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Fire at Korail slum

Fire at Korail slum

FE Online Desk 2019-03-09 09:49:19

A fire broke out at the Korail slum in Dhaka’s Mohakhali on Saturday morning. To be precise, fire service officials at Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence (BFSCD) said it took place at th...

PM wins ‘Lifetime Contribution for Women Empowerment Award’

PM wins ‘Lifetime Contribution for Women Empowerment Award’

-- 2019-03-08 21:26:54

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won the ‘Lifetime Contribution for Women Empowerment Award’ for her outstanding contribution to the field of women empowerment as well as her dynamic leade...

Master plan for Payra port is underway: State minister

Master plan for Payra port is underway: State minister

-- 2019-03-08 21:21:14

A master plan for the Payra port is underway to develop the river port as the Payra Port Authority has signed a deal with a Belgian company to start capital dredging on the Rabnabad channel. State Mi...

Country observes International Women’s Day

Country observes International Women’s Day

-- 2019-03-08 21:21:06

The International Women's Day was observed in the country, as elsewhere across the globe, on Friday with the focus on gender equality and the empowerment of women. This year's theme was 'Think equal,...

'There are many things to learn from March 7 speech'

'There are many things to learn from March 7 speech'

-- 2019-03-08 21:10:01

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said the young people have many things to learn from the historic March 7 speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to groom them imbued w...

Quader’s health shows signs of improvement

Quader’s health shows signs of improvement

-- 2019-03-08 21:05:31

Awami League leader Obaidul Quader’s health has shown further signs of improvement during treatment at Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth Hospital. His heart is functioning normally without any...

‘Antibiotic free meat, eggs by 2030’

‘Antibiotic free meat, eggs by 2030’

-- 2019-03-08 21:04:39

President of Bangladesh Poultry Industries Central Council (BPICC) Mashiur Rahman on Friday said they were working to produce antibiotic-free meat and eggs by 2030. "A number of initiatives are under...

Electoral environment deteriorating: CEC

Electoral environment deteriorating: CEC

FE Online Desk 2019-03-08 13:59:49

The electoral environment is gradually going down, says Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda, stressing the need for electronic voting machines (EVMS) to overcome the crisis. “Rigging cann...

Five of a yarn factory suffer burns in Dhaka

Five of a yarn factory suffer burns in Dhaka

FE Online Desk 2019-03-08 11:48:50

Five workers of a factory have suffered burn injuries as hot water fell on them at Ashulia in Dhaka’s Savar early Friday morning. Three of them have been admitted to Dhaka Medical College and H...

Two die as picnic bus crashes into truck

Two die as picnic bus crashes into truck

-- 2019-03-08 11:03:47

Two people were killed and ten others injured when a picnic bus hit a stationary truck on Bagerhat-Khulna highway at Ronbijoypur in Bagerhat sadar upazila early Friday. The deceased have been identif...

Loss of pvt land alleged as CDA restoring canals

Loss of pvt land alleged as CDA restoring canals

Our Correspondent 2019-03-08 10:27:17

CHATTOGRAM: The Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) has been accused of excavating a canal on the private land without serving any notice or paying compensation to the land owners. The allegation...

Five of a family go missing in Buriganga boat capsize

Five of a family go missing in Buriganga boat capsize

-- 2019-03-08 10:09:56

Six people, including five of a family, have gone missing as a boat has capsized in the Buriganga River in Dhaka’s Sadarghat. The boat overturned when waves created by a launch hit it around 10...

Top rail jobs still charmless for women

Top rail jobs still charmless for women

Munima Sultana 2019-03-08 09:44:18

The Bangladesh Railway (BR) is still to stand out as an attractive place for women as only 2.0 per cent females are working at official ranks. The latest data shows 26 female officials now work in me...

BSTI files cases against numerous businesses for weight manipulation

BSTI files cases against numerous businesses for weight manipulation

FE Online Report 2019-03-07 21:16:54

Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) on Thursday lodged cases against numerous businesses in the city on charge of measurement manipulation. The cases were filed under the Standards...

DMP arrest 73 in anti-narcotics drives

DMP arrest 73 in anti-narcotics drives

FE Online Report 2019-03-07 21:09:10

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 73 from the capital in regular anti-narcotics drives in the last 24 hours which ended on Thursday evening. Several teams of DMP the drive the regular dri...

