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SC goes into 13-day vacation

SC goes into 13-day vacation

-- 2019-03-18 16:34:15

The Supreme Court (SC) went into 13-day vacation on Monday, leaving Chamber Judge Court and seven High Court vacation benches to deal with the emergency matters. The top court will come into regular...

Coast Guard members seize one tonne of jatka in Chandpur

Coast Guard members seize one tonne of jatka in Chandpur

-- 2019-03-18 16:30:55

Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard seized one tonne of 'jatka' during a drive on Monday from Chandpur's  Horina, Loggimara Char and other adjacent areas in the Meghna River. They also seized 40,0...

Voting ends in 116 upazilas

Voting ends in 116 upazilas

-- 2019-03-18 16:22:46

Voting in the second phase election to 116 Upazila Parishads in different districts ended on Monday afternoon without any report of violence. Balloting started at 8:00 am in 116 upazilas under 16 dis...

PM unveils cover of ‘Bangla Bhashar Bangabandhu’

PM unveils cover of ‘Bangla Bhashar Bangabandhu’

-- 2019-03-18 16:16:05

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has unveiled the cover of a book on the contributions of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to the language movement and promoting Bangla language. At...

Police recover housewife’s body in Bagerhat

Police recover housewife’s body in Bagerhat

-- 2019-03-18 15:32:41

A housewife was found dead at a fish enclosure at Phultala village in Bagerhat Sadar Upazila on Monday. The deceased was identified as Narjina Begum, 38, wife of Mohammad Ali Sheikh of East Karapara...

ACC confiscates DGHS admin officer's five-storey building in Dhaka

ACC confiscates DGHS admin officer's five-storey building in Dhaka

FE Online Desk 2019-03-18 14:52:06

The Anti-Corruption Commission has confiscated a five-storey residential building, owned by an administrative officer of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) and his wife, in Dhaka for am...

Students stage demo demanding DUCSU reelection

Students stage demo demanding DUCSU reelection

-- 2019-03-18 14:32:48

Students of Dhaka University on Monday demonstrated on the campus demanding reelection to Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU). Several hundred students, including activists and followers...

Gatco graft case hearing deferred for Khaleda's absence

Gatco graft case hearing deferred for Khaleda's absence

-- 2019-03-18 14:00:10

A Dhaka court has fixed April 17 for the next hearing in the Gatco corruption case filed against Khaleda Zia and others as the BNP chief could not be produced before the court due to illness. Judge A...

Customs officials detain man with 15kg hemp at Ctg airport

Customs officials detain man with 15kg hemp at Ctg airport

-- 2019-03-18 13:48:04

Customs officials at Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport detained a Dubai-bound passenger for carrying 15kg hemp concealing in a mattress on Monday morning. The detainee Md Rubel, hailing fr...

Act together against terrorism, Hasina, Trudeau urge world

Act together against terrorism, Hasina, Trudeau urge world

-- 2019-03-18 13:42:12

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau have called upon the global community to act together to stamp out terrorism as they talked over phone on Monday morning. &ldq...

Future of Rohingyas lies in their dignified return: UNHCR

Future of Rohingyas lies in their dignified return: UNHCR

-- 2019-03-18 13:19:07

UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection at UNHCR Volker Turk has laid emphasis on the safe and dignified return of Rohingya people to their place of origin in Myanmar with full restoration of...

‘Drug pedlar’ dies in Meherpur ‘gunfight’

‘Drug pedlar’ dies in Meherpur ‘gunfight’

-- 2019-03-18 12:21:05

A suspected drug trader was killed in an alleged gunfight between two gangs at Harabhanga village in Gangni Upazila of Meherpur in the early hours of Monday. Police said deceased Budu Ali, 30, son of...

Two female crews of Saudi Airlines held with gold

Two female crews of Saudi Airlines held with gold

-- 2019-03-18 11:39:10

Customs officials detained two female crews of Saudi Arabian Airlines along with 36 gold bars at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) early Monday. The two female crews are Saima Akhter and...

UZ Polls: Presiding officer dies of cardiac arrest in Naogaon

UZ Polls: Presiding officer dies of cardiac arrest in Naogaon

FE Online Desk 2019-03-18 11:38:49

A presiding officer has died as he suffered a cardiac arrest while on duty at the Pathakata Government Primary School polling centre in Naogaon’s Mohadebpur upazila. Mazedul, the headmaster of...

Govt considers uniform duty on salt imports

Govt considers uniform duty on salt imports

-- 2019-03-18 11:03:43

The government is considering imposing a uniform duty both for salt millers and importers to remove the discriminatory treatment in the sector. To this effect, industries ministry at a meeting disc...

