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Graffiti to invite trouble: DNCC mayor

Graffiti to invite trouble: DNCC mayor

-- 2019-06-18 17:19:58

Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Atiqul Islam on Tuesday said legal action will be taken against those who will be found responsible for writing on walls and putting advertisements on trees in the c...

Youth murdered in Madaripur

Youth murdered in Madaripur

-- 2019-06-18 17:11:52

A young man was killed by his rivals at Kolchar Sostal village in Kalkini upazila of Madaripur district on Monday. The deceased was identified as Ziabul Mollah, 25, son of Dhalu Mollah of the village...

Cumilla road crash leaves two dead

Cumilla road crash leaves two dead

-- 2019-06-18 17:11:38

Two people were killed and three others were injured in a head-on collision between a pick-up van and an auto-rickshaw at Jatrapur in Chouddagram upazila of Cumilla on Tuesday. The deceased were iden...

Country’s first iron ore mine discovered in Dinajpur

Country’s first iron ore mine discovered in Dinajpur

-- 2019-06-18 16:30:18

For the first time in Bangladesh, a magnetite (iron ore) mine has been discovered at Isabpur village in Hakimpur upazila of the district, bringing new hopes for the country’s economy. The Geolo...

Police recover youth’s throat-slit body in Jhenaidah

Police recover youth’s throat-slit body in Jhenaidah

-- 2019-06-18 15:48:20

Police recovered the throat-slit body of a young man from a jute field in Jhenaidah sadar upazila in the early hours of Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Sohel Rana, 22, son of Bakkar Mondal of...

SC starts hearing Azhar’s appeal against death sentence

SC starts hearing Azhar’s appeal against death sentence

-- 2019-06-18 14:39:13

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has started hearing former Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam’s appeal that challenged his death sentence for 1971 war crimes. A four-member...

Remove, destroy expired drugs by July 16: HC to govt

Remove, destroy expired drugs by July 16: HC to govt

FE Online Desk 2019-06-18 14:05:28

The High Court asked the government to destroy all the date-expired drugs after removing those from the pharmacies across the country by July 16. The bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahsan and Justice KM...

Police form body to probe graft of DIG Mizan

Police form body to probe graft of DIG Mizan

FE Online Desk 2019-06-18 13:50:30

Police Headquarters have constituted a three-member committee for investigating the corruption of one of its officials. Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP) Md Sohel Rana confirmed this. Add...

Khaleda gets HC bail in two defamation cases

Khaleda gets HC bail in two defamation cases

-- 2019-06-18 13:26:24

The High Court (HC) has granted six-month bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two defamation cases filed against her. Justice Muhammad Abdul Hafiz and Justice Kashefa Hussain passed the order on T...

Voting in fifth phase of upazila election underway

Voting in fifth phase of upazila election underway

-- 2019-06-18 11:30:19

Voting in the fifth and final phase of the upazila parishad election in 23 upazilas in different districts began on Tuesday morning. The balloting that began at 9:00am will continue till 5:00pm witho...

DCCI urges UK businessmen to invest in Bangladesh

DCCI urges UK businessmen to invest in Bangladesh

FE Report 2019-06-18 10:39:25

Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) urged on Monday the visiting British entrepreneurs to invest in Bangladesh for mutual benefits of the two countries. They made the request at a network...

Now MFS providers to pay service charge

Now MFS providers to pay service charge

FE Report 2019-06-18 10:33:31

The country's mobile financial service (MFS) providers will have to pay service-based charge to mobile network operators (MNOs) for using their infrastructure, according to new directives issued by...

Official responsible for 'pillow scam' was JCD leader: PM

Official responsible for 'pillow scam' was JCD leader: PM

-- 2019-06-17 21:39:41

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the person responsible for ‘pillow scam’ in Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant was a leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student wing of BNP....

'Bangladesh-India relationship passing through golden era'

'Bangladesh-India relationship passing through golden era'

-- 2019-06-17 21:22:31

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das has said the bilateral relationship between Bangladesh and India is passing through a golden era due to heartfelt statesmanship of the Prime Min...

UNESCO move proves Sundarbans is under threat: TIB

UNESCO move proves Sundarbans is under threat: TIB

FE Online Report 2019-06-17 20:34:31

The Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) has said the Sundarbans is under threat as the UNESCO plans to enlist the largest mangrove forest in ‘world heritage in danger’ list. &ldq...

Govt not formed with ‘people’s votes’: BNP

Govt not formed with ‘people’s votes’: BNP

-- 2019-06-17 20:05:23

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said the government must hold a fresh election under a caretaker government as the current parliament is not formed with ‘people's vot...

