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Schoolgirl dies of dengue in Manikganj

Schoolgirl dies of dengue in Manikganj

-- 2019-09-07 16:07:16

A schoolgirl died of dengue on Friday night while the government confirmed hospitalisation of 607 new dengue patients across the country in 24 hours till Saturday morning. The deceased was identified...

Viruses come back to haunt Bagerhat shrimp farmers

Viruses come back to haunt Bagerhat shrimp farmers

-- 2019-09-07 14:56:35

‘Bagda’ shrimp farmers in Bagerhat district are counting huge losses due to the decline in production caused by virus attack and drastic fall in its prices. Local farmers said a huge quan...

‘Muggers’ stab RFL official to death in Gazipur

‘Muggers’ stab RFL official to death in Gazipur

-- 2019-09-07 13:07:00

An official of Pran-RFL company was stabbed dead allegedly by muggers at Tongi College Gate in Gazipur on early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Kamrul Islam, zonal manager RFL Sylhet office...

Dhaka dist top sender of female job seekers

Dhaka dist top sender of female job seekers

Arafat Ara 2019-09-07 11:30:11

Dhaka is the largest among 64 source districts in terms of sending female workers abroad followed by Manikganj and Narayanganj, according to the manpower bureau data. Some 89,880 women went abroad...

Panic sell-offs drag index lower

Panic sell-offs drag index lower

Babul Barman 2019-09-07 10:30:36

With a series of negative factors at play, worried investors continued to dump shares to ward off further losses, pushing the benchmark equities index lower for the second consecutive week that en...

Fruit prices spike as dengue outbreak boosts demand

Fruit prices spike as dengue outbreak boosts demand

Yasir Wardad 2019-09-07 10:19:41

Traders are charging exorbitant prices for some fruits to cash in on the demand from dengue patients in the wake of the outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease across the country. The demand for som...

MF-CIB to check micro loan applications, charge fees

MF-CIB to check micro loan applications, charge fees

Ismail Hossain 2019-09-07 10:14:00

From now on, loan applications of the country's micro borrowers will be examined by the Microfinance Credit Information Bureau (MF-CIB), according to the entity's draft guideline. The MF-CIB may...

Police swoop on vehicle owners to fatten fines

Police swoop on vehicle owners to fatten fines

Jubair Hasan 2019-09-07 10:05:31

Motorised vehicle owners in the capital fall prey to illegal payment of at least Tk 0.13 million a day while clearing fines for traffic rule violations, owners and drivers alleged. Unscrupulous age...

Child rape cases rises at alarming rate in Jan-Aug

Child rape cases rises at alarming rate in Jan-Aug

FE Online Report 2019-09-06 21:59:57

Incidents of child rape witnessed an alarming rise in the first eight months of the current calendar year compared to the corresponding period of last year, says a report released by a child rights or...

Almost 800 dengue patients hospitalised in last 24 hours

Almost 800 dengue patients hospitalised in last 24 hours

FE Online Report 2019-09-06 20:51:05

As many as 793 people, infected with dengue, were hospitalised in the last 24 hours until 8:00am on Friday, according to government information.    Of the total, 325 were admitted at hospit...

40,000mt of fertiliser lying under open sky for a year

40,000mt of fertiliser lying under open sky for a year

UNB 2019-09-06 20:42:02

Some 40,000 metric tonnes of three types of fertiliser are kept under the open sky in Khulna covered with merely tarpaulin for a year for lack of storage space have got damaged, sources at the Banglad...

JP chaos not AL’s headache

JP chaos not AL’s headache

-- 2019-09-06 19:08:10

The Awami League is unfazed by the leadership tussle that is consuming the Jatiya Party after the death of HM Ershad, the ruling party's General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said, reports bdnews24.com...

Australia to establish scientific hub to protect ocean carbon ecosystems

Australia to establish scientific hub to protect ocean carbon ecosystems

-- 2019-09-06 17:56:28

Australian announced the establishment of a new Perth-based scientific hub that will allow experts from across the Indian Ocean rim to protect the health of ocean carbon ecosystems such as mangroves,...

Govt initiates Tk 26.90b project to develop legal service

Govt initiates Tk 26.90b project to develop legal service

BSS 2019-09-06 17:43:28

The government has undertaken a project involving Taka 26.90 billion to introduce digital system in judiciary, automate administrative system and trial process, establish e-courts and increase ICT kno...

Dhaka Elevated Expressway to open to traffic next year

Dhaka Elevated Expressway to open to traffic next year

-- 2019-09-06 15:20:43

The first section of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway - extending from the airport to Banani over a 7.45 km stretch - is poised to open to the public next year, according to the Bangladesh Bridges Author...

