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149 new books hit Grantha Mela on Tuesday

149 new books hit Grantha Mela on Tuesday

FE Online Report 2019-02-12 20:34:37

Some 149 new books were introduced at Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela on Tuesday, the twelfth day of the month-long book fair. With the latest additions, a total of 1,650 books were released until February...

‘No discipline on roads yet’

‘No discipline on roads yet’

-- 2019-02-12 19:11:27

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday admitted that indiscipline is still there on roads and there has been no let-up in road accidents either. "I'd earlier said and I'm sayin...

Formulate guideline for doctors’ private practice: HC

Formulate guideline for doctors’ private practice: HC

-- 2019-02-12 19:10:56

The High Court (HC) on Tuesday ordered authorities concerned to formulate a full-fledged guideline by an independent commission on the private practices of state appointed doctors. A High Court divis...

Govt summons Pak envoy over Bangabandhu remarks

Govt summons Pak envoy over Bangabandhu remarks

-- 2019-02-12 19:02:45

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday summoned acting high commissioner of Pakistan Shah Fasial Kakar and strongly protested indecent remarks over Bangladesh and Father of the Nation Bangabandhu...

Quader says BNP’s participation in upazila polls matters little

Quader says BNP’s participation in upazila polls matters little

-- 2019-02-12 18:54:35

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said BNP's participation in upazila election would matter little. "It doesn't matter who takes part or boycotts the local election," he told r...

HC bars media from disclosing children’s identity in criminal cases

HC bars media from disclosing children’s identity in criminal cases

-- 2019-02-12 17:23:50

The High Court (HC) on Tuesday directed all media not to reveal children’s identity in criminal cases. The court took the decision after a national English daily published a report on Nov 5, 20...

BGB firing in Thakurgaon leaves two dead

BGB firing in Thakurgaon leaves two dead

-- 2019-02-12 15:56:28

Two people were killed and at least 15 others injured after members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) opened fire during, what the paramilitary force claimed, a clash with cattle smugglers in Thakurgao...

PM asks Ansar, VDP to stay alert to check drugs, militancy

PM asks Ansar, VDP to stay alert to check drugs, militancy

-- 2019-02-12 15:23:09

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked all concerned, including the Ansar and VDP members, to always remain vigilant against drug abuse, militancy and terrorism in the country. "We must remain alert...

Police recover body of ‘drug pedlar’ in Rajshahi

Police recover body of ‘drug pedlar’ in Rajshahi

-- 2019-02-12 15:17:27

Police recovered the bullet-riddled body of a suspected drug pedlar from Safina Park area at Godagari upazila of Rajshahi on Tuesday morning. The dead man was identified as Moti, 40, son of Syed Ali...

Third phase of eviction drive along Buriganga begins

Third phase of eviction drive along Buriganga begins

-- 2019-02-12 14:36:59

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) on Tuesday started the third phase of eviction drive to demolish illegal establishments along the Buriganga River. The drive started from Batterygh...

Jashore board postpones SSC ICT exam

Jashore board postpones SSC ICT exam

-- 2019-02-12 12:44:18

The ICT (Information and Communications Technology) examination under Jashore board has been postponed following printing mistakes in the question paper. The fresh date of the examination will be inf...

Suspected robber dies in city ‘shootout’

Suspected robber dies in city ‘shootout’

-- 2019-02-12 11:47:37

A suspected robber has been killed in an alleged shootout with police in Dhaka’s Gopibag. Police claimed ‘Shanto’, 20, was a member of a robbery gang that was meeting in the Gopibag...

Two cops arrested for ‘raping woman’ in Manikganj

Two cops arrested for ‘raping woman’ in Manikganj

-- 2019-02-12 11:02:52

Police arrested two officers of Saturia Police Station in the early hours of Tuesday on charges of gang-raping a young woman after keeping her confined to the Manikganj upazila Dak bungalow. They wer...

Three burnt to death in Ctg microbus crash

Three burnt to death in Ctg microbus crash

-- 2019-02-12 10:57:54

Three passengers of a microbus have died after their vehicle collided with a covered van and caught fire on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway. Two children were rescued from the blazing vehicle after th...

Boring work of Karnaphuli tunnel starts on Feb 24

Boring work of Karnaphuli tunnel starts on Feb 24

FE Report 2019-02-12 10:40:35

Boring work of the Karnaphuli tunnel, first of its kind in the country, will start on February 24. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the boring work of the 3.4-kilometre tunnel during he...

