Boro transplantation close to an end in Sylhet region

Transplantation of Boro paddy seedlings is nearing completion in Sylhet region in the current season while farmers in Chandpur district are passing a busy time planting the rice with the hope of a bumper harvest. Our Sylhet correspondent reports: Peasants in the haor areas of the region have finished transplanting...

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Unplanned U-turn turns into a death trap

CUMILLA, Feb 09 (UNB): A poorly designed U-turn at Padua Bazar Biswa Road on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway has become a death trap, claiming at least 50 lives and injuring hundreds over the past 11 years.The Dhaka-Chattogram highway, a key corridor for thousands of vehicles travelling between the capital and major...

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Chuadanga, Tangail, Mymensingh road accidents kill four

A total of four persons were killed in separate road accidents in Chuadanga, Tangail and Mymensingh districts on Sunday, report agencies.In Chuadanga, a speeding tractor crashed into a motorbike in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga district, leaving two youths dead, said police on Sunday morning.The deceased were identified as Nahid Hossain,...

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