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Ban on fishing in sea to continue till July 23

Ban on fishing in sea to continue till July 23

-- 2018-05-26 19:39:48

The ban on fishing in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the Bay of Bengal would continue till July 23, aiming to preserve and ensure smooth breeding of sea fish and crustacean. "Harvesting of all...

Law enforcers arrest 128 peddlers in overnight drive

Law enforcers arrest 128 peddlers in overnight drive

-- 2018-05-26 18:41:09

Law enforcers arrested a total of 128 people during the ongoing anti-narcotics drives in Rajshahi, Bagerhat, Jhalokati and Sherpur districts in the last 24 hours till 4 pm Saturday. In Rajshahi, poli...

Two int’l flight miss schedule at Dhaka airport

Two int’l flight miss schedule at Dhaka airport

FE Online Report 2018-05-26 18:26:39

Two international flights failed to meet their arrival schedule at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Saturday. Of the delayed flights, BG092 from Kolkata was supposed to arrive at the...

Pay salary, bonus before 20th Ramadan: RMG workers

Pay salary, bonus before 20th Ramadan: RMG workers

-- 2018-05-26 18:22:51

Leaders of Bangladesh Garments Workers Unity Council (BGWUC) on Saturday demanded that the RMG factory owners pay their workers' wages and festival bonus before the 20th Ramadan. They came up with th...

Why so many India tours, BNP asks PM

Why so many India tours, BNP asks PM

-- 2018-05-26 18:22:23

BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Saturday questioned the motive behind Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ‘repeated’ India tours when she could not even discuss the Teest...

More domestic flights to meet Eid rush

More domestic flights to meet Eid rush

-- 2018-05-26 18:03:58

Amid the growing demand ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, domestic airlines have decided to operate additional flights on different routes to serve more homebound passengers. Unusual tailbacks on Dhaka-Chattogra...

Farmers demand budgetary allocation for coastal embankments

Farmers demand budgetary allocation for coastal embankments

-- 2018-05-26 17:29:29

Leaders of various farmers' organisations have demanded special allocation in the upcoming national budget for the construction of permanent embankments in coastal areas to save agricultural land, rep...

Gas supply shortage hurts Ctg consumers

Gas supply shortage hurts Ctg consumers

Our Correspondent 2018-05-26 17:13:05

People in the port city are experiencing severe gas supply shortage in the month of Ramadan, as the gas distribution authority concerned cannot supply half of the natural gas demand. In some parts of...

‘Robber’ dies in Feni ‘shootout’

‘Robber’ dies in Feni ‘shootout’

-- 2018-05-26 15:45:11

A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight between two groups of robbers in Ruhutia bricks field area in Sadar Upazila of Feni early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Kabir Hossain,...

10 drug dealers get jail term in Cumilla

10 drug dealers get jail term in Cumilla

-- 2018-05-26 15:17:57

A mobile court in Cumilla on Saturday sentenced 10 drug traders to different terms of imprisonment in the city and Chandiana upazila. A team of Kotwali Police in a drive arrested Pakhi Begum, 35, Lit...

DMP files 2,480 cases over violating traffic rules

DMP files 2,480 cases over violating traffic rules

-- 2018-05-26 14:49:51

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a daylong drive on Friday filed 2,480 cases against different modes of vehicles under traffic rule violation laws. Traffic division in their simultaneous drives on...

RAB arrests 100 in anti-narcotics drive at Geneva camp

RAB arrests 100 in anti-narcotics drive at Geneva camp

-- 2018-05-26 14:38:46

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in an anti-narcotics drive at Geneva camp in Mohammadpur in the capital, detained around 100 people along with various types of drugs on Saturday. RAB-2 batta...

Nazrul’s works were instrumental in our liberation: PM

Nazrul’s works were instrumental in our liberation: PM

-- 2018-05-26 14:22:27

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the songs and poems of Kazi Nazrul Islam were both the inspiration and the weapons of the Bangla Language Movement and the Liberation War. She made the remarks at th...

373 houses get power connection in Manikganj

373 houses get power connection in Manikganj

-- 2018-05-26 13:47:03

A total of 373 houses in three villages of Betila Union under Sadar Upazila of Manikganj district have been brought under rural electrification network (REB) by Manikganj Palli Bidyut Samity. State M...

Drug war death toll rises to 67 after overnight shootouts

Drug war death toll rises to 67 after overnight shootouts

-- 2018-05-26 11:23:46

At least eleven people have been killed in seven districts across the country in alleged shootouts amidst the war on drugs conducted by Bangladesh’s security forces. Two people were killed over...

