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Naogaon road accident leaves two dead

Naogaon road accident leaves two dead

-- 2018-07-19 13:27:25

Two people were killed when a bus rammed a human-hauler at Deluabari Bus Stand in Manda upazila of Naogaon on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Taslim Uddin, 45, son of Lalmon Pramanik and Az...

Solar power street lights illuminate Chirirbandar

Solar power street lights illuminate Chirirbandar

-- 2018-07-18 17:29:25

To achieve success over ‘Power at every home’ programme, one of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 10 special initiatives, solar power-run street lights are illuminating 40-kilometre...

Speeding bus kills man in city

Speeding bus kills man in city

-- 2018-07-18 13:02:36

A man was killed as a bus ran over him in city's Shahbagh area on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Omar Faruk, 50, a private car driver and son of Abdus Salam of Matlab from Chandpur distric...

Manikganj road crash kills man

Manikganj road crash kills man

-- 2018-07-18 11:11:20

A shopkeeper has been killed after a truck ran over him on Manikganj-Singair road at Bymile Bus Stand in Singair upazila on Wednesday. Hashmat Ali Mallik, 37, a grocery shop owner was killed when a s...

Three die in Savar road crash

Three die in Savar road crash

-- 2018-07-17 17:41:07

At least three people have died as a truck collided head-on with a human hauler in Savar on Tuesday morning. UNB reports, 15 others were also injured in the accident that took place at Ashulia-Mirpur...

Bridge collapse disrupts road communication in Barishal

Bridge collapse disrupts road communication in Barishal

-- 2018-07-17 17:07:49

Road communication has been disrupted since Tuesday morning following the collapse of a bailey bridge on Dhaka-Barishal highway in Gaurnadi upazila of Barishal. Locals said the incident took place wh...

Minor girl drowns in B’baria

Minor girl drowns in B’baria

-- 2018-07-17 14:16:02

A minor girl drowned in a pond at Karuatoli village in Akhaura upazila in Brahmanbaria on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Zhinuk also known as Sharabanti, 4, daughter of Shapon Rishi...

Two die in city road mishap

Two die in city road mishap

-- 2018-07-17 11:34:42

Two people have been killed and eight others injured when a bus collided head-on with a human hauler at Beribadh in the city’s Rupnagar area on Tuesday morning. Sub-Inspector Shyamol of Rupnaga...

Microbus gas cylinder blast kills three

Microbus gas cylinder blast kills three

-- 2018-07-17 10:37:37

Three people were killed and another four, including three policemen, injured in a microbus gas cylinder blast in Tangail. A teenage girl who was just rescued from alleged abductors by the police hou...

Watermelon farming by mulching method brings success

Watermelon farming by mulching method brings success

Our Correspondent 2018-07-16 21:02:49

MAGURA, July 16: Outstanding success has been achieved in producing 12 month watermelon by using mulching method. Ferdoush Ahmed Dider of village Shibrampur under Magura Sadar upazila deserves the cre...

Teasel gourd cultivation starts  gaining popularity in Gopalganj

Teasel gourd cultivation starts gaining popularity in Gopalganj

Our Correspondent 2018-07-16 21:02:00

GOPALGANJ, July 16: Teasel gourd (kakrol) cultivation has started gaining popularity in Suktail union under Sadar upazila of Gopalganj with the growers making good profit from the crop. The growers a...

Lotkon growers delight over good yield in Pabna

Lotkon growers delight over good yield in Pabna

Roving Correspondent 2018-07-16 21:01:07

PABNA, July 16: Lotkon growers of Pabna district are delighted over good yield and fair market price this season. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office the farmers have cu...

Truck overturns in Cox’s Bazar, killing five

Truck overturns in Cox’s Bazar, killing five

-- 2018-07-16 11:58:32

Five people have been killed and nine others injured as a bamboo-laden truck overturned in front of Balukhali customs office in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhia upazila on Monday morning. The deceased...

Influential people grab Ramsagar canal

Influential people grab Ramsagar canal

Our Correspondent 2018-07-15 21:26:14

There is an allegation that, influential people with the help of some unscrupulous Water Development Board (WDB) employees have grabbed Ramsagar canal in Mohammadpur upazila of Magura. 400 years old...

Millers procure 19,707 tonnes of rice in Sylhet division

Millers procure 19,707 tonnes of rice in Sylhet division

Our Correspondent 2018-07-15 21:25:07

SYLHET, July 15: The food department's rice procurement drive has been going on in the Sylhet division with a target of 24,701 tonnes during the current season. Already 19707 tonnes of rice had been p...

