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RMG workers demand outstanding wages

RMG workers demand outstanding wages

-- 2019-02-28 19:10:47

The workers of Garib and Garib Sweater Factory in Gazipur held a rally at the Jatiya Press Club on Thursday demanding unpaid wages. They claimed the factory authorities also threatened to file cases...

FM asks missions to offer consular services for 24 hours

FM asks missions to offer consular services for 24 hours

-- 2019-02-28 18:36:11

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday asked all Bangladesh missions to keep their consular services open for 24 hours. The foreign minister sent letters to all heads of the missions abroad i...

BNP slams move to hike gas tariff 

BNP slams move to hike gas tariff 

-- 2019-02-28 18:20:02

BNP on Thursday alleged that the government is going to take an "anti-people" move by raising gas tariffs and "creating a further scope for the ruling party men to plunder public money". Speaking at...

Three get life term for murder

Three get life term for murder

-- 2019-02-28 18:11:21

A man and his son were among three sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday for killing the former’s step-brother during a dispute over distribution of family property in Jashore. The convict...

Bangladesh gets ICANN support

Bangladesh gets ICANN support

-- 2019-02-28 18:00:34

Bangladesh has received full support from the ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) about following national standard of Bangla language in Unicode, said Minister Mustafa Jabbar....

Four get life for Joypurhat murder

Four get life for Joypurhat murder

-- 2019-02-28 16:56:16

A court in Joypurhat on Thursday sentenced four people to life term imprisonment in a case over killing of a farmer in Khetlal upazila in 2016. The lifers are - Anisur Rahman, Shablu Khan, Ramjan Ali...

Shafin alleges irregularities in voting

Shafin alleges irregularities in voting

-- 2019-02-28 16:41:42

Singer Shafin Ahmed, the mayoral candidate of Jatiya Party for Dhaka North City Corporation by-election, on Thursday brought the allegation of some irregularities in the voting. He, however, did not...

Farmer dies from electrocution in Panchagarh

Farmer dies from electrocution in Panchagarh

-- 2019-02-28 16:29:57

A farmer died from electrocution at Sarker Para under Tentulia upazila in Panchagarh on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Jakir Hossain, 42, son of Jasim Uddin. Md Jahurul Islam, offi...

‘Drug trader’ killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’

‘Drug trader’ killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’

-- 2019-02-28 16:25:32

A suspected drug trader was killed while another was injured in gunfights in Cox's Bazar and Lalmonirhat districts early Thursday. In Cox's Bazar, suspected drug trader Belal Hossain, 38, son of Abul...

BNP expels four more leaders for contesting upazila polls

BNP expels four more leaders for contesting upazila polls

-- 2019-02-28 14:46:23

BNP has expelled another four of its grassroots leaders for contesting the upcoming upazila elections violating the party's decisions. They are Bogura Sadar upazila BNP President Maftun Ahmed Khan Ru...

DMP arrests 33 in city

DMP arrests 33 in city

FE Online Report 2019-02-28 14:21:59

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 33 suspects from Dhaka city in a regular anti-narcotics drive for selling and consuming illegal drugs. Different police stations under DMP conducted the d...

Two minors found dead after Mirpur slum fire

Two minors found dead after Mirpur slum fire

-- 2019-02-28 13:31:55

Firefighters have recovered the bodies of two children from a canal near the scene of the blaze that ravaged two slums in the capital’s Mirpur-14 in the wee hours of Thursday. The bodies of the...

Two die in Sundarbans ‘shootout’

Two die in Sundarbans ‘shootout’

-- 2019-02-28 13:24:14

Two suspected members of a robber gang were killed in a reported shootout with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Kalagachhia Khal of Sundarbans' Satkhira range under Shyamnagar upazila in the...

Strawberry farming attracting youths in Rajshahi

Strawberry farming attracting youths in Rajshahi

-- 2019-02-28 13:02:30

Kawsar Habib, 32, has brought economic emancipation in his life through strawberry farming which has also enhanced his level of confidence to a greater extent. Habib, a resident of Kalupur village un...

EC not to blame for low voter turnout, says CEC

EC not to blame for low voter turnout, says CEC

FE Online Desk 2019-02-28 12:55:11

The Election Commission is not responsible for the low voter turnout in elections to Dhaka city corporations, says Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda. “The EC does not bring voters to ce...

