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DSCC to strengthen anti-adulteration drive

DSCC to strengthen anti-adulteration drive

-- 2019-01-24 17:02:23

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon on Thursday warned that the anti-adulteration drive will be strengthened and it will continue until the malpractice is stopped. The mayor came...

Over 6,000 Narsingdi youth become self-reliant

Over 6,000 Narsingdi youth become self-reliant

-- 2019-01-24 17:00:39

Over 6,000 youth in Narsingdi district became self-reliant receiving training from Skill Development centre of BSCIC during the last 28 years. Assistant General Manager of BSCIC Industries Service ce...

Internal feud will split BNP, says Quader

Internal feud will split BNP, says Quader

-- 2019-01-24 16:38:51

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the government has no intention to spilt BNP as the party will face it due to its internal feud. "BNP is now in a fragile condition. Wh...

EC plans to register expatriate voters

EC plans to register expatriate voters

-- 2019-01-24 16:30:58

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda has said the Election Commission has planned to introduce a voter registration system for Bangladeshis living abroad. The CEC said the commission will set up...

DMP files 5,844 cases for traffic rule violation

DMP files 5,844 cases for traffic rule violation

-- 2019-01-24 16:22:38

Traffic division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in their simultaneous drives on the city streets on Wednesday filed 5,844 cases against different modes of vehicles for traffic rule violation....

BNP’s decision on joining DNCC by-polls tonight

BNP’s decision on joining DNCC by-polls tonight

-- 2019-01-24 15:19:45

BNP policymakers are going to hold a meeting tonight (Thursday night) to decide whether the party will join the upcoming by-elections to the vacant mayoral post of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC)....

Deaths of children in road crashes climb 75.63pc in 2018

Deaths of children in road crashes climb 75.63pc in 2018

FE Online Report 2019-01-24 14:50:07

Deaths of children in road accidents across the country increased by 75.63 per cent in 2018 compared to those of 2017, according to data provided by Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF). The number...

BSMMU nurses call off strike after assurance to probe assault

BSMMU nurses call off strike after assurance to probe assault

FE Online Report 2019-01-24 14:36:05

Nurses at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) have called off their strike after the authorities assured them of looking into the alleged assault of a nurse by hospital staff. They wi...

Fourth Bangladeshi dies in BSF firing in January

Fourth Bangladeshi dies in BSF firing in January

Agencies 2019-01-24 14:23:19

Yet another Bangladeshi national has been shot to death by Indian Border Security Force (BSF), taking the total deaths of Bangladeshis in BSF firing to four this January. The latest death incident to...

PM seeks regional collaboration to minimise damage from disasters

PM seeks regional collaboration to minimise damage from disasters

-- 2019-01-24 13:06:37

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed the need for collaboration and cooperation among neighbouring countries to minimise damages caused by natural disasters. "Collaboration and cooperation among...

Truck ploughs through shop, kills man in Noakhali

Truck ploughs through shop, kills man in Noakhali

-- 2019-01-24 11:30:00

A man was killed and six others injured when a truck ploughed through a shop on Sonapara-Kabirhat road at Kabirhat upazila in Noakhali on Thursday. The victim was identified as Golam Mawla, 45, a mas...

Police recover bullet-riddled body in Jashore

Police recover bullet-riddled body in Jashore

-- 2019-01-24 11:21:11

Police recovered the bullet-riddled body of a robber from Shahapur village in Manirampur upazila of Jashore on Wednesday morning. The dead man was identified as Nazrul Islam Nazu, 30, son of Hossain...

Three die in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfights’

Three die in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfights’

-- 2019-01-24 10:43:23

Two suspected drug traders and an alleged robber were killed in separate incidents of reported gunfight with law enforcers in Teknaf and Maheshkhali upazilas of Cox's Bazar early Thursday. In Teknaf,...

Move to improve runways of three airports

Move to improve runways of three airports

Kamrun Nahar 2019-01-24 10:21:16

The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has undertaken a project for asphalt concrete overlay on the runways of Jashore, Saidpur and Rajshahi airports, a planning ministry official said....

Furniture makers seek duty cut on wood, accessories imports

Furniture makers seek duty cut on wood, accessories imports

Our Correspondent 2019-01-24 10:16:59

Furniture manufacturers based in the region have urged the authorities concerned to reduce the import duty on raw materials and accessories to facilitate them entering the export markets. They said t...

