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Kushtia road accident kills one

Kushtia road accident kills one

-- 2018-02-12 15:32:42

A school student was killed as a trolley hit his motorbike at Nagar mohammadpur in Sadar upazila of Kushtia on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Ashif Hossain (15), a student of class ni...

Flower farming gets momentum in Rajshahi

Flower farming gets momentum in Rajshahi

-- 2018-02-12 14:39:24

A large number of farmers in Rajshahi are passing a busy time in farming flowers on a commercial basis as they are getting a good yield and price. The farming of different varieties of flowers includ...

Extreme poor in Rangpur attain  solvency by rearing goats

Extreme poor in Rangpur attain solvency by rearing goats

Our Correspondent 2018-02-12 00:29:29

Thousands of extreme poor people at different remote villages and char areas under the district are becoming financially benefited through rearing goat in recent years. Some of the goat rearers said...

Boro cultivation progressing fast in Sylhet division

Boro cultivation progressing fast in Sylhet division

Our Correspondent 2018-02-12 00:28:19

Farmers of different areas in Sylhet division are busy in Boro paddy cultivation as the transplantation period is nearing to end. Additional director of DAE, Sylhet divisional office, Md Altabur Rahm...

Another worker dies in Sylhet stone quarry

Another worker dies in Sylhet stone quarry

-- 2018-02-11 21:03:53

Yet another worker died on Sunday while he was extracting stones from a quarry at Shah Arifin Tila in Companyganj upazila of Sylhet. The deceased was identified as Basir Miah, 42, son of Rupa Miah, r...

Rajshahi road crash kills bus driver

Rajshahi road crash kills bus driver

-- 2018-02-11 14:07:48

A bus driver was killed and his helper injured in a road accident near Sarangpur Boro mosque on Dhaka-Chapainawabganj highway in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi on Sunday morning. The deceased was...

Another mudslide, another death

Another mudslide, another death

-- 2018-02-10 20:34:09

A worker was killed in a Sylhet mudslide Saturday morning while he was extracting stones from a quarry in Bichhnakandi area of Gowainghat Upazila. The deceased was identified as Ruhel Mia, 25, son of...

Trader killed in Satkhira road crash

Trader killed in Satkhira road crash

-- 2018-02-10 18:20:10

A local trader of milk was killed on Saturday as a motorcycle collided head-on with his milk carrying three-wheeler on Satkhira-Kaliganj road in Debhata upazila of the district. The deceased was iden...

Transformer blast burns six

Transformer blast burns six

-- 2018-02-10 12:35:49

Six students of a madrasha sustained burn injuries as a transformer blasted in Bangshal area of Dhaka on Saturday morning. The injured were identified as Saber, Sajjad, Ashik, Soleman, Mostakin and A...

Cops detain 14 in Kushtia

Cops detain 14 in Kushtia

-- 2018-02-09 12:00:48

Police arrested 14 people from different areas of the district on Friday. Police conducted the drive from Thursday night to Friday morning and arrested the 14 people, accused in different cases, said...

Hundreds of vulnerable women weave  Benarasi sarees to support families

Hundreds of vulnerable women weave Benarasi sarees to support families

Sayed Mofidul Babu 2018-02-08 23:57:17

RANGPUR, Feb 8: Hundreds of extreme poor people in different villages of Gangachara upazila under the district have attained financial solvency by making Benarasi sarees in recent years. Several hu...

Mustard harvest starts in Joypurhat district

Mustard harvest starts in Joypurhat district

Roving Correspondent 2018-02-08 23:56:10

JOYPURHAT, Feb 08: Thousands of optimistic peasants across the district have started harvesting mustard. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources, the farmers have...

Gopalganj road crash kills three

Gopalganj road crash kills three

-- 2018-02-08 17:11:55

At least three people died and seven others were injured when a bus hit three human-haulers after running over two pedestrians at Kathi on Gopalganj-Kotalipara road in Sadar upazila on Thursday noon....

Magura tomato cultivators  achieve bumper output

Magura tomato cultivators achieve bumper output

Our Correspondent 2018-02-08 01:00:18

MAGURA, Feb 07: Tomato growers of the district are expecting to earn Tk 120 million this year. A bumper production of the fruit has been achieved this season. Farmers are also satisfied over the pres...

Satkhira road crash kills one

Satkhira road crash kills one

-- 2018-02-07 14:53:24

A man was killed and 10 others were injured in a road accident at Chhayghoria on Satkhira-Jessore road in Sadar upazila of Satkhira on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Hazi Abdul Maz...

