The PDB is supposed to provide electricity connections within a radius of 33 metres from an electricity pole, but this rule is being flouted in different places here. Electricity connection in the district are being given within a radius of  500–1,000 metres from the main pole. These illegal…

PANCHAGARH: Farmers of the district are happy with bumper production of turmeric due to favourable weather and getting fair price this season, reports BSS. The farmers have started harvesting turmeric from their respective land and selling them in the local hat and markets at about Taka 900 to Taka…

Vote for AL again to continue development: Amu JHALOKATI: Awami League Advisory Council Member and Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu yesterday said Bangladesh is progressing fast and it is believed that the country would turn into a developed one before 2041, reports BSS. “Bangladesh is developing…

A man allegedly killed his wife and sister-in-law over family feud in Nikli upazila of Kishoreganj district on Friday. The deceased were Aysha Akter, 25, wife of Sowkat Mia and Salma Akter, 30, wife of Mustafa Mia of Gurui village in Nikli. According to police and local sources, Sowkat Mia, 32, husband…

Satkhira, Gopalganj: Two people were killed in road accidents in Satkhira and Gopalganj districts yesterday. In Satkhira, a local trader of milk was killed on Saturday as a motorcycle collided head-on with his milk carrying three-wheeler on Satkhira-Kaliganj road in Debhata upazila of the district,…

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested an alleged firearms peddler with six pistols, four magazines and 13 bullets from Hudmapara Mollatola village under Shibganj upazila in the district early yesterday morning. BGB sources said the arrested person is Md. Anwarul Islam, 45, son of Late Abul…