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Private car catches fire in Gazipur 

Private car catches fire in Gazipur 

-- 2018-09-01 15:49:37

A private car was gutted as a fire broke out in it on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Masterbari area in Gazipur city on Saturday morning. Zakir Hossain, station officer of Gazipur Fire Service, said a...

‘Cousin’ beats man to death in Narsingdi

‘Cousin’ beats man to death in Narsingdi

-- 2018-08-31 18:48:19

A young man who was injured after being beaten allegedly by his cousin at Purba Seydnagar village in Shibpur upazila of Narsingdi district on Thursday afternoon died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital...

14,000 hectares of land come under Aman cultivation in Rajshahi

14,000 hectares of land come under Aman cultivation in Rajshahi

Our Correspondent 2018-08-30 22:28:33

RAJSHAHI, Aug 30: Nearly 14,000 hectares of more land has been brought under Aman paddy cultivation than the target in the district during the current season. Due to favourable climatic condition, th...

Snake bean farming gains popularity  for high profit

Snake bean farming gains popularity for high profit

Our Correspondent 2018-08-30 22:27:39

GOPALGANJ, Aug 30: Farmers of Borashi union under Gopalganj Sadar have benefited by growing short-duration snake bean (Borboti). According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Gopalganj,...

Local Markets in Jhenidah  suffering for space shortage

Local Markets in Jhenidah suffering for space shortage

Our Correspondent 2018-08-30 22:25:25

JHENIDAH, Aug 28: Most of the local markets (Haats) in the district are suffering hugely from space crisis as the places have been made congested with permanent establishments mounting suffering to th...

Trapped barking deer rescued in CU

Trapped barking deer rescued in CU

-- 2018-08-30 18:30:13

A barking deer (Maya Horeen), which was trapped in the net of a window of the science faculty building in Chittagong University (CU) campus, was rescued in critical condition on Thursday. The deer wa...

Each upazila likely to get one school for children with disabilities

Each upazila likely to get one school for children with disabilities

-- 2018-08-30 13:40:15

The government has taken a move to designate at least one school exclusively for children with disability in each upazila, aiming to bring them in the mainstream of society and involve them in economi...

Two die in bus-autorickshaw collision in Chattogram

Two die in bus-autorickshaw collision in Chattogram

-- 2018-08-30 13:23:15

Two people were killed and four others injured when a bus rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Chattogram city's Bakolia area on Thursday. One of the deceased was identified as Mohammad Jamal, 40 while...

Nilphamari wall collapse kills youth

Nilphamari wall collapse kills youth

-- 2018-08-30 12:08:56

A young boy was killed as a wall of an abandoned house collapsed on him at Sadagorpara area in sadar upazila of Nilphamari on Wednesday evening. The deceased was identified as Arafat, 12, son of Sira...

T-Aman cultivation going on in full swing in Sylhet div

T-Aman cultivation going on in full swing in Sylhet div

-- 2018-08-29 22:12:53

Our CorrespondentSYLHET, Aug 29: Farmers of all the four districts of Sylhet division have been passing busy time in T-Aman cultivation.T-Aman paddy is the main crop of the region. Growers are expecti...

Commercial buffalo farming brings smile on faces of Bogura farmers

Commercial buffalo farming brings smile on faces of Bogura farmers

-- 2018-08-29 22:12:05

Emdadul HaqueBOGURA, Aug 26: Commercial buffalo farming has brought smile on the faces of farmers in the district. Sources said the rearers had taken short-term training from the district Jubo Unnayan...

Newlywed woman found hanged in Jashore

Newlywed woman found hanged in Jashore

-- 2018-08-29 21:48:00

A newlywed woman was found hanged at her house in Nehalpur in Manirampur upazila of Jashore on Wednesday morning. Police recovered the hanging body of Labony Das, 20, wife of Paresh Das of the villag...

Five of a family burned in Sylhet fire

Five of a family burned in Sylhet fire

-- 2018-08-29 21:34:50

Five members of a family suffered burn injuries in a fire that broke out at a house at Rahimpur village under Biswanath upazila in Sylhet early Wednesday. The victims are Faruk Miah, 55, his wife Cha...

Bus falls into ditch, kills three in B’baria

Bus falls into ditch, kills three in B’baria

-- 2018-08-29 16:54:36

Three people died and 20 others were injured after a bus plunged into a roadside ditch in Brahmanbaria on Wednesday. The accident took place on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Sarail upazila’s Bois...

Cops nab three female dope gang members in city

Cops nab three female dope gang members in city

-- 2018-08-29 16:40:52

Police on Tuesday arrested three female members of a dope (ogyan) gang from the capital’s Demra area. Police arrested three women identifying themselves as Sathi, 30, Sonia, 30, and Laki, 44,...

