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Nasrul vows uninterrupted power supply

Nasrul vows uninterrupted power supply

FE Online Report 2018-07-21 19:53:22

The government will put the special law into effect, if necessary, formulated to set grid and build substation to lessen public sufferings.   State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral re...

Miscreants hack grocer to death in Chuadanga

Miscreants hack grocer to death in Chuadanga

-- 2018-07-21 19:33:36

A grocer was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants at Alamdanga upazila in Chuadanga on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Hasibul Islam, 30, son of Abdul Kuddus of Ailhas village in the u...

PM wants improved lifestyle for deprived people

PM wants improved lifestyle for deprived people

-- 2018-07-21 18:42:01

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said she dedicated her political career to the deprived people of the country. "My politics is for the exploited and deprived people....I will be successful when we c...

Road crash kills two in C’nawabganj

Road crash kills two in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-07-21 18:19:23

Two motorcyclists were killed as the rider lost control over the wheels while trying to avoid a head-on collision with a truck at Dhobpur in Shibganj upazila on Saturday. The deceased were identified...

Met office asks ports to hoist signal three

Met office asks ports to hoist signal three

-- 2018-07-21 18:09:31

Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisting local cautionary signal no three following the low over Northwest Bay and adjoining areas that intensifie...

PM joins reception programme

PM joins reception programme

-- 2018-07-21 16:37:38

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived at the Suhrawardy Udyan stage for the reception held in her honour on Saturday afternoon. The ruling Awami League has arranged the reception programme to celebrat...

Prisoner dies after falling ill at Habiganj jail

Prisoner dies after falling ill at Habiganj jail

-- 2018-07-21 16:00:04

A prisoner, who fell sick in the district jail, died at a hospital here on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Monir Hossain, 27, son of Abdus Shahid of Ghatura area in Brahmanbari distr...

BNP demands BB Governor’s resignation amid gold scam

BNP demands BB Governor’s resignation amid gold scam

-- 2018-07-21 15:59:34

BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed demanded the resignation of Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Fazle Kabir for the sake of a fair investigation into the reported gold scam in the central bank's vault. "The...

DMP files 2692 cases over traffic rule violation

DMP files 2692 cases over traffic rule violation

-- 2018-07-21 15:46:46

Traffic division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in their simultaneous drives on the city streets on Friday filed 2692 cases against different modes of vehicles for traffic rule violation. It...

Netrakona gets 2,25,722 electricity connections

Netrakona gets 2,25,722 electricity connections

-- 2018-07-21 15:34:16

The present government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina provides a total of 2,25,722 electricity connections to rural establishments including households in 961 villages under ten upazilas of Netra...

Bangladeshi dies in BSF firing in Thakurgaon

Bangladeshi dies in BSF firing in Thakurgaon

-- 2018-07-21 14:03:17

A Bangladesh national was shot dead by members of Border Security Force (BSF) of India along Kanthaldangi border in Haripur upazila, Thakurgaon early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Ali Hoss...

Two die as bus overturns in Cumilla

Two die as bus overturns in Cumilla

-- 2018-07-21 12:37:05

Two people were killed and 20 others injured as a bus overturned on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Ghinagazi area of Cumilla’s Chauddagram upazila early Saturday. The deceased were identified as S...

Robbers loot shops killing two night guards in N’ganj

Robbers loot shops killing two night guards in N’ganj

-- 2018-07-21 11:40:43

Robbers looted valuables from three shops killing two night guards in Laxmankhola Madrasa stand area in Bandar upazila of Narayanganj early Saturday. The deceased were identified as Raihan Uddin, 65,...

Narsingdi road mishap claims five lives

Narsingdi road mishap claims five lives

-- 2018-07-21 11:29:06

At least five people, including a woman and her teen-aged daughter, have been killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a small passenger carrier locally called ‘Laguna’ on their way...

Microbus runs over man killing him in Jhenaidah

Microbus runs over man killing him in Jhenaidah

-- 2018-07-21 11:21:32

A man was killed as a microbus hit him at Hatgopalpur area of Sadar upazila in Jhenaidah on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Shahin Hossain, 46, son of Golam Tahur Shah, a resident of...

