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Call to infuse dynamism into VSC activities

-- 2018-08-09 11:52:19

High officials of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) underscored the need for infusing dynamism into the activities of Victim Support Center (VSC) for welfare of the children and women victims. All t...

Sylhet’s rail communication resumes

-- 2018-08-08 20:58:25

Train communication of Sylhet with the rest of the country resumed on Wednesday after a one-hour disruption following the derailment of a train in Shibbari of the city. Earlier, four bogies of 'Surma...

Derailment snaps Sylhet’s rail communications

-- 2018-08-08 17:10:05

Rail communications between Sylhet and the rest of the country snapped following the derailment of four bogies of the Surma Mail at Shibbari in the city on Wednesday noon. The accident took place whi...

Three die in separate road crashes in Sylhet

-- 2018-08-08 14:21:30

At least three people including a teenage boy were killed in separate road accidents in Gopalganj and Fenchuganj upazilas of Sylhet region on Wednesday and Tuesday night. In Gopalganj, two victims we...

CU student loses both legs in shuttle train accident

-- 2018-08-08 11:35:17

A Chittagong University (CU) student has lost both of his legs while trying to board a shuttle train at Sholoshohor Railway Station in the port city on Wednesday morning. The victim - Md Rabiul Alam...

Mango trading in final stage in northern districts

-- 2018-08-07 21:39:14

RAJSHAHI, Aug 07 (BSS): Mango trading in Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj districts is now on the final stage amid last moment's exorbitant price of the tasty and delicious seasonal fruit after more than...

Wheat-laden vessel capsizes near Ctg port

-- 2018-08-07 15:47:57

A wheat-laden lighter vessel capsized in the Bay of Bengal Tuesday morning. MV Pathgati-2, carrying 1,100 kilograms of wheat was bound towards Narayanganj. It sinked in the Bay after it was hit by an...

Drug trader beats addict dead in Pabna

-- 2018-08-07 11:45:32

A drug addict was beaten to death by a drug trader over trivial matter at Digha village in Ishwardi upazila in Pabna on Monday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Eir Ali, 50, son of late Rabbe...

Transport strike frustrates growers, traders

Our Correspondent 2018-08-06 21:03:26

Thousands of tonnes of vegetable and fish which were supposed to transport to Dhaka, Chattogram and other places of the country from the district are lying to damage due to crisis in recent transport...

Magura cultivators achieve success in growing BINA Dhan-19 paddy

Our Correspondent 2018-08-06 21:02:18

Farmers of the district have achieved a remarkable success in growing BINA Dhan-19 paddy variety. Officials of the Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) said BINA Dhan-19 was cultivated...

Three die after inhaling septic tank gas

-- 2018-08-06 17:18:17

Three people died and another person fell sick after inhaling toxic gas in a septic tank of an under-construction building in Bank Colony area of Nasrsingdi on Monday. The deceased were identified as...

Teacher dies in Joypurhat road crash

-- 2018-08-06 15:25:58

A retired headmaster of a primary school was killed after being hit by an auto-rickshaw in front of a bank in Kalai upazila headquarters of Joypurhat on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as...

High Boro price delights farmers, hoarders

Roving Correspondent 2018-08-06 10:37:22

Both hoarders and farmers of Natore district are happy over the high price of Boro paddy this season. The farmers of the district have achieved over 0.4 million tonnes of Boro yield this season. The...

Sharp border vigilance reduces cattle influx

-- 2018-08-06 10:33:39

Unlike previous times, the influx of cattle across the border from India has drastically come down ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. Now a handful of cattle can cross into Bangladesh, but only through few poin...

Sylhet cultivators start Aus harvest

Our Correspondent 2018-08-06 10:32:34

Farmers of Sylhet division have started harvesting Aus paddy. Crops on some 3,557 hectares of land have already been harvested, a DAE official informed on Sunday afternoon. The farmers earlier culti...

