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260,000 families to get VGF rice in Rangpur

260,000 families to get VGF rice in Rangpur

-- 2018-05-28 18:10:55

A total of over 260,000 poor and distressed families of Rangpur will get 2,606 tonnes of rice under special Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) Programme to celebrate the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr festivity. O...

Int’l Day for UN Peacekeepers on Tuesday

Int’l Day for UN Peacekeepers on Tuesday

-- 2018-05-28 17:55:24

The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers will be observed on Tuesday in a befitting manner. The International Day for UN Peacekeepers is being observed on May 29 every year across the wor...

Gulshan restaurant shut down for using textile colour in food

Gulshan restaurant shut down for using textile colour in food

-- 2018-05-28 17:49:26

A mobile court has shut down a restaurant in Gulshan called ‘Khushbu Biriyani and Restaurant’ and slapped a fine of Tk 400,000 after it found proof that the biriyani was coloured using tex...

DNCC sets up digital centres at 30 wards

DNCC sets up digital centres at 30 wards

-- 2018-05-28 17:38:57

The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has set up City Digital Centre at 30 wards to provide Information Communication Technology (ICT) services to the residents. “We have already installed Ci...

Three to die for killing N’ganj RMG worker after rape

Three to die for killing N’ganj RMG worker after rape

-- 2018-05-28 17:23:46

A tribunal in Narayanganj on Monday sentenced three people to death for killing a garment worker after rape in 2008. The condemned convicts are Nasir Uddin Bitol, 40, son of Nur Uddin, Safun, 34, son...

Hot weather likely to persist for days

Hot weather likely to persist for days

FE Report 2018-05-28 17:05:35

The prevailing hot weather is likely to continue for the next couple of days, according to Met office. The highest temperature in Dhaka was recorded at 35.5 degree Celsius on Sunday, slightly up from...

Myanmar president pardons 58 Rohingya returnees

Myanmar president pardons 58 Rohingya returnees

-- 2018-05-28 16:55:59

Myanmar President has pardoned 58 Rohingya returnees who were arrested while taking an attempt to re-enter Myanmar from Bangladesh. They were released from Myanmar jail but Myanmar government claimed...

Housewife ‘gang raped’ in Chuadanga, three held  

Housewife ‘gang raped’ in Chuadanga, three held  

-- 2018-05-28 15:50:54

A housewife was gang raped by three men at Paikpara village under Alamdanga upazila in Chuadanga early Monday. Some of her in-laws have masterminded the incident, the victim alleged. Meanwhile, poli...

Thai Princess Sirindhorn in city

Thai Princess Sirindhorn in city

-- 2018-05-28 14:46:24

Thailand's Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn has arrived in Dhaka on a four-day visit at the invitation of Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali. The princess, along with 11-member high-profile Thai govern...

State seeks stay on Khaleda’s bail order  

State seeks stay on Khaleda’s bail order  

-- 2018-05-28 14:45:33

The State has filed a petition with the chamber judge seeking a stay on the High Court order that granted bail for six months to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two cases of Cumilla. The hearing on th...

Writ seeks ban on hoisting foreign flags

Writ seeks ban on hoisting foreign flags

-- 2018-05-28 13:59:49

A writ has been filed with the High Court seeking its directive to ban unauthorised hoisting of foreign flags across the country during the upcoming Football World Cup 2018. Freedom fighter Mohammad...

HC grants bail for Khaleda in two cases, denies in one

HC grants bail for Khaleda in two cases, denies in one

-- 2018-05-28 12:24:43

The High Court has granted bail for six months to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two cases of Cumilla and rejected the bail petition in a defamation case of Narail. A bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman...

Plastic bottle waste export slumps 51pc in 10 months

Plastic bottle waste export slumps 51pc in 10 months

Arafat Ara 2018-05-28 11:34:50

Exporters of plastic bottle waste are passing through tough times following a recent Chinese ban on its import, sector insiders said. Some exporters have already switched to other trades as their shi...

Top court stays notice over Destiny closure for four weeks

Top court stays notice over Destiny closure for four weeks

-- 2018-05-28 11:09:16

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Mondaystayed a High Court notice asking the authorities concerned to explain as to why directives should not be given to wind up Destiny 2000 Ltd an...

UPDF factional gunfight kills three in Rangamati

UPDF factional gunfight kills three in Rangamati

-- 2018-05-28 10:42:31

Three members of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) were killed in a gunfight between its two factions at Korolyachhari in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati early Monday. The deceased have been...