Bhutan to get trade transit sans bank guarantee

Bhutan to get trade transit sans bank guarantee

Syful Islam 2019-03-18 10:58:43

Bangladesh has agreed to grant transit facility to Bhutan for carrying goods through its territory by furnishing customs guarantee instead of a bank guarantee. Trade officials have said the decisio...

BDT continues to deflate against USD

BDT continues to deflate against USD

Siddique Islam 2019-03-18 10:43:18

The local currency is continuously maintaining a depreciating mode against the US dollar (US$), although the central bank is directly selling the greenback to the banks to keep the market stable. T...

RAJUK project: ‘Dream flats’ bring trouble to owners

RAJUK project: ‘Dream flats’ bring trouble to owners

-- 2019-03-18 10:32:25

RAJUK’s apartment project in Uttara has yet to be completed though it is three years past its initial deadline. The flats are being handed over to owners without ensuring they have the proper ut...

‘Chemical blast’ behind Chawkbazar fire

‘Chemical blast’ behind Chawkbazar fire

FE Report 2019-03-18 09:53:46

The recent fire at Chawkbazar in Old Dhaka might have occurred due to a chemical explosion on the first floor of Wahed Mansion, according to a probe report of the Ministry of Labour and Employment (Mo...

Voting in second phase upazila election underway

Voting in second phase upazila election underway

FE Online Desk 2019-03-18 09:35:33

Voting in the second phase election to 116 Upazila Parishads in different districts began on Monday morning. The balloting began at 8:00 am and will continue till 4:00 pm without any break. Some 377...

Dhaka’s air pollution second worst

Dhaka’s air pollution second worst

-- 2019-03-17 21:47:27

Dhaka clinched the second spot among the cities that has the most polluted air, according to an index.   The capital had a score of 208 at 8:47pm in Air Quality Index (AQI), indicating that the...

Students attend classes in the open for classroom shortage

Students attend classes in the open for classroom shortage

Our Correspondent 2019-03-17 21:38:34

NAOGAON, Mar 17: Students of Mirzapur KC High School under Badalgachi upazila of the district are attending classes under the open sky due to shortage of classrooms. The regular academic activities o...

Record maize production likely in five districts

Record maize production likely in five districts

-- 2019-03-17 21:37:17

An all-time record production of maize is likely in five districts in the Rangpur agriculture region where the farmers exceeded its fixed farming target by 11.12 per cent during this Rabi season, repo...

Bogura lentil growers achieve bumper output

Bogura lentil growers achieve bumper output

Our Correspondent 2019-03-17 21:36:38

BOGURA, Mar 17: Lentil growers in the district are delighted as they have achieved a bumper production this season. A good number of farmers said they started harvesting the crop from the last week o...

Election to 116 UZs on Monday

Election to 116 UZs on Monday

-- 2019-03-17 21:16:54

Election to 116 upazila parishads will be held on Monday in the second phase of the local body polls. The voting will kick off at 8:00am and continue till 4:00pm without any break. Some 377 chairman...

Polce recover body of baby abducted for ransom

Polce recover body of baby abducted for ransom

-- 2019-03-17 21:15:48

Police recovered the body of a 2-and-half-month old baby boy who was kidnapped for ransom on March 11, from inside a toilet of a fish enclosure at Bisharighat village in Morrelganj upazila on Sunday....

Six robbers, four hijackers held in Gazipur

Six robbers, four hijackers held in Gazipur

-- 2019-03-17 21:09:09

Police in separate drives detained six alleged robbers and four hijackers while they were taking preparations for their ill attempts in Gazipur early Sunday. Officer-in-Charge of Bason Police Station...

Nur demands fresh DUCSU election

Nur demands fresh DUCSU election

-- 2019-03-17 20:38:50

DUCSU VP-elect Nurul Haq Nur has demanded re-election to all the posts of Dhaka University Central Students' Union and its hall unions, bringing allegations of vote fraud and irregularities. He also...

Food Minister’s son-in-law dies under ‘mysterious circumstances’

Food Minister’s son-in-law dies under ‘mysterious circumstances’

-- 2019-03-17 19:26:52

Dr Rajan Karmakar, son-in-law of Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder, has died reportedly under mysterious circumstances. Dr Rajan, 39, an assistant professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery depa...

Titas to ‘replace’ dilapidated gas pipelines in city

Titas to ‘replace’ dilapidated gas pipelines in city

-- 2019-03-17 19:06:28

Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd has planned to replace its dilapidated gas pipelines in the city with new ones as well as to introduce smart prepaid metres for consumers over the n...