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Rangpur farmers happy over early winter vegetables production

RANGPUR, Oct 13: Farmers of 8 districts in Rangpur division are getting financially benefited by growing early varieties of winter vegetables on their lands as the crops give them comparatively more profit. According to sources the farmers of the region have geared up early varieties of winter vegetable farming during...

Woman killed in Kurigram road accident

KURIGRAM, Oct 13 (BSS): A woman was killed and 15 others were injured in a road accident at Chinai bazaar on the Kurigram-Rangpur highway under Razarhat upazila of the district this morning. The deceased was Fatema Begum, 55. Police said the accident occurred when a bus hit a battery run...

Magura traders at a loss with hides remaining unsold

MAGURA, Oct 13: Hide traders in Magura are in trouble as hides worth Tk 20 million are lying unsold in their godowns. Magura hide traders purchased hides during Eid-ul-Azha. But those are still in their occupation as tannery owners are showing reluctance to purchase hides. Shamir Sheikh, a hide trader...

Housewife commits suicide in Barguna

BARGUNA, Oct 13 (BSS): A housewife allegedly committed suicide over family feud at Silvertoli village under Taltoli upazila of the district last night. The victim was Seuli Begum, 32, wife of Kader of the same area. Police sources said Seuli, mother of three children, locked into an altercation with her...

International Day for Disaster Reduction observed in districts

CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Oct 13: International Day for Disaster Reduction was observed in Chapainawabganj on Monday. Chapainawabganj district administration arranged a rally and a gathering on the occasion. The rally was brought out from the deputy commissioner's office premises which paraded through the main roads of the town and it ended at...

One electrocuted in C\\\'nawabganj

CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Oct 13 (UNB): A young man died from electrocution at Jhikra Katapukur village in Nachol upazila Sunday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Shishir, 25, son of Wajed Ali of the village.

Prisoner dies in Gazipur hospital

GAZIPUR, Oct 13 (UNB): A convicted prisoner, who had been serving life imprisonment at Kashimpur jail in a murder case, died at Gazipur Sadar Hospital on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Gopal Korati, a resident of Keraniganj.

Sirajganj clash leaves one dead

SIRAJGANJ, Oct 13 (UNB): A man was killed and 17 others were injured in a clash between two rival groups over land-related dispute at Atbangla village in Shahjadpur upazila on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Mafij Uddin, 65, a resident of the village. Locals said there was a long...

Crime-free society is a must for national development: Speakers

RAJSHAHI, Oct 13 (BSS): Speakers at a meeting said the law enforcers should be more proactive and their activities must be intensified against the law violators to ensure a crimes-free society and to free the metropolis from drug addiction. Expressing their grave concern over the issue they asked them to...

Schoolboy found dead in Comilla

COMILLA, Oct 13 (UNB): Police on Monday morning recovered the body of a schoolboy from a paddy field at Laxmipur village in Chandina Upazila. The deceased was identified as Ismail Hossain, 14, a class VIII student of Joag Ahmadia High School of the upazila and son of Abul Hossain of...

One killed by neighbour in Kurigram

KURIGRAM, Oct 13 (UNB): A sexagenarian man was killed in an attack allegedly by his neighbour over the demarcation of their homesteads at Tabakpur Purirpathal village in Ulipur upazila on Monday. The victim was identified as Nawab Ali, 65. Jamiruddin, officer-in-charge of Ulipur Police Station, said Nawab Ali and Mahfuz,...

Poet Golam Mustafa\\\'s ancestral house in ruins: 50th death anniversary observed

JHENIDAH, Oct 13: On the occasion of the 50th death anniversary of the poet of 'Muslim Renaissance', a Doa Mahfil was held at Kabi Golam Mustafa Secondary School at his own village today in Shailkupa upazila of Jhenidah. Golam Mustafa was born on December 23, 1897 at Monoharpur village of...

News in brief

80 injured in Gopalganj clash At least 80 persons were injured, 30 of them critically, in two separate clashes centering on possession of a village haat and over marriage invitation at Mazra and Barshapara village under Kasiani and Kotalipara upazila in Gopalganj district Sunday. On information local thana police reached...