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Lightning kills two in Rangpur

Lightning kills two in Rangpur

-- 2018-06-08 11:39:36

Two people including a woman were killed by two separate lightning strikes in Badarganj upazila in Rangpur on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Aysha Khatun, 50, of Shahpur Masterpara villag...

Implement recommendations  by Annan Commission: US to Myanmar

Implement recommendations by Annan Commission: US to Myanmar

-- 2018-06-08 11:33:50

The US has urged the Myanmar government to fulfill its commitment to work with UNHCR and UNDP to implement the recommendations of the Kofi Annan-led Advisory Commission on Rakhine State. "We welcome...

BNP rejects budget, calls it polls-oriented

BNP rejects budget, calls it polls-oriented

-- 2018-06-08 10:16:37

BNP has rejected the proposed national budget for the fiscal 2018-19, describing it as an anti-people one. Two BNP senior leaders -- Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain and Barrister Moudud Ahmed -- came up...

Good market prices delight bottle gourd peasants

Good market prices delight bottle gourd peasants

Roving Correspondent 2018-06-07 22:07:20

JOYPURHAT, Jun 07: A good number of peasants in the district are happy over good market prices of bottle gourd this season. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said farmers...

Home loan policy for public servants to be effective from 2018-19FY

Home loan policy for public servants to be effective from 2018-19FY

-- 2018-06-07 21:22:25

Government employees can get loans for the construction of house or purchase of flats anywhere in the country as a policy guideline has already been formulated for providing such loan from the banking...

Four killed in separate road crashes in Tangail

Four killed in separate road crashes in Tangail

-- 2018-06-07 20:55:34

Four people were killed and three others injured in separate road accidents in Kalihati and Mirzapur upazila of Tangail on Thursday. In Kalihati upazila, truck driver Ashikur 22, son of Rabiul of Pac...

Shab-e-Qadar holiday on June 13

Shab-e-Qadar holiday on June 13

-- 2018-06-07 20:50:24

The government has rescheduled public holiday for holy Shab-e-Qadar to June 13 (Wednesday) instead of June 12 (Tuesday) in an executive order. In a circular of Public Administration Ministry on June...

Mother, son crushed under train in Tangail

Mother, son crushed under train in Tangail

-- 2018-06-07 20:12:10

A woman and her son were crushed under a train in Gorasin area under Sadar upazila in Tangail on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Brishti Akhter, 23, wife of Saudi Arabia expatriate Shahin M...

Budget FY19: Prices up, prices down

Budget FY19: Prices up, prices down

-- 2018-06-07 19:56:49

Different products will be costlier and cheaper as Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday in the new budget proposed some changes to tariff on those. Besides, the finance minister also proposed impo...

Govt formulating law to provide professional safeguards to doctors

Govt formulating law to provide professional safeguards to doctors

FE Online Report 2018-06-07 18:55:06

The government is reforming a law to provide professional safeguard to the doctors and for providing quality services to the patients. To this end, the government is formulating ‘Medical Servic...

Hybrid cars to become cheaper

Hybrid cars to become cheaper

-- 2018-06-07 18:33:49

Hybrid cars will be cheaper in the next fiscal year as the government has decided to reduce the supplementary duty considering energy efficient and environment-friendly means of transport. Finance Mi...

BD targets 7.8pc GDP growth

BD targets 7.8pc GDP growth

-- 2018-06-07 18:25:02

Bangladesh has targeted 7.8 per cent GDP growth in the new fiscal year. In his budget speech, Finance Minister AMA Muhith stressed the importance of increasing government revenue in the Tk 4.65 trill...

Muhith places Tk 4.64 trillion budget at JS 

Muhith places Tk 4.64 trillion budget at JS 

-- 2018-06-07 18:15:26

Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday placed 2018-19 fiscal's proposed national budget with a financial outlay of Tk 4.64 trillion (Tk 4,64,573 crore) and a 7.8 per cent GDP growth projection. ...

Baishakhi, Victory Day allowances for FFs from next FY

Baishakhi, Victory Day allowances for FFs from next FY

-- 2018-06-07 17:19:08

The government has planned to provide Baishakhi and Victory Day allowances for freedom fighters from the next fiscal year. "Boishakhi allowances and the Victory Day allowances will be provided to fre...

Natore court sentences two to life for murdering friend

Natore court sentences two to life for murdering friend

-- 2018-06-07 15:34:38

A court in Natore on Thursday sentenced two young men to life term imprisonment for killing their friend in Gurudashpur upazila in 2015. The lifers are Maruf and Fahad. According to the case stateme...

