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Two schoolboys drown in Cumilla

-- 2018-08-02 19:31:13

Two schoolboys drowned in the Dharma Sagar pond in Cumilla on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Shihab, son of sub-inspector Abdul Mannan and a class-IX student of Modern High School in the c...

Truck hits motorbike in Dohar, killing schoolboy

-- 2018-08-02 13:42:21

A schoolboy was killed and another injured when a truck hit a motorbike at Char Keshai in Dohar upazila of Dhaka on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Risad, 15, a class VII student of Holy Cro...

Harvest of Aus paddy going on in full swing in northern districts

FE Desk 2018-08-01 22:46:27

Farmers of the northern districts have started harvesting Aus paddy in a jovial mood as they are expecting a bumper yield and good market price. Many farmers have shifted to Aus crop from other cro...

Problems plague lone Shishu Paribar in Khulna division

-- 2018-08-01 22:45:13

BAGERHAT, Aug 01 (UNB): The lone Sarkari Shishu Paribar in Khulna division is plagued with various problems, including accommodation crisis, forcing the authorities to halt admission of children to th...

20 families of five Bogura UZs earn livelihood by selling bamboos

Our Correspondent 2018-08-01 22:44:00

 BOGURA, Aug 01: Vendors are making a good profit by selling bamboos on rickshaw-van. Over 120 families of Dupchanchia, Gabtoly, Adamdighi, Nandigram and Sadar upazilas of the district are engag...

Three-day fruit tree fair starts in Gobindaganj

-- 2018-08-01 11:38:22

A three-day long fruit bearing tree fair began on the premises of Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha district on Tuesday afternoon. Local lawmaker Principal Abul Kalam Azad inaugurated the fair, organi...

Cattle rearers face acute fodder shortage in Joypurhat

Roving Correspondent 2018-07-31 22:11:36

JOYPURHAT, July 31: Hundreds of cattle rearers across the district have been facing acute fodder shortage over the last couple of weeks. Many cattle rearers of the area said they have no way but to p...

Farmers expect good Aus yield in Sylhet div

Our Correspondent 2018-07-31 22:09:39

SYLHET, July 31: Aus farmers across the Sylhet division are expecting a good yield this season and they will start harvesting the produce after three or four weeks. Aus cultivation is gaining popular...

Two minors drown in Chandpur

-- 2018-07-31 11:38:40

Two minor cousins drowned in a pond in Sonaimuri village of Hajiganj upazila under Chandpur region on Monday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Sinthia Akhter, 6, daughter of Md Delwar Hossain...

Ribbon retting method gaining popularity in Nilphamari

Our Correspondent 2018-07-30 21:00:39

NILPHAMARI, July 30: Jute growers of the district have started ribbon retting technology to process the cash crop. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said it is a method to separat...

51 rivers swell, 39 fall

-- 2018-07-30 20:22:52

Water levels in 51 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rises and 39 stations recorded falls. Among the 94 monitored water level stations, four are stea...

Train hits, kills university student in Chattogram

-- 2018-07-30 13:39:26

A student of International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC) was crushed under the wheels of a train at Kumira in Sitakunda upazila on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Kazi Sirat, a stu...

People crisscross waterbodies with boat by pulling ropes

Our Correspondent 2018-07-29 21:14:00

RAJSHAHI, July 27:  Due to absence of required bridges and culverts on the rivers and other waterbodies crisscrossing Gurudaspur upazila of greater Rajshahi district, villagers cross those waterb...

Bogura villagers attain solvency by making brooms

Our Correspondent 2018-07-29 21:12:50

BOGURA, July 29: A good number of people in the district have changed their financial condition by making brooms. Sources said Nandigran, Sherpur, Gabtoly, Dhunot and Kahaloo upazilas are well-for ma...

Police recover dead body of indigenous girl in Khagrachhari

-- 2018-07-29 18:39:40

Police recovered a body of an indigenous girl in Noymail area in Dighinala upazila of Khagrachhari district early Sunday. The deceased was identified Krittika Tripura alias Punati, 11, daughter of An...

