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HC asks why failure to ensure safe food not illegal

HC asks why failure to ensure safe food not illegal

-- 2019-03-14 20:53:32

The High Court (HC) on Thursday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain why their failure to ensure safe food, including fish and meat, for the people should not be declared illegal....

Police submit charge-sheet in Avijit killing case

Police submit charge-sheet in Avijit killing case

-- 2019-03-14 19:47:40

Police submitted the charge-sheet against six operatives of the banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), including its fugitive leader sacked army Major Zia, in blogger Avijit Roy murder c...

Three Bangladeshi women receive UN recognition award

Three Bangladeshi women receive UN recognition award

FE Online Report 2019-03-14 19:05:01

The UN has honoured three Bangladeshi women who defied tradition, gender stereotypes and social barriers to become successful and contributing part of the community. Pushpa Khatun (19), Parvin Akhter...

Govt mulls expanding urban facilities in villages

Govt mulls expanding urban facilities in villages

-- 2019-03-14 17:30:38

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday said the government is taking multidimensional plans to expand urban facilities in rural areas and expedite economic activities. “The villages wil...

Jatka conservation week from Mar 16

Jatka conservation week from Mar 16

-- 2019-03-14 17:24:53

‘Jatka Conservation Week-2019’, will be observed across the country from March 16 to 22 with a view to creating mass awareness about preserving immature Hilsha or ‘Jatka’ which...

Speaker for sustainable repatriation of Rohingyas

Speaker for sustainable repatriation of Rohingyas

-- 2019-03-14 17:19:31

Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Thursday said Bangladesh wants safe, peaceful and sustainable repatriation of Rohingyas through bilateral talks and engaging international communi...

‘Indecent’ words on coke bottles: HC asks why no action will be taken

‘Indecent’ words on coke bottles: HC asks why no action will be taken

-- 2019-03-14 17:17:26

The High Court on Thursday issued a rule asking authorities concerned to explain as to why action will not be taken against Coca-Cola for using ‘indecent’ words in its advertisement. A Hi...

Three motorcyclists killed in Chattogram road crash

Three motorcyclists killed in Chattogram road crash

-- 2019-03-14 17:15:10

Three motorcyclists were killed as their bike crashed into a roadside tree at Osmanpur of Mirsharai upazila in Chattogram on Thursday noon. The deceased were identified as Arif Hosain, 20, son of Nur...

HC halts probe into Shahidul Alam case

HC halts probe into Shahidul Alam case

-- 2019-03-14 17:04:36

The High Court has stayed an investigation into the case filed against photographer and activist Shahidul Alam under the Information and Communication Technology Act for three months. Justice Sheikh...

DNCC mayor proposes ‘Love Dhaka’ tagline

DNCC mayor proposes ‘Love Dhaka’ tagline

-- 2019-03-14 16:56:43

Newly elected Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam on Thursday proposed a new tagline for the capital styled “Love Dhaka” for creating mass awareness to make the count...

Miscreants hack BCL leader dead in N’ganj; four held

Miscreants hack BCL leader dead in N’ganj; four held

-- 2019-03-14 14:43:47

A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was hacked to death by some unidentified miscreants at Taura village in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj. The deceased was identified as Sohel Mia, 25,...

PM inaugurates 31 dev projects in Tangail

PM inaugurates 31 dev projects in Tangail

-- 2019-03-14 13:50:39

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of 31 development projects during the founding anniversary of Kumudini Welfare Trust of Bengal in Tangail. She opened 14 de...

Khaleda challenges verdict in Zia Orphanage case

Khaleda challenges verdict in Zia Orphanage case

-- 2019-03-14 12:14:32

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has filed an appeal with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court challenging the High Court verdict in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. On behalf of Khaleda Zia, a...

Police recover bullet-hit body of ‘criminal’ in Chuadanga

Police recover bullet-hit body of ‘criminal’ in Chuadanga

-- 2019-03-14 11:24:08

The bullet-hit body of a suspected criminal was recovered from Utholi Mollabari village in Jibonnagar upazila of Chuadanga on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Imran Hossain, 27, son o...

Man dies as bus plunges into Manikganj ditch

Man dies as bus plunges into Manikganj ditch

-- 2019-03-14 11:17:05

A man was killed and 15 others were injured when a bus plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Aricha highway at Dhulondi in Manikganj's Ghior upazila on Thursday midnight. The identity of the decease...

