladeshi youth near Sylhet border

-- 2018-10-14 12:10:47

A young Bangladeshi man was shot to death by members of Indian Khasia community group near Sylhet border in Khanaighat upazila on Saturday morning. The victim was identified as Mamun Uddin, 28, son o...

Rangpur landless cultivators growing veg on floating beds

Rangpur landless cultivators growing veg on floating beds

Sayed Mofidul Babu 2018-10-14 10:40:53

A good number of landless peasants under Pirgachha upazila in the district are getting financially benefited through farming vegetables on floating beds. These extreme poor people have shown how to c...

RAB arrests one with firearms, ammo in C’nawabganj

RAB arrests one with firearms, ammo in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-10-13 20:28:10

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5 arrested an alleged arms trader with a pistol, a magazine and five bullets from Tartipur Cattle market area under Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district...