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Rajshahi becomes self-sufficient in fish production

Rajshahi becomes self-sufficient in fish production

Our Correspondent 2018-07-25 21:17:28

RAJSHAHI, July 25: Rajshahi has become self-sufficient in producing varieties of fishes. Sources said fish farming has expanded in Paba, Mohanpur, Durgapur and Tanore upazilas of Rajshahi; Manda, Bad...

Nature lovers gathering in Khulna tree fair

Nature lovers gathering in Khulna tree fair

-- 2018-07-25 15:56:20

A fifteen-day tree fair and tree plantation campaign in Khulna division is gaining momentum at Khulna Circuit House Ground in the city. A large number of tree lovers thronged the tree fair on Wednesd...

Motorcyclist dies after collision with truck in Kurigram

Motorcyclist dies after collision with truck in Kurigram

-- 2018-07-25 14:01:39

A man was killed when a truck hit his motorcycle at Matherpar in Kurigram’s Ulipur upazila on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Mithu Roy, 32, a polling agent of the ongoing by-election...

Commuters suffer for bad shape of Dupchanchia-Talora link road

Commuters suffer for bad shape of Dupchanchia-Talora link road

Our Correspondent 2018-07-24 21:52:59

BOGURA, July 24: Hundreds of commuters are suffering much due to bad shape of Dupchanchia-Talora link road under Dupchanchia upazila of the district. Vehicles like good-laden trucks, three wheelers,...

Joypurhat papaya growers  expecting good production

Joypurhat papaya growers expecting good production

Roving Correspondent 2018-07-24 21:52:04

JOYPURHAT, July 24: Papaya growers of Joypurhat are expecting a good production this season. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) officials, papaya farming is profitable in the...

Torrential rain inundates low-lying areas of Ctg

Torrential rain inundates low-lying areas of Ctg

-- 2018-07-24 21:32:47

Incessant rains for the last two days have submerged many parts of Chattogram city and three upazilas of the district, causing immense sufferings to people. The low-lying areas of the city, and Hatha...

Kushtia teen marries four times

Kushtia teen marries four times

-- 2018-07-24 19:14:27

A teenager has married four times before reaching the minimum official marriage age of 21, triggering harsh criticisms by social media and local people. Rana Mondol,  17, son of Rashedul Mondol...

Two die in Gazipur road crash

Two die in Gazipur road crash

-- 2018-07-24 15:17:10

At least two passengers of an auto-rickshaw were killed when a speeding bus hit it from behind on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Teknagarparea in Gazipur city on Monday night. The identities of the dece...

Two workers die in ship blast in Chattogram

Two workers die in ship blast in Chattogram

-- 2018-07-24 11:45:22

Two workers have died in an explosion on a ship in the Karnaphuli River in Chattogram’s Shikolbaha. The blast occurred when they were welding metal pieces on the oil-carrying ship Desh-1 on Mon...

Fire breaks out in Rangamati

Fire breaks out in Rangamati

-- 2018-07-24 11:37:25

Five shops and two rooms were gutted in a fire at Bonrupa market in Rangamati district town early Tuesday. Deedarul Islam, assistant director of Rangamati Fire Service and Civil Defence, said the fir...

Double transplanting method helps boost yield

Double transplanting method helps boost yield

Our Correspondent 2018-07-23 21:42:43

Farmers in Sylhet division are now busy preparing the land for Transplanted Aman (T-Aman) paddy cultivation. Some 16,616 hectares of land seedbed have already been prepared against the target of 20,4...

Bogura growers eyeing bumper sugarcane production

Bogura growers eyeing bumper sugarcane production

Our Correspondent 2018-07-23 21:41:32

BOGURA, July 23: Due to positive behave of climate condition, sugarcane growers of Shibganj, Dhunot, Sonatola and Sariakandi upazilas of the district are expecting a bumper production this season. Ac...

Two die in Brahmanbaria road crash

Two die in Brahmanbaria road crash

-- 2018-07-23 15:00:35

Two people were killed and as many injured as a pick-up van and a covered van collided head-on on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Boishamura under Sarail upazila in Brahmanbaria on Monday morning. The deceas...

Low target disappoints farmers

Low target disappoints farmers

Our Correspondent 2018-07-23 14:43:37

Paddy farmers in Sylhet region are in great trouble due to low market price of their hard-earn produce in the open market. Boro production was good in the region but late starting the rice procurem...

Customs seizes 870 cartons of cigarettes at Dhaka airport

Customs seizes 870 cartons of cigarettes at Dhaka airport

-- 2018-07-23 13:14:30

Customs intelligence officials seized 870 cartons of illegally imported cigarettes from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday morning. Acting on a tipoff, a team of customs intelligence of...

