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RMG workers threaten tougher movement if minimum wage not fixed at Tk 16,000

RMG workers threaten tougher movement if minimum wage not fixed at Tk 16,000

-- 2018-07-05 19:42:34

Garment Workers on Thursday threatened a tougher movement if their demand of fixing minimum wage at Tk 16,000 is not met at the owners’ and workers’ representatives meeting scheduled to be...

PM asks PGR members to maintain chain of command

PM asks PGR members to maintain chain of command

-- 2018-07-05 19:23:23

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked members of the President Guard Regiment (PGR) to discharge their responsibilities and maintain the chain of command to achieve their desired goals. The...

UNHCR urges greater support for Rohingyas

UNHCR urges greater support for Rohingyas

-- 2018-07-05 18:53:29

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, called for greater international support and solidarity for the nearly one million Rohingya refugees and their Bangladeshi hosts. To date, the U...

Customs seize abandoned Land Cruiser at Gulshan

Customs seize abandoned Land Cruiser at Gulshan

-- 2018-07-05 18:41:11

Customs intelligence and investigation directorate (CIID) officials seized an abandoned posh car from Gulshan area in the capital on Thursday morning. A team of CIID conducted a drive on road no-112...

Probe body finds 11 irregularities at Ctg Max Hospital

Probe body finds 11 irregularities at Ctg Max Hospital

-- 2018-07-05 18:18:19

The probe committee, formed by the Health Ministry over the death of three-year-old Raifa Khan at Max Hospital in Chattogram due to 'wrong treatment', found a total of 11 irregularities in the hospita...

HSC results on July 19

HSC results on July 19

-- 2018-07-05 18:02:30

The results of this year's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations will be published on July 19. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid will hand over the results to Prime Mi...

Dhaka to be made liveable through developing east part: WB

Dhaka to be made liveable through developing east part: WB

-- 2018-07-05 17:08:33

Through swift measures to develop East Dhaka, Bangladesh has a unique opportunity to relieve flooding, congestion, and messiness that are clogging the capital's growth and affecting the quality of lif...

PM promises EU envoy of free, fair election

PM promises EU envoy of free, fair election

-- 2018-07-05 16:37:54

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday assured new ambassador of European Union (EU) of a free, fair and credible general election to be held at the end of this year. “The Awami League had to...

Light to moderate rain likely in 24hrs

Light to moderate rain likely in 24hrs

-- 2018-07-05 15:57:37

Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind and lightning flashes are likely to occur at many places over the country in 24 hours as of 9 am Friday. It may occur at m...

Sujan terms GCC polls as ‘controlled’ one

Sujan terms GCC polls as ‘controlled’ one

FE Online Report 2018-07-05 15:55:24

Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujan), a civil society platform, has termed the Gazipur city corporation (GCC) election as ‘controlled’ one. The platform said the Election Commission played a...

Menon falls during morning walk, hospitalised

Menon falls during morning walk, hospitalised

-- 2018-07-05 15:42:58

Social Welfare Minister Rashed Khan Menon was hospitalised on Thursday following a fall during his morning walk. The Minister sustained injuries in his ‘hip-joint’ as he fell down in fron...

Mirza Fakhrul gets admitted to hospital

Mirza Fakhrul gets admitted to hospital

-- 2018-07-05 15:38:27

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was hospitalised on Thursday morning as he fell sick. He was taken to United Hospital around 8 am, BNP vice-chairman AZM Zahid Hossain told the media...

Courts reject Khaleda’s bail pleas

Courts reject Khaleda’s bail pleas

-- 2018-07-05 12:55:27

Two Dhaka courts have rejected the bail petitions by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two cases— one for celebrating ‘fake’ birthday and another for undermining the national flag. Dha...

RAB detains 27 drug suspects in Rajshahi

RAB detains 27 drug suspects in Rajshahi

-- 2018-07-05 12:48:22

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested 27 more suspects in Rajshahi on Wednesday and they were sentenced to different terms of jail each by mobile court on charge of drug abuse. On tips-off, teams of...

KCC mayor, councillors take oath at PMO

KCC mayor, councillors take oath at PMO

-- 2018-07-05 12:22:30

Newly elected mayor of Khulna City Corporation and councillors took oath at a function at Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in Dhaka on Thursday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina administered the oath...

