A total of 300 farmers of the district got cash incentives of Taka 4.05 lakh to buy seeds and fertilizers for the cultivation of Aus paddy during the current Kharif-1 season.Each of the farmers has received Tk 1,350 to farm…
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Islamic party chairman Abdul Mobin no more
Advocate Abdul Mobin, chairman of Bangladesh Islamic Party (BIP), an ally of BNP-led 20-party alliance, died of stroke Lab Aid Specialised Hospital in the city yesterday. Abdul Mobin, 63, left behind his wife, five sons, one daughter and a host…
3 women back home after serving jail term in India
Three Bangladeshi women returned home through Benapole check post on Monday night after serving two years’ jail in an Indian prison. The returnees are Jannatul Ferdous,19, daughter of Haider Ali of Jessore, Anwara Begum,20, daughter of Nausher Sheikh of Khulna,…
Outlawed party leader injured in Rajbari ‘shootout’
A regional leader of the outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (ML) was shot and wounded in a ‘shootout’ between his cohorts and police at Kewa village in Pangsha uapzila early Tuesday.
UP Complex Bhaban opens in Gaibandha
Shaghata Union Parishad (UP) Complex Bhaban was opened in Kachua Haat area under Shaghata upazila in the district on Monday amid much enthusiasm to the locals and the public representatives. Deputy Speaker of the Bangladesh Parliament and local lawmaker Advocate…
Call for turning youths into productive workforces
Speakers at the inaugural ceremony of a training course on sewing and computer here have called for turning the unemployed youths into productive workforces to accelerate national development. Raipur union parishad has been organising the two-month long training course for…
Ethnic farm female workers face wage disparity in Barind
Despite of identical work to male in farming fields, the female agricultural workers especially coming from the ethnic groups are still facing wage disparity in the region particularly in the vast Barind tract for long.Traditionally, most of the ethnic female…
One killed, two injured in road accident in Habiganj
A truck driver was killed and two helpers were injured in a road accident when a fish loaded truck collided with a stone loaded truck at Shaestaganj-Dewondi crossing on Dhaka-Sylet highway this morning.
3 killed in Munshiganj road accident
Three motorcyclists were killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Mawa highway at Samashpur of Shrenagar upzila in the district today.The deceased were identified as Omar Faruk, 24, Sifat, 22, and Saimon, 23. They are resident of Kabutar Khola village of…
Buddha Purnima observed in Rangamati
The Buddhist community of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) observed their greatest religious festival Buddha Purnima at different temples with festivity and religious fervor today.Celebrating the birth anniversary of Lord Gautam Buddha, different relious programmes were taken from Buddist temple and…
Juicy litchi starts appearing in Rajshahi markets
With ten more days to appear the Bangla month of Joistha, commonly known as ‘Modhumash’ (honey month), the juicy fruit litchi has started appearing in the local markets of the region including Rajshahi city in limited scale like the previous…
Need for building Bangladesh as self-dependent stressed
Time has come to building the nation as self-dependent through overcoming the existing dependence on foreign aid and all of us work together to this end, speakers at a discussion here said yesterday.They viewed there are enormous resources and potentialities…
232 young women rebuilding shattered lives in Rangpur
A total of 232 violence-victim rehabilitated young women have been rebuilding shattered lives after falling prey to child marriage, dowry, abuse, violence, repression and trafficking at premature ages.These young females have been continuing new journey through income generation activities now…
Lightning strike kills farmer, injures 2 in Chandpur
A farmer was killed and two others were injured by a lightning strike while working in crop field at Char Fatehjang village in Chandpur sadar upazila on Saturday afternoon.
May Day observed in Netrakona
The deputy minister for youth and sports Arif Khan Joy said here yesterday that the present government under the dynamic leadership of prime minister Sheikh Hasina is putting it’s best and sincere efforts for preserving the rights of workers side…
Overseas Employment Minister stresses on maintaining communal harmony
Overseas Employment and Expatriate Welfare Minister Engineer Khondoker Mosharraf Hossain said here yesterday evening that Bangladesh is a unique example of communal harmony where people of all religions live in peace and happiness.
1.33 lakh char families achieve hygienic sanitation
Over 1.33 lakh char households have achieved hygienic sanitation and pure drinking water facilities to improve their health status reducing water borne diseases in the remote char areas in 10 northwestern districts.The laudable success has been achieved by the extremely…
40,925 farmers to get incentive for Aus farming in Rajshahi
A total of 40,925 farmers will get cash incentives of Taka 5.84 crore to buy seeds and fertilizers for the cultivation of Aus paddy in the current Kharif-1 season in eight districts under Rajshahi division.Of the total, 35,900 farmers will…
2 Biman employees with 4.6 kilo gold held in Ctg
The Customs Intelligence has arrested two Biman employees with 40 gold bars weighing 4.6 kilograms while those were reportedly being from belt area at Shah Amanat Airport Chittagong on Sunday.
BD expatriate killed in SA
A Bangladeshi expatriate who suffered burn injuries in a terrorist attack in South Africa died on Saturday morning.The deceased was identified as M Ibrahim, 42, son of Nurul Islam, hailing from Rampur village in Companyganj upazila, Noakhali.Mozammel Haq, a friend…
4 killed in Kushtia bus plunge
Four people were killed and 25 others sustained injuries when a bus fell in a roadside ditch at the Noy Mile area in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia early Thursday. Identities of the deceased and injured could not be known immediately.
Indian citizen held for illegal trespassing in Pabna
Police arrested an Indian national from Gohamabona village in Poba upazila on charge of illegal trespassing in Bangladesh territory on Wednesday.
Beautification works of Gaibandha Park nearly completion
Beautification work of Gaibandha Poura Park located at the heart of the town is nearly completion.
Rural women become driving force for socioeconomic advancement
Thousands of rural women have the driving force in achieving self- reliance to accelerate socioeconomic advancement and empowering them sustainably by contributing a lot towards attaining sustainable rural uplift.
Boy drowns in Barguna
A minor boy drowned in the Bishkhali river at Patakata village under Sadar upazila here this afternoon.
National Legal Aid Day celebrated in Gaibandha
National Legal Aid Day-2015 was celebrated in the district as elsewhere in the country on Tuesday with a call to stand beside the distressed to conduct their cases smoothly to get fair justice by the courts.
Grass cultivation makes 10,000 char families self-reliant
More than 10,000 extremely poor families have achieved self-reliance through commercial cultivation of sweet jumbo grass in the sandy char areas on the Brahmaputra basin in recent years.
Two killed in fire, electrocution in Natore
Two people were killed in separate incidents of fire and electrocution in the district from Sunday night till Monday morning.
Acid victim gets Tk. 50,000
Acid terrorism victim female student Masuda Akhter Moni received Taka 50,000 as assistance at a ceremony here on Sunday from the Association of Development Agencies in Bangladesh (ADAB).
Optimum use of cultivable land, technology can ensure food security
Optimum use of cultivable land adopting the latest technologies, newer cropping patterns and mechanisation of agriculture can keep crop production increasing to ensure food security despite climate change, said experts.