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US Ambassador Miller pays homage to Bangabandhu

US Ambassador Miller pays homage to Bangabandhu

-- 2019-08-02 20:56:49

US Ambassador in Dhaka Earl R Miller visited Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s home district Gopalganj and paid rich tributes to him as the month of mourning began on Augu...

'Some organisations taking advantage of dengue crisis'

'Some organisations taking advantage of dengue crisis'

-- 2019-08-02 20:34:08

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has alleged that some organisations are taking advantage of the dengue crisis. “We’ll identify them and take actions,” he warned while inaugurat...

1,687 dengue cases recorded in 24 hours

1,687 dengue cases recorded in 24 hours

-- 2019-08-02 20:16:53

Number of dengue patients so far this year has crossed 21,000 as the government recorded 1,687 new cases in the 24 hours to Friday morning. Among the new cases, 996 were in Dhaka with a slight drop t...

Eid-ul-Azha on August 12

Eid-ul-Azha on August 12

-- 2019-08-02 19:22:13

Eid-ul-Azha, one of the major religious festivals of the Muslims, will be celebrated across Bangladesh on August 12 as the new moon of the Arabic month of Zilhaj was sighted in Bangladesh sky on Frida...

Dhaka-Gaibandha rail link to be fixed before Eid: Minister

Dhaka-Gaibandha rail link to be fixed before Eid: Minister

-- 2019-08-02 19:05:21

Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan on Friday said rail route connecting the capital and eight northern districts via Gaibandha will be restored before Eid-ul-Azha.  “The repair work is...

Release Khaleda on bail: Oli

Release Khaleda on bail: Oli

-- 2019-08-02 18:56:08

Jatiya Mukti Mancha chief Col (rtd) Oli Ahmed on Friday urged the Supreme Court to grant bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia considering her age and contributions to the country. “I request the...

70 shanties gutted in N’ganj slum fire

70 shanties gutted in N’ganj slum fire

-- 2019-08-02 18:51:57

At least 70 shanties were gutted in a fire that broke out in a slum near Narayanganj Zila Parishad office in the district early Friday. Abdullah Al-Arefin, deputy assistant director of Narayanganj Fi...

Khan Jahan Ali Airport project going on at slower pace

Khan Jahan Ali Airport project going on at slower pace

-- 2019-08-02 18:43:57

The people in Khulna are unlikely to get the benefits of having an airport anytime soon as the project to construct the Khan Jahan Ali Airport in Mongla is going on at a slower pace, causing uncertain...

Dengue menace: Quader calls for patience

Dengue menace: Quader calls for patience

-- 2019-08-02 18:34:22

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday described dengue as a humanitarian crisis. “Under the circumstances, I’ve urged all to have patience,” he said. Qader said i...

‘Insecticide samples to arrive within couple of days’

‘Insecticide samples to arrive within couple of days’

-- 2019-08-02 18:20:13

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam on Friday said samples of insecticides to exterminate Aedes mosquitoes will arrive from abroad in a day or two. People are panicked as hundre...

Japan wants Myanmar’s “more strenuous efforts” for Rohingya repatriation

Japan wants Myanmar’s “more strenuous efforts” for Rohingya repatriation

-- 2019-08-02 18:07:31

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono has urged the Myanmar government for “more strenuous efforts” to take back the Rohingyas refugees from Bangladesh. During his recent meeting with Myanm...

Chattogram Port 64th among top 100 ports

Chattogram Port 64th among top 100 ports

-- 2019-08-02 17:36:06

Chattogram Port has secured the 64th position in container-handling among top 100 ports across the world, according to the 2019 edition of Lloyd’s List. The main seaport of Bangladesh has advan...

Committee to announce Eid-ul-Azha date Friday evening

Committee to announce Eid-ul-Azha date Friday evening

-- 2019-08-02 13:53:37

The National Moon Sighting Committee will announce the date for Eid-ul-Azha, one of the major festivals for Muslims, on Friday evening. The committee will meet at the office of Islamic Foundation in...

Thakurgaon bus collision leaves eight people dead

Thakurgaon bus collision leaves eight people dead

-- 2019-08-02 10:42:41

At least eight people have died after two buses collided in Thakurgaon. The accident took place on the Thakurgaon-Dhaka Highway in Jagannathpur Union around 8:30am on Friday, said Ashikur Rahman, chi...

Raw deal for city footpath pedestrians

Raw deal for city footpath pedestrians

Munima Sultana 2019-08-02 10:36:46

When everyone is worried about poor speed of vehicles in the capital due to traffic jams, hardly any attention is given by authorities concerned to facilities for pedestrians to ensure their normal wa...

