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A truck helper was killed as the truck he was driving overturned at Kalishankorpur village under Mohammadpur upazila in Magura on Monday. The deceased was identified as Swadhin Ali, 30, son of Abdur Sabur of Vitasair village of the area.Rabiul Islam, officer-in-charge of Mohammadpur poli...
The holy Shab-E-Qadr, the Night of Decree, was observed in all the districts of the country on Saturday night with due religious fervour and solemnity.Mentionable, the first verses of the holy Quran were revealed to Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) on the night.At mosques and homes across the country,...
The local administration has announced Nilphamari district town as tobacco advisement-free town. The anti-tobacco activists are happy over the announcement. Alongside launching mass awareness programme, the Nilphamari district administration has strictly enforced the existing laws for sto...
A team of Bangladesh Coast Guard rescued 58 Rohingya citizens and 2 alleged traffickers at the coast of Saint Martin’s island in Cox’s Bazar on Thursday.It was known that, the Rohingya people was trafficked onto the trawler and was being trafficked to Malaysia. When the foods of the traw...
At least three people were killed after being struck by lightning in Bagha and Godagari upazilas in Rajshahi on Thursday night. Mohsin Ali, officer-in-charge (OC) of Bagha Police Station, said that lightning strike killed a man while he was collecting mangoes in an orchard near his house at Bau...
Three motorcyclists were killed after a motorbike crashed into a truck on Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Duckbanglow area of Mirsharai upazila in Chattogram on Saturday night.The deceased were identified as Rakibul Islam, 19, son of Abdul Mannan of Borotakia area at the upazila, Mohammad Rifat, 22, son...
The procurement drive of Boro paddy and rice begins at Boda upazila in Panchagarh on Saturday amid much enthusiasm.Sources said that the government has set up a target to purchase a total of 1183 tonnes of paddy from the farmers of the district during the current season.Upazila Nirbahi Officer of Bo...
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Projonmo Samajkalyan Songstha, a social walfare organisation, formed a human chain in fornt of Dhaka Jaudge Court in the capital on Wednesday demanding action agaisnt food adultration and reform of the Act. In the human chain, they demanded exempl...
A mobile court in Satkhira sentenced 21 people to two years of prison for their alleged involvement in leaking question papers of primary school teachers recruitment examination.Executive magistrate Aminul Islam conducted the mobile court at Kalaroa upazila on Friday.Out of 29 detainees, 8 were free...
An alleged drug peddler was killed in a reported gunfight with police near Gumti River protection dam in Cumilla Sadar on Friday morning.The deceased was identified as Jakir Hossain alias Kala Jakir, 36, son of Sultan Ahmed of Sashongaccha area in the upazila. He is accused in 17 cases.On informatio...
The Coast Guard on Wednesday night seized nearly 5,000 kilograms of ‘Jatka’ (Hilsa fry less than 9 inches long) that were caught defying a fishing ban.A Coast Guard team raided Abhaymitra terminal at about 11:30pm after being tipped off about trading of Jatka.“A boat and 5,000kg Ja...
The cultivation of snake gourd, popularly known as chichinga in Bangladesh, is gaining momentum in Joypurhat and some other districts this season. Its farming increased in the district and some other parts of the country.The farmers have been benefiting from the cultivation of snake gourd.A good num...
Ramadan is the month when Muslims try to get closer to each other with greater love and affection with the spirit of the holy month. But the Rohingya Muslims living in Cox’s Bazar camps find it painful when they get together for having iftar meal as their tragic memories constantly haunt them....
Jhenidah district unit of Bangladesh Sarkari Karmachari Samannoy Parishad arranged an Iftar and doa mahfil on the office premises of the Deputy Commissioner (DC) in Jhenidah on Thursday. DC Saroj Kumar Nath, deputy director of local government division Saifur Rahman Khan, additinal deputy commi...
At least two soldiers were killed and 10 others were injured in a blast at a heavy weapons firing range in Bandarban Sadar upazila on Friday morning.The deceased were identified as Jahidul Islam, 28, a resident of Lama upazila, and Nipun Chakma, 30. The injured were taken to Combined Military Hospit...
Jalalabad Association, a platform of Sylheti people living in Dhaka, called upon the government to build Sylhet District Hospital in another place instead of the venue of a historic building. The building must be preserved as a heritage site, said leaders of the association. A delegation of Jal...
Maruf Hossein Sajeen has obtained talentpool scholarshop at Junior School Certificate (JSC) examinations-2018 under Rajsahi Education Board.Sajeen took part in this exam from Government Sara Marwari School and College in Ishwardi of Pabna. He secured A+ in every subject. In PEC, Sajeen also obtained...
Two women were reportedly beaten to death at two upazilas in Satkhira district over dowry. The deceased were identified as Sumayia Khatun, 23, and Bilkis Khatun, 22.Sumayia’s body was recovered from her residence with a piece of cloth wrapped around her neck at Kamannagar area of Satkhir...
The demand of native fruits is gradually increasing in the country. Many people are now consuming the native fruits instead of the foreign varieties. The authorities concerned, including Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) and Fruit Research Station (FRS), are now giving importance to ...
More than 40,000 residents of 20 villages in Ulipur upazila have been having a tough time commuting after a key bridge on a water body (locally called a ‘Beel’) collapsed several years ago shortly after it was constructed.Although locals blame the use of low-grade materials, project offi...
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