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Oil-like substance found underground at construction site

Oil-like substance found underground at construction site

OUR CORRESPONDENT, NETRAKONA 2022-06-17 12:32:25

A flammable liquid suspected to be oil has been found underground at a construction site in Netrakona, creating a stir among local people. Construction workers unearthed it while placing an electric...

Flood maroons 50,000 people in Kurigram

Flood maroons 50,000 people in Kurigram

-- 2022-06-14 20:39:23

At least 50,000 people from a total of 45 villages under the five unions in Kurigram have become stranded as a flood-like situation prevails in the district for the past one week. Five unions of Kuri...

13-year-old boy found dead in Sylhet ‘after playing Blue Whale game’

13-year-old boy found dead in Sylhet ‘after playing Blue Whale game’

-- 2022-06-13 21:05:23

The hanging body of a 13-year-old boy was recovered from Beanibazar municipality in Sylhet. Police said the boy was playing the Blue Whale game in his tab just before his death, reports UNB. The dec...

35,000 people marooned as flash flood hits Kurigram

35,000 people marooned as flash flood hits Kurigram

-- 2022-06-13 15:58:26

Some 35,000 people in Roumari Upazila of Kurigam district have been marooned due to flash floods caused by recent heavy showers and an onrush of water from hills. Fifteen villages in Datbhanga union...

Farmer commits suicide after 'failing to pay loans due to crop damage'

Farmer commits suicide after 'failing to pay loans due to crop damage'

-- 2022-06-10 23:14:37

A 32-year-old farmer allegedly committed suicide by taking poison at Sogunia village in Sherpur Upazila in Bogura, his family said on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Karim, son of Jura...

Ensure sustainable and alternative livelihoods for fishers: Experts

Ensure sustainable and alternative livelihoods for fishers: Experts

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-31 13:26:05

Experts said artisanal fishers produce 40 per cent of the world's fish and provide the essential nutrients and protein. They have made a significant but mostly unrecognised contribution to the global...

Six kids drown in districts

Six kids drown in districts

-- 2022-05-31 09:48:53

A total of six children drowned in Jashore, Chapainawabganj and Dinajpur districts on Monday, reports UNB. In Jashore, three children drowned in a pond at Srirampur village in Bagharpara upazi...

Six children drown in three districts

Six children drown in three districts

-- 2022-05-30 23:32:57

A total of six children drowned in Jashore, Chapainawabganj and Dinajpur districts on Monday, reports UNB. In Jashore, three children drowned in a pond at Srirampur village in Bagharpara upazila arou...

552 kilometres of road, eight bridges damaged in Sunamganj flood

552 kilometres of road, eight bridges damaged in Sunamganj flood

-- 2022-05-30 23:24:44

A total of 552 kilometres of road and eight bridges and culverts have been damaged during the recent flash flood in parts of Sunamganj district, said officials at Local Government and Engineering Depa...

Firearm looted from RAB members in Ctg recovered

Firearm looted from RAB members in Ctg recovered

-- 2022-05-29 17:40:27

Police have recovered a pistol that was looted during an attack on three people including two members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Mirsarai in Chattogram. The firearm was recovered early Sunday...

Death toll in Barishal road crash reaches 10

Death toll in Barishal road crash reaches 10

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-29 14:20:46

At least 10 passengers have died as a passenger bus slammed into a wayside tree in Uzirpur Upazila of Barishal. The bus operated by Jamuna Line Paribahan was going to Bhandaria in the southern distri...

Nine dead as bus crashes into tree in Barishal

Nine dead as bus crashes into tree in Barishal

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-29 10:32:43

At least nine passengers died as a passenger bus hit a wayside tree in Uzirpur Upazila of Barishal. The bus, operated by Jamuna Line Paribahan, was going to Bhandaria in the southern district of Piro...

Woman’s body recovered who was missing for 37 days

Woman’s body recovered who was missing for 37 days

-- 2022-05-28 21:03:31

Police recovered the body of a woman from Shibpur Purbopara village in Khetlal upazila of Joypurhat, 37 days after she had gone missing. The deceased was identified as Beauty Begum, 33, of Syed Damga...

Barishal University students block highway protesting assault on fellow

Barishal University students block highway protesting assault on fellow

-- 2022-05-28 16:06:04

Vehicular movement on the Dhaka-Kuakata highway remained suspended for an hour on Saturday as the students of Barishal University staged demonstrations blocking the highway protesting the assault on o...

RMU to start full-fledged operation soon

RMU to start full-fledged operation soon

-- 2022-05-26 10:27:47

Rajshahi Medical University, the second medical varsity of the country, will start its full-fledged academic, research and medicare activities soon. In addition to academic and research, the univer...

