-- 2019-06-30 21:48:32
FENI, June 30 (UNB): About 50,000 people of three upazilas in the district have to use a bamboo bridge over the Choto Feni river at Dakshin Koikhali village under Daganbhuiyan upazila, putting their l...
-- 2019-06-30 20:25:52
Noting that 100 per cent voter turnout in any polling station is not 'normal', the Chief Election Commissioner on Sunday said the Commission has nothing to do with it once the gazette of the election...
-- 2019-06-30 19:16:18
The government has imposed a ban on fishing in all canals in Sundarbans area from July 1 to August 31 to ensure safe breeding and preservation of fish and other aquatic animals. This fishing ban has...
-- 2019-06-30 17:56:58
Police arrested three more suspects, one of whom cleared the police constable recruitment exam, in the case over the daylight murder of Refat Shorif in Barguna. Superintendent of Police Md Maruf Hoss...
-- 2019-06-30 17:37:29
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for Dalian on Monday on a five-day official visit to China at the invitation of her Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang. During the visit, she will attend the...
-- 2019-06-30 17:26:05
A court in Pabna on Sunday sent 30 BNP leaders and activists to jail in a case filed over a bomb attack on a train carrying the then opposition leader and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina in 1994....
-- 2019-06-30 17:24:17
Dozens of blue-collar Bangladeshi workers at a factory in Dubai are preparing to sue their employer as he has not paid them in months. They are among a group of 300 workers stuck there without money...
FE Online Desk 2019-06-30 17:14:43
The energy regulator has decided to increase gas prices by 32.8 per cent for all users, to be effective from July 1, despite objections to the move from various quarters. Bangladesh Energy Regulatory...
-- 2019-06-30 16:25:29
Mercy Miyang Tembon will start her job as the World Bank’s new Country Director for Bangladesh and Bhutan from Monday. A Cameroonian national, Tembon joined the World Bank in 2000 as an Educati...
FE Online Desk 2019-06-30 15:19:17
The High Court has sought the report of Dhaka University’s Pharmacy Faculty and Biomedical Research Centre that found harmful elements in packaged milk available in kitchen markets. The bench o...
-- 2019-06-30 14:47:57
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman has sought bail from the High Court on Sunday in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan said the b...
-- 2019-06-30 13:56:33
Four workers have suffered burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion in the capital's Green Road. They were identified as Mohammad Russel, 32, Foyez Hossain, 20, Rakib, 20, and Sumon, 18. The...
-- 2019-06-30 12:39:54
At least 13 rail bridges with ‘Dead Stop’ signs are being used on 179-kilometre Sylhet-Akhaura route, leaving thousands of passengers vulnerable to accidents. A ‘Dead Stop’ si...
-- 2019-06-30 12:11:12
A local cargo ship has lost 43 containers after encountering rough weather near the Hatia Channel of the Bay of Bengal. The containers on board the ‘KSL Gladiator’ fell overboard near the...
Rezaul Karim 2019-06-30 10:14:45
The government has no plan to import salt this year, especially ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, as the country has a stock of around 1.0 million tonnes of the essential item. When contacted, director (project)...
-- 2019-06-29 19:04:40
No one will be able to use or publish information on social media on a whim as the government will get the ability to directly regulate all contents published on social media after September. Posts a...
-- 2019-06-29 18:31:41
Bangladesh's power sector will require some 1,000 engineers in the next five years as the country is expending the sector. State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid made the observation at the concluding...
FE Online Report 2019-06-29 17:59:11
Truck registration across the country stood at 4,285 in the first five months of the current calendar year, according to official data. Of them, some 3,199 trucks are based in Dhaka, showed the Bangl...
FE Online Report 2019-06-29 17:48:44
A total of 169 children were raped in the country from January to May 2019, according to a local independent rights body. Some 65 cases were filed in connection with the incidents, according to a dat...
-- 2019-06-29 17:48:00
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque has asked the authorities concerned to remove Ziaur Rahman's grave from the premises of the Jatiya Sangsad. He said, "Some structures, including Zia...
-- 2019-06-29 17:35:27
President Md Abdul Hamid has urged the entrepreneurs and business leaders to stand against the unscrupulous traders who are tarnishing the country’s image globally as they cheat people with adul...
-- 2019-06-29 17:32:08
The 14th span of the 6.15-kilometre long Padma Bridge was installed on the 15th and the 16th pillars at Mawa point, making 2,100 metres of the main structure visible. “The 150-metre long 14th s...
-- 2019-06-29 16:44:37
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday urged Colonel (retd) Oli Ahmed to clarify his stance before the nation in regard to his political leaning following the announcement of new alliance. &l...
-- 2019-06-29 16:36:33
Five 'air-polluting' cement factories located within the ecologically critical area of the Sundarbans Reserve Forest have secured environmental clearance. Forest Minister Md Shahab Uddin gave the inf...
-- 2019-06-29 16:30:08
State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Md Mahbub Ali has said direct Biman flights on Dhaka-New York route would resume by the end of this year. “The process is underway to upgrade the C...
FE Online Desk 2019-06-29 14:22:54
An unspecified number of Bangladeshis among more than 300 expatriate workers in Dubai, the largest and most famous city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have been left in the lurch without salaries...
-- 2019-06-29 13:37:26
The mortal remains of lifelong social activist Jharna Dhara Chowdhury, secretary of the Gandhi Ashram Trust in Noakhali, have been entrusted to the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, or BSMM...
Adnan Hossain Bhuiyan 2019-06-29 12:20:54
The domestic pet food and pet grooming supply market has grown in volume in recent years following an increasing public penchant for family pets. Pet lovers, especially those living in city are...
-- 2019-06-29 11:55:41
The Permanent Representative (PR) of Bangladesh Ambassador Masud Bin Momen has highlighted the UN’s systematic failure to prevent atrocities in the Rakhaine state of Myanmar. He referred to the...
-- 2019-06-29 11:05:02
A woman and her son were killed as a bus ran over them in Gerakhola area on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Muksudpur upazila of Gopalganj on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as Shawon, 30 and...
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