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Growers fail to harvest paddy on 5,000 hectares of land

Growers fail to harvest paddy on 5,000 hectares of land

Our Correspondent 2018-05-13 20:58:47

SYLHET, May 13: Farmers of Sunamganj district are in trouble as they could not able to harvest paddy on 5,000 hectares of land. Sources said about 70 per cent of crop have already been harvested and...

BSF picks up three Bangladeshis from Thakurgaon border

BSF picks up three Bangladeshis from Thakurgaon border

-- 2018-05-13 15:29:11

Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) have picked-up three Bangladesh nationals from Paria border in Baliadangi upazila of the district early Sunday. The detainees are: Shah Alam, 35, son of...

Bus crushes elderly woman in Rajshahi

Bus crushes elderly woman in Rajshahi

-- 2018-05-13 13:00:41

An elderly woman was killed as a bus crushed her on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj highway at Godagari municipal area in Rajshahi on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Rasheda Begum, 60, wife o...

Police recover two bodies in Savar

Police recover two bodies in Savar

-- 2018-05-13 10:19:30

Police recovered the bodies of two men from Kamalapur and Kaundia areas of Birulia of Savar on Sunday morning. A 42-year-old rickshaw puller Chand Miah reportedly committed suicide by taking poison a...

Aus seedbeds on 8,828 hectares of land in Sylhet division

Aus seedbeds on 8,828 hectares of land in Sylhet division

Our Correspondent 2018-05-12 21:08:18

SYLHET, May 12: With a target to bring larger areas under Aus farming in Sylhet division in the Kharif season, the farmers in many areas are busy in preparing seedbeds. It would be completed in weeks...

Shoe manufacturing a boon for Rajshahi villagers

Shoe manufacturing a boon for Rajshahi villagers

-- 2018-05-12 11:59:39

Many people, both males and females, have become financially solvent over manufacturing shoes at Kaluhati village under Charghat upazila in Rajshahi district. The successful villagers are contributin...

Two hurt as cargo vessel sinks in Meghna

Two hurt as cargo vessel sinks in Meghna

-- 2018-05-12 11:02:07

A cargo vessel carrying 1000 tonnes of clinker capsized in the middle of the Meghna River at Katakhali Majherchar area in Haimchar upazila in Chandpur on Friday evening. The vessel 'MV Millennium-1 w...

Six get punishment for unfair means in recruitment test

Six get punishment for unfair means in recruitment test

-- 2018-05-11 20:32:06

A mobile court fined five candidates and sentenced another one for adopting unfair means in the primary assistant teacher recruitment test in Gopalganj on Friday. The candidates are: Sankar Das, Sheu...

Six die in M’singh road mishap

Six die in M’singh road mishap

-- 2018-05-11 16:57:08

Six people were killed as a bus crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Kashni of Tarakanda upazila in Mymensingh on Friday afternoon. Mazharul Haque, officer-in-charge of Tarakanda Police Station, s...

Two kids drown in Tangail river

Two kids drown in Tangail river

-- 2018-05-11 13:20:00

Two children drowned in a river at Kashil Paschimpara village in Basail upazila of Tangail on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Rumi, 7, daughter of Bhulu Jamadar and Shonali, 6, daughter of...

Truck crushes hawker in Narsingdi

Truck crushes hawker in Narsingdi

-- 2018-05-11 12:30:23

A newspaper hawker was crushed under wheels of a truck on Dhaka-Sylhet highway near Velanagar Bazar area in Narsingdi at about 6 am Friday. The deceased was identified as Kamal Mia, aged 58, a hawker...

Rajshahi farmers taking up pre-paid irrigation system

Rajshahi farmers taking up pre-paid irrigation system

-- 2018-05-11 12:19:18

Farmers across Rajshahi region are adapting themselves in using pre-paid cards for irrigation and the system is being popularised among them in the vast Baring tract since the last couple of years....

Rangpur, Bogura Boro growers suffer for shortage of labour

Rangpur, Bogura Boro growers suffer for shortage of labour

Our Correspondent 2018-05-10 21:17:40

RANGPUR, May 10: Severe dearth of day-labourers has been affecting the harvesting of Boro paddy in eight upazilas of the district this year. According to sources a good number of farm labourers of th...

Ginger farming in Nilphamari going on in full swing

Ginger farming in Nilphamari going on in full swing

Our Correspondent 2018-05-10 16:00:41

The cultivation of ginger is going on in full swing across the Nilphamari district. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources, around 2150 hectares of land have been b...

Lightning kills B’baria Palli Bidyut worker

Lightning kills B’baria Palli Bidyut worker

-- 2018-05-10 12:40:34

A worker of Palli Bidyut Samity was killed by lightning at Boro Pukurpar area in Bijoynagar upazila on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam, 35, a line man of Suhilpur Palli Bidyut...