Teenager stabbed to death in Chattogram

Teenager stabbed to death in Chattogram

-- 2018-05-28 10:34:04

A 19-year old boy was stabbed to death by another teenager in Ispahani Gol Pahar area under Akbar Shah thana of the Chattogram city on Sunday night. Jasim Uddin, Officer-in-Charge of Akbar Shah Polic...

12 more die in anti-drug operation

12 more die in anti-drug operation

-- 2018-05-28 10:23:35

Twelve more suspected drug traders were killed in 'gunfights' during anti-narcotics crackdown early Monday across the country. UNB reports, a total of 105 people were killed during this country-wid...

Bangladeshis spend $18,000 in illegal migration to Italy

Bangladeshis spend $18,000 in illegal migration to Italy

FE Report 2018-05-28 10:11:26

More than 80 per cent of Bangladeshi workers was forced to migrate to Italy from Libya as they were jobless in the war-torn country, according to a new study. Of the total workers surveyed, some 79.3...

BB issues checklist for agent banking

BB issues checklist for agent banking

FE Report 2018-05-28 09:58:47

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) issued a circular on Sunday, mentioning a checklist of some 20 supporting documents that will be required while applying for new agent banking or expanding the old ones. Acco...

Thai princess due in city today

Thai princess due in city today

FE Report 2018-05-28 00:03:34

Thailand's princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn arrives in Dhaka today (Monday) on a four-day visit to Bangladesh. The Thai princess will lead an 11-member government delegation in connection with the p...

Bogura, Panchagarh farmers happy over  good prices of newly-harvested Boro

Bogura, Panchagarh farmers happy over good prices of newly-harvested Boro

Our Correspondent 2018-05-27 23:56:40

BOGURA, May 27: Farmers of the district are happy over the good market price of the newly-harvested Boro this season. Sources said each maunds of the paddy variety is being sold at Tk 800 to Tk 900...

Litchi business reaching peak in Rangpur region

Litchi business reaching peak in Rangpur region

-- 2018-05-27 23:55:25

RANGPUR, May 27 (BSS): The litchi business is going on in full swing in all the five districts under Rangpur agriculture region. As the business picks up, hundreds of labourers are now becoming engag...

Aus cultivation going on in full swing in Magura

Aus cultivation going on in full swing in Magura

Our Correspondent 2018-05-27 23:54:44

MAGURA, May 27: Aus paddy cultivation going on in full swing in the district. Magura DAE sources said some 3,387 hectares of land will be brought under the farming of Aus with the production target...

No innocent person killed in anti-drug drive: Obaidul

No innocent person killed in anti-drug drive: Obaidul

-- 2018-05-27 21:54:44

Road Transport and Bridges Minister and general secretary of ruling Awami LeagueObaidul Quader on Sunday said no innocent people has been killed in the recent incidents of gunfight so far. The minist...

Mild heatwave likely in Khulna, Rajshahi

Mild heatwave likely in Khulna, Rajshahi

-- 2018-05-27 21:28:09

After Nor’westers and thunderstorms for the most part of April-May period, it is raining less, but temperature is rising in Bangladesh. Sunday's highest temperature was recorded at 36.6 degrees...

Two minor siblings drown in Panchagarh

Two minor siblings drown in Panchagarh

-- 2018-05-27 21:26:35

Two minor brothers drowned in the Karatoya River at Mareya Kawakhal Guchchhagram under Boda upazila in Panchagarh on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Ripon, 6, and Rifat, 4, sons of Abdul Haki...

'81pc BD workers forced to migrate to Italy from Libya'

'81pc BD workers forced to migrate to Italy from Libya'

-- 2018-05-27 20:29:40

About 81 per cent Bangladeshi workers have been forced to migrate to Italy from Libya during 2013-17 period, according to a new study. The study reveals that about 79.3 per cent of Bangladeshi migran...

Boomers Cafe receives fine for selling stale rice

Boomers Cafe receives fine for selling stale rice

-- 2018-05-27 20:17:31

A mobile court has fined Boomers Café at Bailey Road Tk 100,000 for selling stale food after keeping it frozen in the refrigerator. Dhaka Metropolitan Police led the drive on Sunday, according...

President hosts iftar for PM, CJ, ministers

President hosts iftar for PM, CJ, ministers

-- 2018-05-27 20:03:01

President M Abdul Hamid hosted an iftar programme in honour of the Prime Minister, the Speaker, the Chief Justice, cabinet members, members of parliament, foreign diplomats, eminent citizens, civil an...

'Drive against drug traders to continue'

'Drive against drug traders to continue'

-- 2018-05-27 19:19:03

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said the crackdown against drug dealers will continue until the situation comes under control. The minister was talking to reporters after a meeting on the security...