RANGPUR: Agriculture experts said the farmers could reap more profits through expanded cultivation of Late Blight Resistant (LBR) variety potatoes, reports BSS. The regional agriculture research centre of Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) organised the event on Saturday afternoon on its…

Two bullet-hit bodies were recovered from Jessore Sadar and Bagharpara upazilas yesterday morning after what police claimed were two gunfights between rival groups. Officer-in-charge of Jessore Kotwali Police Station Azmal Huda said police recovered the body of a man aged around 37 from Raghurampur…

KUSHTIA: Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu yesterday said the proposal for an election-time supportive government is the politics of conspiracy hatched by BNP, reports UNB. “BNP has failed to place any outline in favour of a supportive government, constitutional solution or permanent solution…

Members of Armed Police Battalion seized raw rubber worth Tk 40 lakh from Madhupur upazila of the district and arrested four people in this connection.   The arrestees were identified as Siddik alias Bulu, 40, of Auronklola village,   Mubarak, 30, of Jalchatra village, Ibrahim, 32, of…

Youth killed, 50 hurt in clash HABIGANJ: A young man was killed and 50 others were injured in a clash between two rival groups at Kashipur village in Sadar upazila yesterday morning, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Swapan Miah, 25, son of Surat Ali, a resident of the same village. Officer-in-charge…