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BNP chief’s adviser Asaduzzaman dies

BNP chief’s adviser Asaduzzaman dies

-- 2019-04-03 13:31:35

BNP chairperson's adviser Kazi Asaduzzaman Asad passed away on Wednesday. He was 67. Asad, also the founding convener of Jatiayatabadi Chhatra Dal, breathed his last at Holy Family Hospital around 9:...

Quader’s hospital clearance likely on Friday or Saturday

Quader’s hospital clearance likely on Friday or Saturday

-- 2019-04-03 13:28:50

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, who is now undergoing treatment at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore, is likely to get clearance fro...

Housewife dies in Kushtia fire

Housewife dies in Kushtia fire

-- 2019-04-03 12:30:42

A housewife was burnt to death in a fire that broke out at her house at Ramchandrapur village in Bheramara upazila of Kushtia in the early hours of Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Saleha Be...

Jute mill workers continue protest for second day

Jute mill workers continue protest for second day

-- 2019-04-03 11:35:20

The 72-hour strike enforced by the state-owned jute mills workers of the district to press home their nine-point demand including implementation of the wage commission, is continuing for the second co...

Ctg port grapples with import containers

Ctg port grapples with import containers

Syful Islam 2019-04-03 10:52:37

The number of import containers at Chattogram port looks to grow bigger with every passing day, making its yard heavily congested. When things have got this bad, the authorities of the country's pr...

Inspection authority fails to eliminate safety hazards in garment factories: Accord

Inspection authority fails to eliminate safety hazards in garment factories: Accord

Monira Munni 2019-04-03 10:45:08

The inspection authority concerned in Bangladesh has failed to eliminate the high-risk safety hazards in the garment factories it inspected three to five years back, according to a latest research r...

Gopalganj farmers eye good BARI wheat-30 output

Gopalganj farmers eye good BARI wheat-30 output

Our Correspondent 2019-04-02 21:46:25

GOPALGANJ, Apr 02: Farmers of Moksudpur upazila in the district are expecting a plenteous production of BARI Wheat-30 as the harvest is going on in full swing. According to the upazila DAE office, a...

0.85m hectares of land in five northern dists come under irrigation facilities

0.85m hectares of land in five northern dists come under irrigation facilities

-- 2019-04-02 21:45:20

RANGPUR, Apr 02 (BSS): The government has provided irrigation facilities to over 0.85 million hectares of land for cultivation of different crops in Rangpur agriculture region to increase food output...

Maize farming on the increase in Rajshahi

Maize farming on the increase in Rajshahi

-- 2019-04-02 21:44:51

Maize farming has gradually been rising in Rajshahi region including the vast Barind tract as the farmers are reaping more profit than that of wheat and Boro paddy, reports BSS. For this reason, the...

Road accidents claimed 1,212 lives in Jan-Mar: Report

Road accidents claimed 1,212 lives in Jan-Mar: Report

FE Online Report 2019-04-02 20:10:06

At least 1,212 people were killed and 2,429 others injured in road accidents across the country in first three months of 2019. Among the victims, 157 were women while 215 were children. A total of 1,...

Quader to be released from Mount Elizabeth Hospital Friday

Quader to be released from Mount Elizabeth Hospital Friday

-- 2019-04-02 19:19:43

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader will be released from the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore on Friday and moved to a rented house there for further treatment, reports UNB. "The...

Court sentences Wahed Manson owner’s sons to jail

Court sentences Wahed Manson owner’s sons to jail

-- 2019-04-02 19:07:44

A Dhaka court on Tuesday sent two sons of the owner of Wahed Mansion in Chawkbazar to jail rejecting their bail petitions. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Qaisarul Islam sent Md Hasan and Sohel alias S...

Preserve archeological sites to promote tourism: JS body

Preserve archeological sites to promote tourism: JS body

-- 2019-04-02 18:56:19

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Cultural Affairs Ministry on Tuesday suggested for finding out archeological assets and doing necessary reform, preservation and display of antiquities to d...

Two students found dead at hotel in capital

Two students found dead at hotel in capital

-- 2019-04-02 18:49:55

Police have recovered the bodies of two students from a hotel in Dhaka on Tuesday. Two students have been found dead at Hotel Samrat on Green Road, the police said. Police recovered the bodies from...

BRTC employees form human chain demanding arrear

BRTC employees form human chain demanding arrear

-- 2019-04-02 17:34:57

FE Online Desk A number of employees of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) formed a human chain in Dhaka on Tuesday to press home their 10-point demand, including payment of arrears and nat...

