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Sylhet fire death toll reaches 6

Sylhet fire death toll reaches 6

-- 2018-03-20 21:14:22

The death toll from the devastating fire at a colony in Golapganj upazila of Sylhet is now six. Another victim, Babul, of the fire died at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital in the capit...

Fire guts glassware factory in Tangail

Fire guts glassware factory in Tangail

-- 2018-03-20 20:28:42

A fire burnt down huge valuables at Nasir Glassware and Tube Industries in Gorai area of Mirzapur upazila in Tangail on Tuesday afternoon. The fire originated from a chimney of a unit of the factory...

RAB detains five ‘Rohingya robbers’ in Ukhiya

RAB detains five ‘Rohingya robbers’ in Ukhiya

-- 2018-03-20 17:49:27

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members arrested five alleged 'Rohingya robbers' along with seven sharp weapons from Ukhia upazila of Cox's Bazar on Monday night. The arrestees were identified as Md Kar...

Four Bangladeshi youths return home

Four Bangladeshi youths return home

-- 2018-03-20 10:54:19

Four Bangladeshi youths returned home on Monday evening through Benapole Check Post after serving two and half years jail term in India. The returnees are - Mintu Rahman, 14, son of Abdul Gaffar, a r...

Downtrend in potato market price disheartens Rangpur growers

Downtrend in potato market price disheartens Rangpur growers

Our Correspondent 2018-03-20 00:15:23

A good yield of potato failed to make the growers of the district delighted for the low market price. Sources said the potato cultivators of the district made vigorous efforts this season with the ho...

Boro cultivation target exceeds in Sylhet amid good weather

Boro cultivation target exceeds in Sylhet amid good weather

Our Correspondent 2018-03-20 00:13:44

SYLHET, Mar 19: Boro cultivation target has exceeded in Sylhet division this season amid a good weather condition. However, for reasons the cultivation much-awaited crop in the region had been hit fo...

Sudden collapse of embankment  worries Sirajganj villagers

Sudden collapse of embankment worries Sirajganj villagers

Roving Correspondent 2018-03-20 00:12:30

SIRAJGANJ, Mar 19: Villagers of Khas Kaulia under Chouhali upazila in the district are worried due to sudden collapse of some 30 metre-long embankment. A good number of farmers said a vast tract of c...

Commercial brinjal farming gains popularity

Commercial brinjal farming gains popularity

Our Correspondent 2018-03-20 00:11:42

Commercial brinjal cultivation is gaining popularity in the district. A good number of farmers have attained financial solvency by growing the vegetable on their land. The Department of Agriculture...

Two minor siblings die in Shariatpur fire

Two minor siblings die in Shariatpur fire

-- 2018-03-19 21:29:29

Two minor siblings were burned to death in a fire that broke out at Shibson village in Bhedarganj upazila of Shariatpur on Monday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Asma, 8, and Mafia, 6, dau...

Five more cops suspended for torturing journalist

Five more cops suspended for torturing journalist

-- 2018-03-19 21:13:37

Barisal Metropolitan Police (BMP) has suspended five more members of Detective Branch (DB) of police over the incident of assault on a journalist. Those who were suspended are sub-inspector Abdul Bas...

Woman, son die in Bagerhat road crash

Woman, son die in Bagerhat road crash

-- 2018-03-18 14:09:17

A woman and her seven-year-old son were killed after a microbus ran them over in Bagerhat’s Morrelganj Upazila. The accident took place on Bagerhat-Morelganj Highway in the Kalikabari Dona neig...

Two schoolboys die in lightning

Two schoolboys die in lightning

-- 2018-03-17 22:47:21

Two schoolboys were killed and a house wife was injured in separate incidents of lightning in Matiranga, Guimara and Mahalchhari upazilas of Khagrachhari on Saturday. The deceased were identified as...

Two die in Barisal road crash

Two die in Barisal road crash

-- 2018-03-17 21:25:54

Two people, including a college boy, died in a head-on collision between a bus and a motorcycle in Barisal on Saturday. Another was also injured in the accident that occurred on Dhaka-Barisal highway...

Govt to take steps for saving Boral River from encroaching, pollution

Govt to take steps for saving Boral River from encroaching, pollution

-- 2018-03-17 20:18:45

Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan has said that the government will take all necessary measures to save Boral River from the encroachers and pollution. Addressing a rally on Saturday as chief guest at...

Kurigram road crash leaves one dead   

Kurigram road crash leaves one dead  

-- 2018-03-17 18:47:59

A woman was killed and six others were injured in a head-on collision between a bus and an auto-rickshaw at Rajarhat upazila of Kurigram on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Nurjahan B...

