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FE celebrates 25 years of journey with vow to transcend tomorrow

FE celebrates 25 years of journey with vow to transcend tomorrow

FE Report 2019-04-30 23:16:54

The Financial Express (FE) celebrated its 25th founding anniversary on Tuesday with a vow to attain newer milestones along its onward march and transcend tomorrow. To mark the auspicious silver jubil...

Hajj flights to begin July 4

Hajj flights to begin July 4

-- 2019-04-30 22:16:17

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will start its Hajj service this year operating 189 flights, including 157 dedicated ones, from July 4. A total of 127,198 pilgrims from Bangladesh are slated to perform Haj...

Fakhrul's constituency declared vacant

Fakhrul's constituency declared vacant

-- 2019-04-30 20:52:39

The Bogura-6 constituency, from where BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was elected in the December-30 general election, has been declared vacant as Fakhrul failed to take oath within...

Bangladesh Police have 175,333 male, 13,391 female: Minister

Bangladesh Police have 175,333 male, 13,391 female: Minister

-- 2019-04-30 20:07:21

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesdy said currently there are a total of 188,724 police personnel in Bangladesh, of which 175,333 are male and 13,391 female. He said this while responding to a t...

Authority struggles to save Halda from furnace oil pollution

Authority struggles to save Halda from furnace oil pollution

-- 2019-04-30 16:52:37

The local administration is struggling to scoop 105,000 litres of furnace oil from a canal linked to the Halda River as severe cyclonic storm 'Fani' intensified further on Tuesday and gradually headed...

‘No compromise over airport security’

‘No compromise over airport security’

-- 2019-04-30 16:42:21

State Minister for Civil Aviation Md Mahbub Ali on Tuesday said there will be no compromise when it comes to security at the country’s airports. “No one will be spread if they disrupt sec...

39th BCS: PSC recommends 4,792 doctors

39th BCS: PSC recommends 4,792 doctors

-- 2019-04-30 16:33:53

The Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) has published results for the 39th (special) Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS), recommending recruitment of 4,792 doctors. The PSC said in a statement on T...

Bangladesh delegation visits NPP in Russia

Bangladesh delegation visits NPP in Russia

FE Online Desk 2019-04-30 15:45:20

A group of Bangladeshi expert and media representatives have visited a Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Russia as a familiarisation tour for the under-construction Rooppur NPP in Pabna. State Atomic Ener...

Actress Shomi Kaiser sued for 'discourteous behaviour'

Actress Shomi Kaiser sued for 'discourteous behaviour'

-- 2019-04-30 15:19:02

A journalist has sued actress Shomi Kaiser for discourtesy behaving with his fellow journalists at a ceremony in Dhaka city. Miah Mohammad Nuzhatul Hasan, editor of Student Journal BD news portal, f...

Gulistan’s bomb was different: DMP chief

Gulistan’s bomb was different: DMP chief

FE Online Desk 2019-04-30 15:04:53

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia has said it was a different type of bomb that exploded in the capital's Gulistan on Monday evening injuring two traffic constables and one commun...

Only 17pc smallholder farmers have access to bank loans: Survey

Only 17pc smallholder farmers have access to bank loans: Survey

FE Online Report 2019-04-30 15:00:31

The country’s only 17 per cent of smallholder farmers have access to loan services in both specialised and commercial banks, according to a FAO survey on Tuesday. The loan disbursement by state...

IS claims responsibility for Dhaka police attack

IS claims responsibility for Dhaka police attack

-- 2019-04-30 14:51:04

Militant activity watchdog SITE Intelligence Group has said that the Middle East based militant outfit Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the cocktail bomb attack on police in Dhaka. The a...

Tk 4.30m stolen from Ershad's office

Tk 4.30m stolen from Ershad's office

-- 2019-04-30 14:17:47

Thieves broke into the office of former military strongman HM Ershad on early Tuesday and stole around Tk 4.30 million in cash. The money was for paying salaries of office staff, said Faisal Chisti,...

Fakhrul denies seeking time extension for oath-taking

Fakhrul denies seeking time extension for oath-taking

FE Online Desk 2019-04-30 14:14:13

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has denied having writen to the Speaker seeking time extension for oath-taking, though local media reports say he did so. At a press conference at th...

Four die in separate gunfights

Four die in separate gunfights

-- 2019-04-30 13:59:23

Two suspected drug dealers and two alleged pirates were killed in separate 'gunfights' in Cox's Bazar, Sirajganj and Madaripur districts early Tuesday. In Cox's Bazar, two suspected pirates were kill...

