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BD-KSA joint body stresses better working conditions for domestic helps

BD-KSA joint body stresses better working conditions for domestic helps

-- 2018-03-15 21:54:44

A joint technical committee of Bangladesh and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Thursday discussed various problems faced by Bangladeshi domestic helps working in the Arab country. It discussed th...

Bodies of four BD peacekeepers arrive in city

Bodies of four BD peacekeepers arrive in city

-- 2018-03-15 20:45:28

The bodies of four Bangladeshi peacekeepers, who were killed in the Mopti region of Mali last month, arrived at the Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday afternoon. Warrant Officer Abul Kalam A...

Standing committee for more drives to curb food adulteration  

Standing committee for more drives to curb food adulteration  

-- 2018-03-15 20:22:26

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Food Ministry on Thursday recommended the government to strengthen mobile drives against food adulteration for ensuring safe food in the country. The body also...

Clinker-laden cargo sinks in Rupsha River

Clinker-laden cargo sinks in Rupsha River

-- 2018-03-15 20:04:38

A cargo vessel carrying 1035 metric tonnes of clinker sank in the middle of the Rupsha River in Khulna on Thursday afternoon. Officer-in-charge of Rupsha Police Station Rafiqul Islam said the cargo v...

Another accused gets bail in Banani rape case

Another accused gets bail in Banani rape case

-- 2018-03-15 20:00:23

A court on Wednesday granted bail to one of the accused in a case filed over raping two private university girls at Banani on March 28 in 2017. The accused is Billal Hossain, car driver of Safat Ahme...

Man commits suicide after ‘killing wife’

Man commits suicide after ‘killing wife’

-- 2018-03-15 19:51:48

A man allegedly committed suicide after killing his wife at Saraspur in Mollahat upazila in Bagerhat on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Imran Biswas, 26, son of Zafor Biswas, and his wife S...

Air crash survivor Shahreen at DMCH

Air crash survivor Shahreen at DMCH

-- 2018-03-15 19:47:53

One of the 10 Bangladeshis who survived the US-Bangla plane crash in Nepal has been brought back to Dhaka. Schoolteacher Shahreen Ahmed, 29, was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital on arrival fro...

PSC recommends 284 candidates for first-class non-cadre posts

PSC recommends 284 candidates for first-class non-cadre posts

-- 2018-03-15 19:43:34

The Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) on Thursday recommended the recruitment of 284 candidates of the 36th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination with the status of first class non-cadre...

Four bodies found floating in the Bay

Four bodies found floating in the Bay

-- 2018-03-15 19:33:19

Four bodies were found floating in the Bay of Bengal near Maheshkhali island in Cox’s Bazar on Thursday. Officer-in-charge of Maheshkhali Police Station Pradip Kumar Das said local fishermen sa...

ACC sues PWD office asst for amassing illegal wealth

ACC sues PWD office asst for amassing illegal wealth

-- 2018-03-15 19:28:50

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed a case against Public Works Department office assistant Selim Mollah for illegally amassing wealth.  Selim was recently arrested for kidnap...

US-Bangla plane crash investigation may take over a year

US-Bangla plane crash investigation may take over a year

-- 2018-03-15 18:13:15

Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB) on Thursday said investigation into the US-Bangla plane crash might take more than a year to complete. "Normally, investigation into any plane crash takes...

BTRC mulls 5G services

BTRC mulls 5G services

-- 2018-03-15 17:45:47

Amid the introduction of fourth generation (4G) mobile phone service in the country last month, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) is now mulling over going for most advanced 5G...

BGB arrests 16 BD nationals at Benapole

BGB arrests 16 BD nationals at Benapole

-- 2018-03-15 17:17:57

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 16 Bangladeshi nationals, including seven women and three children, from Daulatpur border in Benapole on Thursday noon. The arrestees hailed from dif...

BNP’s demo Sunday over Milon’s custodial death

BNP’s demo Sunday over Milon’s custodial death

-- 2018-03-15 17:02:49

BNP leaders and activists will stage demonstrations carrying black badges across the country on Sunday protesting for what the party said the killing of Tejgaon thana Chhatra Dal leader Zakir Hossain...

EC to hold polls to five city corporations by July

EC to hold polls to five city corporations by July

-- 2018-03-15 16:55:23

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda has said five city corporations, including the one in Rajshahi, will go to polls in July next.  "The polls to five city corporations will be held...

