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BERC starts public hearing on gas price hike

BERC starts public hearing on gas price hike

-- 2018-06-11 17:51:18

The public hearing on the proposals for raising gas prices started at the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) in Dhaka on Monday. On the first day of the hearing held at TCB Auditorium, th...

PM to return home Tuesday

PM to return home Tuesday

-- 2018-06-11 17:32:17

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will return home on Tuesday night wrapping up her four-day official visit to Canada to attend the outreach session of G7 Summit. The prime minister joined the outreach se...

World Day Against Child Labour Tuesday

World Day Against Child Labour Tuesday

-- 2018-06-11 17:14:23

The World Day Against Child Labour will be observed on Tuesday across the country and elsewhere the world. Each year on 12 June, the World Day brings together governments, employers and workers orga...

1,06,536 cases filed against drug peddlers in 2017

1,06,536 cases filed against drug peddlers in 2017

-- 2018-06-11 17:02:50

Law enforcement agencies, including narcotics department, filed 1,06,536 cases against 1,32,883 drug peddlers on charge of drug abuse in 2017. “Police, RAB, BGB, Coast Guard and all law enforce...

Cautionary signal 3 to continue

Cautionary signal 3 to continue

-- 2018-06-11 16:49:33

Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisting local cautionary signal number three. All fishing boats and trawlers over North Bay have been aske...

Four get death for killing minor girl after rape in N’ganj

Four get death for killing minor girl after rape in N’ganj

-- 2018-06-11 15:55:58

A tribunal on Monday sentenced four people to death for killing a minor girl after rape in 2003. The convicts are Sujon, Alamin, Abul Kalam and Shahdat. All of them were tried in absentia. After exa...

Khaleda’s medical tests Tuesday: Prisons chief

Khaleda’s medical tests Tuesday: Prisons chief

-- 2018-06-11 15:45:09

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University for medical tests on Tuesday if she agrees, the inspector general of prisons has said. “The code of cond...

US Embassy to remain closed on Jun 13, 17

US Embassy to remain closed on Jun 13, 17

-- 2018-06-11 14:20:18

The United States Embassy in Dhaka including its consular section and the American Center will remain closed on Wednesday (June 13) and Sunday (June 17) in observance of Shab-e-Qadr and Eid-ul-Fitr re...

Comfortable arrangements made for Khaleda in jail: PM

Comfortable arrangements made for Khaleda in jail: PM

-- 2018-06-11 14:09:20

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that a comfortable environment has been arranged for Khaleda Zia in jail. "A comfortable environment has been arranged for her in jail,” the prime minister...

Singer Asif secures bail

Singer Asif secures bail

-- 2018-06-11 13:17:28

A Dhaka court on Monday has granted bail to singer Asif Akbar in a case filed by lyricist and composer Shafiq Tuhin on charges of music piracy and threatening him on the Facebook. Additional chief me...

Man, granddaughter die in Naogaon road crash

Man, granddaughter die in Naogaon road crash

-- 2018-06-11 12:58:33

A collision between a pick-up van and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Naogaon-Rajshahi highway in Chairman intersection area in Manda upazila, left a man and his granddaughter dead on Monday morning. The...

Tremor jolts Sylhet

Tremor jolts Sylhet

-- 2018-06-11 12:47:10

A mild earthquake jolted different parts of Sylhet on Monday morning. The 4.9 magnitude earthquake was felt around 10:53am, reports UNB. The epicentre of the earthquake was Gowhati in Assam, India,...

Murder suspect dies in Dhaka ‘gunfight’

Murder suspect dies in Dhaka ‘gunfight’

-- 2018-06-11 12:39:06

A man has been killed in an alleged shootout with the Detective Branch of Police in Dhaka’s Bhatara cattle market area. The man has been identified as 28-year-old Shariful Islam. He was a suspe...

Water tank wall collapse kills mother, son in Ashulia

Water tank wall collapse kills mother, son in Ashulia

-- 2018-06-11 11:49:20

A woman and her 10-year old son were killed and her brother suffered injuries when a wall of a water tank collapsed on them at Narsinghapur Banglabazar area of Ashulia on early Monday. The deceased w...

PM reiterates call for extraditing Bangabandhu killer from Canada

PM reiterates call for extraditing Bangabandhu killer from Canada

-- 2018-06-11 11:45:08

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated her request for deportation of Nur Chowdhury, one of Bangabandhu’s convicted killers, as she held a meeting in Quebec with her Canadian counterpart Ju...

