4.38 lakh out of 4.53 lakh hectares have already been harvested Farmers have completed harvesting 97 percent paddy of haor areas in Sylhet, Moulvibazar, Habiganj, Sunamganj, Kishoreganj, Netrokona and Brahmanbaria. In the seven districts, farmers cultivated boro in 4.53 lakh hectares this year, of which 4.38 lakh hectares have already been harvested. The government has…

Three people including two cleaning workers of Gazipur City Corporation were injured when a bus hit the city corporation’s garbage truck from backside on the Konabari flyover in the city today. The accident took place around 1:00pm when cleaning workers Majnu Mia and Swapan Mia were engaged in cleaning the garbage of the truck. Yamin,…

At least 128 members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) took refuge in Bangladesh through the Naf river near Shahporir Dwip in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar today and yesterday amid the ongoing conflict between the junta forces and rebel Arakan Army. Of them, BGB troops came into Bangladesh through Kanchan jetty under Sabrang union around…

After a month-long severe heatwave, Dhaka experienced rain and thundershowers in parts of the capital last night. There were reports of rain in Mirpur, Karwan Bazar, Kamalapur, Uttara, Agargaon, Gulshan, Banani, Niketan, Khilgaon, and Nakhalpara, among other areas, Monowar Hossain, a meteorologist at the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, told The Daily Star. According to the BMD,…