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Dengue claims three more lives

Dengue claims three more lives

-- 2019-08-15 21:02:48

Three more people, including a woman, have lost their battle with dengue disease as the number of patients infected with the mosquito-borne virus has begun surging again across the country after a dow...

NBR to introduce new app to check tax evasion

NBR to introduce new app to check tax evasion

-- 2019-08-15 20:16:19

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has taken an initiative to introduce a mobile application and a software, aiming to check the cases of tax evasion and increase the number of taxpayers. The revenu...

Road accidents in four districts claim 16 lives

Road accidents in four districts claim 16 lives

-- 2019-08-15 20:12:52

At least 16 people were killed and over 80 others injured in road accidents in Feni, Kishoreganj, Faridpur and Sirajganj districts on Thursday. According to reports by UNB, a Cox’s Bazar-bound...

Nearly 2,000 dengue patients admitted in 24hrs

Nearly 2,000 dengue patients admitted in 24hrs

-- 2019-08-15 18:55:54

A total of 1,929 patients, diagnosed with dengue infection, was hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8am on Thursday across the country, according government data.  As per data by Directorate...

Youth stabbed dead in Jashore

Youth stabbed dead in Jashore

-- 2019-08-15 18:52:49

A youth was stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants at Salta village under Sadar upazila in Jashore early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Minarul Islam, 27, son of Sadar Ali Gazi of the...

'Efforts intensified to bring back fugitive killers of Bangabandhu'

'Efforts intensified to bring back fugitive killers of Bangabandhu'

-- 2019-08-15 16:51:54

Diplomatic efforts have been strengthened for bringing the fugitive killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman back to Bangladesh so that the murderers get their deserved punish...

DNCC conducts drives to curb dengue mosquito breeding

DNCC conducts drives to curb dengue mosquito breeding

FE Online Report 2019-08-15 16:35:54

A mobile court of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) conducted drives in city’s Gulshan area aiming to curb dengue mosquito breeding in the capital. The court also fined Tk 0.2 million to th...

Woman dies of dengue at DMCH

Woman dies of dengue at DMCH

-- 2019-08-15 15:27:14

A woman died of mosquito-borne disease dengue at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Mousumi Akhter, 25, wife of Md Mamun of Bhandaria in Pirojpur. Quot...

BRTA registers 19,209 auto-rickshaws this year

BRTA registers 19,209 auto-rickshaws this year

FE Online Report 2019-08-15 15:23:09

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has registered 19,209 auto-rickshaws in the first seven months of the current calendar year across the country. Of them, 6,619 got registration during Janua...

House owner fined over presence of mosquito larva

House owner fined over presence of mosquito larva

FE Online Report 2019-08-15 15:14:09

A mobile court of Dhaka North City Corporation (DSCC) conducted several drives at Gulshan area aiming to curb dengue mosquito breeding in the capital. The court also fined Tk 0.2 million to the owner...

Road crashes kill 10 in Feni, Faridpur

Road crashes kill 10 in Feni, Faridpur

FE Online Desk 2019-08-15 13:24:35

At least 10 people have been killed and 50 others injured in separate road accidents in Feni and Faridpur districts today. Of them, seven died and 20 others were injured as a Cox's Bazar bound picnic...

Lalbagh factory fire: Probe body formed

Lalbagh factory fire: Probe body formed

-- 2019-08-15 13:11:10

An investigation committee was formed on Thursday to look into Wednesday night’s fire at a polythene factory in Lalbagh area of Dhaka city. The three-member committee has been asked to submit i...

PM pays homage to Bangabandhu in Tungipara

PM pays homage to Bangabandhu in Tungipara

-- 2019-08-15 12:56:36

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his mazar in Tungipara of Gopalganj this morning on the occasion of his...

BD Embassy in Japan observes National Mourning Day

BD Embassy in Japan observes National Mourning Day

-- 2019-08-15 12:17:58

Bangladesh Embassy in Japan observed the National Mourning Day in a befitting manner on Thursday. On August 15, 1975, Bangabandhu, the architect of the nation’s independence, was assassinated a...

Seven die in Feni after picnic bus slams into tree

Seven die in Feni after picnic bus slams into tree

-- 2019-08-15 10:01:17

At least seven people have been killed after a Cox’s Bazar-bound picnic bus from Dhaka veered out of control in Feni and slammed into a roadside tree, according to police. The incident took pla...

