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Bumper radish harvest beckons Cumilla farmers

Bumper radish harvest beckons Cumilla farmers

Our Correspondent 2020-09-09 10:21:09

Farmers are hopeful of reaping a bumper yield of the early winter variety radish in Cumilla in the upcoming season. The peasants who commercially produce vegetables cultivated the crop in a large are...

439 tonnes of rice allocated for fishermen in Rangamati, Khagrachhari

439 tonnes of rice allocated for fishermen in Rangamati, Khagrachhari

FE REPORT 2020-09-08 18:38:20

The government has allocated 439.12 metric tonnes of rice under the Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme to assist the families of fishermen who maintain livelihood by catching fish from the Kapta...

Northern Bangladesh may not see another round of flood though rivers swell

Northern Bangladesh may not see another round of flood though rivers swell

-- 2020-09-07 17:07:59

Water levels of major rivers started rising again following onrush of huge water amid monsoon rains from the upper catchment in India in the Brahmaputra basin during the last 24 hours till at 9:00am t...

Waterlogging now long-standing problem for Bhabdaha people

Waterlogging now long-standing problem for Bhabdaha people

Our Correspondent 2020-09-01 09:48:10

Waterlogging has become a long-standing problem for the people in Bhabdaha area in Jashore district as the Bill Khukshiar Tidal Reservoir (TRM) has remained closed for a long time. Villages Balidha,...

Three die with Covid-like symptoms in Satkhira

Three die with Covid-like symptoms in Satkhira

-- 2020-08-30 20:58:45

Three people, suffering from cold, fever and breathing problems, died in isolation unit of Satkhira General Hospital on Sunday. The deceased are Nesar Ahmed, 65, Jamal Ali and Firoza Khatun, 78. Hos...

Flood situation in Rajshahi division improves

Flood situation in Rajshahi division improves

-- 2020-08-30 17:20:55

Overall flood situation in the Ganges basin improved further today (Sunday) as the water level is declining constantly in most of the rivers for the last couple of days due to dwindling of the onrush...

BGB recovers 140,000 Yaba tablets from Teknaf

BGB recovers 140,000 Yaba tablets from Teknaf

-- 2020-08-30 16:22:28

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have recovered 1.4 lakh contraband Yaba tablets on early Sunday. Lt Col Faisal Hasan Khan, commanding officer of BGB battalion-2 of Teknaf, said their team to...

Siblings drown in Cumilla

Siblings drown in Cumilla

-- 2020-08-29 17:54:58

Two children drowned in a pond at Nowagao village of Manoharganj in Cumilla on Saturday. The deceased are Ziad, 9, and his cousin Sayed, 7. Local Union Parishad Member Saiful Islam said the boys wer...

Traders find imports by rail thru Benapole more profitable

Traders find imports by rail thru Benapole more profitable

Our Correspondent 2020-08-29 10:47:42

Importers find it more profitable importing goods by rail through Benapole port than any other mode of transport. Besides, they can import goods more quickly by rail and do not have to face any kind...

Arrest warrant against Bongo League chief over forgery

Arrest warrant against Bongo League chief over forgery

Our Correspondent 2020-08-28 10:42:33

The court issued arrest warrant against President of Jatiya Bongo League Swakat Hasan Meah on Wednesday for forging sign. The court issued the arrest warrant for his involvement in forging the sign...

Bailey bridge collapses cutting off road link in Netrakona

Bailey bridge collapses cutting off road link in Netrakona

Our Correspondent 2020-08-26 10:44:29

A portion of the deck of the Bailey bridge over the Bayarahala River in Madan upazila of Netrakona collapsed on Friday morning, leading to a halt in movement of all types of vehicles to and from the d...

Agro-based programmes bring solvency for Narsingdi char people

Agro-based programmes bring solvency for Narsingdi char people

-- 2020-08-22 16:56:14

Hundreds of people living in 12 remote char (river bed) unions of Narsingdi Sadar and Raipura Upazilas have successfully overcome their abject poverty through multifarious agricultural programmes. Ne...

Duck farming makes Naogaon youth self-reliant

Duck farming makes Naogaon youth self-reliant

Our Correspondent 2020-08-20 10:04:33

NAOGAON: Tariqul Islam, a youth of Shimuldanga village in Sapahar upazila of Naogaon district, has achieved self-reliance by rearing ducks on a commercial basis setting an example for others of his...

Flood claims four more lives

Flood claims four more lives

-- 2020-08-19 16:26:38

Four people died in 24 hours until Tuesday pushing the death toll to 226 in flood that set in during the last week of June. A daily bulletin of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) confi...

Two minor girls ‘raped’ in Rajshahi

Two minor girls ‘raped’ in Rajshahi

-- 2020-08-17 17:10:20

Two minor children have been raped by a young man at Thanapara in Charghat upazila of Rajshahi, police said. Police on Monday arrested Pranto, 20, son of Abu Ali of Gopalpur village in the upazila fr...

