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10 get jail time, fine for catching Hilsa

10 get jail time, fine for catching Hilsa

-- 2017-11-16 12:00:00

Ten fishermen were arrested and sentenced to different jail terms for catching Hilsa defying the government-imposed ban at Tulatuli and Bhola Khal in Meghna River area under Bhola district on Wednesda...

Police recovers 24 crude bombs in Savar

Police recovers 24 crude bombs in Savar

-- 2017-11-16 11:38:36

Police recovered 24 crude bombs from Basaid area in Ashulia here on Thursday. Locals said that they found a black bag in an abandoned condition in the area at noon and found the bombs wrapped with bl...

Early cultivated cabbage growers  making handsome profit

Early cultivated cabbage growers making handsome profit

Our Correspondent 2017-11-16 09:11:03

RANGPUR, Nov 16: The growers of early cultivated cabbage in different areas under the district are jubilant as they are earning handsome profit this season. Presently, harvesting of early cultivate...

As winter sets in, Bhapa Pitha gets popularity among commoners of Rajshahi city

As winter sets in, Bhapa Pitha gets popularity among commoners of Rajshahi city

Our Correspondent 2017-11-16 09:10:09

RAJSHAHI, Nov16: With the approaching of winter, selling of some seasonal foods has also been started in Rajshahi city and surrounding areas. One of such foods is Bhapa Pitha, a traditional cake mad...

Water spinach production on the rise in Bogra

Water spinach production on the rise in Bogra

Our Correspondent 2017-11-16 09:08:59

BOGRA, Nov 16: A good number of peasants of all the twelve upazilas of the district cultivate the water spinach (Kolmi Shak) round the year due to a high market demand. The Department of Agricultur...

HC orders arrest of Patuakhali fake doctor

HC orders arrest of Patuakhali fake doctor

-- 2017-11-16 06:58:46

The High Court has directed the officer-in-charge of Baufal police station in Patuakhali to arrest fake physician Razan Das who left gauze inside a woman's abdomen during her cesarean surgery at a pri...

Sundarbans ‘gunfight’ leaves two robbers dead

Sundarbans ‘gunfight’ leaves two robbers dead

-- 2017-11-15 12:41:51

Two members of a pirate gang, "Abbas Bahini" were killed during a 'gunfight' with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Katlar Khal of Baleshwar River under Swarankhola range of the Sundarbans on...

Modern methods boosting output

Modern methods boosting output

Iqbal Siddiquee 2017-11-15 12:07:34

HABIGANJ, Nov 14: Cultivation of summer season vegetables by using modern methods has been gaining popularity among the farmers of Sylhet region. Chairman of Horticulture Department of Sylhet Agricul...

Char people attain solvency from cucumber cultivation

Char people attain solvency from cucumber cultivation

Our Correspondent 2017-11-15 12:00:57

BOGRA, Nov 14: Hundreds of char people of the mighty Jamuna in Sarikandi, Sonatola and Dhunot upazilas of the district has attained financial self-reliance by cultivating cucumber. Cucumber was culti...

Dainik Purbokone editor no more

Dainik Purbokone editor no more

-- 2017-11-15 12:00:00

Dainik Purbokone editor Taslim Uddin Chowdhury has passed away. He was 63. Mohammad Ali, a senor journalist of the daily published from Chittagong, said the editor breathed his last at a hospital in...

Manikganj gas cylinder explosion burns couple

Manikganj gas cylinder explosion burns couple

FE Online Desk 2017-11-15 11:38:33

A couple has been shifted to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) with severe burn wounds sustained in a cooking gas cylinder blast at their house in Gangadhar Patti area of Manikganj on early We...

Youth dies in BSF firing

Youth dies in BSF firing

-- 2017-11-15 10:31:05

A Bangladeshi national was reportedly shot to death by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Burimari border in Patgram upazila early Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Fari...

BT brinjal farming gaining popularity in Bogra

BT brinjal farming gaining popularity in Bogra

Our Correspondent 2017-11-15 08:59:57

BOGRA, Nov 15: Cultivation of BT brinjal is gaining popularity among the marginal farmers of the district. A good number of growers have shown interest to more land under the farming of the vegetable...

Patuakhali bus plunge kills elderly woman

Patuakhali bus plunge kills elderly woman

FE Online Desk 2017-11-15 01:48:03

An elderly woman was killed and at least 13 other people sustained injuries as the bus in which they were travelling, plunged into a ditch on Patuakhali-Kuakata highway in Kalapara upazila of Patuakha...

Expat, family members sued over Facebook post

Expat, family members sued over Facebook post

-- 2017-11-14 12:04:55

A case has been filed against an expatriate youth living in Italy and four members of his family under section 57 of the ICT Act for allegedly making disparaging posts against a female US expatriate a...

