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High price inspires farmers to cultivate onion seed

High price inspires farmers to cultivate onion seed

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-03-29 08:44:24

Farmers in Naogaon district tend to concentrate on onion seed production due to high market price for the last two years. A good number of peasants are producing the seed on large scale and selling t...

Dhaka's water crisis returns   

Dhaka's water crisis returns  

-- 2021-03-28 21:54:59

The bite of summer continues to get severer with every passing year in the capital. The natural adversity accompanies a lot of public ordeals. Scarcity of safe water is dominant among them. Just two w...

Gov to take strict stance against anarchy, home minister warns

Gov to take strict stance against anarchy, home minister warns

-- 2021-03-28 21:33:35

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Sunday the government will take a strict stance to prevent all kind of anarchy and secure people’s lives and properties The minister came up with the war...

RNPP unit 2 hydraulic tests completed

RNPP unit 2 hydraulic tests completed

-- 2021-03-28 21:29:45

Hydraulic tests on the nuclear reactor pressure vessel of unit - of the under-construction Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) has been completed. Atommash - part of Atomenergomash, the engineering di...

Hefajat's dawn-to-dust hartal marked by violence ends

Hefajat's dawn-to-dust hartal marked by violence ends

-- 2021-03-28 20:26:10

Hefajat-e-Islam has announced doa mahfil and demonstration programmes for Monday seeking justice for its activists killed during Friday and Saturday’s clashes with police. The group announced t...

Lack of evidence, financial help hurting Bangladesh’s human trafficking cases: Study

Lack of evidence, financial help hurting Bangladesh’s human trafficking cases: Study

-- 2021-03-28 18:51:27

Many of the thousands of human trafficking cases that are stuck in Bangladesh’s justice system are being hampered by a lack of evidence from foreign authorities and scant financial support for v...

Bangladesh registers 3,908 new virus cases, highest daily count in nine months   

Bangladesh registers 3,908 new virus cases, highest daily count in nine months  

-- 2021-03-28 16:34:07

Bangladesh has logged 3,908 new cases of coronavirus infection, the highest daily count since July 2 of last year, taking the tally of infections to 595,714. The death toll climbed to 8,904 after 3...

PM reiterates call to wear masks, maintain health guidelines

PM reiterates call to wear masks, maintain health guidelines

-- 2021-03-28 16:33:07

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday reiterated her call to the countrymen to wear facemasks alongside maintaining the health guidelines. She also asked the authorities concerned to take prompt mea...

Bangladesh High Commission in Brunei celebrates Golden Jubilee of independence

Bangladesh High Commission in Brunei celebrates Golden Jubilee of independence

-- 2021-03-28 16:28:02

The High Commission of Bangladesh in Bandar Seri Begawan celebrated the Golden Jubilee of Bangladesh’s independence in a jubilant manner on 26 March 2021. Ms Nahida Rahman Shumona, the High Com...

Chamber judge halts Erfan Selim’s bail in case over ‘assaulting’ navy officer

Chamber judge halts Erfan Selim’s bail in case over ‘assaulting’ navy officer

-- 2021-03-28 16:17:50

An Appellate Division judge has halted the High Court bail granted to Erfan Selim, son of MP Haji Selim, in a case over ‘assaulting’ a navy officer at Dhanmondi in October. Justice Obaidu...

Hefazat activists go on rampage in Brahmanbaria, attack train

Hefazat activists go on rampage in Brahmanbaria, attack train

-- 2021-03-28 15:02:07

Hefazat-e-Islam activists attacked a Chattogram-bound train at Talshohor Rail Station in Brahmanbaria town during the Hefazat’s countrywide hartal. Train communications between Dhaka-Chattogram...

Rain likely in next two days in parts of country

Rain likely in next two days in parts of country

FE Online Report 2021-03-28 13:23:30

Rain or thundershower is likely to occur in different regions across the country on Monday and Tuesday, according to an official at Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD). Mild to a moderate heat...

Hefazat’s countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal underway

Hefazat’s countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal underway

-- 2021-03-28 11:29:55

The countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced by Hefazat-e-Islam protesting police action on their anti-Modi processions in Dhaka, Chattogram and other districts is underway on Sunday. The Hefazat sup...

Bumper output, high price delight horseradish growers

Bumper output, high price delight horseradish growers

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-03-28 10:21:14

JHENAIDAH: Growers of Horseradish, locally known as sajina, in Jhenaidah district are delighted over both bumper production and fair price of the high value easily cultivable vegetable this season....

