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Cautionary signal 1 for river ports

Cautionary signal 1 for river ports

-- 2018-05-21 13:06:27

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has issued warning signal number one for river ports of 18 districts in the country. The warning has been issued for Rangpur, Rajshahi, Pabna, Bogura, Tanga...

Queen South Textile’s share price soaring sans PSI

Queen South Textile’s share price soaring sans PSI

FE Online Report 2018-05-21 12:21:41

Share price of Queen South Textile Ltd is soaring without any price sensitive information (PSI) as the company’s price surged further by 2.78 per cent Sunday. Within four trading sessions, the...

War crimes convict Mahidur dies at RMCH

War crimes convict Mahidur dies at RMCH

-- 2018-05-21 11:18:21

A war crimes convict of Chapainawabganj has died early Monday while undergoing treatment Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital. Mahidur Rahman, 88, was sentenced to jail unto death on May 20, 2015 fo...

'Micro-merchants' have limited access to finance

'Micro-merchants' have limited access to finance

Jasim Uddin Haroon 2018-05-21 11:01:35

Bangladesh has over 1.1 million 'micro-merchants' engaged in fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) trade with estimated annual sales of over US$ 18.35 billion a year, according to a study conducted by t...

Nine die in anti-drugs crackdown

Nine die in anti-drugs crackdown

FE Online Desk 2018-05-21 10:58:26

Amid an anti-narcotics crackdown across the country, nine suspected drug traders were killed in separate ‘gunfights’ with law enforcers in Chuadanga, Rajshahi, Narsingdi, Jhenidah, Tangail...

Banks' VAT collection from overseas ads under scrutiny

Banks' VAT collection from overseas ads under scrutiny

Doulot Akter Mala 2018-05-21 10:06:37

The VAT authorities have made an initiative to scrutinise major commercial banks' VAT collection from overseas payment of advertisement bills on Facebook, YouTube and other online networks. To this...

Tea workers demand Tk 300 as daily wage

Tea workers demand Tk 300 as daily wage

-- 2018-05-20 21:47:10

The Sylhet unit of Bangladesh Tea Workers’ Federation demanded Tk 300 as the daily wage of tea workers. The Federation leaders came up with the demand at a rally organised at Shaheed Minar mark...

Traders making vermicelli in unhealthy environment

Traders making vermicelli in unhealthy environment

Our Correspondent 2018-05-20 21:38:20

Vermicelli is one of the most lucrative food items during the month of Ramadan and Eid festivals.  As the demands of vermicelli increased during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, a section of dishonest t...

Three get death over Keraniganj businessman murder

Three get death over Keraniganj businessman murder

-- 2018-05-20 20:51:13

A court in Dhaka has awarded death penalty to three people in a case filed over killing a businessman for extortion in Keraniganj in 2006. The condemned convicts are Maruf Hossain, 24; Titu, 21; and...

PM vows to eradicate drug menace

PM vows to eradicate drug menace

-- 2018-05-20 20:35:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her government's firm stance against drugs to completely eradicate the menace from the country. "We have contained militancy. Now, we've taken an initiative to...

BD needs more time to get data on marine resources

BD needs more time to get data on marine resources

-- 2018-05-20 20:30:03

Bangladesh will have to wait for two-three years more to get the reliable data on fish resources in the Bay of Bengal even though high-tech ocean survey vessel has successfully continued its assessmen...

Police recovers dead body at Uttara

Police recovers dead body at Uttara

FE Online Report 2018-05-20 20:12:28

A microbus driver was found dead at the capital’s Uttara (west) on Saturday night with multiple knife injury marks in his body. The incident took place near the Switch Gate area of Uttara, sect...

Cargo vessel salvage work resumes near Sundarbans

Cargo vessel salvage work resumes near Sundarbans

-- 2018-05-20 20:11:54

Rescue team have started work to salvage capsized coal-laden cargo vessel in Pashur River of Sundarbans under Mongla upazila in Bagerhat. They resumed operation on Sunday after a suspension of nine d...

President hosts iftar for freedom fighters

President hosts iftar for freedom fighters

-- 2018-05-20 19:41:09

President Abdul Hamid on Sunday hosted an Iftar Mahfil in honour of freedom fighters, family members of Birshresthas, orphans, religious scholars and Bangabhaban officials. President went around diff...

ACC set to conduct sudden drives to check bribery

ACC set to conduct sudden drives to check bribery

-- 2018-05-20 19:36:14

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is set to conduct sudden inspections to public offices aimed at checking bribery and ensuring hassle free services to the people. As part of the initiative, the l...

