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Bumper groundnut production likely in Rangpur region

Bumper groundnut production likely in Rangpur region

-- 2019-06-20 00:36:03

RANGPUR, June 19 (BSS): Bumper ground production is expected in Rangpur region as farmers have already started harvesting of the crop during the current season. Officials of the Department of Agricul...

Khulna war crime suspect dies in city hospital

Khulna war crime suspect dies in city hospital

-- 2019-06-19 20:36:19

A war crimes suspect from Khulna has died during treatment at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital or DMCH. Doctors declared the 73-year-old Mojahar Ali Sheikh dead around 11:15am on Wednesday, Inspect...

Tunisia to repatriate stranded Bangladeshis

Tunisia to repatriate stranded Bangladeshis

-- 2019-06-19 20:01:58

Tunisia has allowed dozens of migrants, mostly from Bangladesh, to disembark after three weeks stranded in the Mediterranean, so that they can return to their home countries, the Red Crescent said on...

All future elections to have EVMs: CEC

All future elections to have EVMs: CEC

-- 2019-06-19 19:09:09

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda on Wednesday said that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will be used in all future elections. "A legal framework has been prepared in this regard," he...

‘Govt plans to introduce health insurance for all’

‘Govt plans to introduce health insurance for all’

-- 2019-06-19 18:38:32

The government plans to introduce health insurance for the people, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told Parliament on Wednesday. As part of the plan, the government has already started health insurance...

13 get life term for Faridpur double murder

13 get life term for Faridpur double murder

-- 2019-06-19 18:09:23

A Faridpur court on Wednesday sentenced 13 people to life imprisonment for killing two men in Saltha upazila in 2003. Faridpur Special Judge Court judge Md Motiar Rahman also fined the convicts Tk 50...

ASEAN for prioritising Rohingya rights, safety

ASEAN for prioritising Rohingya rights, safety

-- 2019-06-19 16:36:13

ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR), the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and Progressive Voice on Wednesday said the government of Myanmar must ensure that the hum...

President leaves Uzbekistan for home

President leaves Uzbekistan for home

-- 2019-06-19 16:32:04

President M Abdul Hamid on Wednesday Left Uzbekistan wrapping up his seven-day official visit to two central Asian countries – Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. A special VVIP flight (BG-1519) of Bima...

Govt to set up a new paper mill in Khulna

Govt to set up a new paper mill in Khulna

-- 2019-06-19 16:29:16

Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun on Wednesday said the government will establish a new paper mill on the land of the closed Khulna Newsprint Mills Limited in Khulna. “At present,...

Body formed to remove illegal vehicles from city streets

Body formed to remove illegal vehicles from city streets

-- 2019-06-19 16:26:05

Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said a committee has been formed to identify and remove illegal vehicles from the streets of Dhaka. He said the committee, led by DSCC...

Three to walk gallows for killing ex-JU student

Three to walk gallows for killing ex-JU student

-- 2019-06-19 15:56:13

A Kishoreganj court on Wednesday handed the death penalty to three people and seven others to life in prison for killing former Jahangirnagar University (JU) student 14 years ago. Convicts who were s...

Protests at Payra power plant after worker dies

Protests at Payra power plant after worker dies

-- 2019-06-19 15:41:06

A Chinese worker, who was injured in a clash over the death of a worker at Payra Power Plant on Tuesday, died at Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital on Wednesday. The deceased was ide...

Selima Rahman, Tuku made BNP standing committee members

Selima Rahman, Tuku made BNP standing committee members

-- 2019-06-19 15:14:04

After over three years of the party's national council, Selima Rahman and Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku have been made BNP's standing committee members. Party's senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir R...

Bangladesh hosts most Rohingyas from Myanmar: UNHCR

Bangladesh hosts most Rohingyas from Myanmar: UNHCR

-- 2019-06-19 14:31:49

Refugees originating from Myanmar represented the fourth largest population group by country of origin and most Rohingyas from the Southeast Asian nation were hosted by Bangladesh (906,600) at th...

Biker dies as bus rams motorcycle in Jashore

Biker dies as bus rams motorcycle in Jashore

-- 2019-06-19 14:05:12

A motorcyclist has been killed after a bus ploughed into the vehicle in Jashore’s Benapole Upazila. The incident took place on the Jashore-Benapole Highway in Amrakhali on Wednesday, said Rafiq...

