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Permanent suspension of vehicular  movement thru Keane Bridge likely

Permanent suspension of vehicular movement thru Keane Bridge likely

Our Correspondent 2019-09-03 22:33:54

SYLHET. Sept 03: Plying of all modes of vehicles through the Keane Bridge in Sylhet city has been kept suspended since the early hours of Sunday. However, pedestrians will use as usual the bridge, wh...

Century-old canal in Tangail town turns into a mosquito breeding centre

Century-old canal in Tangail town turns into a mosquito breeding centre

FE Desk Report 2019-09-03 22:33:00

The century-old canal in Tangail district town has turned into a mosquito breeding centre for lack of proper cleaning. The garbage-filled canal is the main outlet that connects all the drains in the...

Govt curbs 3G, 4G services at Rohingya camps, surrounding areas

Govt curbs 3G, 4G services at Rohingya camps, surrounding areas

-- 2019-09-03 21:36:34

The government has restricted telecommunication services in and around Rohingya shelters in keeping with its efforts to cut the refugees' access to mobile phones. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Reg...

BTRC to prepare guideline for  5G network by January  

BTRC to prepare guideline for 5G network by January  

FE Report 2019-09-03 21:18:27

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has decided to formulate a guideline for 5G (fifth generation wireless) network by January next year. The decision came on Tuesday at a mee...

Over 750 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

Over 750 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

FE Online Report 2019-09-03 21:01:58

As many as 783 more people, infected with dengue virus, have been hospitalised in the past 24 hours across the country till Tuesday morning, according to government information. The Directorate Gene...

US envoy for mounting pressure on Myanmar to ensure Rohingya repatriation

US envoy for mounting pressure on Myanmar to ensure Rohingya repatriation

-- 2019-09-03 20:42:55

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller on Tuesday said the international pressure should be mounted on Myanmar government for the safe repatriation of Rohingyas. The US envoy made the remarks whil...

BB did not release any note with PM’s photo

BB did not release any note with PM’s photo

FE Online Report 2019-09-03 20:28:21

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has not released any currency note with printed photo of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said a press release issued by the central bank. BB issued the release after it noticed tha...

Cases filed against 743 illegal institutions in the country: BSTI

Cases filed against 743 illegal institutions in the country: BSTI

FE Online Report 2019-09-03 18:48:18

There are 743 illegal institutions in the country which are producing substandard products and cases have been filed against them, according to official data. This information was disclosed at a vie...

Minny freed on bail

Minny freed on bail

-- 2019-09-03 17:29:46

Ayesha Siddika Minni was released from the district jail on bail on Tuesday in a case over the murder of her husband Rifat Sharif, reports UNB.  Mozammel Hossain, father of Minni, received her a...

Ecnec clears 10 projects involving Tk 63.26b

Ecnec clears 10 projects involving Tk 63.26b

-- 2019-09-03 17:28:04

The government on Tuesday approved 10 projects involving Tk 63.26 billion including Tk 16.30 billion to set up axle load control centres on important highways. The approval came at the weekly meeting...

BD national shot dead in New York

BD national shot dead in New York

-- 2019-09-03 17:13:56

A Bangladeshi youth was shot dead and two others were injured in an attack by ‘miscreants’ at Jamaica in New York on Monday. The deceased was identified as Shahed Uddin, 27, son of Babar...

Govt to impose tolls on highways

Govt to impose tolls on highways

-- 2019-09-03 17:10:09

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has instructed government agencies to impose tolls on highway users to raise funds for roadworks, reports bdnews24.com. The instruction was given at a meeting of the Exec...

Mainul lands in jail again

Mainul lands in jail again

-- 2019-09-03 16:45:20

A Dhaka court has sent Barrister Mainul Hosein to jail, turning down his bail appeal in a case over his remarks on defaming journalist Masuda Bhatti, reports bdnews24.com. Metropolitan Magistrate Tof...

Ershad’s son Saad may seek nomination for by-polls

Ershad’s son Saad may seek nomination for by-polls

-- 2019-09-03 14:30:18

Saad Ershad, the son of late Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, may seek the party nomination for the Rangpur-3 by-polls. The seat became vacant after the death of the former military dictator. The Jat...

Bus torched over death rumour in road accident

Bus torched over death rumour in road accident

-- 2019-09-03 14:09:30

A motorcyclist was injured after a bus plying on the wrong side crashed into his bike on Chuadanga-Jhenaidah highway at Jhenaidah bus stand in the district town on Tuesday morning. Following a rumour...

