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Bangladesh unveils Shaheed Minar in Netherlands

Bangladesh unveils Shaheed Minar in Netherlands

-- 2019-02-23 13:30:53

The deputy mayor of The Hague has unveiled the first-ever Shaheed Minar in the Netherlands and said the language monument in the Zuider Park will enhance the dignity of the famous Dutch city. Saskia...

PM visits Old Dhaka fire victims at DMCH

PM visits Old Dhaka fire victims at DMCH

-- 2019-02-23 12:07:15

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged all concerned to extend their all-out cooperation in removing chemical go-downs from Old Dhaka. "It's regretful that still there are chemical go-downs i...

Paturia-Daulatdia ferry services resume after three and a half hours

Paturia-Daulatdia ferry services resume after three and a half hours

-- 2019-02-23 11:54:20

Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma River resumed after three and a half hours of disruption caused by dense fog on Saturday morning. "The ferry services were disrupted from 4:30am...

Two die in Tangail road accident

Two die in Tangail road accident

-- 2019-02-23 11:43:27

Two people have been killed and six others injured after a microbus accident in Tangail’s Kalihati. The accident occurred at around 4:00am on Saturday on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway in the Kaliha...

Detectives nab six ‘drug pedlars’ in Ashulia

Detectives nab six ‘drug pedlars’ in Ashulia

-- 2019-02-23 11:37:58

Detectives in a drive arrested six suspected drug pedlars from Aukpara Bastuhara Pallu in Savar’s Ashulia on Friday night after a clash with them. Five members of detective branch of police, in...

A chilling discovery after Old Dhaka fire

A chilling discovery after Old Dhaka fire

-- 2019-02-23 10:46:33

In a blood-curdling discovery, fire service officials have found a huge amount of highly combustible materials stashed in the basement of Wahed Manzil, the building which suffered the most damage in t...

Woman dies as tree falls on her in city

Woman dies as tree falls on her in city

-- 2019-02-23 10:26:23

A woman was killed and seven other pedestrians sustained injuries as a coconut tree fell on them in front of Shishu Academy in Shahbag area in the capital on Friday night. The deceased was identified...

Weekly review: Kitchen markets see further price hike

Weekly review: Kitchen markets see further price hike

FE Report 2019-02-23 10:06:03

The kitchen markets in the capital saw further price hike last week, with vegetable, onion and garlic getting dearer. Most vegetables saw an increase of Tk 3.0- Tk 15 a kilogramme/kg or bunch in last...

Piling work of Ctg Elevated Expressway starts Sunday

Piling work of Ctg Elevated Expressway starts Sunday

Pankaj Dastider 2019-02-23 10:02:09

Construction work of the much-hyped elevated expressway from Lalkhan Bazar point to Shah Amanat International Airport in the city starts on Sunday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will unveil the plaque...

Railway to overhaul accounting this year

Railway to overhaul accounting this year

Jasim Uddin Haroon 2019-02-23 09:49:50

State-run Bangladesh Railway (BR) will launch its accounting reform this year as it is set to enter into the government's "iBAS" system aimed at ensuring transparency. Launched in 2005, the Integrate...

Calls to relocate chemical inventories grow louder

Calls to relocate chemical inventories grow louder

FE Report 2019-02-23 09:20:53

Charred refill cans of highly inflammable butane gas and perfumes lying on the first floor of a five-storey building at Churihatta of Chawkbazar in the city after Wednesday night's fire — FE p...

'Musicality in Woods' exhibition kicks off in city

'Musicality in Woods' exhibition kicks off in city

-- 2019-02-22 20:57:26

Art lovers and experts on Friday gathered to enjoy some of the finest works of woodcut at a group exhibition titled 'Musicality in Woods'. The exhibition, an endeavour of Cosmos Group and Cosmos-Atel...

AL to uphold dignity of people's trust: PM

AL to uphold dignity of people's trust: PM

-- 2019-02-22 20:52:37

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Awami League will uphold the dignity of trust and confidence that the people showed through the 11th parliamentary elections. "We've attained the confidence and...

Son ‘kills’ father over land dispute 

Son ‘kills’ father over land dispute 

-- 2019-02-22 20:37:05

A man was beaten to death, allegedly by his son, over land dispute at Modhhopara under Nagarkanda upazila in Faridpur on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Harun-or-Rashid Chowdhury, 65,...

CID collects DNA samples to identify charred bodies

CID collects DNA samples to identify charred bodies

-- 2019-02-22 20:20:04

Investigators are collecting DNA samples from the relatives of people whose loved ones are missing since a deadly fire in Old Dhaka. Forensic officers of the Criminal Investigation Department have be...

