A fire destroyed around 47 shops and dwelling houses at Baghmara Bazar under Jamchari union in Sadar upazila of Bandarban early Sunday. The fire broke out at a shop around 4:00 am and soon engulfed adjoining ones as well as dwelling houses, said Jamchari Union Parishad Chairman Kyasing Shai Marma.
Relatives of a patient vandalised the emergency department and assaulted on-duty staff of Shariatpur Sadar Hospital after the patient died late Friday night, leaving at least five people, including a doctor and an Ansar member, seriously injured. The deceased, Lal Mia Kazi, 50, a resident of
Two people have died from electrocution after touching a live wire in Phulpur Upazila Mymensingh, according to police. The incident occurred around 2:15pm on Friday in Bhatta village of Ruposhi Union, said Phulpur Police Sub-Inspector (SI) Md Abul Bashar. The victims are Tajuddin, 40, son of Shuk
GAIBANDHA, May 14: Amid anti-rabies vaccine shortage at Gaibandha’s hospitals, at least five people died in a week after being bitten by a 'rabid' dog in Gaibandha. The deceased have been identified as Sharmin Sultana (52), Afroza Begum (50), Nanda Rani (55), Fulu Mia (52) and Ratenshwar Kum
A schoolboy has died after being electrocuted while picking mangoes in Dighinala, Khagrachhari. His classmate was also injured in the incident. The accident occurred around 7:00 pm on Tuesday in the Noy Mile area of the Khagrachhari-Dighinala road, said Tapu Tripura, headmaster of Noy Mile Junior
SYLHET, May 11: While the farmers in greater Sylhet are still continuing their high labour-intensive venture to harvest Boro paddy, about 40 per cent of the job is yet to be completed for the extensive inundation of their fields caused by incessant rainfalls and runoff. However, officials of the D
Mango harvesting in Natore will officially begin on May 15 with the collection of Guti variety as the local administration announced the mango calendar on Monday. The schedule was unveiled at a meeting held with Deputy Commissioner Asma Shaheen in the chair at the conference room of her office. A
RAJSHAHI, May 10: The Rajshahi district administration has announced the "Mango Calendar" for the current season, setting a structured timeline for harvesting and marketing of mangoes across the region. According to the schedule, mango harvesting will begin on May 15 with the entry of Guti variety
RANGPUR, May 10: Peasants in different areas of the Rangpur agriculture region have become disheartened as a nor'wester accompanied by hailstorms has wreaked havoc on a large number of maize fields across the region during the past a couple of weeks. In addition, prolonged heavy rainfall over th
CHANDPUR, May 09: Over 25,000 people of seven villages in Gupti Paschim Union of Chandpur's Faridgonj Upazila have been deprived of convenient medical care as the Union Health and Family Welfare Centre lies abandoned with essential furniture and appliances stolen and functioning as a shelter for dr
Boro paddy growers in Magura have been facing low price for their produce, high labour cost and rain damage, while growers from Jashore said they face serious labour shortage and apprehension of significant rain damage. Our correspondent from Magura reports, some 39,535 hectares were brought under
MANIKGANJ, May 09: As the agriculture sector has also started taking a hit from the ongoing instability in the Middle East along with other sectors including energy, a surge in international prices of chemical fertiliser raw materials has pushed up production costs for farmers in Bangladesh. In a
Police recovered the body of a Bangladeshi man from the “no man’s land” area along the Fulgazi border in Feni on Thursday noon. The deceased was identified as Biswajit Sarkar, 61, son of late Gopal Sarkar of Rupsa village under Faridganj upazila in Chandpur district, UNB reports.