Cop suspended for ‘raping girl’ in Feni

Cop suspended for ‘raping girl’ in Feni

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-25 15:43:31

A police constable of Feni Model Police Station has been suspended for allegedly raping a girl. The suspended police constable is Sharif Uddin Bablu, 26, son of Jamal Uddin of Jamtala Chowdhury Bari...

24-year-old student 'kills self' on video call with woman

24-year-old student 'kills self' on video call with woman

-- 2022-05-25 14:09:32

A 24-year-old third-year honours student allegedly ended his life during a video call with his girlfriend in Boalmari village of Chudanga in the early hours of Wednesday. The deceased, Fazle Rabbi, s...

Two killed, 15 injured in Netrokona road accident

Two killed, 15 injured in Netrokona road accident

OUR CORRESPONDENT, NETROKONA 2022-05-23 11:31:17

At least two people were killed and 15 others injured when a bus collided head-on with a truck on the Netrokona-Mymensingh regional highway on Monday morning. The deceased were identified as bus driv...

Sylhet fish farm owners counting loss of Tk 21.73b due to flood

Sylhet fish farm owners counting loss of Tk 21.73b due to flood

-- 2022-05-22 21:22:02

A total of 18,749 fisheries, including enclosures and fish farms, in 11 Upazilas of Sylhet were inundated by the flash floods. Around 21.3 million fish fry and 2,305 tonnes of fish have washed away i...

Two teenage girls ‘commit suicide’ in Pabna

Two teenage girls ‘commit suicide’ in Pabna

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-22 13:24:58

Two 15-year old girls allegedly committed suicide by drinking pesticide in Chatmohar upazila of Pabna on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Juthi Akter, 15, daughter of Jillur Hossain from Jay...

Labour dearth makes Boro harvesting hard

Labour dearth makes Boro harvesting hard

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-05-22 10:25:47

LALMONIRHAT: Boro harvest began in the district. But the growers are facing serious problems for want of farm labourers and their high wages. Due to shortage of labourers, the wages of the available...

Woman attacked at Narsingdi railway station for her outfit

Woman attacked at Narsingdi railway station for her outfit

-- 2022-05-20 18:03:43

A group of people have attacked a young woman at Narsingdi Railway Station for what they called an obscene outfit she wore. The incident occurred on Wednesday morning and a video of it spread on soci...

Educational institutions in Sylhet shut as flood situation worsens

Educational institutions in Sylhet shut as flood situation worsens

-- 2022-05-20 09:55:00

The overall flood situation in Sylhet district worsened further Thursday morning, with some rivers still flowing above the danger level due to the onrush of hilly waters from India. Although the sh...

Stakeholder consultation of Artemia4Bangladesh held in Cox’s Bazar

Stakeholder consultation of Artemia4Bangladesh held in Cox’s Bazar

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-19 10:56:39

A stakeholder consultation meeting of the Artemia4Bangladesh project was hosted by WorldFish Bangladesh at Long Beach Hotel in Cox's Bazar on 18 May 2022 with the support of the European Union. Syed...

Sylhet city under water as flood situation worsens

Sylhet city under water as flood situation worsens

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-05-18 10:04:17

SYLHET: The flood situation in Sylhet worsened further during the last 24 hours with the rise in water level in the Surma and Kushiyara rivers. Many areas in the Sylhet city including the Shahjalal U...

Policeman’s hand severed at wrist in drive to arrest fugitive

Policeman’s hand severed at wrist in drive to arrest fugitive

-- 2022-05-15 19:37:58

A suspect on the run has chopped off a police constable’s left hand at the wrist in Chattogram’s Lohagara Upazila. Another constable was injured during the incident, confirms Chattogram d...

Rain damages ready-to-harvest paddy in Kurigram

Rain damages ready-to-harvest paddy in Kurigram

-- 2022-05-15 10:06:58

Heavy summer rains pouring since Friday morning inundated parts of Kurigram district damaging ready-to-harvest paddy crops in the district. The local Met office recorded 126 mm of rain in five hour...

Two students killed in Munshiganj car accident

Two students killed in Munshiganj car accident

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-14 15:09:17

Two students die, another injured in Munshiganj car accident Two tenth-graders died and one of their friends has been injured after a car the trio took for a drive fell into a ditch in Munshiganj&rsq...

Minor siblings drown in Bandarban

Minor siblings drown in Bandarban

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-14 13:30:31

Two minor siblings allegedly drowned in a lake at Karbaripara in Alikadam upazila of Bandarban district early Saturday. The deceased were identified as Marufa Jannat, 7, and Mahfuza Jannat, 40, both...

Child dies, two minors hurt in wall collapse in Khulna

Child dies, two minors hurt in wall collapse in Khulna

-- 2022-05-13 18:30:28

A six-year-old was killed and two more minors were injured as a wall collapsed on them in Karim Nagar area in Khulna city on Friday, police said. The deceased was identified as Tamim, son of Mithu of...