Police have detained as many as 20 members of Jamaat-e-Islami and its students wing Islami Chhatra Shibir in Natore. They were detained on Tuesday night while holding a 'secret meeting' at the house of local Jamaat leader Ainul Haque in Shivnagar village of Lalpur upazila, according to Lalpu
A municipality-level leader of the ruling Awami League (AL) was gunned down by miscreants in Gopalpur municipality under Lalpur upazila of Natore Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Md Manjur Rahman Manju, 45, vice president of the municipality unit of the AL and son of Abdul Mannan of B
At least twelve shops were gutted in a major fire that broke out at a market in Chandpur's Sadar upazila in the small hours of Wednesday. At least 10 people suffered minor injuries while trying to tame the blaze, reports UNB. The identities of the injured could not be known immediately. Locals s
Vegetable fields are being turned dry and grey for lack of rainwater in Chandpur amid the scorching heat, leaving farmers in trouble. Farmers fear that they may suffer a huge loss from their vegetable cultivation for the ongoing sweltering heat. This information came while this correspondent talk
Boro farmers in Sylhet region are not getting the fair prices of their produce thanks to market manipulation by the middlemen and wholesalers. The growers are frustrated as the middlemen and wholesalers are buying newly-harvested paddy from the fields as well as the local markets at low prices by
A man died of heat stroke while picking up maize from a field at Naldanga upazila of Natore on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Khairul Islam (50) from Khajura Ujanpara village of the upazila, as per UNB reports. According to the locals, Khairul, an expatriate returnee, went to collect mai
Two people were killed in a head-on collision between a pickup van and a truck on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Thugli in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj district on Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified as pickup driver Hridoy Mia (26) of Baliari village of Chunarughat upazila and helper Ripon Mia
KHULNA, Apr 29: The current hot spell entire Bangladesh now reels under is wrecking massive havoc to the fisheries, agricultural sectors of the southwestern region. Insiders said the prevailing heatwave has brought those involved in the two sectors to their knees causing a staggering loss of Tk 10
A three-wheeler overturned while taking a turn on the Madaripur-Shariatpur regional route in Madaripur, leaving its driver and assistant dead on the spot. Madaripur Sadar Model Police Station chief AHM Salauddin said the accident took place in the Pokhira area around 7:30am on Monday, according to
A person was killed and six others were injured as members of law enforcement agencies opened fire in clashes over rigging in upazila parishad election in Dinajpur's Birol upazila. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Ali, 70, of Shinguil village, as per UNB reports. The injured are receiving
Farmers in Sylhet region have embarked on the season's Boro paddy harvest in full swing. In some of the haor areas of Sunamganj and Habiganj districts, where early varieties of the paddy were cultivated, some farmers began it sporadically amid fear of crop damage while the region has experienced e
Cattle, chickens and birds are dying from heatstroke in Gaibandha as a searing heatwave has been sweeping across the country in the last several days. Official sources said at least 12 cows and hundreds of chickens have died from heatstroke in the district in the last few days. Farmers are not be
Residents of Sylhet breathed a sigh of relief as rain brought some respite from ongoing heat wave. Sylhet Meteorological Department recorded 84.4 millimetres of rainfall in the past 24 hours, starting 6:00 pm on Friday to 6:00 pm on Saturday, according to UNB. The situation of rainfall may contin