Flood situation improves as major rivers receding

Flood situation improves as major rivers receding

FE Report 2019-08-02 10:32:29

The flood situation across the country continued to improve on Thursday as all rivers except Kushiyara and Titas were flowing below the danger mark on the day. Floodwaters from northern and north-eas...

Borhan Biswas Rumon—a snake lover and farmer

Borhan Biswas Rumon—a snake lover and farmer

Our Correspondent 2019-08-02 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Aug 01: The snake farm owned by Borhan Biswas Rumon of Naohata under Paba upazila in the district is only of its kind in the district. The snake farm known as Snake Rescue and Rehabilitatio...

Joypurhat blacksmiths passing busy time ahead of Eid-ul-Azha

Joypurhat blacksmiths passing busy time ahead of Eid-ul-Azha

Roving Correspondent 2019-08-02 00:00:00

JOYPURHAT, Aug 01: Over 500 blacksmiths in the district are passing busy time at their shops making sharp tools for slaughtering sacrificial animals and preparing their flesh, with the Eid-ul-Azha app...

BD, Korea discuss enhancing cyber security to realise Digital Bangladesh

BD, Korea discuss enhancing cyber security to realise Digital Bangladesh

-- 2019-08-01 22:42:28

Bangladesh, on Thursday, discussed ways with South Korea to enhance cyber security to realise Digital Bangladesh goals.   To this end, a seminar titled ‘Enhancing Cyber Security for Digita...

Over 1,700 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

Over 1,700 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

FE Online Report 2019-08-01 20:31:05

The influx of dengue infected patients keep rising as a total on 1,712 new patients were admitted in hospitals in 24 hours till Thursday morning. Out of the total 1,150 of the new patients are in Dh...

'Dengue detection kit not in short supply'

'Dengue detection kit not in short supply'

-- 2019-08-01 19:46:18

Amid media reports on short supply of kits to detect dengue, Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Thursday said there will be no crisis of such kits in the country. “A total of 50,000 kits have bee...

Detectives arrest four with fake notes worth Tk 9.0m

Detectives arrest four with fake notes worth Tk 9.0m

-- 2019-08-01 18:40:32

A team of Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested four people along with fake notes worth about Tk 9.0 million from city’s Motijheel area on Wednesday. The arrested were id...

Import insecticides to kill mosquitoes: HC to city corporations

Import insecticides to kill mosquitoes: HC to city corporations

-- 2019-08-01 18:26:45

The High Court has tasked two Dhaka city corporations with importing insecticides to kill mosquitoes, with an order for the government to support them, after a dispute brewed between the two parties....

Youth kills bride’s father at wedding party in city

Youth kills bride’s father at wedding party in city

-- 2019-08-01 17:53:10

A youth stabbed the father of a bride to death and injured her mother at a wedding ceremony at Dilu Road in Moghbazar area of the city on Thursday. M Ramjan, a sub-inspector at Hatirjheel Police Stat...

Dengue situation alarming but not out of control: Quader

Dengue situation alarming but not out of control: Quader

-- 2019-08-01 17:46:40

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the prevailing dengue situation is alarming and difficult to deal with, but not out of control yet. He made the remarks while deliverin...

Water levels at 18 river stations rise, 73 fall

Water levels at 18 river stations rise, 73 fall

-- 2019-08-01 17:39:30

Water levels at 18 river stations, monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC), have marked rise while 73 stations recorded fall. Major rivers crossed danger marks at two more points acr...

Six indicted in Avijit murder

Six indicted in Avijit murder

-- 2019-08-01 17:29:49

A Dhaka tribunal has indicted six men, including sacked military officer Major Syed Ziaul Haq and ‘militant blogger’ Safiur Rahman Farabi, in the murder of blogger and writer Avijit Roy, r...

Probe report in BB reserve heist case on Sept 17

Probe report in BB reserve heist case on Sept 17

-- 2019-08-01 17:08:50

A Dhaka court Thursday set September 17 to submit probe report in the case lodged over Bangladesh Bank (BB) reserve heist that took place in 2016. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sadbir Yasir Ahsan Cho...

Dengue likely to come under control by early Sept: Khokon

Dengue likely to come under control by early Sept: Khokon

FE Online Desk 2019-08-01 15:42:49

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayor Sayeed Khokon today said mosquito-borne dengue outbreak could be brought under control by the first week of September. While talking at a programme at the he...

Probe body reconstituted over schoolboy’s death after ferry delay

Probe body reconstituted over schoolboy’s death after ferry delay

-- 2019-08-01 14:37:39

The Shipping Ministry reconstituted a committee on Thursday to look into the death of a schoolboy who died in an ambulance after a ferry was reportedly delayed to accommodate a VIP in Madaripur. Addi...