Within over a decade, average production of paddy has decreased in Pirojpur though it is one of the important districts in growing paddy in the southern areas of the country. But of the Aus, Aman and Boro, the production of Boro has increased during this period.

The Government of Bangladesh has appointed Mohammad Sarwar Mahmood as the next ambassador to Spain.

A motorcyclist was killed and a person was injured after they were hit by a covered van in Sharankhola upazila of Bagerhat today.

Two people were killed and six others injured today in a head-on-collision between a bus and a truck on the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway in Lohagara upazila under Chattogram.

A policeman was killed in a road accident while on a walk in Natore town this morning.

All universities will reopen on May 24, after Eid-ul-Fitr, Education Minister Dipu Moni said in a press briefing this afternoon.

A teenage girl was raped allegedly by one of her neighbouring youths in Sujanagar upazila on Friday night.

Jurachhari Upazila Health Complex, the only medical centre for the health services of 40,000 people in Jurachhari, the most remote upazila of Rangamati district, is in a dilapidated condition.

After nearly two decades of waiting around for the authorities to take steps, farmers in Baufal upazila finally decided to restore a two-kilometre long dormant canal on their own.

A bicyclist was killed after a trolley crashed into his bicycle in Khulna’s Rupsha upazila this afternoon.

Six people were killed and 13 were injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Sherpur upazila of Bogura early today.

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have paid their glowing tributes to the martyrs of the historic Language Movement in 1952 on the occasion of Amar Ekushey and the International Mother Language Day.

A local journalist, who was bullet-hit in clashes between two factions of ruling Awami League over establishing supremacy in Companiganj upazila of Noakhali, died at a Dhaka hospital.

A man was killed and 10 others were injured in a clash between two rival groups of villagers over establishing supremacy in Madaripur Sadar upazila yesterday.

A man was killed and at least 10 others were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers centring a feud allegedly over a disputed land in Gopalganj’s Kotalipara upazila on Friday.

A woman was killed and three others, including her husband, were injured in an attack allegedly carried out by a local union parishad (UP) chairman and his men in Meghna upazila on Friday night.

‘Bhim Er Maayer Chula’ is mentioned as one of the seven prominent tourist destinations in Nilphamari on the official website of the district, http://www.nilphamari.gov.bd/site/view/tourist_spot.

The deadline for rehabilitation work of Kulaura-Shahbazpur railway track in Moulvibazar has expired again but only 30 percent of work has been completed.

Students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology demonstrated and locked down the university vice-chancellor’s residence for hours to press home their demand for reopening of the halls, which have been closed amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Police recovered the body of a newborn at Ghop Naoapara area in Jashore this evening.