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Three workers die in Sylhet stone quarries

Three workers die in Sylhet stone quarries

-- 2018-03-28 11:08:49

Three workers were killed in two separate incidents while extracting stones from a quarry in Lampapani area of Jaflong and Companiganj upazila in Sylhet on Tuesday. The deceased have been identified...

Child injured in Mirpur sceptic tank blast dies

Child injured in Mirpur sceptic tank blast dies

-- 2018-03-28 10:54:25

A three-year-old child who was burned in a septic tank blast in Mirpur area died in the early hours of Wednesday. Ruhi was among the five people admitted with critical injuries to the Dhaka Medical C...

Bumper brinjal yield brings tears to farmers, smiles to middlemen

Bumper brinjal yield brings tears to farmers, smiles to middlemen

FE Report 2018-03-28 10:52:20

Bumper harvest of brinjal has posed problems for farmers in many districts this season in the absence of proper marketing facility and government intervention in ensuring fair price for their produce....

Benefits of food production boom bypass poor

Benefits of food production boom bypass poor

FE Report 2018-03-28 10:38:39

Bangladesh is one of the worst countries in the world where around 44 per cent of Bangladeshi women suffers from anaemia due to lower intake of nutritious food, according to a report. The report also...

Dhaka-Kolkata freight train misses debut trip on misstep

Dhaka-Kolkata freight train misses debut trip on misstep

Syful Islam 2018-03-28 10:30:51

A freight train ready for trial run from Kolkata to Dhaka Tuesday missed its debut trip as Bangladeshi customs reportedly didn't show the green flag. The train of Container Corporation of India Ltd (...

Apiculture kindles hopes of N-region farmers

Apiculture kindles hopes of N-region farmers

Our Correspondent 2018-03-27 23:56:38

RANGPUR, Mar 27: Apiculture has ushered in a new hope to the farmers of Rangpur region in recent times. According to sources honey collection through beekeeping in mustard and pumpkin fields and mang...

'Stay alert against those trying to stage comeback upsetting spirit of independence'

'Stay alert against those trying to stage comeback upsetting spirit of independence'

-- 2018-03-27 23:21:10

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the countrymen to remain vigilant against those who are trying to stage a comeback upsetting the spirit of independence.“Stay alert against anti-libe...

Empower women politically: Tarana

Empower women politically: Tarana

-- 2018-03-27 22:56:49

State Minister for Information Tarana Halim has underscored the need for empowering women not only in the economic arena but also in the political arena to ensure women empowerment in true sense."Poli...

Govt not to allow fish import: Minister

Govt not to allow fish import: Minister

-- 2018-03-27 22:21:51

The government will not allow fish import for protecting the local fisheries industry, says the fisheries and livestock minister."We need to discourage import of fishes and milk power for producing ad...

DNCC demolishes illegal structures in Dhanmondi

DNCC demolishes illegal structures in Dhanmondi

-- 2018-03-27 21:26:10

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Tuesday removed two shops and one passenger's shed at Satmasjid Road in the city's Dhanmondi area. A DNCC team, led by its Executive Magistrate Sajid Anwar, con...

'BNP made Bangladesh champion in corruption for five times'

'BNP made Bangladesh champion in corruption for five times'

-- 2018-03-27 21:00:20

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said BNP made Bangladesh the world champion in corruption for five times. The Prime Minister also alleged that BNP had hired a special agency to level corruption char...

Oil tanker ends up in city

Oil tanker ends up in city

-- 2018-03-27 20:55:33

An oil tanker of Jamuna Petroleum Company Limited mounted a median strip in the city's Shahbagh area on Tuesday. Witnesses said the Tangail-bound oil tanker carrying 8,000 litres of oil from Jamuna N...

Khulna jute mill catches fire

Khulna jute mill catches fire

-- 2018-03-27 20:25:45

A fire has engulfed the warehouses of privately-owned FR Jute Mill in Khulna city. Khanjahan Ali Police Station OC Md Liakat Ali said the fire originated at a warehouse where the mill stored yarn aro...

Two Bangladeshis ranked in Forbes’ 30 under 30 social entrepreneurs

Two Bangladeshis ranked in Forbes’ 30 under 30 social entrepreneurs

-- 2018-03-27 20:10:24

Two Bangladeshis have been put on the 2018 version of Forbes Magazine's 30 Under 30 Asia list for their contributions towards solving problems through their business initiatives. The two young men ar...