Two minor children drown in Chandpur

Two minor children drown in Chandpur

-- 2018-08-29 12:59:38

Two minor children drowned in a water body while collecting water lilies at Royosree village in Shahrasti upazila of Chandpur on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Lamia Akter, 5, dau...

Teenage girl hangs herself in Chattogram

Teenage girl hangs herself in Chattogram

-- 2018-08-28 15:29:19

A teenage girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan in her house in Chambal Shikderpara area of Banshkhali upazila in Chattogram on Tuesday. The deceased was identified a...

Three go missing as trawler capsizes in Jamuna River

Three go missing as trawler capsizes in Jamuna River

-- 2018-08-28 13:31:54

At least three people, including two minors, went missing as a trawler with around 150 passengers on board capsized in the Jamuna River in Char Shivalaya area on Tuesday morning. The trawler, coming...

Pick-up van rams truck, kills trader in Gazipur

Pick-up van rams truck, kills trader in Gazipur

-- 2018-08-28 12:53:55

A vegetable vendor was killed as a pick-up van carrying him rammed into a parked truck in Salna area of Gazipur city early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Fazlur Rahman Badal, 28, hailing fro...

Eight police officers withdrawn in Narayanganj

Eight police officers withdrawn in Narayanganj

-- 2018-08-28 11:47:57

At least eight police officials including seven detective branch (DB) men were closed on Monday centering a clash at a restaurant in front of Chuwrongi Park in the city's Khanpur area on Sunday night....

Cumilla road crash kills father, son

Cumilla road crash kills father, son

-- 2018-08-28 10:57:09

A man and his minor son were killed while his wife and daughter injured when a CNG-run auto-rickshaw carrying them hit a roadside tree in Palpara area of Cumilla Sadar upazila on Tuesday morning. The...

Barguna MP sued on extortion charge

Barguna MP sued on extortion charge

-- 2018-08-27 20:54:55

A case was filed against lawmaker Showkat Hasanur Rahman (Rimon) with a court in Barguna for allegedly extorting money and gold ornaments from a local Awami League leader. Md Idris Chowdhury, preside...

Youth ‘pushed’ to death from running bus in Chattogram

Youth ‘pushed’ to death from running bus in Chattogram

-- 2018-08-27 20:24:22

A young man was pushed to death from a moving bus allegedly by its helper in City Gate area of Chattogram on Monday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Ashrafuzzaman Rony, 30, son of Oli Ahmed...

One dies as bus overturns in Rajshahi

One dies as bus overturns in Rajshahi

-- 2018-08-27 10:41:46

A man was killed and 20 people were injured as a bus overturned on a road at Belpukur in Puthia upazila early Monday. The deceased has been identified as Aminul Islam, 30, reports a news agency. Sen...

Magura, Sylhet rawhide traders suffer for fund shortage

Magura, Sylhet rawhide traders suffer for fund shortage

Our Correspondent 2018-08-26 20:57:50

MAGURA, Aug 26: Rawhide traders of the district are disappointed over the low price, high processing cost and fund shortage. Sources said around 500 merchants across the district are frustrated durin...

Erosion renders 500 families homeless

Erosion renders 500 families homeless

Our Correspondent 2018-08-26 20:56:36

RANGPUR, Aug 26: At least 500 families at different villages of Kawnia upazila in the district were rendered homeless during last couple of weeks owing to severe erosion by the river Teesta. &nbs...

SDC Jhenidah trains 3,400 youths

SDC Jhenidah trains 3,400 youths

Our Correspondent 2018-08-26 20:55:47

JHENIDAH, Aug 26: The Skill Development Centre (SDC) under the Urban Community Development (UCD) at Jhenidah social services office is playing a vital role imparting training to the youths of the muni...

Four children die of ‘unknown’ disease in Chattogram  

Four children die of ‘unknown’ disease in Chattogram  

-- 2018-08-26 20:26:49

Four children died and 21 others fell sick in five days till Sunday due to the outbreak of an 'unknown' disease at remote Tripura Palli on a hill under Hathazari upazila in Chattogram. Family sources...

Two friends die in Bogura road crash

Two friends die in Bogura road crash

-- 2018-08-26 16:19:45

Two friends have died in a road crash in Bijoyghat area of Nandigram upazila in Bogura on Saturday night. The deceases were identified as Ferdous Alam, 45, son of late Mayen Uddin of Namuit village a...

BR fines 86 passengers for travelling without tickets

BR fines 86 passengers for travelling without tickets

-- 2018-08-26 15:16:57

Bangladesh Railway (BR) today (Sunday) fined 86 passengers of two trains Tk 32,700 for travelling without tickets from Lalmonirhat on different routes under Lalmonirhat railway division, officials sai...