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Election Officer dies after cardiac arrest in Rajshahi

Election Officer dies after cardiac arrest in Rajshahi

-- 2018-11-25 16:32:01

Election Officer of Rajshahi Niamul Haque died after a possible cardiac arrest in Rajshahi in the early hours of Sunday. He was 52. He left behind his wife, three daughters and host of relatives, col...

Good bean yield brings smile on  Rangpur dist growers' faces

Good bean yield brings smile on Rangpur dist growers' faces

Our Correspondent 2018-11-24 20:29:36

RANGPUR, Nov 24: A good yield of bean has brought smile on the faces of growers across Rangpur district during the current season. According to Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Rangpur of...

Farmers happy over T-Aman  production in Jhenidah

Farmers happy over T-Aman production in Jhenidah

Our Correspondent 2018-11-24 20:27:44

JHENIDAH, Nov 24: Farmers of Jhenidah are now busy harvesting Transplanted Aman (T-Aman) paddy they are happy over the yield. According the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources, around...

Separate road crashes in Savar kill three

Separate road crashes in Savar kill three

-- 2018-11-24 19:22:39

Two motorcycle passengers and a pedestrian have been killed in separate road accidents in Dhaka’s Savar upazila. The incidents occurred on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Ashulia’s Nayarhat a...

Two N’ganj mill accident victims die at DMCH

Two N’ganj mill accident victims die at DMCH

-- 2018-11-24 17:04:00

Two workers, who were burnt as melted iron fell on them in a factory at Sonargaon upazila in Narayangaj district, died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Saturday. The deceased were Naya...

Motorcyclist dies in Magura road accident

Motorcyclist dies in Magura road accident

-- 2018-11-24 16:38:05

A motorcyclist was killed and another one injured as a passenger bus collided head on with the motorcycle in Sadar upazila of Magura on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Rabbi, an inhabitant i...

Satkhira road crash leaves farmer dead

Satkhira road crash leaves farmer dead

-- 2018-11-24 15:05:07

A farmer was killed as a human hauler overturned in Satkhira on Saturday morning. The dead man was Gour Chandra Ghosh, 55, son of Chandra Ghosh of Jethua village. Russel Mehedi, officer-in-charge of...

Bus crash kills one in Habiganj

Bus crash kills one in Habiganj

-- 2018-11-24 12:13:54

A man was killed and 20 people were injured as a bus tumbled into a ditch on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway at Natun Bazar in Nabiganj upazila on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Safi Kamal Cho...

Sugarcane crushing begins at Rajshahi Sugar Mills

Sugarcane crushing begins at Rajshahi Sugar Mills

-- 2018-11-24 11:40:13

Sugarcane crushing at Rajshahi Sugar Mills (RSM) began in Rajshahi on Friday with a target of producing 8,250 tonnes of sugar by crushing 1,10,000 tonnes of sugarcane within next 67 days of the curren...

12 workers burned as melted iron falls on them in N’ganj

12 workers burned as melted iron falls on them in N’ganj

FE Online Report 2018-11-23 18:33:46

Twelve workers sustained burn injuries as melted iron fell on them at a steel and rod factory in Madanpur area of Bandar upazila in Narayanganj on Friday. All of them are undergoing treatment at Dhak...

Air Force pilot dies as training jet crashes in Tangail

Air Force pilot dies as training jet crashes in Tangail

-- 2018-11-23 16:52:28

A training aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) crashed at Rasulpur in Madhupur upazila of Tangail district on Friday afternoon, killing its lone pilot. Rezaul Karim, assistant director of Inter Se...

Two die after bus hits truck in Lalmonirhat

Two die after bus hits truck in Lalmonirhat

-- 2018-11-23 12:51:18

A man and a 10-year-old child were killed and five others injured after a bus hit a truck in Lalmonirhat. The incident took place at around 6:30 am on Friday on the Rangpur-Kurigram Highway in the Sa...

Feni road crash leaves two dead

Feni road crash leaves two dead

-- 2018-11-23 12:18:55

Two people were killed and three others injured when a truck rammed a covered van on Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Lemua bridge in Sadar upazila on Friday. The identities of the deceased could not be k...

Labour dies of electrocution in Habiganj

Labour dies of electrocution in Habiganj

-- 2018-11-23 11:43:28

A labour died after being electrocuted at Kumri village under Baniachang upazila in Habiganj on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Jamirul Mia, 25, a resident of Jatra Pasha village under sadar...

Bird lover detects rare bird  Tree Pipit in Rajshahi village

Bird lover detects rare bird Tree Pipit in Rajshahi village

Our Correspondent 2018-11-22 21:14:45

RAJSHAHI, Nov 22: 'Tree Pipit,' a tiny, sparrow like bird thought to be extinct 140-year ago, has been detected by a bird lover in a village in Rajshahi recently. Tree Pipit is called 'Gecho Tulika'...

