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Fire guts 22 shops in Rangamati

Fire guts 22 shops in Rangamati

-- 2018-09-26 11:09:23

At least 22 shops were gutted as a fire broke out at a local market in Kaukhali area of Rangamati sadar upazila early Wednesday. The fire broke out around 3:00am at a shop of Azam Market and soon spr...

Veg farming on floating beds gains popularity  in Gopalganj

Veg farming on floating beds gains popularity in Gopalganj

Our Correspondent 2018-09-25 21:13:04

GOPALGANJ, Sept 25: Vegetable cultivation on floating beds is gaining popularity in the district. Some 3,500 farmers across the district are now growing varieties of vegetable on such land. Accordin...

Transplantation of T-Aman paddy seedlings nears completion

Transplantation of T-Aman paddy seedlings nears completion

Our Correspondent 2018-09-25 21:12:10

SYLHET, Sept 25: Farmers in Sylhet division are about to finish transplanting T-Aman paddy seedlings during the current season. Already the target is surpassed, but on some pocket areas the transplan...

Bottle gourd cultivation  expanding in Rangpur  for high yield

Bottle gourd cultivation expanding in Rangpur for high yield

Our Correspondent 2018-09-25 21:11:12

RANGPUR, Sept 25: Farmers of different upazilas in the district are becoming financially benefited by growing bottle gourd on their land in recent years. Due to congenial weather, low labour cost and...

Padma erosion turns serious in Harirampur

Padma erosion turns serious in Harirampur

-- 2018-09-25 20:54:41

Rising water in Padma river devoured a hundred houses over the last one week rendering more than 300 families homeless in Harirampur in Manikganj. Many others were under the threat of devastating riv...

Police recover 11 bombs in Habiganj

Police recover 11 bombs in Habiganj

-- 2018-09-25 16:44:14

Police in a drive recovered six crude bombs and five petrol bombs from Rakhi village in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj district early Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, a team of police conducted a drive...

Three to die for housewife murder in Madaripur

Three to die for housewife murder in Madaripur

-- 2018-09-25 16:11:18

A court in Madaripur on Tuesday sentenced three people to death for killing a housewife in Rocketbiri area of the district town in 2013. District and Sessions Judge Sharif Uddin Ahmed announced the v...

Five die as truck rams into crowd in Chattogram

Five die as truck rams into crowd in Chattogram

-- 2018-09-25 11:10:55

Four auto-rickshaw drivers and a passenger were killed while two others injured as a speeding truck rammed into a crowd at an auto-rickshaw stand in Thakurdighi area of Mirsharai upazila on Tuesday mo...

Pottery industry in Badalgachhi on the  verge of extinction

Pottery industry in Badalgachhi on the verge of extinction

Our Correspondent 2018-09-24 21:40:37

NAOGAON, Sept 24: The traditional pottery industry in Badalgachhi upazila of the district is on the verge of extinction. Hundreds of potters in the area have been thrown into uncertainty. Many potter...

Two die as bus hits bike in Magura

Two die as bus hits bike in Magura

-- 2018-09-24 11:03:21

Two people were killed as a speedy bus hit their motorcycle at Magura-Kamarkhali road in the district on early Monday. The deceased have been identified as Moniruddin Talukder, 38, son of Shahjahan T...

Three die in Kishoreganj road crash

Three die in Kishoreganj road crash

-- 2018-09-23 20:19:43

Three people, including a child, died in a road accident in Kishoreganj district on Sunday. The accident took place when a bus crashed into a motorcycle on Kishoreganj-Mymensingh Highway at Daukia ar...

Rail link with five districts resumes after 26 hrs

Rail link with five districts resumes after 26 hrs

-- 2018-09-23 19:35:38

The rail communications of five districts with other parts of the country resumed after 26 hours of suspension on Sunday afternoon. The rail communications were suspended on Saturday morning as heavy...

Alcohol overdose kills youth in Satkhira

Alcohol overdose kills youth in Satkhira

-- 2018-09-23 15:56:34

A young man died after allegedly taking 'too much foreign made alcohol' at Shuktia village in Patkelghata upazila of Satkhira early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Kamal Gazi, 27, son of Abdul...

Chattogram road crash leaves two dead

Chattogram road crash leaves two dead

-- 2018-09-23 14:13:05

Two people were killed following a collision among a car, a microbus, and a parked CNG-run auto rickshaw at Panchlaish area in the port city early Sunday. The deceased have been identified as car pas...

Rearing ducks becomes boon for Rajshahi villagers

Rearing ducks becomes boon for Rajshahi villagers

-- 2018-09-23 11:49:58

Rashida Begum, 45, a resident of Beel Sohar village under Tanore upazila, has been able to break the poverty cycle after finding the way of a better livelihood though self-employment. Earning money f...

