-- 2018-10-13 15:57:49
A mobile court in Bhola on Saturday jailed 25 fishermen and fined eight others for netting hilsa from the Meghna and Tetulia rivers in the district defying a government ban. Among the convicts, 25 fi...
-- 2018-10-13 13:00:27
A fatal head on collision of two buses in Bogura in the early hours of Saturday has killed a man and injured 15 others. The accident took place on Dhaka-Bogura Highway at Sherpur upazila’s Hari...
-- 2018-10-13 12:31:22
Rice price in Rajshahi’s retail markets is on a nosedive following the government’s launching of “Food Friendly Programme” to control rice price hike. Within a gap of one mont...
-- 2018-10-12 16:30:18
A fire raged through two tin-shed buildings of a government primary school in Manikganj district town on Friday noon, burning down valuables of the school. It is being primarily assumed that the fire...
-- 2018-10-12 11:56:48
Eight fishermen were sentenced to one-year imprisonment for catching hilsa in the Meghna River on Thursday defying an ongoing ban on netting hilsa. The convicts are Ripon Patwary, 22, Rahim Sheikh, 3...
Our Correspondent 2018-10-11 21:39:01
BOGURA, Oct 11: A good number of marginal peasants in the district are attaining financial solvency this season by growing snake bean. A good number of farmer said snake bean cultivation is profitabl...
Roving Correspondent 2018-10-11 21:38:15
JOYPURHAT, Oct 11: The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) is expecting to grow over 400 tonnes of ginger in the district this season. The farmers can grow the spice crop easily after harvest...
-- 2018-10-11 21:37:06
Upgradation of Thakurgaon Sugar Mills still reamins a distant dream though five years have elapsed since the approval of the development project, reports UNB. One of the reasons behind it is complexi...
-- 2018-10-11 17:07:52
Three people were killed and 10 others injured as a bus crashed into a roadside tree on Dhaka-Barishal highway at Baichkhola in Gouronadi upazila on Thursday afternoon. One the deceased was identifie...
-- 2018-10-11 11:53:41
Two people were killed when a private car carrying them plunged into a roadside ditch in Rajbari early Thursday. The fatal accident left driver Manir Hossain, 32, and passenger Ripon Quadir, 30 dead....
-- 2018-10-11 10:36:55
A woman and her five-year-old daughter were killed when a truck hit a rickshaw van at Bhatiapara in Domar upazila of Nilphamari on Wednesday night. The deceased are Nazma Begum, 30, wife of Rube...
-- 2018-10-10 13:41:06
Seven Rohingyas, including women and children, were held from Abaderghat in Satkhira sadar upazila early Wednesday while being trafficked to India. The arrestees are Nur Begum, 45, wife of Selim, the...
Our Correspondent 2018-10-09 22:06:20
BOGURA, Oct 09: Early winter cabbage farmers of Shibganj upazila in the district are happy over the bumper production and fair market prices. Favourable weather condition and timely supply of neces...
Roving Correspondent 2018-10-09 22:04:51
JOYPURHAT, Oct 09: Authority of the Joypurhat Sugar Mill is expecting to produce around 500 tonnes of sugar this season. The mill official sources said farmers of the district have brought over 6,500...
-- 2018-10-09 18:02:20
Two siblings died in sunshade collapse of an under-construction building in Deana Uttarpara area under Daulatpur police station in Khulna district on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased were identified a...
-- 2018-10-09 13:22:17
Three people were killed when a truck rammed their motorbike on Mohadebpur-Patnitola road in Patnitola upazila headquarters in Naogaon on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Abdus Salam, 45, son...
Our Correspondent 2018-10-08 21:46:01
RAJSHAHI, Oct 08: Commercial cultivation of banana is gaining ground in the district. According to sources, the price of banana remained dull during last year. But, this year the price of banana pr...
Roving Correspondent 2018-10-08 21:44:53
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Oct 8: Commercial malta farming has brought smile on the faces of hundreds of grassroots peasants in the district this season. Sources said BARI-1 malta variety is popular among th...
-- 2018-10-08 19:57:44
A court in Chattogram has granted a three-day remand to interrogate Maidul Islam, an assistant professor of Chittagong University (CU), in a case filed for making 'derogatory remarks' on Prime Ministe...
-- 2018-10-08 10:05:16
A factory and six warehouses were gutted as a fire broke out at Komolaghat Bandar in Mirkadam municipality of Munshiganj early Monday. Zahurul Islam, a fireman at Munshiganj Fire Service, said the fi...
Our Correspondent 2018-10-07 21:49:23
RANGPUR, Oct 07: The early cultivated cauliflower growers under the district are expecting an abundant yield of their produce during this season due to congenial weather condition. Sources said the f...
Roving Correspondent 2018-10-07 21:48:46
JOYPURHAT, Oct 07: Paddy farmers of the district are happy over the satisfactory yield of BRRI-62 and BINA-7 this season. High land is suitable for farming the paddy varieties. Growers are passing...
Our Correspondent 2018-10-07 21:47:58
SYLHET, Oct 07: A 10-storey building for the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court is being constructed for easing the long standing sufferings of litigants as well as the lawyers in Sunamganj district to...
Our Correspondent 2018-10-07 14:46:53
A section of unscrupulous people have continued lifting of sand from Jomuneshwari River at Pairadaho area of Milonpur union under Mithapukur upazila in Rangpur district, threatening erosion of river b...
-- 2018-10-07 12:41:24
A schoolgirl was killed as a human-hauler hit her on Nachole-Amnura road in Panditpur area in Nachole upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased has been identified as Kabita, 15, daughter of Golam Kabi...
Our Correspondent 2018-10-06 21:20:48
NILPHAMARI, Oct 06: Harvest of short-duration BRI-71 paddy is going on in full swing in the district.The newly-harvested paddy has already appeared in the local market and is selling at Tk 1,000 per m...
Our Correspondent 2018-10-06 21:20:07
SYLHET, Oct 06: The Sylhet-Tamabil-Jafflong Highway has been in a dilapidated state for long with a number of potholes and cracks. Specially, the 17-km portion from Jaintapur upazila headquarters to J...
Roving Correspondent 2018-10-06 21:15:18
NATORE, Oct 06: People of Lalpur upazila in the district are losing their interest in commercial buffalo farming.Upazila livestock office source said buffalo rearing was popular among the poor across...
-- 2018-10-06 20:56:02
Around ten kilometres of land along the Surma and Lova rivers in Kanaighat upazila are at the risk of erosion. The embankment along the Surma river and number of houses adjacent to it are being batte...
-- 2018-10-06 11:44:11
At least 12 people are reportedly missing since Friday evening after a trawler capsized in Turag River of Ashulia. Fire-fighters from Tongi and Ashulia fire service stations have been engaged in resc...
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