BD losing Tk 192m a year for lack of policy on battery-run vehicles: Report

BD losing Tk 192m a year for lack of policy on battery-run vehicles: Report

FE Report 2019-03-14 10:36:42

Bangladesh has been losing Tk 192.5 million a year by not bringing the battery-run three-wheelers under registration and licensing, according to an observation report. Presently, around one million...

BERC to take 'logical' decision on gas tariff hike after hearing

BERC to take 'logical' decision on gas tariff hike after hearing

FE Report 2019-03-14 10:30:53

The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) will take 'logical' decision following the public hearing for raising gas tariff hike, BERC Chairman Monwar Islam said on Wednesday. The commissio...

Bamboo products fetch good prices

Bamboo products fetch good prices

Our Correspondent 2019-03-13 21:51:40

RANGPUR, Mar 13: A good number of indigenous families at Adivasi Palli of Mahelipara village at Chatra union under Pirganj upazila in the district are earning their living by making different bamboo p...

Gun used in Biman hijack attempt was a toy, test confirms

Gun used in Biman hijack attempt was a toy, test confirms

-- 2019-03-13 21:51:13

The gun recovered from the Biman Bangladesh Airlines plane hijack suspect was a toy pistol, ballistic tests have confirmed. Police on Wednesday came up with details of the report of the test conducte...

Rajshahi farmers achieve  ample pumpkin yield

Rajshahi farmers achieve ample pumpkin yield

Our Correspondent 2019-03-13 21:50:59

RAJSHAHI, Mar 13: Farmers in the district have achieved an ample production of pumpkin this season. The pumpkin peasants are making a good profit than other Rabi crops growers spending a small amount...

88,624 hectares of land come under maize farming in six districts

88,624 hectares of land come under maize farming in six districts

-- 2019-03-13 21:50:18

JASHORE, Mar 13 (BSS): Farmers are expecting a bumper production of maize in the six south-western districts under Khulna division during the current season as the farmers cultivated the crop on recor...

Husband, wife ‘commit suicide’ in Sirajganj

Husband, wife ‘commit suicide’ in Sirajganj

-- 2019-03-13 21:37:55

A young couple reportedly committed suicide following a family feud at Uttar Chandangati  of Belkuchi upazila in Sirajganj on Tuesday night. On information, police recovered the bodies of Nazmul...

Move to hike gas prices: HC order on Mar 31

Move to hike gas prices: HC order on Mar 31

-- 2019-03-13 21:03:43

The High Court will deliver its order on March 31 on a writ petition filed challenging the government's move to hike gas prices. The HC bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice KM Kamrul Kader...

PSC recommends 578 for first-class non-cadre jobs

PSC recommends 578 for first-class non-cadre jobs

-- 2019-03-13 20:27:57

The Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) on Wednesday recommended recruiting 578 candidates of the 37th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination in 78 categories with the status of first class...

BNP’s politics limited to only holding press conferences: Hasan Mahmud

BNP’s politics limited to only holding press conferences: Hasan Mahmud

-- 2019-03-13 19:36:17

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Wednesday said BNP's politics now has got limited to holding only press conferences. "BNP leaders are trying to hold anything just to keep the party alive," sa...

Youth’s throat-silt body recovered in Sylhet

Youth’s throat-silt body recovered in Sylhet

-- 2019-03-13 18:50:52

Police recovered the throat-silt body of a young man from Dorakul village at Companiganj upazila in Sylhet on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Badrul Amin, 20, son of Momtaz Ali. Ta...

'NGOs spend only 25pc fund for Rohingyas'

'NGOs spend only 25pc fund for Rohingyas'

-- 2019-03-13 18:17:31

Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque has alleged that some NGOs and aid agencies spend only a quarter of the funds they received to sooth the miseries of Rohingyas. The minister alleged...

Mohibul highlights BD women’s empowerment

Mohibul highlights BD women’s empowerment

-- 2019-03-13 17:24:09

Deputy Minister of Education Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury has highlighted Bangladesh’s unprecedented achievements in women’s equality and empowerment under the visionary leadership of Prime M...

Asrayan brings smiles to 4,500 people in Rangpur

Asrayan brings smiles to 4,500 people in Rangpur

-- 2019-03-13 17:17:25

‘Asrayan Prakalpo’, one of the 10 priority projects of the present government, has turned into an evident means of alleviating poverty of the people who once passed their days in extreme m...

110b BWDB project likely to repair 82km embankment in Khulna

110b BWDB project likely to repair 82km embankment in Khulna

-- 2019-03-13 17:12:29

The Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) is planning a Tk 110 billion (Tk 11,000 crore) project to repair embankments in four upazilas to tackle river erosion. Under this project, at least 82 ki...