After beef prices declined by around Tk 200 per kg, prices of other alternative protein sources such as eggs, broiler chicken, and fish have been on a decline over the last one and a half weeks across the country. Egg prices have fallen by 21 per cent in the last four weeks, according to the Tra
A mother and her daughter were killed in a head-on collision between a CNG autorickshaw and a truck in Noakhali's Subarnachar upazila on Friday noon. Two people including the CNG driver sustained injuries in the accident. The accident occurred at Daroga intersection adjacent to Atkapalia Bazar of
The throat-slit body of a 71-year-old man was recovered from his house at Sikta village in Joypurhat’s Kalai upazila on Friday. The deceased was Syed Ali Akhand. Police detained the man’s two sons and their wives for interrogation, said Wasim Al Bari, officer-in-charge of Kalai Police
The prospect of summer onion farming and production is very bright in the region, including its vast Barind tract, as many grassroots growers have become successful in its cultivation during the last couple of years. Currently, farmers are seen passing busy days with the nursing of the transplante
BOGURA, Nov 30: Dried fish production in greater Chalan Beel is being seriously hampered this season due to a drastic fall in fish supply caused by indiscriminate netting of mother fishes during the breeding period. Industry insiders apprehend that dried fish production in the wetland may fall sho
Miscreants torched three stationary buses on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Kotbari Biswa Road in Cumilla district around 3 a.m. on Thursday ahead of BNP’s 24-hour hartal. According to Alamgir Hossain Bhuiyan, officer-in-charge of Sadar Dakkhin Police Station, three buses of ‘Tisha Pa
Two people were killed as a speeding truck ran over them in Ishwarganj upazila of Mymensingh on Thursday morning. The deceased were identified as Abdus Sattar Master, 62, and Dhanti Gour, 60, both hailing from Naowpara and Duttapara areas respectively under same the upazila. Police and locals sai
Two covered vans were set on fire as miscreants hurled ignitable substances on the vehicles on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at the Bhogra Bypass intersection early on Thursday. According to Abdus Samad, senior station master of Joydebpur Fire Service, miscreants threw ignitable substances pointing
The assistant of a truck sustained burn injuries during a petrol bomb assault on Tuesday night in the Sonargaon area of Narayanganj. According to Sheikh Billal Hossain, additional superintendent of police in Narayanganj, miscreants hurled a petrol bomb at the truck at Singlabo area. Police are wor
RAJSHAHI, Nov 28: At least 250 houses have been affected due to their demolition for the development work of a road stretching 2,300 metres from Fultala Ghat to Mizaner Mor in Rajshahi city. Of the houses, some were demolished completely and some partially for the development work involving Tk28.3
Police arrested three suspects in connection with the killing of a man at his house on Abdullah Siddiqui Road at Riazuddinp Bazar of Chattogram city early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Suman Saha, 43. His body bore multiple injury marks, said police. According to police, the man might h
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a local Jubo Dal leader from the Chandgaon area of Chattogram city on Tuesday for his suspected involvement in police constable Amirul’s killing on October 28 during BNP’s grand rally in Dhaka. Murad Chowdhury, general secretary of C
Miscreants exploded several crude bombs and torched a parked car at the house of Daganbhuiyan upazila unit BNP president Akbar Hossain at Alaiyarpur in the upazila early on Tuesday. Akbar's wife Shahina Akbar said that the miscreants first spread panic by exploding crude bombs late at night. They
