-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
-- 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...
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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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....
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
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...
-- 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...
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