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Anti-tobacco TV campaign ‘AtmaJiggasa’ launched

Anti-tobacco TV campaign ‘AtmaJiggasa’ launched

-- 2019-02-19 20:24:22

A powerful TV spot 'AtmaJiggasa (What Damage will this Cigarette or Bidi Do?)' that warns people about the deadly harms of smoking, was launched on Tuesday. The launching was held at the conference r...

City parks to be modernised by 2021

City parks to be modernised by 2021

-- 2019-02-19 19:52:59

The government has taken steps to modernise the parks of Dhaka city by 2021 aiming to increase the recreation facilities for city dwellers. “There are 23 parks and four children parks in Dhaka...

Ducsu polls: 28 collect nomination papers on first day

Ducsu polls: 28 collect nomination papers on first day

-- 2019-02-19 19:52:13

A total of 28 candidates collected nomination papers on Tuesday, the first day of the distribution, for contesting the elections to Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) and hall unions. A...

HC orders confiscation of book on BB's history

HC orders confiscation of book on BB's history

-- 2019-02-19 18:59:40

The High Court on Tuesday ordered confiscation of all the copies of the book, 'Bangladesh Banker Itihash', from the market and the ongoing Ekushey Book Fair for the distortion of history. The HC benc...

Woman killed in Chapainawabganj road crash

Woman killed in Chapainawabganj road crash

-- 2019-02-19 17:27:03

A pillion rider was killed after being hit by a speeding truck in Shibganj Upazila of Chapainawabganj on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Mabia Begum, 39, wife of Saifuddin, resident of Kornak...

New strategy initiated to deal with Rohingya issue

New strategy initiated to deal with Rohingya issue

-- 2019-02-19 17:12:23

State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Tuesday said the government has worked out a new strategy after reviewing the overall situation to deal with the Rohingya repatriation issue. He...

Muhammad Khasru no more

Muhammad Khasru no more

-- 2019-02-19 17:04:13

Muhammad Khasru, who pioneered the film society movement in Bangladesh, passed away on Tuesday at a city hospital. He was 70. He had contributed to the movement spanning over five decades by playing...

Rizvi terms road committee formation headed by Shajahan mockery

Rizvi terms road committee formation headed by Shajahan mockery

-- 2019-02-19 16:51:31

Stating that former minister Shajahan Khan is mainly responsible for the growing road accidents in the country, BNP on Tuesday termed absurd and mockery the formation of a 15-member committee headed b...

Gas supply resumes in Chattogram

Gas supply resumes in Chattogram

-- 2019-02-19 16:44:58

Gas supply to parts of Chattogram city resumed on Tuesday morning, three days after the supply crunch. A gas pipeline was damaged at Akmal Ali Road in Halishahar during a canal's dredging, forcing th...

Two siblings get life term for murder in Kishoreganj

Two siblings get life term for murder in Kishoreganj

-- 2019-02-19 16:38:18

A Kishoreganj court on Tuesday sentenced two siblings to life-term imprisonment for killing a man in 2012. The convicts are Akkas and Tara Mia, sons of Abed Ali of Latibabad in Kishoreganj. The court...

16,000 law enforcers to be deployed in city on Feb 21

16,000 law enforcers to be deployed in city on Feb 21

-- 2019-02-19 16:34:01

Around 16,000 police personnel will be deployed across the capital on February 21, the Language Martyrs Day and International Mother Language Day. "Of them, 6,000 will be working to ensure safety aro...

Jatka conservation week begins March 10

Jatka conservation week begins March 10

FE Online Report 2019-02-19 15:13:30

The Jatka (Hilsa fry) conservation week will be observed from March 10 to 16 in 37 Hilsa inhabited areas across the country with an aim to create awareness among the mass about preserving immature Hil...

Khagrachhari gas cylinder blast burns seven

Khagrachhari gas cylinder blast burns seven

-- 2019-02-19 13:56:13

At least seven people including a couple received burn injuries from an explosion at a gas cylinder shop at Khobongpuria village in Khagrachhari Sadar upazila in the early hours of Tuesday. Among the...

DMP arrests 60 drug suspects

DMP arrests 60 drug suspects

FE Online Report 2019-02-19 13:53:38

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 60 people from the city in a regular anti-narcotics drive for selling and consuming illegal drugs. Different police stations under DMP conducted the driv...

49 women MPs to take oaths Wednesday

49 women MPs to take oaths Wednesday

-- 2019-02-19 13:21:32

The newly elected 49 Members of Parliament to the seats reserved for women in the 11th parliament will be sworn in on Wednesday. The oath-taking ceremony will be held at 10:30am at the oath-taking ro...