BD urges UAE to invest in agro processing industries

BD urges UAE to invest in agro processing industries

-- 2019-06-19 13:33:29

Bangladesh has urged businesses of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to invest in agro processing industries and import fruits and vegetables from Bangladesh. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahr...

Ex-MP Rana gets permanent bail in double murder case

Ex-MP Rana gets permanent bail in double murder case

-- 2019-06-19 13:20:28

The High Court has granted permanent bail to former Awami League MP from Tangail-3 (Ghatail) Amanur Rahman Khan Rana in a case filed over the killing of two Jubo League leaders. The High Court bench...

Police recover throat-slit body in Natore

Police recover throat-slit body in Natore

-- 2019-06-19 12:20:20

Police recovered the throat-slit body of a man at Pakuria cremation ground in Singra upazila of Natore district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Aper Ali, 45, son of Rabi Pramanik of Tara...

Fire at Baitul Mukarram market

Fire at Baitul Mukarram market

FE Online Desk 2019-06-19 12:18:13

A fire broke out at Baitul Mukarram market in the city on Wednesday morning. The fire broke out on the ground floor of the market around 11:40 am and spread soon, said a duty officer of Fire Service...

Fire-fighters recover body of missing HSTU student

Fire-fighters recover body of missing HSTU student

-- 2019-06-19 12:08:44

The body of a student of HSTU, who drowned in Atrai River at Mohonpur in Dinajpur Sadar upazila, was recovered from the river on Wednesday morning. Tashfiq Ahmed, a 3rd year student of Hajee Mohammad...

Woman dies in Ctg road crash

Woman dies in Ctg road crash

-- 2019-06-19 12:01:23

A woman was killed in a road crash at Tigerpass area in Chattogram city on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Kajoli Saha, 55, wife of Kanai Saha of Sadar upazila in Chandpur district, rep...

Angry mob beat youth to death in Jashore

Angry mob beat youth to death in Jashore

-- 2019-06-19 11:58:47

A young man was beaten to death and another injured by an angry mob after one of them reportedly hurled a bomb on a young man at Shankarpur Bus Terminal in Jashore on Tuesday night. The deceased was...

Most private sector employees low-paid: NBR chief

Most private sector employees low-paid: NBR chief

FE Report 2019-06-19 10:39:44

The country's private sector is paying meagre salaries to their most of the employees, making their life miserable, National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan said on Mo...

Fake magistrate jailed for six months

Fake magistrate jailed for six months

-- 2019-06-18 21:29:45

A Mobile court of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) sentenced a man to six months in jail on Tuesday for posing as an executive magistrate. DNCC sources said that Mohammad Bin Jahir alias Sumon Bhu...

Expressway from airport to Banani to complete in Jan: Minister

Expressway from airport to Banani to complete in Jan: Minister

-- 2019-06-18 21:14:38

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the first phase work on Dhaka Elevated Expressway from Shahjalal International Airport to Banani Railway Station will be completed in...

30 municipalities to get water supply, sanitation by 2023

30 municipalities to get water supply, sanitation by 2023

-- 2019-06-18 19:28:13

A total of 30 municipalities in the country are set to get proper water supply and sanitation facilities by June 2023. To this end, the government gave approval to the Tk. 17.51 billion project on Tu...

Fire at Kalyanpur petrol pump under control

Fire at Kalyanpur petrol pump under control

-- 2019-06-18 18:41:32

A fire that broke out at a petrol pump in Kalyanpur on Tuesday afternoon was brought under control. The Razia Petrol Pump caught fire around 5:25pm, said Atiqul Islam, duty officer at the control roo...

Petrol pump at Kalyanpur catches fire

Petrol pump at Kalyanpur catches fire

-- 2019-06-18 18:19:23

A petrol pump in the city's Kalyanpur area caught fire on Tuesday afternoon. Atiqul Islam, duty officer at the control room of Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) Headquarters, said the fire broke...

Take actions against chemicals in fruits, HC to govt

Take actions against chemicals in fruits, HC to govt

-- 2019-06-18 17:51:36

The High Court on Tuesday asked the government to take stern action against people involved in using harmful chemicals in fruits. The bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice KM Kamrul Kader is...

15,000km river routes to be dredged

15,000km river routes to be dredged

-- 2019-06-18 17:29:32

State for Minister Water Resources Zaheed Farooque on Tuesday told the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) that about 15,000 kilometres of river routes will be dredged under a rivers re-excavation project. “A...