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Four die as truck crashes into autorickshaw in Naogaon

Four die as truck crashes into autorickshaw in Naogaon

Four people died and another person was injured after a truck crashed into an autorickshaw in Naogaon’s Mohadevpur. The accident occurred on the Naogaon-Rajshahi Highway in the Bagachara area of Hat-Chakgouri Bazar on Monday afternoon, said Mozaffar Hossain, chief of Mohadevpur Police Statio


Beef fattening endeavours generate income for rural people

Beef fattening endeavours generate income for rural people

Beef fattening activities have become vibrant everywhere in Rajshahi area as the villagers look for good profits ahead of the upcoming Eid-Ul-Azha, reports BSS.  This type of beef fattening everywhere in the region has been contributing a lot towards improving living and livelihood condit

Water hyacinths shrink Chandpur river routes

Water hyacinths shrink Chandpur river routes

    OUR CORRESPONDENT CHANDPUR, May 31: Thick and large water hyacinths in the Dakatia River have been impeding normal movement of the country boats and mechanided river vessels in Chandpur Sadar and Faridganj upazilas for the last 12 years. Not only that, smooth plying of river vesse

Two cousins drown in Chandpur pond

Two cousins drown in Chandpur pond

Two cousins drowned in a pond of Hosenur village in Chandpur's Sadar upazila on Friday.The deceased were identified as Nusrat, 8, daughter of Salim Khan and Chan Mia's daughter Mariam Akhter, 10, of the village.Both were students at Hossainpur Government Primary School.Md Billal Hossain Master, cha

Lalmonirhat road crash leaves three dead

Lalmonirhat road crash leaves three dead

Three people were killed and six others injured when a truck rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Lalmonirhat-Burimari highway in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat district on Friday night. The deceased were identified as Rafiqul Islam, 36, son of Abdul Gafur, Mizanur Rahman, 32, son of Atiqul Isl

Gold worth Tk 14m seized at Benapole

Gold worth Tk 14m seized at Benapole

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) said on Thursday they have seized 14 gold bars weighing around 1.630kg from Pachvulot border of Jashore's Sharsha upazila, reports UNB.  Lieutenant Colonel Tanveer Ahmed, commander of the BGB-21 battalion, said tipped-off that a consignment of gold was

Staff shortage plagues Barlekha health complex

Staff shortage plagues Barlekha health complex

Although upgraded to a 50-bed hospital from a 31-bed facility in 2018, the Barlekha Upazila Health Complex in Moulvibazar district is still operating with its previous staff. Locals allege that the authorities have not allocated the necessary manpower. As a result, patients are forced to seek serv

Two killed as microbus overturns in Cumilla

Two killed as microbus overturns in Cumilla

Two people were killed and four others injured when a microbus overturned after being hit by a truck on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Cumilla's Daudkandi, police said. The accident took place at Shahidnagar in Daudkandi upazila of the highway at 8:30am on Sunday, reports UNB. The deceased were

Man arrested with 1.26kg heroin in Chapainawabganj

Man arrested with 1.26kg heroin in Chapainawabganj

 Members of the Rapid Action Battalion have arrested a man with 1.26 kg of heroin in Chapainawabganj, reports UNB. The arrestee Ziakur, 50, of Shibganj upazila of the district was arrested from Langra Mor area of Charbagdanga union of Sadar upazila of the district on Thursday night, said a pr

Chandpur culvert collapses within 11 days of construction

Chandpur culvert collapses within 11 days of construction

A newly-built culvert in Chandpur district suddenly collapsed within 11 days of its construction. Locals said, ''In the afternoon on May 23, the culvert suddenly collapsed making a big sound.'' The culvert is located near Munshibari on Nandikhola-Bokchar Road in Matlab Dakhshin Upazila's Nayergao

BNP’s one-pt movement soon: Noman

BNP’s one-pt movement soon: Noman

BNP vice-chairman Abdullah Al Noman on Wednesday said they will start one-point movement soon to oust the incumbent government. "We (BNP) are yet to observe programmes like shutdown (hartal). We are still working on our 10-point demand movement which will soon be a single-point demand to topple th