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Chhatra League activists ‘loot’ Awami League leader’s house

Chhatra League activists ‘loot’ Awami League leader’s house

-- 2023-02-24 22:14:36

A Chhatra League leader and his activists allegedly attacked a local leader of Awami League at his home in the Mithabo area of Rupganj Upazila in Narayanganj district on Friday afternoon. Tanzin Ahme...

Vegetable farming on floating beds makes Jashore fishermen self-reliant

Vegetable farming on floating beds makes Jashore fishermen self-reliant

OUR CORRESPONDENT, BENAPOLE 2023-02-24 10:58:31

Many unemployed fishermen have become self-reliant by growing vegetables on floating beds in the Harihar river in the Madhyakul Rajvanshipara area at Keshabpur Upazila of Jashore district. Having fai...

KAMPS provides free treatment, medicine to 3,000 patients

KAMPS provides free treatment, medicine to 3,000 patients

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-22 13:38:18

Nearly 3,000 underprivileged patients received free treatment and medicines in a free medical camp at Sakhipur in Tangail district on Tuesday, reads a press release. Voluntary organisation Kidney Awa...

Sramik League activists engage in clash over placing wreath at Shaheed Minar

Sramik League activists engage in clash over placing wreath at Shaheed Minar

-- 2023-02-21 22:42:57

At least six people were injured in a clash between two groups of Sramik League, one of Awami League’s front organisations, over placing wreaths at a Shaheed Minar in Manikganj on Tuesday. Acco...

Cox's Bazar sees bustling crowd on Valentine's Day

Cox's Bazar sees bustling crowd on Valentine's Day

OUR CORRESPONDENT, COX'S BAZAR 2023-02-15 11:07:03

Cox's Bazar, the largest and most attractive beach in the world, has worn an exquisite look to the tune of the colours of spring. As if rhythm of love has mingled on even with the turbulent waves of t...

Brahmanbaria lawyers will go back to their work from Monday, hopes Law Minister

Brahmanbaria lawyers will go back to their work from Monday, hopes Law Minister

-- 2023-02-12 19:44:27

Law Minister Anisul Huq on Sunday expressed his hope that the lawyers of Brahmanbaria, who were boycotting courts from January 4, will go back to their work from Monday.  “A fruitful meeti...

Two teens dead as motorcycle collides with trailer in Noakhali

Two teens dead as motorcycle collides with trailer in Noakhali

FE Online Desk 2023-02-09 13:22:39

Two teenagers have been killed in a head-on collision between a trailer and a motorcycle in Noakhali’s Subarnachar. The accident took place near the Pankharbazar area at 9 pm on Wednesday...

1488 kg sand found in govt wheat consignment in Chuadanga;  three arrested

1488 kg sand found in govt wheat consignment in Chuadanga; three arrested

FE Online Desk 2023-02-07 12:33:47

Three people were arrested by Chuadanga Sadar Police over putting sand and stones in the same truck carrying government wheat consignment. A case has been filed by Sadar Upazila food inspector and of...

Stolen device worth Tk 4.7m of Rampal power plant recovered in Bagerhat

Stolen device worth Tk 4.7m of Rampal power plant recovered in Bagerhat

-- 2023-02-04 20:18:27

Police in a drive arrested four members of a “theft racket” and recovered a coal testing machine (bomb calorimeter) worth Tk 4.7 million, which was stolen from Bagerhat’s Rampal Powe...

Woman stabbed dead over land dispute in Dinajpur

Woman stabbed dead over land dispute in Dinajpur

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-04 15:22:16

A woman was stabbed to death allegedly by her rivals in Ghoraghat upazila of Dinajpur district over land dispute on Saturday morning.The deceased was identified as Amena Begum, wife of Sekendar Ali, a...

Two construction workers beaten to death on suspicion of theft in Rajshahi

Two construction workers beaten to death on suspicion of theft in Rajshahi

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-03 12:59:13

Two construction workers have died after they were brutally beaten over the alleged theft of Tk 1 million in Rajshahi. Police have arrested four people in connection with the incident. The assailants...

29 countries by bike: Romanian girl now in Satkhira

29 countries by bike: Romanian girl now in Satkhira

-- 2023-02-02 11:42:12

Elena, a Romanian tourist, has always wanted to travel the world on a bike. She has so far visited 29 countries. Elena came to Satkhira on Monday from India and is now staying at a private organizati...

Trader found dead in Munshiganj

Trader found dead in Munshiganj

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-02 10:21:04

A 64-year-old trader was found dead at Jashurgaon in Srinagar upazila of Munshiganj district on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Sattaranjan Datta. Aminul Islam, officer-in-charge of...

Chopped leafy vegetables being sold in Rajshahi city

Chopped leafy vegetables being sold in Rajshahi city

OUR CORRESPONDENT, RAJSHAHI 2023-01-30 14:09:39

In busy life, it is difficult sometimes to find enough time for cooking. So, to help the busy people in cooking, pre-washed, chopped and leafy fresh vegetables are being sold in Rajshahi. Monowara Be...

