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Excessive eucalyptus plantation poses threat to cultivable land

Excessive eucalyptus plantation poses threat to cultivable land

Our Correspondent 2018-02-23 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Feb 22: Plantation of eucalyptus tree is increasing alarmingly in different upazilas of the district, posing serious harm to environment, cultivable land and human health. According to sourc...

Road crash kills three in Gopalganj

Road crash kills three in Gopalganj

-- 2018-02-22 20:07:16

Three people were killed in a head-on a collision between a bus and a microbus on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Gopinathpur area of sadar upazila on Thursday evening. Two of the deceased was identified as...

Road crashes kill five

Road crashes kill five

-- 2018-02-22 11:48:06

Five people – three in Rangpur and two in Sherpur – were killed in two separate road accidents on Wednesday. In the Rangpur road crash, according to witnesses, 25 people were injured as a...

Stolen Shiva idol found in Ctg after 15 months

Stolen Shiva idol found in Ctg after 15 months

-- 2018-02-22 11:40:17

Police recovered an around 150-year-old Shiva idol, which was stolen 15 months ago, from Uttarvurshi Mallikpara in Boalkhali upazila of Chittagong on Wednesday night. On information, a team of police...

3 killed in road accidents across country

3 killed in road accidents across country

FE Online Desk 2018-02-21 20:14:25

Separate road accidents have left three persons dead and 17 others injured in Chittagong and Jamalpur. In Chittagong, police have identified the dead as Mohiuddin and Probal Das. Both of them were 40...

26 businesses fined for not hoisting flag

26 businesses fined for not hoisting flag

-- 2018-02-21 16:40:17

A mobile court in Jhenaidah on Wednesday fined 26 business organisations in the district town for not hoisting the national flag on the occasion of the International Mother Language Day. Based on a c...

164 flood victims get aid in Gaibandha

164 flood victims get aid in Gaibandha

-- 2018-02-21 13:55:21

A total of 164 flood victims of Kamarjani union under Sadar upazila of the district got TK 1.47 million as donation on Tuesday through the rocket service of Dutch Bangla Mobile Banking. Funded by UKA...

Mango buds in full bloom in Rajshahi, Rangpur

Mango buds in full bloom in Rajshahi, Rangpur

Our Correspondent 2018-02-21 00:30:23

RAJSHAHI, Feb 20: Though it is early of the Bangla month of Falgun, mango buds in many trees of the district are in full bloom. The mango prospect also seems bright during the coming season in great...

Four die in Mymensingh road mishap

Four die in Mymensingh road mishap

-- 2018-02-20 14:37:40

Four people have been killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Mymensingh-Kishoreganj highway at Ram Gopalpur area of Gouripur upazila in Mymen...

Rajshahi road crash takes three lives

Rajshahi road crash takes three lives

-- 2018-02-20 11:44:57

Three people have been killed including a child and at least 20 people injured in a collision between two buses on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj highway in Kamarpara area of Godagari upazila in Rajshahi on...

Fierce fire burns down 30 houses in Rangamati

Fierce fire burns down 30 houses in Rangamati

-- 2018-02-20 10:05:57

Some 30 houses were gutted in a fire that broke out in Tabalchhari BADC Colony of Rangamati city on Monday night. Fire service sources said the fire originated from a candle inside a house of the col...

A flock of ducks move around in a waterbody i

A flock of ducks move around in a waterbody i

-- 2018-02-20 00:15:48

NARAYANGANJ: A flock of ducks move around in a waterbody in Rupganj upazila on Monday. — Focus Bangla

Unabated sand lifting from Teesta  continues in Gangachara

Unabated sand lifting from Teesta continues in Gangachara

Our Correspondent 2018-02-20 00:15:07

Lifting of sand from Teesta river at Mahipur area under Gangachara upazila in Rangpur district is going on unabated, posing serious threat to the second Teesta bridge over the river in the area and al...

Medical teachers, students urge govt to make human skeletons available in local markets

Medical teachers, students urge govt to make human skeletons available in local markets

Our Correspondent 2018-02-20 00:14:13

With the starting of classes of first year MBBS course in all medical colleges of the country,  demand for a human skeleton for each student is felt greatly as that is an essential part of curric...

Habiganj road mishap leaves two dead

Habiganj road mishap leaves two dead

-- 2018-02-19 11:51:23

Two people have been killed after a Sylhet-bound private car collided with a tractor on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Suraboi area of Sayestaganj upazila in Habiganj on Monday morning. Officer-in-Charge of...

Schoolboy dies in Joypurhat mudslide

Schoolboy dies in Joypurhat mudslide

-- 2018-02-19 10:44:16

A schoolboy was killed in a mudslide while working in a brick kiln in Akkelpur municipality area under Joypurhut district on Sunday evening. The deceased was identified as Jany Mandol, 13, only son o...

