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ICRC President Peter arrives in city

ICRC President Peter arrives in city

-- 2018-06-30 17:40:22

President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer arrived in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon to observe ICRC's work in Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar. Before his arrival in cit...

Police arrest 39 JCD men in Kushtia

Police arrest 39 JCD men in Kushtia

-- 2018-06-30 17:31:27

Police arrested 39 leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) while they were allegedly planning sabotage at the house of a BNP central leader in Kushtia on Friday night. JCD Kushtia dis...

'We can implement 90pc of budget from own resources'

'We can implement 90pc of budget from own resources'

-- 2018-06-30 16:37:43

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh’s economy is now strong enough to implement 90 per cent of its annual budget from its own resources. The Awami League president came up with the...

Criminal dies in Jashore ‘gunfight’ hours after arrest

Criminal dies in Jashore ‘gunfight’ hours after arrest

-- 2018-06-30 16:17:39

A man has been killed in an alleged shootout with police in Jashore. The shootout occurred in Jhikargachha upazila’s Kayamkulam Baghmara in Jashore early Saturday, said Fakir Azizur Rahman, loc...

No citizenship guarantee for Rohingyas in UN-Myanmar deal

No citizenship guarantee for Rohingyas in UN-Myanmar deal

-- 2018-06-30 14:56:42

Rohingya refugees returning to Myanmar will have no explicit guarantees of citizenship or freedom of movement throughout the country, under a secret agreement between the government and the United Nat...

‘BCL’ attack on quota reform movement leaders leaves six injured

‘BCL’ attack on quota reform movement leaders leaves six injured

-- 2018-06-30 14:09:25

At least six leaders of Bangladesh General Students' Rights Protection Council were injured in an attack allegedly by some Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists on Dhaka University campus on Satur...

Cops recover bullet riddled body of youth

Cops recover bullet riddled body of youth

-- 2018-06-30 13:39:51

Police recovered the bullet riddled body of a young man from Kayemkhola intersection in Jhikargachha upazila headquarters under Jashore region on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Zahi...

Medical malpractice ends child’s life in Chattogram

Medical malpractice ends child’s life in Chattogram

-- 2018-06-30 13:26:56

A two-year-old child has died due to alleged medical malpractice at a private clinic in Chattogram. Police detained a doctor-on-duty and a nurse after the child passed away at Max Hospital late on Fr...

KCC takes fresh move to end city waterlogging

KCC takes fresh move to end city waterlogging

-- 2018-06-30 13:04:45

Khulna City Corporation (KCC) has worked out a Tk 8.4384 billion mega project, aiming to resolve the city's perennial waterlogging problem. A proposal for the project titled 'Drainage system developm...

Two minor siblings die after drowning in B’baria

Two minor siblings die after drowning in B’baria

-- 2018-06-30 12:25:50

Two siblings drowned in a pond at Modhhaparain Akhaura upazila in Brahmanbaria on Friday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Jannat, 8, and Sayeed, 6, daughter and son of Masuk Mia of the area...

UNHCR chief, UN Special Rapporteur in city

UNHCR chief, UN Special Rapporteur in city

-- 2018-06-30 11:53:25

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Yanghee Lee arrived in Dhaka on Friday. They will visit Rohingya cam...

Customs officials detain man with 22 gold bars

Customs officials detain man with 22 gold bars

-- 2018-06-30 11:40:20

Customs Officials detained a man along with 22 gold bars weighing around 2.5kg from Sylhet Osmani International Airport on Saturday morning. The arrestee has been identified as Sadikur Rahman Samu, 4...

Joypurhat road mishap kills Polytechnic teacher

Joypurhat road mishap kills Polytechnic teacher

-- 2018-06-30 11:12:55

A female teacher of a polytechnic institute was killed when a battery-run auto-rickshaw carrying her collided with a speeding bus on Joypurhat-Mangalbari road in Khanjanpur PDB area in Joypurhat distr...

Outstanding debt of SoEs swells in May

Outstanding debt of SoEs swells in May

FE Report 2018-06-30 10:09:03

The outstanding loans of government firms to state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs) increased in May by Tk 2.42 billion over the previous month, statistics show. With the increase, the total outstandin...

Move to tap potential of mung bean export to Japan

Move to tap potential of mung bean export to Japan

Talha Bin Habib 2018-06-30 10:03:38

A move is underway to increase export of mung bean to Japan considering its huge potential in the Japanese market, officials said. As part of the move, a Japanese business delegation is going to have...