Four more drug suspects die in ‘gunfights’

Four more drug suspects die in ‘gunfights’

-- 2018-07-21 10:37:59

At least four people have been killed in gunfights amid the ongoing drug crackdown across Bangladesh. Police say one in Kushtia and one in Chapainawabganj, were killed in drug raids by security force...

JICA reviews 'challenging' projects tomorrow

JICA reviews 'challenging' projects tomorrow

FHM Humayan Kabir 2018-07-21 10:22:24

Japan reviews its funded projects tomorrow (Sunday) as some are not performing at the expected level, officials said on Friday. Officials at the ministry of finance (MoF) said the Japan Internation...

Payra channel dredging now under PPP

Payra channel dredging now under PPP

Syful Islam 2018-07-21 10:15:58

The capital dredging of the main channel of Payra seaport will now be implemented under the public-private partnership (PPP), officials said. Earlier, the dredging was to be done by way of commerci...

LNG import to increase energy subsidy by 230pc

LNG import to increase energy subsidy by 230pc

Jasim Uddin Haroon 2018-07-21 09:59:11

The subsidies are expected to make a quantum leap this fiscal year, driven by the imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG), officials at the finance division told the FE on Thursday. This is a new head...

Temperature likely to drop on Saturday

Temperature likely to drop on Saturday

-- 2018-07-20 21:13:24

Temperature is likely to drop on Saturday as a weather forecast says light to moderate rainfall may occur over the country. Abul Baker, a meteorologist of Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD),...

BNP rallies in capital for Khaleda’s release

BNP rallies in capital for Khaleda’s release

-- 2018-07-20 20:49:05

The BNP started a rally in Dhaka for the first time in two and a half years to demand Chairperson Khaleda Zia's release from jail and her treatment. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir...

Fake mobile handset identification service from September

Fake mobile handset identification service from September

-- 2018-07-20 19:40:42

The telecom regulator is going to introduce IMEI database service in September aiming to curb import of fake mobile phone handsets as well as telephony based crimes. Once the service is introduced, a...

BGB detains two Indian nations with gold, money

BGB detains two Indian nations with gold, money

-- 2018-07-20 18:00:02

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained two Indian nationals along with gold ornaments weighing around 450 grams and cash from bordering Amrakhali area in Benapole on Friday. The detainees...

RAB arrests two with 4,000 yaba pills in Khulna

RAB arrests two with 4,000 yaba pills in Khulna

-- 2018-07-20 17:45:25

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two alleged drug traders along with 4,000 Yaba pills from Harintana area of the city on Friday. The arrestees were identified as Rafiqul Islam and Mos...

Teacher relieved of hall duties over facebook remarks

Teacher relieved of hall duties over facebook remarks

-- 2018-07-20 16:17:00

Cumilla University authorities has removed a teacher from his duties as house tutor of a hall over a facebook post about quota reform movement. Sources said a group of students of Nazrul hall, includ...

Manikganj boat makers witness good business in monsoon

Manikganj boat makers witness good business in monsoon

-- 2018-07-20 15:29:43

As monsoon looms over Manikganj, the boat makers in the district have been very busy building boats which are widely used as vessels in rural areas during this season. The demand for various types of...

Police recover youth’s throat-slit body in Khulna

Police recover youth’s throat-slit body in Khulna

-- 2018-07-20 14:52:32

Police recovered the throat-slit body of a young man from a house at Boyra Afzal intersection area in Khulna city early Friday. The deceased was identified as Farhad Hossain Sheikh alias Apon, 32, a...

Three HSC examinees commit suicide

Three HSC examinees commit suicide

-- 2018-07-20 11:45:46

Three female students have committed suicide in as many districts after failing in this years' Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations. In Manikganj, Mitu Akter, daughter of Mosaddek Hossain...

EU to stand by Bangladesh on Rohingya issue

EU to stand by Bangladesh on Rohingya issue

FE Report 2018-07-20 11:45:21

The European Union (EU) has reiterated its solidarity with Bangladesh in its effort to resolve the ongoing Rohingya crisis. It also wants to see a free, fair, credible and transparent election in Ban...

Cops detain three women with 24,000 Yaba pills

Cops detain three women with 24,000 Yaba pills

-- 2018-07-20 11:37:36

Police on Thursday arrested three nomadic women with 24,000 pieces of contraband Yaba pills carried inside betel nuts from Baldakhali of Daudkandi, Cumilla. All three belong to Kharia village located...