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PM for further development of medical science

PM for further development of medical science

-- 2019-08-17 20:19:50

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government will take all necessary steps for further development of country’s medical science.  “We want to do everything necessary for the...

Committee formed to investigate Mirpur slum fire

Committee formed to investigate Mirpur slum fire

-- 2019-08-17 20:18:17

A three-member probe committee was formed Saturday to investigate the fire that broke out at a slum in the city’s Mirpur-7 area on Friday, reports BSS. “The three-member committee headed...

Dengue: Two die, 1,460 more hospitalised till Saturday morning

Dengue: Two die, 1,460 more hospitalised till Saturday morning

-- 2019-08-17 20:12:03

Dengue claimed lives of two and 1,460 more people have been infected with the mosquito-borne disease till Saturday morning, according to government information. The fresh deaths were recorded in Dha...

'CETP at Savar is fully operational'

'CETP at Savar is fully operational'

-- 2019-08-17 18:48:06

Industries Secretary Md Abdul Halim today said the Central Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) at Savar Tannery Industrial City is fully operational for purifying chemical waste. “During the holy E...

Minor boy killed over land dispute

Minor boy killed over land dispute

-- 2019-08-17 18:31:05

A two-year-old boy was slaughtered over a land dispute at Dalarkandi village of Austagram upazila in Kishoreganj on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Wasim, son of Abdul Wadud of the v...

239 children killed in Jan-July: ASK

239 children killed in Jan-July: ASK

FE Online Report 2019-08-17 17:45:00

Some 239 children were killed between January and July of the current calendar year, according to a report by local independent rights and legal aid body. Of them, 25 children were killed after being...

Govt looking for rawhide price syndicate: Hasan Mahmud

Govt looking for rawhide price syndicate: Hasan Mahmud

-- 2019-08-17 17:08:43

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud has said the government is determined to track down the alleged syndicate that is 'playing games' with the price of rawhides and skins of animals sacrificed on Eid-ul...

IVM necessary to combat dengue outbreak: DNCC Mayor

IVM necessary to combat dengue outbreak: DNCC Mayor

-- 2019-08-17 16:39:13

Underscoring the importance of public awareness against mosquito breeding, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam on Saturday said Integrated Vector Management (IVM) is necessary to co...

Four of a family burnt in Gazipur fire

Four of a family burnt in Gazipur fire

-- 2019-08-17 14:31:07

Four members of a family sustained burn injuries after a fire broke out in a house at Kathoa of Salna area in Gazipur city on Saturday. The injured are Yakub Ali, his wife Aklima, their son Swapon, a...

College student dies of dengue in Faridpur

College student dies of dengue in Faridpur

-- 2019-08-17 14:21:05

A second year student of a government college in Magura died of dengue at Faridpur Medical College Hospital on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Sumon Bashar Raj, 18, son of Mizanur Ra...

BD hajj pilgrim dies in Saudi road accident

BD hajj pilgrim dies in Saudi road accident

-- 2019-08-17 13:47:30

A Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrim was killed and several injured on Saturday when a bus crashed due to a tyre burst in Saudi Arabia. The incident occurred 100 km away from Madinah in Wadi al-Fara around 11:...

Khulna city goes under rainwater

Khulna city goes under rainwater

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

Heavy monsoon rain inundated most parts of the city on Saturday, inflicting immense sufferings on the city dwellers. Bangladesh Meteorological Department recorded 114 millimeters rain in six hours ti...

Two robbers die in Pabna lynch-mob attack

Two robbers die in Pabna lynch-mob attack

-- 2019-08-17 12:19:24

Two suspected robbers were killed in a lynch-mob attack at Sondaha Kanelpara village in Santhia upazila of Pabna district early Saturday. The deceased were identified as Shaheen alias Holka Shaheen,...

Dengue patients’ number hits 50,000

Dengue patients’ number hits 50,000

FE Report 2019-08-17 10:40:40

The number of clinically diagnosed cases of mosquito-borne dengue infection reaches 50,000 this year on Friday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). In the last 24 hours un...

BREB to install 10m smart pre-paid meter by 2025

BREB to install 10m smart pre-paid meter by 2025

Talha Bin Habib 2019-08-17 10:33:56

Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) has set a target to install 10 million smart pre-paid meter by 2025 to facilitate its clients for paying hassle-free monthly power bills, official said....