Japan to provide funds for three human security projects

Japan to provide funds for three human security projects

-- 2018-03-27 19:51:07

The government of Japan will extended grants to three Bangladeshi non-government organisations (NGOs) for grassroots human security projects (GGHSPs). Japanese Ambassador in Dhaka Hiroyasu Izumi sign...

HC rejects writ against anthem contest in madrasas

HC rejects writ against anthem contest in madrasas

-- 2018-03-27 19:29:33

The High Court has rejected a writ petition challenging a government direction seeking the educational institutes including madrasas to hold national anthem competition in the institutes. A bench of...

Journalist Rahman Jahangir in eternal rest

Journalist Rahman Jahangir in eternal rest

FE Online Desk 2018-03-27 19:25:00

Noted journalist Rahman Jahangir was laid to eternal rest at his family graveyard at Masunda village under Matlab South upazila in Chandpur on Tuesday. He was buried following a namaz-e-janaza around...

Government committed to improve film industry: Inu

Government committed to improve film industry: Inu

-- 2018-03-27 18:33:55

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu Tuesday assured film exhibitors of government’s support for the improvement of the industry.   He game the commitment while speaking to a delegation of...

Plane crash victim Shahin Bepari laid to rest

Plane crash victim Shahin Bepari laid to rest

-- 2018-03-27 18:32:20

US-Bangla plane crash victim Shahin Bepari was laid to eternal rest in Siddhirganj in Narayanganj on Monday night. He died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in the capital while undergoing tre...

Comilla road crash leaves two dead

Comilla road crash leaves two dead

-- 2018-03-27 18:06:06

A truck driver and his assistant were killed in a collision between two trucks on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway at Sonakathia area under Chauddagram upazila in Comilla on Tuesday. The deceased were identi...

Five suffer burn injuries from septic tank blast

Five suffer burn injuries from septic tank blast

-- 2018-03-27 18:00:45

Five people suffered burn injuries in a fire that broke out following a blast inside a septic tank in Mirpur area of Dhaka. The injured were identified as land owner Yakub Ali, 70, his wife Hasin Ara...

ICT keeps verdict pending against four Moulvibazar men

ICT keeps verdict pending against four Moulvibazar men

-- 2018-03-27 17:54:10

The International Crimes Tribunal has completed hearing a case filed against four Moulvibazar men for allegedly committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. The three-member...

Indian citizen among 2 held with gold

Indian citizen among 2 held with gold

-- 2018-03-27 17:47:28

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two people, including an Indian national, and recovered 5.800 kgs of gold in Sharsha upazila of Jessore on Tuesday. The BGB men arrested the Indian c...

Coaching centres to remain closed from Thursday

Coaching centres to remain closed from Thursday

-- 2018-03-27 17:46:03

The government has decided to keep coaching centres across the country closed from Thursday. The decision was taken apparently to prevent the question paper leak during the upcoming Higher Secondary...

Bangladesh condemns Houthi missile attacks aimed at Saudi

Bangladesh condemns Houthi missile attacks aimed at Saudi

-- 2018-03-27 17:33:31

Bangladesh has strongly condemned the recent multiple ballistic missile attacks by the Houthi rebels aimed at Riyadh and other bordering cities of South Western parts of Saudi Arabia. The missile att...

It is for DMP chief to decide: Minister on BNP rally

It is for DMP chief to decide: Minister on BNP rally

-- 2018-03-27 17:11:03

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday said the Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will decide whether BNP will get permission for holding its planned rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the...

Five suffer burn injuries in city reservoir blast

Five suffer burn injuries in city reservoir blast

-- 2018-03-27 16:40:07

At least five people, including two women and a child, sustained burn injuries as an underground reservoir of a house exploded and caught fire in the city's Pallabi area on Tuesday. The victims are Y...

Cops detain JL leader over attack in AL meeting

Cops detain JL leader over attack in AL meeting

-- 2018-03-27 15:22:55

A Jubo League leader from Khulna city was arrested on Monday night in connection with an attack in Satkhira district town at a discussion meeting arranged by Awami League marking Independence Day. Th...

PM stresses rainwater utilisation for development

PM stresses rainwater utilisation for development

-- 2018-03-27 14:35:35

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged all concerned to create reservoirs to harvest rainwater during monsoon to utilise it for the development of the country. "We've to work out a plan for creating...

Biman flight misses arrival schedule at Shahjalal Airport

Biman flight misses arrival schedule at Shahjalal Airport

FE Online Report 2018-03-27 14:27:01

A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines failed to meet its arrival schedule at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Tuesday. BG 226 from Doha was scheduled to arrive at the airport at&...