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Energy sector to get priority

Energy sector to get priority

-- 2019-01-08 18:07:28

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said they will now pay more attention to the development of the country's energy sector. "We had given more time for the developmen...

Probe body starts work on ‘medical murder’ of Raifa

Probe body starts work on ‘medical murder’ of Raifa

-- 2019-01-08 17:35:44

A four-member probe body formed as per the directives of the High Court (HC) to investigate the death of three-year-old Raifa Khan at Max Hospital in Chattogram started its work on Tuesday. The probe...

Anarchy will be dealt with ‘iron hand’

Anarchy will be dealt with ‘iron hand’

-- 2019-01-08 17:27:19

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Tuesday said if BNP tries to unleash any anarchy in the name of movement will be thwarted at any cost. "BNP can wage a movement in the coming days as it's the...

New info minister promises dealing with upstart online media

New info minister promises dealing with upstart online media

-- 2019-01-08 17:05:39

New Information Minister Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday promised to deal with upstart online media with the help of journalists. "There're a lot of upstart online news portals now. At times, they publish wr...

Miscreants stab madrasa teacher to death in Ctg

Miscreants stab madrasa teacher to death in Ctg

-- 2019-01-08 16:35:22

A madrasa teacher was stabbed to death by miscreants in Barobkunda area under Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram district on Monday night. He was identified as Emran Hossain Riad, 28, a teacher of Sitak...

Dipu Moni describes tackling question leak as main challenge

Dipu Moni describes tackling question leak as main challenge

-- 2019-01-08 16:28:19

Newly-appointed Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Tuesday said the main challenge of her ministry is to tackle the perennial problem of question paper leakage. The education minister came up with th...

Falling container kills two on Chattogram road

Falling container kills two on Chattogram road

-- 2019-01-08 16:10:17

Two auto-rickshaw passengers were crushed to death as a cargo container fell off a long trailer and hit them in Chattogram. The accident occurred near the EPZ area at around 4.00am on Tuesday, said P...

Govt to keep focusing on resolving  Rohingya crisis: Shahriar Alam

Govt to keep focusing on resolving Rohingya crisis: Shahriar Alam

-- 2019-01-08 14:24:51

State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam has said the government will continue to take effective steps to address pending issues, including resolving the Rohingya crisis. "Everything is o...

Govt to sit with garment workers’ leaders to defuse wage protest

Govt to sit with garment workers’ leaders to defuse wage protest

-- 2019-01-08 14:04:30

The Ministry of Labour and Employment has called an emergency meeting for a 4:00 pm start on Tuesday, in the wake of garment workers’ unrest over the implementation of minimum wage. Hundreds of...

DMP detains 38 drug suspects in city

DMP detains 38 drug suspects in city

FE Online Report 2019-01-08 13:46:11

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a special anti-narcotics drive arrested 48 suspects from different areas of Dhaka city for selling and consuming illegal drugs. A special team of DMP, comprising De...

Hasina-led cabinet pays homage to Bangabandhu

Hasina-led cabinet pays homage to Bangabandhu

-- 2019-01-08 13:27:21

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his portrait in front of Bangabandhu Bhaban at Dhanmondi in Dhaka city on Tues...

DMP realises over Tk 2.3m in fines from traffic offenders

DMP realises over Tk 2.3m in fines from traffic offenders

FE Online Report 2019-01-08 13:17:07

Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Monday realised Tk 2.314 million in fines from traffic offenders in the city. Besides, a total of 4,103 cases were also filed against differ...

Garment workers take to streets for third day in Dhaka

Garment workers take to streets for third day in Dhaka

-- 2019-01-08 13:01:12

Garment workers have begun a third consecutive day of protests in Dhaka to call for an increase in the minimum wage and a set of other demands. Garment workers began to gather at the Uttarkhan and Da...

Workers block BRTC depot in Dhaka

Workers block BRTC depot in Dhaka

-- 2019-01-08 12:23:43

Drivers and workers have locked the gates to the BTRC Joar Sahara Bus Depot in Dhaka to demand nine months of back pay. Depot Manager Md Noor Alam said all operations at the depot have been halted si...

Seven Bangladeshi girls return home serving jail in India

Seven Bangladeshi girls return home serving jail in India

-- 2019-01-08 12:11:54

Seven Bangladeshi young girls returned home through Benapole Check Post on Monday evening after serving one and half years jail in an Indian prison. Border Security Force (BSF) of India handed them o...