Detectives arrest two ‘robbers’ in Satkhira

Detectives arrest two ‘robbers’ in Satkhira

-- 2018-06-07 14:26:33

Detectives in a drive arrested two suspected robbers along with arms and ammunition at Choygharia in Sadar upazila of Satkhira early Thursday. The arrestees were identified as Mozaffar Hossain, 38, s...

Customs detectives detain two with 19 gold bars

Customs detectives detain two with 19 gold bars

-- 2018-06-07 14:21:09

Customs Intelligence officials arrested two people with 19 gold bars weighing 2.25 kg from Darshana Joynagar Checkpost in Damurhuda upazila on Thursday. The arrestees have been identified as Nurul Is...

Journalist Pranab Saha dies aged 66

Journalist Pranab Saha dies aged 66

-- 2018-06-07 12:23:59

Journalist Pranab Saha, joint editor of Channel i, died of old-age complications at a hospital in Dhaka on Thursday. He was 66. He breathed his last around 6:15 am at Labaid Hospital. Pranab Saha, a...

Historic Six-point Demand Day being observed

Historic Six-point Demand Day being observed

-- 2018-06-07 11:58:17

The historic Six-point Demand Day is being observed in the country today (Thursday) in a befitting manner commemorating the placing of the demand for autonomy for the erstwhile East Pakistan. On this...

‘Drug trader’ dies in ‘shootout’ with police in Bhairab

‘Drug trader’ dies in ‘shootout’ with police in Bhairab

-- 2018-06-07 11:52:15

A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Gachtalaghat in Bhairab Municipality area early Thursday. According to the reports, with this recent skirmish, some 110 people...

Call to keep unfit vehicles away from highways to curb Eid mishaps

Call to keep unfit vehicles away from highways to curb Eid mishaps

FE Report 2018-06-07 11:09:47

A passenger welfare platform has called for strictly checking movement of unfit vehicles on the highways to help reduce the number of road accidents during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr vacation. It also...

Fire guts 200 shops in Mymensingh

Fire guts 200 shops in Mymensingh

-- 2018-06-07 10:54:01

At least 200 shops were gutted in a devastating fire that broke out at the hawkers' market in Ganginapar area of Mymensingh district town early Thursday. Fire Service sources said the fire originated...

Two die in Dhamrai road crash

Two die in Dhamrai road crash

-- 2018-06-07 10:51:44

Two people have died and two others sustained injuries when a Jashore-bound private car plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Aricha highway near Bathuli Bus Stand in Dhamrai upazila on early Th...

442 textile, RMG units prone to unrest

442 textile, RMG units prone to unrest

Monira Munni 2018-06-07 10:44:05

Some 442 textile and readymade garment (RMG) factories across the country are 'vulnerable' to labour unrest over payment of wages and festival allowances, officials said. Intelligence agencies record...

RAB releases Imran after questioning

RAB releases Imran after questioning

-- 2018-06-07 10:23:02

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has released Ganajagaran Macha Spokesperson Imran H Sarker hours after he was detained on charges of organising 'unlawful gathering’ at Shahbagh in Dhaka city....

BKMEA seeks Tk 10.50b fund to pay wages

BKMEA seeks Tk 10.50b fund to pay wages

FE Report 2018-06-07 10:22:26

Knitwear manufactures have sought a fund of Tk 10.50 billion from the government to pay wages and allowances to the workers, officials said. Acting president of Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and...

Rohingya relocation plan vexes int'l aid agencies

Rohingya relocation plan vexes int'l aid agencies

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2018-06-07 10:07:08

International humanitarian agencies are "uncomfortable" with the government move to relocate 100,000 Rohingya refugees to the southern Bhasanchar Island. They are concerned that the island itself is...

UN urges BD to halt killings in drug raids

UN urges BD to halt killings in drug raids

-- 2018-06-06 22:49:24

Bangladeshi security forces have shot dead around 130 people and arrested 13,000 in the past three weeks since the government introduced a ‘zero tolerance’ policy against illegal drugs, th...

Short-duration Aus paddy farming  progressing fast

Short-duration Aus paddy farming progressing fast

Our Correspondent 2018-06-06 22:10:32

BOGURA, Jun 06: A good number of peasants of the district are passing busy time growing short-duration Aus paddy. Sources said Aus cultivation is gaining popularity across the area as the governmen...

Commercial mango cultivation gains popularity in Naogaon

Commercial mango cultivation gains popularity in Naogaon

Roving Correspondent 2018-06-06 22:09:12

NAOGAON, Jun 06: Some farmers across the district started farming mango leaving paddy and other crops cultivation during the last few years. Sources said growers have recently begun harvesting the...