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Parts of a hill collapse, three children die

Parts of a hill collapse, three children die

-- 2022-03-26 20:41:49

Three children have died after parts of a hill collapsed at a rubber plantation at Kulaura Upazila in Moulvibazar. They are Sumon Ahmed, 14, Nahid Ahmed, 12, and Kabir Hossain, 9, all residents of We...

BSMRAAU to be moved to Lalmonirhat campus

BSMRAAU to be moved to Lalmonirhat campus

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-03-20 09:54:23

LALMONIRHAT: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Aviation and Aerospace University (BSMRAAU), now running in the Dhaka city, may move to its own campus in Lalmonirhat in June this year, said its officia...

Two teenage boys die while trying to save a friend from drowning

Two teenage boys die while trying to save a friend from drowning

-- 2022-03-18 15:35:41

Two teenage boys have died while trying to save a friend from drowning in the Padma River in Rajshahi. The incident took place in the city's Borokuthi neighbourhood around 11:30 am on Friday, said Ma...

Canal re-excavation turns 2,000 acres of land cultivable

Canal re-excavation turns 2,000 acres of land cultivable

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-03-18 08:21:41

CUMILLA: Re-excavation of a 3.5-kilometre Kazipara canal has freed 2,000 acres of agricultural land from water-logging and brought smiles on the faces of Chandina farmers. The Barind Multipurpose Dev...

Three die as bus, microbus collide head-on in Narsingdi

Three die as bus, microbus collide head-on in Narsingdi

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-17 13:07:38

Three people died and two others were injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus in Narsingdi’s Marjal Upazila. The accident occurred around 4 am on Thursday on the Dhaka-Sylhe...

Lalon festival kicks off in Kushtia

Lalon festival kicks off in Kushtia

-- 2022-03-16 09:50:13

KUSHTIA: After a Covid-induced hiatus of two years, a three-day festival remembering the legendary Baul Lalon Shah began on Tuesday at Chheuria under Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia district. The Lalon...

Worker dies, four hurt as wall collapses in Rajshahi

Worker dies, four hurt as wall collapses in Rajshahi

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-12 20:00:33

A worker was killed and four others were injured as a wall collapsed on them on Saturday at Chotobangram Bimanchattar area in Rajshahi city. The deceased was identified as Riazul, reports UNB. Injur...

Two minor brothers die after taking 'fever medicine' in Brahmanbaria

Two minor brothers die after taking 'fever medicine' in Brahmanbaria

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-11 15:27:24

Two young siblings have reportedly died after consuming 'paracetamol syrup' to lower their fever in Brahmanbaria's Ashuganj. The incident took place in Durgapur village on Thursday, said Azad Rahman,...

Marine Drive — a blend of hill and ocean charms

Marine Drive — a blend of hill and ocean charms

OUR CORRESPONDENT, COX'S BAZAR 2022-03-11 08:02:04

Cox's Bazar's Marine Drive from Kalatali to Teknaf along the Bay of Bengal is one such road that presents an exquisite picturesque setting - with the hills and the sea getting mingled. The 80-kilomet...

Fortune smiles on Kendua cucumber growers

Fortune smiles on Kendua cucumber growers

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-03-10 09:29:50

NETRAKONA: Cucumber growers in the district's Kendua upazila are content over their good yield of the vegetable and its fair prices in the local markets. According to the Upazila Agriculture Office,...

Burimari-Changrabandha rail link a demand of time

Burimari-Changrabandha rail link a demand of time

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-03-09 09:17:22

LALMONIRHAT: If only two kilometres of railway track between Burimari of Bangladesh and Changrabandha of India is built, Burimari land port's export-import activities will increase, said the traders w...

'Saint Martin's biodiversity will be protected'

'Saint Martin's biodiversity will be protected'

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-03-08 09:25:31

CHATTOGRAM: The government will take care of Bangladesh's lone coral island St Martin's, including its territorial water, which it declared as "St Martin's Marine Protected Area" early this year. Sta...

Four killed in gunfight between unidentified groups in Bandarban

Four killed in gunfight between unidentified groups in Bandarban

-- 2022-03-06 21:23:52

Four people died during a gunfight on Saturday evening between two armed groups at Falongkhyang area near Rowangchhari-Ruma border in Bandarban, said police. Earlier on Sunday, the unidentified bulle...

Illegal arms factory busted in Cox's Bazar

Illegal arms factory busted in Cox's Bazar

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-04 12:47:27

An illegal arms factory being run out of a dense forest area in Cox's Bazar was unearthed by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Thursday. The tip-off about the factory in Pekua upazila came from an ille...

Salt industry in Cox's Bazar back to life

Salt industry in Cox's Bazar back to life

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-03-04 09:35:42

COX'S BAZAR: The government move to ban edible salt import is yielding fruit, giving fair prices to salt producers in the district. After counting losses for years, several thousand salt farmers of...