Housewife dies of electrocution in Rajshahi

Housewife dies of electrocution in Rajshahi

-- 2018-05-09 12:38:45

A housewife died from electrocution at Zadabpur village in Shahrasti upazila on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Minu Ara Begum, 40, wife of Kabir Hossain of the village, said Selim Patwari, c...

Detectives seize nine zebras in Jashore

Detectives seize nine zebras in Jashore

-- 2018-05-09 11:40:20

Detectives in a drive seized nine zebras from Satmail Bazar area in Sharsha upazila early Wednesday. Tipped off, a team of Detective Branch of police raided the area around 12 am and recovered the ze...

Paddy harvest going on in Sylhet, Gaibandha

Paddy harvest going on in Sylhet, Gaibandha

Our Correspondent 2018-05-08 21:14:56

SYLHET, May 08: Boro cultivators of Sylhet division are expecting to complete harvest in a week. Sources said though shortage of labourers and incessant rainfall are disrupting harvest,   g...

Rangpur ridge gourd farmers make good profit

Rangpur ridge gourd farmers make good profit

Our Correspondent 2018-05-08 21:14:00

RANGPUR, May 8: The ridge gourd (Jhinga) cultivators across the district are overjoyed to make good profit from its sale this season. The farmers are also witnessing an abundant yield of the vegetabl...

Lightning  kills woman in Sunamganj

Lightning kills woman in Sunamganj

-- 2018-05-08 13:25:49

A female farmer was killed after being hit by a thunderbolt at a haor in Purangaon village of Bishwambharpur upazila on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Shahara Banu, wife of late Hazr...

Farmers reap Boro paddy in Gaibandha

Farmers reap Boro paddy in Gaibandha

-- 2018-05-08 11:39:26

Harvest of Boro paddy is progressing fast in all the seven upazilas in the district with much enthusiasm. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said farmers of the district cultivated Bo...

Speeding bus kills two in Sirajganj

Speeding bus kills two in Sirajganj

-- 2018-05-08 10:49:32

Two people were killed and three others were injured when a speeding bus ran over them on Hatikumrul-Banpara highway at Ramchar in Ullahpara upazila on Monday noon. The deceased were identified as va...

Waterlogging, labour shortage hit Boro harvest in Rajshahi, Magura

Waterlogging, labour shortage hit Boro harvest in Rajshahi, Magura

Our Correspondent 2018-05-07 22:45:57

RAJSHAHI, May 07: Hundreds of acres of standing Boro paddy have been plunged underwater at the Beel Kalam of Tanore upazila. Due to incessant rain and on rush of water from surrounding land on last Mo...

Rangpur pointed gourd growers eye good yield

Rangpur pointed gourd growers eye good yield

Our Correspondent 2018-05-07 22:43:50

RANGPUR, May 07: Pointed gourd (Potol) growers of the district are expecting a good yield of the vegetable during the current season. According to sources due to congenial weather and high demand, fa...

Female college teacher, bank officer found dead

Female college teacher, bank officer found dead

-- 2018-05-07 20:38:25

A female college teacher and a bank officer were found dead at a flat of a two-storey building at Dakkhin Jhiltuli of Faripur on Monday. Police recovered the bodies of Sajia Begum, 34, an assistant p...

Upset after failing in SSC exam, girl kills self

Upset after failing in SSC exam, girl kills self

-- 2018-05-07 13:01:45

A girl who failed in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Examination reportedly committed suicide by taking poison at Mayrampur village in Bancharampur upazila on Sunday night. The deceased was id...

48-hr hartal underway in Rangamati

48-hr hartal underway in Rangamati

-- 2018-05-07 11:46:43

A 48-hour hartal enforced by Parbatya Bangali Chhatra Parishad and Parbatya Nagorik Parishad protesting the killing of five people, including microbus driver Sajib Hawladar, is underway peacefully in...

Bagerhat road crash kills bus driver

Bagerhat road crash kills bus driver

-- 2018-05-07 11:42:48

A bus driver has been killed and at least 20 people sustained injuries when a bus plunged into a ditch beside Khulna- Mawa highway in Kakdanga area of Fakirhat upazila in Bagerhat on early Monday. Of...

Truck overturns in Gopalganj, killing three

Truck overturns in Gopalganj, killing three

-- 2018-05-07 11:05:22

Three labourers have died and 10 others suffered injuries after a truck overturned on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Pathalia area in Gopalganj Sadar upazila on Monday morning. A UNB report says the decease...

Lightning kills man in Sylhet

Lightning kills man in Sylhet

-- 2018-05-06 14:27:02

A man was killed by lightning strike in Goainghat of the district on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Makdul Ali, son of Asgar Ali of Chantabari village in Nandirgao union of Goainghat....