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Trucker dies in Rajshahi road accident

Trucker dies in Rajshahi road accident

-- 2019-01-09 15:18:09

A truck driver was killed and ten others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Rajshahi highway at Baneshwar in Puthia upazila of Rajshahi on Wednesday. The dead driver was identified as Kutub Ali, 32,...

DMP fines traffic offenders Tk 2.8m

DMP fines traffic offenders Tk 2.8m

FE Online Report 2019-01-09 14:32:21

Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a daylong drive on Tuesday realised Tk 2.8 million in fines from traffic offenders. A total of 4,974 cases were also filed against different...

Rally calls for justice after death of RMG worker

Rally calls for justice after death of RMG worker

-- 2019-01-09 14:17:56

Garment Workers' Front on Wednesday held a rally in front of Jatiya Press Club demanding justice for RMG worker Sumon Mia who was shot dead allegedly by police on Tuesday in clash between them. The w...

DMP detains 49 in city

DMP detains 49 in city

FE Online Report 2019-01-09 14:17:32

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a regular anti-narcotics drive arrested 49 suspects from different areas of the capital for selling and consuming illegal drugs. Different police stations under DMP...

PM, cabinet pay homage to Bangabandhu at Tungipara

PM, cabinet pay homage to Bangabandhu at Tungipara

-- 2019-01-09 14:11:32

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her new cabinet colleagues on Wednesday paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at his final resting place at Tungipara. The prime mini...

RAB arrests man for ‘making derogatory remarks on PM’

RAB arrests man for ‘making derogatory remarks on PM’

-- 2019-01-09 13:59:13

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a man from Balirhat in Chattogram in the early hours of Wednesday on charges of making ‘derogatory remarks’ about Prime Minister Sheikh Has...

30 hurt as RMG workers clash with cops in Savar

30 hurt as RMG workers clash with cops in Savar

-- 2019-01-09 13:36:52

At least 30 people were injured in separate clashes between the readymade garment (RMG) workers and police in different areas of Savar and Ashulia on Wednesday. The RMG workers from different garment...

Mild cold wave sweeps over parts of country

Mild cold wave sweeps over parts of country

-- 2019-01-09 13:25:44

Mild to moderate cold wave is sweeping over the regions of Moulvibazar, Rajshahi, Badalgachi, Panchagarh, Nilphamari, Kurigram and Chuadanga and it may continue and intensify for few days, according t...

BRTC workers call off strike after assurance

BRTC workers call off strike after assurance

-- 2019-01-09 13:13:55

Transport workers at BRTC’s Joar Sahara bus depot have called off their strike after receiving assurances over the release of nine months’ back pay on Wednesday. Deputy Commission of Poli...

Suspected criminal dies in Jashore ‘shootout’

Suspected criminal dies in Jashore ‘shootout’

-- 2019-01-09 12:56:08

A suspected criminal was killed in a reported shootout with police at Satnal Jora Bridge in Jashore’s Manirampur upazila in the early hours of Wednesday. The dead man was identified as Billal H...

Myanmar hopes to work more closely with Bangladesh

Myanmar hopes to work more closely with Bangladesh

-- 2019-01-09 12:04:34

Myanmar President Win Myint has expressed his interest to work more closely with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in addressing common challenges for the mutual benefits of the two countries and peoples....

Blanket distribution programme continues in Gaibandha

Blanket distribution programme continues in Gaibandha

-- 2019-01-09 11:54:48

Amid the cold wave sweeping over Gaibandha region, the district administration has intensified the programme of blanket distribution among the affected people. Official sources said the district admi...

RMG worker dies in Savar

RMG worker dies in Savar

-- 2019-01-09 11:45:52

A readymade garment factory worker at Savar on the outskirts of Dhaka has died on Tuesday amid street demonstrations for a hike in wages. Police and doctors could not confirm how Sumon Mia, 22, an em...

Police detain 23 in Habiganj

Police detain 23 in Habiganj

-- 2019-01-09 11:38:57

Police arrested 23 people including 18 wanted accused and five accused in regular cases from different areas of Habiganj district in the last 12-hour ending at 9:00am on Wednesday morning. Detective...

Savar RMG workers’ demonstration continues

Savar RMG workers’ demonstration continues

-- 2019-01-09 11:25:07

Thousands of garment workers in different parts of the industrial zone in Savar continued to agitate for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday. The readymade garment (RMG) workers staged the demons...

