Armed muggers took away Tk 50 lakh from a youth at Mirzapur upazila headquarters of the district yesterday.

Excessive use of chemicals and pesticides in farming and gardens is the result of poor campaigning and monitoring by the

Good yield of mint in the district this season fails to make farmers happy as they are facing problem to market the aromatic plant

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized sandalwood worth around Tk 17 lakh and arrested a man in this connection under

Police arrested Mohammad Ali Sikder, vice chairman of Nazirpur Upazila Parishad, yesterday. On secret information, a police team raided

Serious irregularities have been alleged regarding the forest department's planned sale of over 4,000 trees in different areas of Amtali

About a quarter of the damages caused by natural disasters in developing countries, including Bangladesh, is borne by the

There is no power in the village, but an initiative by a farmers' cooperative has boosted their hopes of bumper crop yields in the

An alleged robber is killed during a clash with police in Alfadanga upazila of Faridpur

The authorities have imposed a seven-month-long restriction on plying of risky passenger carrying watercrafts, including small

Farmers of Thakurgaon and Panchagarh districts are reaping potatoes in a happy mood as the crop that yielded well this season has good prices too.

Abdul Wares, 40, a sub inspector of Kawnia Police Station, has been sued under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, five days after the rescue of his tortured second wife Habiba Aktar Marufa, 14, from his locked house in front of the police station.

Agriculturists and farmers are expecting bumper yield of wheat in five districts under Rangpur Agriculture Zone this season as the

On a recent visit to southern Bangladesh, my destination was the district of islands - Bhola. The nature of the region has changed a lot

By dint of its gradually increasing demand and lucrative market price, scores of growers have become happy over the maize farming both in rainy and winter seasons in Rajshahi region, especially Barind tract and Chalan Beel areas.

Around 3,000 boro farmers in Saidpur upazila under Nilphamari district have to count more than double the usual cost for irrigation this season as 37 government-owned deep tube-wells did not get power connection from the Rural Electrification Board (REB).