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344 people victims of enforced disappearances since 2014: ASK  

344 people victims of enforced disappearances since 2014: ASK  

FE Online Report 2019-08-29 21:19:27

As many as 344 people have fallen victim to enforced disappearances between January 2014 to July 2019, according to a local rights and legal aid body. Of them, dead bodies of 44 people were recovered...

Cassava grows well  in Lalmai hills

Cassava grows well in Lalmai hills

Our Correspondent 2019-08-29 21:19:08

CUMILLA, Aug 29: Cassava, also known as wood potato, is being cultivated in the Lalmai hills area of the district for many years. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources, s...

HC curbs judicial powers of Narail judge

HC curbs judicial powers of Narail judge

-- 2019-08-29 21:01:50

The High Court has curbed judicial powers of Narail District Judge Sheikh Abdul Ahad for acquitting a key murder suspect without framing charges against him, reports bdnews.com The court on Thursday...

Eviction drive on rivers soon

Eviction drive on rivers soon

-- 2019-08-29 19:49:26

The concerned authorities will begin eviction drive against illegal land grabbers to protect rivers in Khulna from September 1, reports BSS. “Many rivers, canals and water bodies in Khulna regi...

‘Action against NGOs at Rohingya camps if they violate terms’

‘Action against NGOs at Rohingya camps if they violate terms’

-- 2019-08-29 18:18:10

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday said actions will be taken against the NGOs operating in Rohingya camps if evidence is found about their activities that go beyond the terms and referenc...

Govt field officers must be present at offices from 9am to 9:40am

Govt field officers must be present at offices from 9am to 9:40am

-- 2019-08-29 17:46:44

Field-level government officers and employees have been directed to remain present at their offices from 9am to 9:40 am, aiming to bring dynamism into government activities. The Cabinet Division issu...

$185m WB loan to boost renewable energy

$185m WB loan to boost renewable energy

-- 2019-08-29 17:33:02

The government of Bangladesh on Thursday signed a $185 million financing agreement with the World Bank to add about 310MW renewable energy generation capacity, which will contribute to reliable, affor...

Production at Karnaphuli Paper Mills resumes

Production at Karnaphuli Paper Mills resumes

-- 2019-08-29 17:22:02

Production at Karnaphuli Paper Mills which remained suspended since August 4 following suspension of gas supply resumed on Thursday. KPM started producing papers since Thursday morning when gas suppl...

'MoC with Japan on manpower export vital outcome of PM’s efforts'

'MoC with Japan on manpower export vital outcome of PM’s efforts'

-- 2019-08-29 17:13:01

Bangladesh Ambassador to Japan Rabab Fatima said the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) signed recently with Tokyo on accepting and sending Bangladeshi ‘Specified Skilled Workers’ (SSW) to Ja...

HC orders display of Bangabandhu’s portrait at courtrooms

HC orders display of Bangabandhu’s portrait at courtrooms

FE Online Desk 2019-08-29 15:04:03

The portrait of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman must be preserved and displayed at all courtrooms across the country in next two months, the High Court ordered today. The bench...

Rifat murder: Minni secures bail from High Court

Rifat murder: Minni secures bail from High Court

FE Online Desk 2019-08-29 14:57:48

The High Court today granted permanent bail for Ayesha Siddika Minni, who has been arrested in the sensational case filed over the murder of her husband Rifat Sharif in Barguna. The bench of Justice...

Dhaka improves position on world safe city index

Dhaka improves position on world safe city index

FE Online Desk 2019-08-29 14:10:32

Dhaka has improved as the least safe city in the latest edition of the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Safe Cities Index (SCI). This year it climbed to the fifth position from the third at the bo...

Two B’deshi nationals held in India for selling stolen mobiles

Two B’deshi nationals held in India for selling stolen mobiles

-- 2019-08-29 13:24:06

Kolkata Police have arrested four people, including two Bangladeshi nationals, for allegedly transporting stolen cell phones from Gujarat to the city and selling them off at various electronic markets...

Padma Bridge to be completed within 2020: Quader

Padma Bridge to be completed within 2020: Quader

-- 2019-08-29 13:01:28

The construction work of the Padma Bridge will be completed within the next year, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said Thursday. “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate...

Two die in collision between buses in Ashulia

Two die in collision between buses in Ashulia

-- 2019-08-29 12:08:37

Two people have died after a bus ploughed into two parked buses from behind in Dhaka’s Ashulia. The incident occurred in front of Kabirpur Betar Centre on  the Dhaka-Tangail Highway around...

