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S Korean PM pays tributes to Bangabandhu

S Korean PM pays tributes to Bangabandhu

-- 2019-07-15 13:10:40

South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon paid homage to the memories of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath in front of his portrait at Bangabandhu Memorial Museu...

Four die in Gazipur, Bagerhat road crashes

Four die in Gazipur, Bagerhat road crashes

-- 2019-07-15 13:02:38

At least four people were killed and another injured in two separate accidents in Gazipur and Bagerhat districts on Monday. In Gazipur, three people were killed as a pickup van hit a covered van in J...

Work on all 294 piles of Padma bridge done

Work on all 294 piles of Padma bridge done

-- 2019-07-15 12:41:18

Engineers have completed the construction of all 294 piles of the long-awaited Padma Multiporpuse Bridge. They started the work on the number seven pile at 11:35am yesterday and finished it after eig...

Ershad’s second namaz-e-janaza held at JS

Ershad’s second namaz-e-janaza held at JS

-- 2019-07-15 12:35:52

The second namaz-e-janaza of Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad was held at the South Plaza of Jatiya Sangsad on Monday morning. The janaza took place at around 10:55 am. His body will be taken to the...

Three die in Gazipur road accident

Three die in Gazipur road accident

-- 2019-07-15 12:07:46

At least three people were killed as a pickup van hit a covered van in Joydevpur on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur district on Monday. The identities of the deceased couldn't be known yet, repor...

14 Bangladeshis return from Indian jail

14 Bangladeshis return from Indian jail

-- 2019-07-15 11:17:57

A total of 14 Bangladeshi people have returned home through Benapole check post in Jessore after serving two years jail in an Indian prison. They are - Selim, 25, Liton, 32, Ibrahim, 32, Rabiul Islam...

No roadside cattle market during Eid: Kamal

No roadside cattle market during Eid: Kamal

-- 2019-07-15 11:13:05

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said the government will not permit setting up of roadside cattle markets during the Eid-ul-Azha. “The home ministry has issued alert to monitor the fac...

Bogura farmers reaping benefits of green chilli cultivation

Bogura farmers reaping benefits of green chilli cultivation

Our Correspondent 2019-07-15 00:10:43

BOGURA, July 14: High-yielding chilli cultivators in the district are delighted over the bumper production and high market price. A good number of growers said they are making a handsome profit from...

S Korea pledges to stand by Bangladesh to materialise Vision-2041

S Korea pledges to stand by Bangladesh to materialise Vision-2041

-- 2019-07-14 22:26:54

South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon on Sunday said his country will always stand by Bangladesh to materialise its Vision-2041 to turn the country into a developed one. He made the remarks when he...

South Korean PM pays courtesy call on President

South Korean PM pays courtesy call on President

-- 2019-07-14 20:42:24

South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon paid a courtesy call on President Md Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban in Dhaka on Sunday evening. The visiting South Korean PM informed that President that his count...

Take steps in 24 hours to control Aedes mosquito: HC

Take steps in 24 hours to control Aedes mosquito: HC

-- 2019-07-14 20:30:35

The High Court on Sunday asked the authorities concerned to take effective measures within 24 hours to destroy Aedes mosquito for preventing spread of dengue and Chikonguniya. The HC bench of Justice...

Bail denied, Hallmark chairman Jasmine sent to jail

Bail denied, Hallmark chairman Jasmine sent to jail

-- 2019-07-14 19:55:27

A Dhaka court has sent Hallmark Group chairman Jasmine Islam to jail in a case lodged over embezzling of Tk 858.7 million of Janata Bank through fake letter of credit (LC). Dhaka Metropolitan Session...

Bangladesh, South Korea sign three instruments

Bangladesh, South Korea sign three instruments

-- 2019-07-14 18:34:36

Bangladesh and South Korea have signed three instruments for bolstering cooperation in the fields of trade and investment, diplomacy and culture between the two countries. The instruments were signed...

Major rivers keep rising

Major rivers keep rising

-- 2019-07-14 18:29:37

Major rivers continued to rise across the country amid predictions of heavy downpours to deteriorate the situation, prompting authorities to intensify measures to combat a major flooding. The Flood F...

