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Health ministry cancels leave of its officials

Health ministry cancels leave of its officials

-- 2019-07-30 19:07:39

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has cancelled leave all of its officials due to ongoing flood and outbreak of dengue. “According to the decision of a meeting that took place on Monday...

When effective medicine for mosquito will arrive, asks HC

When effective medicine for mosquito will arrive, asks HC

-- 2019-07-30 18:55:04

The High Court on Tuesday asked the he government and Dhaka city corporations to inform it how long time it will take to import effective insecticide to kill mosquitoes. Justice Tariq ul Hakim and Ju...

Schoolboy’s death for ferry delay: Writ seeks Tk 30m in compensation

Schoolboy’s death for ferry delay: Writ seeks Tk 30m in compensation

-- 2019-07-30 18:11:16

A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking an order on the authorities to pay Tk 30 million in compensation to the family of a school student who died in the ambulance as the authority...

Don’t pay heed to rumours: PM

Don’t pay heed to rumours: PM

FE Online Desk 2019-07-30 17:55:07

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the countrymen not to pay heed to the rumours and hand over the rumour-mongers to the police. “Please don’t pay heed to the rumours and not to take...

CNG filling stations to remain open 24-hour from Aug 1

CNG filling stations to remain open 24-hour from Aug 1

-- 2019-07-30 17:23:11

The government has decided to keep all Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations open for 24 hours from August 1. “The gas refuelling activities of the CNG stations will remain open for 24-hour unt...

Concerted efforts a must to combat human trafficking: Experts

Concerted efforts a must to combat human trafficking: Experts

-- 2019-07-30 16:43:30

The government at all levels, development partners, law enforcement agencies, civil society members, private sector and other relevant actors must make concerted efforts to raise awareness of modern s...

Complaint filed against Ibn Sina over ‘faulty’ platelet test

Complaint filed against Ibn Sina over ‘faulty’ platelet test

-- 2019-07-30 15:06:08

A complaint has been filed against the Dhanmondi branch of Ibn Sina Hospital over a ‘faulty’ platelet test. Advocate Md Ramjan Ali Sarkar lodged the complaint with Dhaka Metropolitan Magi...

Four people die of dengue in Dhaka, Barishal

Four people die of dengue in Dhaka, Barishal

FE Online Desk 2019-07-30 14:12:18

Four people have died of mosquito-borne dengue in Dhaka and Barishal today (Tuesday). Of them, two died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) and as many at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and H...

Two die inhaling septic tank gas

Two die inhaling septic tank gas

-- 2019-07-30 13:35:56

Two construction workers died after inhaling toxic gas inside a septic tank in Ullapara municipality area of Sirajganj district on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Rezaul, 28, and Alamin, 32,...

Commonwealth wants BD to lead blue charter

Commonwealth wants BD to lead blue charter

-- 2019-07-30 13:25:56

Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland QC has urged Bangladesh to lead the Commonwealth Blue Charter and climate risk management. Patricia said this while she met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasi...

Thousands in Dhaka protest persecution of Muslims in India

Thousands in Dhaka protest persecution of Muslims in India

FE Online Desk 2019-07-30 11:54:33

Thousands of people have gathered in Dhaka city in protests against the persecution of Muslims in India. As part of their protests, they started marching towards the Indian embassy, but police put a...

BD for resolving Rohingya crisis thru talks: PM

BD for resolving Rohingya crisis thru talks: PM

-- 2019-07-30 11:34:48

Terming the Rohingya population in Bangladesh as a big burden, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated that Dhaka wants to resolve the protracted Rohingya crisis through discussions. “Givin...

Police find body of missing schoolgirl in Joypurhat

Police find body of missing schoolgirl in Joypurhat

-- 2019-07-30 11:18:11

Police recovered the body of a schoolgirl from the Chhoto Jamuna River in Panchbibi upazila of Joypurhat on Monday night, 12 hours after she went missing from the district town. The deceased was ide...

Three die of dengue in Dhaka, Barishal

Three die of dengue in Dhaka, Barishal

FE Online Desk 2019-07-30 11:14:24

Three people died of mosquito-borne dengue in Dhaka and Barishal today (Tuesday). Of them, one died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) and two others at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Ho...

Rape accused dies in Ctg ‘gunfight’

Rape accused dies in Ctg ‘gunfight’

-- 2019-07-30 11:12:16

A suspected rapist was killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Maliara village in Patiya upazila of Chattogram district early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Arman,...