Plane crash: Survivor Shahreen returns home

Plane crash: Survivor Shahreen returns home

-- 2018-03-15 16:18:45

Shahreen Ahmed, one of the injured passengers of crashed US-Bangla Airlines flight, has been brought back in Dhaka from Kathmandu of Nepal. Just before her departure from the hospital bed in Kathman...

More schools under MPO in next budget

More schools under MPO in next budget

FE Report 2018-03-15 14:47:26

The government would look to allocate more money in the upcoming budget for bringing more schools under the Monthly Pay Order (MPO) system, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said Wednesday. "The parliame...

ACC files leave to appeal against Khaleda’s bail

ACC files leave to appeal against Khaleda’s bail

-- 2018-03-15 14:40:47

The anti-graft body has filed a leave to appeal petition with the apex court, challenging BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. Anti-Corruption Commission (A...

Eight-member medical team reaches Kathmandu

Eight-member medical team reaches Kathmandu

-- 2018-03-15 14:38:10

A medical team, comprising burn and DNA specialists, reached in Kathmandu on Thursday to assist doctors at Kathmandu Medical College where US-Bangla Plane crash victims have been undergoing treatment....

Rain, thundershowers likely

Rain, thundershowers likely

-- 2018-03-15 14:18:04

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Khulna, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and the region of Comilla...

Four plane crash survivors to return home soon

Four plane crash survivors to return home soon

FE Online Desk 2018-03-15 13:26:50

Relatives will soon bring back home four survivors of the US-Bangla Airlines plane crash in Nepal. No objection certificates have already been issued about this, said the External Publicity Wing of M...

Four detained with 123,000 Yaba pills in city

Four detained with 123,000 Yaba pills in city

-- 2018-03-15 12:03:30

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested four drug peddlers, including a ring leader, along with 123,000 pieces of Yaba pills from Dhaka's west Dhanmondi area on Wednesday night. Tipped off,...

Two die, two hospitalised in Savar

Two die, two hospitalised in Savar

-- 2018-03-15 11:52:43

Two young men died and two others fell sick reportedly after eating homemade 'halua' at a house next to Hashem Plaza, Ashulia in Savar early Thursday. The deceased were identified as Zillu and Motale...

Jhenaidah sees 56 deaths by suicide in two months

Jhenaidah sees 56 deaths by suicide in two months

-- 2018-03-15 11:33:16

A total of 56 people have taken their own lives in Jhenaidah district in January-February. This came out at the monthly meeting on law and order at the deputy commissioner's office on Sunday, said Ja...

Work on savings tools' database begins in July

Work on savings tools' database begins in July

Rezaul Karim 2018-03-15 10:55:46

The government will input all data about investors in savings tools in a central-database repository for modernising management of its borrowing instruments as a sustainable source of deficit financin...

BSEC allows block trading of Summit Power shares

BSEC allows block trading of Summit Power shares

FE Report 2018-03-15 10:52:43

The securities regulator has allowed transaction of more than 70.23 million shares of Summit Power Limited held by Summit Holdings Limited through block trading facilities of the stock exchanges. To...

NBR mulls advance appraisal of returns

NBR mulls advance appraisal of returns

FE Report 2018-03-15 10:32:57

The income tax authority has planned to launch a set of measures, including advance or provisional assessment of tax returns, to gear up its revenue collection, said officials concerned. Under the me...

Nation mourning US-Bangla plane crash victims

Nation mourning US-Bangla plane crash victims

-- 2018-03-15 09:56:11

The nation is observing one-day state mourning on Thursday with due solemnity in memory of the victims of the US-Bangla plane crash in Kathmandu, Nepal. The national flag is being hoisted half-mast a...

Khorali chilli farming gains  popularity in Joypurhat

Khorali chilli farming gains popularity in Joypurhat

Roving Correspondent 2018-03-15 01:16:16

A good number of peasants of the district are growing Khorali chilli this season as they made a handsome profit last year. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said the department has ta...

RO plant starts operation in Tungipara

RO plant starts operation in Tungipara

Our Correspondent 2018-03-15 01:15:25

  GOPALGANJ, Mar 14: Reverse Osmosis (RO) plant under village water supply project at Tungipara in the district has started safe drinking water supply among 500 families recently. According to...