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Mustard harvest going on in full swing in Joypurhat

Mustard harvest going on in full swing in Joypurhat

ROVING CORRESPONDENT 2020-03-09 11:12:15

Mustard harvest is going on in full swing in the district though the farmers apprehend they would not get the fair price for their produce. A good number of peasants said they want to complete must...

Good maize yield in Sylhet region this season

Good maize yield in Sylhet region this season

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-03-09 10:46:15

There has been a good yield of maize in Sylhet region this season while farming of the crop has also been on increase in the division. Growers in the division are showing their interest in growing ma...

Disparity in PF amounts upsets govt officials

Disparity in PF amounts upsets govt officials

DOULOT AKTER MALA 2020-03-09 10:36:23

A number of government officials have raised their concern over huge mismatch between actual amount and system-generated amount of their provident fund (PF), prepared using the Integrated Budget and A...

Mujib Barsha big event postponed

Mujib Barsha big event postponed

-- 2020-03-09 10:21:36

The authorities have postponed the key event of March 17 at the National Parade Ground in Dhaka designed to officially launch the celebrations of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth centen...

Qatar bans arrivals from BD over coronavirus fears

Qatar bans arrivals from BD over coronavirus fears

REUTERS 2020-03-09 09:32:47

Qatar has temporarily barred travelers from 14 countries from March 09 as a precaution against the rapidly spreading coronavirus, the government announced on Sunday. The ban covers China, Egypt, Indi...

Don’t panic, remain careful from coronavirus: Govt

Don’t panic, remain careful from coronavirus: Govt

-- 2020-03-08 20:44:57

The government on Sunday asked people not to panic but remain careful to stay safe from coronavirus as it entered the country. It also advised people to consult physicians if in any symptoms of coron...

Stern action against any chaos over Modi's visit: Home minister

Stern action against any chaos over Modi's visit: Home minister

-- 2020-03-08 20:23:03

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday warned that law enforcers will take stern action against any attempt to create chaos over the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bangladesh on the...

'Returnees from six countries to be self-quarantined for 14 days'

'Returnees from six countries to be self-quarantined for 14 days'

-- 2020-03-08 19:48:04

The government has urged Bangladeshis returning from six countries -- China, Italy, South Korea, Singapore, Iran and Thailand -- to be self-quarantined for 14 days in a bid to prevent the spread of co...

WZPDCL to create 800 electricians in five years

WZPDCL to create 800 electricians in five years

-- 2020-03-08 19:43:35

West Zone Power Distribution Company Ltd (WZPDCL) has undertaken a programme to create over 800 efficient electric technicians in the next five years as part of its move to celebrate MujibBorsho to ma...

Lalon festival beings in Kushtia

Lalon festival beings in Kushtia

-- 2020-03-08 18:53:51

A three-day festival is scheduled to begin on Sunday afternoon at Lalon Akhra in Chheuria village in Kumarkhali upazila remembering the legendry Baul Lalon Shah. The Lalon Academy, in association wit...

Three snatchers held in city

Three snatchers held in city

-- 2020-03-08 17:30:31

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three snatchers from Dhalpur area of Jatrabari in the capital on Saturday night. The arrestees are - Md Ripon, 21, of Sarail in Brahmanbaria, Md Jashim Miji,...

IEDCR confirms first three coronavirus cases in BD

IEDCR confirms first three coronavirus cases in BD

-- 2020-03-08 16:24:09

The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has confirmed three coronavirus cases for the first time in Bangladesh. IEDCR Director Professor Dr Meerjady Sabrina Flora gave the...

Don't share coronavirus info from unverified sources: UNICEF

Don't share coronavirus info from unverified sources: UNICEF

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-03-08 15:24:37

UNICEF has called for refraining from sharing information from untrustworthy or unverified sources as social media virtual world continues to be overrun with misinformation over coronavirus. The UN a...

HC cancels GK Shamim’s bail in arms case

HC cancels GK Shamim’s bail in arms case

-- 2020-03-08 15:09:57

The High Court on Sunday cancelled its earlier order that granted six months bail to Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim, who was arrested during the anti-casino drive, in an arms case. The HC-bench...

CCC polls: JaPa candidate quits mayoral race

CCC polls: JaPa candidate quits mayoral race

-- 2020-03-08 14:37:42

Jatiya Party contestant Solaiman Alam Sheth on Sunday withdrew from the mayoral race of the Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) elections scheduled for March 29. Solaiman informed journalists about his...

