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Unabated sand lifting from Nagor River in Bogra threatens houses, cropland

BOGRA, Jan 10: A good number of houses as well as cropland are seriously threatened due to frequent unabated sand lifting from Nagor River under Bogra district.Sources said, people of Balodmara, Laluka, Sabla, Nawdapara, Velurchalk, Palipara area under Dupchanchi upazila and Jangalpara, Nimaikola and Gondishar of Kahaloo upazilas are the...

Waterlogging in 25 Habiganj haors delays Boro farming

SYLHET Jan 10: Twenty-five major haors in Habiganj district were still under floodwater raising apprehension among the farmers about the fate of their move for Boro paddy cultivation while the farming season is passing fast. The farmers are ready but they couldn't prepare lands due to slow recession of floodwater...

Cattle rustlers damage crops in Rajshahi

RAJSHAHI, Jan 10: Standing crops of several hundred acres of land have been damaged while smuggling cattle head through Kalmudanga frontier village under Sapahar upazila. The crops include lentil, gram, mustard, peanut and potato. The owners of the land as well as share croppers of those crops were incurring loss...

Gachhis become self-reliant preparing date molasses

JOYPURHAT, Jan 10: From the very start of the winter season, a good number of gachhis - men who extract juice from date trees - have started extracting date juice in Joypurhat district.Now, around 500 marginal gachhies have attained financial solvency through the seasonal business in Akkelpur, Kalai, Khetlal, Pachbibi...

No empty land in Rangpur BSCIC industrial state

RANGPUR, Jan 10: Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) industrial estate at Kellabandh area in Rangpur city has no empty plot of land to accommodate new ones. This is hampering the growth of industrialisation in the region.There are a good number of enthusiastic entrepreneurs who have become disappointed finding...

Youth kills aunt over land dispute

COMILLA, Jan 10 (UNB): A young man allegedly hacked his aunt to death over a disputed land at Mahichail village of Chandina Upazila in the district on Wednesday.The deceased is identified as Rina Das, 40, wife of Ranjit Das of Mahichail village in Chandina upazila.Officer-in-Charge of Chandina Police Station Mohammad...

Newborn's body thrown from vehicle in Nilphamari

NILPHAMARI, Jan 10 (UNB): The body of a newborn, wrapped in a bag, was thrown from a human-hauler at Bamnabamni village in Jaldhaka upazila on Wednesday.Witnesses said a man and a woman threw a bag from the running human-hauler at the intersection of Bamnabamni and Harishchandrapath villages.As the driver stopped...

RAB seizes 3,380 Yaba pills in Ukhia

Cox's Bazar, Jan 10 (UNB): Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered 3380 pieces of Yaba tablets worth Tk 1.6 million from Balukhali area in Ukhia on Tuesday evening.Tipped-off a team of RAB-7 led by Major MD Ruhul Amin conducted a raid at Balukhali area and arrested three drug paddlers...

A couple of farmhands plant Boro saplings

NARAYANGANJ: A couple of farmhands plant Boro saplings in a field at Konabari in Sonargaon recently. — Focus Bangla

A spectacular view of a cabbage plot

SYLHET: A spectacular view of a cabbage plot in Tahirpur upazila. There has been a good yield of the winter vegetables in this region this year. — FE Photo