Rajshahi Sugar Mills fails to achieve production target

Rajshahi Sugar Mills fails to achieve production target

Our Correspondent 2018-02-19 00:10:37

Even after procuring excessive sugarcane against the target, Rajshahi Sugar Mills has failed to achieve its production target during the current crushing season. As a result, RSM is going to incur a h...

Sand lifting from Jamuna poses erosion threat

Sand lifting from Jamuna poses erosion threat

Our Correspondent 2018-02-19 00:09:08

Unabated sand lifting from the Jamuna is going on in Dhunot upazila of the district. Defying the law and order situation, a section of unscrupulous people have been lifting sands from the river causi...

Construction of new building for Gopalganj Sadar Police nears end

Construction of new building for Gopalganj Sadar Police nears end

Our Correspondent 2018-02-19 00:08:14

GOPALGANJ, Feb 18: Construction of a four-storied building of the Gopalganj Sadar Police Station will be completed soon as 99 per cent work have already been finished. According to the officials of t...

27 unauthorised brickfields in operation in Lama

27 unauthorised brickfields in operation in Lama

Our Correspondent 2018-02-17 23:35:11

 Drum chimney and rigid chimney are being used in 27 brickfields openly in Lama upazila of the hilly Bandarban district. These hills have been developed in violation of policy of the forest and i...

Boro cultivation going on in full  swing in Sylhet, Netrakona

Boro cultivation going on in full swing in Sylhet, Netrakona

Our Correspondent 2018-02-17 23:34:39

Boro farming is going on in full swing in Sylhet region. A good number of farmers will continue the paddy cultivation till mid-March, an official said, adding, there is a possibility to exceed the ta...

Police detain three for torching PM's banner

Police detain three for torching PM's banner

-- 2018-02-17 19:29:11

Police have detained three people for their alleged involvement in torching a campaign banner ahead of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit in Rajshahi. The arrested were identified as Papon, 32, Rab...

Expatriate dies in Meherpur road crash

Expatriate dies in Meherpur road crash

-- 2018-02-17 17:08:48

A Saudi expatriate was killed in a road accident on Ashrafpur-Bhobanando road in Meherpur on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Al-Mamun.45, son of late Alim Sheikh, a resident of Rashikpur vil...

Badda road accident kills elderly woman

Badda road accident kills elderly woman

FE Report 2018-02-17 15:07:02

A woman has been killed in a road accident at Fuji Tower area of Badda in the capital on Saturday morning.  The deceased, Rizia Begum (55) was crushed under the wheels of a speedy covered van wh...

Strawberry farming progressing fast in Rajshahi

Strawberry farming progressing fast in Rajshahi

-- 2018-02-17 13:16:22

The cultivation of Strawberry, a succulent fruit popular in different parts of the globe, has been gaining popularity in Rajshahi. Farmers in the region are extending the farming of the fruit because...

Farmers get Tk 10.9m loan in Gaibandha

Farmers get Tk 10.9m loan in Gaibandha

-- 2018-02-17 11:41:10

A total of 190 farmers in Gaibandha received loans of Tk 1.09 crore from banks to boost their agriculture production in the region. The loans were disbursed at the Agri-Loan Disbursement Fair-2018, re...

Police arrests husband for beating wife to death

Police arrests husband for beating wife to death

-- 2018-02-16 20:45:49

A woman was beaten to death reportedly over her husband's extramarital affair at a rice-mill in Parkukrali area of the town on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Sonia Khatun, 25, wife of...

Joypurhat police recover lost SSC answer scripts

Joypurhat police recover lost SSC answer scripts

-- 2018-02-16 18:10:33

Police have recovered the remaining 50 of the 75 secondary school certificate (SSC) examination answer scripts misplaced from an examiner in Joypurhat. On Thursday, high school teacher Golam Sarwar w...

Fire guts 100 shops in Ctg

Fire guts 100 shops in Ctg

-- 2018-02-16 13:17:50

At least 100 shops, including 15 furniture showrooms, were gutted as a fire broke out in a market in City Gate area beside Dhaka-Chittagong highway on Friday morning. Sarwer Jahan, an operator of Agr...

Depletion of flow turns Padma into emaciated stream in Rajshahi

Depletion of flow turns Padma into emaciated stream in Rajshahi

Our Correspondent 2018-02-16 00:27:38

RAJSHAHI, Feb 15: Due to depletion of flow of water, the mighty river Padma near Rajshahi has now turned to dried bed of sand dunes and silts. Every year, the river is losing its navigability with dep...