Mango sprouting creates eye-catching look in Rajshahi

Mango sprouting creates eye-catching look in Rajshahi

-- 2018-02-07 12:36:20

As the winter season ended earlier, hundreds and thousands of mango trees have started sprouting buds in Rajshahi region. The blooming mango flowering at this stage predicts an excellent production o...

Work on new waterline  progressing fast in  Lalmonirhat

Work on new waterline progressing fast in Lalmonirhat

A Correspondent 2018-02-07 00:00:00

The installation work of the 16 km-long new water supply line is progressing fast in Lalmonirhat municipal area. The Public Health Department of Lalmonirhat is implementing the work under the Water S...

A college teacher producing seedless guava in Rajshahi

A college teacher producing seedless guava in Rajshahi

Our Correspondent 2018-02-07 00:00:00

Abdul Jalil of Kakonhat area under Godagari upazila has launched a silent revolution in producing seedless guava for the first time in Bangladesh. This year he has cultivated 4,000 guava plants on 40...

Production at Fenchuganj Fertiliser Factory remains suspended

Production at Fenchuganj Fertiliser Factory remains suspended

-- 2018-02-06 18:44:34

The production at Fenchuganj Fertiliser Factory in Sylhet remained suspended since Tuesday morning as government decided to stop gas supply to all fertiliser factories. The government took the decisi...

Chandpur minor dies in gas cylinder blast

Chandpur minor dies in gas cylinder blast

-- 2018-02-06 17:19:57

A six-month old baby girl died and three other members of a family were injured as a gas cylinder blasted at a village in Chandpur on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Sumaiya Akhter Eva, daugh...

Chemical-free tomato farming delights Rajshahi growers

Chemical-free tomato farming delights Rajshahi growers

-- 2018-02-06 00:00:00

A good number of farmers in Rajshahi are delighted over cultivating and harvesting chemical-free tomato. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) of the district has provided all the necessary agric...

Hotel boy dies in city road mishap

Hotel boy dies in city road mishap

FE Report 2018-02-05 16:58:22

A twelve-year-old boy died in a road accident in Mohammadpur area of Dhaka on Monday morning, said police. The victim was identified as Antor, who worked at a restaurant named Khulna Khabar Ghor at T...

Turkey farming gains popularity in Rajshahi

Turkey farming gains popularity in Rajshahi

-- 2018-02-05 13:50:14

The Turkey bird farming is gradually gaining popularity in the Rajshahi region as it fetches good profits. A large number of farmers are showing more interest in farming the bird due to its low farmi...

Two SSC students die on way to exam hall

Two SSC students die on way to exam hall

FE Online Desk 2018-02-05 00:00:00

Three people, including two SSC examinees, were killed after a Natore-bound truck hit their motorcycle in Rajshahi’s Puthia. The accident took place on a road in the Upazila’s Tarapur aro...

Potato harvest starts in Bogra

Potato harvest starts in Bogra

Our Correspondent 2018-02-05 00:00:00

Potato growers of the district have started harvesting the item. The peasants are now passing busy time in harvesting and processing the crop as they will bring the same land under Boro cultivation....

Rangpur flower traders doing brisk business due to high mkt demand

Rangpur flower traders doing brisk business due to high mkt demand

Our Correspondent 2018-02-05 00:00:00

The flower traders of the district are doing a brisk business due to high market demand. Once flower was only used in decorating houses, gardens of some aristocratic persons, but things have changed...

Eel cultivation brings solvency to poor families in Joypurhat

Eel cultivation brings solvency to poor families in Joypurhat

Roving Correspondent 2018-02-05 00:00:00

Hundreds of peasants from Hindu community are attaining financial solvency by cultivating eel (Kuchia) on commercial basis in Khetlal upazila of the district. Sources said some local NGOs have been p...

Boro farming gets momentum in Gaibandha

Boro farming gets momentum in Gaibandha

-- 2018-02-04 11:40:47

Farming of Boro paddy is going on fast in the project command areas of Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) in the district during the current season. The BMDA set a target to bring a tot...

Organic vegetables gains popularity in Gaibandha

Organic vegetables gains popularity in Gaibandha

-- 2018-02-03 12:33:48

Chemical-free way of farming brought smiles on the faces of vegetable growers in Fulchhari’s Bhasharpara village in the district. Take Belal Miah as one glaring example of how going green becom...

Ethnic farmers start growing Boro amid fertiliser shortage

Ethnic farmers start growing Boro amid fertiliser shortage

Roving Correspondent 2018-02-03 00:00:00

Ethnic farmers of Mohadevpur upazila in the district have started planting Boro paddy amid labour shortage. They are also facing acute fertiliser crisis this season. According to the Department of Ag...