Pickup van, truck collision leaves two dead

-- 2018-07-29 13:14:59

At least two people were killed and six others injured in a head-on collision between a pickup van and a truck on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Ansar More area in Gazipur’s Sreepur upazila early S...

Rajshahi Silk Mills resumes operation after 16 years

Our Correspondent 2018-07-28 22:26:57

Rajshahi Silk Mills which remained closed for the last 16 years, resumed its experimental production from Friday. Fazley Hossain Badsha, MP of Rajshahi Sadar constituency and senior vice president o...

Good guava production brings smile on faces of growers

-- 2018-07-28 22:26:23

Our CorrespondentRANGPUR, July 28: A good yield of guava has brought smile on the growers across the district this year.Sources said encouraged by good profit and easy cultivation process farmers of t...

Two toddlers die after falling in Dinajpur gutter

-- 2018-07-28 17:14:41

Two toddlers met tragic deaths after falling into a gutter near their house at Khansama upazila in Dinajpur on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as 19 month-old Juthi Rani Roy, daughter...

Two workers die after covered van hits roadside shop

-- 2018-07-28 16:20:55

Two workers of a factory were killed and two others severely injured as a covered van hit a roadside shop at Nuritala in Cumilla’s Chandina upazila on Saturday. The identities of the deceased c...

Youth dies as bus plunges into ditch

-- 2018-07-28 11:35:50

A young man was killed and two other people were injured critically as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj road in Kadipur area of Godagari upazila on Saturday morning. Th...

41 rivers witness rising water levels while 48 fall

-- 2018-07-27 16:59:56

Water levels at 41 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rise while 48 stations recorded fall. Among the 94 monitored stations, four river stations have...

Jute being harvested on full swing in Narsingdi

-- 2018-07-27 14:54:27

Harvesting of jute plants get momentum in all the six upazilas of Narsingdi district following adequate rainfall in the recent days. The farmers are now engaged in separating fibers from jute plants...

Jute harvest going on in Gopalganj, Nilphamari

Our Correspondent 2018-07-26 21:49:02

GOPALGANJ, July 26: Jute harvest is going on in full swing in the district this season. Sources said newly-harvested jute has already appeared in the local markets and growers are satisfied over the...

Road accident kills one in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-07-26 20:54:27

A fourth class employee of local land office was killed in a road accident at Shahibagh Chapainawabganj on Thursday. The deceased was Abdul Hannan, 53, son of Md. Shamsuddin of Bidirpur in Chapainawa...

Two electrocuted in Satkhira

-- 2018-07-26 20:13:22

Two people died from electrocution at Kakdanga under Kalaroa upazila in Satkhira on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Sirajul Islam, 60, and Delowar Hossain, 25, son of Nasir Uddin of Kakdang...

Truck-microbus collision leaves four dead in Sylhet

-- 2018-07-26 19:11:46

Four people were killed and seven others injured as a truck collided head-on with a microbus at Ilashpur under Osmaninagar upazila in Sylhet on Thursday. The identities of the deceased could not be k...

Bus crashes into autorickshaw, killing seven

-- 2018-07-26 12:58:40

At least seven people were killed and five others injured after a bus crashed into an autorickshaw in the southern district of Barguna on Thursday. The incident took place in the Manikjhuri neighbour...

Man dies from snakebite in Manikganj

-- 2018-07-26 11:38:23

A man died from snake bite at Betila village in Manikganj’s sadar upazila on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Abdul Kader Biswas, 54, office assistant of deputy commissioner offi...

Four die as motorcycle rams into roadside tree

-- 2018-07-26 11:26:55

Four people were killed when the motorcycle they were on hit a roadside tree at Bholaria village in Katiadi upazila on Wednesday night. The deceased are Sabbir 23, Bipu, 22, Masud, 24, and Antor, 22,...