FE Online Desk 2019-03-29 14:07:09
Two motorbike riders were killed and another sustained injuries after a sand-laden truck rammed their motorcycle in Mohammadpur area in the city on early Friday. The deceased were identified as Shoha...
FE Online Desk 2019-03-29 14:04:18
The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will soon issue a notice asking owners to submit documents and clearance certificates over safety measures of their buildings in 10 days, the mayor has said. T...
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The European Union (EU) has encouraged the government of Bangladesh to take policy measures in the economic sectors in Bangladesh, including in the building sector like RMG, to ensure safety at workpl...
FE Online Desk 2019-03-29 13:13:45
It is the negligence, not the accident, that led to the tragedy from the fire at the FR Tower in Dhaka's Banani, Housing and Public Works Minister SM Rezaul Karim has said. The negligence was on the...
FE Report 2019-03-29 11:56:07
Bangladesh has become the first Asia-Pacific country to commit to the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for youths with the pledge to train 250,000 youths on digital skills and deliver 3,40,200 apprent...
-- 2019-03-29 11:44:13
Police arrested two Rohingya men along with 1500 Yaba pills from Kacha Colony in Chandpur district town on Thursday. The arrestees are Mizanur Rahman and Mohammad Russel, according to the UNB. When...
FE Online Desk 2019-03-29 11:06:20
The death toll in Dhaka's Banani FR Tower fire has reached 25, say the city police, adding that nobody has remained missing in the incident. The number of people injured is 73, said SM Mostak Ahmed,...
-- 2019-03-29 10:49:17
A top official suggested Thursday the authorities stop building new government offices and digitalise public services instead. Secretaries also suggested the ministries and agencies monitor feasibili...
FE Report 2019-03-29 10:31:13
A four-day international event on food and agricultural products was formally inaugurated at the city's International Convention City Bashundara (ICCB) on Thursday. The expositions of the event are t...
FE Report 2019-03-29 10:27:09
Tax Zone-13 of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) launched a taxpayers' survey on Thursday in the areas under its jurisdiction to find out new taxpayers. NBR member (income tax) Meftah Uddin Khan in...
Syful Islam 2019-03-29 10:01:39
The Matarbari deep-sea port will have the highest water draft against similar facilities in Asia, officials said. The first phase of the port is expected to be completed by 2023 when one jetty for ha...
FE Online Desk 2019-03-29 09:51:27
The authority of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) has handed over seven bodies of the Banani FR Tower fire victims to their relatives. The handover took place on Thursday night, local media...
-- 2019-03-29 09:35:20
Most of the reasons cited after devastations in fire incidents have re-emerged following the deaths of at least 19 people in a fire at a high-rise office bloc in Dhaka’s Banani. Four floors o...
-- 2019-03-28 21:15:53
Roving CorrespondentSIRAJGANJ, Mar 28: T-Aman paddy growers in the district are frustrated over the low market price.Many growers told this correspondent that they are selling their hard-earned produc...
Our Correspondent 2019-03-28 21:15:12
RANGPUR, Mar 28: An excellent yield of pumpkin is likely to be achieved across the district during the current season due to a congenial weather and timely supply of agri-inputs.Visiting different are...
FE Report 2019-03-28 21:02:13
Students' meeting with the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on the road safety issue ended inconclusive on Thursday against the backdrop of a massive fire incident that occurred in the capital&rsqu...
-- 2019-03-28 20:44:30
In the wake of recent casualties on roads, at least 21 people were killed and 53 injured in separate road accidents in Chattogram, Madaripur, Jashore and Rangamati on Thursday. In Chattogram, at leas...
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The death toll from the devastating fire at FR Tower in the city's Banani area rose to 19 as 13 more bodies were recovered from the spot when the blaze was brought under control on Thursday evening, r...
-- 2019-03-28 19:26:02
The capital will not face water scarcity during the dry season and Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting, claims Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA). "We're prepared to tackle the proble...
-- 2019-03-28 19:22:56
A construction worker died after falling from an under-construction building at the Secretariat in the city on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Ashraful Islam, 21, son of Joynal Abedin of Nil...
-- 2019-03-28 18:05:27
At least seven people have died and about 50 others have been injured in a fire that engulfed FR Tower in the capital's Banani area. Hospital authorities have identified one of the dead as a Sri Lan...
-- 2019-03-28 17:42:31
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Thursday said media is the fourth organ of a state. “Media reports can open the third eye of the people,” he said at a function marking the 15th fo...
-- 2019-03-28 17:36:37
The land development cost of the under-construction Sylhet Hi-Tech Park project is going to be increased by about Tk 171 million (Tk 17.15 crore). According to official sources at the Information and...
-- 2019-03-28 17:13:24
At least two people were killed and an unspecified number of people suffered injuries as a huge fire broke out at a multi-storey building at Kamal Ataturk Avenue in the city's Banani area on Thursday....
-- 2019-03-28 16:57:10
Stressing the importance of upholding human rights in enforcing laws, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked Rab members to be careful about public harassment while taking actions against crim...
-- 2019-03-28 16:49:45
The preliminary test of the 40th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination will be held on May 3. The test will be held simultaneously in Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Barisal, Khulna, Sylhet and Ran...
-- 2019-03-28 16:46:01
Bangladesh needs to promote energy efficiency, renewable energy, regional power trade and latest technologies, as well as diversify its energy sources to transform and sustain the sector, said Asian D...
-- 2019-03-28 16:19:01
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the law enforcers particularly the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) to ensure peace by maintaining law and order to further accelerate the country’s de...
-- 2019-03-28 15:53:05
A devastating fire has engulfed at least two floors of FR Tower in Dhaka’s Banani. At least seven people were injured as they jumped off the burning building. Two helicopters joined 21 fire se...
-- 2019-03-28 15:23:16
A bus fell into a ditch, killing seven people in Madaripur. The passengers in the bus were returning from a religious congregation in Faridpur Sadar Upazila. The accident took place on the Dhaka-Bar...
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