The cultivation of lotkon (Burmese grape) has been gaining popularity among farmers in Kuliarchar upazila of the district. Around 2,000 farmers in the upazila are now farming lotkon. A large number of marginal farmers, mainly in the red clay area of Abdullahpur and Salua unions of Kuliarchar upazila…

Dhaka: Maj Gen (retd) Amjad Khan Chowdhury, the chief executive officer of PRAN-RFL Group who died in the USA on July 8, was laid to eternal rest in the capital yesterday, reports UNB. He was buried at Army Graveyard at Banani at 3:30pm, said a press release. Earlier, his namaz-e-janaza was held at…

Water levels are on the rise in 31 river stations while it fell in 48 stations, according to the latest forecast of the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC), reports UNB. Among the 84 monitored water level stations, three river stations have been recorded steady and water has been flowing above…

Only three days left for the celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr, prayer cap (topi) sellers in Jessore are not happy with the turnover. There is no cap factory in Jessore town. Only four tailors are specialised in making prayer caps.  “We have to purchase more caps from Dhaka to sell here.”…

Khagrachari: A court here on Tuesday placed three Members of the Detective Branch (DB) of police and Special Branch on a two-day remand each in connection with an incident of toll collection in sadar upazila on Sunday, reports UNB. Senior Judicial Magistrate Abu Sufian passed the order after police…

Criminals vandalized zonal audit office of Bangladesh Grameen Bank, Jhenidah unit at Baparipara area in Jhenidah town on Tuesday noon. Some unidentified people came to the office and started to break the office furniture and various electronics machines. henidah Additional police superintendent of Jhenidah…