Bogura farmers expect bumper  off-season brinjal production

Bogura farmers expect bumper off-season brinjal production

Our Correspondent 2018-07-15 21:24:18

BOGURA, July 15: Farmers of Bogura district are expecting to produce bumper off-seasonal brinjal this season. Due to favourable weather condition and timely supply of necessary agri-input the farmer'...

Two brothers die from electrocution in Chattogram

Two brothers die from electrocution in Chattogram

-- 2018-07-15 18:53:15

Two brothers died from electrocution at Jabbarhat village under Hathazari upazila in Chattogram on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Saudi expatriate Md Nazrul Islam, 35, and his younge...

Two workers die in Jamalpur boiler blast

Two workers die in Jamalpur boiler blast

-- 2018-07-15 13:12:08

Two workers were killed in a boiler explosion at a rice mill at Baghadoba in Melandaha upazila on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Abdul Karim, 45, hailing from Sherpur district and Mintu, 35,...

UP member dies in Munshiganj speedboat accident

UP member dies in Munshiganj speedboat accident

-- 2018-07-15 13:09:14

A union parishad member has been killed and ten others suffered injuries when a speedboat turned upside down after being hit by a ferry at Shimulia Ghat area in Munshiganj on Sunday. The deceased was...

Divers recover body of drowned girl from Meghna

Divers recover body of drowned girl from Meghna

-- 2018-07-15 12:41:58

The body of a female student of a private university, who along with another mate went missing while bathing in Meghna River at Char Sonarampur on Saturday, was recovered from rail bridge area in Ashu...

Three missing students found dead in Cox’s Bazar river

Three missing students found dead in Cox’s Bazar river

-- 2018-07-14 19:59:32

Three of the five students who went missing while bathing in Matamuhuri river in Cox’s Bazar were found dead. Rescuers are still searching for the remaining two students, reports bdnews24.com....

Medical students block Dhaka-Mymensingh highway over doctor’s death

Medical students block Dhaka-Mymensingh highway over doctor’s death

-- 2018-07-14 17:50:37

Students of Tairunnessa Memorial Medical College blocked Dhaka- Mymensingh highway on Saturday morning protesting the death of a physician in a road crash on Thursday. Salehuddin Ahmed, assistant sup...

Land dispute leaves two dead in Moulvibazar

Land dispute leaves two dead in Moulvibazar

-- 2018-07-14 17:22:12

Two people were killed and 40 others injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over a disputed land at Pammadpur in Moulvibazar on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Shafiqur, 22, son...

Truck crushes man in Savar

Truck crushes man in Savar

-- 2018-07-14 16:54:27

A man was killed as a truck crushed him at Nabinagar in Savar on Saturday morning. The victim was identified as Amulloh Sarker, an employee of Dhaka Palli Bidyut Samity-1. Police said the accident t...

Cops retrieve body of youth in Jhenaidah

Cops retrieve body of youth in Jhenaidah

-- 2018-07-14 11:36:32

Police recovered the body of an unidentified young man from Agmundia village in Kaliganj upazila under Jhenaidah region on Saturday morning. Police said that locals spotted the body besides a rail tr...

Schoolboy drowns in Padma River

Schoolboy drowns in Padma River

-- 2018-07-14 11:29:38

The body of a schoolboy was recovered from the Padma River near Rajshahi city on Friday night, five hours after he drowned in the river. The deceased was identified as Nazmus Sakib, son of RTV camera...

Two die as train runs over in Tangail

Two die as train runs over in Tangail

-- 2018-07-13 15:56:07

A woman and her grandson were killed when a train hit them in Dhalatengor area under Kalihati upazila of Tangail district on Friday morning. The deceased are Sufia Begum, 60, wife of Kalu Miah, a res...

Cops recover bullet-riddled body of youth

Cops recover bullet-riddled body of youth

-- 2018-07-13 14:32:57

Police recovered the bullet-riddled body of a young man from Chougaccha-Jashore road at Koyarpara in Chougaccha upazila early Friday. The deceased was identified as Ratan, 30, son of Abu Bakkar of Di...

Tow motorcyclists die in Nilphamari-Sayedpur road crash

Tow motorcyclists die in Nilphamari-Sayedpur road crash

-- 2018-07-13 11:29:20

Two motorcyclists were killed in a road accident on the Nilphamari-Sayedpur road at Fultala area in the district town on Thursday night. The deceased were identified as Anil Kumar, 23, and Barman Ray...

Boro paddy farmers upbeat over good market prices in Joypurhat

Boro paddy farmers upbeat over good market prices in Joypurhat

Roving Correspondent 2018-07-12 21:24:13

JOYPURHAT, July 12: Boro paddy farmers are delighted over good market price in Joypurhat district. Due to favourable climate condition and timely supply of necessary agri-input, the farmers of the di...