President, PM pay homage to Bangabandhu

President, PM pay homage to Bangabandhu

-- 2019-08-15 09:54:17

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today led the nation in paying homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman marking the 44th anniversary of his martyrdom. P...

No foreign prog broadcast without permission

No foreign prog broadcast without permission

-- 2019-08-14 21:36:41

The Ministry of Information has asked all television channels not to broadcast foreign television (TV) programmes like foreign serials, foreign dubbed TV serials and uncensored movies without permissi...

Two die in Kishoreganj gunfight

Two die in Kishoreganj gunfight

-- 2019-08-14 19:35:06

A gunfight between two groups of local people at Shaympur village of Bajitpur upazila in Kishoreganj over establishing supremacy left two people dead and 20 others injured on Wednesday morning. The d...

Road crash leaves three dead in Bogura

Road crash leaves three dead in Bogura

-- 2019-08-14 18:00:36

Three people were killed and 15 others injured in a head-on collision between two passenger buses at Aria bazaar of Shajahanpur Upazila on Bogura-Dhaka highway on Wednesday. Police said Khairul Alam,...

BSF 'beats Bangladeshi to death'

BSF 'beats Bangladeshi to death'

-- 2019-08-14 17:35:23

A Bangladeshi man was allegedly beaten to death by members of India’s Border Security Force (BSF) along the Thakurpur border of Damurhuda upazila in Chuadanga on Wednesday morning. The deceased...

Govt wants to bring back Bangabandhu’s killers

Govt wants to bring back Bangabandhu’s killers

-- 2019-08-14 17:31:10

The government wants to bring back at least two convicted killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibuir Rahman before his birth centenary to implement the court verdict, reports UNB.&nbs...

9th Wage Board: Hearing on govt appeal Aug 19

9th Wage Board: Hearing on govt appeal Aug 19

-- 2019-08-14 17:08:36

The Chamber Judge fixed August 19 to hear an appeal by the state seeking a stay on the High Court Division order to maintain a status-quo for two months on publication of gazette notification of the n...

National flag to remain half-mast on National Mourning Day

National flag to remain half-mast on National Mourning Day

-- 2019-08-14 17:03:49

The national flag will be hoisted at half-mast atop of all government, semi-government, autonomous organisations, educational institutions, non-government bhaban and Bangladesh missions abroad on the...

PM mourns death of Sylhet AL leader

PM mourns death of Sylhet AL leader

-- 2019-08-14 16:59:11

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of A.N.M. Shafiqul Haque, former president and general secretary of Sylhet District Awami League (AL), and a J...

Land dispute leaves three dead in Mymensingh

Land dispute leaves three dead in Mymensingh

-- 2019-08-14 13:24:31

Three people were killed and two others injured in a clash over the ownership of a plot at Khathaldangi under Iswarganj upazila in Mymensingh on Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as Jah...

DMP issues Aug 15 traffic guidelines

DMP issues Aug 15 traffic guidelines

-- 2019-08-14 12:47:26

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has issued traffic guidelines for the capital ahead of National Mourning Day and the 44th death anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 15. Traffic...

Three die of dengue in three dists

Three die of dengue in three dists

-- 2019-08-14 11:04:02

Three people, including two children, died of dengue in Dhaka, Khulna and Laxmipur districts on Monday night and early Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Parash, 4, son of Kamruzzaman of Daspar...

Two rape suspects die in ‘crossfire’

Two rape suspects die in ‘crossfire’

-- 2019-08-14 10:55:05

Two men, suspected of raping a schoolgirl, were killed in an alleged crossfire at Dakshin Rajapur village in Sadar upazila of Bhola district on early Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Alamin...

DMP commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia reappointed contractually

DMP commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia reappointed contractually

-- 2019-08-13 20:43:41

Asaduzzaman Miah, the outgoing DMP Commissioner, has been reappointed on contractual basis for the next thirty days, reports UNB. He will join the contractual job on Wednesday, said a press release i...

AL leader behind rawhide price syndicate, alleges Rizvi

AL leader behind rawhide price syndicate, alleges Rizvi

-- 2019-08-13 20:26:16

The BNP has blamed an ‘influential syndicate’ run by a ruling Awami League (AL) leader for the drop in prices of rawhide and skin of animals slaughtered on Eid-ul-Azha. Senior Joint Secre...