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12 committees formed to keep up food production amid flood

12 committees formed to keep up food production amid flood

-- 2020-07-28 21:14:58

The Ministry of Agriculture on Tuesday formed 12 monitoring committees to keep up food production and minimise the losses of farmers caused by the ongoing flood situation, reports UNB.Each committee c...

Railway launches cattle train service

Railway launches cattle train service

FE Online Report 2020-07-28 20:48:30

Bangladesh Railway (BR) launched the first cattle train service on Tuesday evening from Jamalpur district. Senior Information Officer Mohammad Shariful Alam said the first train carrying 261 cattle i...

PMO asks all to perform duties with sincerity in flood management

PMO asks all to perform duties with sincerity in flood management

-- 2020-07-28 20:18:50

The Prime Minister Office (PMO) on Tuesday directed all concerned to perform their responsibilities with sincerity and integrity as per directives of the Prime Minister in conducting relief and rescue...

Over 10m sacrificial animals ready: Minister

Over 10m sacrificial animals ready: Minister

-- 2020-07-28 19:08:40

Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim said that over 10 million cattle are ready in the country for Qurbani (sacrifice) during the Eid-ul-Azha this year. "Ill or sick animals with diseases...

Bangladesh, India maintain warm ties: Obaidul Quader

Bangladesh, India maintain warm ties: Obaidul Quader

-- 2020-07-28 18:59:17

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said Bangladesh and India are now maintaining stronger friendly, warm and development-oriented relations than any previous time. “I...

BSCIC confirms enough salt stock for preserving rawhide

BSCIC confirms enough salt stock for preserving rawhide

-- 2020-07-28 18:48:18

Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) on Tuesday assured that there is no shortage of salt for preserving and processing rawhides of sacrificial animals. “There’s a...

IOM supports govt efforts at entry points to fight COVID-19

IOM supports govt efforts at entry points to fight COVID-19

-- 2020-07-28 16:46:13

Since the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangladesh, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is supporting the government to strengthen emergency health surveillance systems at Points o...

Five bullet-hit bodies recovered from Cox’s Bazar

Five bullet-hit bodies recovered from Cox’s Bazar

-- 2020-07-28 16:34:41

Police in separate drives recovered bodies with gunshot wounds from Cox’s Bazar district town and Teknaf upazila on Tuesday. In Teknaf, four people were killed in a reported gunfight among two...

PM stresses agricultural progress to ensure food security

PM stresses agricultural progress to ensure food security

-- 2020-07-28 16:10:07

Putting emphasis on keeping up Bangladesh’s progress in the agriculture sector, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the government has been providing all sorts of assistance for ensurin...

Rainfall likely to continue for 72hrs

Rainfall likely to continue for 72hrs

-- 2020-07-28 15:13:27

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Tuesday forecast that rain or thundershowers may continue for the next three days commencing 9:00 am across the country. “Light to moderate rai...

Covid-19 deaths in BD reach 3000-mark

Covid-19 deaths in BD reach 3000-mark

FE Online Desk 2020-07-28 14:46:21

The fatalities from Covid-19 in Bangladesh climbed to 3,000 after 35 new deaths were registered in the last 24 hours to 8:00am on Tuesday. Among the deceased, 26 were male and the rest were female, t...

Police arrest Crest Securities director Wahiduzzaman

Police arrest Crest Securities director Wahiduzzaman

-- 2020-07-28 14:26:07

Police have arrested Wahiduzzaman, a director of Crest Securities Ltd who fled after winding down the office amid the coronavirus epidemic, bdnews24.com reports. The man was arrested from a house in...

Maldives repatriates 200 more Bangladeshi nationals

Maldives repatriates 200 more Bangladeshi nationals

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-07-28 13:01:17

The Maldives has repatriated 200 more Bangladeshi nationals through its national airline, the Maldivian media reports. Maldivian, the national airline of the Maldives, carried out the repatriation on...

Neurosurgeon dies in Dhaka hospital from burn injuries

Neurosurgeon dies in Dhaka hospital from burn injuries

-- 2020-07-28 12:48:44

A doctor, who suffered burn injuries at his home on Jul 22, has died in a Dhaka hospital. Rajib Bhattachariya, 36, passed away at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery on Tuesd...

BRTA lodges 700 cases in June for violating traffic rules

BRTA lodges 700 cases in June for violating traffic rules

FR ONLINE REPORT 2020-07-28 12:36:45

Mobile courts of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) filed 700 cases against vehicles and realised around Tk 0.68 million as fine for violating traffic rules during drives in June 2020. The BR...