Almost 90pc brick kilns in Netrakona operating illegally

Almost 90pc brick kilns in Netrakona operating illegally

OUR CORRESPONDENT, NETRAKONA 2022-03-02 12:07:59

Defying law, a total of 44 brick factories continue to operate in the district. The officials of Department of Environment (DoE) said that there are 51 brick kilns across Netrakona. Of them, seven fa...

Safe shelters for birds declining

Safe shelters for birds declining

OUR CORRESPONDENTS, SYLHET & NAOGAON 2022-03-01 12:35:14

Although winter is gone, the chilly season's vibe is still going on in some places of Bangladesh. Several wetlands are still housing various kinds of migratory waterfowls as well as native species eve...

Betel leaves turning yellowish causing farmers' worries

Betel leaves turning yellowish causing farmers' worries

OUR CORRESPONDENT, CHANDPUR 2022-02-28 10:58:30

Thousands of betel leaf farmers in Haimchar and Faridganj upazilas of the district are in dire straits this year as the betel leaves are turning yellowish. The farmers express fear that they might ha...

Haor embankment projects missing deadline

Haor embankment projects missing deadline

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-02-27 09:37:51

SYLHET: Almost 30 per cent construction work of haor crop protection embankments in Sylhet remained incomplete till Saturday, two days before the February 28 deadline. Farmers of different parts in t...

Bridge sans an approach road lying unused for 10 years

Bridge sans an approach road lying unused for 10 years

OUR CORRESPONDENT, NETRAKONA 2022-02-25 14:14:50

A bridge built over a canal in the district's Madan upazila has been lying unused for 10 years as it does not have approach roads on either side. Lack of connecting roads is causing immense suffering...

Campaign begins to vaccinate 10,000 fishermen in Dublarchar

Campaign begins to vaccinate 10,000 fishermen in Dublarchar

-- 2022-02-23 18:58:35

A campaign to vaccinate 10,000 fishers against Covid-19 is underway in the remote Bay of Bengal fishing island of Dublarchar off Sundarbans. A 40-member medical team joined the campaign launched on T...

Three bodies found after Barishal boat accident

Three bodies found after Barishal boat accident

-- 2022-02-23 17:52:13

The bodies of three people have been recovered after a trawler hit a boat on its way to a religious congregation in Charmonai, Barishal and caused it to capsize. Two people have been reported missing...

Cox's Bazar beach town bustling with holidaymakers

Cox's Bazar beach town bustling with holidaymakers

OUR CORRESPONDENT, COX'S BAZAR 2022-02-23 13:58:52

The beach town of Cox's Bazar is now buzzing with a stream of tourists before the peak tourism season comes to an end. The holidaymakers are happy, saying that they are having good time in the sandy...

Three minor siblings burnt to death in gas cylinder blast

Three minor siblings burnt to death in gas cylinder blast

-- 2022-02-21 16:08:50

Three minor siblings were burnt to death in a fire that started from a gas cylinder explosion in Mymensingh's Bhaluka Upazila. The incident took place in the Hobirbari area of the upazila at 9:15 pm...

Bou Bazar — a market run by women

Bou Bazar — a market run by women

OUR CORRESPONDENT, CHANDPUR 2022-02-21 10:09:20

Known as Bou Bazar, a market has turned more than 200 poor women into successful entrepreneurs. All the sellers and traders here are women. Located in Chandpur town's Puranbazar, the market remains c...

Two killed in head-on collision between bus and truck in Jhalakathi

Two killed in head-on collision between bus and truck in Jhalakathi

-- 2022-02-20 20:37:03

Two people, including an elderly woman, have been killed after a truck ploughed into a bus coming from the opposite direction in Jhalakati's Rajapur Upazila. At least 16 others were injured in the in...

10 suffer burn injuries in Narayanganj gas cylinder blast

10 suffer burn injuries in Narayanganj gas cylinder blast

-- 2022-02-20 20:07:23

At least 10 people, including a child, suffered injuries as a gas cylinder of a vehicle exploded at Aliganj in Fotulla of Narayanganj on Sunday morning. The incident occurred around 9 am when a gas c...

Manikganj villagers still resort to bamboo crossing four years after a bridge collapsed,

Manikganj villagers still resort to bamboo crossing four years after a bridge collapsed,

-- 2022-02-20 17:39:58

Four years ago, a concrete bridge collapsed in Manikganj’s Harirampur Upazila. And yet, local residents have been unable to get another built in its place. Villagers from Babupur have, instead,...

Dhanu River damages Rasulpur market

Dhanu River damages Rasulpur market

OUR CORRESPONDENT, NETRAKONA 2022-02-20 12:45:13

The Dhanu River has turned turbulent suddenly during this spring as it devoured the Rasulpur market adjacent to Khaliajuri upazila headquarters in Netrakona district. Now Rasulpur village and a large...

Daily Covid cases and deaths hit one-month low in Bangladesh

Daily Covid cases and deaths hit one-month low in Bangladesh

-- 2022-02-19 16:58:16

Bangladesh has registered 2,150 new COVID-19 cases, the fewest in a day since Jan 9, taking the total caseload to 1,931,304.As many as 24,698 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity r...