They were barren hills of the Chittagong Hill Tracts a few years back, but now they have become a big source of fruits in the country.

Litchi growers are now happy with the bumper production and lucrative price of the juicy and fleshy seasonal fruit that has already appeared in local markets of the northern districts.

Pesticide-free vegetables have become a rarity, even in rural areas, nowadays. But some 45 female farmers have created new opportunities for three villages in Kaliganj upazila of Jhenidah.

The government is going to impose 10 percent duty on rice import from Sunday to curb import of the staple food.

The students of journalism and media department of Jahangirnagar University blocks the Dhaka-Aricha highway, protesting the assault of a teacher by police last night.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines is expecting to resume flights to the USA within this year after upgrading the existing category of Bangladesh's aviation regulator.

Blood money for all the 19 Bangladeshi workers who died in a 2013 road crash in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been paid to their families.

Two including a union parishad member have been killed and five others injured in Sharsha upazila of Jessore centering a feud over cutting trees.

An indigenous youth was killed today in a gunfight between security forces and an armed group in Sajek union of Baghaichhari upazila, Rangamati.

Over 500 families have been marooned and hundreds of acres of paddy field and around 100 shrimp enclosures washed away following the sudden embankment collapse on the Shibsha River in Dakope upazila under the district on Tuesday morning, said local public representatives.

The government will provide Tk 30.21 crore to 2.10 lakh farmers in 48 districts as incentives to boost Aus rice production during the upcoming season that begins in early May.

Waliullah, manager of Bangladesh Commerce Bank's Kathgora branch, just got his promotion letter before he was killed in a robbery attempt at his branch in Savar.

Farmers of Poisafela village in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila are worried that they may not get the crop from their boro fields as the paddy plants have been badly affected by the toxic gas of a nearby brick kiln.

A housewife allegedly committed suicide in New Colony area under Parbatipur upazila of the district yesterday.

Three Bangladeshi nationals returned home on Sunday night after serving two years in an Indian jail.

A suspect today told a metropolitan magistrate in Dhaka that seven to eight including Zikurullah and Ariful Islam were involved in the killing of blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Babu.

Five Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders and activists are sued in connection with a factional clash that left 10 injured at Rangpur Medical College.

Conversion of fertile paddy and jute lands into tobacco farming has to be halted immediately and expansion of tobacco acreage has

A mob beat two suspected robbers to death while they were trying to flee after committing a robbery at Savar, on the outskirts area of Dhaka.

Watermelon growers of Panchagarh district are happy with this year's bumper yield and satisfactory price of their produce in local