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Eid-ul-Azha at Rohingya refugee camps

Eid-ul-Azha at Rohingya refugee camps

FE Online Desk 2018-08-22 12:14:25

Rohingya refugees, who entered Bangladesh from burdering Rakhine state of Myanmar and are living in different refugee camps, are observing Holy Eid-ul-Azha with religious fervour and festivity in Cox&...

Road crashes kill nine in five districts

Road crashes kill nine in five districts

-- 2018-08-21 19:52:55

At least nine people including a schoolboy and a local BNP leader were killed while 53 others injured in separate road accidents in Gopalganj, Narail, Rajshahi, Natore and Khagrachhari districts on Tu...

Four districts celebrate Eid Tuesday in line with Saudi

Four districts celebrate Eid Tuesday in line with Saudi

-- 2018-08-21 14:24:33

A large number of residents of Satkhira, Laxmipur, Dinajpur and Chattogram districts are celebrating the Eid-ul-Azha on Tuesday in line with Saudi Arabia. In Satkhira, many residents of Satani, Bhada...

Gopalganj road crash kills two

Gopalganj road crash kills two

-- 2018-08-21 11:17:17

Two people were killed and a woman was injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Khulna Highway near Uttarpara in Gopinathpur upazila on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as SM Arafat Hassan Prince, 36...

Rajshahi prepares to hold over 150 congregations for Eid

Rajshahi prepares to hold over 150 congregations for Eid

-- 2018-08-20 11:18:54

Over 150 Eid congregations also known as jamaats will be held in the Rajshahi metropolitan area as the main congregation is scheduled to be held at Shah Makhdum Central Eidgah Maidan at 8 am on Wednes...

Gopalganj farmers facing difficulties  in decomposing jute plants

Gopalganj farmers facing difficulties in decomposing jute plants

Our Correspondent 2018-08-19 23:30:40

GOPALGANJ, Aug 19: Farmers of the district are facing difficulties in decomposing newly-harvested jute plants for shortage of open water bodies. Sources said the number of ditches, canals and ponds a...

Two cattle traders die in Nilphamari road crash

Two cattle traders die in Nilphamari road crash

-- 2018-08-19 11:00:14

Two cattle traders were killed as the vehicle carrying them and their cows collided head on with a pickup van on Nilphamari-Syedpur road at Kazirhat under Syedpur Upazila in Nilphamari on Sunday night...

Natural cattle fattening method gaining popularity in Bogura, Nilphamari

Natural cattle fattening method gaining popularity in Bogura, Nilphamari

Our Correspondent 2018-08-18 21:15:27

Hundreds of cattle rearers across the district have been applying natural fattening method to sell those animals in the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha market. According to the district livestock office, more t...

Four Jamaat leaders held in Nilphamari

Four Jamaat leaders held in Nilphamari

-- 2018-08-18 18:27:50

Police on Saturday arrested four people including the Ameer of the upazila unit of Jamaat-e-Islamiduring a drive at Sotokhata village in Dimla upazila of Nilphamari district. The detainees were iden...

Brac university student drowns in Cox’s Bazar beach

Brac university student drowns in Cox’s Bazar beach

-- 2018-08-18 13:52:43

A student of Brac University drowned in the Bay of Bengal at Laboni point on the sea beach in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Iftekhar Alam Abid, 25, hailing fro...

Attempt to rape schoolgirl: Mother files case

Attempt to rape schoolgirl: Mother files case

-- 2018-08-17 17:32:49

A case has been filed against a grocer for his alleged attempt to rape a schoolgirl at Pena village in Kashiani upazila of Gopalganj district. The accused was identified as Hiru Mollah, 55, who runs...

Three minor boys drown in Lakshmipur

Three minor boys drown in Lakshmipur

-- 2018-08-17 17:17:49

Three minor boys drowned in a pond at Mohadebpur area in Lakshmipur district on Friday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Bayezid, 8, son of Maulana Khalilur Rahman, Md Ali, 6, son of Maulana...

Cops nab man with fake notes in Chandpur

Cops nab man with fake notes in Chandpur

-- 2018-08-17 13:40:53

Police arrested a man along with fake currency notes worth Tk 130,000 from Shologhar in Chandpur district town on Thursday. The arrestee was identified as Iqbal Hossain, 29, son of Makbul Ahmed of Ch...

Barisal to set 49 cattle markets ahead of Eid

Barisal to set 49 cattle markets ahead of Eid

-- 2018-08-17 11:52:04

A total of 49 cattle markets including permanent and temporary will be set up marking the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha in the district. According to local administration, a total of 16 permanent cattle marke...

Sylhet T-Aman growers eye bumper yield

Sylhet T-Aman growers eye bumper yield

Our Correspondent 2018-08-16 21:16:23

SYLHET, Aug 16: Farmers of Sylhet division are passing busy time in growing Transplanted Aman (T-Aman) paddy in a bid to get a bumper yield of the main crop of the region, said the officials and a num...

