GAIBANDHA: As Bangladesh recently started technically examining the commercial potential of mineral-rich sand found in the rivers of northern regions, the high-value minerals of Brahmaputra River's sand in Gaibandha would be a promising source of revenue if environment-friendly extraction process a
MANIKGANJ: Manikganj's Singair upazila has witnessed remarkable success in sugarcane farming, particularly in Baira union, with local farmers earning substantial profits from cultivating other companion crops like mustard and maize alongside as well. Farmer Alkas Hossain from Nayabari village in B
Jamaat-e-Islami nominated MP candidate Abdus Sattar has accused the Jubo Dal of attacking his election rally in Jamalpur. At least 10 Jamaat supporters were injured in the attack at Sadar Upazila on Saturday, party leaders claimed. Meanwhile, the Jubo Dal has alleged a counter-attack, claiming Ja
A policeman in Cumilla died on Saturday after suddenly falling ill while on duty. The deceased was identified as Md Ashraf, son of the late Kamrul Islam from Imrail village in Kasba upazila of Brahmanbaria, UNB reports. Ashraf was posted at the Debpur Police Outpost under Burichang Police S
A 54-year-old deaf woman was crushed under the wheels of a train at the Burimari rail route in Hatibandha upazila of Lalmonirhat district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Janiron Begum, wife of Osman Goni of Singimari union, UNB reports. Quoting witnesses, Mahmudur Nabi, officer-in-cha
A fisherman has died after allegedly being beaten by fellow fishermen during a dispute over net casting in Sirajganj. The incident took place early on Friday in the Gohala River, said Shahjadpur Police chief Md Aslam Ali. The dead has been identified as Bimal alias Tetul Hawlader, 60. One of his
A woman struggling in poverty has reportedly strangled her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter to death using a rope before dying by suicide in Kushtia’s Daulatpur. The incident is said to have happened around 7pm on Thursday in Insafnagar village in Ramkrishnapur Union. Police and locals say
At least 15 people, including a woman, were injured in a clash between supporters of the BNP and Gono Odhikar Parishad in Galachipa upazila of Patuakhali district on Thursday night. The incident occurred around 9:00 pm at Dakshin Kupalbera intersection in Charshiba village under Charkazal union, a
Fifteen shops have been destroyed in a fire in Lakshmipur’s Ramgati Upazila. The blaze broke out in a market in the Alexander Bazar area early on Friday morning, according to Khokon Majudar, station officer of the Ramgati Fire Service. Locals said the fire originated from an electrical shor
Tea production in Sylhet region is apprehended to suffer a massive shortfall this year due to drought-induced foul weather and high prices of fertilisers. Industry insiders anticipate the fall in tea yield while there's no chance to achieve the year's target as the main season of production has al
Thousands of families in ten villages of Jessore's Keshabpur Upazila have to travel extra kilometres to reach their destinations in the Keshabpur and Monirampur upazilas as floods left part of a bypass road submerged and approach roads of a bridge on the route damaged. Vehicular movement completel
Three months have already elapsed since bacterial disease anthrax was transmitted to humans from infected livestock in Rangpur, but most of the farm and domestic animals in the district are yet to be vaccinated, giving rise to a grave concern among the commoners as well as the ranchers in the distr
A BNP leader was found dead under a bridge in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Yunus Shikdar, convener of Arafat Rahman Koko Krira Sangsad Teknaf upazila unit and a member of No One ward of Sabrang union. Himel Roy, office-in-charge of Tekn