DUET student go missing in Gazipur

DUET student go missing in Gazipur

-- 2018-03-17 12:05:06

A student of Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET) has been missing for nine days from a mess (student dormitory) adjacent to the DUET campus in Gazipur. The missing student—...

RMG workers clash with cops in Savar, 20 hurt

RMG workers clash with cops in Savar, 20 hurt

-- 2018-03-16 17:46:51

At least 20 people were injured in a clash between garment workers and police at Ashuliahere early Friday. Witnesses said a group of workers of United Trousers Garments at Gouripur were staging demon...

Student dies falling off rooftop in Sylhet

Student dies falling off rooftop in Sylhet

-- 2018-03-16 14:39:49

A college student died after falling off the rooftop of a building in the city's Ambarkhana area on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Russel, a student of Madan Mohan College and hailed...

Two die in accidents

Two die in accidents

FE Online Desk 2018-03-16 12:43:41

Two people, including an eight-year-old student, were killed in two accidents in Comilla and Brahmanbaria on Thursday. Of them, only the child has been identified thus far – Al-Amin, son of Anw...

Rajshahi cultivators show interest in squash farming

Rajshahi cultivators show interest in squash farming

Our Correspondent 2018-03-16 00:20:10

RAJSHAHI, Mar 15:  Farmers of various villages under Kishmot Gonokour union under Durgapur upazila of the district are being increasingly interested in cultivation of 'squash' - a new variety of...

Two die, two hospitalised in Savar

Two die, two hospitalised in Savar

-- 2018-03-15 11:52:43

Two young men died and two others fell sick reportedly after eating homemade 'halua' at a house next to Hashem Plaza, Ashulia in Savar early Thursday. The deceased were identified as Zillu and Motale...

Khorali chilli farming gains  popularity in Joypurhat

Khorali chilli farming gains popularity in Joypurhat

Roving Correspondent 2018-03-15 01:16:16

A good number of peasants of the district are growing Khorali chilli this season as they made a handsome profit last year. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said the department has ta...

RO plant starts operation in Tungipara

RO plant starts operation in Tungipara

Our Correspondent 2018-03-15 01:15:25

  GOPALGANJ, Mar 14: Reverse Osmosis (RO) plant under village water supply project at Tungipara in the district has started safe drinking water supply among 500 families recently. According to...

12 injured as transport workers clash in Habiganj

12 injured as transport workers clash in Habiganj

-- 2018-03-14 11:14:35

At least 12 people were injured as a clash erupted between two groups of transport workers at Umednagar in Habiganj over occupying a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Tuesday. Police and locals said there had...

Mother, daughter die under mysterious circumstances

Mother, daughter die under mysterious circumstances

-- 2018-03-13 20:28:07

A woman and her three-month-old daughter have died under mysterious circumstances in Manoharganj upazila of Comilla. The deceased were identified as Khaleda Akhter Khuki, 20, and her daughter Farzana...

Three die in Dinajpur road accident

Three die in Dinajpur road accident

-- 2018-03-13 18:28:17

Three teenagers were killed at Kundarun village under Ghoraghat upazila of Dinajpur Tuesday afternoon. The incident occurred when their motorbike crashed into a roadside tree, reports BSS. The victi...

Two minor cousins drown in Satkhira pond

Two minor cousins drown in Satkhira pond

-- 2018-03-13 13:36:41

Two minor cousins drowned in a pond at Mollapara village in Shyamnagar upazila under Satkhira district on Tuesday morning. The deceased have been identified as Marium Akhter Sumaiya, 5, daughter of N...

Elderly woman dies in fire in Chittagong

Elderly woman dies in fire in Chittagong

-- 2018-03-13 11:05:55

An elderly woman was killed in a fire while cooking in her kitchen at East Chararkul village in Hathazari upazila in Chittagong on Monday night. According to local sources, the fire broke out from th...

Magura farmers start cultivating  BINA-9 Mosur for higher yield

Magura farmers start cultivating BINA-9 Mosur for higher yield

Our Correspondent 2018-03-13 00:34:02

MAGURA, Mar 12: One Moksed Mandal has achieved success in farming BINA-9 Mosur in Ramnagar village under Magura Sadar. The farmer said cultivation of the lentil variety is profitable as 12 to 14 ma...

Remote Rajshahi village farmers grow poppy illegally

Remote Rajshahi village farmers grow poppy illegally

Our Correspondent 2018-03-12 00:19:38

  RAJSHAHI, Mar 11: Poppy is being cultivated in a remote village of Mohadevpur upazila under greater Rajshahi district. Officials of the Department of Narcotics Control in a recent drive storm...