Banana farmers making handsome profit

Banana farmers making handsome profit

Our Correspondent 2018-08-16 21:15:04

TANGAIL, Aug 16: Banana growers of different upazilas in the district are making a handsome profit this season. Sources said a good number of people have become self-reliant by cultivating the popula...

Cops recover body of goldsmith in Brahmanbaria

Cops recover body of goldsmith in Brahmanbaria

-- 2018-08-16 15:40:24

A goldsmith was found dead at Sahilpur on Cumilla-Sylhet highway in Brahmanbaria sadar upazila on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Samir Banik, 45. Local people spotted the body and i...

Pickup van driver, helper die in Sylhet road crash

Pickup van driver, helper die in Sylhet road crash

-- 2018-08-16 11:13:54

A pickup van's driver and helper were killed as the vehicle went out of control and turned upside down on Dhaka-Sylhet road at Lalbar in South Surma upazila on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased have...

LoGIC project helps community people adapt to adverse effect  of climate change

LoGIC project helps community people adapt to adverse effect of climate change

FE Desk 2018-08-15 21:05:08

Raniganj union council under Chilmari upazila of Kurigram organised a workshop on 'Validating the climate change risks assessed by the community people' recently, according to a statement. Under the...

Red spinach cultivation brings smile on faces  of Natore farmers

Red spinach cultivation brings smile on faces of Natore farmers

Roving Correspondent 2018-08-15 21:04:16

NATORE, Aug 15: Commercial red spinach cultivation has brought smile on the faces of poor farmers in the district. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said an elaborate progr...

Three die in Kishoreganj road accident

Three die in Kishoreganj road accident

-- 2018-08-15 20:38:32

Three people died in a road accident on Bhairab-Kishoreganj road in Kuliarchar upazila of Kishoreganj on Sunday afternoon. The accident took place when a passenger bus and battery-run auto-rickshaw c...

RAB rescues 23 fishermen from clutches of robbers

RAB rescues 23 fishermen from clutches of robbers

-- 2018-08-15 18:19:28

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) rescued 23 fishermen from the clutches of forest robbers in Marki Canal of Sibla River in the Sundarbans on Wednesday. A suspected robber was killed in a repor...

Authority suspends two cops after accused flees custody

Authority suspends two cops after accused flees custody

-- 2018-08-15 15:58:37

Two policemen of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) were suspended recently over the escape of an accused from their custody. Sub-inspector Fakhrul Islam of Akbar Shah Police Station and Constable...

Seven cops, two police organisations receive award

Seven cops, two police organisations receive award

-- 2018-08-15 13:42:05

The Rangpur Range of Bangladesh Police has awarded its seven personnel and two organisations with medals in recognition of their professional and organisational excellence in discharging duties. Depu...

Rajshahi road crash leaves three dead

Rajshahi road crash leaves three dead

-- 2018-08-15 13:22:19

At least three people were killed after a bus ploughed through a shop at Naudapara area in Rajshahi city on Wednesday. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately, sources said. Th...

T-Aman cultivation progressing  fast in Pabna, Magura districts

T-Aman cultivation progressing fast in Pabna, Magura districts

Roving Correspondent 2018-08-14 22:02:13

PABNA, Aug 14: The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) is expecting to produce over 0.2 million tonnes of T-Aman paddy output this season. More than 0.7 million farmers of Pabna, Sirajganj, Bog...

Speeding truck kills schoolgirl in Satkhira

Speeding truck kills schoolgirl in Satkhira

-- 2018-08-14 13:38:28

In a tragic incident, a schoolgirl was crushed under the wheels of a truck at Hajipur intersection in Ashashuni upazila of Satkhira region on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Priti Swa...

Man dies in cylinder blast in Chattogram

Man dies in cylinder blast in Chattogram

-- 2018-08-14 13:20:13

A rickshaw-van puller was killed as a gas cylinder exploded in Sadarghat area of the port city on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Kamal Uddin, 50, according to a UNB report. The cyli...

Dhunot Aus farmers make Tk 135 million profit  this season

Dhunot Aus farmers make Tk 135 million profit this season

Our Correspondent 2018-08-13 22:11:51

BOGURA, Aug 13:  Farmers of Dhunot upazila of the district have made profit of over Tk 135 million this season by cultivating Aus paddy. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sour...

Papaya cultivation gaining popularity in Magura

Papaya cultivation gaining popularity in Magura

Our Correspondent 2018-08-13 22:10:48

MAGURA, Aug 13: Papaya cultivation is gaining popularity in the district. A good number of farmers have attained financial solvency from the farming of papaya. Sources said farmers show their intere...