An unidentified man was found dead at Khalishpur in the city today.Officer-in-charge of Khalishpur police station Anwar Hussain said, on information by locals they recovered the decomposed body wrapped into a sack from a locked house near Khalishpur Port School…
More than 1.60 lakh population from 35,640 poor and extreme-poor families in the metropolis are enjoying the taste of self-reliance through various income-generating activities.The distressed families, who struggled with poverty for a long, achieved economic self-reliance and well-being by adopting…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday laid the foundation stone of Rabindra University, an institution named after Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, marking the poet’s 154th birth anniversary. From the same venue, Shahzadpur Pilot High School Ground, the premier also inaugurated…
A housewife allegedly committed suicide following a family feud at Rangta village under Agailjhara upazila of the district this morning. The deceased was identified as Josna Bepari, 22, wife of Raju Bepari of the same village.
A woman was killed when a human hauler (Nasiman) hit her at Chinakhara on the Dhaka-Pabna Highway in Sujanagar upazila on Wednesday night.
A total of 142 youths of Fulchhari upazila in the district got loan of Taka 35.50 lakh from the Department of Youth Development (DYD) on Wednesday.The main objective of the loan disbursement was to help the unemployed youths be self-reliant…
Malnutrition of the pregnant women, lactating mothers and children belonging to the poorer families in rural Bangladesh still remains as a major cause of permanent blindness, maternal, neonatal and infant deaths.According to experts, intake of the micronutrient-enriched small fishes like…
More than 11,000 rural people most of them women in the region have now become income-generators through bull fattening and other dairy farming activities contributing a lot to improving their living and livelihood condition.Various government and non-government organizations concerned have…
Khulna Development Authority (KDA) has decided to cancel the lease of Muzgunni Shishu Park in the city for breaching several conditions of the contract and for non-payment of arrears.The lease holder company has been ignoring the conditions of the contract…
Police recovered the bodies of two elderly women at Ghatakchar in Madaripur Sadar upazila early Wednesday One of the deceased was identified as Monosha Rani Baroi, 50, wife of Jiten Baroi, a resident of Joair village.Locals spotted the bodies in…
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…
Two people were killed as they were crushed under the wheels of speeding trains in two separate incidents in the district on Wednesday.One of the deceased, one was identified as Al-Amin, 25, a resident of East Chandra area.
A young man was electrocuted at Pathailhat village in Chatmohor upazila on Tuesday.
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…
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,…
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.
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…
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…
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…
At least four people were killed and seven others injured when a truck collided head-on with a human hauler (locally called Nosimon) at Tekerhat on the Dhaka-Barisal highway in Maksudpur upazila on Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified as Kanai…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The owner of the two-storied bamboo-made house that subsided into the Mirhajirbagh Jheel killing 12 dead and leaving many others injured hsa been arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) – 3. Maniruzzaman Chowdhury (38) the said owner has been…
Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) has claimed responsibility for the murder of an American atheist blogger inBangladesh over two months ago, according to SITE Intelligence Group. Avijit Roy was hacked to death by two assailants with machetes on…
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.