Commercial farming of onion- seed is increasing in Rajshahi region including its high Barind tract, as demand for this spice is rising day by day.
Month: February 2015
Fire guts 31 shops in Agoiljhara , properties worth Tk 1 cr damaged
A devastating fire gutted 31 shops at Bazaar of Agoiljhara upazila town in Barisal district on early Wednesday.
3 BNP-Jamaat leader held
At least three BNP-led 20 party alliance leaders were arrested by police in Kishoreganj Sader and Pakundia on Tuesday .
One killed, 50 injured in rival groups clash in Bajitpur
One person was killed and 50 others including 10 police men were injured and 20 shops damaged following a clash between two rival groups at Bus Stand in Bajipur town over gambling money and supremacy on Tuesday afternoon.
MPs say yes to three-person babies
MPs have voted in favour of the creation of babies with DNA from two women and one man, in a historic move.
More plays staged at top UK theatres since 2009
More plays were staged by the UK’s most-subsidised theatre companies in 2014 compared with five years earlier, despite fears about funding cuts, BBC research suggests.
Cricket World Cup 2015: Junaid Khan out of Pakistan squad
Pakistan left-arm fast bowler Junaid Khan has been ruled out of the World Cup because of a hamstring injury.
Jordan executes convicted jihadists after pilot’s death
Jordan has executed two convicts, including a female jihadist, following the killing of one of its air force pilots by Islamic State (IS) militants.
Alleged bomb throwers crushed under truck in Jessore
Two young men were killed as a truck ran them over while trying to hurl petrol bombs at the vehicle at Begaritala in Manirampur upazila on Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified as Liton ,20, son of Atiar Rahman, a…
Tarique in charge of movement, says Quamrul
Food Minister Quamrul Islam on Tuesday said BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman has been pulling the strings from abroad over the current violence as Khaleda Zia has lost control on her party leadership. “Khaleda has no longer any control…
20-party demands trial of comilla petrol bomb attackers
The Bnp-led 20-party alliance on Tuesday demanded punishment of those who are involved in throwing petrol bomb on a bus in Chouddagram, comilla killing seven passsengers and injuring 17 others. In a statement issued to the press Bnp joint secretary…
Attempt to lay siege on Khaleda’s office, gun brandished
Leaders and activists of Muktijoddha Projonma League yesterday tried to lay a siege around BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office where Khaleda Zia is staying since January 3. Police, however, obstructed them from going to the office of Khaleda Zia and later…
Bobbi Kristina Brown ‘fighting for her life’
Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of late singer Whitney Houston, is “fighting for her life” after being found unconscious, her family says.
Ex-EU science chief Anne Glover: GM tech ‘is safe’
The technology behind GM crops is safe, according to scientific consensus, says the outgoing science adviser to the European Commission.
Ukraine crisis: US considers ‘lethal aid’ to government
The US administration is considering whether to send arms to help the Ukraine government against pro-Russian rebels in the east, US media report.
20-Party extends hartal by another 36 hours
BNP-led 20-party alliance on Tuesday further extended the ongoing 72-hour countrywide hartal for another 36-hour ending 6:00pm on Thursday in protest against carrying out homicide by joint forces without accepting its demand, resorting to killing, enforced disappearance, attacks and filling…
7 killed 16 hurt in Comilla petrol bomb attack on bus
Seven passengers were killed and at least 16 others injured in a petrol bomb attack on a bus in Chauddagram in Comilla District at dead of night about 3-30 am on Tuesday. The incident took place at Miabazar Jagmohanpur area…
Mosaddek Ali Falu on 5-day remand in bus torching case
A Dhaka court has ordered five days in police custody for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s adviser Mosaddek Ali Falu. The former MP was produced before the court of Dhaka’s Metropolitan Magistrate Hasibul Haque on Monday. Police pleaded with the court…
JCD calls 2-day strike at DU from Wednesday
Pro-BNP Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) on Monday called a strike at Dhaka University for Wednesday and Thursday demanding that a congenial atmosphere for political coexistence on the campus be ensured. JCD President Rajib Ahsan and General Secretary Akramul Hasan announced…
Hasina to face trial for solicitation, warns BNP
BNP on Monday warned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that she will be put on trial very soon for the ‘vicious mass killings’ being carried by joint forces across the country. The party also threatened that Sheikh Hasina will be made…
5 get burn injuries in petrol bomb attsck on Gazipur train
At least five people suffered burn injuries when miscreants hurled a petrol bomb at a commuter train in Sreepur upazila here on Monday amid the ongoing 72-hour hartal and nonstop transport blockade enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance.
Nipah virus claims 3 lives in Naogaon
Nipah virus has claimed the lives of three people, including two children, in Manda upazila of the district in nine days till Friday. The victims are Apple Mahmud, 11, son of Moklesur Rahman, and Kawser Ali, 13, son of Abdul…
2 Shibir activists held in Noakhali
Police arrested two Shibir activists along with two petrol bombs and two crude bombs from Napiter Pole area in the district town on Monday morning.
RAKUB disburses Tk 28 cr loan in Thakurgaon
Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) disbursed Taka 28 crore as different loans through its 19 branches in the district during the last six months of the current fiscal year.
Mohila Parishad distributes blankets among 500 poor in Gaibandha
Local Mohila Parishad unit distributed blankets among the 500 distressed people of Sadar and Fulchhari upazilas on Sunday.
59 BNP-Jamaat men sued in Benapole
Police on Sunday filed a case was filed against 59 leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami for torching vehicles on the Jessore-Benapole highway on Saturday.
Four women rescued while being trafficked to India through Benapole
Police rescued four women while they were being trafficked to India illegally from Putkhali frontier here on Sunday night.
Four bomb-makers held in Rajshahi
Police rounded up four members of bomb-making team belongs to Islami Chhatra Shibir, student-wing of Bangladesh Jamaat-e Islami, in the cityon Sunday night.
Organic, compost fertilizer uses can help protect soil nutrients
Substantial and sustainable uses of organic and compost fertilizer in the farming fields can help protecting the soil nutrients from further declining trend for the sake of upholding the soil productivity, agricultural researchers and others concerned here said.
Australia v England: Glenn Maxwell helps hosts win tri-series
England were thrashed in their last competitive match before the World Cup, crumbling to a 112-run defeat in the tri-series final in Perth.