Three Rohingyas held with Bangladeshi passports

Three Rohingyas held with Bangladeshi passports

-- 2019-09-06 13:00:56

Three Rohingya youths were arrested along with Bangladeshi passport from Akbar Shah area in the port city on Thursday night. The arrestees were identified as Mohammad Yusuf, 23, Mohamamd Musa, 20 and...

5000 sharp weapons seized from NGO godown in Cox’s Bazar

5000 sharp weapons seized from NGO godown in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2019-09-06 10:52:19

Five thousand sharp weapons were recovered from a godown of a local NGO at Malbhitapara in Ukhiya upaizla of Cox's Bazar district on Thursday night. Tipped off, a team, led by executive magistrate an...

Joint secretary, DC not responsible for schoolboy’s death: Probe body

Joint secretary, DC not responsible for schoolboy’s death: Probe body

-- 2019-09-05 21:35:11

The probe body formed by the government to look into the death of schoolboy Titash Ghosh, who died in an ambulance after a ferry was reportedly delayed for a joint secretary in Madaripur, has found no...

Schools remain inundated for months every year

Schools remain inundated for months every year

Iqbal Siddiquee 2019-09-05 21:22:52

SYLHET, Sept 05: Students of at least 150 schools in Sunamganj suffer extremely every monsoon for the inundation problem. It happened this year too affecting the academic activities and causing much...

Rodents damage Aus crops  at Mohanpur upazila

Rodents damage Aus crops at Mohanpur upazila

Our Correspondent 2019-09-05 21:21:45

RAJSHAHI, Sept 05: Attack of rodents at Aus paddy fields under Mohanpur upazila is causing widespread crop damage. According to sources, Aus paddy will ripen within a couple of weeks. Due to favoura...

Off-season bean growers happy with mkt price

Off-season bean growers happy with mkt price

Roving Correspondent 2019-09-05 21:20:40

PABNA, Sept 05: Off-season bean cultivators in Ishwardi upazila of the district are happy over the present market price. They are making a good profit from the produce this season. Each kg of bean is...

10th anniv of Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Foundation celebrated

10th anniv of Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Foundation celebrated

FE Report 2019-09-05 20:51:57

The Student Counselling and Guidance Office of University of Dhaka celebrated the 10th Anniversary of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Foundation Bangladesh. The celebration was held at the Nabab...

BTRC serves notice on GP, Robi over ‘unpaid’ dues

BTRC serves notice on GP, Robi over ‘unpaid’ dues

-- 2019-09-05 18:41:24

The telecom regulator has served notices on Grameenphone and Robi, asking them to explain why their licences will not be revoked for failure to pay up “dues” found in audit despite reminde...

No exams up to Grade III from 2021

No exams up to Grade III from 2021

-- 2019-09-05 18:26:21

The government will enforce the prime minister's directive to scrap all examinations up to Grade III at primary schools from 2021, reports bdnews24.com. Secretary to the Ministry of Primary and Mass...

Secondary schoolteachers' recruitment  test on Friday

Secondary schoolteachers' recruitment  test on Friday

-- 2019-09-05 18:10:42

The written test for recruiting government secondary school assistant teachers will be held on Friday morning simultaneously at 170 centres in the capital, said a press release today. The two-hour te...

Addressing plastic waste management in Rohingya camps also priority

Addressing plastic waste management in Rohingya camps also priority

UNB   2019-09-05 18:09:41

Properly managing plastic and polythene waste is one of the biggest challenges facing the 21st century. They have become ubiquitous and can be found at the deepest point of the ocean to the highest pe...

Indictment hearing in Barapukuria graft case against Khaleda Oct 7

Indictment hearing in Barapukuria graft case against Khaleda Oct 7

-- 2019-09-05 17:58:24

A Dhaka court on Thursday set October 7 to hold hearing on charge framing in Barapukuria Coalmine graft case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda and others. Thursday was fixed for holding hearing on the...

Govt forms taskforce to ensure road safety

Govt forms taskforce to ensure road safety

-- 2019-09-05 17:51:14

The government has formed a powerful taskforce to restore discipline on roads and highways, and thus reduce accidents. Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader made the disclosure while ta...

BSF shoots Bangladeshi to death

BSF shoots Bangladeshi to death

-- 2019-09-05 17:37:15

A Bangladeshi man was shot dead by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Rajapur border at Jibannagar Upazila in Chuadanga early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Najim Uddin, 35...

Loyalists name Raushon Ershad as JP Chairman

Loyalists name Raushon Ershad as JP Chairman

-- 2019-09-05 15:09:33

The Jatiya Party is on the verge of splitting after the death of its chairman HM Ershad as the leadership rift between his widow Raushon Ershad and brother GM Quader widens. Quader assumed the post o...