The farmers are now very happy getting bumper production of the indigenous parija rice as an additional Aus crop in Rangpur division this season, reports BSS. With the assistance of RDRS Bangladesh, a total of 2,250 farmers cultivated parija rice on 2,250 bigha lands in Rangpur division after harvesting…

Many of the house owners living in Tangail town suck municipal tap water into their tanks illegally using electric motors.   There are at least 1,000 electric motors fitted with narrow pipes to draw the water from the main supply line run in front of every house in the municipality. Such illegal…

A retired army  man was killed by robbers in Tangail early yesterday. The deceased was Ramjan Ali, 55, of village Ishapur in Kalihati upazila of Tangail district.   Officer-in-charge of Kalihati police station Shahidul Islam quoting locals said armed robbers numbering 12/15 entered the house…

Two people were electrocuted in separate incidents at Shashla-Piala and Chandipur villages in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila on Saturday evening. The deceased are Mazharul, 40, of Thakurgaon town and an electrician of Palli Bidduyt Samity and Ful Babu, 43, a farmer of Chandipur village. Police sources said…

BOGRA:  Police arrested three criminals and seized two firearms from their possession in Sherpur upazila yesterday at around 9:30am.  The arrestees are Jahangir Alam, 35, of Katabaria village in Kishoreganj upazila, Sumon, 32, of Basantadolia village in Sathia upazila of Pabna district and…

At least 15 female students of Asannagar-Kullagachha High School in Kotchandpur upazila of the district fell sick in their classrooms in a mass hysteria yesterday. Headmaster of the school Nazmur Rahman said after the student assembly Sanzida Khatun, a class X student, fell sick suddenly. Later, 14…