Health complexes in Magura, Bogura suffer for staff, instrument shortages

Health complexes in Magura, Bogura suffer for staff, instrument shortages

Our Correspondent 2018-11-22 21:13:13

MAGURA, Nov 22: Upazila Health Complex, Sreepur, has been suffering from manpower shortage. Moreover, some medical instrument have been lying without repair since long. Sreepur upazila health comple...

Police rescue minor boy 48-hr after abduction

Police rescue minor boy 48-hr after abduction

-- 2018-11-22 18:12:58

Police rescued a minor boy from Noyarhat in Sandwip upazila on Thursday morning, 48-hour after his abduction from school. The rescued boy is Awsaf Hossain Jorif, son of bank official Md Jacob Prokash...

BGB recovers arms, ammo in C’nawabganj

BGB recovers arms, ammo in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-11-22 12:54:56

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered two pistols, three magazines and 13 rounds of bullet in Chapainawabganj on Thursday morning. BGB sources said, a team of them on secret information...

DDMR implements dozens of projects in Mymensingh

DDMR implements dozens of projects in Mymensingh

-- 2018-11-22 12:01:39

Directorate of Disaster Management and Relief (DDMR) implemented numerous development projects under social safety net programme of the present government during the last 9 years in Mymensingh distric...

Elderly man dies in Satkhira road accident

Elderly man dies in Satkhira road accident

-- 2018-11-22 11:25:03

An elderly man was killed after being knocked down by a bus at Akhrakhola in Satkhira sadar upazila on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Ali Hossain Sultan, 65, of Patharghata village in...

Man killed in Joypurhat road crash

Man killed in Joypurhat road crash

-- 2018-11-21 20:41:30

A man was killed as a truck collided head-on with a motor-cycle at Bhimpur area of Panchbibi upazila on Joypurhat-Hili road on Wednesday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam, 4...

Forest guard goes missing in Bagerhat river

Forest guard goes missing in Bagerhat river

-- 2018-11-21 18:45:40

A forest guard, who went missing after he fell into the Baleshwar River at Shapzela in Sharankhola Upazila on Tuesday, could not be traced still Wednesday, reports UNB. Mahmudul Hasan, divisional for...

Miscreants gun down ‘criminal’ in Khulna

Miscreants gun down ‘criminal’ in Khulna

-- 2018-11-21 11:58:37

A suspected criminal was shot dead allegedly by some miscreants in Khulna on Tuesday night. The victium was Mirajul Islam alias Maruf, 43 of Digholia upazila. Kazi Mushtaq Ahmed, officer-in-charge o...

Barguna farmers eye 60000 tonnes vegetable output

Barguna farmers eye 60000 tonnes vegetable output

-- 2018-11-21 11:44:44

Farmers are now cultivating vegetables as it has changed their fate in six upazilas under Barguna district. Farmers in different upazilas under the district have been producing different varieties of...

Lilium cultivation faces setback  due to cold storage shortage

Lilium cultivation faces setback due to cold storage shortage

Our Correspondent 2018-11-20 22:07:15

JHENIDAH, Nov 20: Eye-catching, scented and sparkling Netherlands flower Lilium cultivation, requiring huge investment, is also facing serious setback in Kaliganj upazila in Jhenidah for lack of col...

Three workers die falling off under-construction building

Three workers die falling off under-construction building

-- 2018-11-20 17:01:15

Three construction workers were killed after falling off an under-construction building in Khalishpur area of Khulna city on Tuesday noon. The deceased were identified as Nur-e-Alam, 18, son of Nurul...

Thakurgaon boiler blast leaves worker dead

Thakurgaon boiler blast leaves worker dead

-- 2018-11-20 12:10:54

A worker was killed and another injured in a boiler explosion at a rice mill in Thakurgaon on Monday evening. The dead man was Nur Islam, 38, a worker of Shahjahan Rice Mill and son of late Mohammad...

Tomato farming goes on in full swing in Bogura

Tomato farming goes on in full swing in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2018-11-19 21:23:31

BOGURA, Nov 19:  Tomato cultivation is going on in full swing in the district. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office said farmers some 380 hectares of land have already been broug...

DAE eyes 1.71m tonnes  of maize production  in Rangpur div

DAE eyes 1.71m tonnes of maize production in Rangpur div

-- 2018-11-19 21:22:38

RANGPUR, Nov 19 (BSS): The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has fixed a production target of 1.71 million tonnes of maize from 0.18 million hectares of land during this Rabi season in Rangpur...

Bumper output delights papaya cultivators

Bumper output delights papaya cultivators

Roving Correspondent 2018-11-19 21:20:47

JOYPURHAT, Nov 19: Papaya growers in the district are delighted over the bumper production this season as the authority concerned has provided logistic support to the farmers. Besides, brisk sale mad...