Two dengue patients die in Barishal

Two dengue patients die in Barishal

-- 2019-07-30 10:44:32

Two people have died of mosquito-borne dengue ferver in Barishal. The deceased were identified as Aslam Khan, 24, son of Nasir Khan in Bakerganj upazila, and Mohammad Sohel, 18, son of Adam Ali of Ka...

Dengue spreads to more than 50 districts

Dengue spreads to more than 50 districts

FE Report 2019-07-30 10:35:41

Dengue outbreak has spread to more than 50 districts by Monday although the health directorate had earlier warned the state agencies concerned of possible outbreak of the deadly viral fever, officials...

Flood situation may improve further

Flood situation may improve further

FE Report 2019-07-30 10:29:10

Water level continued to fall on Monday as the Teesta, Brahmaputra and Ghaghot rivers started flowing below the danger mark in some northern districts. With the recession of floodwater, the flood sit...

Farmers opting for avocado cultivation  in Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj

Farmers opting for avocado cultivation in Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj

Our Correspondent 2019-07-30 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, July 29: Farming of avocado, a fruit enriched with various vitamins and containing medicinal quality to resist various diseases, is gaining popularity in Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj. In ad...

Floods cause severe damage to  roads in frontier Sunamganj

Floods cause severe damage to roads in frontier Sunamganj

Our Correspondent 2019-07-30 00:00:00

SYLHET, July. 29: Road link in frontier Sunamganj district is yet to become normal although waters have started receding from the area. Direct plying of vehicles remained suspended on the Sunamganj-Ta...

Five magistrates to act against additional charges for dengue test

Five magistrates to act against additional charges for dengue test

-- 2019-07-29 20:38:54

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam on Monday said five magistrates started conducting drives at different public and private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres to check e...

Jatiya Party wants to fill political vacuum: GM Quader

Jatiya Party wants to fill political vacuum: GM Quader

-- 2019-07-29 19:57:30

Jatiya Party chairman GM Quader on Monday said their party will remain active both in parliament and on the streets with the issues relating to people’s rights to fill the prevailing political v...

Jaishankar likely to visit Bangladesh next month

Jaishankar likely to visit Bangladesh next month

-- 2019-07-29 19:54:17

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is likely to visit Bangladesh next month, Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen said on Monday.  “He (Jaishabkar) may arrive on August 20 or 21...

Dengue spreads to 50 districts

Dengue spreads to 50 districts

-- 2019-07-29 19:49:55

Dengue fever that has taken a heavy toll on public life this year in Dhaka has spread almost all over Bangladesh with the authorities finding patients from the mosquito-borne viral disease in 50 distr...

BR to set up solar plants at stations, workshops

BR to set up solar plants at stations, workshops

-- 2019-07-29 18:12:15

Bangladesh Railway (BR) is going to set up rooftop solar plants in its stations, office buildings, junctions, workshops and staff quarters across the country as part of government’s plan to prom...

Rights campaigners call for declaring 2021- 2030 as decade of migration

Rights campaigners call for declaring 2021- 2030 as decade of migration

FE Report 2019-07-29 17:32:03

Rights campaigners on Sunday called for declaring the 2021- 2030 period as a decade of migration with objective to address the migration-related problems and ensure safe, orderly and regular migration...

‘Collective efforts needed to tackle dengue’

‘Collective efforts needed to tackle dengue’

-- 2019-07-29 17:24:09

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said the government will tackle the dengue situation through united efforts. “We’ve taken dengue and flood as challenges. We&rsquo...

SC lifts ban on Milk Vita

SC lifts ban on Milk Vita

-- 2019-07-29 17:14:56

Sales of state-owned pasteurised milk brand Milk Vita will resume as the Supreme Court has put on hold a High Court order for eight weeks. But restrictions on the distribution and sales of 13 other p...

365 minibuses registered in six months

365 minibuses registered in six months

FE Online Report 2019-07-29 16:35:12

Minibus registration in the country stood at 365 in the first six months of the current year, according to the official data. Of the total, some 82 minibuses got registered in Dhaka during January to...

'30 prisoners died in jails in six months'

'30 prisoners died in jails in six months'

FE Online Report 2019-07-29 16:30:24

A total of 30 prisoners died in different jails across the country during January to June period of this year, according to an independent rights body. Among them, 20 were under trial prisoners and 1...