Miscreants murder housewife in Satkhira

Miscreants murder housewife in Satkhira

-- 2018-05-26 10:57:50

A housewife was strangulated to death by some miscreants at Nagbati village in Shyamnagar upazila in Satkhira on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Jebunnesa, 50, wife of Abdul Aziz Sardar....

Three die in lightning  strikes in Thakurgaon

Three die in lightning strikes in Thakurgaon

-- 2018-05-26 10:25:09

At least three people were killed and five others injured after being stuck by thunderbolts in Haripur and Pirganj upazilas in Thakurgaon on Friday. The deceased were identified as Moinuddin, 26, son...

Bumper Boro output bane of farmers, boon for millers

Bumper Boro output bane of farmers, boon for millers

Yasir Wardad 2018-05-26 09:53:09

Bumper Boro production in the wake of hefty rice import has turned out to be a bane of the country's farmers. Paddy prices have dropped to a three-year low with only millers and traders benefiting fr...

BRI to forge ‘closer Sino-Bangla ties’

BRI to forge ‘closer Sino-Bangla ties’

Ismail Hossain, from Beijing 2018-05-26 09:48:06

'China dream' and 'Bangladesh dream' have blended well as both the nations partnered in belt and road initiative (BRI), a top Chinese entrepreneur has said. The two countries have great potential for...

Eid sales yet to pick up in city markets

Eid sales yet to pick up in city markets

Saif Uddin 2018-05-26 09:43:30

Eid shopping has just started gaining momentum as people are visiting different city markets and fashion outlets to buy their desired items, traders have said. Most of the city shopping centres saw a...

Hasina holds bilateral meeting with Modi

Hasina holds bilateral meeting with Modi

-- 2018-05-25 21:51:44

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has discussed bilateral issues with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi during a meeting. The meeting was held on Friday at Bangladesh Bhaban at Shantiniketan in West Be...

Anti-drug drives: Law enforcers arrest 253 in 24 hours

Anti-drug drives: Law enforcers arrest 253 in 24 hours

-- 2018-05-25 21:37:18

Law enforcers arrested at least 253 people in Jashore, Faridpur, Cumilla, Sirajganj, Joypurhat and Nilphamari districts in last 24 hours till 6 pm Friday as part of the ongoing drives against drug men...

Nation celebrates Nazrul's 119th birth anniversary

Nation celebrates Nazrul's 119th birth anniversary

-- 2018-05-25 20:29:16

The 119th birth anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was celebrated in the country on Friday in a befitting manner. The government and different socio-cultural and political organisations a...

One in three-day remand over Tashfia murder

One in three-day remand over Tashfia murder

-- 2018-05-25 20:13:48

A court in Chattogram has granted a three-day remand to interrogate Mizanur Rahman alias Asif Mizan over the killing of schoolgirl Tasfia Amin. Asif Mizan is a friend of Adnan Mirza,Tashfia's 'boy fr...

Qamrul describes BNP as a curse in politics

Qamrul describes BNP as a curse in politics

-- 2018-05-25 19:43:20

Describing the BNP as a curse in Bangladesh politics, Food Minister Qamrul Islam has said the party should be removed from the country. The Awami League leader made the remark at a meeting marking th...

'Practise works and ideals of Poet Nazrul'

'Practise works and ideals of Poet Nazrul'

-- 2018-05-25 18:31:56

President Abdul Hamid has urged the young generation to practise works and ideals of Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam to build a non-communal society. "The spirit and efforts of Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam for a so...

RAB arrests 8 ‘human traffickers’ in Faridpur

RAB arrests 8 ‘human traffickers’ in Faridpur

-- 2018-05-25 18:07:17

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members have arrested eight suspected human traffickers, including three women, from Bakhunda and Shibrampur areas of Sadar upazila in Faridpur on Friday. The arrestees w...

Road crashes kill three in Chattogram

Road crashes kill three in Chattogram

-- 2018-05-25 18:04:11

At least three people, including a woman, were killed in separate road accidents on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Sitakunda upazila on Friday. Two of the deceased were identified as Ruby Akhter, 55, an...

Bangladesh, India can solve any problem maintaining bonds: PM

Bangladesh, India can solve any problem maintaining bonds: PM

-- 2018-05-25 17:27:02

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed her hope that Bangladesh and India will be able to solve their any problem maintaining their bonds. "I hope, we'll able to solve any problem through maintai...

DMP tightens security ahead of Eid

DMP tightens security ahead of Eid

-- 2018-05-25 17:10:37

Law enforcing agencies have drawn extra security vigil during Ramadan in and around markets and malls in Dhaka to ensure peaceful and unhindered shopping ahead of the Muslim's one of the biggest relig...