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Lightning kills two in Sunamganj Haor

Lightning kills two in Sunamganj Haor

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-23 13:58:47

Two farmers were killed by lightning strike while working in a Haor at Dhitpur village in Dirai upazila of Sunamganj Friday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Rabindra Das, 55 and Tipu Das, 2...

Panchagarh man marries two women at once, goes viral on social media

Panchagarh man marries two women at once, goes viral on social media

-- 2022-04-22 21:33:16

A Panchagarh youth's marriage to two women at the same time has made waves on social media. The groom, 25-year-old Rohini Chandra Barman Rony, a resident of Atwari Upazila, simultaneously tied the kn...

Police arrest three of a restaurant held as 30 suffer food poisoning

Police arrest three of a restaurant held as 30 suffer food poisoning

-- 2022-04-22 19:32:16

Police have arrested three people from a restaurant at Rupkotha Road in Pabna under the Food Safety Act on Thursday night. The arrestees are owner of Kashmiri Food Garden Hasanur Rahman Rony, manager...

Sustainable agri tech vital for food security: Experts

Sustainable agri tech vital for food security: Experts

-- 2022-04-22 09:53:38

LALMONIRHAT: Experts at a 'Research follow-up and progress sharing meeting' have said adoption of sustainable agricultural technologies at farmers' levels have become crucial for achieving food and nu...

Five killed during Nor’wester in four districts

Five killed during Nor’wester in four districts

-- 2022-04-20 22:00:32

Five people were killed in separate incidents as a nor’wester swept over different parts of the country on Wednesday. The deaths were reported from Barishal, Chattogram, Bogura and Manikganj di...

Narsingdi weavers busy making Jamdani saree as Eid nears

Narsingdi weavers busy making Jamdani saree as Eid nears

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-04-19 10:50:28

NARSINGDI: The weavers are now passing busy times for making attractive Jamdani saree at Doalotpur union of Monohardi upazila here before Eid-ul-Fitr The artisans generally make money before Eid as t...

Panchagarh farmers worried about crops for toxic smoke from brick kilns

Panchagarh farmers worried about crops for toxic smoke from brick kilns

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-04-19 10:20:09

PANCHAGARH: Farmers at Dandapal union in Debiganj upazila of Panchagarh are worried as their paddy crop and variety of fruits including banana, mango, jackfruit, litchi and betel nut have been sever...

Bangladesh faces increased natural disasters: Experts

Bangladesh faces increased natural disasters: Experts

FE Report 2022-04-18 15:01:55

Bangladesh is facing increased natural disasters such as cyclone, salinity, flood and coastal erosion even though the country has achieved some success in climate change adaptation and mitigation. Ex...

Dam breach threatens crops in a vast swathe of land in Sunamganj

Dam breach threatens crops in a vast swathe of land in Sunamganj

-- 2022-04-17 20:01:32

A dam has burst its banks after a deluge of rain upstream and water has started entering the extended part of Gurmar Haor wetland in Sunamganj amid floods, threatening crops in a vast swathe of land....

Unmanned level crossings pose risk of accident in Bogura

Unmanned level crossings pose risk of accident in Bogura

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-04-17 11:36:45

BOGURA: A number of unmanned and unauthorised level crossings in the district pose risk of serious accidents. There are a total of four level crossings in Bogura Sadar upazila while three in Gabtol...

Endangered jungle cat rescued in Bhola

Endangered jungle cat rescued in Bhola

-- 2022-04-16 21:21:43

An endangered jungle cat was rescued from Char Samaia union in Bhola sadar upazila on Saturday. Forest Department officials rescued the jungle cat from the 34.5 MW rental power plant near Kheya Ghat...

105-yr-old woman charred to death in Natore

105-yr-old woman charred to death in Natore

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-16 10:40:15

A 105-year-old woman was charred to death in a fire that broke out at her house in Agpurulia village of Natore on Friday, officials said. The deceased was identified as Guljan Bewa of the village in...

Chittagong University’s female student harassed on shuttle train

Chittagong University’s female student harassed on shuttle train

-- 2022-04-15 20:01:10

A female student of the University of Chittagong (CU) has allegedly been sexually harassed on a moving shuttle train. The third-year student from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities claimed that the m...

Sunamganj haor farmers trying to save paddy as fresh floods loom

Sunamganj haor farmers trying to save paddy as fresh floods loom

-- 2022-04-15 19:40:14

Hundreds of thousands of farmers in Sunamganj are in a race against the clock to save paddy on more than 200,000 hectares of marshlands in the Haor region by strengthening dams or harvesting the crops...

One dead, seven injured as Nor’wester lashes Chuadanga

One dead, seven injured as Nor’wester lashes Chuadanga

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-15 10:33:19

A 47-year-old woman was killed and seven others were injured during a nor'wester in Chuadanga district on Thursday night, officials said. The deceased was identified as Momena Khatun, wife of Aminul...

