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Many farmers in the district are passing busy time growing early winter vegetables.Early winter cabbage, bean, carrot, cauliflower, spinach, red spinach, water spinach, Malaber spinach and snake bean grow well in the district. The cultivators make extra profit from the produce every season.The veget...
Three members of a family drowned in the River Korotoa at Chondijan village in Sherpur upazila of the district on Thursday. The deceased are Chandon Sarker, 36, his daughter Kiron, 6, and nephew Apurbo, 5. Chandon Sarker, an employee at Sherpur Shedcom Park City, went to his native village Chondijan...
A 12-year-old girl died of mosquito-borne disease dengue in Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH) on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Manisha Akter, 12, daughter of Makbul Hossain of Dinajpur district. Dr Sultan Ahmed, acting director of RMCH, said Manisha first got admitted to Dina...
A Brahmanbaria court sentenced a woman to three years in jail for killing her husband over extra-marital affair and his step brother to life in prison in the same case.The victim was identified as Shafiqul Islam, husband of the convict Mosamat Mariam, 25, who is the daughter of Lal Miah, hailing fro...
Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) seized 100,000 pieces of contraband yaba pills from Saint Martin’s Island on Thursday, said a press release issued by Coast Guard. Acting on a tip-off, the Coast Guard members conducted a drive at a jungle in South Para area and recovered 1 lakh yaba pills fro...
Two people died after being diagnosed with dengue in Mymensingh and Khulna on Wednesday.In Mymensingh, Hafizul Islam, 34, a readymade garment worker from Darirampur village under Trishal upazila, died on the way to Dhaka from Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) in the morning.According to fam...
A court on Wednesday sentenced a man to death penalty for killing one person in Nabopalli area under Sonadanga police station in the city, reports BSS.The court also fined Taka 5,000 to the convict. Judge of Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court Md Shahidul Islam handed down the verdict against Khokon, ...
A Sirajganj Court on Tuesday awarded death penalty to a youth for raping and killing a girl in 2014. Sirajganj’s Women and Child Repression Tribunal also fined convict Nur Islam, 30, Tk 1 lakh.He was also given life term imprisonment for abducting the victim and fined Tk 50,000, in ...
A pickup van driver was killed and three others were injured as his pickup van collided head-on with a truck in Char Proshonnodi area on Dhaka-Barisal Highway under Moksudpur upazila of the district on Tuesday, reports BSS.The deceased was identified as Keramot Matbor, 65, hailed from Madaripur dist...
Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) seized 3,60,000 pieces of yaba pills in a drive from Teknaf in Cox's Bazar on Monday.A team of Bangladesh Coast Guard seized the big consignment of yaba pills from an engine-run boat on the canal in Teknaf, said a press release.The boat was seized during the drive bu...
Bus workers went on a wildcat strike on all the routes of the district protesting alleged attacks on fellows and inflicting sufferings.Satkhira Bus Owners’ Association President Saiful Karim Sabu said a group of youths beat bus conductor Liton Hossain at Puratan Satkhira on Satkhira-Ashashuni ...
A housewife died of mosquito-borne disease in Shibchar upazila in Madaripur. This death makes a total of 8 deaths in the district including 4 ones in Shibchar upazila.The deceased was identified as Sumi Akter, 30, wife of speedboat driver Anwar fakir, hailing from Kanthalbari area of Shibchar upazil...
A member of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) was killed in a reported gunfight with army men at Baghaihat Ujubazar in Baghaichhari Upazila on Friday.The deceased was identified as Shantimoy Chakma Sumon, 35, an accused in Naniarchar Upazila chairman Advocate Shaktiman Chakma murder case, ...
A farmer was killed and another injured by a lightning strike at Jalalabad village in Kalaroa Upazila in Satkhira on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Delwar Hossain, 30, son of Dukhe Dafadar of Ekhra village, while the injured was Milon Hossain son of Mandar Mollah at Jalalabad villa...
Janmashtami of Sri Krishna, one of the major festivals of the Hindu community, was celebrated across the country on Friday with due religious fervour and enthusiasm. Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad and other religious, cultural and social organisations chalked out elaborate programmes in different ...
A woman was hacked to death by her son at Ishwargram area at Muktagacha Upazila of Mymensingh on Thursday. The victim was identified as Rokeya Begum, 65, of the upazila.Police arrested killer Rubel, 28. Police and locals said Rubel, the second son of Abul Kalam of Ishwargram area, became addicted of...
At least three people were killed and 15 others injured in a head-on-collision between a bus and a minibus on Thakurgaon-Panchagrah road at Denis Bhutpara area in Thakurgaon sadar upazila on Thursday.The buses collided-head on while saving a motorcycle.The deceased were identified as Babul Hossain, ...
A man accused of murder was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Chakua Daria intersection in Gafargaon upazila in Mymensingh early Thursday.The deceased was identified as Ekhlas Uddin, 32, son of Nurul Islam of Chakua village. He was wanted in two murder cases – the latest one wa...
A total of 111 dengue patients have been detected from July 27 in Khagrachhari. 19 of them are receiving treatment at hospitals in the districts and other hospitals in Chattogram region. A total of five dengue patients including children were admitted to Khagrachhari Sadar Hospital...
Salinity in water and soil in the coastal districts is synonymous with an unending struggle since it is hard to cultivate any crops here. But farmers in Paikgachha upazila have managed to successfully cultivate pointed gourd on salty soil.Farmers of Godaipur, Horidhali and Kapilmuni unions in the up...
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