Two days of unseasonal rainfall in early November caused extensive crop losses across four districts in the Rajshahi agriculture region, damaging over 19,500 hectares of farmland and affecting nearly 43,000 farmers, according to the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE). Official sources said
Bus services from Nathullabad Bus Terminal in Barishal remained suspended for the second consecutive day on Monday, leaving thousands of commuters grappling with the crisis. The bus operations on 23 intra-district routes have been halted since Saturday night after students of BM College allegedly
Miscreants set fire to the July Memorial in Muktabazar area of Feni district town early Sunday. Police said a around 3:30 am group of helmet-wearing youths poured petrol on the monument and set it ablaze before fleeing. Feni Superintendent of Police Habibur Rahman and senior officials visited the
Miscreants set a bus on fire on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway at Shimrail in Siddhirganj upazila of Narayanganj district early Saturday. Shahinur Alam, officer-in-charge of Siddhirganj Police Station, said the miscreants set the stationary bus of ‘Naf Paribahan’ on fire around 6 am near the
Usually people visit hospitals when sick, now fish in Khulna can also receive medical care. A specialised fish hospital, ‘Fish Square Fisheries Hospital,’ was inaugurated in Dumuria of Khulna on Friday afternoon, to provide treatment and advice for fish diseases and aquaculture issues.
Unidentified miscreants set fire to a parked school bus in Manikganj early Friday, seriously injuring the driver asleep inside. The driver, Parvez Khan, 55, of Baraivikra village in Manikganj Sadar, was rescued by police as the fire quickly spread. Suman Chakraborty, sub-inspector of Shibalaya Po
Several thousand farmers in five upazilas of Lalmonirhat district have become very much frustrated as they are facing acute crisis of various non-urea fertilisers in the current seasons. The farmers are now very much busy cultivating different winter vegetables. Many of them cultivated early-vari
At least five people including, two housewives, have died receiving snakebites in Chandpur in the past nine months and as many as 555 people were also injured being bitten by venomous snakes in the district during the period. Snakebite has taken life of a young housewife in Matlab Dakhshin upazila
Suspected saboteurs cut down trees and placed them on the Dhaka-Chattogram railway tracks in the Maheshpur area of Feni Sadar upazila early Thursday, but a major accident was averted thanks to the prompt action of the Railway Engineering Department. According to railway police, a routine early-mor
RAJSHAHI, Nov 12: Bangladesh's northern districts-particularly Rajshahi, Naogaon, and Chapainawabganj-are facing an escalating water crisis that now threatens the country's overall food security. Declining rainfall, rising temperatures, and falling groundwater levels are putting the nation's key g
A case has been filed over the killing of driver Julhas Mia after the torching of a parked bus in Mymensingh’s Fulbaria. Police have arrested an Awami League leader in connection with the incident. A man named Anowar Hossain was arrested from the Adarsha Bazar area of the Fulbaria Municipali
Commercial rearing of black soldier fly-used as feed for fish, chicken and duck - turned the fortune around of a young entrepreneur of Pabna after his venture into duck farming failed to bring him the desired success. The entrepreneur, Shimul Hossain, said when he was under the pressure of an upai
Residents of Chuadanga experienced a noticeable chill from early Tuesday as the mild cold intensified across the district. According to the local weather office, the temperature dropped from 15.9 degrees Celsius at 6:00 am to 15.8 degrees Celsius by 9:00 am. People, especially daily wage earners,