BR may face big challenge for conflict with transport projects

BR may face big challenge for conflict with transport projects

Munima Sultana 2019-08-17 10:30:30

Bangladesh Railway (BR) is likely to face a major challenge in building a circular rail route around Dhaka city due to 'conflict' with a number of transport projects, sources said. These projects inc...

Narsingdi road mishap kills four

Narsingdi road mishap kills four

-- 2019-08-17 10:29:03

Four people were killed and another was injured in a collision between a bus and a private car on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Shibpur upazila of Narsingdi in the early hours of Saturday. The deceased wer...

Govt moves to allow all banks to handle Challan transactions

Govt moves to allow all banks to handle Challan transactions

Jasim Uddin Haroon 2019-08-17 10:15:51

All the 59 commercial banks are likely to be allowed to handle "challan" that serves as the biggest instrument of submitting money to the public exchequer. The Finance Division, which has been work...

Tanners set to start buying salted rawhide from today

Tanners set to start buying salted rawhide from today

FE Report 2019-08-17 10:04:44

Tanners are set to start purchasing salted rawhide from hide and skin merchants from today (Saturday), said industry insiders. General Secretary of Bangladesh Tanners' Association (BTA) Shakawat Ul...

Deadly fire at slum in Mirpur 7

Deadly fire at slum in Mirpur 7

-- 2019-08-16 20:17:19

A massive fire broke out at a slum in Mirpur-7 on Friday evening, according to UNB and several local television channels. Ershad Hossain, duty officer at the Fire Service and Civil Defence Central Co...

Materialise Bangabandhu’s dream, repay his blood debt: PM

Materialise Bangabandhu’s dream, repay his blood debt: PM

-- 2019-08-16 19:30:45

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said the debt of Bangabandhu’s blood will have to be repaid through materialising his dream to build a poverty– and hunger-free 'Golden Bangladesh'....

Dengue: Over 1,700 hospitalised in 24 hrs

Dengue: Over 1,700 hospitalised in 24 hrs

-- 2019-08-16 19:14:10

A total of 1,719 people infected with dengue were admitted to hospitals across the country in the past 24 hours till 8am on Friday, according to government data. Of the newly admitted patients, 759 w...

‘Rawhide export should continue for fair price’

‘Rawhide export should continue for fair price’

-- 2019-08-16 18:36:24

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Friday said rawhide export should continue to protect the interests of the poor and orphans. “Those who want to do leather business must do it in a competitiv...

UNICEF calls for urgent investment for Rohingya children’s education

UNICEF calls for urgent investment for Rohingya children’s education

FE Online Report 2019-08-16 18:06:44

The UN on Friday called for urgent investment to provide educational opportunities to the Rohingya children in and around the vast camps in south-eastern regions of Bangladesh. The United Nations Ch...

Second attempt to repatriate Rohingyas underway : UN

Second attempt to repatriate Rohingyas underway : UN

-- 2019-08-16 16:00:56

Myanmar and Bangladesh are making a second attempt to start repatriating Rohingya Muslims after more than 700,000 of them fled a security crackdown in Myanmar almost two years ago, the UN refugee agen...

Mashrafe opens ‘Narail Express Health Care Centre’

Mashrafe opens ‘Narail Express Health Care Centre’

-- 2019-08-16 13:58:11

Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, MP of Narail-2 constituency, has inaugurated a health care centre named ‘Narail Express Health Care Centre’ in Narail district town. The healt...

Noted author Rizia Rahman dies at 80

Noted author Rizia Rahman dies at 80

-- 2019-08-16 13:55:32

Eminent author Rizia Rahman has died in a Dhaka hospital at the age of 80.The Ekushey Padak-winning novelist passed away while undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit of Apollo Hospital around...

Four of a family die in Mymensingh road crash

Four of a family die in Mymensingh road crash

-- 2019-08-16 13:25:55

At least four people of a family were killed and three others injured after a car collided with a bus in Gouripur upazila of Mymensingh on Friday. The incident took place on the Mymensingh-Kishoregan...

Schoolboy dies as picnic bus falls into ditch

Schoolboy dies as picnic bus falls into ditch

-- 2019-08-16 11:32:52

A schoolboy was killed and five people were injured when a picnic bus plunged into a ditch on Rajbari-Kushtia highway at Durgapur in Rajbari Sadar upazila early Friday. The deceased was identified as...

Aviation sector poised for radical improvement

Aviation sector poised for radical improvement

M Azizur Rahman 2019-08-16 10:31:25

The government is working on building two new airports as part of modernising the existing aviation facilities to meet the growing demand for air travel. The Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism ha...