CHANDPUR, Jun 01: Following the Eid celebrations, hundreds of holidaymakers from across the district and beyond are flocking to Chandpur's popular tourist spots with their families and loved ones to spend their leisure time. Located at the confluence of three mighty rivers-the Meghna, Padma, and D
Early rainfall in March flooded paddy fields in the Haor (wetland) region and damaged the Boro paddy crop days before harvesting. Most farmers in Kishoreganj haor areas have lost more than half of their expected Boro paddy. Much of the paddy they harvested from flooded fields is no longer fit for
Two young men were killed when a motorcycle crashed into a roadside tree in the Taltala area of Manirampur upazila in Jashore on Sunday night. The deceased were identified as Rakib, 27, son of Ismail, and Mehedi Hasan, 25, son of Kamruzzaman. Both were residents of Nadra village under Kashimnagar
A fire broke out at the old building of Pankhaiya Para High School in Khagrachhari district town on Sunday afternoon. Mukul Kumar Nath, Station Officer of Khagrachhari Fire Service and Civil Defence, said the fire originated at the old building of the school in the afternoon. On information, two
Two people were killed and 15 others injured when a coach hit a stationary bus on Sylhet-Dhaka Highway at Tajpur Kadamtala in Osmaninagar upazila of Sylhet district on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Sohel, 30, driver of the bus and son of Tajul Islam of Narsingdi district and his helper E
Three women have been killed after a bus rammed a battery-run autorickshaw in Netrokona. The accident also left three others injured. The incident occurred around 11:30am on Sunday on the Netrokona-Mymensingh Road in the Sadar Upazila’s Challisha Bypass area, according to Md Al Mamun Sarker
A hospital employee was killed after being run over by a bus in Hajiganj upazila of Chandpur on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Billal Hossain, 48, a security guard at Doctors City Scan Hospital in Hajiganj and son of late Saheb Ali Bhuiyan of Muragaon village in Shahrasti upazila o
The headmaster of a government primary school was killed in a road accident in Shibganj upazila of Bogura district on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as M Ashraful Islam Pramanik, 58, head teacher of Chakhabiber Para Govt Primary School under Rajapur union of Sadar upazila, and son of
A man has been beaten to death on his way home following an arbitration in Noakhali’s Begumganj. The incident took place on Saturday night in the Pakmunshirhat Bazar area of Sharifpur Union, said Begumganj Model Police Station chief Md Shamsuzzaman. The deceased, Jobayer Hossain Rakib, 23,
An elderly woman and two children, including a 4-year-old boy, have been found dead at a house in Sonadanga of Khulna City. The three bodies were recovered from a house around 6pm on Saturday, said Sonadanga Police chief Md Rafiqul Islam. The dead are Baby Begum, 60, Mostakim Bepari, 4, and Shami
Three people have been killed in a head-on collision between two motorcycles in Bogura’s Kahaloo Upazila. The accident took place at 6:15pm on Friday in Baromail of Birkedar Union, said Kahaloo Fire Service Inspector Sabuj Hossain. The victims' identities could not be known immediately. Un
Two motorcyclists were killed when an unknown vehicle hit their motorcycle while they were heading towards Sylhet for a trip on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj district early Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Abul Bashar, 35, son of Abdul Baten of Narayanganj distr
Prices of some essential commodities, particularly vegetables and eggs, have marked a sharp rise across various kitchen markets in Rangpur district in the past one week, exacerbating the plight of the populace. Low-and middle-income people are mostly bearing the brunt of the price escalation. Tra