Jessore ‘gunfight’ leaves one dead

Jessore ‘gunfight’ leaves one dead

FE Online Desk 2017-11-14 12:00:00

Police recovered the body of an unidentified man along with a gun, two rounds of bullets, five cutlasses and one Chinese axe from Nongorpur Mazar area on Magura road in Jessore district on early Tuesd...

Man dies from electrocution in Sherpur

Man dies from electrocution in Sherpur

-- 2017-11-14 05:00:33

A man has died from electrocution at a village in Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur on Tuesday. The deceased; Alal Uddin, 48; was an office assistant of local Palashikura Janata High School. Alal Uddin...

Police recover man’s body in B’baria

Police recover man’s body in B’baria

FE Online Desk 2017-11-14 02:33:21

A 35-year-old man was found dead on Bahadurpur-Talshahar road in Ashuganj upazila of Brahmanbaria on Tuesday morning. Badrul Alam, Officer-in-Charge of Ashuganj Police Station, said local people...

Chittagong road crashes claim two lives

Chittagong road crashes claim two lives

FE Online Desk 2017-11-14 02:18:05

Two people were killed in two separate road accidents in Chittagong’s Satkania and Sitakunda upazilas on Tuesday morning.  A Chittagong-bound bus 'Ena' from Cox's Bazar ran over Nurul Amin...

Electrocution kills worker in Sirajganj

Electrocution kills worker in Sirajganj

FE Online Desk 2017-11-14 01:02:58

A worker died after being electrocuted while painting a four-storey building in bus stand area of Raiganj Sadar upazila in Sirajganj on Monday afternoon. The victim Jahidul Islam (28), son of late Ha...

Police rescue four tiger cubs in Jessore

Police rescue four tiger cubs in Jessore

FE Online Desk 2017-11-13 12:00:00

Police rescued four tiger cubs from a Benapole-bound vehicle at Chanchra intersection area of Jessore Sadar upazila on Monday morning. Sub-inspector Syed Bayezid Hossain, in-charge of Chanchra Police...

Mudslide kills female quarry worker in Sylhet

Mudslide kills female quarry worker in Sylhet

FE Online Desk 2017-11-13 12:00:00

A female worker was killed and four others sustained injuries when a chunk of mud collapsed on the group of worker while they were extracting stone from a quarry at Jaflong in Sylhet's Goainghat upazi...

Jessore road mishap leaves one dead

Jessore road mishap leaves one dead

FE Online Desk 2017-11-13 11:20:09

A day labourer was killed while returning home from his workplace as a speedy motorcycle hit him at Mandartala area on Jessore-Magura road of Jessore’r Sadar upazila on Sunday evening. Jamal Ho...

BGB detains 24 Bangladeshis while entering country

BGB detains 24 Bangladeshis while entering country

-- 2017-11-12 12:19:18

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained 24 Bangladeshi nationals, who were trafficked to India eight years back, while they were entering the country through Sadipur border in Benapole on ea...

Govt plans project to end Ctg waterlogging

Govt plans project to end Ctg waterlogging

-- 2017-11-12 12:00:00

The government plans to implement a project to resolve the waterlogging problem in Chittagong port city. Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (LGRD) Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossai...

RAKUB holds confce in Rangpur

RAKUB holds confce in Rangpur

FE Online Desk 2017-11-12 11:42:49

Managers and field staffs conference-2017 of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB), Rangpur Zone was held at ASOD Training Centre Saturday. Managing Director of RAKUB Md. Muin Uddin addressed the...

Bus rams into motorcycle, killing one

Bus rams into motorcycle, killing one

FE Online Desk 2017-11-12 11:33:40

Sarwar Hossian Tipu, 42, a resident of Alir Moor in Badda area of the capital, died after a bus rammed into his motorcycle in front of CNG refueling station at Badda link road on early Sunday. The ac...

Bogra growers happy over good market prices of snake bean

Bogra growers happy over good market prices of snake bean

Our Correspondent 2017-11-12 09:03:36

BOGRA, Nov 12: The snake bean (Borboti) growers of the district are delighted over the good market price of their produce this season. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), arou...

DAE draws up big plan to grow potato in Joypurhat

DAE draws up big plan to grow potato in Joypurhat

Roving Correspondent 2017-11-12 09:02:50

JOYPURHAT, Nov 11: The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken an elaborate programme to grow potato across the district on a large- scale this season. Sub-assistant agriculture officer o...

Fire guts 10 shops in Bhola

Fire guts 10 shops in Bhola

-- 2017-11-12 06:10:44

At least 10 shops were burned down at Hajirhat bazaar under Manpura upazila of Bhola on Sunday morning. Fire Service & Civil Defence sources said the incident occurred when a fire broke out, ori...