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Chawkbazar fire: 11 charred bodies identified

Chawkbazar fire: 11 charred bodies identified

-- 2019-03-06 12:32:18

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has identified 11 of the 19 people who were burnt beyond recognition in the Chawkbazar fire. “We have submitted the DNA test reports to the authoriti...

Road crash kills woman in Manikganj

Road crash kills woman in Manikganj

-- 2019-03-06 12:22:40

A woman was killed and two others were injured in a road crash in Shibaloy Upazila of Manikganj on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Bedena Begum, 45, wife of Sayed Ali of the upazila. Q...

Khaleda gets six-month interim bail in Cumilla case

Khaleda gets six-month interim bail in Cumilla case

-- 2019-03-06 12:05:10

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has secured a six-month interim bail in a case filed over the deaths of people in an arson attack in Cumilla. Eight people were killed and 20 others injured when a petrol...

Child murder suspect dies in Jashore ‘gunfight’

Child murder suspect dies in Jashore ‘gunfight’

-- 2019-03-06 11:38:29

A man, suspected of being involved in the murder of an eight-year-old girl, was killed in an alleged gunfight in Kholadanga suburb of Jashore in the early hours of Wednesday. Police identified the de...

Chawkbazar fire started at Wahed Mansion: IEB probe

Chawkbazar fire started at Wahed Mansion: IEB probe

-- 2019-03-06 11:12:00

The devastating fire in Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar started at Wahed Mansion used for storing chemical, not by gas cylinder of any vehicle or restaurant, The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh or I...

Two entities evade Tk 5.4m in VAT

Two entities evade Tk 5.4m in VAT

FE Report 2019-03-06 10:53:05

The Dhaka (West) VAT zone has unearthed VAT evasion worth Tk 5.4 million (54 lakh) by two entities-a sweets shop and a community centre--- through an intensive inspection. The VAT office filed case...

Quader’s condition improves further, says official

Quader’s condition improves further, says official

-- 2019-03-06 10:53:05

The condition of ailing Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader has improved further on Wednesday morning, an official concerned said. When contacted by news agency UNB, Abu Naser, deputy chief inform...

BD holds huge potentials as Asia to lead world's food production

BD holds huge potentials as Asia to lead world's food production

FE Report 2019-03-06 10:49:26

Speakers at a seminar on Tuesday said the country's poultry industry is capable of increasing both demand and supply of quality nutrition to build a healthy nation. In this regard, the poultry grow...

Govt seeks info on overall SoCBs’ loans, advances

Govt seeks info on overall SoCBs’ loans, advances

Rezaul Karim 2019-03-06 10:45:07

The government has sought specific information including overall loans and advances for the last three calendar years until 2018 from state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs). The banks have also been...

Non-profits’ part in economy growing

Non-profits’ part in economy growing

Yasir Wardad 2019-03-06 10:38:20

The contribution of non-profit organisations to the national economy has been substantial in recent years as the sub-sector is growing rapidly. Such non-profits tend to provide services rather than p...

Govt to build Tk 886.74m chemical warehouse at Shyampur

Govt to build Tk 886.74m chemical warehouse at Shyampur

FE Online Report   2019-03-05 20:59:36

The government has undertaken a project to build a chemical warehouse at Shyampur in the capital. Initiated by the industries ministry, the Tk 886.74 million project will be implemented by Banglades...

Mayurpankhi to fly again Thursday after hijack attempt

Mayurpankhi to fly again Thursday after hijack attempt

-- 2019-03-05 20:56:11

The Biman Bangladesh Airlines plane, which came under a hijack attempt on February 24, is expected to resume normal operations on Thursday. Biman spokesman Shakil Meraj on Tuesday said the aircraft,...

Strawberry growers  make good profit

Strawberry growers make good profit

Roving Correspondent 2019-03-05 20:45:05

JOYPURHAT, Mar 05: Strawberry growers in the district are making good profit this season as they got a satisfactory yield and fair market prices. A good number of farmers in Akkelpur, Kalai, Panchbib...

Chandpur children attend classes under open sky

Chandpur children attend classes under open sky

-- 2019-03-05 20:44:10

CHANDPUR, Mar 05 (UNB): Students of a government primary school in Kachua upazila have been attending classes under the open sky for the last few weeks as their school building has turned dilapidated....

Crop farming on dried-up river  beds benefits Rangpur poors

Crop farming on dried-up river beds benefits Rangpur poors

Our Correspondent 2019-03-05 20:43:25

RANGPUR, Mar 05: Farming of crops on dried-up river beds in different districts under Rangpur division has financially benefited thousands of extreme poor people, especially landless farmers living al...