Biswa Ijtema ends with Saad follower’s Akheri Munajat

Biswa Ijtema ends with Saad follower’s Akheri Munajat

-- 2019-02-19 12:37:35

The five-day long 54th Biswa Ijtema concluded on Tuesday morning following Akheri Munajat (final prayer) with the participation of followers of Indian Islamic preacher Mawlana Muhammad Saad Al Kandhal...

Thousands become town voters, without any knowledge

Thousands become town voters, without any knowledge

-- 2019-02-19 12:16:31

Last year, two local men came to her house. They took her national ID card saying they will use it to arrange relief goods for her. They later returned the ID to her. But when Sabitri went to vote in...

Nomination paper collection for DUCSU polls starts

Nomination paper collection for DUCSU polls starts

-- 2019-02-19 11:42:37

Collection of nomination papers for the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) and hall union polls has begun today (Tuesday). As per the election schedule, announced on February 11,...

Two ship-breaking yard workers burnt dead

Two ship-breaking yard workers burnt dead

-- 2019-02-19 10:48:15

Two workers were burnt to death at a ship-breaking yard at Shitolpur in Sitakunda upzaila of Chattogram on Monday night. The deceased were identified as Md Jalil, 26, son of Md Ainal, hailing from Ba...

Battery industry leaders demand special industrial zone

Battery industry leaders demand special industrial zone

FE Report 2019-02-19 10:25:04

Battery industry leaders demanded a special industrial zone for battery manufacturing and recycling in order to promote a parallel market for local entrepreneurs. Battery manufacturers and exporter...

Move underway to connect two metro rails

Move underway to connect two metro rails

Munima Sultana 2019-02-19 10:19:15

A move has been taken to connect the city's two metro rails in a bid to build a circular route by joining missing links from both sides of mass rapid transit lines. Sources said Dhaka Mass Transit...

33 bodies of premature babies recovered from dustbin in Barishal hospital 

33 bodies of premature babies recovered from dustbin in Barishal hospital 

-- 2019-02-18 22:57:00

Bodies of 33 premature babies were found in a dustbin of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital in Barisal on Monday night, sending shock waves across the city. Conservancy workers of Barisal City Co...

Govt undertaking steps to increase efficiency of services: Speakers

Govt undertaking steps to increase efficiency of services: Speakers

FE Online Report 2019-02-18 20:35:58

The government is taking several innovative steps for improving the lives of citizen, and simultaneously increasing the efficiency, transparency and accountability of the delivered services. The init...

Potato cultivation on dried-up riverbeds increasing

Potato cultivation on dried-up riverbeds increasing

Our Correspondent 2019-02-18 20:32:46

NAOGAON, Feb 18: Cultivation of potato on the dried-up riverbeds and char lands is gradually increasing in the district. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources, the poor a...

Poultry farming plays vital  role in poverty alleviation

Poultry farming plays vital role in poverty alleviation

Roving Correspondent 2019-02-18 20:31:36

PABNA, Feb 18: Poultry farming has been playing a vital role in poverty alleviation in the district for long. According to the district livestock office sources, over 3,000 small, medium and large po...

Police recover bomb, bullets from Paltan dustbin

Police recover bomb, bullets from Paltan dustbin

-- 2019-02-18 20:09:08

Police recovered a grenade and bullets from a dustbin in the city's Paltan Box Culvert Road on Sunday midnight. They were discovered by a group of street children who contacted police around 11:30pm,...

Conviction rate in graft cases rises in January

Conviction rate in graft cases rises in January

FE Online Report 2019-02-18 19:05:40

The rate of conviction in graft cases lodged by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) witnessed a hike of 11.39 percentage points on January in 2019 compared to that in December 2018. The rate of conv...

Govt to keep rice production up

Govt to keep rice production up

-- 2019-02-18 18:45:49

Agriculture Minister Dr M Abdur Razzak on Monday said the government will take necessary steps to keep rice production up with producing 2400,000 tonnes more rice in the past five years. “The g...

‘EVMs from third phase of UZ polls’

‘EVMs from third phase of UZ polls’

-- 2019-02-18 18:25:17

Election Commission (EC) Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed on Monday said Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will be used in the last three phases of the countrywide upazila elections. "The upcoming upazila...

HC scraps plea challenging swearing-in of new MPs

HC scraps plea challenging swearing-in of new MPs

-- 2019-02-18 18:01:53

The High Court (HC) has scrapped a writ petition challenging the legality of the swearing-in of the 290 MPs of the 11th parliament. The bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil...