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Customs detains man with gold bars in Benapole

Customs detains man with gold bars in Benapole

-- 2018-09-18 11:51:24

Customs intelligence arrested a man along with five gold bars (Tk 115,000) from Benapole check post on Tuesday morning. The detainee was identified as Masudur Rahman, 45, son of Abdul Khaleq, hailing...

Fugitive war crimes convict dies

Fugitive war crimes convict dies

-- 2018-09-17 20:25:04

A war crimes convict, who was sentenced to death and remained fugitive for long, died at a house in Fenchuganj upazila of Sylhet on Monday. After his death the body of Anis Mia, 85 of Rajnagar upazil...

Man dies as bus rams motorcycle in Gopalganj

Man dies as bus rams motorcycle in Gopalganj

-- 2018-09-17 11:12:18

A motorcyclist was killed and 20 other people were injured as a bus lost control and rammed into a motorcycle in Dhopabhita area of Muksudpur upazila on Monday morning. The deceased has been identifi...

Brahmaputra crosses danger level in Gaibandha

Brahmaputra crosses danger level in Gaibandha

-- 2018-09-16 22:13:37

Water level of the Brahmaputra crossed its danger mark today morning inundating the river basin including char areas, reports BSS. According to sources, water level of other three major rivers Ghagot...

Indefinite bus strike begins in Gaibandha, Rangpur

Indefinite bus strike begins in Gaibandha, Rangpur

-- 2018-09-16 20:26:22

Bus workers went on an indefinite strike on all the routes of Rangpur and Gaibandha districts on Sunday, demanding a change in the draft road transport law. Gaibandha District Motor Workers' Union en...

Man dies in Natore road mishap

Man dies in Natore road mishap

-- 2018-09-16 13:55:33

A young man was killed and seven others injured in a head-on collision between two buses at sadar upazila road in Natore on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Birendra Pahan, 30, an indig...

Sylhet train accident kills two

Sylhet train accident kills two

-- 2018-09-16 11:38:45

Two men have been killed as they attempted to board a moving train at Sylhet Railway Station. The Dhaka-bound inter-city Upoban Express left Sylhet on Saturday at around 10:15 pm right when the incid...

Microbus plunges into Hatirjheel lake, no casualties

Microbus plunges into Hatirjheel lake, no casualties

-- 2018-09-15 13:26:50

A microbus plunged into Hatirjheel lake in the capital on Saturday morning. Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters sources said the microbus fell into the lake breaking the railing of a bridge a...

Teenager dies in Tangail road crash

Teenager dies in Tangail road crash

-- 2018-09-15 11:43:02

A teenage boy has been killed and another injured after their motorcycle was hit by a truck in Tangail’s Modhupur. The accident occurred on Sagor Dighi Road in the Motorbazar area on Friday eve...

Minor boy drowns in Gopalganj

Minor boy drowns in Gopalganj

-- 2018-09-14 16:58:01

The body of a minor boy was recovered from the Madhumati River at Haridaspur in Sadar upazila of Gopalganj on Friday morning, a day after he went missing while bathing. The deceased was identified as...

Bus runs over, kills two pedestrians in Rangpur

Bus runs over, kills two pedestrians in Rangpur

-- 2018-09-14 15:57:07

Two pedestrians were killed and 10 bus passengers injured as a bus hit them after hitting another bus in central bus terminal area in Rangpur city on Friday. The deceased were identified as Hasina Be...

Eco-friendly pest management gains ground in Rajshahi

Eco-friendly pest management gains ground in Rajshahi

-- 2018-09-14 14:05:19

Farmers of the Barind region are being encouraged and habituated over using eco-friendly pest management in their transplanted paddy field. During the current season, many farmers have adopted parchi...

Lightning kills two in Jashore

Lightning kills two in Jashore

-- 2018-09-14 11:34:57

At least two people have been killed and two others injured in a  thunderbolt strike at Charavita Mahmudpur village under Bagharpara upazila under Jashore. The deceased were identified as Mohamm...

Two children drown in Natore

Two children drown in Natore

-- 2018-09-13 20:54:40

Two children drowned in a pond at Walia village under Lalpur upazila in Natore on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Naim, son of Adam Sardar of the village, and Afia, maternal cousin of Naim....

Sonatola, Sarikandi Upshi cultivators passing busy time

Sonatola, Sarikandi Upshi cultivators passing busy time

Our Correspondent 2018-09-13 20:39:03

BOGURA, Sep 12: Growers across Sonatola and Sarikandi upazilas of the district are now busy in harvesting and processing the newly-harvested Upshi Aus paddy. Cultivators are also happy as they are ge...