Satkhira woman dies of dengue

Satkhira woman dies of dengue

-- 2019-09-03 13:49:10

A woman died of dengue while undergoing treatment at a private medical college hospital in Khulna early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Rahima Begum, 58, wife of Yasin Ali of Sonabaria villag...

Rangunia upazila vice-chairman dies

Rangunia upazila vice-chairman dies

-- 2019-09-03 11:04:37

Vice-chairman of Rangunia upazila parishad Monwara Begum died of respiratory problems in Chattogram city on Monday. She was 59. She fell sick at her residence in the city’s Chawlkbazar area aro...

T-shirt tops RMG exportables

T-shirt tops RMG exportables

Monira Munni 2019-09-03 10:27:59

Value addition has helped the country's knitwear makers turn T-shirt into the top export item among basic garments, surpassing trousers. Industry insiders owed this rise in the locally manufactured...

Poverty still plagues a quarter of population: WB official

Poverty still plagues a quarter of population: WB official

FE Report 2019-09-03 09:53:19

Although Bangladesh has halved poverty rate since 2000, still one-fourth of the country's population are poor, a senior World Bank official said on Monday. Even more, some 20 million people are livin...

Two RU employees vacate Boro Kuthi rooms, finally

Two RU employees vacate Boro Kuthi rooms, finally

Our Correspondent 2019-09-02 23:04:35

RAJSHAHI, Sept 02: Finally, two employees of Rajshahi University, who were in charge of overseeing the archaeological site 'Boro Kuthi', have vacated the rooms where they used to live with family memb...

High seedlings price in Bogura, Sirajganj fades  T-Aman farmers’ dreams

High seedlings price in Bogura, Sirajganj fades T-Aman farmers’ dreams

Roving Correspondent 2019-09-02 23:03:21

SIRAJGANJ, Sept 02: T-Aman seedbeds on over 600 hectare of land near Jamuna Bank in Bogura and Sirajganj districts have completely damaged in the recent flood. A good number of farmers said they did...

Dengue: One dies, 865 more hospitalised in last 24 hrs

Dengue: One dies, 865 more hospitalised in last 24 hrs

FE Online Report 2019-09-02 20:31:39

One more person died of dengue and some fresh 865 people infected with the viral disease got admitted at different hospitals across the country in last 24 hours till Monday morning. The deceased was...

Cabinet okays draft for utilising 68 agencies’ Tk 2.12t idle money

Cabinet okays draft for utilising 68 agencies’ Tk 2.12t idle money

-- 2019-09-02 20:14:35

The government has initiated a move to bring the surplus money of different autonomous, semi-autonomous and statutory agencies, including non-financial corporations, to the national exchequer as 68 se...

Govt changes repatriation commissioner

Govt changes repatriation commissioner

-- 2019-09-02 20:01:49

The government has appointed Joint Secretary Md Mahbub Alam Talukder as the new refugee relief and repatriation commissioner to Cox’s Bazar, effective from September 5. He will succeed Addition...

Mitford Hospital interns stage one-hour work abstention

Mitford Hospital interns stage one-hour work abstention

-- 2019-09-02 18:35:42

Interns at Sir Salimullah Medical College and Mitford Hospital staged an hour-long work abstention on Monday, demanding abandonment of the government’s plan extending their internship to two yea...

BTV starts airing programmes in India

BTV starts airing programmes in India

BSS 2019-09-02 18:33:16

The transmission of Bangladesh Television (BTV) programmes has started in India this morning through state-of-the-art television Doordarshan’s DTH platform-DD Free Dish. The matter was informed...

Australian FM due Tuesday to join IORA conference

Australian FM due Tuesday to join IORA conference

-- 2019-09-02 18:06:48

Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women Senator Marise Payne will arrive in city on Tuesday on a three-day visit to attend a ministerial meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim A...

'Don't offer mobile phone services for Rohingyas'

'Don't offer mobile phone services for Rohingyas'

-- 2019-09-02 16:42:53

The Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has ordered all the mobile phone operators not to offer any mobile phone services to the Rohingya people. The telecom regulator also...

Ctg prime mover-trailer workers call off strike

Ctg prime mover-trailer workers call off strike

FE Online Desk 2019-09-02 15:13:35

Members of the Prime Mover-Trailer Sramik Union have called off their strike which they started for an indefinite period from 6:00 in the morning today demanding arrest of those involved in the murder...

35 prisoners died behind bars in first seven months: Report

35 prisoners died behind bars in first seven months: Report

FE Online Report 2019-09-02 15:09:13

A total of 35 prisoners died in different jails across the country in the first seven months from January to July of this year, according to an independent rights body. Among them, 23 were undertrial...