Swechchasebak Dal president Shafiul Bari Babu dies of cancer

Swechchasebak Dal president Shafiul Bari Babu dies of cancer

-- 2020-07-28 11:00:37

Jatiyatabadi Swechchasebak Dal President Shafiul Bari Babu died of cancer at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka early Tuesday. He was 49. “He breathed his last at 4:00 am at the hospital,” said B...

No shortage of salt for preserving rawhide: BSCIC

No shortage of salt for preserving rawhide: BSCIC

-- 2020-07-28 10:48:22

Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) has assured that there is no shortage of salt for preserving and processing rawhides of sacrificial animals. “There’s a stock o...

Gopalganj highway in a sorry state

Gopalganj highway in a sorry state

Our Correspondent 2020-07-28 10:03:48

The Bhatiapara-Jashore-Khulna-Benapole highway in the Kashiani upazila area of Gopalganj district is in a dilapidated condition. Thousands of people from six districts of the southern part of the coun...

Indian cattle flood Rajshahi city markets, local farmers lose heart   

Indian cattle flood Rajshahi city markets, local farmers lose heart  

Our Correspondent 2020-07-28 10:00:08

Local cattle markets in Rajshahi are flooded with Indian cattle heads amidst the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Owners of the local cattle farmers are disappointed over the sale of their lives...

Drive against illegal health centres soon, says new DG of health

Drive against illegal health centres soon, says new DG of health

FE Report 2020-07-28 09:45:29

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) will soon launch crack-down against unlicenced health care facilities and any malpractices in the sector. "I have been specifically instructed (by...

BD police cautious over militant threat ahead of Eid

BD police cautious over militant threat ahead of Eid

-- 2020-07-27 22:42:31

The authorities have instructed all police units to remain vigilant against the threat of terror attacks in Bangladesh heading into Eid-ul-Adha and the month of August, reports bdnews24.com. In a let...

Majority of textile, RMG workers yet to get Eid bonus

Majority of textile, RMG workers yet to get Eid bonus

FE Online Report 2020-07-27 20:57:34

Majority of workers of different industrial sectors, including textile and readymade garment (RMG) in six industrial zones across the country, are yet to receive festival allowance as of Monday. A to...

60pc male migrant worker’s households surviving on loans: Study

60pc male migrant worker’s households surviving on loans: Study

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-07-27 20:40:42

About 60 per cent of the male migrant worker’s households are surviving mostly on loans during the pandemic period as they fail to receive remittances from their near and dear ones, according to...

BD receives 10 locomotives from India

BD receives 10 locomotives from India

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-07-27 19:40:18

Bangladesh has received 10 locomotives from India as grant to facilitate its broad gauge passenger carriage and cargo movement in line with growing demand of the services. Railway Minister Nurul Isla...

‘Pak PM’s phone call part of diplomatic norms’

‘Pak PM’s phone call part of diplomatic norms’

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2020-07-27 18:59:29

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s telephone call to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and growing economic cooperation with China have nothing to do with Indo-Bangladesh ties, said Foreign Minist...

Farmers Bank loan scam: Regent Hospital chairman Shahed, three others sued

Farmers Bank loan scam: Regent Hospital chairman Shahed, three others sued

-- 2020-07-27 18:00:33

The Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday filed a case against four people including chairman of Regent Hospital Mohammad Shahed for misappropriating Tk 27.1 million from Farmers Bank. Deputy D...

Stay ready to help flood victims, PM asks admin

Stay ready to help flood victims, PM asks admin

-- 2020-07-27 17:54:31

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday directed the administration to stay ready to extend all sorts of assistance to the flood-affected people as the flood may prolong this time. “There’...

Dhaka, Delhi script golden chapter in ties: FM

Dhaka, Delhi script golden chapter in ties: FM

-- 2020-07-27 17:26:25

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Monday said leaders of Bangladesh and India pledged on the noble vision of inclusive socioeconomic development, scripting a golden chapter in partnership over the...

Police asked to remain alert ahead of Eid

Police asked to remain alert ahead of Eid

-- 2020-07-27 17:00:09

All units of Bangladesh Police have been asked to remain alert to avert any unpleasant incident during the Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslim Ummah. Police headquarters...

Cattle traders, customers far apart on prices

Cattle traders, customers far apart on prices

-- 2020-07-27 16:46:40

Most of the customers who come to Masud Rana, a cattle trader, make queries about prices and then leave. None of them show any interest in buying an animal. Masud came to the sacrificial animal market...