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Fire guts valuables at super shop in Ctg

Fire guts valuables at super shop in Ctg

-- 2019-04-06 14:04:02

A fire broke out at a super shop in Kazir Deuri area in Chattogram city on Saturday morning. The fire broke out on the second floor of 'Shopping Bag' super shop from an electric short circuit around...

Natore road crash kills man

Natore road crash kills man

-- 2019-04-06 13:04:55

A man was killed and another injured in when a truck hit another one in Fulbagan area in Natore district town on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Rahabul Islam, 44, hailing from Mirpu...

Fire guts three houses in Sylhet

Fire guts three houses in Sylhet

-- 2019-04-06 11:53:09

Three houses were gutted in a fire that broke out at Dakhshin Dashpaika village in Bishwanath upazila of Sylhet district on Friday afternoon. Amir Ali, chairman of Daulatpur union, said that the fire...

Groundnut farming on  the rise in Sylhet division

Groundnut farming on the rise in Sylhet division

Our Correspondent 2019-04-04 20:50:13

Farming of some non-traditional crops like groundnut has been on rise in greater Sylhet region as many farmers were getting interest on those for better returns, sources informed. In total 1,492 hect...

RU student starts campus ride sharing service

RU student starts campus ride sharing service

RU Correspondent 2019-04-04 20:49:17

RAJSHAHI, Apr 04: Masud Parvez, a student of Geology and Mining Department of Rajshahi University (RU), has started motorcycle ride sharing service on the campus. He charges Tk 10 for going to any pl...

Rajshahi fruit growers hopeful about bumper mango yield

Rajshahi fruit growers hopeful about bumper mango yield

-- 2019-04-04 17:22:23

Mango growers and businessmen have become hopeful about the ensuing mango production as the fruit setting process is going on successfully in Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj, nationwide famous for the de...

RCC adopts Tk 27.14b mega project

RCC adopts Tk 27.14b mega project

-- 2019-04-04 16:46:49

Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) adopted a mega project involving Tk 27.1442 billion (Tk 2,714.42 crore) for improving living and livelihood condition of its people. City Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton...

Faridpur man killed in factional infighting

Faridpur man killed in factional infighting

-- 2019-04-04 16:25:18

A man was killed and 20 others injured in a clash between two factions of local Awami League (AL) over establishing supremacy at Poail village in Boalmari upazila of Faridpur district early Thursday....

Bus crushes security guard in Barishal; driver held

Bus crushes security guard in Barishal; driver held

FE Online Desk 2019-04-04 14:11:21

A security guard of a textile mill was killed when a bus crushed him on Barishal-Patuakhali highway on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Shah Alam, 50, a worker of Sonargaon Texti...

Road crashes leave five dead in three districts

Road crashes leave five dead in three districts

-- 2019-04-03 16:39:42

Al least five people, including a minor girl, were killed in separate road crashes in Natore, Khagrachhari and Netrakona districts on Wednesday. In Khagrachhari, pedestrian Mahmudul Haque, 70, was ki...

Housewife dies in Kushtia fire

Housewife dies in Kushtia fire

-- 2019-04-03 12:30:42

A housewife was burnt to death in a fire that broke out at her house at Ramchandrapur village in Bheramara upazila of Kushtia in the early hours of Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Saleha Be...

Gopalganj farmers eye good BARI wheat-30 output

Gopalganj farmers eye good BARI wheat-30 output

Our Correspondent 2019-04-02 21:46:25

GOPALGANJ, Apr 02: Farmers of Moksudpur upazila in the district are expecting a plenteous production of BARI Wheat-30 as the harvest is going on in full swing. According to the upazila DAE office, a...

0.85m hectares of land in five northern dists come under irrigation facilities

0.85m hectares of land in five northern dists come under irrigation facilities

-- 2019-04-02 21:45:20

RANGPUR, Apr 02 (BSS): The government has provided irrigation facilities to over 0.85 million hectares of land for cultivation of different crops in Rangpur agriculture region to increase food output...

Maize farming on the increase in Rajshahi

Maize farming on the increase in Rajshahi

-- 2019-04-02 21:44:51

Maize farming has gradually been rising in Rajshahi region including the vast Barind tract as the farmers are reaping more profit than that of wheat and Boro paddy, reports BSS. For this reason, the...

Youth’s body found in Chapainawabganj

Youth’s body found in Chapainawabganj

-- 2019-04-02 10:50:59

The body of a youth, bearing gunshot wounds, was found on Tuesday morning in Shibganj Upazila's Masudpur area of Chapainawabganj. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Milon, 21, son of Kalu Mohamm...