Two ‘drug pedlars’ die in Cox’s Bazar ‘shootout’

Two ‘drug pedlars’ die in Cox’s Bazar ‘shootout’

-- 2019-01-08 11:54:06

Two suspected drug pedlars were killed in a reported shootout with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Domdomia under Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila during the early hours of Monday....

Police recover bodies of two minor girls in city

Police recover bodies of two minor girls in city

-- 2019-01-08 11:35:34

Police recovered two bodies of four-year-old girls from ground floor of a seven storey building in Shahjalal road area in Dhaka city’s Demra on Monday night. The victims were identified as Nurs...

Two die as truck rams into bike in C’nawabganj

Two die as truck rams into bike in C’nawabganj

-- 2019-01-08 11:00:33

Two motorcyclists were killed when a truck rammed their vehicle in Kolyanpur area of Chapainawabganj town on Tuesday morning. The deceased have been identified as Mizanur Rahman, son of Jalal Uddin,...

'Coping with automation to be one big challenge for new govt'

'Coping with automation to be one big challenge for new govt'

Mehdi Musharraf Bhuiyan 2019-01-08 10:20:31

It has been a decade since the Awami League-led alliance came to power with a promise to build a highly digitized nation, labeled as 'Digital Bangladesh', by the year 2021. Now that the same alliance...

Justice eludes Felani's family

Justice eludes Felani's family

-- 2019-01-08 00:39:25

KURIGRAM, Jan 07 (UNB): January 07 not only marks the death anniversary of Felani Khatun, killed by Indian Border Security Force (BSF), but also her family's long and painful wait for justice. Teenag...

Abrupt fall in cabbage prices disheartens Magura growers

Abrupt fall in cabbage prices disheartens Magura growers

Our Correspondent 2019-01-07 21:49:41

MAGURA, Jan 07: A bumper production of cabbage has been achieved in the district this season. But abrupt fall in cabbage price has faded smile on the faces of growers. Department of Agriculture Ext...

Peasants expect good yield of Sajina in Rangpur

Peasants expect good yield of Sajina in Rangpur

Our Correspondent 2019-01-07 21:48:21

RANGPUR, Jan 07: The blooming Sajina (drumstick) trees in different areas under the district and its adjacent areas have taken an eye-catching look with huge flowers predicting a good yield of the v...

Date-gurh becomes boon for many Rajshahi people

Date-gurh becomes boon for many Rajshahi people

-- 2019-01-07 21:47:26

RAJSHAHI, Jan 07 (BSS): With advent of winter season, date juice collection along with processing gurh (molasses) has become vibrant everywhere in the region, generating employment opportunities for m...

Youth stabbed dead in city

Youth stabbed dead in city

-- 2019-01-07 20:59:14

A young man was stabbed to death in an attack reportedly by his rivals over establishing supremacy in the city's Mirpur area on Monday. The deceased was identified as Roman, 27, son of Ratan of the a...

Chinese, Nepalese premiers greet Sheikh Hasina

Chinese, Nepalese premiers greet Sheikh Hasina

-- 2019-01-07 20:30:18

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has extended his heartiest congratulations to Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina on her taking oath as the prime minister for the third consecutive term.  “The Chi...

Companiganj stone quarry collapse kills two

Companiganj stone quarry collapse kills two

-- 2019-01-07 20:25:12

At least two workers have been killed as a stone quarry collapsed while extracting stones in Shah Arefin Tila of Companiganj Upazila in Sylhet on Monday. The deceased were identified as Sona Mia, 25,...

Nasrul to present plan for power sector Tuesday 

Nasrul to present plan for power sector Tuesday 

-- 2019-01-07 20:13:58

Nasrul Hamid, who was made state minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources again, will unveil a five-year future plan for the sector on Tuesday. According to official sources, Nasrul Hamid, wh...

Gazette over new cabinet published

Gazette over new cabinet published

-- 2019-01-07 18:54:28

The Cabinet Division on Monday published a gazette over appointment of the 47-member cabinet immediately after its members took oath at Bangabhaban. The outgoing cabinet got abolished with the public...

‘Implementation manifesto is main challenge for new cabinet’

‘Implementation manifesto is main challenge for new cabinet’

-- 2019-01-07 18:50:39

Implementing the Awami League’s (AL’s) election manifesto will be the primary challenge for the 47 new cabinet members. AL general secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaid...

Doa Mahfil for Syed Ashraf Tuesday

Doa Mahfil for Syed Ashraf Tuesday

-- 2019-01-07 18:27:01

A doa and milad-mahfil seeking salvation of the departed soul of Awami League former general secretary and Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam will be held at at Ashraf's official resid...