Nearly 11% of mobile towers in the 10 flood-affected districts of Bangladesh are out of service, with 92% of towers in Feni district alone non-operational. The disruption is due to a lack of power and ...

Feni, a town usually just a few hours away from Dhaka by road, now feels unreachable for many, with severe flooding disrupting all usual routes. INTRO/LEAD IS ONE SENTENCE IN 99% COPIES One of the ...

A total of 167 written complaints have been submitted within five days of launching a hotline and website to curb extortion and other irregularities in Feni.

The deceased was identified as Ayub Nabi Tarek, 26, organisational secretary of Bogadana Union Tati Dal and son of Kamal ...

The Goa government today introduced a Bill amending the Excise Act, which will give the state's traditional liquor, 'feni', the tag of a "heritage spirit" and also make certain areas 'no alcohol ...

Feni-Belonia is an enclave of Bangladesh that penetrates the Indian territory, a narrow finger-like strip about 16km-long and 4-6km wide in area. A metre gauge railway track connects Belonia Border ...

Biula V. Cruz e Pereira wants to ‘uplift' local heritage. Photo: Rakesh Mundye/Mint Feni is to Goa what tequila is to Mexico and absinthe is to Switzerland, carrying much the same perception of ...

Five centuries after Goans began making feni – a pungent, fermented liquor not for the faint-hearted – a new crop of distillers is hoping to take the spirit global. But first, they have to convince ...

Goa became the entry point of the Portuguese settlement way back in the 16th century. It took no time for the Portuguese legacy to rub off on to the local cuisines. Dishes like sorpotel, bebinca, ...