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Ijtema begins on Feb 15, extends by a day

Ijtema begins on Feb 15, extends by a day

-- 2019-02-05 20:41:41

Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims after Hajj, will be held for four days in a single phase from February 15 this time. State Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdu...

BSTI destroys 4,000 substandard water jars

BSTI destroys 4,000 substandard water jars

FE Online Report 2019-02-05 20:36:46

The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) on Tuesday destroyed a total of 4,000 substandard water jars in different parts of the capital.  The jars were torn down as they were bein...

Unicef for ending online bullying of children

Unicef for ending online bullying of children

-- 2019-02-05 19:00:56

Unicef on Tuesday called for concerted action to tackle and prevent violence against children and young people online in Bangladesh where the internet population has witnessed 800 times growth since 2...

HC rules on compensation to 4 road crash victims

HC rules on compensation to 4 road crash victims

-- 2019-02-05 18:57:59

The High Court (HC) has asked why the families of four students killed in road accidents in Dhaka’s Keraniganj and Chattogram in January should not be compensated, reports bdnews24.com. Justice...

HC extends Khaleda’s bail in two defamation cases

HC extends Khaleda’s bail in two defamation cases

-- 2019-02-05 18:51:17

The High Court (HC) has extended the bails of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two defamation cases against her. The cases were filed in Dhaka and Narail over the BNP chief’s ‘derogatory re...

400kms footpaths renovated in capital in 10yrs: Minister

400kms footpaths renovated in capital in 10yrs: Minister

-- 2019-02-05 18:40:35

Some 400 kilometres of footpaths were renovated in the two city corporations of the capital in the last 10 years, according to statistics placed in Parliament on Tuesday. "Some 193.71 kilometres of f...

Discharge duties with patriotism, PM asks police

Discharge duties with patriotism, PM asks police

-- 2019-02-05 18:30:34

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the police personnel to discharge their duties with patriotism saying they will have to be people-friendly ones. "Police have to discharge their duties b...

People violating human rights must be held accountable: Jolie

People violating human rights must be held accountable: Jolie

-- 2019-02-05 17:47:45

UN special envoy and famous Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie on Tuesday said the people responsible for human rights violations must be held accountable for their actions. She made the remark while b...

HC sets deadline to dispose of drug-related cases

HC sets deadline to dispose of drug-related cases

-- 2019-02-05 17:06:25

The High Court on Tuesday asked trial courts to dispose of cases filed under the Narcotics Control Act within six months. The HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman pa...

Electrocution kills man in Satkhira

Electrocution kills man in Satkhira

-- 2019-02-05 16:12:25

A man died after being electrocuted at a fish enclosure at Khejurdangi village of Satkhira’s Sadar upazila on Tuesday morning. The dead man was identified as 35-year-old Khokon Hossain - a staf...

Schoolgirl dies after being hit by microbus in city

Schoolgirl dies after being hit by microbus in city

-- 2019-02-05 16:07:11

A fifth grader has died after being hit by a microbus while on her way to school in Dhaka’s Uttara. 10-year-old Faizia Tahmina Suchi was a student at Milestone School, said Turag Police OC Nuru...

Save the Children expresses concern as violence against children alarmingly rises

Save the Children expresses concern as violence against children alarmingly rises

FE Online Desk 2019-02-05 15:55:33

The Save the Children has expressed its concern over an alarming rise in violence against children in the country recently. According to its own observation, at least 30 incidents of rapes, gang rape...

Anti-encroachment drive along Buriganga river starts

Anti-encroachment drive along Buriganga river starts

-- 2019-02-05 14:54:31

The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has launched a drive to remove illegal structures on the banks of the Buriganga river at Dhaka’s Kamrangirchar. The drive began at around...

Khaleda’s bail in defamation cases extended by six months

Khaleda’s bail in defamation cases extended by six months

-- 2019-02-05 14:19:32

The High Court has extended BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's six-month bail to one year in two defamation cases filed in Dhaka and Narail over her 'derogatory remarks' about freedom fighters and Bangaban...

RCC to feed vitamin A capsule to 62,953 babies

RCC to feed vitamin A capsule to 62,953 babies

-- 2019-02-05 14:02:11

Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has set a target of feeding vitamin A capsule to 62,953 babies on the day of National Vitamin A Plus campaign (2nd round) - 2019 scheduled to be held on February 9. Of...