Proposed KEZ set to get licence

Proposed KEZ set to get licence

Saif Uddin 2019-02-12 10:37:15

The proposed Kishoreganj Economic Zone (KEZ), a venture of Nitol Niloy Group, is set to obtain licence from the authorities concerned, officials related with the development have said. The zone wou...

Project to welcome migratory birds

Project to welcome migratory birds

Roving Correspondent 2019-02-11 21:34:53

NAOGAON, Feb 11: With arrival of bone chilling cold across Siberia and other countries, the migratory birds have started coming to vast water body in Mohadebpur upazila, a sanctuary for birds, under N...

Bamboo artisans passing  hard time in Bogura

Bamboo artisans passing hard time in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2019-02-11 21:33:45

BOGURA, Feb 11: Bamboo artisans, who have no cropland of their own, are passing hardship time with the ancestral profession for last few years.  The consumers preferred to use "duli" for storing...

Vegetable farming on 0.10 million  hectares in Sylhet division

Vegetable farming on 0.10 million hectares in Sylhet division

Our Correspondent 2019-02-11 21:32:29

SYLHET, Feb 11: Winter vegetables of different kinds were cultivated on 102,544 hectares of land in Sylhet division during the current season. The vegetables include gourd, sweet gourd, radish, bean,...

Cabinet okays draft of Animal Welfare Act 2019

Cabinet okays draft of Animal Welfare Act 2019

-- 2019-02-11 21:02:35

The government has drafted a law stipulating punishment for cruelty to animals like tethering a dog without giving it the scope to move for 24 straight hours or more. The cabinet gave its final nod t...

128 new books hit Ekushey Grantha Mela on Monday   

128 new books hit Ekushey Grantha Mela on Monday  

FE Online Report 2019-02-11 20:40:35

Some 128 new books were introduced at Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela on Monday, the eleventh day of the month-long book fair. With the latest additions, a total of 1,531 books were released until February...

Electricity bill dues stand at Tk 68.83b

Electricity bill dues stand at Tk 68.83b

-- 2019-02-11 20:15:37

The total electricity bill arrears as of October 2018 stood at around Tk 68.83 billion, said State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid at the parliament on Monday. Of the ar...

BSTI destroys below par water jars from city restaurants

BSTI destroys below par water jars from city restaurants

FE Online Report 2019-02-11 19:04:45

Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) on Monday destroyed a total of 2,000 water jars at different hotels and restaurants across the capital for selling untreated and unhygienic drinking...

CAR seeks BD’s assistance for military training, agriculture

CAR seeks BD’s assistance for military training, agriculture

-- 2019-02-11 18:36:06

Central African Republic (CAR) has sought Bangladesh’s cooperation, especially in the fields of military training and agriculture, according to a report on UNB. Central African Republic Defence...

Police arrest four for vandalising Saraswati idol

Police arrest four for vandalising Saraswati idol

-- 2019-02-11 18:22:19

Four youths were arrested on Monday for vandalising an idol of Hindu goddess Saraswati at Tingao village of Bandar Upazila in Narayanganj. The arrestees have been identifies as Sujon, 22, son of Abdu...

49 submit nominations for women’s reserved seats in parliament

49 submit nominations for women’s reserved seats in parliament

-- 2019-02-11 18:13:47

Forty-nine nominations have been submitted for the 50 seats reserved for women in the 11th national parliament. Though the BNP could have received one seat, in accordance with the rules for allocatio...

DUCSU voting on Mar 11

DUCSU voting on Mar 11

-- 2019-02-11 18:04:49

The elections of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) and its hall unions for 25 posts will be held on March 11. Chief Returning Officer Prof Mahfuzur Rahman announced the election schedu...

Cost of Hajj rises, minimum cost Tk 0.34m

Cost of Hajj rises, minimum cost Tk 0.34m

-- 2019-02-11 17:52:36

The cost of Hajj package for 2019, through both public and private providers, has been hiked for the second year in a row, according to a bdnews24.com report. As per new price, Hajj package-1 has bee...

Three die in Munshiganj road crash

Three die in Munshiganj road crash

-- 2019-02-11 16:42:04

At least three people, including a woman, have died and another woman has been injured after a car rammed a covered van in Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj district. The accident occurred on the Dhaka-C...

Suspected drug pedlar dies in Rajshahi ‘gunfight’

Suspected drug pedlar dies in Rajshahi ‘gunfight’

-- 2019-02-11 14:40:22

A suspected drug pedlar was killed in a reported gunfight between two groups of drug traders at Rautha village in Charghat upazila of Rajshahi in the early hours of Monday. The deceased was identifie...