Miscreants kill mover driver in Ctg

Miscreants kill mover driver in Ctg

-- 2019-08-29 11:53:29

A mover driver died at a hospital on Wednesday night hours after he was shot at a business establishment on Fouzdarhat Link Road in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram. The deceased was identified as pri...

Child dies of dengue at RMCH

Child dies of dengue at RMCH

-- 2019-08-29 11:41:23

A 12-year-old girl died of mosquito-borne disease dengue at Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH) on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Manisha Akter, 12, daughter of Makbul Hossain of Dinajp...

PM receives treatment like a general patient

PM receives treatment like a general patient

-- 2019-08-29 11:39:12

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has received treatment like a general patient from the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital at Agargaon in the capital today (Thursday). “The prime mini...

Three ‘criminals’ die in ‘gunfights’

Three ‘criminals’ die in ‘gunfights’

-- 2019-08-29 11:29:00

Three suspected criminals were killed in separate gunfights in Gazipur, Cumilla and Chattogram districts on Thursday. In Cumilla, Detective Branch (DB) police said the gunfight took place at Gumti Be...

Owners seek bus fare hike citing no rise in years

Owners seek bus fare hike citing no rise in years

-- 2019-08-29 10:18:22

Bangladesh Road Transport Owners Association has written to the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) seeking a hike in bus fares. Prices of materials like tyre and tube have gone up, but fares...

‘Syndicate’ controls jute market of Sirajganj

‘Syndicate’ controls jute market of Sirajganj

Roving Correspondent 2019-08-28 22:05:25

SIRAJGANJ, Aug 28: Jute growers in the district are worried over the present market price. A good number of growers said they got good price of their produce last year, but they are 'heartbroken' at...

Court denies DIG Mizan's bail plea again

Court denies DIG Mizan's bail plea again

-- 2019-08-28 21:14:57

A Dhaka court on Wednesday denied bail to suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman in a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Judge of the Dhaka Seni...

Govt plans to construct 12 hi-tech parks in four years

Govt plans to construct 12 hi-tech parks in four years

-- 2019-08-28 19:53:59

The government plans to construct 12 hi-tech parks in the country within next four years with the help of Indian government, said State Minister for ICT Divison Junaid Ahmed Palak. The junior ministe...

BD, WB to sign $185m loan agreement Thursday

BD, WB to sign $185m loan agreement Thursday

-- 2019-08-28 19:44:01

The World Bank will provide $185 million to Bangladesh to add up to 310 Megawatts (MW) in renewable energy generation capacity and mobilise private sector participation to meet the growing demand for...

Khandker Anwarul Islam becomes cabinet secretary

Khandker Anwarul Islam becomes cabinet secretary

-- 2019-08-28 19:23:29

The government has appointed Bridges Division Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam as the new cabinet secretary. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal told reporters after a meeting at the Cabinet Division...

TV channels enjoying full freedom: PM

TV channels enjoying full freedom: PM

-- 2019-08-28 19:12:53

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said all television (TV) channels are enjoying full freedom in Bangladesh. The Prime Minister made the remarks during a meeting with a delegation of the Association o...

Shafiqul Islam becomes DMP commissioner

Shafiqul Islam becomes DMP commissioner

-- 2019-08-28 17:56:29

The government has appointed Additional Inspector General of Police Shafiqul Islam as the new commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police. The home ministry gave the information in a statement on W...

12b Japanese loan for power generation

12b Japanese loan for power generation

-- 2019-08-28 16:24:36

Japan will help Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) to produce electricity from wastage, said mayor Md Jahangir Alam. Talking to reporters at Nagar Bhaban, the mayor said Japan will provide Tk 12 billion...

Quorum crisis costs BD Tk 1.64b

Quorum crisis costs BD Tk 1.64b

-- 2019-08-28 16:18:59

Bangladesh has wasted at least 194 hours and 30 minutes, equivalent in value to Tk 1.64 billion, due to the quorum crisis in 23 sessions of the 10th parliament, reports bdnews24.com. Transparency Int...

PM stresses planned development of villages  

PM stresses planned development of villages  

-- 2019-08-28 16:13:15

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday put emphasis on planned development of villages shifting the focus from upazila areas, keeping in mind the country’s high density of population. "We&rs...