Truck rams microbus, kills man in Panchagarh

Truck rams microbus, kills man in Panchagarh

-- 2018-09-13 13:44:21

A freedom fighter was killed and four others injured when a truck rammed a microbus on Panchagarh-Debiganj highway at Boda Bypass in Boda upazila of Panchagarh on Thursday. The deceased was identifie...

Electrocution kills mother, son in Gazipur

Electrocution kills mother, son in Gazipur

-- 2018-09-13 12:27:26

A woman and her son were electrocuted in Kewa-Bakultala area under Sripur upazila of Gazipur district Thursday morning. The deceased were identified as Salina Akhter, 35, wife of Anwar Hossain, a res...

Thai guava farming inspires  hundreds of unemployed  youths in Naogaon

Thai guava farming inspires hundreds of unemployed youths in Naogaon

Roving Correspondent 2018-09-12 21:26:25

NAOGAON, Sept 12: Thai guava farming has brought smile on the faces of hundreds of unemployed youths in the district. Sources said high profit has been inspiring the farmers to expand the production...

Ginger production expanding in Bogura

Ginger production expanding in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2018-09-12 21:24:52

BOGURA, Sept 12: Ginger cultivation is expanding in the district due to repeated bumper production and fair market prices. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) official sources said, "We hav...

Female ‘drug peddler’ found dead in Korotoa River

Female ‘drug peddler’ found dead in Korotoa River

-- 2018-09-12 20:54:02

Police recovered the body of a 'listed female drug trader' from the Korotoa River near Matidali area in Bogura town on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Rani Begum, 35, wife of Mukhter Hossai...

Lightning strikes leave two dead in Sunamganj

Lightning strikes leave two dead in Sunamganj

-- 2018-09-12 19:10:27

At least two people were killed in lightning strikes in separate places in Sunamganj on Wednesday. Hridoy Das, 14, son of Lulu Das of Joynagar village in Chhatak upazila, died on the spot after being...

Cox’s Bazar accident leaves three dead

Cox’s Bazar accident leaves three dead

-- 2018-09-12 14:11:20

Three people were killed and four others injured when a covered van hit a human hauler on Chittagong-Cox's Bazar highway near Inani Resort in Chakaria upazila on Wednesday. The identities of the dece...

Two die in Chattogram head-on crash

Two die in Chattogram head-on crash

-- 2018-09-12 12:20:35

At least two people were killed while another one was injured in a head-on collision between two covered vans on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Mirsarai upazila early Wednesday. One of the deceased has...

Fire guts tyre factory in Narayanganj

Fire guts tyre factory in Narayanganj

-- 2018-09-12 10:43:46

A fire broke out at a tyre factory at Dapa Idrakpur in Fatulla in Narayanganj on Wednesday morning. Manjur Quader, Officer-in-Charge of Fatullah Police Station, said the fire broke out at the factory...

Indigenous fruits disappearing in Narsingdi

Indigenous fruits disappearing in Narsingdi

-- 2018-09-11 20:59:49

NARSINGDI, Sept 11 (BSS): Native fruits are gradually disappearing due to adverse impact of climate change. Use of agro-chemicals and lack of a proper planning on production and marketing of the frui...

Two killed in Thakurgaon snakebite

Two killed in Thakurgaon snakebite

-- 2018-09-11 20:56:47

A schoolboy and a woman were killed in separate incidents of snakebite in Pirganj and Haripur upazilas of Thakurgaon. In Pirganj upazila, a snake bit Hasan Dipu, 7, son of Akbar Ali of Narayanpur vil...

Cox’s Bazar road crash kills seven

Cox’s Bazar road crash kills seven

-- 2018-09-11 14:54:00

At least seven people have died after a bus rammed a human hauler, locally known as leguna, in Cox’s Bazar’s Chokoria. The accident occurred on Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar Highway near B...

Missing teacher found dead in Khulna

Missing teacher found dead in Khulna

-- 2018-09-11 14:43:52

Police recovered the body of a school teacher from a water body in Boira area of Khulna city on Tuesday morning 15 days after he went missing. The deceased was identified as Kazi Taskin Hossain Toyon...

23 villages under water in Teesta basin

23 villages under water in Teesta basin

-- 2018-09-11 12:35:16

More than 10,000 people of 23 villages in the char areas of Teesta and Dharala rivers in Lalmonirhat district have been trapped in flood water following onrush of water from upstream hilly areas. The...

Cops recover two bodies in Satkhira

Cops recover two bodies in Satkhira

-- 2018-09-11 11:50:31

Police recovered the bodies of a woman and a man from Nagarghata and Jhorghachha villages of Tala upazila in Satkhira on Monday. The deceased were identified as Mamtaz Begum, 55, and Gopal Gosh. Quo...