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BCL factional clash injures seven at DU

BCL factional clash injures seven at DU

-- 2019-05-13 21:01:30

At least seven people were injured during a clash between two opposing factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at Madhu's Canteen of Dhaka University on Monday evening. Earlier in the afternoon,...

Check price list before buying: DNCC mayor

Check price list before buying: DNCC mayor

FE Online Report 2019-05-13 20:55:58

The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor Atiqul Islam has asked city dwellers to check price list before buying commodities from markets.  He made the call on Monday while visiting a city...

BIWTA to procure 55 dredgers

BIWTA to procure 55 dredgers

-- 2019-05-13 20:28:04

The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) is going to procure 55 dredgers in the coming days, aiming to increase navigability of the country's rivers and ensure smooth waterway communica...

Govt to shift Khaleda trials to central jail in Keraniganj

Govt to shift Khaleda trials to central jail in Keraniganj

-- 2019-05-13 19:27:05

The trials of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a series of cases will be shifted to the central jail in Keraniganj from the old jailhouse on Nazimuddin Road. The former prime minister, sentenced to 17...

Budget session to begin June 11

Budget session to begin June 11

-- 2019-05-13 18:31:09

The first budget session of the 11th parliament will begin at 5pm on June 11. President Abdul Hamid on Monday convened  the third session (budget, 2019) of the parliament exercising his power be...

Stress on digital, physical security for journos

Stress on digital, physical security for journos

-- 2019-05-13 17:42:44

Speakers at a daylong workshop in Jashore on Monday stressed ensuring both digital and physical security for journalists.  The programme titled 'Digital and Physical Security for Journalists' wa...

Wasa’s failure to submit report on water irks HC

Wasa’s failure to submit report on water irks HC

-- 2019-05-13 17:32:53

The High Court on Monday expressed discontent as Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) authorities failed to submit a report after examining its water supplied to different areas. The HC...

20pc factories in Gazipur at risk of fire

20pc factories in Gazipur at risk of fire

-- 2019-05-13 17:03:45

Twenty per cent of the garments and other factories are at the risk of fire as these factories are housed in lack adequate fire-fighting system. Md Akhtaruzzaman, deputy director of Gazipur fre servi...

Medicine shops, food factory fined TK 1.4m in Rajshahi

Medicine shops, food factory fined TK 1.4m in Rajshahi

-- 2019-05-13 17:00:04

Ten medicine shops and a food factory were fined Taka 1.4 million in Rajshahi on Sunday afternoon on charges of possessing and selling of date-expired and sub-standard medicines and injections and man...

Advance train tickets from May 22

Advance train tickets from May 22

-- 2019-05-13 16:46:41

Bangladesh Railway will start selling advance train tickets on May 22 on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. Railways Secretary Md Mofazzel Hossain said that the ticket sale will continue until May 26 while...

DMP arrests 70 in anti-narcotics drive

DMP arrests 70 in anti-narcotics drive

FE Online Report 2019-05-13 15:12:55

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a 24-hour-long anti-narcotics drive, ended at 6:00am on Monday, arrested 70 drug suspects from different areas of the capital city for selling and consuming illegal...

Youth crushed under train in C’nawabganj

Youth crushed under train in C’nawabganj

-- 2019-05-13 14:09:52

A young man was crushed under train in Ghion area of Nachole upazila of Chapainawabganj in the early hours of Monday. The deceased was identified as Ananta Mardi, 25, son of Budhrai Mardi, resident o...

Two workers die as mini truck overturns in Rajshahi

Two workers die as mini truck overturns in Rajshahi

-- 2019-05-13 13:51:54

Two workers were killed and two others injured when a paddy-laden mini truck overturned in Mohonpur upazila of Rajshahi early Monday. The deceased have been identified as Rashedul, son of one Polan,...

Hearing on Jahalom compensation to proceed: SC

Hearing on Jahalom compensation to proceed: SC

-- 2019-05-13 13:03:05

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for a hearing on compensation to Jahalom, a jute mill worker who was wrongly put behind bars for three years in a loan fraud case. The top court has turned down...

Miscreants kill rice trader in Rajshahi

Miscreants kill rice trader in Rajshahi

-- 2019-05-13 12:37:14

A rice trader was hacked to death by a group of miscreants at Aliganj Uttarpara area in Kashiadanga thana in Rajshahi district on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Anarul Islam, son of lat...

Jute mill workers begin indefinite strike

Jute mill workers begin indefinite strike

-- 2019-05-13 12:31:23

Workers of state-run jute mills started an indefinite strike across Bangladesh to press home their longstanding demands including payment of outstanding dues. The workers are set to block the roads a...