Alarming rise in fire incidents

Alarming rise in fire incidents

Sajibur Rahman 2019-02-28 12:43:19

The number of fire incidents continued to rise across the country over the last two decades, causing extensive damage to properties and claiming many lives. According to the official data, the exte...

DNCC mayoral election sees low voter turnout

DNCC mayoral election sees low voter turnout

FE Online Desk 2019-02-28 12:30:43

Dhaka North City Corporation has witnessed a low turnout in the early hours of the mayoral by-election, which polling officials attributed to rains that have been going on for the last few days. Begu...

Couple found dead in Jhenaidah

Couple found dead in Jhenaidah

-- 2019-02-28 11:49:57

Police recovered the bodies of a couple from their residence at Thana Para in Jhenaidah’s Kaliganj upazila on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Shoilen Debnath and his wife Reba Rani....

Journalist Shah Alamgir dies

Journalist Shah Alamgir dies

-- 2019-02-28 11:32:53

Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB) Director General (DG) Shah Alamgir passed away at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka on Thursday. He was 62. The distinguished journalist breathed his l...

AL's Atiqul urges all to cast votes

AL's Atiqul urges all to cast votes

FE Online Desk 2019-02-28 10:43:06

Awami League candidate Atiqul Islam has called on all the voters to come to polling stations ignoring the rains and exercise their franchise in the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral by-elect...

BSF on alert along Bangladesh border

BSF on alert along Bangladesh border

-- 2019-02-28 10:07:43

India has put its Border Security Force (BSF) on alert at the Bangladesh border as tension is roiling in the region due to an ongoing India-Pakistan conflict over Kashmir. The BSF has issued an alert...

BGB seizes huge smuggled medicine

BGB seizes huge smuggled medicine

-- 2019-02-28 10:07:09

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized huge amount of medicines worth Tk 0.7 million from Sadipur bordering area in Benapole early Thursday. Tipped off, a team of BGB-49 conducted a drive in...

Keraniganj power grid substation catches fire

Keraniganj power grid substation catches fire

-- 2019-02-28 09:55:46

An under-construction grid substation caught fire in Keraniganj on the outskirts of the capital on Wednesday night. Ataur Rahman, duty office at the Fire Service Central Control Room, said the fire o...

15 banks fail to comply with loan provisioning rules

15 banks fail to comply with loan provisioning rules

FE Report 2019-02-28 09:45:44

A total of fifteen banks failed to keep the requisite provisions against their loans, particularly the classified ones, in the last calendar year (2018). The 15 banks, out of 58, did not maintain the...

Fire at Bhashantek slum in city

Fire at Bhashantek slum in city

-- 2019-02-28 09:39:21

A fire which broke out at a slum in Dhaka's Bhashantek area early Thursday has been doused. No causality was reported till filling of this UNB report around 8:30am, said Ataur Rahman, duty officer of...

Voting underway in DNCC mayoral by-election

Voting underway in DNCC mayoral by-election

-- 2019-02-28 09:19:15

Voters are heading to the polling stations on Thursday morning to elect the mayor of Dhaka North and councillors of 49 wards in both areas of the bifurcated city corporation amid a boycott by most of...

All set to hold DNCC by-polls: CEC

All set to hold DNCC by-polls: CEC

-- 2019-02-27 21:47:38

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda today said that the Election Commission (EC) has completed all kinds of preparation to hold a free, fair and credible by-election to Dhaka North City Co...

Bitter gourd prices high  in Bogura, Tangail

Bitter gourd prices high in Bogura, Tangail

Our Correspondent 2019-02-27 21:28:36

BOGURA, Feb 27: Bitter gourd farmers in the district are happy over the fair market prices. A good number of grassroots growers said the Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) supplied...

Experts for promoting bio-security steps in poultry meat production

Experts for promoting bio-security steps in poultry meat production

-- 2019-02-27 21:25:38

RAJSHAHI, Feb 27 (BSS): Poultry scientists and researchers at a discussion here have called for promoting bio-security measures in poultry farming for producing safe poultry meat. They also mentioned...

Rangpur peanut farmers optimistic  of abundant yield

Rangpur peanut farmers optimistic of abundant yield

Our Correspondent 2019-02-27 21:24:55

RANGPUR, Feb 27: The peanut cultivators in the district are optimistic about an abundant production of the crop during the current season. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Rangpur offic...