Rangpur female labourers  get less wages than males

Rangpur female labourers get less wages than males

Sayed Mofidul Babu 2019-03-07 21:00:31

RANGPUR, Mar 7: The female labourers in Rangpur district are deprived of equal rights, as they are given much less wages than their male counterparts for the same type of work. According to sources a...

Magura farmers expecting bumper wheat production

Magura farmers expecting bumper wheat production

Our Correspondent 2019-03-07 20:59:31

MAGURA, Mar 07: Farmers of the district are expecting a bumper production of wheat this season as the harvest will start within a couple of weeks. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) source...

Shab-e-Meraj on April 3

Shab-e-Meraj on April 3

-- 2019-03-07 20:46:21

The holy Shab-e-Meraj will be observed across the country on the night of April 3. The National Moon Sighting Committee took the decision at a meeting held at the Islamic Foundation office at Baitul...

Int’l Women’s Day on Friday

Int’l Women’s Day on Friday

-- 2019-03-07 19:58:02

The nation will celebrate the International Women's Day on Friday with the rest of the world, highlighting women's rights and empowerment. This year's theme is 'Think equal, build smart, innovate for...

Gono Forum expels Sultan Mansur for taking oath

Gono Forum expels Sultan Mansur for taking oath

-- 2019-03-07 18:06:52

The Gono Forum has expelled MP Sultan Md Mansur after he defied the opposition alliance Jayiya Oikyafront and took the oath of office in parliament on Thursday, reports bdnews24.com. Mansur was also...

HC orders list of ICUs, CCUs

HC orders list of ICUs, CCUs

-- 2019-03-07 17:58:58

The High Court (HC) on Thursday ordered authorities concerned to submit list of Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and Coronary Care Units (CCUs) of all the hospitals and clinics across the country. A High...

Police arrest ‘robbers’ with rocket launcher in Chattogram

Police arrest ‘robbers’ with rocket launcher in Chattogram

-- 2019-03-07 17:38:44

Four suspected robbers were detained with a rocket launcher and foreign guns early Thursday after an alleged gunfight with police at Sitakunda in Chattogram. Police identified the detainees as Md Soh...

One held with 85,000 Yaba tablets in Chattogram

One held with 85,000 Yaba tablets in Chattogram

-- 2019-03-07 17:32:28

Detectives in a drive arrested a suspected drug trader along with 85,000 Yaba tablets from a covered van at Firingi Bazar Bridge ghat in Chattogram on Wednesday night. The arrestee is Md Rafiqul Isla...

Security at all airports beefed up after ‘plane hijacking bid’

Security at all airports beefed up after ‘plane hijacking bid’

-- 2019-03-07 16:54:13

Amid concerns over the airport security after the alleged attempt to hijack a Biman aircraft, the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (Caab) has taken measures at all airports in the country to ens...

Rizvi slams Sultan Mansur’s oath taking

Rizvi slams Sultan Mansur’s oath taking

-- 2019-03-07 16:50:03

BNP on Thursday described Gono Forum MP-elect Sultan Mohammad Mansur's oath taking violating the Jatiya Oikyafront's decision as an act of fraudulence in politics. "His party (Gono Forum) has said it...

Info Minister urges BNP to join JS

Info Minister urges BNP to join JS

-- 2019-03-07 16:45:39

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Thursday urged BNP to join parliament and make constructive criticisms of the government for its mistakes to strengthen democracy. “I urge BNP to follow...

Fire breaks out at Old Dhaka tyre godown

Fire breaks out at Old Dhaka tyre godown

-- 2019-03-07 15:58:14

A fire broke out at a tyre godown in Nawabpur area of the old part of the city on Thursday afternoon. The fire broke at the godown at around 2:30 pm, said the duty officer at the Fire Service and Civ...

Assailants shoot dead UPDF man in Rangamati

Assailants shoot dead UPDF man in Rangamati

-- 2019-03-07 14:39:01

An activist of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF), a Chittagong Hill Tracts-based political group, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Bongol Toli area in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamat...

Quader doing well without ventilator support: Doctor

Quader doing well without ventilator support: Doctor

FE Online Desk 2019-03-07 14:33:09

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader, who has been shifted to Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth Hospital with heart complications since Monday, is now doing well even without any ventilator s...

Stone quarry worker dies in Sylhet

Stone quarry worker dies in Sylhet

-- 2019-03-07 14:30:36

A worker was killed while extracting stones from a quarry at Shah Arefin Tila in Companiganj upazila, Sylhet on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Akkel Ali, 25, son of Majnu Mia of Bishwanath...