A three-wheeler overturned while taking a turn on the Madaripur-Shariatpur regional route in Madaripur, leaving its driver and assistant dead on the spot. Madaripur Sadar Model Police Station chief AHM Salauddin said the accident took place in the Pokhira area around 7:30am on Monday, according to
A person was killed and six others were injured as members of law enforcement agencies opened fire in clashes over rigging in upazila parishad election in Dinajpur's Birol upazila. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Ali, 70, of Shinguil village, as per UNB reports. The injured are receiving
Farmers in Sylhet region have embarked on the season's Boro paddy harvest in full swing. In some of the haor areas of Sunamganj and Habiganj districts, where early varieties of the paddy were cultivated, some farmers began it sporadically amid fear of crop damage while the region has experienced e
Cattle, chickens and birds are dying from heatstroke in Gaibandha as a searing heatwave has been sweeping across the country in the last several days. Official sources said at least 12 cows and hundreds of chickens have died from heatstroke in the district in the last few days. Farmers are not be
Residents of Sylhet breathed a sigh of relief as rain brought some respite from ongoing heat wave. Sylhet Meteorological Department recorded 84.4 millimetres of rainfall in the past 24 hours, starting 6:00 pm on Friday to 6:00 pm on Saturday, according to UNB. The situation of rainfall may contin
COX'S BAZAR, Apr 27: Salt production has hit a record high of 1.7 million tonnes in the past four months in Chattogram and Cox's Bazar. Farmers are now working in a buoyant mood in the salt fields as there prevails a favourable sunny weather, without any rain. In line with the target, the farme
A head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-run autorickshaw claimed the lives of two people, including a woman, in Mymensingh on Saturday morning. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. Four other people were injured in the accident that took place around 11:00 am in the
A man was killed and five others were injured in a knife attack after the final match of a football tournament in Brahmanbaria on Friday evening. According to UNB, the deceased was identified as Yakub, 30, a resident of Narshingshar village in Brahmanbaria Sadar Upazila. During the celebration af
Faridpur Deputy Commissioner Quamrul Ahsan Talukder said they have ‘found involvement’ of Shah Md Asaduzzaman Tapan, chairman of Dumain Union Parishad, in the lynching of two brothers by a mob after a fire incident at a temple in Faridpur’s Madhukhali. At a press conference on Fr
The Silk City Express train has caught fire caused by what the authorities believe extreme heat in Tangail’s Mirzapur. The fire started in the hydraulic brakes as soon as the driver pressed them at Mohera Railway Station around 5pm on Friday, Station Master Sohel Khan said. Several people w
A 20-year-old Bangladeshi youth was gunned down allegedly by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) near bordering Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat early on Friday, according to Border Guards Bangladesh. The deceased was identified as Abul Kalam Daku, son of Apir Uddin of Dangapara area under Sreera
Irregularities of more than Tk 101 million were found at Kashinathpur branch in Pabna’s Santhia Upazila during a surprise visit by divisional and regional branches of the state-run bank on Thursday. Three officials of the branch were also arrested after the incident. According to bdnews24.c
Bangladesh Metrological Department (BMD) forecast rain or thundershowers in Chattogram and Sylhet divisions country in 24 hours, commencing 9:00 am on Friday. "Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Chattogram and Sylhet d
