A flood protection embankment along the Atrai River in Manda upazila of Naogaon district collapsed following water level increase, rendering 1500 families of a number of villages stranded, reports UNB. Besides, 1000 bigha of Aush and Aman cropland were inundated. The Atrai River was f
Two people including an eighth grader have allegedly committed suicide in Mohammadpur upazila of Magura district.The deceased were identified as Sagar Samajdar, 23, son of Sanjit Samajdar of Madhupur village under Palashabaria union of Mohammadpur upazila, and Ayesha Khatun Oishee, 15, daughter of
A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League was dead and another youth sustained injuries after being run over by a truck in Singra upazila of Natore district on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Ovi Rahman, 19, deputy office secretary of Singra Gol-E-Afroz Govt. College unit Chhatra Le
Three siblings died as their mother allegedly poisoned them before consuming it herself over family feud in Jamalganj upazila of Sunamganj district on Sunday. The three children are Sakiba Begum, 15, her younger brothers Tambir Hossain,13 and Sahed Miah, 5, children of Jamuna Khatun and Jahangir H
Jute growers in Magura district are counting losses as they are not even getting back their production cost. During a visit to different villages in the district, this correspondent found jute harvesting has already been completed. Farmers are rushing to the market with their product. But they ret
The inhabitants of the Ashrayon Prokolpo, established by the LGED for landless families, have been suffering much due to its location on low land and lack of road link. The families living in the project area located at Sridhampur under Bodolpur union of Ajmiriganj upazila in Habiganj district hav
A 40-year-old man was killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between two motorbikes on Magura-Jhenaidah road at Choto Bridge in Magura district town on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Sumon Kumar Sen, 40 of Hazrapur area, reports UNB. The accident occurred around 7
Two motorcyclists were killed as a passenger bus knocked down their motorcycle in Kalihati upazila of Tangail district on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Ismail Hossain, 55, and Masudur Rahman Mojumder, 54. They used to work at a NGO. Sub-Inspector at Bangabandhu East Thana Liton Mia s
A-54-year old man was killed and two others were injured in a road accident at Harishpur of Natore in the early hours of Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Ayub Khan, 54, resident of Sathiya under Pabna district, reports UNB. Sadar Police Station inspector (investigation) Abul Kalam said t
Two people were killed as a motorbike crashed into a truck on the Sylhet-Bholaganj highway at Salutikar early Sunday, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Jalalbad UP chairman Obaidullah Ishaq, and M Hafizur Rashid, joint general secretary of district unit Chhatra Dal and a businessm
A 45-year-old journalist died after allegedly being run over by a speeding truck in Lalmonirhat's Aditmari Upazila on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Yunus Ali, president of Lalmonirhat Reporters Unity. He was also a Lalmonirhat correspondent of Somoyer Konthosor and Swadesh Pratidin, acc
A baghair (deveil catfish or Gangetic goonch) weighing over 79-kg fish was sold at Tk 60, 000 in Sylhet’s Kanaighat upazila on Saturday. The fish was caught from the bordering Lova River in Laxmiprasad East Union of the upazila around 3:00 pm on Saturday, reports UNB. Abdullah, Ahmed Hossai
Inhabitants of various upazilas of Sunamganj district have been facing problem due to the poor state of the Jamalganj connecting road from the district town for long. Potholes have been developed in the 19-km road from Kathoir point on the Sylhet-Sunamganj highway to Jamalganj upazila headquarters