Tk 20,000 fine for begging in cantonment area

Tk 20,000 fine for begging in cantonment area

-- 2018-07-05 11:51:45

Parliament has passed a new law with provisions of fines of Tk 20,000 for offences such as begging, drunkenness and urination in public in cantonments. The other offences that will cause the same amo...

Two die in Naogaon as human hauler turns turtle

Two die in Naogaon as human hauler turns turtle

FE Online Desk 2018-07-05 11:41:33

Two people were killed and six others injured when a human hauler (locally known as Votvoti) overturned on Dhamoirhat road at Kokiler Mor in Naogaon district early Thursday. The deceased have been id...

Farhad murder suspects die in ‘shootout’

Farhad murder suspects die in ‘shootout’

-- 2018-07-05 11:39:20

Two suspects in Awami League leader Farhad Hossain murder case was killed in a reported gunfight with detectives in Uttar Badda area in Dhaka early Thursday. The deceased were identified as Nurul Isl...

Call to launch Sukuk for liquidity management

Call to launch Sukuk for liquidity management

FE Report 2018-07-05 11:27:17

Experts at a seminar on Wednesday called for introducing 'Sukuk' in the country as it can help the Islamic banks mobilise fund while managing liquidity. Sukuk means Islamic securities that are often...

Sesame cultivation expanding across Bogura district

Sesame cultivation expanding across Bogura district

Our Correspondent 2018-07-05 00:46:20

BOGURA, July 04: Sesame farmers of the district are expecting a bumper yield this season. Officials at the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) have encouraged the marginal farmer to grow the...

Flood situation worsens in five districts

Flood situation worsens in five districts

-- 2018-07-04 20:45:52

Heavy rainfall and onrush of water from the upstream submerged low-lying areas in Rangamati, Khagrachhari, Sylhet, Sunamganj and Nilphamari districts. Various parts of Barkol and Bilaichhari upazilas...

Parliament passes bill to give BMD legal shape

Parliament passes bill to give BMD legal shape

-- 2018-07-04 19:58:40

A bill titled, 'Abhawa Ain, 2018', first such legal framework in the country to deal with the issues relating to the meteorological activities, was passed in Parliamenton Wednesday. The Bill which wa...

Railway engineer caught while taking bribe

Railway engineer caught while taking bribe

-- 2018-07-04 19:55:33

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested an engineer of Bangladesh Railway's Kulaura section while taking bribe from an employee at the Kulaura Railway Station in the district. The detainee...

Rainfall disrupts services at Cox’s Bazar airport

Rainfall disrupts services at Cox’s Bazar airport

-- 2018-07-04 19:47:32

Heavy rainfall disrupted flight operations at Cox's Bazar airport on Wednesday, an aviation official has said. “Flights from the airport have been hit badly. Two flights returned to Chattogram...

Six BD workers die in Saudi Arabia road accident

Six BD workers die in Saudi Arabia road accident

-- 2018-07-04 19:16:30

At least six Bangladeshis were killed in a road accident in Jeddah of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. Nazrul Islam, deputy chief of mission at the Bangladesh Embassy in Riyadh, said several others were in...

President asks PGR to ensure foolproof security

President asks PGR to ensure foolproof security

-- 2018-07-04 18:58:47

President Abdul Hamid on Wednesday laid emphasis on acquiring the expertise of IT and strategic development, including time-befitting training, to ensure the foolproof security in any circumstances....

MPO process to begin soon: PM

MPO process to begin soon: PM

-- 2018-07-04 18:43:25

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has assured of taking steps to bring the private educational institutions under monthly payment order (MPO) scheme following the MPO policy-2018. Sheikh Hasina said this...

'BD to get a position in shortest possible time'

'BD to get a position in shortest possible time'

-- 2018-07-04 18:06:12

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government is striving to take country to a position in a shortest possible time. “Bangladesh has lost many years without any visible national progress...

Journalists condemn NOAB for wage board 'conspiracy'

Journalists condemn NOAB for wage board 'conspiracy'

-- 2018-07-04 17:39:52

Leaders of journalist unions have come together in denouncing steps by the Newspaper Owners Association of Bangladesh or NOAB to derail a new wage plan for news media workers, reports bdnews24.com Th...

22 MNP set to serve cell phone users from August

22 MNP set to serve cell phone users from August

-- 2018-07-04 17:25:35

The much awaited mobile number portability (MNP) service is almost ready to serve the country’s mobile phone customers from August onwards. The assigned firm, Infozillion BD Teletech Consortium...