Bagerhat Correspondent : Two persons were killed on the spot and another sustained severe burn injuries by lightning in two separate places in Dema Union Parishad under Sadar Upazila of Bagerhat district on Wednesday (June 19) when a mild gusty wind accompanied with torrential rain and repeated thunderbolts swept over the Union under Sadar Upzila in Bagerhat district and its adjacent areas and continued for more than long 2 hours. The victims are Selim Shaikh (35), a farmer hailed from...
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Bhangura (Pabna) Correspondent : Golam Hasnain Rasel has taken charge as the 6th Chairman of Bhangura Upazila Parishad in Pabna. The tenure of the newly elected upazila parishad chairman started with participating in the monthly coordination meeting on Thursday. Member of Parliament of Pabna-3 area Md. Mokbul Hossain was present as chief guest in the meeting. Newly elected chairman Golam Hasnain Rasel presided over the event. Among others UpazilaNirbahi Officer Nazmun Nahar, Assistant Commissioner (Land) Tasmia Akter Rosy, newly elected...
Chattogram Bureau : The construction of the Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills Limited (BSRM)’s new plant over 20 acres of land in Mirsarai upazila is nearing completion. We want to start trial production by late June or early July, followed by full commercial production within a month,” said a responsible official of BSRM. BSRM is a leading steel manufacturing plant of the country which is located in Chattogram. He also told New Nation that the new factory is expected to create...
S A Shofiee from Sylhet : 9.5 lakh people still marooned The flood situation in Sylhet is showing signs of improvement. The sun was seen on Friday after 5 days. Major rivers are marking fall in water level in absence of fresh bouts of rain from Friday morning. More than 9.5 lakh people in Sylhet division remained marooned still on Friday. Currently, the water is flowing over the danger line at 6 points of Sylhet’s Surma and Kushiara rivers. Only...
Ishwardi (Pabna) Correspondent : Russell’s viper (Chandrabora) snake threat has spread across the grasslands of Ishwardi on the banks of the Padma River. Since 2018, two people are dying every year in Ishwardi due to Russell’s viper bites. Farmers and vegetable growers of Padma Char area are in the most panic. Farmers are now walking and cultivating in the paddy fields with gumboots. Even then, the fear of the Russell’s viper snake does not leave the mind. On May 31,...
Sylhet Bureau : Listed Singer and music artist of Bangladesh Betar Sylhet Kendra poet Siraj Anwar is no more. He died on Thursday (June 20) at 8 am while undergoing treatment at Northeast Medical College Hospital. At the time of his death, he left behind a son and 3 daughters and a number of well-wishers. The funeral prayers of the deceased were held at Goalgaon Shahi Eidgah Maidan in South Surma’s Lalabazar Union on Thursday. The funeral was attended by...
Moulvibazar Correspondent : Three people, including a schoolgirl, died after drowning in flood water in Moulvibazar. A child and a teenager died after drowning in flood water in Shyamerkona village of Chandnighat Union of Moulvibazar Sadar Upazila on Thursday. The deceased are Pachan Mia, Chadi Mia (8) and Hriday Mia (17) of West Shamerkona village. Besides, a student named Ayesa Begum (12) died after drowning in flood water in Baralekha upazila. The incident took place in Bhagadahar village of the...
National Desk : Scientists of the Entomology Division of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) are testing the efficacy of organic pesticides to ensure safe vegetable production. United Commercial Bank PLC (UCB) has lent a hand to the scientists under its Agro-CSR project to do this job properly. They conducted this experimental research in the farmlands of the farmers hailing from Bogura and Rangpur. Dr Nirmal Chandra, Mustafizur Rahman, Harun or Rashid and other scientists are in the research team. Under...
Sylhet Bureau : Dr. Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP Acting Chairman Tariq Rahman and a renowned doctor hailing from greater Sylhet, celebrated her birthday in Sylhet on Wednesday. To mark the occasion, Sylhet Jubo Dal organized a food distribution event for flood victims on Wednesday (June 19) at 3 pm. Packets of cooked food were distributed among the flood-affected people in the Kadmatoli Point area of the city. The event was presided over by Sylhet District Jubo Dal President Advocate...
BSS, Rajshahi : Role of the Right to Information (RTI) Act is very important towards elevating living and livelihood conditions of the marginalized women together with achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Apart from this, RTI has important roles to hasten the social development process besides ensuring transparency, accountability and good governance in public offices. However, due efforts are progressing to empower women through need-based interventions side by side with strengthening governmental and civil society institutions and expanding networks for...
BSS, Gopalganj : A day-long medical camp was held today at Sheikh Sayera Khatun Medical College Hospital here with the initiative of Awami League (AL) Presidium Member Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, MP, to provide treatment and medicine to the poor patients free of cost. Chairman of the Kidney Disease Department of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Professor Dr Mohammad Nazrul Islam inaugurated the medical camp as the chief guest. Professor Dr Mohammad Nazrul Islam, chairman of the kidney disease...