DSCC cuts utility services of 18 holdings

DSCC cuts utility services of 18 holdings

FE Online Report 2019-03-05 19:16:23

The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) taskforce cut off utility services of 18 holding in Old Dhaka on Tuesday for illegally storing chemicals and other flammable items in residential areas. Five t...

National Jute Day Wednesday

National Jute Day Wednesday

-- 2019-03-05 19:13:33

The National Jute Day-2019 will be observed tomorrow (Wednesday) for the third time throughout the country amid enthusiasm with a view to making jute goods popular among the people. On the eve of the...

President urges expats to highlight BD’s achievements abroad

President urges expats to highlight BD’s achievements abroad

-- 2019-03-05 19:05:51

President Abdul Hamid on Tuesday urged expatriate Bangladeshis to highlight the achievements of Bangladesh abroad. The President said this when London Tower Hamlets Councillor and Speaker Ayas Miah m...

Police detain 19 in anti-drug drive

Police detain 19 in anti-drug drive

-- 2019-03-05 18:25:44

Police detained 19 people from different parts of Dinajpur during anti-drug drives from Monday night to Tuesday morning. Ten cases have been filed against the detainees, reports UNB. Police also sei...

Railways Minister for quick improvement of railway services

Railways Minister for quick improvement of railway services

-- 2019-03-05 18:00:28

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan on Tuesday ordered the railway authorities to improve the services within one month. The existing services are not satisfactory, he said while visiting the Kamalap...

Gono Forum MPs-elects to take oath Thursday

Gono Forum MPs-elects to take oath Thursday

-- 2019-03-05 17:56:54

The Jatiya Oikya Front MPs-elect Sultan Muhammed Mansur and Mukabbir Khan are set to defy the coalition decision and take their oaths of office in parliament on Thursday. Their swearing-in ceremony...

BGB destroys narcotics worth Tk 8om in C’Nawabganj

BGB destroys narcotics worth Tk 8om in C’Nawabganj

-- 2019-03-05 17:42:14

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Tuesday destroyed a huge quantity of narcotics worth an estimated Tk 80 million (Tk 8 crore) at a playground in Baroghoria market area under Sadar upazila i...

Murder case accused dies at Chattogram jail

Murder case accused dies at Chattogram jail

-- 2019-03-05 17:28:00

A man accused in a murder case died at Chittagong Medical College Hospital early Tuesday. Police named the man as Ali Azam, 31, a resident of Sitakunda Upazila. CMCH police outpost in-charge Zahirul...

Khaleda Zia to be taken to BSMMU soon: Home minister

Khaleda Zia to be taken to BSMMU soon: Home minister

-- 2019-03-05 17:12:58

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who has been in jail since February 8 last year, will be taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for medical tests immediately. Home Minister Asaduzz...

Home minister promises to ensure Khaleda’s proper treatment: Fakhrul

Home minister promises to ensure Khaleda’s proper treatment: Fakhrul

-- 2019-03-05 16:13:37

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan assured them of taking all necessary steps for ensuring proper treatment to their ailing chairperson Khaleda Z...

Police arrest five over ‘gang-rape’ of housewife in Savar

Police arrest five over ‘gang-rape’ of housewife in Savar

-- 2019-03-05 15:36:27

Five people were arrested in the early hours of Tuesday in connection with the ‘gang-rape’ of a housewife at Goailbari Machinepar in Ashulia of Savar. The arrestees are Zafar Kazi, 22, Na...

Arundhati Roy’s talk to go on, at new venue in Dhaka

Arundhati Roy’s talk to go on, at new venue in Dhaka

FE Online Desk 2019-03-05 15:07:15

India’s celebrated author Arundhati Roy’s talk will be held but at a new venue in Dhaka city. The new venue is Midas Centre 10th floor, House 5, Road 16 (New). Old road 27 Dhanmondi, Dhak...

Three suffer burns in Keraniganj

Three suffer burns in Keraniganj

-- 2019-03-05 14:10:43

Three people, including two minors, sustained burn injuries from electrocution in Chunkutia area of Keraniganj on Tuesday morning. The details of the injured could not be known immediately, according...

Keraniganj wall collapse kills two construction workers

Keraniganj wall collapse kills two construction workers

-- 2019-03-05 14:08:26

Two construction workers were killed and another was injured as an under-construction mud and guard wall of a bridge on the embankment of Singho River collapsed on them in Darmashur area in Keraniganj...

US resolution for curbing Jamaat in Bangladesh

US resolution for curbing Jamaat in Bangladesh

FE Online Desk 2019-03-05 13:59:09

A resolution has been introduced at the US House of Representatives seeking to curb the activities of Jamaat-e-Islam, the party that committed war crimes during Bangladesh’s liberation war. US...