Fire breaks out at CMCH

Fire breaks out at CMCH

-- 2019-04-30 13:22:12

A fire broke out at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) in the port city on Tuesday morning. The fire broke out at ward number 16 around 10:45am, said Jasim Uddin, deputy assistant director of...

HC accepts Khaleda’s appeal in Zia Charitable Trust case

HC accepts Khaleda’s appeal in Zia Charitable Trust case

-- 2019-04-30 12:23:14

The High Court has accepted BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's appeal challenging her conviction in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case. The bench of Justice Obaidul Hassan and Justice SM Kuddus Zama...

BNP's Fakhrul seeks more time to take oath

BNP's Fakhrul seeks more time to take oath

FE Online Desk 2019-04-30 12:21:31

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has written to the Speaker requesting her to extend the time for taking oath. He had written the letter before the 90-day deadline for an MP to take...

Cyclone ‘Fani’ turns into ‘severe cyclonic storm’

Cyclone ‘Fani’ turns into ‘severe cyclonic storm’

-- 2019-04-30 12:13:40

Cyclone Fani, in the Southeast Bay and adjoining Southwest Bay, has moved slightly northwards and intensified into a ‘severe cyclonic storm’. The cyclonic storm, pronounced as Foni, is li...

Woman ‘commits suicide after poisoning daughters’

Woman ‘commits suicide after poisoning daughters’

-- 2019-04-30 11:25:53

A woman apparently killed herself after allegedly poisoning her two daughters at Shikderpara in Rangunia upazila of Chattogram in the early hours of Tuesday over a family feud. The deceased were iden...

Violation of employment contract evident in RMG sector: Research

Violation of employment contract evident in RMG sector: Research

FE Report 2019-04-30 10:45:13

Violation of employment contract-related provisions is still evident in the country's readymade garment (RMG) sector, according to a new research. About 36 per cent of the surveyed garment workers...

Sugar syndicate active to hike prices ahead of Ramadan

Sugar syndicate active to hike prices ahead of Ramadan

Yasir Wardad 2019-04-30 10:31:35

A syndicate of traders has become active to hike the prices of sugar to make windfall gains ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, said market insiders. In the last one and a half weeks, the sugar price...

Four doctors suspended for negligence in Narail

Four doctors suspended for negligence in Narail

-- 2019-04-29 21:43:24

Four doctors of Narail Sadar Hospital have been suspended for negligence in duty and posted as Officers on Special Duty (OSD). The four doctors are junior consultants (cardiology) Md Sawkat Ali and M...

BNP MPs took oath on instructions from Tarique, says Fakhrul

BNP MPs took oath on instructions from Tarique, says Fakhrul

-- 2019-04-29 20:30:46

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the BNP lawmakers have taken oath of office on instructions from acting BNP chairperson Tarique Rahman. The secretary general, who opted out...

RAB’s raid on Bosila militant den ends

RAB’s raid on Bosila militant den ends

-- 2019-04-29 19:45:40

The anti-militant operation at a suspected tin-shed den at Bosila in the city’s Mohammadpur area has ended on Monday at 4pm.   Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)'s Legal and Media Wing chief Muf...

Cabinet asks law enforcers to intensify anti-terror measures

Cabinet asks law enforcers to intensify anti-terror measures

-- 2019-04-29 19:17:24

Against the backdrop of the recent series bomb attacks in Sri Lanka, the Cabinet on Monday directed the law enforcement and intelligence agencies to intensify anti-terror cautionary measures and vigil...

DNCC evicts 100 illegal establishments in the city

DNCC evicts 100 illegal establishments in the city

FE Online Report 2019-04-29 18:15:16

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Monday conducted an eviction drive, from 11:00am to 2:00 pm, in the city to remove illegal establishments. A team, led by DNCC Executive Magistrate Mohammad Saj...

BNP's all MPs-elect, except Fakhrul, take oath

BNP's all MPs-elect, except Fakhrul, take oath

-- 2019-04-29 18:14:46

Following the footstep of Zahidur Rahman Zahid MP (Thakurgaon-3), BNP's four other MPs-elect took oath as members of the 11th Parliament on Monday. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered th...

Weather change increases health risk to children

Weather change increases health risk to children

-- 2019-04-29 18:01:42

Sudden change in weather pattern, burning sun, excessive sweating and dehydration are increasing health risks to children. As children are very vulnerable to weather change, a little fluctuation in t...

Two-month ban on hilsa fishing ends Tuesday

Two-month ban on hilsa fishing ends Tuesday

-- 2019-04-29 17:47:41

Hilsa hunters in Chandpur district are getting preparations with their rafts and nets for catching fish in Padma and Meghna as a two-month ban on fishing in the two major rivers will come to end on Tu...