Our Correspondent 2019-07-22 21:08:46
RANGPUR, July 22: With the recession of flood water, erosion by the Teesta river has taken a devastating turn, devouring a large portion of the flood control dyke at Char Binbina village at Kolk...
Our Correspondent 2019-07-22 21:07:54
BOGURA, July 22: Cattle rearers of Sonatola, Sariakandi and Dhunot upazilas of the district are facing acute fodder crisis as a vast area of pasture land has been submerged by flooding of the mighty J...
Our Correspondent 2019-07-22 21:06:50
RAJSHAHI, July 22: He is popularly known in the locality as 'Pepper Eater Mobarak' from his boyhood. He eats green, red chilli or pepper like that of chocolates. He can chew and consume at least one...
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The month-long National Tree Plantation Campaign and Fair-2019 has got an overwhelming response from plant and nature lovers as saplings worth around Tk 110 million were sold during the fair. The fai...
FE Online Report 2019-07-22 19:07:37
Professor Abul Barkat, president of Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA), has protested Priya Saha’s misinterpreting data from his study. Earlier, Priya Saha was criticised for telling US Pres...
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The High Court (HC) on Monday summoned the chief health officers of the capitals’ two city corporations to appear before it on July 25 and explain their failure in controlling mosquitoes in Dhak...
-- 2019-07-22 18:06:06
Civil Surgeon of Habiganj died at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College & Hospital (SBMCH) in Dhaka on Sunday night reportedly after being affected by dengue virus. Confirming the death, Shah Alam,...
-- 2019-07-22 18:05:31
A Dhaka court on Monday granted a four-day remand to interrogate three accused, arrested in the case lodged over lynching of an innocent woman in capital’s North Badda area on July 20, Dhaka Me...
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BRAC has allocated Tk 5.0 million as flood relief across the country on top of their ongoing programme of distributing food and cash among 7,644 families in 30 upazilas. The non-government organisat...
-- 2019-07-22 15:26:00
Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York Ambassador Masud Bin Momen has urged the NAM member states, including the ASEAN neighbours of Myanmar, to remain engaged and pu...
-- 2019-07-22 15:16:37
Roads damaged by floods across the country will be repaired before the rush of Eid-ul-Azha sets in, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said. "They are already being repaired on an...
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Two people, including a retired army person, were killed and another one was injured in two separate road accidents in Chapainawabganj districts on Monday. The deceased were identified as ret...
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Gas stations across the country will remain open for 24 hours for 10 days to facilitate people’s homebound journey to celebrate the Eid-ul-Azha, which may fall on August 12. “The movement...
-- 2019-07-22 14:09:28
Rescuers continued their operation till Monday afternoon after a Taxicab plunged into a canal connecting to the Turag River at Aminbazar area of Savar upazila of Dhaka on Sunday night. Divers along w...
-- 2019-07-22 14:00:10
Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain has called for holding a national dialogue to find ways to effectively overcome the natural disaster. Stating that the government cannot alone tackle the current...
FE Online Report 2019-07-22 13:23:19
Around 60 workers and employees of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC), including drivers and mechanics, have put the head office at Motijheel in Dhaka city under lock and key demanding their...
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General students of Dhaka University (DU) put the academic and the administrative buildings under lock and key on Monday morning demanding an end to the university's affiliation with seven colleges....
-- 2019-07-22 11:22:52
A father was stabbed to death allegedly by his deranged son at Durgabari in Srinagar upazila of Munshiganj district early Monday. The deceased was identified as Shahed Ali, 60, of Shologhar union in...
-- 2019-07-22 11:08:05
Police have arrested three people from Ali Mor area in Uttar Badda in Dhaka in connection with the lynching a woman on Saturday following a child-lifting rumour. The arrestees are Md Bacchu Mia, 28,...
FE Report 2019-07-22 10:28:00
Sixty-four people died in the past eleven days because of floods nationwide and thousands are at risk amid a dearth of food and water, official sources said. Floodwaters in the north continued to rec...
Our Correspondent 2019-07-21 21:34:31
RANGPUR, July 21: The cattle rearers in different areas under Rangpur division are apprehensive about making expected profit this year from the sale of sacrificial animals due to the ongoing flood sit...
Our Correspondent 2019-07-21 21:33:28
GOPALGANJ, July 21: Sugarcane cultivation is gaining popularity among the farmers of Kasiani upazila in the district. According to the Kasiani upazila agriculture office sources, about 200 hectares o...
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President Abdul Hamid on Sunday said irregularities in fisheries and livestock sectors must be strictly prevented to continue the trend of development of these sectors. "Any irregularity in fisheries...
-- 2019-07-21 20:34:50
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested 14 members of a teenagers gang named 'First Hitter Boss' or "FHB" from the city's Uttara on Saturday night. The arrestees are Bishu Chandra Shil, 20, Nay...
FE Online Report 2019-07-21 20:22:57
The government has finalised two master plans to free rivers in the capital and port city from grabbers and pollutions. Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Minister Md Tajul Islam said it t...
-- 2019-07-21 20:05:16
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has found involvement of 23 people in the alleged embezzlement of about 144,000 tonnes of coal worth over Tk 2.43 billion from Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limi...
-- 2019-07-21 20:03:02
Suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman was shown arrested in a case over bribing an official of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Dhaka Senior Special Judge AKM Emrul K...
-- 2019-07-21 19:19:02
A court in Barguna on Sunday rejected the bail petition of Aysha Siddika Minni, wife of Rifat Sharif, in a case over the killing of her husband in the town. Barguna Senior Judicial Magistrate Sirajul...
-- 2019-07-21 18:10:34
Prime Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Sunday said the US Embassy in Dhaka is the one that had an "ulterior motive" mentioning that they picked Priya Saha because they knew she would...
-- 2019-07-21 17:48:46
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that ruling Awami League imported the deadly dengue virus in 1997. "Awami League imported the deadly dengue virus in 1997, and later A...
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