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Exercise austerity in electricity, water use: PM  

Exercise austerity in electricity, water use: PM  

-- 2018-07-07 15:58:46

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called on all to exercise austerity in using electricity and water as the government provides these utilities at subsidised prices. She also urged them to pra...

Cops arrest 32 in Dinajpur

Cops arrest 32 in Dinajpur

-- 2018-07-07 15:56:47

Law enforcers, in special drives detained 32 people including six drug traffickers from different areas of Dinajpur district in last 12-hour ending at 8 am on Saturday morning. Law enforcers also sei...

Police recover body of youth in Natore

Police recover body of youth in Natore

-- 2018-07-07 15:15:40

Police recovered the hanging body of a young man from a mango orchard at Kalikapur village in Bagatipara upazila of Natore region on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Ratan, son of Abd...

Rescuers recover bodies of three missing tourists from Bay of Bengal

Rescuers recover bodies of three missing tourists from Bay of Bengal

-- 2018-07-07 14:44:32

The bodies of three tourists, who went missing from Banshbaria sea beach in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram on Friday, were recovered from the same area on Saturday. The deceased were identified as S...

Max Hospital fires two doctors over child's death

Max Hospital fires two doctors over child's death

-- 2018-07-07 13:53:51

Chattogram’s Max Hospital & Diagnostic Limited has fired its two of three doctors involved with the death of two-year-old girl Rafida Khan Raifa. The hospital authority dismissed Dr Debashi...

PM inaugurates 10 residential buildings in Dhaka

PM inaugurates 10 residential buildings in Dhaka

-- 2018-07-07 13:17:31

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated 10 multi-storey buildings at city’s Motijheel and Azimpur government colonies as part of her government’s plan to raise the housing fac...

President off to London for medical treatment

President off to London for medical treatment

-- 2018-07-07 12:38:36

President M Abdul Hamid on Saturday left Dhaka for London for health check-up and treatment of eyes. “A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited carrying the President took off from Haz...

Another drug suspect dies in Narail ‘shootout’

Another drug suspect dies in Narail ‘shootout’

-- 2018-07-07 11:47:23

One more suspected drug pedlar was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Chandmari in Narail district town early Saturday. The deceased could not be identified yet. Police said they, on infor...

Prospects of fruit export to China bright

Prospects of fruit export to China bright

Talha Bin Habib 2018-07-07 10:19:49

Bangladesh has the potential to grab a share of the fruits market in China, but lack of proper certification and policy supports remains a major challenge for exporters, according to sector insiders....

BHBFC flat loan fails to draw any response

BHBFC flat loan fails to draw any response

SM Najmus Sakib 2018-07-07 10:13:47

The 'flat registration loan' of Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC) has signally failed to attract borrowers. The BHBFC is yet to receive a single application since the introduction...

Prices of fine rice up in city

Prices of fine rice up in city

FE Report 2018-07-07 10:09:17

The prices of fine varieties of rice remained high on Friday in the city's kitchen markets. The minicate variety of rice was sold between Tk 62 and Tk 65 a kg depending on the quality. The najirsh...

Minor boy killed after failing off bridge in Cumilla

Minor boy killed after failing off bridge in Cumilla

-- 2018-07-06 21:49:45

A minor boy was killed after he fell from a bridge and drowned in the canal in Jagannatpur village under Debidwar upazila in Cumilla on Friday. The deceased was identified as Jesan, 5, son of Saudi e...

Police detain five Rohingyas with fake passports

Police detain five Rohingyas with fake passports

-- 2018-07-06 21:05:54

Immigration police detained five Rohingya people at Darshana Joynagar check post in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga on Friday morning. The law enforcers also seized fake Bangladesh passports from thei...

AL to observe ‘Mujib Year' on Bangabandhu’s birth centenary

AL to observe ‘Mujib Year' on Bangabandhu’s birth centenary

-- 2018-07-06 20:53:03

The Awami League will celebrate 'Mujib Year' across the country from March 2020 to March 2021 marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Prime Minister She...

206 affected farmers of Rooppur plant area get Tk 80m

206 affected farmers of Rooppur plant area get Tk 80m

-- 2018-07-06 19:39:19

A total of 206 farmers near Rooppur plant area in Pabna got Tk 80 million. Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sharif on Friday distributed cheques among the affected farmers of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant...

