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DMP arrest 68 in anti-narcotics drive

DMP arrest 68 in anti-narcotics drive

FE Online Report 2019-01-19 13:30:47

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 68 people from the capital city in a regular anti-narcotics drive for keeping illegal drugs. Different police stations, under the DMP, conducted the dr...

Meghna trawler capsize: Rescue efforts continue

Meghna trawler capsize: Rescue efforts continue

-- 2019-01-19 13:08:18

The rescue operation for the 20 workers, who went missing after a soil-laden trawler capsized in the Meghna River in Munshiganj district on Tuesday, has rolled into the 5th consecutive day. Two teams...

Awami League’s victory rally today

Awami League’s victory rally today

-- 2019-01-19 12:56:53

Awami League is going to hold a grand rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital today (Saturday) to celebrate the massive victory of the party in the 11th parliamentary elections. AL President Sheikh...

B’baria road crash kills two

B’baria road crash kills two

-- 2019-01-19 10:54:08

At least two people were killed and 15 others suffered injuries after a bus and a truck collided head-on on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway at Shoshi area of Bijaynagar upazila in Brahmanbaria in the early hours...

Fall in remittance from Italy likely this year

Fall in remittance from Italy likely this year

Rezaul Karim 2019-01-19 10:14:46

Remittance inflow may see a significant fall this calendar year for taxing expats' cash transfer by Italy, a major source of remittance earnings for Bangladesh. Bangladeshi migrants send home $550-...

Ctg Customs probing cargo delivery irregularities

Ctg Customs probing cargo delivery irregularities

Pankaj Dastider 2019-01-19 10:11:37

An investigation committee formed by the Chittagong Customs Commissioner has started probing the delivery of cargo-laden containers from the Chittagong Port using passwords of retired Customs official...

BR operations slightly better, but risks remain

BR operations slightly better, but risks remain

Jubair Hasan 2019-01-19 10:07:30

Bangladesh Railway (BR) is still struggling to provide necessary services to its users properly, although the authority has spent billions of taka over the recent years keeping the target in mind, s...

BNP leaders propose leadership changes

BNP leaders propose leadership changes

-- 2019-01-18 21:41:42

Two senior leaders of BNP have called for a national council of the party to bring changes to its leadership after the general election debacle. Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain and Moudud Ahmed, members...

‘Gruesome’ fire breaks out at warehouses in Chattogram

‘Gruesome’ fire breaks out at warehouses in Chattogram

-- 2019-01-18 21:07:51

Several warehouses at Vitoria Jute Mill in Chattogram have caught fire on Friday afternoon, which a fire service official says 'gruesome'. Eighteen fire trucks of six units managed to stop the 'monst...

Kuwait investigating vandalism using CCTV footage

Kuwait investigating vandalism using CCTV footage

-- 2019-01-18 20:52:08

Kuwaiti authorities are investigating Thursday's vandalism and physical assaults on staff inside Bangladesh Embassy in Kuwait by agitated Bangladeshi workers, said an official on Friday. He said the...

Trawler capsize in Munshiganj: Rescue operation continues

Trawler capsize in Munshiganj: Rescue operation continues

-- 2019-01-18 20:31:15

The rescue operation for the 20 workers, who went missing after a soil-laden trawler capsized in the Meghna River in Munshiganj, has rolled into the fourth consecutive day. “The search to rescu...

Prime accused in Savar rape case found dead

Prime accused in Savar rape case found dead

-- 2019-01-18 20:10:43

The prime accused in a case filed over the death of a garment worker following 'gang-rape' was found dead in Khagan area in Savar on Thursday night. Police recovered the bullet-hit body of Ripon, 39,...

Coast Guard seizes 70 maunds jatka in Bhola

Coast Guard seizes 70 maunds jatka in Bhola

-- 2019-01-18 19:16:49

Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard in a drive seized 70 maunds of jatka from the Tentulia River at Bhelumia in Sadar upazila on Friday morning. Tipped-off, a team from South Zone Coast Guard conducted...

Minister pledges to make teacher recruitment process transparent

Minister pledges to make teacher recruitment process transparent

-- 2019-01-18 19:09:28

Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Friday said teachers will be recruited in a transparent manner to supplement the efforts of improving quality of education. “There is shortage of teachers at...

Closed jute mill in Chattogram catches fire

Closed jute mill in Chattogram catches fire

-- 2019-01-18 18:53:44

A fire broke out at a closed jute mill at AK Khan area of Chattogram city on Friday afternoon. Deputy assistant director of Chattogram Fire Service and Civil Defence M Jasim Uddin said the fire origi...