ICT industry seeks tax exemption for ITES, Internet service

ICT industry seeks tax exemption for ITES, Internet service

FE Report 2018-06-11 10:45:32

The ICT industry stakeholders have sought tax exemption for Information Technology Enabled Service (ITES), Internet service and networking equipment in the budget for fiscal year (FY) 2018-19. They m...

World cup fever pushes up TV sales

World cup fever pushes up TV sales

Saif Uddin 2018-06-11 10:32:07

Sales of television (TV) sets have marked a significant rise in the run-up to FIFA World Cup 2018, traders said. Consumers are mostly attracted by promotional offer from well-known electronics brands...

BB allows FCBs to remit shares of head office expenses

BB allows FCBs to remit shares of head office expenses

FE Report 2018-06-11 10:26:31

Foreign commercial banks (FCBs) operating in Bangladesh are allowed to remit the shares of expenses at their head offices without the central bank's prior approval. "The FCBs will be able to remit su...

Fund shortage hits Rohingya relocation as monsoon looms

Fund shortage hits Rohingya relocation as monsoon looms

FE Report 2018-06-11 10:25:26

Preparations for relocating hundreds of Cox's Bazar Rohingya refugees to safer places ahead of monsoon are yet to be completed. The situation has turned complicated due to the poor inflow of funds re...

BNP against party chief's  treatment at BSMMU

BNP against party chief's treatment at BSMMU

-- 2018-06-11 00:32:10

BNP on Sunday opposed the government's decision to send their chairperson Khaleda Zia to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) as it thinks her proper treatment is not possible there, re...

Fakhrul in London to meet Tarique

Fakhrul in London to meet Tarique

-- 2018-06-10 21:45:39

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has gone to London to meet Tarique Rahman, the party’s acting chairperson. The development comes amid Khaleda Zia's imprisonment in a number of...

Demand for bamboo-made fishing gear increases as monsoon  knocks on the door

Demand for bamboo-made fishing gear increases as monsoon knocks on the door

Our Correspondent 2018-06-10 21:33:38

BOGURA, Jun 10:  Craftsmen of bamboo-made fishing gear (locally known Chai) are making a handsome profit this season due to high demand. A good number of craftsmen said demand for the item inc...

BGB seizes imitation jewellery worth Tk 2.0m at Benapole

BGB seizes imitation jewellery worth Tk 2.0m at Benapole

-- 2018-06-10 21:01:32

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized Indian imitation jewellery worth Tk 2.0 million at Amrakhali in the port area on Sunday. Tipped off, a team of BGB intercepted a Jashore-bound bus and...

Khaleda’s physicians lying to gain court’s sympathy: Attorney General

Khaleda’s physicians lying to gain court’s sympathy: Attorney General

-- 2018-06-10 20:19:52

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam today said BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s physicians are lying about the health of the client to gain court’s sympathy. “They claimed that she ha...

Three of a family drowned in Faridpur

Three of a family drowned in Faridpur

-- 2018-06-10 20:15:19

Three children of a family drowned in a pond at Kathalbaria village of Nurallahgonj union in Bhanga upazila of Faridpur district on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Jimi Akter, 7, Sajjad, 3,...

IMF for more steps to promote export diversification in BD

IMF for more steps to promote export diversification in BD

-- 2018-06-10 19:46:24

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has laid emphasis on continuing investment in infrastructure and human capital, lower barriers to new businesses and reviewing the existing tariff structure faced...

ACC makes second visit to Sadarghat launch terminal

ACC makes second visit to Sadarghat launch terminal

-- 2018-06-10 18:13:54

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) visited the Sadarghat Launch Terminal for the second time on Sunday to check irregularities in selling launch tickets. After receiving an allegation of irregulari...

Three children drown in Faridpur

Three children drown in Faridpur

-- 2018-06-10 17:52:45

Three children, including two siblings, drowned in a pond at Kathalbaria village in Bhanga upazila in Faridpur on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Mim, 4, daughter of Basar Matubbor, her cousi...

Textile bill placed in parliament

Textile bill placed in parliament

-- 2018-06-10 17:52:15

The Textile Bill, 2018 was placed in the Jatiya Sangsad keeping the provision of some specific rules to ensure the sustainable development of the textile sector, one of the key driving factor of the c...

MPs urge Muhith to restore discipline in banking sector

MPs urge Muhith to restore discipline in banking sector

-- 2018-06-10 17:29:12

Members of both the treasury and opposition benches came down heavily on Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Sunday for the prevailing ‘indiscipline’ in the banking sector. They came up with t...