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Bogura, Panchagarh farmers happy over  good prices of newly-harvested Boro

Bogura, Panchagarh farmers happy over good prices of newly-harvested Boro

Our Correspondent 2018-05-27 23:56:40

BOGURA, May 27: Farmers of the district are happy over the good market price of the newly-harvested Boro this season. Sources said each maunds of the paddy variety is being sold at Tk 800 to Tk 900...

Litchi business reaching peak in Rangpur region

Litchi business reaching peak in Rangpur region

-- 2018-05-27 23:55:25

RANGPUR, May 27 (BSS): The litchi business is going on in full swing in all the five districts under Rangpur agriculture region. As the business picks up, hundreds of labourers are now becoming engag...

Aus cultivation going on in full swing in Magura

Aus cultivation going on in full swing in Magura

Our Correspondent 2018-05-27 23:54:44

MAGURA, May 27: Aus paddy cultivation going on in full swing in the district. Magura DAE sources said some 3,387 hectares of land will be brought under the farming of Aus with the production target...

Toxic gas kills two workers in Khagrachhari

Toxic gas kills two workers in Khagrachhari

-- 2018-05-27 16:21:54

Two construction workers died after inhaling toxic gas of septic tank of a hatchery in sadar upazila in Khagrachhari on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as - Rafikul Islam and Ramjan Ali....

Woman dies in Bandarban road crash

Woman dies in Bandarban road crash

-- 2018-05-27 15:51:03

A woman was killed in a road accident on VIP road near Hill View Hospital under sadar upazila of Bandarban town on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Krishna De, 55, wife of hotel owner...

Man beats housewife to death in Manikganj

Man beats housewife to death in Manikganj

-- 2018-05-27 14:25:16

A housewife was beaten to death allegedly by a man at Chotobutuni village in Shivalaya upazila in Manikganj district early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Ayesha Begum, 35, wife of Saudi expat...

Five die in lightning strikes in Sylhet, Habiganj

Five die in lightning strikes in Sylhet, Habiganj

-- 2018-05-27 12:09:48

Five people including two brothers were killed in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Sylhet sadar, Tahirpur and Baniachong upazilas on Saturday. In Tahirpur upazila, Jahur Alam, 35, resident...

Farmers eye record Haribhanga mango production this year

Farmers eye record Haribhanga mango production this year

-- 2018-05-26 21:31:01

RANGPUR, May 26 (BSS): A record production of fibreless, fleshy and tasty 'Haribhanga' mango is likely in Rangpur agriculture region this season as its harvest begins from the middle of the next mon...

Magura road crash leaves two dead

Magura road crash leaves two dead

-- 2018-05-26 19:41:57

Two people, including a pickup driver, were killed while two others injured as the vehicle overturned on Magura-Jhenidah road at Abalpur on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Noor Islam, 35, d...

373 houses get power connection in Manikganj

373 houses get power connection in Manikganj

-- 2018-05-26 13:47:03

A total of 373 houses in three villages of Betila Union under Sadar Upazila of Manikganj district have been brought under rural electrification network (REB) by Manikganj Palli Bidyut Samity. State M...

Three die in lightning  strikes in Thakurgaon

Three die in lightning strikes in Thakurgaon

-- 2018-05-26 10:25:09

At least three people were killed and five others injured after being stuck by thunderbolts in Haripur and Pirganj upazilas in Thakurgaon on Friday. The deceased were identified as Moinuddin, 26, son...

Road crashes kill three in Chattogram

Road crashes kill three in Chattogram

-- 2018-05-25 18:04:11

At least three people, including a woman, were killed in separate road accidents on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Sitakunda upazila on Friday. Two of the deceased were identified as Ruby Akhter, 55, an...

Two die in Chattogram road crash

Two die in Chattogram road crash

-- 2018-05-25 16:03:37

Two men were killed in a road accident on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Kumira Gul Ahmed Jute Mills Gate area under Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram district Friday. The deceased were identified as...

Police recover Bishnu statue in Gobindaganj

Police recover Bishnu statue in Gobindaganj

-- 2018-05-25 11:47:56

Police in a raid recovered a Bishnu statue from a house at Raza Birat village of Gobindaganj upazila on Thursday. Acting on a tip off, a team of police conducted a drive at the house and seized the s...

Boro harvest nears end in Sylhet, Panchagarh

Boro harvest nears end in Sylhet, Panchagarh

Our Correspondent 2018-05-24 22:19:17

SYLHET, May 24: Boro harvest is about to be completed in days in Sylhet region and the common farmers are seemed to be happy as they managed making a safe harvest amid a troubled weather. Non-haor are...

Three workers die from electrocution in Jamalpur

Three workers die from electrocution in Jamalpur

-- 2018-05-24 21:08:29

Three persons were killed and five others injured from electrocution at Islampur upazila in Jamalpur district Thursday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Hasan, 25, Taher, 20, and Obaidul, 22...

Rajshahi starts mango exports to Europe's chain shops

Rajshahi starts mango exports to Europe's chain shops

-- 2018-05-24 12:25:34

Keeping their traditional intrinsic value and similar to previous years, Rajshahi has started export of mangoes to eight European countries such as England, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Portugal, Fran...

Chattogram road crash kills truck diver

Chattogram road crash kills truck diver

-- 2018-05-24 11:16:23

A driver of a truck died and two others sustained injuries when the stone-laden truck hit a covered van at Fouzdarhat Jalil Textile Gate on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Sitakunda upazila of the port ci...

Lightning claims four lives in three districts

Lightning claims four lives in three districts

-- 2018-05-24 10:58:18

Four people have been killed in lightning strikes in three different districts -- Mymensingh, Bogura, and Sunamganj. In Mymensingh, two people died on Wednesday after being hit by lightning while cat...

Demand for locally-made threshing machines increasing in Natore

Demand for locally-made threshing machines increasing in Natore

Our Correspondent 2018-05-23 21:32:06

RAJSHAHI, May 23: The demand of locally produced threshing machine is increasing among the farmers of the country. By meeting local demands, the machines produced in Natore are being sold in other dis...

Three of a family die in Gopalganj road crash

Three of a family die in Gopalganj road crash

-- 2018-05-23 19:11:02

Three members of a family have died in a road accident at Kashiani upazila of Gopalganj. Two others injured in the accident that occurred when a truck collided with a human hauler on Dhaka-Khulna hig...

Flash floods submerge 30 B’baria villages

Flash floods submerge 30 B’baria villages

-- 2018-05-23 14:28:36

At least 30 villages in Akhaura upazila of Brahmanbaria district were submerged due to rains and onrush of water from Indian hills over the past several days. Onrush of water from Indian hills throug...

Five die as truck rams into human hauler in Bogura

Five die as truck rams into human hauler in Bogura

-- 2018-05-23 13:16:32

At least five people were killed and seven injured as a truck hit a human hauler on Bogura-Natore road at Partekur in Bogura sadar upazila on Wednesday. Three of the deceased have been identified as...

Two die in Magura road crash

Two die in Magura road crash

-- 2018-05-23 10:45:04

Two people died and five others sustained injuries when a Magura-bound bus from Sreepur hit a motorcycle at Benipur in Magura Sadar upazila on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Raju (40), son...

Lightning panic grips  Barind farm labourers

Lightning panic grips Barind farm labourers

Our Correspondent 2018-05-22 21:53:45

RAJSHAHI, May 22: Farmers of Barind region are now busy in reaping Boro paddy. With the shortages of farm labourer, a new panic-death by being struck in thunderbolt has been added as a new panic among...

Lightning kills two in Khulna, Sirajganj

Lightning kills two in Khulna, Sirajganj

-- 2018-05-22 17:03:37

Two people were killed in separate lightning strikes in Khulna and Sirajganj districts on Tuesday. In Khulna, a young man was killed and his friend injured as a thunderbolt struck them at Jugerati vi...

Ranga promises 100pc electricity in Gangachara soon

Ranga promises 100pc electricity in Gangachara soon

-- 2018-05-22 12:48:56

State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Mashiur Rahman Ranga has said there would be 100 per cent electricity coverage in Gangachara upazila by 2018. "As per pledge o...

Speeding truck kills two motorcyclists in Jhenaidah

Speeding truck kills two motorcyclists in Jhenaidah

-- 2018-05-22 12:13:39

Two motorcyclists were killed as a speeding truck ran over the motorcycle at Narayankandi village in Harinakundu upazila in Jhenaidah on Monday noon. The deceased were identified as Mokhles, son of S...

Narsingdi Jamdani weavers busy ahead of Eid

Narsingdi Jamdani weavers busy ahead of Eid

-- 2018-05-21 21:12:01

NARSINGDI, May 21 (BSS): Doulotpur Jamdani Palli in Monohardi upazila of the district came to lively as Jamdani saree weavers are now passing very busy time with producing one of the finest muslin tex...

Man gets life term over murder in Netrokona

Man gets life term over murder in Netrokona

-- 2018-05-21 17:12:53

A court in Dhaka has awarded life term imprisonment to a man in a case filed over killing a retired teacher of Barhatta upazila in Netrokona in 2008. Netrokona District and Sessions Court Judge, KM R...