Rain likely in different parts of the country, day temperature may rise
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has said light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind may occur at many places over Chattogram and Barishal divisions and at a few places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka,…
Bumper Aush yield expected in Narail, harvest done on 81 per cent of land
There is a prospect of a bumper yield of Aush paddy in Narail in the current season. Aush has been cultivated on a total of 9,107 hectares of land in the district this year. The agriculture department has set a target of producing 23,597 tonnes of rice…
Problems and prospects of various offices discussed at development coordination meeting in Rajbari
The monthly meeting of the District Development Coordination Committee has been held in Rajbari. The meeting took place in the deputy commissioner’s conference room today, Sunday. With Deputy Commissioner Afroza Parvin in the chair, the meeting…
33 border youths get house wiring training at BGB’s initiative in Panchagarh
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has given basic electrical house wiring training to 33 people with the aim of skill development and self-employment of unemployed youths in the district’s bordering areas. At the end of the training, certificates were…
Bodies of husband, wife and infant daughter recovered from house in Manikganj
Police have recovered the bodies of three members of the same family from inside a house in Manikganj Sadar upazila. It has been learnt that expatriate Ikram Hossain killed his wife and one-and-a-half-year-old daughter and then took his own life by…
Families of newborns get saplings as gifts in Kalkini
The upazila administration in Kalkini of Madaripur has taken an exceptional initiative by handing over tree saplings to the families of newborns. Keeping in front the slogan ‘Today’s child is the life of tomorrow, a sapling is new life for…
‘Keep our own yard clean’: Cleaning Day in DSCC ward no. 50
A ‘Cleaning Day’ programme has been observed in ward no. 50 of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) with the theme ‘Let us keep our own yard clean, build a clean city’. The event was organised on Saturday (19 September) to involve…
Over 200 checkposts in capital after crude bomb blasts and bus arson
Law enforcers have beefed up security after incidents of crude bomb explosions and buses being set on fire in different areas of the capital from noon to midnight on Friday (18 September). More than two hundred checkposts have been set up on important…
BGB drive on Kushtia border recovers Indian drugs worth Tk 12 lakh
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has recovered a huge quantity of Indian drugs in a drive in the border area of Kushtia. As part of the ongoing drives and surveillance to stop drug smuggling on the border, Kushtia Battalion (47 BGB) conducted a special…
145 drives in 24 hours in Rajshahi Range, 175 arrested
A total of 175 people have been arrested in police drives in Rajshahi Range. Police of different districts in the range arrested them for various offences in the last 24 hours. This information was given in a press release sent from the media cell of the…