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Due to favourable weather potato production in the district has exceeded the production target in the current Robi season.

The farmers have cultivated Boro in 2.5 percent more land in the district this season then the target fixed by the Department of Agriculture Extension.

Speakers at a participatory discussion here yesterday said more responsive role of marriage registrar and imams including other community leaders has become an urgent need to control child marriage as it leads to various violence and repression against women.

Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested an activist of Swechchhasebak League in possession of a sharp weapon from Sherpur Road area in the district town on Wednesday night.

The rural women are becoming self-reliant through various income generation activities, including sewing of handloom garments, to contribute their own in building a middle income Bangladesh.

The newly built Mongladob Bridge on a canal at Mongladob point on Kolkond-Tentultola-Betgari road in Gangachara upazila was inaugurated at a ceremony arranged on the bridge site yesterday.

At least 25 houses were gutted as a fire broke out in Khitapchor area of Sharoatoli union parishad of Bowalkhali upazila early Sunday.

The 96th birth day of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Children’s Day will be observed here in this district tomorrow in a befitting manner as elsewhere across the country.

Rajshahi people are now ready to observe the 96th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Children Day-2015 in the city and its adjacent areas in a befitting manner tomorrow.

Gaibandha district administration has chalked out elaborate programmes to celebrate the 96th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Children’s Day-2015 tomorrow in a befitting manner.

Speakers at a function underscored the need for flourishing merits of children to make them worthy citizens of the country to lead it towards desired development.

Cultivation of tobacco still continues at larger scale following its high price and lucrative incentives being provided by the tobacco companies alluring the farmers in farming the crop almost everywhere in Rangpur region.

Emphasis should be given on promoting more export from the region for making its economy vibrant coupled with elevating its socio-economic condition, speakers at a participatory discussion said here today.

Five houses were gutted and an elderly woman was killed in a fire at Nitira village under Arial-Baligaon union in Tongibari of the district today, police said.

The 39th death anniversary of Polli Kabi Jasimuddin was observed here this morning here in a befitting manner.

A total of 1,075 rural development schemes are being implemented under the Rural Infrastructure Maintenance (Test Relief) programme in Narsingdi district.

Three covered vans were torched by miscreants at Sayedpur on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Burichang upazila on Monday night.

A court here on Tuesday sentenced four people to life term imprisonment for killing a young man in 2009.

Separate human chains were formed in the district town today demanding trial of the killers of the four freedom fighters.

Speakers at a views-sharing meeting have stressed for successful cooperative movement in the community based organisations (CBOs) for empowerment of the rural women, their economic uplift and preventing social curses.

Speakers at a reflection workshop have stressed for making women’s legal rights a reality in Bangladesh through reaching legal aid services to the victims of domestic violence and repression.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh in a drive recovered 25 Molotov cocktails from Balutupa area in sadar upazila early Saturday.

An unidentified man was killed as he was crushed under the wheels of a speeding train at Boyra Jongshon area in the city here on Friday night.

Two devotees of Tabligh-Jamaat, who were injured in a road accident in Muktagachha upazila on Friday night, dies at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) early Saturday.

Speakers at a human chain programme here today underlined the need for creating awareness of the people to help stop violence, repression on women and child marriage.

A total of 1,875 tuberculosis patients are undergoing treatment at different places in Jessore district till the month of January, 2015.

A sector commander level conference between the frontier forces of the two neighbourning countries- Bangladesh and India was held at Benapole , Lt Col Jahangir Hossain, commanding officer, 26 Border Guard Battalion confirmed New Nation during a short break of…

Strict enforcement of the amended Tobacco Control Act (TCA) has become an essence of the time to save the young generations as well as thousands of human lives annually in the country, speakers said here yesterday.