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Number of dengue patients up  in some northern districts

Number of dengue patients up in some northern districts

Our Correspondents 2019-08-25 21:36:50

BOGURA, Aug 25: The number of dengue patients is increasing in some districts of northern region. Civil Surgeon Dr Gosul Azim Chowdhury of Bogura district said some 14 patients have been infected her...

Rohingya: US urges Myanmar to respect human rights, accountability

Rohingya: US urges Myanmar to respect human rights, accountability

-- 2019-08-25 20:53:11

The United States (US) has called upon Myanmar authorities to respect human rights, allow unhindered humanitarian access, and engage in political dialogue to pursue peace. The US further said militar...

Jamalpur DC removed from duty, facing investigation

Jamalpur DC removed from duty, facing investigation

-- 2019-08-25 20:30:49

The government has moved against Jamalpur Deputy Commissioner Ahmed Kabir by removing him from active duty amid allegations of his getting intimate with a woman in his office. Kabir was transferred t...

'10-day combing operation' to prevent Aedes breeding

'10-day combing operation' to prevent Aedes breeding

FE Online Report 2019-08-25 20:07:32

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) launched a '10-day combing operation' on Sunday to prevent breeding of Aedes mosquitoes responsible for dengue fever. Earlier, educationalist Prof Abdullah Abu Say...

Bangladesh urges Myanmar to concentrate on its commitments

Bangladesh urges Myanmar to concentrate on its commitments

UNB 2019-08-25 18:31:47

Bangladesh has urged Myanmar to fully concentrate on implementation of its obligations and commitments necessary for a durable solution to the Rohingya crisis. "The government of Myanmar should serio...

Bangabandhu’s Unfinished Memoirs reading competition begins in city

Bangabandhu’s Unfinished Memoirs reading competition begins in city

-- 2019-08-25 17:22:06

A five-day reading competition on Bangabandhu’s Unfinished Memoirs and a book exhibition on Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman began on Sunday at the National Theatre Plaza o...

Two years of Rohingya influx: Crimes rise in camps

Two years of Rohingya influx: Crimes rise in camps

-- 2019-08-25 17:01:59

The Rohingyas, who were forced out of their motherland and found shelter in Bangladesh on humanitarian ground, are increasingly becoming a security threat to their host country. Camps in the coastal...

Sunderbans fishermen experience severe hardship over fishing ban

Sunderbans fishermen experience severe hardship over fishing ban

-- 2019-08-25 16:58:01

Hardship has befallen the people dependent on the Sundarbans for their livelihood ever since a ban on fishing in the mangrove forest was imposed about two months ago.Fishermen said the government move...

BIDA opens booths for training in Khulna

BIDA opens booths for training in Khulna

-- 2019-08-25 16:49:14

The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) has opened 12 mobile booths in different places in Khulna so that interested entrepreneurs can complete registration process for a training progr...

67 journalists face harassment  across country in Jan-July

67 journalists face harassment across country in Jan-July

FE Online Report 2019-08-25 16:44:04

At least 67 journalists fell victim to harassment across country in the first seven of the current calendar year, according to a report by an independent rights body.  Of them, eight received de...

Power consumers demand suspension of prepaid metering system

Power consumers demand suspension of prepaid metering system

-- 2019-08-25 16:37:46

Power consumers under Dhaka Power Distribution Company Ltd (DPDC) on Sunday demanded the authorities concerned to suspend the installation of prepaid meters saying the system is ‘unfair’....

Alarming rise in child rape

Alarming rise in child rape

Sajibur Rahman 2019-08-25 16:23:02

Incidents of child rape witnessed an alarming rise in the first seven months of 2019 compared to the corresponding period of last year, says a report released by a child rights organisation. However,...

Jamalpur DC Ahmed Kabir made OSD

Jamalpur DC Ahmed Kabir made OSD

-- 2019-08-25 15:35:23

Jamalpur’s Deputy Commissioner Ahmed Kabir was made an officer on special duty on Sunday, days after a leaked video showed him in a compromising situation with a female colleague. In a notifica...

Remove word 'Kumari' from Kabinnama: HC

Remove word 'Kumari' from Kabinnama: HC

FE Online Desk 2019-08-25 15:08:45

The High Court has ruled against the use of the word "Kumari (virgin)" before the name of the bride in the Muslim marriage deed, 'Kabinnama'. While giving its verdict upon a petition filed by Banglad...

SC clears way for graft trial against Moudud

SC clears way for graft trial against Moudud

-- 2019-08-25 14:56:08

The Supreme Court has turned down BNP leader Moudud Ahmed's plea to review a High Court order that paved the way for continuing the trial proceedings of a corruption case against him. The case filed...

