Category: Nation

A gold-worker was electrocuted at his own workshop at Ghior bazzar here on Thursday.

A court here on Thursday sent 22 leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami to jail in a case filed for torching a bus by hurling petrol bomb at a filling station in Nalchhiti upazila on January 21.

Recurrence of waterborne and mal-nutrition related diseases and related deaths have been reduced to the minimum in rural areas following continuous improvement of all health indexes.

A total of 200 river eroded and distressed families of Sundarganj upazila in the district got 200 bundle of corrugated iron (CI) sheet and cash TK 6 lakh from government on Thursday.

The West Zone of Bangladesh Railway has adopted additional security and cautionary measures to carry the home-bound passengers ahead of the forthcoming Eid-ul-Fitr celebration.

A total of 72 distressed families including religious institutions of Palashbari upazila in the district got solar panels from the government on Sunday free of cost.

A vegetable trader was drowned in a ditch at Dighapatia village near Uttara Gano Bhaban under Sadar upazila this morning.

A man and a woman allegedly committed suicide in separate places of Monirampur and Sharsha upazila on Saturday night.The deceased were identified as Abdus Sajad, 30, son of Abdur Rahman, a resident of Polashi village of Monirampur upazila, and Sumi…

Most of around 500 kilometre roads of the Comilla City Corporation area have developed cracks and potholes in numerous places, causing inconvenience to movement of vehicles and pedestrians. In the rainy season, the roads become a quagmire after many parts…

A schoolgirl died from snakebite in Bazaarpara area under Sreepur upazila of the district last night.

A housewife was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband for dowry at Goira village here on Friday night.

Police recovered the decomposed body of a child from the side of a pond of Singroil village under Nachole upazila of the district this morning.The body was identified as Mobarak Hossain, 11, son of Muktar Hossain of Singroil village area.…

The construction work of Baradaha Bridge over Bangali River on Gaibandha-Nakaihat-Gobindaganj Road in the district is nearing completion amid much enthusiasm to the locals.According to sources the construction work of the much awaited bridge started in 1997 and the government…

With at least 16 days left of the Eid-ul-Fitr, the people in the industrial city have started Eid shopping to avoid abnormal rush at the last moment in the city markets.According to the market sources, Eid shopping in all markets,…

Two people, including a girl, were crushed to death under the wheels of a running train near Joydebpur railway station in the city early Wednesday.

Revenue income at Benapole land port has exceeded the target for the first time in the outgoing fiscal 2014-15, said sources.Customs authorities of the port collected Tk2,558.29 crore revenue during the period, which is Tk85.61 crore more than the target…

Police recovered the floating body of a young man from a pond in Raikdara area of Osmaninagar upazila on Sunday evening.

Sundari Rani 17, a garment worker was killed in a road accident at Krishi farm crossing in Nilphamari town this morning.Police source said she was going to her work place from her residence by a bicycle but suddenly a pickup…

A total of 8,669 widows have received monthly allowance during the current fiscal year in all the four upazilas and Chuadanga pourasabha area of the district at the rate of Taka 300 per head.

By virtue of its diversified benefits, significant number of small and marginal farmers attained economic emancipation through the participatory social afforestation programme.The Department of Social Forestry (DSF) has been executing various lucrative programmes in all 31 upazilas of Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj,…

Three alleged unidentified persons were beaten to death by the villagers of Badarpur village of Kaijuri Union last night here in the outskirts of this town.

Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken a massive programme to cultivate Aman paddy on 39,650 hectares of land in the district during the current season.DAE office sources said of the total, 34,150 hectares of land will be cultivated under…

A case has been filed against daily Prothom Alo’s Jessore correspondent Monirul Islam for torturing his wife over dowry.Jahanara Khatun, wife of Monirul, filed the case with the court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Abu Ibrahim on Sunday.

At least 28 houses were gutted in a fire which broke out at Tangnagar Purbeshwar Para village in Sadar upazila early Monday.

A man was killed and five others were injured in a collision between a truck and a human hauler (Mahindra) at Ashkarpur on the Satkhira-Kaliganj road in Debhata upazila on Saturday morning.

Speakers at a discussion said the education and researches in the highest seat of learning should be practical and pro-people for benefiting the general public.

Speakers at a project inception meeting here today stressed the need for environment friendly sanitation and safe drinking water to ensure sound health.

Chandpur Pourasabha on Wednesday announced a budget over Taka 52.69 crore for 2015-16 fiscal at Shilpakala Academy Auditorium.Pourasabha Mayor Nasir Uddin Ahmed announced the budget in presence of ward commissioners, local journalists and elite of the town.

A total of fifty power tillers were distributed among 50 farmers of Niamatpur upazila on Tuesday at a subsidized rate aiming to boost agricultural production in the district.

A 12-Km-long tailback was created on Dhaka-Chittagong highway on Monday morning after a vehicle became dysfunctional on the highway at Bashbaria in Sitakunda upazila earlier on Sunday midnight.