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Rajshahi population growth  rate decreases to 1.25 per cent

Rajshahi population growth rate decreases to 1.25 per cent

-- 2018-07-07 21:01:14

RAJSHAHI, July 7 (BSS): The population and reproductive growth rates decreased to 1.25 per cent and 2.1 per cent respectively by dint of field level uninterrupted supply of contraceptive items during...

Peasants happy over groundnut  production in Pabna

Peasants happy over groundnut production in Pabna

-- 2018-07-07 21:00:52

Roving CorrespondentPABNA, July 7: Due to favourable climate condition and necessary agri-input, the farmers of Pabna district have achieved over some 0.2 million maunds of fresh groundnut yield this...

Satkhira people urge authorities to save Betna River

Satkhira people urge authorities to save Betna River

-- 2018-07-07 18:39:16

Civic groups in Satkhira district formed a human chain on Saturday urging the local authorities to save the Betna River from the illegal occupants. Satkhira Betna Bachao Andolon and Satkhira Nagorik...

Villagers capture 15-foot python in Faridpur

Villagers capture 15-foot python in Faridpur

-- 2018-07-07 18:38:01

Villagers captured a 15-foot long python from a yard at Borail village in Madhukhali upazila of Faridpur district early Saturday while it was taking shelter in a house. Owner of the house Akram Mridh...

Manikganj char farmers eyeing bumper groundnut yield

Manikganj char farmers eyeing bumper groundnut yield

-- 2018-07-07 17:07:48

The char farmers of Daulatpur, Shibalaya and Harirampur upazilas of Manikganj district are happy getting bumper output of groundnut as harvesting of the crop continues on the char lands during the cur...

Police recover body of youth in Natore

Police recover body of youth in Natore

-- 2018-07-07 15:15:40

Police recovered the hanging body of a young man from a mango orchard at Kalikapur village in Bagatipara upazila of Natore region on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Ratan, son of Abd...

Rescuers recover bodies of three missing tourists from Bay of Bengal

Rescuers recover bodies of three missing tourists from Bay of Bengal

-- 2018-07-07 14:44:32

The bodies of three tourists, who went missing from Banshbaria sea beach in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram on Friday, were recovered from the same area on Saturday. The deceased were identified as S...

Minor boy killed after failing off bridge in Cumilla

Minor boy killed after failing off bridge in Cumilla

-- 2018-07-06 21:49:45

A minor boy was killed after he fell from a bridge and drowned in the canal in Jagannatpur village under Debidwar upazila in Cumilla on Friday. The deceased was identified as Jesan, 5, son of Saudi e...

Police detain five Rohingyas with fake passports

Police detain five Rohingyas with fake passports

-- 2018-07-06 21:05:54

Immigration police detained five Rohingya people at Darshana Joynagar check post in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga on Friday morning. The law enforcers also seized fake Bangladesh passports from thei...

Biogas changing lifestyle of Cumilla villagers

Biogas changing lifestyle of Cumilla villagers

-- 2018-07-06 14:31:58

As fight to eradicate poverty continues, there has been a marked change in the lifestyle of villagers in Sadar Dakkhin upazila in Cumilla, thanks to biogas plants installed there recently, enabling th...

Two motorcyclists die as bus rams them in Savar

Two motorcyclists die as bus rams them in Savar

-- 2018-07-06 12:58:21

Two motorcyclists were killed when a bus rammed a motorbike on Dhaka-Aricha highway at Aminbazar Truck Stand in Savar on Friday. The deceased were identified as Sujat, 25 and Shafiq Ahmed, 26, hailin...

Mob lynches ‘robber’ in Narsingdi

Mob lynches ‘robber’ in Narsingdi

-- 2018-07-06 11:47:18

A suspected robber was killed in a lynch-mob attack at Tatarkandi village in Shibpur upazila of Narsingdi early Friday. The deceased was identified as Nurul Amin alias Nura 'Dacoit', 29, son of Mia C...

Teacher shortage hits three Sunamganj schools

Teacher shortage hits three Sunamganj schools

Our Correspondent 2018-07-05 21:40:47

SYLHET, July 05: Three government-run high schools in Sunamganj district have been suffering from acute shortage of teachers for long. Swarup Chandra High School, established in 1926 in Jogonnathpur...

Light to moderate rain likely in 24hrs

Light to moderate rain likely in 24hrs

-- 2018-07-05 15:57:37

Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind and lightning flashes are likely to occur at many places over the country in 24 hours as of 9 am Friday. It may occur at m...

Two die in Naogaon as human hauler turns turtle

Two die in Naogaon as human hauler turns turtle

FE Online Desk 2018-07-05 11:41:33

Two people were killed and six others injured when a human hauler (locally known as Votvoti) overturned on Dhamoirhat road at Kokiler Mor in Naogaon district early Thursday. The deceased have been id...

