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Faridpur bus plunge leaves minor dead

Faridpur bus plunge leaves minor dead

FE Online Desk 2017-10-23 12:00:00

A minor girl died and 17 other people sustained injuries when a bus fell into a ditch on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Joybangla-Kanfordi area of Faridpur’s Nagarkanda upazila on early Monday. The te...

Stormy weather kills, hurts hundreds  of ‘Shamuk Khol’ birds in Natore

Stormy weather kills, hurts hundreds of ‘Shamuk Khol’ birds in Natore

Our Correspondent 2017-10-23 11:41:11

RAJSHAHI, Oct 23: Hundreds of endangered Shamuk Khol (Open Billed stork) have been killed and injured in recent incessant rainfall and storm like weather at Shamskhalsi village birds' sanctuary under...

Bogra farmers start dragon fruit production with support from  local agriculture offices

Bogra farmers start dragon fruit production with support from local agriculture offices

Our Correspondent 2017-10-23 11:39:58

BOGRA, Oct 23: Farmers of the district have started commercial cultivation of dragon fruit this year with the support from the local agriculture offices. Sources said experimental farming of dragon f...

Chandpur madrasa girl ‘kills herself'

Chandpur madrasa girl ‘kills herself'

FE Online Desk 2017-10-23 11:16:34

The hanging body of a madrasa student was recovered in Faridganj upazila of Chandpur district on Sunday afternoon. The deceased, Khadiza Akhter, a class V student of Kasiada Mahila Madrasa, was the d...

Wall collapse kills three siblings

Wall collapse kills three siblings

-- 2017-10-23 01:33:48

Three minor siblings were killed when a wall collapsed on them in Pagla area of Fatullah upazila of Narayanganj district on Monday morning. The deceased were identified as Lamia (12), Lima (3) and La...

Experimental farming of saffron starts in Rajshahi

Experimental farming of saffron starts in Rajshahi

Our Correspondent 2017-10-23 01:10:46

RAJSHAHI, Oct 22:  Saffron, the costliest spice in the world, is being experimentally cultivated in Rajshahi. Though the spice is being experimentally cultivated in the country for last seventeen...

25 public auditoriums for training of women remain abandoned for over two decades

25 public auditoriums for training of women remain abandoned for over two decades

Our Correspondent 2017-10-23 01:09:44

JHENIDAH, Oct 22: A total of 25 public auditoriums in Jhenidah established by the Department of Social Services (DSS) for training of rural women have been left abandoned for over two decades, only to...

Long tailback on Dhaka-Tangail highway

Long tailback on Dhaka-Tangail highway

-- 2017-10-22 12:03:51

Long tailbacks have been created at several points on Dhaka-Tangail Highway from Chandra of Gazipur to Elenga in Tangail district due to the dilapidated conditions of the highway triggered by heavy to...

Discussion on curbing road accidents in Narail

Discussion on curbing road accidents in Narail

-- 2017-10-22 11:56:52

Traffic rules need to be followed in order to reach destinations safe and sound, said speakers at a discussion in Narail on Sunday. They also emphasised on the importance of providing training to dri...

Jubo League leader killed in trawler capsize

Jubo League leader killed in trawler capsize

-- 2017-10-22 02:52:38

A local Jubo League leader was killed as a trawler capsized in Khorocher haor in Bishwambarpur upazila of Sunamganj on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Arun Barman from Bahadurpur villa...

Trains to Khulna, Rajshahi resume after four hours

Trains to Khulna, Rajshahi resume after four hours

-- 2017-10-22 02:04:56

Trains from Dhaka to Khulna, Rangpur and Rajshahi resumed operations four hours after heavy rains caused the ground to shift under a rail bridge in Pabna, halting services, a railway official has said...

Section 144 imposed in Thakurgaon

Section 144 imposed in Thakurgaon

-- 2017-10-21 12:00:00

District administration slapped section 144 at Bharnia in Ranisankail upazila of Thakurgaon district on Friday afternoon to fend off any untoward incident following a clash between two groups of...

Chalan Beel bamboo-made enclosures threaten small fish species

Chalan Beel bamboo-made enclosures threaten small fish species

Roving Correspondent 2017-10-20 12:58:12

PABNA, Oct 19: Miniature fish species are being massively threatened due to set up of nets and bamboo-made enclosures at different points of Chalan Beel after receding water from last couple of week....

Hanging body of UZ chairman recovered in Sherpur

Hanging body of UZ chairman recovered in Sherpur

-- 2017-10-20 12:00:00

Police recovered the hanging body of Nakla Upazila chairman from his residence at Kursha in Nakla Upazila headquarters in Sherpur on Friday. The deceased Mahbub Ali alias Manir, aged 65, was a former...