Sylhet college teacher murder: Suspects give depositions

Sylhet college teacher murder: Suspects give depositions

-- 2019-04-01 20:21:42

Two accused, who were arrested in connection with the killing of a teacher of Madan Mohan College in Sylhet, gave their depositions before the court on Monday. The court of Sylhet Metropolitan Magist...

Miscreants stab AL polling agent in Jashore  

Miscreants stab AL polling agent in Jashore  

-- 2019-04-01 16:56:02

A man, who served as a poling agent for a ruling Awami League candidate, was stabbed by unidentified criminals in Jhikorgacha upazila of Jashore on Sunday night. Abdul Matleb Sheikh, 35, the agent, c...

Buriganga trawler capsize leaves two youths dead

Buriganga trawler capsize leaves two youths dead

-- 2019-04-01 11:05:27

Two young men died as a trawler capsized in Buriganga river near Keraniganj on Sunday night. The deceased were identified as Sabbir Hossain, 18, son of Shahidul Islam and Tuhin, 20, son of Afzal Hoss...

Lightning kills four in three districts

Lightning kills four in three districts

-- 2019-03-31 19:10:11

Four people, including two minor sisters, were killed in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Habiganj, Kishoreganj and Moulvibazar districts on Sunday. In Moulvibazar, two minor sisters died a...

Police seize stolen medicines worth Tk 10m in Bogura

Police seize stolen medicines worth Tk 10m in Bogura

-- 2019-03-31 14:52:03

Medicines, stolen from government hospitals, worth around Tk 10 million were seized in Bogura on Sunday morning. Police said they raided a multi-storey building at Mofiz Paglar More acting on a tip-o...

Father, daughter die in Chattogram road mishap

Father, daughter die in Chattogram road mishap

FE Online Desk 2019-03-31 14:32:13

A CNG-driven auto-rickshaw collided with the jeep of Lama upazila chairman in Shantir Hat area of Chattogram’s Rangunia, killing a man and his minor daughter on Sunday morning. The deceased wer...

BGB man on polls duty dies following cardiac arrest

BGB man on polls duty dies following cardiac arrest

-- 2019-03-31 11:56:08

A Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) official died after suffering a cardiac arrest while performing upazila election duty in Bagherpara Upazila of Jashore on Saturday night. The deceased was identified a...

Foreign minister calls  on journos to monitor development works

Foreign minister calls on journos to monitor development works

Our Correspondent 2019-03-30 21:06:52

SYLHET, Mar 30: Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has called upon journalists to monitor and report the development activities all over the country so that things could be implemented on time as well as...

Success in producing BARI-4  onion seeds in Magura

Success in producing BARI-4 onion seeds in Magura

Our Correspondent 2019-03-30 20:56:58

MAGURA, Mar 30: Farmers in the district have achieved a success in producing BARI-4 onion seeds. Regional Spice Research Center, Magura, official sources said they are happy over the bumper production...

Rangpur char people attain solvency by cultivating pumpkin

Rangpur char people attain solvency by cultivating pumpkin

-- 2019-03-30 20:56:32

RANGPUR, Mar 30 (BSS): Pumpkin cultivation on char lands has improved agro-economy in char areas of Rangpur agriculture region bringing fortune to over 42,000 have-not group of landless char families...

Lightning strike kills two in Pabna

Lightning strike kills two in Pabna

-- 2019-03-30 19:57:40

A schoolboy and a woman were killed in a lighting strike at Bothor village in Chatmohar upazila of Pabna on Saturday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Shanto, 12, son of Zakir Hossain of the...

Four dead in Noakhali road crash

Four dead in Noakhali road crash

-- 2019-03-30 19:35:59

At least four people were killed and two others injured as a bus collided head-on with an auto-rickshaw on Begumganj-Maijdi road at Dorbeshpur in Noakhali on Saturday. The deceased were identified as...

Low market price frustrates T-Aman paddy growers

Low market price frustrates T-Aman paddy growers

-- 2019-03-28 21:15:53

Roving CorrespondentSIRAJGANJ, Mar 28: T-Aman paddy growers in the district are frustrated over the low market price.Many growers told this correspondent that they are selling their hard-earned produc...

High pumpkin yield  likely in Rangpur

High pumpkin yield likely in Rangpur

Our Correspondent 2019-03-28 21:15:12

RANGPUR, Mar 28: An excellent yield of pumpkin is likely to be achieved across the district during the current season due to a congenial weather and timely supply of agri-inputs.Visiting different are...

Police recover bullet-hit body of ‘drug pedlar’ in Khulna

Police recover bullet-hit body of ‘drug pedlar’ in Khulna

-- 2019-03-28 10:47:47

Police recovered the bullet-hit body of a suspected drug trader from Khejurtala village in Batiaghata upazila of Khulna in the early hours of Thursday. The deceased was identified as Asaduzzaman Mitu...