PM for stronger monitoring to stop deceiving migrant aspirants

PM for stronger monitoring to stop deceiving migrant aspirants

-- 2019-08-25 14:01:15

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the authorities concerned to make the monitoring system stronger further along with conducting massive awareness campaign so that the migrant aspirants are not...

ACC grills Mahi B Chowdhury over money laundering

ACC grills Mahi B Chowdhury over money laundering

-- 2019-08-25 13:38:12

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has quizzed Bikalpadhara Bangladesh Joint Secretary General Mahi B Chowdhury over allegations of money laundering. Deputy Director Jalal Uddin Ahmed began questio...

Madaripur housewife dies of dengue

Madaripur housewife dies of dengue

-- 2019-08-25 13:19:55

A woman from Madaripur district died of dengue fever early on Sunday while being shifted to a hospital in Dhaka. Police said Sumi Akter, 30, wife of Anwar Hossain of Kathalbari village of Shibpur upa...

Fishermen decry Sundarbans fishing ban

Fishermen decry Sundarbans fishing ban

-- 2019-08-25 11:26:09

Hardship has befallen the people dependent on the Sundarbans for their livelihood ever since a ban on fishing in the mangrove forest was imposed about two months ago. Fishermen said the government mo...

Rohingyas protest exodus, demand rights in Myanmar

Rohingyas protest exodus, demand rights in Myanmar

-- 2019-08-25 11:02:05

Thousands of angry and frustrated Rohingya refugees have marked the second anniversary of their exodus from Myanmar into Bangladesh by demanding their citizenship and other rights in the country they...

Accord to launch inspection of RMG boilers next month

Accord to launch inspection of RMG boilers next month

Monira Munni 2019-08-25 10:44:21

Amid opposition from the leaders of readymade garment (RMG) sector, the western retailers' platform Accord has announced launching fresh boiler safety inspection in its listed 1,600 local factorie...

Hospitals admit 1,179 dengue patients in 24 hours

Hospitals admit 1,179 dengue patients in 24 hours

-- 2019-08-24 21:20:31

The number of dengue patients hospitalised in last 24 hours has dropped to 1,179, lowest in about a month. The hospitals in the Dhaka admitted 570 patients with dengue fever while the number outside...

Dengue: DSCC mobile courts inspect 141 houses

Dengue: DSCC mobile courts inspect 141 houses

-- 2019-08-24 20:21:48

The mobile courts of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) on Saturday inspected 141 houses during their anti-mosquito drives to destroy the breeding grounds of Aedes mosquitoes. Executive Magistrate M...

PM joins milad for Ivy Rahman

PM joins milad for Ivy Rahman

BSS 2019-08-24 20:15:30

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday attended a milad and doa mahfil in the capital seeking eternal peace of the departed soul of Ivy Rahman, wife of late President Zillur Rahman and former women...

Obaidul Quader vows to make BRTC profitable

Obaidul Quader vows to make BRTC profitable

-- 2019-08-24 20:09:35

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the government is committed to make Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) a profitable institution. The minister also said tough act...

Infant dies of dengue fever in Mymensingh

Infant dies of dengue fever in Mymensingh

-- 2019-08-24 18:47:14

A five-month old baby has died of dengue fever in Mymensingh amid a massive outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease across Bangladesh, reports bdnews24.com. The infant, Zarif Hossain, passed away duri...

Army sergeant killed in Bogura road crash

Army sergeant killed in Bogura road crash

-- 2019-08-24 18:38:08

An army sergeant was killed and six others injured after a passenger bus overturned at Rahobol on Rangpur-Bogura Highway in Shibganj upazila of Bogura district on Saturday. The deceased was identifie...

Dengue outbreak: DSCC mobile courts inspect 141 houses

Dengue outbreak: DSCC mobile courts inspect 141 houses

-- 2019-08-24 18:20:32

The mobile courts of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) on Saturday inspected 141 houses during their anti-mosquito drives to destroy the breeding grounds of Aedes mosquitoes, responsible for dengue....

Ivy Rahman’s 15th death anniversary observed

Ivy Rahman’s 15th death anniversary observed

-- 2019-08-24 18:18:30

The 15th death anniversary of Ivy Rahman, former president of Bangladesh Mahila Awami League and wife of late President Zillur Rahman, was observed on Saturday in a befitting manner.To mark the day, d...

ABAK project benefits 4,386 families in Khulna’s Rupsha upazila

ABAK project benefits 4,386 families in Khulna’s Rupsha upazila

-- 2019-08-24 18:13:26

At least 4,386 poor and extreme-poor families in the Rupsha upazila of Khulna are getting benefit from the government’s “Amar Bari, Amar Khamar (ABAK)” project, one of the 10 priorit...