Two brothers die from electrocution in Chapainawabganj

Two brothers die from electrocution in Chapainawabganj

-- 2020-08-17 16:49:30

Two siblings died from electrocution at Palpara under Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila in Chapainawabganj on Monday. The deceased were identified as Partho Pal, 10, and Prattay Pal, 5, sons of Parimal P...

Police find body of female doctor in Jamalpur

Police find body of female doctor in Jamalpur

-- 2020-08-17 14:20:30

Police recovered the body of a doctor of Melandah upazila health complex from the residential quarter of the hospital in jamalpur district on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Sultana Parv...

Rice prices go up in Naogaon

Rice prices go up in Naogaon

Our Correspondent 2020-08-16 09:42:43

Prices of rice went up in Naogaon. In the district's wholesale markets, per 50-kilogram sack of different rice varieties is being sold at Tk 100 to Tk 150 higher than usual price. In the retail marke...

Sylhet farmers start T-Aman farming

Sylhet farmers start T-Aman farming

Our Correspondent 2020-08-12 09:42:50

Farmers in the greater Sylhet region are busy in cultivation of Transplanted Aman (T Aman) paddy with a target to achieve the centrally set programme for yielding highest, officials and a number of...

Bumper yield brings smile to Netrakona Aus farmers

Bumper yield brings smile to Netrakona Aus farmers

OUR CORRESPONDENTS 2020-08-09 09:39:15

Netrakona: Glimpses of delight are glimmering in the eyes of the Aus growers in Netrakona with the achievement of bumper production of the paddy variety in the district this season. Nine upazilas of...

DAE sets Aman target at 0.2m hectares in Naogaon

DAE sets Aman target at 0.2m hectares in Naogaon

Our Correspondent 2020-08-09 09:35:09

NAOGAON: Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) of the district has set a target of Aman paddy cultivation on some 1,97,500 hectares of land in all eleven upazilas this season. Most of the peas...

Four arrested over housewife gang rape in Jashore

Four arrested over housewife gang rape in Jashore

-- 2020-08-08 16:39:41

Police arrested four people in connection with the gang rape of a woman at Purandapur village in Jhikargachcha upazila of Jashore district. Police rescued the victim and arrested four youth in this c...

Housewife killed over nose ring dowry

Housewife killed over nose ring dowry

-- 2020-08-06 20:06:51

A housewife was beaten and strangulated to death allegedly by her husband and in-laws as her family failed to meet a dowry demand for a nose ring. The incident took place in Kholahati village of Gaib...

Rajbari truck-motorcycle collision leaves two dead

Rajbari truck-motorcycle collision leaves two dead

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-08-04 19:01:12

Two motorcyclists were killed in a collision with a truck and a motorcycle in Kalukhali upazila of Rajbari district on Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified as Abdullah Abu Saeed, son of Abu...

Ferry services on Kathalbari-Shimulia route resume on limited scale

Ferry services on Kathalbari-Shimulia route resume on limited scale

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-08-04 18:50:20

Ferry services on Kathalbari-Shimulia route resumed on a limited scale since Monday. However, passengers and freight truck drivers have to spend longer time to cross Padma River due to limited-scale...

Three siblings drown in Manikganj

Three siblings drown in Manikganj

-- 2020-08-04 18:07:21

Three siblings drowned while two others went missing as a boat sank in a waterbody during storm at Charmastul Charpara of Doulatpur upazila in Manikganj on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Ha...

Three sisters drown in Patuakhali

Three sisters drown in Patuakhali

-- 2020-08-04 12:43:36

Three cousins drowned at a pond at Karpurkathi village in Bauphal upazila of Patuakhali on Monday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Mahfuza 15, and Mariam, 14, daughters of Mukhlesur Rahman...

Jubo League leader held in money laundering case

Jubo League leader held in money laundering case

-- 2020-08-02 18:15:55

Police arrested a Faridpur district Jubo League leader and two others early Sunday from the district town in connection with a money laundering case. The arrestees were identified as Asibur Rahman Fa...

River erosion washes away Madaripur town protection dam

River erosion washes away Madaripur town protection dam

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-08-02 17:24:47

A 20-metre area of Madaripur town protection embankment at Launch Ghat area of the district was washed away due to Arial Khan River erosion on Saturday afternoon. Sources said the town protection dam...

Ferry with stranded passengers leaves Shimulia

Ferry with stranded passengers leaves Shimulia

FE Online Report 2020-08-02 17:02:29

After a long wait and sufferings, a ferry with passengers stranded at Shimulia ferry terminal was released at 6:00pm on Saturday.  The BIWTA said that the ferry service would be suspended again...