Two kids drown in Chandpur

Two kids drown in Chandpur

-- 2018-07-22 18:44:28

Two children drowned in a pond in Badda area under Hajiganj upazila in Chandpur on Sunday noon. The deceased were identified as Akib Patwari, 4, son of Barkat Patwari, and his cousin Tanisha Aktar, 5...

Road crashes leave three dead in Rajshahi

Road crashes leave three dead in Rajshahi

-- 2018-07-22 18:37:07

Three people were killed in separate road accidents at Godagari upazila in Rajshahi on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Emadad Hossain Chandu, 50, son of Emaj Uddin of Faradpur village in Goda...

Three-wheeler crushes minor in C’nawabganj

Three-wheeler crushes minor in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-07-22 16:10:12

A minor boy was killed as a three-wheeler hit him from behind at Kollyanpurarea in Chapainawabganj district town on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Abdulla Al Huzaifa, 1.5 years old an...

Bus rams into auto-rickshaw in Rangpur, killing four

Bus rams into auto-rickshaw in Rangpur, killing four

-- 2018-07-22 11:15:12

At least four people have been killed when a Thakurgaon-bound bus rammed into an auto-rickshaw on Rangpur-Dinajpur highway in Hajirhat area of Rangpur city on Sunday morning. Two of the deceased were...

Indigenous fish species on the verge of extinction

Indigenous fish species on the verge of extinction

Our Correspondent 2018-07-21 21:24:15

MAGURA, July 21: Once the district was enriched by varieties of fishes. History tells the district was named Magura due to abundant production of Magur fish in the open waterbodies. But the scenario h...

Miscreants hack grocer to death in Chuadanga

Miscreants hack grocer to death in Chuadanga

-- 2018-07-21 19:33:36

A grocer was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants at Alamdanga upazila in Chuadanga on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Hasibul Islam, 30, son of Abdul Kuddus of Ailhas village in the u...

Road crash kills two in C’nawabganj

Road crash kills two in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-07-21 18:19:23

Two motorcyclists were killed as the rider lost control over the wheels while trying to avoid a head-on collision with a truck at Dhobpur in Shibganj upazila on Saturday. The deceased were identified...

Prisoner dies after falling ill at Habiganj jail

Prisoner dies after falling ill at Habiganj jail

-- 2018-07-21 16:00:04

A prisoner, who fell sick in the district jail, died at a hospital here on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Monir Hossain, 27, son of Abdus Shahid of Ghatura area in Brahmanbari distr...

Netrakona gets 2,25,722 electricity connections

Netrakona gets 2,25,722 electricity connections

-- 2018-07-21 15:34:16

The present government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina provides a total of 2,25,722 electricity connections to rural establishments including households in 961 villages under ten upazilas of Netra...

Two die as bus overturns in Cumilla

Two die as bus overturns in Cumilla

-- 2018-07-21 12:37:05

Two people were killed and 20 others injured as a bus overturned on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Ghinagazi area of Cumilla’s Chauddagram upazila early Saturday. The deceased were identified as S...

Microbus runs over man killing him in Jhenaidah

Microbus runs over man killing him in Jhenaidah

-- 2018-07-21 11:21:32

A man was killed as a microbus hit him at Hatgopalpur area of Sadar upazila in Jhenaidah on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Shahin Hossain, 46, son of Golam Tahur Shah, a resident of...

Manikganj boat makers witness good business in monsoon

Manikganj boat makers witness good business in monsoon

-- 2018-07-20 15:29:43

As monsoon looms over Manikganj, the boat makers in the district have been very busy building boats which are widely used as vessels in rural areas during this season. The demand for various types of...

Jamalpur road crash claims lives of three

Jamalpur road crash claims lives of three

-- 2018-07-20 11:19:39

Three day-labourers were killed and three others injured when a truck plunged into a ditch on Bhuapur-Sarishabari road in Sarishabari upazila early Friday. The dead have been identified as Nasir, 50,...

Four children drown in Natore, Chandpur

Four children drown in Natore, Chandpur

-- 2018-07-19 19:39:45

Four children, including two sisters, drowned in Natore and Chandpur districts on Thursday. In Natore, two sisters drowned while taking bath in Nandakuja river in Chawktebaria village of Sadar upazil...

Indecision delays water supply project at Jagonnathpur UZ

Indecision delays water supply project at Jagonnathpur UZ

Our Correspondent 2018-07-19 15:08:16

The authority concerned could not start the much desired water supply and sanitation project at Jagonnathpur upazila headquarters in Sunamganj due to absence of site selection. Locals said the concer...