Detectives arrest four with 0.1m yaba tablets in city

Detectives arrest four with 0.1m yaba tablets in city

-- 2018-05-20 19:36:12

Members of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested four suspected drug dealers along with 0.1 million (100,000) pieces of Yaba tablets from Airport area in the city on Saturd...

DU students seize four buses protesting ‘sexual harassment’ in bus

DU students seize four buses protesting ‘sexual harassment’ in bus

-- 2018-05-20 19:26:52

Students of Dhaka University (DU) on Sunday seized four buses of Trust Paribahan on the campus, protesting 'sexual harassment' to a female student of the university by a staff of the transport company...

51.13pc females vulnerable to cybercrimes: Study

51.13pc females vulnerable to cybercrimes: Study

-- 2018-05-20 18:25:50

A study has found that around 73.71 per cent victims of cybercrimes - both male and female - are aged between 18 and 30 years. Conducted by Cyber Crime Awareness Foundation, the report found that amo...

Amu asks BSTI to strengthen anti-adulteration drive during Ramadan

Amu asks BSTI to strengthen anti-adulteration drive during Ramadan

-- 2018-05-20 18:03:32

Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Sunday asked the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) to intensify their anti-adulteration drives across the country for ensuring safe food durin...

Parliament gets Tk 3.325b budget for next FY

Parliament gets Tk 3.325b budget for next FY

-- 2018-05-20 18:02:37

The Parliament Secretariat Commission on Sunday approved a Tk 3.325 billion budget for development and non-development expenditures in next fiscal year (2018-19). The approval was given at the 29th m...

UNFPA executive director due Monday

UNFPA executive director due Monday

-- 2018-05-20 17:58:32

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Executive Director and Under-Secretary-General Dr Natalia Kanem will arrive in Dhaka on Monday on a four-day visit. During her first visit to Bangladesh as Exec...

Workforce productivity subpar in BD: Study

Workforce productivity subpar in BD: Study

-- 2018-05-20 17:30:21

A study has found that workforce productivity in Bangladesh are still very low comparing to that of many other countries. Mismatch between education and occupation has also got its impact on such low...

800MW power project in Khulna awaits Ecnec nod

800MW power project in Khulna awaits Ecnec nod

-- 2018-05-20 17:25:09

The government has undertaken a big move to set up a 800MW combined cycle power plant on the abandoned land of Khulna Newsprint Mills Limited to meet the growing demand of power in the country. "The...

‘Bangabandhu-1’ to reach orbit within two-three days

‘Bangabandhu-1’ to reach orbit within two-three days

-- 2018-05-20 17:10:46

Bangabandhu-1, the first commercial satellite of the country, will reach its orbit within two to three days, said Bangabandhu-I project director Mohammad Mesbahuzzaman. "After successful launching, t...

BNP accuses law enforcers of killing spree

BNP accuses law enforcers of killing spree

-- 2018-05-20 15:59:39

Voicing deep concern over the growing incidents of extrajudicial killing, BNP on Sunday said it seems law enforcers are on a killing spree. "A killing spree is going on in the name of gunfights acros...

Khaleda files bail pleas with HC in three cases

Khaleda files bail pleas with HC in three cases

-- 2018-05-20 14:18:54

The lawyers of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia have filed separate petitions with the High Court (HC) seeking her bail in three cases. Among the cases, two were filed in Cumilla on charge of plotting to...

Police retrieve body of drowned woman

Police retrieve body of drowned woman

-- 2018-05-20 13:28:02

The body of an elderly woman who drowned while taking bath in a canal in the municipality area in Jhenidah was recovered on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Anwara Khatun, 78, wife of E...

Muktamoni in critical condition at her home

Muktamoni in critical condition at her home

-- 2018-05-20 13:10:45

The physical condition of 12-year-old Muktamoni, who was diagnosed with a tumour in her hand in August 2017, is critical. Muktamoni's father Ibrahim Hossain, a grocery shop owner of Kamarbaisa villag...

Biman to get one Dreamliner in August

Biman to get one Dreamliner in August

Kamrun Nahar 2018-05-20 12:08:53

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has been planning its new routes with the state-of-the art aircraft Dreamliner 787 and 737 mainly in European and Asian market, a top Biman official said. The national flag...

Growers start plucking mangoes in Rajshahi

Growers start plucking mangoes in Rajshahi

-- 2018-05-20 11:59:06

Plucking of mangos, the highest juicy and delicious fruit of the summer season, has begun at different orchards in Rajshahi district. Mango growers in different upazilas of the district have started...