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'Power outage disrupts mobile network after storm'

'Power outage disrupts mobile network after storm'

-- 2019-04-07 20:51:57

The recent stormy weather conditions has been disrupting the power supply and impacting mobile network across the country, said Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB) on Sunday....

634 govt officials get punishment for irregularities, graft

634 govt officials get punishment for irregularities, graft

-- 2019-04-07 20:32:10

The government has punished 634 of its officials for their involvement in irregularities and corruption. State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain informed that these officials were pun...

BGMEA leader Rubana Huq calls on PM

BGMEA leader Rubana Huq calls on PM

-- 2019-04-07 20:29:56

Rubana Huq, the panel leader of Sammilita Forum that swept the election of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at h...

UK makes no comment on Tarique

UK makes no comment on Tarique

-- 2019-04-07 20:16:41

The UK has refrained from commenting on individual cases though Bangladesh seeks the kingdom’s support to bring back BNP leader Tarique Rahman from London "It's the policy of the UK government...

Petrobangla website hacked

Petrobangla website hacked

-- 2019-04-07 20:07:36

Petrobangla's official website - www.petrobangla.org.bd - has been hacked by unknown hackers. Officials of the state-owned hydrocarbon corporation said the matter came to their notice on Sunday after...

Rickshaw puller dies in city road crash

Rickshaw puller dies in city road crash

-- 2019-04-07 19:20:48

A rickshaw puller was killed as a bus hit his rickshaw in Gulistan area of Dhaka on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Jakir Hossain, 60, a resident of Nawabganj Upazila of Dhaka, reports UNB. D...

DNCC demolishes 50 illegal structures in Mohakhali

DNCC demolishes 50 illegal structures in Mohakhali

FE Online Report 2019-04-07 19:20:44

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Sunday launched an eviction drive in the city’s Mohakhali area aiming to demolish illegal shops and establishments.  A team, led by Executive Magistr...

Why no compensation for Barguna school victims: HC

Why no compensation for Barguna school victims: HC

-- 2019-04-07 19:18:59

The High Court on Sunday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain as to why directives should not be given to provide compensation to the victims, killed and injured in a plaster coll...

Four remanded over Subarnachar ‘gang-rape’

Four remanded over Subarnachar ‘gang-rape’

-- 2019-04-07 19:17:02

A court in Noakhali on Sunday placed four accused on remand for different terms in a case filed over the 'gang-rape' of a woman in Subarnachar upazila of the district. Judge Nobanita Guha of the Cogn...

Tele Samad laid to eternal rest

Tele Samad laid to eternal rest

-- 2019-04-07 19:15:19

Renowned film actor and comedian Tele Samad who passed away at a hospital in the capital on Saturday was laid to eternal rest at his village home in Munshiganj district on Sunday. He was buried by th...

BGB deployed at St. Martin with 'heavy armoury'

BGB deployed at St. Martin with 'heavy armoury'

-- 2019-04-07 19:03:59

The government on Sunday deployed members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Saint Martin's Island in Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar. Sources at the BGB headquarters said BGB members started pa...

Info Minister lauds youths’ contribution to economic growth

Info Minister lauds youths’ contribution to economic growth

-- 2019-04-07 18:11:12

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Sunday said the youth forces are making a good contribution to the faster economic growth of Bangladesh. “As the youths make up 30 per cent of the countr...

Govt allocates Tk 99.6m to produce Sonali Bags

Govt allocates Tk 99.6m to produce Sonali Bags

-- 2019-04-07 18:01:49

The government has allocated Tk 99.6 million to producing biodegradable Sonali Bags from jute and conducting advance research on the environment-friendly bags. The trustee board of Bangladesh Climate...

Hanif rules out release of Khaleda on parole

Hanif rules out release of Khaleda on parole

-- 2019-04-07 17:47:33

Ruling out the possibility of releasing BNP chief Khaleda Zia's on parole, Awami League joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif on Sunday said she does not fall under any category to be allowed fo...

PM seeks Italy’s support to develop leather sector

PM seeks Italy’s support to develop leather sector

-- 2019-04-07 17:44:52

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday sought cooperation from Italy to develop Bangladesh's leather sector. "We need your cooperation in leather sector. Italian leather goods are good, Italians are...