Housewife ‘kills self’ in Rajshahi

Housewife ‘kills self’ in Rajshahi

-- 2019-01-09 11:23:43

A housewife reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a mango tree near their house at Mahdipur village in Bagha upazila of Rajshahi on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Ismat Ara Be...

Tk 8.90b investment plan to revamp Chhatak Cement Co

Tk 8.90b investment plan to revamp Chhatak Cement Co

FE Report 2019-01-09 11:18:16

Chhatak Cement Company Limited incurred an accumulated loss of over Tk 3.63 billion in last five fiscal years from 2013-14 to 2017-18 mainly due to gradual erosion in production capacity with old, out...

BB seeks info on banks’ overdue import bills

BB seeks info on banks’ overdue import bills

Siddique Islam 2019-01-09 10:42:28

The central bank has sought information on overdue import bills up to December 31, 2018 from the commercial banks by January 13, as the amount of such bills stood at around US$ 600 million. "We've se...

Voting underway at previously suspended centres of Brahmanbaria-2

Voting underway at previously suspended centres of Brahmanbaria-2

-- 2019-01-09 10:40:49

Voters have started casting ballots at the three polling centres in Brahmanbaria-2 where voting was suspended by the Election Commission on December 30 due to election-related violence and irregularit...

'Govt to focus more on energy sector'

'Govt to focus more on energy sector'

FE Report 2019-01-09 10:27:29

State Minister for Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources (MPEMR) Nasrul Hamid on Tuesday said the government will pay more attention to developing the country's energy sector in the coming y...

PM cautions cabinet members

PM cautions cabinet members

-- 2019-01-08 22:07:51

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged her new cabinet members to focus on good governance and warned them that they will be under her radar. "Be careful, I'll always keep you under my surveil...

Magura mustard farmers  expect bumper output

Magura mustard farmers expect bumper output

Our Correspondent 2019-01-08 21:37:39

MAGURA, Jan 08: Magura farmers are expecting a bumper production of mustard this season. Mustard growers informed that they are waiting for harvesting mustard. As high yielding seeds were used for cu...

Growers hopeful of good potato production in Bogura

Growers hopeful of good potato production in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2019-01-08 21:36:46

BOGURA, Jan 08: With lucrative market price as well as bumper production, good number of potato farmers of Bogura district is expecting to be self-reliant this season. The farmers generally spend app...

Vegetable farming on 55,500 hectares in Sylhet

Vegetable farming on 55,500 hectares in Sylhet

Our Correspondent 2019-01-08 21:35:57

SYLHET, Jan 08: Different kinds of winter vegetables are being cultivated on 55,554 hectares of land in Sylhet division. The crops include vegetables of all kinds including gourd, sweet gourd, radish...

New cabinet members take office amid warm welcome

New cabinet members take office amid warm welcome

-- 2019-01-08 21:27:48

The atmosphere in ministries was festive on Tuesday as all the new cabinet members took over amid warm welcome by officials with the ministers promising to do their best for the development of the cou...

RAB arrests four ‘JMB men’ in Rangpur

RAB arrests four ‘JMB men’ in Rangpur

-- 2019-01-08 21:19:01

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested four suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), including its chief coordinator in the northern region, along with arms an...

52 held for fishing inside Sundarbans

52 held for fishing inside Sundarbans

-- 2019-01-08 21:02:35

Members of Coast Guard detained 52 fishermen for catching fish in the waters of the Sundarbans without taking authority's prior permission from Bangabandhurchar under Dacope Upazila in Khulna on Tuesd...

President attends milad mahfil for Syed Ashraf

President attends milad mahfil for Syed Ashraf

-- 2019-01-08 20:46:21

President Md Abdul Hamid attended a milad and doa mahfil arranged for the salvation of the departed soul of Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam. The family of late Syed Ashraf and Mini...

New industry minister takes charge of office

New industry minister takes charge of office

-- 2019-01-08 19:20:14

New Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun took office on Tuesday with promises of hard work and zero tolerance against corruption. He was greeted by his predecessor Amir Hossain Amu at a pro...

Oikyafront to hold 'national dialogue'

Oikyafront to hold 'national dialogue'

-- 2019-01-08 19:19:34

The Jatiya Oikyafront has decided to hold a 'national dialogue' demanding fresh election cancelling the results of 11th parliamentary polls. The alliance will also file cases with electoral tribunals...