Scorching heat is making life miserable in Rajbari district as ground water level has fallen sharply and many  people, especially children, have been attacked by diarrhoea. Frequent power outages have also added to the woes of the Rajbari town dwellers in this hot summer weather. There has been…

Growers are expecting a bumper jute harvest in the current season too if weather remains favourble.  Jute farmers of six upazilas of Jhenidah district aim to achieve the production target this season. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) in Jhenidah, the jute growers met the…

A man was hacked to death allegedly by his sister-in-law over land dispute at village Ujanchar Nawpara in Iswarganj upazila on Wednesday night. The deceased was Siddique Ali, 35, of Nawpara. Police quoted family and local people as saying that there had been a dispute over a land between Siddique, father…

Two people died after falling inside a septic tank of a toilet at Tabalchhari Singhapara village in Matiranga upazila of Khagrachhari yesterday morning. The deceased were Moriom Begum, 45, and her brother-in-law Mir Hossain, 28, of the village.  Moriom Begum fell into 15 feet deep septic tank breaking…

The Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) authorities have appointed prof. Md Joshim Uddin Khan of the Animal Nutrition Department and Prof AKM Zakir Hossain of the Crop Botany Department as the new student affairs adviser and proctor respectively. The two were appointed for a period of two years,…

Two minor brothers drowned in Ronchandi River in Tetulia upazila on Wednesday evening. The deceased were Arafat, 5, and Sarafat, 3, both sons of Abdul Awal of Brommotal village of the upazila. Locals said Arafat and Sarafat fell into the river while they were playing on its bank near their house. Later,…