Man dies in city road crash

Man dies in city road crash

-- 2017-10-20 10:42:28

A man was killed in a road accident at Dhaka's Tikatuli on Thursday night.   Witness Mostafizur Rahman Shuvo said a Jurain-bound bus of 'Rangdhanu Paribahan' knocked down a pedestrian in front...

Two die in Ctg road mishap

Two die in Ctg road mishap

-- 2017-10-20 01:14:33

Two people were killed and 10 others injured in a road accident at Barabkunda on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway under Sitakunda upazila on early Friday. The deceased have been identified as Masud, 35, and...

Man found dead in Pabna

Man found dead in Pabna

-- 2017-10-19 11:27:44

A man was found dead in a water body at Khayersuti East Para in Sadar upazila of Pabna district on Wednesday. Local people spotted the body of Nuruzzaman Sheikh, son of Toyon Sheikh, floating in a wa...

Youth’s body found in B’baria

Youth’s body found in B’baria

-- 2017-10-19 02:37:34

An unidentified young man was found dead floating in a pond at Bhitikalisima village in Bijoynagar upazila of Brahmanbaria district on Thursday, reports UNB. Local people spotted the body of the unid...

Electrocution kills expatriate in Sylhet

Electrocution kills expatriate in Sylhet

-- 2017-10-19 02:13:53

An expatriate man died after being electrocuted in Balaganj upazila of Sylhet on Wednesday evening. The deceased, Anwar Hossain Sazzad (38) was the son of Masuk Mia at Rupia village in Sadar union of...

Pest attack disheartens Narail,  C'nawabganj Aman growers

Pest attack disheartens Narail, C'nawabganj Aman growers

A Correspondent 2017-10-19 01:08:45

NARAIL, Oct 18: Aman paddy cultivators are worried over the pest attack in Aman fields in three upazilas of the district. Farmers claimed that they used pesticides to kill insects and follow the advic...

Agri-officials focus on high yielding mustard farming in Nilphamari

Agri-officials focus on high yielding mustard farming in Nilphamari

Our Correspondent 2017-10-19 01:07:58

NILPHAMARI, Oct 18: Agriculture officials at a field-day laid emphasis on cultivating high yielding variety mustard in the district on Monday. The DAE arranged the event in Gorgram union council unde...

Early winter veg starts appearing in Bogra kitchen markets

Early winter veg starts appearing in Bogra kitchen markets

Our Correspondent 2017-10-19 01:07:08

BOGRA, Oct 18: Early winter leafy vegetables have started appearing in the local kitchen markets across the district. Market sources said the vegetables are being sold at a high rate. Vegetable price...

Growers of early radish expecting a good yield in Rangpur

Growers of early radish expecting a good yield in Rangpur

Our Correspondent 2017-10-18 12:54:21

RANGPUR, Oct 17: The early radish growers of Rangpur district are expecting an excellent yield of the vegetable during the current season due to congenial weather and timely supply of agri-inputs. Ac...

Kumrabori starts appearing in Bogra local markets

Kumrabori starts appearing in Bogra local markets

Our Correspondent 2017-10-18 12:53:30

BOGRA, Oct 16: Kumrabori has started appearing in the local markets of the district. Before appearing the winter season, the artisans have started taking preparation of the food item for the common p...

Arum harvest starts in Joypurhat

Arum harvest starts in Joypurhat

Roving Correspondent 2017-10-18 12:52:23

JOYPURHAT, Oct 17: The marginal peasants of all the five upazilas of the district have started harvesting arum and getting fair price of the vegetable. According to the Department of Agriculture Exte...

Farmer dies after falling off tree

Farmer dies after falling off tree

-- 2017-10-18 12:43:59

A farmer succumbed to head injuries after falling off a tree at Tengrail village in Sharsha upazila of Jessore on Tuesday evening. The deceased was identified as Abdus Salam (48), son of late Rupchan...

Khaleda returns home from UK

Khaleda returns home from UK

-- 2017-10-18 05:32:20

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia returned home from the United Kingdom on Wednesday afternoon after over a three-month stay there. She reached Hazrat Shahjajal International Airport by an Emirates Airline...

Gunfight kills child rape suspect

Gunfight kills child rape suspect

-- 2017-10-17 11:24:53

A suspect in a rape case was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Kurushkul area of Sadar upazila of Cox's Bazar district on Tuesday. The deceased was identif...

Two die as train hits microbus

Two die as train hits microbus

-- 2017-10-17 02:08:00

Two people were killed and another was injured as a Sylhet-bound Paharika Express train hit a microbus in Jailkhanabari area under Bijoypur union of Comilla Sadar Dakkhin (South) upazila of Comilla on...

Electrocution kills housewife  in Joypurhat

Electrocution kills housewife in Joypurhat

-- 2017-10-16 10:39:18

A housewife died from electrocution at Belghoria village in Gopinathpur union of Akkelpur upazila of Joypurhat district on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Asma Begum (34), wife of Akram...