Drug dealer dies in Mymensingh ‘gunfight’

Drug dealer dies in Mymensingh ‘gunfight’

-- 2019-05-13 11:16:55

A suspected drug dealer was killed in gunfight with police at Harua in Ishwarganj upazila of Mymensingh on Monday. The deceased was identified as Mostafa Hossain, 30, a resident of Khuliati village....

PM gives Tk 1.0m assistance to ATM Shamsuzzaman

PM gives Tk 1.0m assistance to ATM Shamsuzzaman

-- 2019-05-13 11:12:48

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has provided financial assistance of Tk 1.0 million to veteran actor ATM Shamsuzzaman for treatment. On her behalf, her special assistant barrister Biplob Barua handed ov...

Three of a family found dead at Dhaka’s Uttarkhan

Three of a family found dead at Dhaka’s Uttarkhan

-- 2019-05-13 11:04:38

A woman, her son and daughter have been found dead at their home in Dhaka’s Uttarkhan with a note next to the bodies, according to police. Police went to the house at Moynartek on Sunday night...

Kazi Moniruzzaman new Feni SP

Kazi Moniruzzaman new Feni SP

-- 2019-05-13 11:00:28

Kazi Moniruzzaman has taken charge as the new superintendent of Feni Police. He took charge on Sunday night after SM Jahangir Alam Sarker was withdrawn for negligence of duty over the murder of madra...

'All exports to get same incentives in budget'

'All exports to get same incentives in budget'

FE Report 2019-05-13 10:51:55

All export-oriented sectors will get incentive benefits, similar to ready-made garments (RMG), from the next financial year (FY), 2019-20, to ensure diversification in the country's exports, Prime M...

BB asks four SoCBs to focus on SME lending

BB asks four SoCBs to focus on SME lending

Siddique Islam 2019-05-13 10:48:56

The central bank has asked the four state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs) to focus on SME (small and medium enterprise) lending, particularly in the manufacturing sector, along with large loans to...

Police recovers female physician’s hanging body in Sylhet

Police recovers female physician’s hanging body in Sylhet

-- 2019-05-12 21:55:07

A female physician was found hanging at her residence in Sylhet's Pathantula area on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Dr Priyanka Talukdar Shanta, 29, a lecturer at Parkview Medical Col...

'Bus driver confesses involvement in killing nurse after gang-rape'

'Bus driver confesses involvement in killing nurse after gang-rape'

-- 2019-05-12 20:33:37

Driver Nuruzzaman Nuru reportedly confessed before a court in Kishoreganj on Sunday to his involvement in the killing of nurse Shahinoor Akhter Tania after 'gang-rape' in his moving bus in Bajitpur up...

Accused confesses to his part in Faridpur rape

Accused confesses to his part in Faridpur rape

-- 2019-05-12 20:27:36

An accused in a case filed over the 'rape' of a teenage girl reportedly confessed before a Faridpur court to abetting the crime. Inspector (Investigation) of Boalmari Police Station Shahidul Islam sa...

Nusrat murder: Feni SP removed for neglecting duty

Nusrat murder: Feni SP removed for neglecting duty

-- 2019-05-12 20:11:46

SM Jahangir Alam Sarkar, superintendent of police in Feni, has been withdrawn from all official responsibilities for his negligence in duty over the murder of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi....

Migrant boat capsize: BD official on way to Tunisia

Migrant boat capsize: BD official on way to Tunisia

-- 2019-05-12 19:34:57

The foreign ministry of Bangladesh has sent an official to Tunisia from the embassy in Libya as many Bangladeshis are feared dead in the Mediterranean Sea boat capsize. Foreign Minister AK Abdul Mome...

Quader to return home on Wednesday   

Quader to return home on Wednesday   

-- 2019-05-12 18:11:27

Road, Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader, who was undergoing treatment in Singapore, will return home on Wednesday. He will return home on a Biman Bangla...

'Healthy mothers can give healthy nation'

'Healthy mothers can give healthy nation'

-- 2019-05-12 17:47:29

Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Sunday said healthy mothers can give a healthy nation as a child gets strength from mother’s inspiration. “Mother is the only sh...

Deal signed to strengthen technical capacity in agriculture sector

Deal signed to strengthen technical capacity in agriculture sector

-- 2019-05-12 17:38:44

Economic Relations Division (ERD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Sunday signed two agreements to implement two projects for strengthening technical capacity in agriculture sector....