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Rail link with Rajshahi suspended for 18 hrs

Rail link with Rajshahi suspended for 18 hrs

-- 2019-07-11 13:23:18

Train communications between Rajshahi and other parts of the country remained suspended for 18 hours following derailment of nine wagons of an oil-carrying train at Haldiagachi in Rajshahi's Charghat...

PM for making Islamic tourism a global brand

PM for making Islamic tourism a global brand

-- 2019-07-11 13:19:19

    Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today stressed the need for taking prompt measures to make Islamic tourism a global business brand considering its huge potential since it witnesses 8.3 pe...

Drug trader dies in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight

Drug trader dies in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight

-- 2019-07-11 11:35:17

A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Lengurbil Mathchara in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar district on Wednesday midnight. The deceased was identified as Abdul Ma...

Two die in Rajshahi road accident

Two die in Rajshahi road accident

-- 2019-07-11 11:30:15

Two people were killed and three others injured when a truck plunged into a road side ditch on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj road at Kumarpara in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi district on Thursday. The dec...

No proper assessment as ADP, climate projects overlapped

No proper assessment as ADP, climate projects overlapped

FE Report 2019-07-11 10:46:47

None of the projects under annual development programme (ADP) or climate change trust fund is undertaken through proper assessment and targeting to address climate change issues resulting in overlappi...

Rampant brood fish netting on in Ichhamoti river

Rampant brood fish netting on in Ichhamoti river

Our Correspondent 2019-07-10 21:01:01

BOGURA, July 10: Illegal catching of brood fish is going on unhindered in the Ichhamoti river in the municipality area under Dhunot upazila of the district. Sources said some dishonest fishermen use...

Plummeting chilli price  frustrates Paba farmers

Plummeting chilli price frustrates Paba farmers

Our Correspondent 2019-07-10 20:59:44

RAJSHAHI, July 10: Vegetable farmers in Paba upazila have got frustrated over the unusual fall in the price of green chilli in the local markets of the district, even during the current rainy season....

Biman launches Hajj app

Biman launches Hajj app

-- 2019-07-10 20:23:31

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has launched online Hajj application (app) this year, named ‘Biman Hajj Flight’ , to ensure improved as well as smooth journey of the pilgrims. This is the offic...

Governance system to be decentralised by 2041: PM

Governance system to be decentralised by 2041: PM

-- 2019-07-10 20:15:14

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told Parliament that Bangladesh's governance system will be decentralised by 2041 as the country will turn into a developed one by this time. "Through the im...

Jute harvest begins in Panchagarh

Jute harvest begins in Panchagarh

-- 2019-07-10 20:14:31

Farmers in Panchagarh are passing busy time with harvesting jute as well as its rotting processing. According to Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), farmers of the district have achieved bump...

Rural post offices to turn into service centres by 2023

Rural post offices to turn into service centres by 2023

-- 2019-07-10 19:11:56

The post offices located in rural areas will turn into service centres to provide various digital and financial services to the marginal people. Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar g...

'Keep complaint box in schools to tackle child repression'

'Keep complaint box in schools to tackle child repression'

-- 2019-07-10 18:43:28

The High Court has ordered authorities concerned to keep complaint boxes in all the schools across the country so that students can let their grievance know against any kind of repression. A High Cou...

Ban proposes installation of global adaptation centre in BD

Ban proposes installation of global adaptation centre in BD

-- 2019-07-10 18:33:32

Former UN Secretary-General and Global Commission on Adaptation chair Ban Ki-Moon has proposed installation of a global centre for climate change adaptation in Bangladesh. Ban Ki-moon gave the propos...

Khaleda a big threat to politics: Hasan Mahmud

Khaleda a big threat to politics: Hasan Mahmud

-- 2019-07-10 17:01:02

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Wednesday said BNP Chairperson Khaleda is a big threat to the country's politics as her party does not believe in people's welfare. "The politics is for the we...

ACC sues SK Sinha, 10 others

ACC sues SK Sinha, 10 others

-- 2019-07-10 16:25:05

The Anti-Corruption Commission has initiated a lawsuit against 11 people, including former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, for a loan scam from Farmers Bank and laundering Tk 40 million. ACC Dire...

Aritree suicide: Court indicts two Viqarunnisa teachers

Aritree suicide: Court indicts two Viqarunnisa teachers

-- 2019-07-10 14:14:39

A Dhaka court on Wednesday indicted two teachers of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College in a case over the suicide of ninth grader Aritree Adhikari. Dhaka Third Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge...