Bangladesh to send 519 fishermen back to India

Bangladesh to send 519 fishermen back to India

SM Najmus Sakib 2019-07-14 18:06:36

Bangladesh will hand over a total of 519 fishermen, who entered into the country from India crossing the sea border, to Indian authority. The fishermen have been under Bangladesh Coast Gourd (BCG) cu...

Shipping Ministry opens flood control room

Shipping Ministry opens flood control room

-- 2019-07-14 17:09:50

The Shipping Ministry has opened a control room on Sunday to monitor the flood situation and collect information on vessel movement. The control room located at the secretariat will remain open from...

Hasina, Lee begin official talks

Hasina, Lee begin official talks

-- 2019-07-14 17:05:00

The official talks between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her South Korean counterpart Lee Nak-yon has started at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in Dhaka on Sunday afternoon. “The of...

Met office predicts heavy rainfall

Met office predicts heavy rainfall

-- 2019-07-14 16:56:34

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Sylhet and Chattogram divisions during the next 24 hours commencing from 10:00am on Sunday....

Ershad dies at 90, to be buried in Dhaka Tuesday

Ershad dies at 90, to be buried in Dhaka Tuesday

-- 2019-07-14 15:44:51

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, who has died today (Sunday) at the age of 90 after having been on life support for the last 10 days, will be laid to eternal rest at the army graveyard in Dhaka city o...

Milk test reports: HC wants to know BSTI steps

Milk test reports: HC wants to know BSTI steps

FE Online Desk 2019-07-14 15:14:27

The High Court today asked the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) what steps the latter has taken following two test reports on milk prepared by Dhaka University researchers. The ben...

CU BCL gets new committee   

CU BCL gets new committee   

-- 2019-07-14 15:12:44

The new committee of Bangladesh Chhatra League's Chittagong University (CU) unit was announced on Saturday night. Former vice-president Rezaul Haq Rubel and former publication and publicity secretary...

170 women, children raped in Cumilla in Jan-June

170 women, children raped in Cumilla in Jan-June

-- 2019-07-14 14:06:25

About 170 women and children were raped in Cumilla between January and June of the current calendar year, as per register book reports.   In January, 21 women and children were raped. The number...

PM asks DCs to remain alert to tackle floods

PM asks DCs to remain alert to tackle floods

-- 2019-07-14 13:42:31

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the deputy commissioners (DCs) to remain alert to tackle floods. “From now on, we’ve to remain alert all time for disaster management. We’re v...

PM issues 30-point directive to DCs

PM issues 30-point directive to DCs

-- 2019-07-14 13:37:43

PM issues 31-point directives to DCs Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has issued 31- point directives to the deputy commissioners (DCs). The prime minister gave the directives while inaugurating the fiv...

Ershad to be buried Tuesday at army graveyard

Ershad to be buried Tuesday at army graveyard

-- 2019-07-14 13:30:52

After four funeral prayers, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad will be laid to eternal rest at the army graveyard in Dhaka on Tuesday. Party Secretary General Moshiur Rahman Ranga briefed the media on E...

PM emphasises good governance for overall development

PM emphasises good governance for overall development

-- 2019-07-14 12:42:55

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday stressed the importance of establishing good governance for overall development of the country. "For the overall development, good governance is urgently needed...

Outer ring road in Ctg collapses before inauguration

Outer ring road in Ctg collapses before inauguration

-- 2019-07-14 12:30:26

Parts of a mega infrastructure project adjacent to the Bay of Bengal caved in on Saturday, prompting people to raise allegations of irregularities and corruption. The embankment and outer ring road f...

President, PM mourn Ershad’s death

President, PM mourn Ershad’s death

-- 2019-07-14 11:27:00

President Abdul Hamid has expressed his deep shock and condolences over the death of Leader of Opposition in Parliament and Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad. In a condolence message, the president pra...

Women workers' outflow up 10pc in Jan-Jun

Women workers' outflow up 10pc in Jan-Jun

Arafat Ara 2019-07-14 10:57:49

The number of outbound women workers has increased by more than 10 per cent in the first six months of the current calendar year amid allegation of different types of workplace exploitation. Accord...

Swelling rivers worsen floods in 15 districts

Swelling rivers worsen floods in 15 districts

FE Report 2019-07-14 10:43:25

The flood situation worsened in 15 districts of the country on Saturday as most of the rivers continued swelling amid incessant rain in both downstream and upstream areas. The districts are Netrakona...