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Medical teachers, students urge govt to make human skeletons available in local markets

Medical teachers, students urge govt to make human skeletons available in local markets

Our Correspondent 2018-02-20 00:14:13

With the starting of classes of first year MBBS course in all medical colleges of the country,  demand for a human skeleton for each student is felt greatly as that is an essential part of curric...

Habiganj road mishap leaves two dead

Habiganj road mishap leaves two dead

-- 2018-02-19 11:51:23

Two people have been killed after a Sylhet-bound private car collided with a tractor on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Suraboi area of Sayestaganj upazila in Habiganj on Monday morning. Officer-in-Charge of...

Schoolboy dies in Joypurhat mudslide

Schoolboy dies in Joypurhat mudslide

-- 2018-02-19 10:44:16

A schoolboy was killed in a mudslide while working in a brick kiln in Akkelpur municipality area under Joypurhut district on Sunday evening. The deceased was identified as Jany Mandol, 13, only son o...

Rajshahi Sugar Mills fails to achieve production target

Rajshahi Sugar Mills fails to achieve production target

Our Correspondent 2018-02-19 00:10:37

Even after procuring excessive sugarcane against the target, Rajshahi Sugar Mills has failed to achieve its production target during the current crushing season. As a result, RSM is going to incur a h...

Sand lifting from Jamuna poses erosion threat

Sand lifting from Jamuna poses erosion threat

Our Correspondent 2018-02-19 00:09:08

Unabated sand lifting from the Jamuna is going on in Dhunot upazila of the district. Defying the law and order situation, a section of unscrupulous people have been lifting sands from the river causi...

Construction of new building for Gopalganj Sadar Police nears end

Construction of new building for Gopalganj Sadar Police nears end

Our Correspondent 2018-02-19 00:08:14

GOPALGANJ, Feb 18: Construction of a four-storied building of the Gopalganj Sadar Police Station will be completed soon as 99 per cent work have already been finished. According to the officials of t...

27 unauthorised brickfields in operation in Lama

27 unauthorised brickfields in operation in Lama

Our Correspondent 2018-02-17 23:35:11

 Drum chimney and rigid chimney are being used in 27 brickfields openly in Lama upazila of the hilly Bandarban district. These hills have been developed in violation of policy of the forest and i...

Boro cultivation going on in full  swing in Sylhet, Netrakona

Boro cultivation going on in full swing in Sylhet, Netrakona

Our Correspondent 2018-02-17 23:34:39

Boro farming is going on in full swing in Sylhet region. A good number of farmers will continue the paddy cultivation till mid-March, an official said, adding, there is a possibility to exceed the ta...

Police detain three for torching PM's banner

Police detain three for torching PM's banner

-- 2018-02-17 19:29:11

Police have detained three people for their alleged involvement in torching a campaign banner ahead of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit in Rajshahi. The arrested were identified as Papon, 32, Rab...

Expatriate dies in Meherpur road crash

Expatriate dies in Meherpur road crash

-- 2018-02-17 17:08:48

A Saudi expatriate was killed in a road accident on Ashrafpur-Bhobanando road in Meherpur on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Al-Mamun.45, son of late Alim Sheikh, a resident of Rashikpur vil...

Badda road accident kills elderly woman

Badda road accident kills elderly woman

FE Report 2018-02-17 15:07:02

A woman has been killed in a road accident at Fuji Tower area of Badda in the capital on Saturday morning.  The deceased, Rizia Begum (55) was crushed under the wheels of a speedy covered van wh...

Strawberry farming progressing fast in Rajshahi

Strawberry farming progressing fast in Rajshahi

-- 2018-02-17 13:16:22

The cultivation of Strawberry, a succulent fruit popular in different parts of the globe, has been gaining popularity in Rajshahi. Farmers in the region are extending the farming of the fruit because...

Farmers get Tk 10.9m loan in Gaibandha

Farmers get Tk 10.9m loan in Gaibandha

-- 2018-02-17 11:41:10

A total of 190 farmers in Gaibandha received loans of Tk 1.09 crore from banks to boost their agriculture production in the region. The loans were disbursed at the Agri-Loan Disbursement Fair-2018, re...

Police arrests husband for beating wife to death

Police arrests husband for beating wife to death

-- 2018-02-16 20:45:49

A woman was beaten to death reportedly over her husband's extramarital affair at a rice-mill in Parkukrali area of the town on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Sonia Khatun, 25, wife of...

Joypurhat police recover lost SSC answer scripts

Joypurhat police recover lost SSC answer scripts

-- 2018-02-16 18:10:33

Police have recovered the remaining 50 of the 75 secondary school certificate (SSC) examination answer scripts misplaced from an examiner in Joypurhat. On Thursday, high school teacher Golam Sarwar w...