Snake gourd farming gaining popularity

Our Correspondent 2018-08-05 21:16:58

GOPALGANJ, Aug 05: Farmers of Ragunathpur union under Gopalganj Sadar of the district have been benefiting from the cultivation of snake gourd. According to the officials at the Department of Agricul...

High Boro price delights farmers, hoarders

Roving Correspondent 2018-08-05 21:15:22

NATORE, Aug 05: Both hoarders and farmers of the district are happy over the high price of Boro paddy this season. The farmers of the district have achieved over 0.4 million tonnes of Boro yield this...

Low price disappoints off-season radish farmers

Our Correspondent 2018-08-05 15:30:52

Off-season radish farmers of the district are disappointed over the low market price in Bogura district. Growers are incurring massive losses instead of profit, said farmer Salam Hossain of Mohasthan...

Locals urge authority to construct western approach soon

Our Sylhet Correspondent 2018-08-05 15:28:07

The much desired bridge, built over the Noljur river under Jogonnathpur upazila of Sunamganj couldn't be made ready for use only due to unusual delay for construction of its western approach. Thousan...

Gaibandha female workers receive Tk 11.2m savings

-- 2018-08-05 12:15:37

A total of 150 female workers in Sundarganj upazila of Gaibandha district have got their savings over Tk 11.2 million earned from the Rural Employment and Road Maintenance Programme (RERMP) in the las...

Pick-up van rams into truck in Gazipur, killing one

-- 2018-08-05 11:56:35

A pick-up van has rammed into a parked truck in Gazipur’s Sadar Upazila, killing a man instantly and injuring five others amid an ongoing student campaign for safe roads. The accident took plac...

Police detain Mohila Dal leader for ‘instigating’ students

-- 2018-08-04 19:26:34

Police have arrested a local leader of Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal, BNP's women wing,  in Chattogram on Saturday for allegedly provoking the student protests. Fatema Badshah, acting president of the...

Father, son die in Bandarban clash

-- 2018-08-04 18:06:32

A man was gunned down and his son was hacked to death in a remote area in Ruma upazila of Bandarban on Friday night during a clash over establishing supremacy between two groups. The deceased were id...

Road crash claims another student’s life

-- 2018-08-04 16:37:15

Another college girl was killed on Saturday after being hit by a covered van at Barabari on Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in Gazipur amid the ongoing student demonstrations demanding safer roads. After...

Housewife ‘commits’ suicide in Sunamganj

-- 2018-08-03 17:37:50

A housewife allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her house at Jangalbari in Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj district on Friday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as...

Rajshahi slum dwellers get community housing

-- 2018-08-03 11:58:40

Many slum people have started living in brick-built house driving out their long-lasting living life in thatched or mud-house in Rajshahi city. “I had never thought, even in my dreams, that I w...

RMCH female student commits 'suicide'

-- 2018-08-03 11:30:40

A female student of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan of her house at Daspukur in Rajshahi city on Thursday night. The deceased wa...

Blacksmiths expect Tk 100m business during upcoming Eid

Roving Correspondent 2018-08-02 21:15:40

SIRAJGANJ, Aug 02:  More than 12,000 blacksmits in Bogura, Natore, Joypurhat and Sirajganj districts are actively involved in making iron tools. Sources said many unemployed youths have attained...

Farmers busy cultivating T-Aman in districts

Our Correspondent 2018-08-02 21:14:18

SYLHET, Aug 02: Farmers in Sylhet division are busy cultivating Transplanted Aman (T- Aman) paddy. Some 21,378 hectares of seedbed have already been prepared, an official of DAE, Sylhet divisional of...

Experts focus on boosting fish production to improve living standard of rural people

-- 2018-08-02 21:12:17

RANGPUR, Aug 02 (BSS): Fisheries experts at a fingerling releasing function here today said fish production consistently increased in last 10 years improving livelihoods of rural people cutting povert...