Pahela Baishakh being celebrated in Mymensingh 

Pahela Baishakh being celebrated in Mymensingh 

-- 2022-04-14 17:42:45

Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bangla Noborsho-1429, is being celebrated in the Mymensingh district with fanfare and festivity.  Mymensingh district administration, different socio-cultur...

Storm, lightning strikes kill five in Sunamganj

Storm, lightning strikes kill five in Sunamganj

-- 2022-04-14 16:29:16

Five people were killed during a Nor'wester storm in Sunamganj district on Thursday. A woman and her two children were crushed to death after two uprooted trees fell on their house in Jagannathpur Up...

70-80 houses in Kurigram threatened by untimely Teesta erosion

70-80 houses in Kurigram threatened by untimely Teesta erosion

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-11 13:41:42

About 70-80 houses at Gharialdanga union in Rajarhat upazila are under threat as untimely erosion by the Teesta River has taken a serious turn due to rise in water level in the last few days. The Tee...

Death toll from Barishal trawler capsize rises to five

Death toll from Barishal trawler capsize rises to five

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-10 13:13:00

The death toll from the trawler capsize in the Gazaria river of Barishal district rose to five, with the recovery of two more bodies on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Mala Begum, 38 and Yeam...

Three killed as tractor plunges into ditch in Cumilla

Three killed as tractor plunges into ditch in Cumilla

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-09 15:50:31

Three people died after a tractor plunged into a roadside ditch in Cumilla’s Muradnagar Upazila. The incident occurred at the Mocha Gora village in the upazila's Jatrapur Union around 5:45am on...

Supervisor found dead inside bus in Laxmipur

Supervisor found dead inside bus in Laxmipur

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-09 11:23:46

A 32-year-old man was found dead under mysterious circumstances inside a bus parked in front of the deputy commissioner’s office in Laxmipur district early on Saturday. The deceased was identif...

Two farmers arrested during protests demanding uninterrupted power supply

Two farmers arrested during protests demanding uninterrupted power supply

-- 2022-04-08 20:33:43

Police arrested two farmers during a protest demanding an uninterrupted power supply in Tanore Upazila of Rajshahi on Thursday night. The arrestees are Saleh al Sara,26, of Bangpur village in Kalma u...

Flash floods in Boro-producing areas bodes ill for days ahead

Flash floods in Boro-producing areas bodes ill for days ahead

-- 2022-04-07 09:15:59

Farmers in the haor areas of Sylhet, Netrakona and Sunamganj are living in fear that they may be deprived of their boro paddy's harvest, as flash floods following incessant rainfall in India's borde...

57 surrendered extremists get prime minister's aid worth Tk 5.5m

57 surrendered extremists get prime minister's aid worth Tk 5.5m

-- 2022-04-06 19:52:45

A total of 57 extremists, who came back to normal life after surrendering to the administration, in Rajshahi have received the prime minister's financial assistance worth Tk 5.5 million. Rajshahi&rsq...

Crack on embankment causes concern in Satkhira hamlets

Crack on embankment causes concern in Satkhira hamlets

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-06 13:25:24

Residents of Ruiarbil village in Satkhira's Ashashuni upazila are living in fear of flooding as a large portion of the embankment along the Kopotakkho river has developed a crack. Not only Ruiarbil,...

Faridpur hospitals see spike in diarrhoea cases

Faridpur hospitals see spike in diarrhoea cases

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-04-05 09:11:34

FARIDPUR: The number of diarrhoea patients, mostly children, has been rising alarmingly in Faridpur hospitals for the last one month. Besides diarrhoea, hospitals are struggling to manage the huge...

Bamboo bridges in place of approach roads!

Bamboo bridges in place of approach roads!

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-04-05 09:02:28

NETRAKONA: People of 10 villages in Barhatta upazila of the district have been suffering immensely for 18 years as the bridge over the Chakuya Beel does not have approach roads on either side. Villag...

Woman sentenced to death for trafficking 0.5 kg of heroin

Woman sentenced to death for trafficking 0.5 kg of heroin

-- 2022-03-31 18:24:29

A court has sentenced a woman caught with a 0.5 kg of heroin in Gaibandha in 2018 to death in a narcotics case. The verdict in the case was announced by Gaibandha District and Sessions Judge Dilip Ku...

Dakatia river in danger for garbage dumping

Dakatia river in danger for garbage dumping

OUR CORRESPONDENT, CHANDPUR 2022-03-31 10:35:13

Dakatia river, which cuts through Chandpur town, has now become a dumping ground for garbage. Once, ships and large vessels used to navigate on Dakatia's waters. Now there are no ships and there are...

Tobacco farming goes unabated in Cox's Bazar

Tobacco farming goes unabated in Cox's Bazar

OUR CORRESPONDENT, COX'S BAZAR 2022-03-28 11:48:39

Tobacco farming is increasing day by day in the villages of Cox's Bazar. This new trend of cultivation is not only making the soil lose its fertility but also posing threats to the environment and bi...