Road building cost likely to go up by 18pc

Road building cost likely to go up by 18pc

Munima Sultana 2018-06-30 09:55:20

Per-kilometre road construction cost is likely to increase by 18 per cent in the country due to a new schedule of rates, sources said. Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has taken the move for makin...

Two die in Mymensingh road crash

Two die in Mymensingh road crash

-- 2018-06-29 20:36:52

Two people have died in a road accident on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Trishal upazila of Mymensingh on Friday. UNB says, 15 others were injured in the accident when a bus overturned at Signboard are...

Customs officials detain man with 13 gold bars

Customs officials detain man with 13 gold bars

-- 2018-06-29 20:31:53

Customs officials detained a man along with 13 gold bars at Darshana check-post in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga on Friday. The arrestee was identified as Delwar Hossain, 50, son of late Umed Sheikh...

RAB detains three with Yaba tablets

RAB detains three with Yaba tablets

-- 2018-06-29 20:28:02

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three alleged drug peddlers along with 19,000 Yaba tablets from a bus in Chattogram on Friday. The arrestees were identified as Md Sabuj, 32, Palash Mondal,...

Committee makes 11-point recommendation to save Halda River

Committee makes 11-point recommendation to save Halda River

-- 2018-06-29 19:05:43

Halda River Protection Committee has put forward an 11-point recommendation to save the Halda River, the largest fish spawning ground in the country.  The recommendation came following the recen...

277 road crashes leave 339 dead during Eid holidays

277 road crashes leave 339 dead during Eid holidays

-- 2018-06-29 17:27:18

The Jatri Kalyan Samity (JSK) has said 339 people died in 277 road accidents during Eid journeys of this year throughout Bangladesh. The total death toll from roads, railways and waterways was 405 in...

China to facilitate early repatriation of Rohingyas

China to facilitate early repatriation of Rohingyas

-- 2018-06-29 17:13:12

China will facilitate early repatriation of Rohingyas from Bangladeshi and the country will provide support to improve the resettlement environment in Rakhine state of Myanmar. The assurance came dur...

'Avoid remarks that may hurt relations'

'Avoid remarks that may hurt relations'

-- 2018-06-29 17:02:31

Apparently reacting to US Ambassador's comments on Bangladesh elections, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quaderon urged all to avoid such remarks that may hurt friendly relations between t...

Former UP member dies in Kurigram road crash

Former UP member dies in Kurigram road crash

-- 2018-06-29 16:49:03

A former UP member was killed as a pick-up hit him in Sonahat land port area in Bhurungamari upazila of Kurigram on Friday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Majid, 50, a former member of Sonahat...

Non-govt teachers threaten tougher movement

Non-govt teachers threaten tougher movement

-- 2018-06-29 15:56:31

Teachers and employees of non-government educational institutions threatened tougher movement if their demand for nationalsation of non-govt educational institutions is not met. Bangladesh Non-Govern...

Padma Bridge now more visible with fifth span installation

Padma Bridge now more visible with fifth span installation

-- 2018-06-29 15:23:25

Around 750 metres of the long-awaited Padma Bridge is now visible following the installation of 5th span (superstructure) on pillar no 41 and 42 on Friday. The span was installed at Jajira point of S...

BD HC in Abuja starts MRP, MRV services

BD HC in Abuja starts MRP, MRV services

FE Online Desk 2018-06-29 15:11:29

High Commission of Bangladesh in Nigeria has started Machine Readable Passport (MRP) and Machine Readable Visa (MRV) services in country’s capital Abuja. Md Shameem Ahsan, Bangladesh High Com...

British minister of state arrives in city

British minister of state arrives in city

-- 2018-06-29 12:48:42

Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Mark Field arrived in Dhaka on Friday on a three-day visit to discuss various issues, including trade and Rohingya...

WB approves $480m support for Rohingyas

WB approves $480m support for Rohingyas

-- 2018-06-29 12:37:07

The World Bank has said it would provide up to $480 million in grant-based support to Bangladesh to address the needs of Rohingyas including health, education, water, sanitation and social protection....

Cops arrest 22 in Habiganj

Cops arrest 22 in Habiganj

-- 2018-06-29 11:54:21

Police and members of the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) detained 22 people including four drug traders, 10 wanted accused and eight accused in regular cases from different areas of Habiganj di...