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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...

Sheikh Russell's 53rd birthday today

Sheikh Russell's 53rd birthday today

-- 2017-10-18 12:57:51

The 53rd birthday of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's youngest son Sheikh Russell will be observed today (Wednesday), reports BSS. On this day in 1964, Sheikh Russell, younges...

Demoralising party chief with warrants not possible: Rizvi

Demoralising party chief with warrants not possible: Rizvi

-- 2017-10-18 12:56:15

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi speaking at a human chain programme organised by Jatiyatabadi Samajik Sangskritik Sangstha (JASAS) in front of the National Press Club in the city,...

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...

Two injured in Cape Town airport shooting

Two injured in Cape Town airport shooting

Reuters 2017-10-18 12:00:00

Two men were injured in a drive-by shooting at South Africa’s Cape Town International Airport, police said on Wednesday. Operations at the airport, which is the second busiest in the country an...

'US always with Bangladesh over Rohingya issue'

'US always with Bangladesh over Rohingya issue'

FE Online Desk 2017-10-18 12:00:00

The USA will always stand beside Bangladesh on Rohingya issue and global leaders should come forward to resolve the long-pending crisis. US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat made the remarks on Wed...

Oikya Parishad calls off Sylhet transport strike

Oikya Parishad calls off Sylhet transport strike

-- 2017-10-18 12:00:00

Sylhet Transport Owners-Workers Oikya Parishad, hours after its enforcement, has withdrawn indefinite strike in the district on Wednesday following assurance of meeting their demands. The decision ca...

$1.0b Swedish investment on cards for smart grid

$1.0b Swedish investment on cards for smart grid

-- 2017-10-18 12:00:00

Sweden will invest $ 1.0 billion to introduce new technology and digitalise the power grid for making the system more reliable and efficient in Bangladesh. State Minister for Power, Energy and Minera...

Two more held over Talha murder

Two more held over Talha murder

-- 2017-10-18 11:58:58

Police arrested two suspected muggers in connection with Daffodil International University (DIU) student Talha murder case. The arrestees are Milon (20), and Sabuj (19), a news agency reported. Tipp...

IU to enroll first ever foreign students

IU to enroll first ever foreign students

-- 2017-10-18 10:36:35

Islamic University (IU) authorities will first ever enroll foreign students in different academic programmes under its current 2017-18 academic session, a news agency reported. A total of 50 students...

India transports half its exports via Benapole, Petrapole ports: Study

India transports half its exports via Benapole, Petrapole ports: Study

FE Report 2017-10-18 10:13:20

Required facilities including roads and warehouses are still inadequate at the Benapole-Petrapole land-ports to handle growing volume of export cargo between Bangladesh and India. Keeping this in vie...

Commuters suffer traffic gridlock as Khaleda returns

Commuters suffer traffic gridlock as Khaleda returns

-- 2017-10-18 09:14:07

The Dhaka city commuters had to suffer traffic gridlock on Wednesday as hundreds of BNP leaders and activists gathered in airport area to welcome their chairperson Khaleda Zia. Khaleda Zia returned h...

PM attends doa mahfil for Sheikh Russell

PM attends doa mahfil for Sheikh Russell

-- 2017-10-18 08:44:35

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina attended a milad and doa mahfil marking 54th birthday of Sheikh Russell, the youngest son of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The programme was hel...

Rohingya camps now under electricity coverage: Maya

Rohingya camps now under electricity coverage: Maya

-- 2017-10-18 07:55:23

All the Rohingya refugee camps were brought under the electricity coverage as a fresh nine-km line of electricity and streetlamps and floodlights were installed in the camp areas. Disaster Management...

ACC set to sue 16 graft suspects

ACC set to sue 16 graft suspects

-- 2017-10-18 07:16:02

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) decided to file six cases against 16 graft suspects for allegedly grabbing a forest land. The ACC took the decision its regular meeting on Wednesday, ACC public r...

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...

AL wants EVMs in next election

AL wants EVMs in next election

-- 2017-10-18 04:47:46

Awami League wants using electronic voting machines (EVMs) for holding the next general election. The ruling party proposed an 11-point proposal, including using EVMs, during a dialogue with the Elec...

PM shocked at death of Bangabandhu's PS Onu

PM shocked at death of Bangabandhu's PS Onu

-- 2017-10-18 02:41:14

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed deep shock at the death of AM Nurul Islam Onu, the private secretary (PS) to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. In a condolence message...

BD team reaches Istanbul to attend D-8 summit

BD team reaches Istanbul to attend D-8 summit

-- 2017-10-18 02:25:34

A six-member Bangladeshi delegation, led by State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam, reached Istanbul on Wednesday to attend the 9th Summit of the D-8, an organisation for economic coopera...

US senators praise PM on Rohingya issue

US senators praise PM on Rohingya issue

-- 2017-10-18 02:22:38

Nine US senators have sent a letter thanking Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her ‘strong leadership and compassion’ on the Rohingya crisis. The letter praised Bangladesh’s decision...

582,000 enter BD since Aug 25: UN

582,000 enter BD since Aug 25: UN

-- 2017-10-18 01:10:58

GENEVA, Oct 17 (Agencies): Some 582,000 Rohingya refugees have fled their homes in Myanmar and arrived in Bangladesh since late August, the United Nations said Tuesday, warning that thousands more wer...

EC sits in dialogue with Awami League

EC sits in dialogue with Awami League

-- 2017-10-18 01:01:31

Senior leaders from the ruling Awami League have met the Election Commission, or EC, as part of its consultations with the registered political parties. A 21-strong delegation led by the party’...

Two suspected robbers held with firearm

Two suspected robbers held with firearm

-- 2017-10-17 12:58:27

A team of police in a drive arrested two alleged robbers along with a pipe gun and three rounds of bullets from Sreepur village in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar district on Monday. The arrestees w...

BB reinforces forex support to banks

BB reinforces forex support to banks

Siddique Islam 2017-10-17 12:00:00

The central bank has strengthened its foreign currency support to the commercial banks for settling import payment obligations, particularly of food grains and fuel oils. As part of the move, the Ban...

Male students drive school banking deposit growth

Male students drive school banking deposit growth

-- 2017-10-17 12:00:00

Deposits with the commercial banks' school banking accounts have marked an increase by 28.20 per cent at the end of June 2017 compared to the corresponding period of the preceding year, reports BSS....

Indian citizen held with 18 gold bars

Indian citizen held with 18 gold bars

-- 2017-10-17 12:00:00

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested an Indian citizen along with 18 gold bars from Ghiba border area of Benapole in early Tuesday. The arrestee was identified as Srabon Biswas (50), son...