Minor boy dies in Gopalganj road crash

Minor boy dies in Gopalganj road crash

-- 2018-09-23 10:09:28

A minor boy was crushed under a bus in Kadampur area of Muksudpur upazila of the district on Sunday morning. The deceased has been identified as Pappi, 7, son of Nibash Das, hailing from Nagarkanda u...

Man held with human skeleton in Munshiganj

Man held with human skeleton in Munshiganj

-- 2018-09-22 20:50:18

Police arrested a man along with a human skeleton from Malkhangar area under Sirajdikhan upazila in Munshiganj on Sunday. The arrestee was identified as Md Saiful Islam, 40, son of late Abul Hossain...

Road crash leaves two dead in Sylhet

Road crash leaves two dead in Sylhet

-- 2018-09-22 19:44:29

Two workers of Sylhet Palli Bidyut Samity (Rural Electricity Board) were killed and three others injured as a bus hit a van defying a red flag signal at Gazia under Osmaninagar upazila in Sylhet on Sa...

Stress on joint efforts to ensure Chattogram’s development

Stress on joint efforts to ensure Chattogram’s development

-- 2018-09-22 17:34:42

Speakers at a view-exchange meeting in Chattogram on Saturday laid emphasis on working together to highlight the prospects and challenges of Chattogram and make it an environment-friendly sustainable...

Cops recover bodies of two RMG workers in Savar

Cops recover bodies of two RMG workers in Savar

-- 2018-09-22 13:27:42

Police recovered the bodies of two garment workers from separate areas in Savar on Saturday morning. According to Abul Kashem, sub-inspector of Savar Model Police Station, they recovered the body of...

Police recover grenade in Natore

Police recover grenade in Natore

FE Online Desk 2018-09-22 11:45:48

Police have recovered a grenade as labourers found it while digging soil for constructing a drain in Madrasa intersection area of Natore district town on Saturday morning. Natore Police Station&rsquo...

Boat procession to save Bhairab river in Jashore

Boat procession to save Bhairab river in Jashore

-- 2018-09-21 18:14:49

A boat procession was held in the Bhairab river on Friday to create awareness in saving the river from pollution and grabbing, reports UNB. Make Clean and Safe Noapara Association organised the boat...

Three young girls return home after serving jail in India

Three young girls return home after serving jail in India

-- 2018-09-21 17:05:20

Three Bangladeshi young girls returned home through Benapole check post in Jashore on Friday after serving three years jail in India. Abdul Wahab, commanding officer of Benapole Checkpost BGB, said I...

Electrocution kills four in Cumilla

Electrocution kills four in Cumilla

-- 2018-09-21 15:08:56

At least four people, including three members of a family, died from electrocution after a live power line of Palli Bidyut Samity fell on their autorickshaw in Cumilla’s Langalkot upazila on Fri...

Dhaka-Mymensingh rail link resumes after 15 hrs

Dhaka-Mymensingh rail link resumes after 15 hrs

-- 2018-09-21 13:16:54

The train communications between Dhaka and Mymensingh resumed after 15 hours of suspension due to the derailment of a train at Fatemanagar in Trishal Upazila of Mymensingh district on Friday, reports...

Khulna road crash kills two

Khulna road crash kills two

-- 2018-09-21 12:35:36

Two people were killed when a truck crashed into a motorbike on Khulna-Satkhira road at Jilerdanga in Dumuria Upazila of Khulna district on Thursday night, reports UNB. The deceased were identified a...

Three die, 20 hurt in Rajshahi road crash

Three die, 20 hurt in Rajshahi road crash

-- 2018-09-21 11:34:51

Three people were killed and at least 20 others injured when a bus rammed into a truck stranded on roadside in Tarapur area on Dhaka-Rajshahi highway under Puthiya upazila in Rajshahi district today (...

Rajshahi women attain self-reliance by producing silk-yarn

Rajshahi women attain self-reliance by producing silk-yarn

Our Correspondent 2018-09-20 20:44:22

RAJSHAHI, Sept 20: Hundreds of people, mostly women, in Bagha and Charghat upazilas of the district are improving their living standard by producing silk-yarn. With the training and financial support...

Four workers burnt in Gazipur mill blast

Four workers burnt in Gazipur mill blast

-- 2018-09-20 18:51:10

Four construction workers sustained burn injuries in an explosion in the compressor room of a spinning and knitting mill under Kaliakoir upazila in Gazipur on Thursday. The injured were identified as...

Bus runs over motorcyclist in Narail

Bus runs over motorcyclist in Narail

-- 2018-09-20 14:58:35

A motorcyclist was killed in a road accident at Semakhali-Laskerpur intersection crossing in sadar upazila of Narail district on Thursday morning. Police said the deceased was identified as Akash She...