Mob beats ‘mentally retarded’ killer to death in Cumilla

Mob beats ‘mentally retarded’ killer to death in Cumilla

-- 2019-07-10 13:26:34

Three people, including a woman and her 12-year-old boy, were stabbed to death allegedly by a 'mentally retarded' man who was subsequently beaten to death by local people at Radhanagar in Debidwar upa...

Ecological balance in Cox’s Bazar under threat for Rohingyas: PM

Ecological balance in Cox’s Bazar under threat for Rohingyas: PM

-- 2019-07-10 13:01:47

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the environmental balance of Cox’s Bazar is under threat as settlements are being established there for Rohingyas clearing hills and forests. "For...

‘Robber’ dies in Pabna ‘gunfight’

‘Robber’ dies in Pabna ‘gunfight’

-- 2019-07-10 12:54:08

A suspected robber was killed in a 'gunfight' with police at Hashampur in Sujanagar upazila of Pabna on early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam alias Gyada Lal, 30, a member of i...

Six bodies wash up on Cox’s Bazar beach

Six bodies wash up on Cox’s Bazar beach

-- 2019-07-10 11:44:44

Six bodies washed up on the shores of Sughanda point of Cox’s Bazar sea beach on Wednesday. Being informed by local people, a team of police recovered four bodies from the beach around 6:00 am...

Apparel exports to US, Canada post double-digit growth

Apparel exports to US, Canada post double-digit growth

Monira Munni 2019-07-10 11:12:47

Bangladesh's apparel exports to major markets namely US and Canada posted a double-digit growth in the last fiscal year while that of European destinations showed a comparatively slow pace. Garme...

Dhaka-Benapole train to start on July 17

Dhaka-Benapole train to start on July 17

-- 2019-07-10 11:12:42

The direct train service from Dhaka to Benapole will be inaugurated on July 17, instead of July 25, according to the Bangladesh Railway. Bangladesh Railway West zone chief commercial officer Shah New...

Rajuk’s Uttara project flats yet to be fully liveable

Rajuk’s Uttara project flats yet to be fully liveable

Kamrun Nahar 2019-07-10 11:03:40

The majority of allottees are not willing to live in the Rajuk’s Uttara apartment area without any gas supply in the flats and due to absence of basic facilities, like - kitchen market, school...

Govt’s July-May net borrowing from savings tools up 8.0pc

Govt’s July-May net borrowing from savings tools up 8.0pc

Arafat Ara 2019-07-10 10:50:43

The government's net borrowing from state-owned savings instruments rose by about 8.0 per cent in the first 11 months of the just-concluded fiscal year compared to the corresponding period of the pr...

MP Rushema Begum passes away

MP Rushema Begum passes away

-- 2019-07-10 10:44:06

Rushema Begum, a member of parliament from a reserved seat for the Awami League, has died from a heart attack at the age of 85, her family said. Rushema was admitted to the Faridpur Heart Foundation...

Media personality Muhammad Jahangir passes away

Media personality Muhammad Jahangir passes away

-- 2019-07-10 10:42:56

Noted media personality Muhammad Jahangir, executive director of Centre for Development Communication, died at a hospital in the city on early Wednesday. He was 68. Jahangir, a journalist and younger...

Rickshaw ban: Pullers halt demo, give two days’ ultimatum

Rickshaw ban: Pullers halt demo, give two days’ ultimatum

FE Report 2019-07-10 10:18:56

The troubled rickshaw pullers suspended their demonstration on Tuesday evening, giving two days' ultimatum to withdraw restrictions on the movement of their pedalled vehicles on three major city roads...

Farmers busy cultivating T-Aman Paddy in Sylhet

Farmers busy cultivating T-Aman Paddy in Sylhet

Our Correspondent 2019-07-10 00:00:00

SYLHET, July 09: Farmers in Sylhet division have been engaged in the cultivation of T-Aman paddy in a bid to achieve highest yield, officials and a number of farmers said. Seedbeds have already been...

Test-run of equipment at Payra power plant begins soon

Test-run of equipment at Payra power plant begins soon

-- 2019-07-09 20:58:16

Equipment commissioning-test of the under-conduction 1,320 MW coal-fired Payra power plant is scheduled to begin within a day or two. Officials of the plant said the project will put another step tow...

Rohingya camps, host communities at risk of floods, landslides

Rohingya camps, host communities at risk of floods, landslides

-- 2019-07-09 19:38:13

Thousands of people in Cox's Bazar Rohingya camps and host communities are facing the risk of flooding and landslides after several days of heavy rain, UNICEF said on Tuesday. Some of the over 4,000...