Massive flowering heralds bumper mango production in Bogura

Massive flowering heralds bumper mango production in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2019-01-23 21:40:07

BOGURA, Jan 23: Massive mango flowering here in Bogura district is predicting a bumper output this season as a large number of the mango trees have already started sprouting early. This year, farmers...

Floating cabbage farming gains  popularity in Gopalganj

Floating cabbage farming gains popularity in Gopalganj

Our Correspondent 2019-01-23 21:39:03

GOPALGANJ, Jan 23: Floating cabbage farming is gaining popularity among the farmers of Joaria union under Tungipara Upazila in the district as it is proved as a profitable crop in this region. This h...

Groundnut growers at Jamuna char  in Sirajganj expect good yield

Groundnut growers at Jamuna char in Sirajganj expect good yield

Roving Correspondent 2019-01-23 21:38:10

SIRAJGANJ, Jan 23: Due to favourable weather condition and timely supply of necessary agri-inputs, the groundnuts growers of char in Jamuna Rivers under Sirakgsnj district are expecting bumper output...

Sheikh Hasina among 100 leading global thinkers

Sheikh Hasina among 100 leading global thinkers

-- 2019-01-23 21:11:54

US-based Foreign Policy journal has named Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as one of the 100 leading global thinkers of 2019. 10th annual special edition of Global Thinkers, which contains 10...

Violence against children in BD rose by 18.75pc last year: Study

Violence against children in BD rose by 18.75pc last year: Study

FE Online Report 2019-01-23 20:59:02

Incidents of violence against children marked 18.75 per cent rise in the country in 2018 compared to such incidents a year ago, a study has revealed. According to the report, on average 380 children...

Three-day vegetable fair to begin Thursday

Three-day vegetable fair to begin Thursday

-- 2019-01-23 20:23:33

The three-day National Vegetable Fair-2019 will begin on Thursday in Dhaka to encourage people to consume more vegetables. More than hundred varieties of vegetables, procured from the farmers level b...

DUCSU election on March 11

DUCSU election on March 11

-- 2019-01-23 19:06:22

The long-pending election to the Dhaka University Central Student Union (DUCSU) and its hall unions will be held on March 11. DU Vice-Chancellor Professor Akhtaruzzaman announced the date following s...

Fakhrul seeks greater unity to push for fresh polls

Fakhrul seeks greater unity to push for fresh polls

-- 2019-01-23 18:27:00

Accusing Awami League of destroying the country's election system, BNP on Wednesday urged opposition parties to forge a greater unity to force the government to hold a fresh election under a non-party...

AL to finalise candidates for DNCC, Kishoreganj-1 by-polls Saturday

AL to finalise candidates for DNCC, Kishoreganj-1 by-polls Saturday

-- 2019-01-23 18:23:40

The nomination board of Awami League is going to hold a meeting on Saturday to finalise the party's candidates for the by-elections to the vacant mayoral post of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) an...

Police arrest 62 for keeping illegal drugs

Police arrest 62 for keeping illegal drugs

-- 2019-01-23 18:22:30

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a regular anti-narcotics drive arrested 62 people from the capital for keeping illegal drugs. Different police stations conducted the drive and arrested the all...

Jubo Dal leader found dead in Chattogram

Jubo Dal leader found dead in Chattogram

-- 2019-01-23 18:16:12

Police recovered the decomposed body of a local Jubo Dal leader from a house in Kazir Deuri area of Chattogram on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Rashedul Hasan Milton, 39, hailing from...

'Public procurements should come under open tender method'

'Public procurements should come under open tender method'

-- 2019-01-23 18:05:13

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said all public procurements should come under open tender method for ensuring transparency in the procurement process. “We will encourage the authorities...

Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul in eternal rest at Mirpur Intellectuals’ Graveyard

Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul in eternal rest at Mirpur Intellectuals’ Graveyard

-- 2019-01-23 17:14:05

Noted musician and freedom fighter Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul was laid to eternal rest at Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals’ Graveyard after Asr prayers today. The noted musician died of heart attack at h...

Over 145,000 Rohingya children attend UNICEF schools in BD

Over 145,000 Rohingya children attend UNICEF schools in BD

-- 2019-01-23 16:57:10

More than 145,000 Rohingya children living in refugee camps in Bangladesh are now attending UNICEF-supported learning centres, as a new school year begins. Currently 97 per cent of adolescents and yo...

‘Zero tolerance against corruption at BRTC to be strictly followed’

‘Zero tolerance against corruption at BRTC to be strictly followed’

-- 2019-01-23 16:49:17

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said “Zero Tolerance Policy against Corruption” will be strictly followed at the Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC). &ld...