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Crop drying puts Rangpur roads in perilous states

RANGPUR, June 29: Paved roads in different areas of Rangpur district are being used by farmers for crop drying and threshing, creating perilous conditions for vehicles as well as commuters. It is learnt that in all eight upazilas of the district, farmers take over roadways to process and dry their...

Sylhet residents suffer amid repeated power cuts

SYLHET, June 29 (UNB): Residents of Sylhet city have been enduring frequent power outages over the past several days, with repeated load-shedding during both the day and night causing widespread inconvenience amid hot and humid weather.Officials of the Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) said the disruptions were caused by an...

Lightning strike kills one in Dinajpur

DINAJPUR, June 29 (UNB): A farmer was killed and two others were injured after a thunderbolt struck them while they were working in a field in Haripur village of Ghoraghat upazila in Dinajpur on Monday.The deceased was identified as Quamrul, 34, son of Dildar Rahman of Bolgari Chandidaspur village in...

Madrasah student drowns in Khulna fish enclosure

KHULNA, June 28 (BSS): A seven-year-old madrasah student drowned in a fish enclosure in Rupsha upazila of the district on Monday.The deceased was identified as Sijad, son of Murad Sharif of Madina Sarak in Joypur village under Naihati union.Locals said the child went to take bath in a nearby fish...

Lightning kills one in Dinajpur

DINAJPUR, June 29 (UNB) : A farmer was killed and two others were injured after a thunderbolt struck them while they were working in a field in Haripur village of Ghoraghat upazila in Dinajpur on Monday.The deceased was identified as Quamrul, 34, son of Dildar Rahman of Bolgari Chandidaspur village...

Power supply improves as two units resume operation, says minister

Energy Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood on Monday said two power generation units resumed operation reducing the country's power deficit and easing load-shedding, reports UNB.Speaking in Parliament, the minister said two power generation units had gone offline, forcing the government to impose load-shedding on Sunday."Two of our power generation units had...

Govt to import 40m livestock vaccine doses

The government has undertaken a major initiative to import vaccines to protect the country's livestock from various infectious diseases, reports BSS.The Department of Livestock Services (DLS) has already initiated the private import of approximately four crore doses of vaccines-two crore doses each for Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) and Foot-and-Mouth Disease...

Two land office employees punished for corruption

The government has taken punitive action against two employees of the Directorate of Land Records and Surveys after corruption allegations against them were found to be true, reports UNB.According to sources at the Ministry of Land, Muhammad Wahiduzzaman, former copyist-cum-bench assistant of Rangpur Sadar upazila, currently posted at the Bera...