Fire guts 100 shops in Ctg

Fire guts 100 shops in Ctg

-- 2018-02-16 13:17:50

At least 100 shops, including 15 furniture showrooms, were gutted as a fire broke out in a market in City Gate area beside Dhaka-Chittagong highway on Friday morning. Sarwer Jahan, an operator of Agr...

Depletion of flow turns Padma into emaciated stream in Rajshahi

Depletion of flow turns Padma into emaciated stream in Rajshahi

Our Correspondent 2018-02-16 00:27:38

RAJSHAHI, Feb 15: Due to depletion of flow of water, the mighty river Padma near Rajshahi has now turned to dried bed of sand dunes and silts. Every year, the river is losing its navigability with dep...

Bogra Boro growers suffer  for high prices of saplings

Bogra Boro growers suffer for high prices of saplings

Our Correspondent 2018-02-16 00:26:25

BOGRA, Feb 15: Boro growers of the district are worried over the high rate of saplings this season. Sources said shortage of Boro saplings is prevailing in the area. A good number of growers cannot e...

Miscreants hack UP chairman to death

Miscreants hack UP chairman to death

-- 2018-02-15 15:55:57

A union parishad chairman was chopped to death in an attack by some miscreants at Narail’s Dighlia union parishad premises on Thursday noon. The deceased was identified as Sheikh Latifur Rahman...

RMCH interns ‘assault’ RU teacher

RMCH interns ‘assault’ RU teacher

-- 2018-02-15 15:54:33

Prof Zahir Raihan, a teacher of Rajshahi University (RU) has been allegedly assaulted by a group of interns at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) on Wednesday night. The teacher of department o...

Abnormal price hike of betel  leaf in Rajshahi markets

Abnormal price hike of betel leaf in Rajshahi markets

Our Correspondent 2018-02-15 00:49:03

The price of betel leaf has registered an abnormal rise over the last two weeks in the local market of the district. Due to such increase of the palatable chewing delicacy, betel-leaf chewing fans of...

Low rate disheartens potato cultivators as harvest  begins in Natore

Low rate disheartens potato cultivators as harvest begins in Natore

Roving Correspondent 2018-02-15 00:47:56

Newly-harvested potato has started appearing in the local market of the district but the farmers are not happy over the present rate. A good number of farmers said a bumper production of potato has b...

Woman among two die in gas cylinder blast

Woman among two die in gas cylinder blast

-- 2018-02-14 13:57:49

Two people, including a woman, have died in a gas cylinder blast at Adinath Temple in Maheshkhali upazila under Cox's Bazar. The accident took place as they were selling gas balloons in front of the...

Joypurhat creeper arum farmers make handsome profit

Joypurhat creeper arum farmers make handsome profit

Roving Correspondent 2018-02-14 00:32:22

Hundreds of farmers in Panchbibi upazila of the district are earning a handsome amount of money by growing creeper arum (Loti Kochu). Sources said creeper arum farming has brought financial solvency...

Gopalganj eyes bumper Boro yield

Gopalganj eyes bumper Boro yield

Our Correspondent 2018-02-14 00:31:28

The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken a massive programme to grow Boro paddy in Gopalganj Sadar during the current season. Sources said a total of 19,400 hectares of land have been...

HC halts plan to fell 4,000 trees in Manikganj

HC halts plan to fell 4,000 trees in Manikganj

-- 2018-02-13 20:19:49

The High Court (HC) has issued a rule to maintain the status over the decision of cutting down 4,000 trees by the Singair-Manikganj road in Manikganj district. An HC bench of Justice Zubayer Rahman C...

Fish farming in cages brings smile to Narsingdi youths

Fish farming in cages brings smile to Narsingdi youths

-- 2018-02-13 15:34:45

Fish farming in cages, a new form of fish farming, has turned a boon for a good number of youths in Narsingdi. District fisheries officials said the youths are getting more involved in farming Mono-...

Six-month-old baby dies in Chandpur road mishap

Six-month-old baby dies in Chandpur road mishap

-- 2018-02-13 12:01:32

A six-month-old baby boy was killed and his parent injured as a battery-run easy-bike overturned after being hit by a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Uttar Algee area of Haimchar upazila. The deceased was i...

Bogra flower growers expect Tk 45m profit

Bogra flower growers expect Tk 45m profit

Our Correspondent 2018-02-12 21:16:32

BOGRA, Feb 12: Flower growers of the district are expecting to make a profit of Tk 45 million this season. Sources said more than 400 people are directly and indirectly engaged with the profession. C...

Missing girl allegedly elopes from excursion in Chapainawabganj

Missing girl allegedly elopes from excursion in Chapainawabganj

-- 2018-02-12 20:28:35

A female student is suspected to have eloped from a study tour as she went missing at Sonamasjid area in the Chapainawabganj District Sadar on Sunday afternoon. The missing girl is identified as Stel...