10 hurt in police-BCL clash at CU

10 hurt in police-BCL clash at CU

-- 2019-04-07 17:43:28

At least ten people were injured in sporadic clashes between Bangladesh Chhatra League(BCL) activists and police on Chittagong University campus during a blockade enforced by a faction of BCL to press...

Prices of fire safety equipment on the rise

Prices of fire safety equipment on the rise

-- 2019-04-07 17:25:43

Owners and authorities of different institutions are placing a greater emphasis on fire safety measures at buildings in the wake of two fatal fire incidents in Dhaka occurring within the space of a mo...

20pc of city dwellers have access to sewerage system, reveals ITN-BUET report

20pc of city dwellers have access to sewerage system, reveals ITN-BUET report

 FE Report 2019-04-07 16:55:39

Only 20 per cent of the people living in Dhaka city have access to the sewerage system while the rest are under the coverage of the on-site system, according to a report. With almost entire populatio...

No country thinks foreigners are at risk in Bangladesh: Minister

No country thinks foreigners are at risk in Bangladesh: Minister

-- 2019-04-07 14:35:12

No country thinks that foreigners are at risk or unsafe in Bangladesh, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said. Referring to a US travel advisory warning the US last week issued on Thursday, he...

Minister directs officials to identify risky school buildings

Minister directs officials to identify risky school buildings

-- 2019-04-07 14:32:30

Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Minister Md Tajul Islam has directed its officials to identify risky school buildings across the country and ensure stern punishment of those responsible...

Drama-making on Bangabandhu needs no more approval

Drama-making on Bangabandhu needs no more approval

-- 2019-04-07 14:16:43

Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust has withdrawn the provision of taking its approval for making dramas and writings on his life or hosting any sports event in his n...

SC rejects plea, upholds Khaleda’s bail in Cumilla case

SC rejects plea, upholds Khaleda’s bail in Cumilla case

-- 2019-04-07 12:53:05

The Appellate Division of Supreme Court has upheld a High Court order that granted BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia a six-month interim bail in a murder case filed over the death of eight people in an arso...

Fire guts jute godown in Chuadanga

Fire guts jute godown in Chuadanga

-- 2019-04-07 12:40:00

A jute godown was gutted as a fire broke out in Pashurhat area of Alamdanga upazila, Chuadanga early on Sunday. Police and Fire Service sources said the fire broke out at the godown of one Mohibul Is...

India deported 16,845 Bangladeshis from Delhi in 15 years

India deported 16,845 Bangladeshis from Delhi in 15 years

FE Online Desk 2019-04-07 12:30:58

India deported 16,845 illegal Bangladeshis since 2004 to January 2019 from the eight districts of its national capital of Delhi. India's English-language daily Asian Age reported this, citing the dat...

CU shuttle trains halted due to BCL blockade

CU shuttle trains halted due to BCL blockade

-- 2019-04-07 12:27:16

The shuttle train service of Chittagong University has been suspended following a blockade enforced by a faction of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) over several demands. The BCL faction took position...

BNP starts token hunger strike demanding Khaleda’s release

BNP starts token hunger strike demanding Khaleda’s release

-- 2019-04-07 12:20:24

BNP has started a six-hour token hunger strike in the capital demanding its chairperson Khaleda Zia's release from jail and her proper treatment. The programme began at the auditorium of Institution...

Muggers strangulate easy-bike driver to death in Natore

Muggers strangulate easy-bike driver to death in Natore

-- 2019-04-07 11:38:58

An easy-bike driver was strangulated to death by muggers at Karbala in Boraigram upazila of Natore on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Ramu Chandra Das, 37, son of Babulal Das of Mallik...

Two RU students die after ‘taking excessive liquor’

Two RU students die after ‘taking excessive liquor’

-- 2019-04-07 11:27:25

Two students of Rajshahi University died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital on Sunday reportedly after taking excessive amounts of liquor. The deceased were identified as Muhtasim Rafid Khan, a 3rd...

FR Tower lacked fire emergency plan, says IEB

FR Tower lacked fire emergency plan, says IEB

-- 2019-04-07 11:10:06

The design of the fire-ravaged FR Tower in Dhaka's Banani failed to provide a fire emergency plan, the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, (IEB) has said. Also, the occupiers of different floors al...

Govt to ensure production-friendly environment for entrepreneurs

Govt to ensure production-friendly environment for entrepreneurs

FE Report 2019-04-07 10:50:54

Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun on Saturday assured the investors and entrepreneurs of the government's continued support for creating a business and production-friendly environment to...