Drives to identify building code violators continues

Drives to identify building code violators continues

-- 2019-04-02 17:30:03

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) and Fire Service on Tuesday jointly conducted drives against the building code violators for the second consecutive day in the city. The inspection team started...

Trawler capsizes: Three bodies recovered

Trawler capsizes: Three bodies recovered

-- 2019-04-02 17:17:51

Bodies of three people, who went missing in two separate incidents of trawler capsize during a storm in the Padma and the Meghna rivers on Sunday evening, were recovered from the Pamda river near Patu...

Khaleda’s health condition improving: BSMMU

Khaleda’s health condition improving: BSMMU

-- 2019-04-02 17:14:09

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) authorities on Tuesday said that the health condition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's is improving. "Khaleda Zia was admitted to our hospital 24 h...

British envoy visits Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar

British envoy visits Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2019-04-02 17:12:11

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson recently visited the Rohingya Camps in Cox's Bazar to witness how the UKAid is helping provide emergency food, safe water and hygiene...

Rain, thundershowers likely in 17 districts

Rain, thundershowers likely in 17 districts

-- 2019-04-02 17:02:27

The Meteorological Department forecasts rain or thundershowers in 17 districts during next 12 hours commencing 1:30pm on Tuesday. Rain or thundershowers, accompanied by temporary West/Northewest Kalb...

'Disabled persons to get monthly allowances from next budget'

'Disabled persons to get monthly allowances from next budget'

-- 2019-04-02 16:51:26

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced that the government would arrange monthly allowances for physically and mentally challenged persons from the next budget. The Prime Minister made the announ...

Two Bangladeshis make it to Forbes 30 under 30 Asia list

Two Bangladeshis make it to Forbes 30 under 30 Asia list

FE Online Desk 2019-04-02 15:23:54

Two Bangladeshis have made it to Forbes 30 under 30 Asia list featuring 300 young disruptors, innovators and entrepreneurs across the region, all under the age of 30. They are Pathao cofounder Hussai...

RAB arrests three with 800,000 yaba tablets at Sadarghat

RAB arrests three with 800,000 yaba tablets at Sadarghat

-- 2019-04-02 14:45:36

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested three men in possession of 800,000 yaba tablets at the capital’s Sadarghat. The arrestees are Md Tuhin, 27, Sabuj, 22, and Shahjahan, 30. They wer...

‘BSF' kills two Bangladeshis

‘BSF' kills two Bangladeshis

-- 2019-04-02 14:17:42

Two young men, found dead near Masudpur frontier in Chapainawabganj district on Tuesday, were killed by Indian Border Security Force (BSF), locals claimed. The deceased have been identified as Mohamm...

Gono Forum’s Mokabbir takes oath as MP

Gono Forum’s Mokabbir takes oath as MP

-- 2019-04-02 13:59:11

Gono Forum's MP-elect Mokabbir Khan (Sylhet-2) took oath as a member of the 11th Parliament on Tuesday, going against his party decision. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the swearing...

'Made in Bangladesh’ trade fair in Qatar later this year

'Made in Bangladesh’ trade fair in Qatar later this year

FE Online Desk 2019-04-02 13:11:49

Bangladesh will hold a single country trade fair, 'Made in Bangladesh', in Doha, the capital of Qatar, in October 2019. "The preparations are underway to hold the fair," Qatar's The Peninsula reporte...

Robbers shoot man to death in Lakshmipur

Robbers shoot man to death in Lakshmipur

-- 2019-04-02 13:02:36

A man was gunned down by robbers at Jhaudogi village in the Lakshmipur sadar upazila on early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Mosleh Uddin, son of Dudu Miah Patwary. He was a meat trader at l...

Stop expelling Rohingya students, HRW urges Bangladesh

Stop expelling Rohingya students, HRW urges Bangladesh

FE Online Desk 2019-04-02 12:10:22

Bangladesh should cease the expulsions of Rohingya refugee students from schools and ensure that all children are able to receive a formal education, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a statement on Tu...

Country witnesses 8,461 residential fires in 2018

Country witnesses 8,461 residential fires in 2018

-- 2019-04-02 11:33:59

Bangladesh witnessed 8,461 incidents of fire at residential buildings in 2018 with most of them occurring in Dhaka Division, according to a report. These fires inflicted financial losses amounting to...

Review panel asks seven garment factories in Ctg to close down

Review panel asks seven garment factories in Ctg to close down

FE Report 2019-04-02 10:56:20

The official review panel has asked the owners of seven garment factories operating in three buildings in Chattogram to close down immediately, as they were found risky for workers. These factories...