BD High Commission in London celebrates graduation eligibility

BD High Commission in London celebrates graduation eligibility

-- 2018-07-06 18:16:30

Bangladesh High Commission in London has recently celebrated Bangladesh's eligibility to graduate to a developing country from the group of least developed country in Baden-Powell House in Central Lon...

Three tourists go missing in bay

Three tourists go missing in bay

-- 2018-07-06 17:55:03

Three tourists went missing in the Bay of Bengal while bathing in Banshbaria sea beach under Sitakunda upazila in Chattogram on Friday afternoon. The victims are Saiful, 27, Alauddin, 25, and Yeasin,...

Flood situation in Kurigram, Nilphamari worsens

Flood situation in Kurigram, Nilphamari worsens

-- 2018-07-06 17:46:33

The flood situation has worsened in Kurigram and Nilphamari districts as water level of the Brahmaputra, Teesta, Dharla and Dudhkumar rivers swelled on Friday due to onrush of water from hills and inc...

Workshop on digital and physical security for journos held

Workshop on digital and physical security for journos held

FE Online Report 2018-07-06 17:31:15

A two-day workshop on ‘Digital and Physical Security for Journalists’ ended making recommendations that journalists should practice safety and security to protect themselves from digital t...

Police retrieve bullet-riddled body in Jashore

Police retrieve bullet-riddled body in Jashore

-- 2018-07-06 17:02:02

A bullet-riddled body of an unidentified young man was found at Shankarpur in Jashore district town early Friday. Tipped off that two gangs of criminals locked into a gunfight in the area, police rus...

Biogas changing lifestyle of Cumilla villagers

Biogas changing lifestyle of Cumilla villagers

-- 2018-07-06 14:31:58

As fight to eradicate poverty continues, there has been a marked change in the lifestyle of villagers in Sadar Dakkhin upazila in Cumilla, thanks to biogas plants installed there recently, enabling th...

Two motorcyclists die as bus rams them in Savar

Two motorcyclists die as bus rams them in Savar

-- 2018-07-06 12:58:21

Two motorcyclists were killed when a bus rammed a motorbike on Dhaka-Aricha highway at Aminbazar Truck Stand in Savar on Friday. The deceased were identified as Sujat, 25 and Shafiq Ahmed, 26, hailin...

Six to die for dowry murder

Six to die for dowry murder

-- 2018-07-06 12:48:48

A Dhaka tribunal has sentenced the husband and five others to death for pouring kerosene and burning a woman alive for dowry in Dhamrai in 2005. The husband, ‘Zafar’, was present when the...

ADB approves $100m in Rohingya aid

ADB approves $100m in Rohingya aid

-- 2018-07-06 12:33:45

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved grant assistance of $100 million—the first of a $200 million package to help Bangladesh develop basic infrastructure and services for Rohingya refug...

Mob lynches ‘robber’ in Narsingdi

Mob lynches ‘robber’ in Narsingdi

-- 2018-07-06 11:47:18

A suspected robber was killed in a lynch-mob attack at Tatarkandi village in Shibpur upazila of Narsingdi early Friday. The deceased was identified as Nurul Amin alias Nura 'Dacoit', 29, son of Mia C...

EC to take three-tier security measure in RCC election

EC to take three-tier security measure in RCC election

-- 2018-07-06 11:37:12

Three-tier security measures will be ensured to make the upcoming election to Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) free, fair and credible. All the agencies concerned, including the law-enforcing agencies...

Teacher shortage hits three Sunamganj schools

Teacher shortage hits three Sunamganj schools

Our Correspondent 2018-07-05 21:40:47

SYLHET, July 05: Three government-run high schools in Sunamganj district have been suffering from acute shortage of teachers for long. Swarup Chandra High School, established in 1926 in Jogonnathpur...

Govt to take steps against nuisance by hijras in public places: Tofail  

Govt to take steps against nuisance by hijras in public places: Tofail  

-- 2018-07-05 21:05:50

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Thursday told Parliament that the government will take effective steps to prevent hijras from creating nuisance in public places. He came up with the remarks while r...

Minister orders immediate action against killers of Abdul Matin

Minister orders immediate action against killers of Abdul Matin

-- 2018-07-05 20:58:41

Condemning the killing of freedom fighter Abdul Matin in Trishal upazila of Mymensingh, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque on Thursday ordered police to take immediate action to arrest...

Six envoys present credentials to President

Six envoys present credentials to President

-- 2018-07-05 19:55:32

Six envoys presented their credentials to President M Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban in the city on Thursday. The envoys present in the credential ceremony were: Ambassadors of Croatia and Venezuela, and...