Communities around the world rely on concrete as a safe, strong and simple building material. It is used in all types of construction; from domestic work to multi-storey office buildings and shopping complexes. Despite the common usage of concrete, few people are aware of the considerations involved in designing strong, durable and high quality concrete. For this reason, it is important to know the properties of plain concrete. The study was undertaken to know the tensile strength of plain concrete and to investigate the effect of bamboo fibre reinforcement in the concrete. For this purpose, cement, sand, brick chips, stone chips and bamboo fibre were used with different proportions (1:2:4, 1:2.5.5 and 1:3:6) to cast concrete cylinder. The concrete cylinders were tested by the compression testing machine to observe their strength after required curing. Highest strength was obtained for stone chips rather than brick chips. Further cylinders were casted with bamboo fibre. It was found that the tensile strength began to climb up and it was maximum for stone chips containing 1% bamboo fiber. Beyond 1% bamboo fibre the tensile strength tends to decrease for both the aggregates. Among three mix proportions, 1:2:4 was more significant as it showed the highest strength in all cases.