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Reopening of Mogholhat checkpoint emphasised to facilitate travel

Reopening of Mogholhat checkpoint emphasised to facilitate travel

OUR CORRESPONDENT, LALMONIRHAT 2021-12-06 10:32:17

The leaders of business community and civil society have called on the government to take proper steps to reopen the Mogolhat Land Customs Checkpoint of Sadar upazila. If this happens, people of both...

Boro seedbeds in the making in Netrakona fields

Boro seedbeds in the making in Netrakona fields

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-12-06 09:04:47

NETRAKONA: The farmers in the district are busy preparing seedbeds and seedlings of Boro paddy in Haor areas as the Aman cultivation is over. According to the Netrakona Agricultural Extension Departm...

Two ‘robbers’ killed in Bhola ‘gunfight’

Two ‘robbers’ killed in Bhola ‘gunfight’

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-05 14:40:52

Two suspected robbers were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Char Kukri Mukri in Charfashion upazila of Bhola district on Sunday. The identities of th...

Lax security threatens Cox's Bazar airport

Lax security threatens Cox's Bazar airport

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-12-05 09:23:34

COX'S BAZAR: A day after a Biman plane hit two cows on the runway while taking off from Cox's Bazar airport, this correspondent found lax security at the airport. The boundary walls are broken due...

Microbus-auto collision kills two in Chapainawabganj

Microbus-auto collision kills two in Chapainawabganj

-- 2021-12-03 20:21:09

Two people were killed and three others injured in a microbus-auto-rickshaw collision on Chapainawabganj-Sonamasjid land port road in Shibganj Upazila of Chapainawabganj on Friday. The deceased were...

Road accidents kill six people in four districts

Road accidents kill six people in four districts

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-03 19:48:19

At least six people were killed in separate road accidents in Chandpur, Rajshahi, Pabna and Chattogram districts on Thursday night and Friday. Among the deceased, three were killed in Chandpur and th...

Farmers suffer as dealers charge higher fixed price for fertilisers

Farmers suffer as dealers charge higher fixed price for fertilisers

OUR CORRESPONDENT, SYLHET 2021-12-03 09:32:20

Fertiliser dealers of the haor upazilas in Sunamganj have been extracting additional price from the farmers, alleged a number of locals. Krishak Sangram Parishad leader Khairul Bashar Thakur of Badsh...

Chattogram at high risk of earthquake

Chattogram at high risk of earthquake

NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL, CHATTOGRAM 2021-12-01 09:01:02

Chattogram and its adjoining areas are at high risk of earthquake, experts said. If an earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter scale hits Chattogram, more than 0.15 million buildings could be destroyed...

Salt farmers fear losses

Salt farmers fear losses

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-11-29 09:59:33

COX'S BAZAR: Salt farmers have requested the government to revise the initial decision of importing edible salt since there is already an ample reserve of salt in the country. According to the Salt F...

BGB recovers Tk 60m worth Yaba from Teknaf

BGB recovers Tk 60m worth Yaba from Teknaf

-- 2021-11-26 17:31:28

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 200,000 pieces of Yaba worth Tk60 million during a drive at Teknaf, the force said on Friday. The illegal drug was being smuggled to Bangladesh from Myanm...

Approach road linking 40 Sylhet villages damaged

Approach road linking 40 Sylhet villages damaged

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-11-25 11:11:31

SYLHET: Thousands of locals have been suffering much due to damage of a major part of the approach of an important link road, connecting the Beheli union parishad and other offices in the district. I...

Lucrative price boosts BARI Halud-1 cultivation in Bogura

Lucrative price boosts BARI Halud-1 cultivation in Bogura

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-11-25 10:45:20

BOGURA: BARI Halud-1 (turmeric) farming is expanding across the district over the last few years. Due to favourable weather condition, peasants are expecting bumper production of the spice this sea...

Humans occupy forest, 28 elephants die in last five years in Cox's Bazar

Humans occupy forest, 28 elephants die in last five years in Cox's Bazar

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-11-23 10:35:37

COX'S BAZAR: After Sherpur and Chattogram, elephant killing is also increasing in Cox's Bazar. According to the Forest Department, 26 elephants had died in Cox's Bazar in the last five years. A gang...

Professional master's opportunity at Swedish Institute Scholarships

Professional master's opportunity at Swedish Institute Scholarships

-- 2021-11-21 16:48:22

Swedish Institute Scholarships for Global Professionals is granting scholarships for international students for the 2021-22 autumn session. Enthusiasts can apply online. Institution - Swedish Insti...

Sunshine Accessories looking for Marketing Executives

Sunshine Accessories looking for Marketing Executives

-- 2021-11-21 15:56:13

Opportunity for Business Management students to work as a Marketing Executive. Name of the company: Sunshine Accessories MFC.BD.LTD (A 100% Foreign Invested Chinese Company) Name of the...