Migrant workers vandalise Bangladesh Embassy in Kuwait

Migrant workers vandalise Bangladesh Embassy in Kuwait

-- 2019-01-18 18:36:29

Bangladeshi migrant workers have vandalised the Embassy of Bangladesh in Kuwait amid raging protests over unpaid wages. On Thursday morning, the workers lined up outside the embassy demanding the rel...

Farmer crushed under train in Cumilla

Farmer crushed under train in Cumilla

-- 2019-01-18 18:33:41

A farmer was crushed to death at Shreeballabpur under Sadar South Upazila in Cumilla on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Solaman, 32, son of Arshaf Ali of the village. Cumilla Railwa...

UN HR expert due Saturday to discuss Rohingya issues

UN HR expert due Saturday to discuss Rohingya issues

-- 2019-01-18 18:30:21

The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, will arrive in Dhaka on Saturday to see the Rohingya situation. Lee, who earlier said incidents in Rakhine State be...

Land dispute leaves man dead in Natore

Land dispute leaves man dead in Natore

-- 2019-01-18 18:22:07

A man was killed and five others injured in a clash between two groups over possession of a piece of land at Bashbaria village under Singra Upazila in Natore on Friday noon. The deceased was identifi...

Quader foresees split in Oikyafront

Quader foresees split in Oikyafront

-- 2019-01-18 18:12:27

The Jatiya Oikyafront, the opposition alliance formed with the BNP, will not stay united, according to Awami League leader Obaidul Quader.  “Seeing them, we spotted break-up factors in th...

Move underway to ensure non-stop power supply to Dhaka, N’ganj

Move underway to ensure non-stop power supply to Dhaka, N’ganj

-- 2019-01-18 17:09:19

A move is underway to implement a Tk 20.00 billion project to ensure uninterrupted power supply to Dhaka's central and north-west zones and major parts of Narayanganj within the next three years. Acc...

Police recover body of ‘abducted’ carpenter in Savar

Police recover body of ‘abducted’ carpenter in Savar

-- 2019-01-18 16:50:27

Police recovered the body of a carpenter, who was allegedly abducted by some miscreants on January 12, from Charsangur village of Dhamrai on Friday morning. The victim was Jotish Majumdar, 45, from C...

Renowned cardiologist Rakibul Islam Litu passes away

Renowned cardiologist Rakibul Islam Litu passes away

-- 2019-01-18 16:09:52

Leading cardiologist of the country professor Dr Rakibul Islam Litu passed away on Friday at a city hospital following a massive heart attack at the age of 52. Doctors said Litu breathed his last at...

Forest dept seizes 25 kgs venison in Sundarbans

Forest dept seizes 25 kgs venison in Sundarbans

-- 2019-01-18 14:47:37

The Forest Department seized 25 kilograms of venison (meat of deer) from Terkathikhal area in the Sundarbans under Burigoalini Forest Station in Shyamnagar upazila on Thursday night. On information,...

Law enforcers detain 21 in Dinajpur

Law enforcers detain 21 in Dinajpur

-- 2019-01-18 14:19:07

Law enforcers, in special drives arrested 21 suspects including five drug pedlars from different areas of Dinajpur district during the last 12-hour period ending at 8:00am on Friday. Law enforcers al...

BSF shoots Bangladeshi dead in Thakurgaon

BSF shoots Bangladeshi dead in Thakurgaon

-- 2019-01-18 12:50:56

A Bangladeshi youth was shot dead by members of Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) inside Indian territory along Thakurgaon frontier on Friday. The incident occurred at Dharmagarh border in Ranishan...

Prisoners in BD number 92,845

Prisoners in BD number 92,845

FE Online Report 2019-01-18 12:35:08

The number of prisoners as of January 18, 2019 stood at 92,845, according to the Prisons Directorate under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Of them, 16,027 are convicted and the rest 76,818 facing trial...

Country postpones Vitamin A Plus campaign

Country postpones Vitamin A Plus campaign

-- 2019-01-18 12:24:18

The authorities have postponed the Vitamin A Plus campaign slated for Saturday. The Institute of Public Health Nutrition announced the postponement citing “unavoidable reasons” on Thursda...

Two motorcyclists die in Bogura road crash

Two motorcyclists die in Bogura road crash

-- 2019-01-18 11:14:00

Two motorcyclists were killed as their vehicle hit a tree beside Talora-Jamdar road at Kalipara village in Bagura’s Kahalu upazila on Thursday. The dead were identified as Suja Uddin Khan, 36,...

Supply scarcity upsets dry fish producers in Chalanbeel area

Supply scarcity upsets dry fish producers in Chalanbeel area

Roving Correspondent 2019-01-18 10:50:01

Scarcity in fish supply has upset hundreds of dry fish producers of Pabna, Sirajganj and Natore districts in Chalanbeel region this season in spite of high expectations. Now, they are passing anxious...