UN condoles Chawkbazar deaths

UN condoles Chawkbazar deaths

-- 2019-02-22 19:51:09

UN Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh Mia Seppo has expressed condolences to the families and friends of the victims of the tragic fire in Old Dhaka that claimed 67 lives. On behalf of the UN in Bang...

President attends special prayer for Chawkbazar fire victims

President attends special prayer for Chawkbazar fire victims

-- 2019-02-22 19:36:19

President Md Abdul Hamid attended a special prayer for the Chawkbazar fire victims at Bangabhaban Jame Mosque in Dhaka after Jumma prayers on Friday. Moazzin of the mosque Hafez Quari Md Enamul Haque...

Home ministry probe body to ascertain negligence behind selling, storing chemicals

Home ministry probe body to ascertain negligence behind selling, storing chemicals

-- 2019-02-22 18:58:02

The probe committee, formed by the home ministry, said it would ascertain whether there was any negligence of government agencies behind selling and storing chemicals. Sixty-seven people were killed...

'Youth aspirations should be incorporated in national policies'

'Youth aspirations should be incorporated in national policies'

FE Online Desk 2019-02-22 18:29:29

The ruling political party should materialise the commitments mentioned in election manifestos by incorporating youth aspirations in national policies, speakers said at a dialogue on Friday. The dial...

DCCI condoles Chawkbazar fire tragedy

DCCI condoles Chawkbazar fire tragedy

FE Online Report 2019-02-22 18:21:22

Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) expressed their deep shock and condolence at the unexpected loss of 67 lives in the devastating fire incident in Chawkbazar on Wednesday night. DCCI ch...

BD incurred Tk 3.8b loss in fire incidents last year: Official data

BD incurred Tk 3.8b loss in fire incidents last year: Official data

FE Online Report 2019-02-22 18:01:53

The country witnessed as many as 19,642 fire incidents and incurred a loss of Tk 3.85 billion last year, according to official data. As per the data by Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence, som...

Nine burn victims not ‘out of danger’

Nine burn victims not ‘out of danger’

-- 2019-02-22 16:54:55

Nine people admitted to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, who survived the Old Dhaka fire but with severe burn wounds, are not out of danger.  “We have nine patients here. None of them a...

‘No one can avoid liability for Chawkbazar tragedy’

‘No one can avoid liability for Chawkbazar tragedy’

-- 2019-02-22 16:38:47

The government will not let anyone responsible for the Chawkbazar get fire off the hook, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said on Friday. A fire broke out at a Chawkbazar building w...

Jashore bomb blast leaves teenage boy injured

Jashore bomb blast leaves teenage boy injured

-- 2019-02-22 15:33:21

A teenage boy was severely injured as a bomb exploded while making bomb at a field in Asrom Road in Jashore district town on Friday morning. The injured was identified as Asif, 15, son of Ali Hossain...

Chawkbazar fire tragedy: Victim’s family files case

Chawkbazar fire tragedy: Victim’s family files case

-- 2019-02-22 15:28:45

A case for causing death by negligence has been filed over the massive fire that claimed at least 67 lives in Chawkbazar area of Old Dhaka. A relative of Arafat Islam Siyam, a 19-year-old who burnt t...

Chawkbazar fire: Flammable chemicals fueled it, says DSCC probe official

Chawkbazar fire: Flammable chemicals fueled it, says DSCC probe official

FE Online Desk 2019-02-22 14:02:47

Flammable chemicals were behind the fire to spread in a flash and last longer in Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar, says an official of the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC)’s investigation committ...

Prof Yunus condoles loss of lives in Chawkbazar fire

Prof Yunus condoles loss of lives in Chawkbazar fire

FE Online Desk 2019-02-22 13:53:14

Noble laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus has expressed deep shock at Dhaka’s ChawkBazar fire that killed 67 and injured several people, says a media release. In a condolence message, he said, “...

BR fines 565 commuters for travelling without tickets

BR fines 565 commuters for travelling without tickets

-- 2019-02-22 13:47:54

Four teams of Bangladesh Railway (BR) have penalised 565 passengers of four intercity trains Tk 2,59,000 for travelling without tickets from different stations under Lalmonirhat Railway Division. &ld...

26 women, child return to BD from Indian jail

26 women, child return to BD from Indian jail

-- 2019-02-22 13:38:14

Twenty-six women and a child have returned to Bangladesh after serving jail terms in India on charges of trespass. The Petrapole Immigration Police handed the women and the child over to Bangladesh a...

Cumilla ‘shootout’ leaves suspected robber dead

Cumilla ‘shootout’ leaves suspected robber dead

-- 2019-02-22 13:17:53

An alleged robber was killed in a shootout with police in Darikandi area in Cumilla’s Titas upazila in the early hours of Friday. The dead man was identified as Md Al-Amin, son of Mainuddin of...