Sesame cultivation expanding across Bogura district

Sesame cultivation expanding across Bogura district

Our Correspondent 2018-07-05 00:46:20

BOGURA, July 04: Sesame farmers of the district are expecting a bumper yield this season. Officials at the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) have encouraged the marginal farmer to grow the...

Cumilla court sentences man to life for rape

Cumilla court sentences man to life for rape

-- 2018-07-04 17:15:39

A court in Cumilla on Wednesday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for raping a widow in Daudkandi upazila in 2001. Judge of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-3 Sheikh Hafizur...

BRTC bus crushes man in city

BRTC bus crushes man in city

-- 2018-07-04 14:19:02

A man who was using a motorbike ridesharing service died when a state-run BRTC bus crushed him at Airport intersection in the city on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Nazmul Hossain Fuad, 32...

Elderly man dies due to medical negligence in Ctg

Elderly man dies due to medical negligence in Ctg

-- 2018-07-04 13:30:48

Tension mounted at a private clinic in the port city early Wednesday following the death of an elderly patient allegedly due to medical negligence. The deceased Hazi Mohammad Lokman Chowdhury, 69, of...

Good snake bean output brings smile on faces  of growers

Good snake bean output brings smile on faces of growers

Roving Correspondent 2018-07-03 21:49:44

JOYPURHAT, July 03: Snake bean (Borboti) cultivation has brought smile on the faces of hundreds of marginal peasants in the district this season. Growers are happy over the good production and fair m...

Two minor siblings drown in B’baria

Two minor siblings drown in B’baria

-- 2018-07-03 17:07:11

Two minor siblings drowned in a pond of Golsar village under Kasba upazila in Brahmanbaria on Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified as Tamim, 7, and her sister Nazmin, 5, children of Billal B...

Bandarban landslide kills woman

Bandarban landslide kills woman

-- 2018-07-03 15:05:09

A woman was killed in a landslide amid heavy rains in Bandarban sadar upazila on Tuesday. Protima Rani Dey, 45, wife of Milan Kanti Dey was buried alive when a chunk of mud fell on her tin-shed house...

Bumper Aus rice production likely in Rangpur

Bumper Aus rice production likely in Rangpur

-- 2018-07-03 13:34:58

Rangpur region is likely to get bumper Aus rice production this season where farmers have exceeded their fixed farming target by over 55 per cent this season. Proper implementation of the government&...

Two sustain burns in Gazipur factory fire

Two sustain burns in Gazipur factory fire

-- 2018-07-03 12:44:54

Two people sustained burn injuries while trying to douse a fire that broke out at a foam factory and its warehouse in Borobari area of Gazipur city early Tuesday. The identities of the injured are no...

Gazipur foam factory catches fire

Gazipur foam factory catches fire

-- 2018-07-03 10:36:21

A fire broke out at a foam factory and its warehouse in Borobari area under Gazipur city early Tuesday. The fire erupted at 'Banjing Bangladesh Limited' around 5:00am and soon engulfed the adjoining...

Fruit bagging method helps produce quality mangoes

Fruit bagging method helps produce quality mangoes

Roving Correspondent 2018-07-02 21:48:08

NATORE, June 30: Hundreds of mango farmers in Lalpur upazila of the district have started getting benefits by applying fruits bagging method this season. The farmers of the upazila have taken some 0....

Green chilli prices shoot up in Magura

Green chilli prices shoot up in Magura

Our Correspondent 2018-07-01 22:26:42

MAGURA, July 01: Green chilli prices have shot up in the district during the last few days. The necessary kitchen item is being sold at Tk 120 per kg, which was Tk 40 around a week ago. The Departme...

Three of a family die in lightning strike

Three of a family die in lightning strike

-- 2018-07-01 17:56:40

Three members of a family have died in a lightning strike in Sadullapur upazila of Gaibandha on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Rasheda Begum, her son Afiz and nephew Nizam, all residents of...

Speeding bus kills pedestrian in Sylhet

Speeding bus kills pedestrian in Sylhet

-- 2018-07-01 17:12:46

A passerby was run over by a bus at Nazirbazar in Dakshin Surma upazila under Sylhet division on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Shamsul Islam, 32, of Dashgar village in the upazila....

Cheering ends minor Argentine fan’s life in Feni

Cheering ends minor Argentine fan’s life in Feni

-- 2018-07-01 13:11:05

A minor boy was killed as a pick-up van ran over him at Tulatoli in Sonagazi upazila under Feni region on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Ibrahim Rahat Russel, 10, son of Obaidul Haq o...