Job opportunity with handsome salary in Dhaka Ahsania Mission

Job opportunity with handsome salary in Dhaka Ahsania Mission

-- 2021-11-21 15:26:33

Dhaka Ahsania Mission is looking for an Admin officer with a handsome salary. Interested candidates can apply online. Name of the post: Admin and Accounts Officer Vacancy - 1 Job Type - Full-time...

Opportunity to work as a HR manager

Opportunity to work as a HR manager

-- 2021-11-21 15:04:38

Lutheran Health Care Bangladesh (LHCB) is looking for a full-time HR & Admin Manager. Name of the post: HR & Admin Manager Vacancy - 1 Job Type - Full-time Educational Requirements- Mast...

Bumper Aman yield makes farmers happy

Bumper Aman yield makes farmers happy

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-11-21 10:06:23

Farmers of Cumilla and Jamalpur districts are happy to achieve bumper production of Aman this season. Meanwhile, peasants are passing busy time harvesting the paddy in full swing in Bogura. Our Cumil...

Four workers suffer burn injuries in Narayanganj rice mill fire

Four workers suffer burn injuries in Narayanganj rice mill fire

-- 2021-11-20 21:27:16

Four workers suffered burn injuries in a fire that broke out at City Auto Rice & Dal Mill at Rupshi area of Rupganj upazila in Narayanganj on Saturday. The injured were identified as Belayert Hos...

Seven suffer burn injuries in Narayanganj cotton factory fire

Seven suffer burn injuries in Narayanganj cotton factory fire

-- 2021-11-19 19:54:53

Seven workers of a cotton factory suffered burn injuries as fire broke out in Narayanjganj's Bandar. The incident occurred on Friday morning in Dhamgor Monirbari area. Upon information, four units o...

Sunscreen during the winter is necessary

Sunscreen during the winter is necessary

A R TAHSEEN JAHAN 2021-11-18 18:48:19

Winter is here. A mild south breeze and dry atmosphere with bright shining sunlight during the day are common phenomena before the arrival of December.  Those who have to go out every single day...

Derelict Chandpur Railway Hospital building requires renovation

Derelict Chandpur Railway Hospital building requires renovation

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-11-18 09:26:59

CHANDPUR: The Chandpur Railway Hospital has remained abandoned for fourteen years. It has been lying in a damaged state after being hit by Cyclone Sidr on November 15, 2007.Since then, no steps have b...

Pilot algae farming project pays off

Pilot algae farming project pays off

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-11-17 10:28:47

COX'S BAZAR: Along the coast of Cox's Bazar, villagers have achieved success in farming algae experimentally. The officials of the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) said the initial...

Sylhet City Corporation cancels tender again to dismantle vulnerable market

Sylhet City Corporation cancels tender again to dismantle vulnerable market

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-11-17 10:26:55

SYLHET: The Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) again retreated from its attempt to reconstruct the 40-year-old 'City Super Market', which was declared vulnerable years ago by the experts. The SCC last wee...

Aman rice harvesting goes on in full swing

Aman rice harvesting goes on in full swing

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-11-16 11:25:17

Aman harvesting is going on in full swing in Tangail and Panchagarh districts with the hope of achieving bumper output this year. Our Tangail Correspondent reports, the harvesting of Aman paddy has...

Ronaldo for Manchester United - blessing, not burden

Ronaldo for Manchester United - blessing, not burden

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2021-11-15 17:03:34

Cristiano Ronaldo came back to Manchester United in what is probably the most high-profile and dramatic transfer season of all time.  Initially headed to Man City, one phone call from Sir Alex F...

Day labourers in a tight corner

Day labourers in a tight corner

OUR CORRESPONDENT, TANGAIL 2021-11-14 10:00:05

A large number of day-labourers are passing very hard time across the district amid seasonal job crisis which will continue until Boro paddy plantation. About 40,000 labourers have to suffer a lot as...

Bogura farmers happy with cauliflower yield, price

Bogura farmers happy with cauliflower yield, price

OUR CORRESPONDENT, BOGURA 2021-11-14 09:54:58

Early cauliflower cultivation has brought smiles on peasants for getting bumper output as well as fair market price in the district this season. Farmers of the district are happy as they are selling...

Brahmanbaria railway station resumes full-scale operation

Brahmanbaria railway station resumes full-scale operation

-- 2021-11-13 19:47:22

Brahmanbaria railway station, which was vandalised and torched by Hefazat-e-Islam activists and supporters on March 26, resumed its full-scale operation on Saturday. The full-fledged operation of the...

Food luxury in Humayun literature

Food luxury in Humayun literature

Anindeta Chowdhury 2021-11-13 19:20:25

When a sincere Humayun reader thinks of mouthwatering food items, burgers, pizza, french fry or any fancy foods are out of the equation.  Because they are obsessed with his deep description of n...