Anti-Modi protests leave five killed, dozens injured

Anti-Modi protests leave five killed, dozens injured

REUTERS 2021-03-28 08:26:33

At least five people were killed and dozens injured in police gunfire in eastern Bangladesh on Saturday, a hospital doctor said, as security forces tried to quell protests against the visit of Indian...

Ministry, ILO team up to protect migrant workers

Ministry, ILO team up to protect migrant workers

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-03-27 21:58:32

The Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and launched three online-based repor...

Modi for ground-level cooperation to check all border incidents

Modi for ground-level cooperation to check all border incidents

-- 2021-03-27 21:38:25

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said ground-level cooperation is needed to check all those incidents happening along the India-Bangladesh border. The Indian Prime Minister came up wit...

Bangladesh, India sign five MoUs to enhance cooperation

Bangladesh, India sign five MoUs to enhance cooperation

-- 2021-03-27 20:30:09

Bangladesh and India have signed five memoranda of understanding or MoU in Dhaka to enhance cooperation in disaster management, trade, IT and sports among other fields. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a...

Ensuring girls’ safety, security will reduce child marriage in Bhola, study shows

Ensuring girls’ safety, security will reduce child marriage in Bhola, study shows

-- 2021-03-27 19:51:34

Although the rate of child marriage has decreased in the country due to various government initiatives, child marriage rate in Bhola district is still worrying. The rate of under-15 child marriage at...

‘Bangladesh, India for progress of whole world’  

‘Bangladesh, India for progress of whole world’  

-- 2021-03-27 19:32:51

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday underlined that both Bangladesh and India want to see the progress of the whole world through their own development and progress. Both countries want s...

Hasina, Modi meet as Bangladesh, India are set to sign MoUs

Hasina, Modi meet as Bangladesh, India are set to sign MoUs

-- 2021-03-27 18:14:24

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart have met in a summit in Dhaka after which Bangladesh and India will sign several memoranda of understanding. The two leaders are also expected...

Govt deploys BGB troops across country

Govt deploys BGB troops across country

-- 2021-03-27 16:56:12

The government has deployed members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at different parts of the country, including the capital, for assisting the civil administration. Lieutenant Colonel Faizur Rahman...

Bangladesh logs 39 virus deaths, highest daily spike in 14 weeks

Bangladesh logs 39 virus deaths, highest daily spike in 14 weeks

-- 2021-03-27 16:53:44

Bangladesh has logged 3,674 new cases of the coronavirus, the highest daily count since Jul 2, taking the tally of infections to 591,806. The death toll climbed to 8,869 after 39 fatalities, the high...

Veteran singer Namita Ghosh no more

Veteran singer Namita Ghosh no more

-- 2021-03-27 16:26:25

Veteran Singer Namita Ghosh, a vocalist for Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, died in Dhaka on Saturday. She was 63. Namita breathed her last at a hospital in the capital. She left behind three brothers...

The making of a megacity: How Dhaka transformed in 50 years

The making of a megacity: How Dhaka transformed in 50 years

-- 2021-03-27 16:11:17

The following report appeared on theguardian.com on March 26 2021. On the banks of the Buriganga, Old Dhaka’s boatmen only ever rest a moment before making their return journey, endlessly fer...

Stopovers at Brahmanbaria station to remain suspended until signal system restores

Stopovers at Brahmanbaria station to remain suspended until signal system restores

FE Online Report 2021-03-27 15:16:59

Stopovers of trains at Brahmanbaria Railway Station will remain suspended until further notice following the attack in the station, an official of the Railway Ministry said on Saturday.  Several...

UNICEF urges int’l community to step up funding support for fire-hit Rohingyas

UNICEF urges int’l community to step up funding support for fire-hit Rohingyas

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-03-27 13:36:10

Amidst this latest round of displacement due to the fire at Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, UNICEF urged the international community to step up its funding support for their immediate as...

Modi pays tribute to Bangabandhu in Tungipara

Modi pays tribute to Bangabandhu in Tungipara

-- 2021-03-27 12:42:41

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has paid tribute to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at his final resting place in Tungipara on the second day of his Bangladesh visit. Modi reached the mausoleum...

Hasina-Modi talks to focus on connectivity, trade, health

Hasina-Modi talks to focus on connectivity, trade, health

-- 2021-03-27 12:36:27

Visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sits with Bangladesh head of the government Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka this (Saturday) afternoon. They are expected to have "substantive discussions" with th...

Scepticism about win-win physical connectivity with neighbours

Scepticism about win-win physical connectivity with neighbours

MUNIMA SULTANA 2021-03-27 08:52:05

Bangladesh has gradually been readying its physical infrastructure for establishing connectivity with its neighbouring countries for the last 50 years but experts are still sceptical of a win-win situ...