Bank official among two dies as bus plunges into Gopalganj ditch

Bank official among two dies as bus plunges into Gopalganj ditch

-- 2019-02-05 13:54:18

At least two people have died and 20 others suffered injuries after a bus carrying them aboard plunged into a roadside ditch at Sadar upazila in Gopalganj. The deceased were identified as Nurul Isl...

RAB arrests two with fake SSC question papers

RAB arrests two with fake SSC question papers

-- 2019-02-05 12:36:16

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two people with fake SSC question papers at Gurudashpur upazila in Natore on Monday night. The arrestees were identified as Taher and Shihab, said to...

‘Criminal’ dies in Cox’s Bazar ‘shootout’

‘Criminal’ dies in Cox’s Bazar ‘shootout’

-- 2019-02-05 11:42:41

A man, accused in several cases, was killed in a reported shootout between two gangs in the hilly area of Shaplar Ful Union under Maheshkhali upazila of Cox’s Bazar in the early hours of Tuesday...

Three die in city road crashes

Three die in city road crashes

-- 2019-02-05 11:33:07

Three people, including an unidentified woman, were killed in separate road accidents in Bhatara and Mouchak areas in Dhaka in the early hours of Tuesday. Tea-stall owner Shahin, 42, and security gua...

REHAB fair in Dhaka begins tomorrow

REHAB fair in Dhaka begins tomorrow

FE Report 2019-02-05 10:40:07

The 'REHAB Fair 2019' begins in the capital tomorrow (Wednesday) to promote the country's real estate sector. The five-day fair will be held at the city's Bangabandhu International Conference Centre...

Canadian group urges release of detained workers in BD

Canadian group urges release of detained workers in BD

FE Report 2019-02-05 10:36:06

United Steelworkers (USW), a Canadian rights group, called upon the government of Bangladesh for immediate release of detained workers and withdrawal of charges against others involved in the recent...

BD starts fresh campaign for Rohingya repatriation

BD starts fresh campaign for Rohingya repatriation

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2019-02-05 10:30:55

Bangladesh has launched a fresh campaign to woo the international community to create pressure on Myanmar for immediate repatriation of stranded Rohingyas. Coinciding with the government's renewed ef...

TIB demands compensation for Jaha Alam

TIB demands compensation for Jaha Alam

FE Online Report 2019-02-04 21:38:55

The Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) has expressed satisfaction over the release of Jaha Alam, and demanded due compensation for wrongly putting him in jail. Innocent Jaha Alam had been l...

Writ seeks ban on pvt practice by govt doctors during duty   

Writ seeks ban on pvt practice by govt doctors during duty  

-- 2019-02-04 21:17:58

Supreme Court layers filed a writ with the High Court on Monday seeking its directive to stop private practice by the physicians of government hospitals during their office hours. Five layers Advocat...

Bean cultivation changes fortune of Magura farmers

Bean cultivation changes fortune of Magura farmers

Our Correspondent 2019-02-04 20:49:17

MAGURA, Feb 04: Bean cultivation is turning fortune of farmers in Magura. Farmers informed, low production cost and high price are encouraging them to cultivate beans. Department of Agriculture Exten...

Growers become  self-reliant cultivating plum in Tangail

Growers become self-reliant cultivating plum in Tangail

Our Correspondent 2019-02-04 20:48:26

TANGAIL, Feb 04: Plum growers of the district are happy as they got an abundant production and satisfactory price of their crops at the local markets since last couple of years and become self reliant...

Education system in 'horrific mess'

Education system in 'horrific mess'

-- 2019-02-04 20:41:33

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday sent a set of recommendations to the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education and the Secondary and Higher Education Department to ensure a congenial envir...

Niko graft case: Next charge-framing hearing Feb 12

Niko graft case: Next charge-framing hearing Feb 12

-- 2019-02-04 20:17:26

A Dhaka court on Monday set February 12 for the next hearing on charge-framing against 11 people, including BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, in the Niko graft case. Judge Sheikh Hafizur Rahman of Dhaka S...

ACC asks for actions against doctor for neglecting duty

ACC asks for actions against doctor for neglecting duty

FE Online Report 2019-02-04 19:37:43

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday asked the health ministry to promptly take actions against a physician for being absent from duty at a public hospital for nearly seven months. The ant...

President insists judges to ensure justice

President insists judges to ensure justice

-- 2019-02-04 19:02:16

President Abdul Hamid on Monday told newly-appointed Supreme Court judges to ensure justice for the people. "[The] court is the last dependable place for people. And the court has a lot of responsibi...