Driver flees after death of woman he ran over in Bhola

Driver flees after death of woman he ran over in Bhola

-- 2023-01-27 15:54:13

A microbus driver hit an unidentified woman who was crossing the street, rushed her to a hospital critically injured before fleeing as the doctors declared her dead in Bhola. The incident occurred at...

One held with 20kg venison from Sundarbans

One held with 20kg venison from Sundarbans

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-27 12:35:11

The forest department officials on Thursday evening detained a man with 20kg venison from the Nilkamal area of the Sundarbans in Khulna. The detainee was identified as Hiru Akon of Barguna, repor...

JSS man shot dead in Rangamati

JSS man shot dead in Rangamati

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-26 13:40:26

An activist of Jana Sanghati Samity (JSS-Santu Larma) man was killed in a gunfight between JSS activists and United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) at Gongrichhara in Kaptai upazila of Rangamati dist...

Persistent load-shedding a concern for Rajshahi Boro farmers

Persistent load-shedding a concern for Rajshahi Boro farmers

A CORRESPONDENT 2023-01-26 09:08:33

RAJSHAHI: Braving the cold wave, farmers in Rajshahi are busy planting Boro seedlings on their lands. However, they are worried about the cultivation as they have been experiencing prolonged load shed...

2 killed over land dispute in Dinajpur

2 killed over land dispute in Dinajpur

UNB 2023-01-25 12:11:55

Two people were killed and four were injured today in a clash between two groups over land dispute at Khodatpur in Ghoraghat upazila under Dinajpur district. The deceased were identified as Md Meem, 2...

Seven-year-old boy dies of Nipah virus

Seven-year-old boy dies of Nipah virus

-- 2023-01-23 21:05:20

A toddler died of the Nipah virus at Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital on Monday morning. The seven-year-old boy, Md. Swad, was the son of Sanowar Ali of Ishwardi upazila in Pabna. Swad died whi...

31 Jamaat-Shibir men arrested over ‘sabotage attempt’ in Dinajpur

31 Jamaat-Shibir men arrested over ‘sabotage attempt’ in Dinajpur

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-22 14:48:28

Police on Sunday arrested 31 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chattra Shibir from a procession they brought out as part of their ‘ongoing anti-gove...

Freedom fighter murdered  in Lalmonirhat

Freedom fighter murdered in Lalmonirhat

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-21 10:59:35

Former principal of Patgram Women’s Degree College was murdered at Shahebdanga in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat district on Friday night. The deceased was identified as M Wajed Ali, a freedom...

St Martin unsafe for sea turtles

St Martin unsafe for sea turtles

OUR CORRESPONDENT, COX'S BAZAR 2023-01-20 11:49:02

Once a large number of sea turtles used to come to lay their eggs in the coral island of Saint Martin's during winter. But over the last few years it has come down a lot. According to researchers, th...

Cumilla Medical College intern commits suicide

Cumilla Medical College intern commits suicide

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-19 14:14:54

An intern of Cumilla Medical College and Hospital allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in the dormitory of the medical college on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Minhazul Ka...

Two Ansar members found dead inside Agrani Bank branch

Two Ansar members found dead inside Agrani Bank branch

-- 2023-01-18 17:31:09

Two security guards (Ansar members) were found dead inside Radhganj Bazar branch of Agrani Bank in Raipura upazila of Narsingdi on Wednesday morning. According to UNB, the deceased were identified as...

Fortune smiles on Sylhet bean cultivators

Fortune smiles on Sylhet bean cultivators

OUR CORRESPONDENT, SYLHET 2023-01-16 11:33:49

Farmers in Sylhet have seen a bumper yield of the local variety bean named 'Goalgadda' this season, much to their joy and enthusiasm. Sources said the government facilitated cultivation of the winter...

Sylhet’s fuel traders announce indefinite strike from Wednesday

Sylhet’s fuel traders announce indefinite strike from Wednesday

-- 2023-01-14 19:24:23

In response to the current fuel crisis, Sylhet's fuel traders will go on an indefinite strike starting next Wednesday. The Sylhet divisional committee of Bangladesh Petroleum Dealers, Distributors, A...

Tetulia records season’s lowest temperature at 6.7 degrees C

Tetulia records season’s lowest temperature at 6.7 degrees C

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-14 11:02:43

Tetulia of Panchagarh recorded the season’s lowest temperature in Bangladesh at 6.7 degrees Celsius, in 24 hours till this morning (January 14, 2023) as a mild cold wave is sweeping across parts...

Fire breaks out at Nupur Market in Chattogram

Fire breaks out at Nupur Market in Chattogram

-- 2023-01-12 17:49:37

First responders are working to put out a fire that erupted at Chattogram's Nupur Market. The fire broke out at the shopping mall facing the port city’s railway station around 3:30 pm on Thursd...

Chuadanga records season’s lowest temperature today

Chuadanga records season’s lowest temperature today

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-12 10:37:03

Chuadanga has recorded the season’s lowest temperature in Bangladesh at 6.3 degrees Celsius today (Thursday). Rakibul Hasan, in-charge of Chuadanga Weather Observatory Centre, said they have re...