Five to hang for murder of schoolteacher in Khulna

Five to hang for murder of schoolteacher in Khulna

-- 2020-03-08 14:20:38

A Khulna court has handed down the death penalty to five people over the murder of a schoolteacher, Taskin Hossain Toyon, in 2018. The district's Speedy Trial Tribunal judge Md Nazrul Hawladar passed...

Women showing efficiency in every sector: PM

Women showing efficiency in every sector: PM

-- 2020-03-08 13:17:21

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the country’s womenfolk have been showing their efficiency in every sector capitalising the opportunities of her government extended to them. “...

Bogura catfish farmers earn over Tk 300m per year

Bogura catfish farmers earn over Tk 300m per year

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-03-08 12:31:12

BOGURA: Commercial catfish cultivation has brought smile on the faces of farmers in the district. Sources said, catfish was declining fast from the local water bodies due to excessive use of insectic...

329 buildings prone to fire across country

329 buildings prone to fire across country

SAJIBUR RAHMAN 2020-03-08 12:09:11

The government's fire service organisation found 329 public and private buildings across the country in 2019 hazardous in terms of inadequate and poor safety measures. The Bangladesh Fire Service and...

Profuse bloom predicts bumper mango output in Jhenidah district

Profuse bloom predicts bumper mango output in Jhenidah district

Our Correspondent 2020-03-08 12:04:54

Mango growers in Jhenidah are delighted as profuse bloom this season is predicting a bumper yield of the succulent delicious summer fruit. Though there has been a light rainfall, it has not harmed ma...

BINA develops new salinity, flood tolerant rice

BINA develops new salinity, flood tolerant rice

Jahangir Kabir 2020-03-08 12:02:06

Director (Administration) of Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) Dr Mirza Mofazzal Islam developed a new salinity and submergence tolerant rice variety named BINA Dhan-23. This rice pl...

International Women’s Day being observed

International Women’s Day being observed

-- 2020-03-08 11:12:40

The International Women's Day is being celebrated in the country, as elsewhere across the globe, on Sunday highlighting women’s rights and equality. The theme for International Women’s Da...

Commuters want toll collection  at Gorai Bridge to be stopped

Commuters want toll collection at Gorai Bridge to be stopped

Sazzad Hossain 2020-03-08 00:00:00

FARIDPUR, Mar 08: Toll from the Gorai Bridge to meet the construction cost is being collected for the last 29 years since the bridge was opened. Sources said, collecting toll from such a long period...

Appeal of Bangabandhu’s March 7 speech eternal: PM

Appeal of Bangabandhu’s March 7 speech eternal: PM

-- 2020-03-07 20:53:12

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has described the appeal of Bangabandhu’s historic March 7 speech as eternal as it will continue to energise the people across the globe for ages. “The March...

International Women’s Day Sunday

International Women’s Day Sunday

-- 2020-03-07 18:48:53

The International Women's Day will be celebrated in the country, as elsewhere across the globe, on Sunday highlighting women’s rights. According to United Nations Women, the theme for Internati...

Dhaka’s air still ‘unhealthy’

Dhaka’s air still ‘unhealthy’

-- 2020-03-07 18:13:27

Dhaka's air was classified as ‘unhealthy’ on Saturday morning as Bangladesh’s capital ranked the fifth worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI). It had an AQI score of 154 at 07:50am. T...

Bus helper dies in Sirajganj road crash

Bus helper dies in Sirajganj road crash

-- 2020-03-07 15:27:26

A bus helper was killed and 13 other people were injured in a collision between a bus and a truck at Sayedabad in Sadar upazila of Sirajganj district on Saturday. The identity of the deceased couldn&...

Padma boat capsize death toll climbs to six

Padma boat capsize death toll climbs to six

-- 2020-03-07 15:23:24

Police and BGB members on Saturday recovered the bodies of five people who went missing after two boats capsized in the Padma River on Friday, raising the death toll from the incidents to six. The de...

Suspected robber dies Keraniganj ‘gunfight’

Suspected robber dies Keraniganj ‘gunfight’

-- 2020-03-07 15:07:03

A suspected robber was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police in Baghoir Chitakhola road area in Dakkhin Keraniganj of Dhaka on Friday night. The identity of the deceased could not be known y...

Throat-slit bodies of two minor sisters found in city

Throat-slit bodies of two minor sisters found in city

-- 2020-03-07 12:10:44

Police on Saturday morning recovered the throat-slit bodies of two girls and rescued their mother with severe burn injuries from a house at Goran area in the capital. The deceased were identified as...