At least 72 people went missing after 16 salt-carrying trawlers capsized during a nor’wester that swept Chattogram’s Anwara and Banshkhali coasts of the Bay of Bengal on Wednesday. They went missing amid inclement weather in different coastal areas of the Bay of Bengal from morning to
The driver and a passenger of a CNG-run autorickshaw were killed and two others sustained injuries as it collided with a pickup truck in Sirajganj’s Ullapara upazila on Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as Abdul Gafur, 55, autorickshaw driver of Charia Shika Mathpara village of
A Union Parishad (UP) chairman was arrested with Tk 94,000 allegedly for buying votes for a chairman candidate in Belkuchi upazila of Sirajganj during the first phase of the 6th Upazila Parishad Polls held at 139 upazilas in the country Wednesday. Arrestee Jahurul Islam is a supporter of chairman
A damaged rail line in Natore’s Bagatipara Upazila has been temporarily repaired by stuffing the gap with jute sacks. Trains are passing the area at a slow speed. Locals noticed a four-inch break in the rail line in the Lokmanpur area of Bagatipara on the route from Abdulpur Station to Rajsh
Three-day colourful programs have begun to mark the 163rd birthday of Nobel laureate Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore at his ancestral village in Rupsa Upazila under Khulna district. Khulna Divisional Commissioner Md Helal Mahmud Sharif inaugurated the programmes on Wednesday morning at Pithabhog
Voting in the first phase of the 6th Upazila Parishad Election is underway in Kachua and Rampal upazilas of Bagerhat. The voting began at 8:00 am and will continue till 4:00 pm without any break, as per UNB reports. At the polling centres of the two upazilas, voters, especially women, were seen s
Mango farmers in Satkhria will start harvesting mangoes of this season with Bombay and Golap Khas variety from Thursday. As per the ‘Mango Calendar’ introduced by local administration, farmers in the district will harvest Gobindobhog mangoes from Saturday, Himsagar mangoes from May 22,
Two people including Mymensingh's Ishwarganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) were injured in a head-on collision with a bus in Harirampur area of the upazila on Wednesday morning. UNO Ariful Islam Prince was admitted to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, as per UNB reports. According to locals, t
CHATTOGRAM, May 07: Brood fish started to release fertilised eggs in the Halda river, the country's lone natural fish spawning water body, from Tuesday. Earlier on Monday, brood stock released sample eggs in the Halda. Fishermen can collect fertilised eggs from the Halda river bed and arrange f
Winter cabbage is now being cultivated in the scorching summer heat in Gaibandha. Sources said instead of the traditional seasonal cultivation of rice, wheat and jute, this is the first time farmers have experimentally cultivated summer cabbage in the hope of more profits. Farmers are benefitting
Local farmers are worried about vegetable farming as they fail to recoup their vegetable production costs even after getting bumper production of their produce due to lack of sufficient storage facilities. Agriculture office sources say disappointment grows among vegetable farmers in Sirajganj, Bo
Romeo Tripura, the boy who wounded in a gunfight between two armed ethnic minority groups in the remote hills of Baghaichari Upazila in Rangamati, has succumbed to his injuries. He was admitted to Chattogram Medical College hospital on Feb 12 with injuries. The 7-year-old died while receiving tre
Three people, including two women, died in lightning strikes in Zajira and Bhedarganj upazilas of the district last evening. The deceased were identified as Amena Begum, 30, daughter of Altu Majhi, a resident of Pinepara village of East Naodoba union of Zajira upazila, Abdul Hannan, 27, son of Tah