SAARC stresses promotion, protection of women and children

SAARC stresses promotion, protection of women and children

-- 2019-06-17 17:38:54

Secretary General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Amjad Hussain B. Sial on Monday said promotion and protection of women and children of South Asia has been a priority...

Don't throw laser beam targeting aircrafts: CAAB

Don't throw laser beam targeting aircrafts: CAAB

-- 2019-06-17 17:31:15

Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB) on Monday urged all not to throw laser beam targeting aircrafts landing or taking off at country’s major airports.  “As per section-26 of...

Man gets life term for raping girl

Man gets life term for raping girl

-- 2019-06-17 17:25:15

A man was sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday for raping a girl on false promise of marriage in 2004 at Kharkharia under Sadar upazila in Sherpur. The convict, 36-year-old Milon Mia, son of Lokm...

Govt plans introduction of one-stop service for tourism entrepreneurs

Govt plans introduction of one-stop service for tourism entrepreneurs

-- 2019-06-17 17:18:47

The government is actively considering to introduce a one-stop service for the tourism entrepreneurs to stop administrative harassments in this regard. Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Md Mahbub A...

Cabinet approves draft of amended tariff commission law

Cabinet approves draft of amended tariff commission law

-- 2019-06-17 17:11:42

The cabinet on Monday gave its final approval to the proposed Bangladesh Tariff Commission (Amendment) Act-2019 amending the country’s existing tariff law originally enacted in 1973 in its weekl...

Chhatra Dal leaders stage demo again

Chhatra Dal leaders stage demo again

-- 2019-06-17 17:00:52

A group of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leaders and activists demonstrated in front of BNP's Nayapaltan central office for the second straight day on Monday demanding the removal of age limit to joi...

Two die in Naogaon road crash

Two die in Naogaon road crash

-- 2019-06-17 16:59:52

Two people, including a schoolboy, were killed as a bus hit a motorbike on Naogaon-Rajshahi Highway in Manda upazila of Naogaon on Monday. The deceased were identified as Kamal Hossain, 40, a teacher...

Ex-Sonagazi OC Moazzem lands in jail

Ex-Sonagazi OC Moazzem lands in jail

-- 2019-06-17 15:11:22

Bangladesh Cyber Tribunal has sent former Sonagazi OC Moazzem to jail, turning down his bail appeal in a case that involves the murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi, a madrasa student in Feni. The tribunal is...

Police produce ex-OC Moazzem before cyber tribunal

Police produce ex-OC Moazzem before cyber tribunal

-- 2019-06-17 14:12:37

Police have taken former Sonagazi OC Moazzem Hossain to the Bangladesh Cyber Tribunal. Moazzem was earlier arrested in Dhaka in a case over the video of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi’s...

Mother ‘slaughters’ minor daughter in Chuadanga

Mother ‘slaughters’ minor daughter in Chuadanga

-- 2019-06-17 13:07:54

A mother allegedly slaughtered her two-year-old daughter at Sonatonpur villeage in Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga on Monday. The deceased was identified as Sneha, daughter of Mamun Ur Rashid. Police...

Police to take ex-Sonagazi OC Moazzem to cyber tribunal

Police to take ex-Sonagazi OC Moazzem to cyber tribunal

-- 2019-06-17 11:53:14

Dhaka police have handed over former Sonagazi OC Moazzem Hossain to Feni’s Sonagazi Police Station. He will be presented before Bangladesh Cyber Tribunal on Monday, according to Inspector Mahbu...

Fire at Khulna paper godown

Fire at Khulna paper godown

-- 2019-06-17 11:16:58

A fire broke out at a godown of Anwar Paper Limited in Khulna city's Mirzapur area early Monday. Dulal Mia, Khulna Fire Service Station Assistant Director said, the fire broke out at 12:30 am. On in...

Bangladesh to export 0.2-0.3m tonnes of rice to Philippines

Bangladesh to export 0.2-0.3m tonnes of rice to Philippines

FE Report 2019-06-17 11:03:32

Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque on Sunday said the country is likely to export 0.2 to 0.3 million (two-three lakh) tonnes of rice to the Philippines. He made the announcement at a s...

Marine drive still lies unutilised

Marine drive still lies unutilised

Munima Sultana 2019-06-17 10:16:08

The world's longest marine drive from Cox's Bazar to Teknaf along the Bay of Bengal remains unutilised two years after its completion due to 'faulty planning'. The 80-kilometre driveway was built a...