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Dhaka women suffer aplenty owing to public transport shortage

Dhaka women suffer aplenty owing to public transport shortage

-- 2018-02-23 16:53:31

It was one of those last working days of the week - a Thursday. And the city's Shahbagh sidewalks were filled to the brim with waiting passengers jostling for space. The clock was striking half past e...

BADC installs 10 units in Sylhet remote areas

BADC installs 10 units in Sylhet remote areas

Iqbal Siddiquee 2018-02-23 14:42:29

A total of 10 solar irrigation units have been installed in all the four districts of Sylhet division this year. The main objective of the scheme is to ensure smooth farming of Boro in the remote area...

Three motorcyclists killed in road crash

Three motorcyclists killed in road crash

-- 2018-02-23 14:12:27

Three motorcyclists were killed as a bus rammed their vehicle on Bonpara- Hatikumrul road in Kachikata area of Gurudashpur upazila on Friday noon. The identities of the deceased could not be known ye...

Four die in Mymensingh road crash

Four die in Mymensingh road crash

-- 2018-02-23 12:25:39

At least four people were killed and 30 others injured as a bus overturned on Mymensingh-Kishoreganj highway in Char Rasulpur area of Ishwarganj upazila on Friday morning. One of the deceased was ide...

Police charge Shafik, Mahmudur in plot to kill Joy

Police charge Shafik, Mahmudur in plot to kill Joy

-- 2018-02-23 12:15:18

Police have filed charges against journalists Shafik Rehman, Mahmudur Rahman and three others over an alleged plot to abduct and kill Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Hasan Araf...

RAB shooting kills 'robber'

RAB shooting kills 'robber'

-- 2018-02-23 11:30:14

A suspected robber has died in a ‘shootout’ with the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Chittagong Robbers attacked a car with wedding revellers aboard at Kumira Bridge in Sitakunda Upazila...

Derailment snaps rail links with Sylhet

Derailment snaps rail links with Sylhet

-- 2018-02-23 10:27:26

Rail communication of Sylhet with the rest of the country has remained suspended since Friday morning following derailment of 11 bogies of a train in Santgaon station in Srimangal upazila of Moulvibaz...

BD moves two steps up in  graft index

BD moves two steps up in graft index

FE Report 2018-02-23 00:31:26

Bangladesh has moved up two steps in corruption perception index (CPI), but overall graft situation still remains a matter of concern, according to a report released by Transparency International (T...

Excessive eucalyptus plantation poses threat to cultivable land

Excessive eucalyptus plantation poses threat to cultivable land

Our Correspondent 2018-02-23 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Feb 22: Plantation of eucalyptus tree is increasing alarmingly in different upazilas of the district, posing serious harm to environment, cultivable land and human health. According to sourc...

Hasina questions whether BNP’s movement is to save ‘thief’

Hasina questions whether BNP’s movement is to save ‘thief’

-- 2018-02-22 22:17:31

The prime minister has sharply criticised the BNP leaders for their movement to have their party chief released, reports UNB. At a Rajshahi programme on Thursday, Sheikh Hasina said if BNP’s mo...

Court sentences two in prison for Dakhil question leak

Court sentences two in prison for Dakhil question leak

-- 2018-02-22 20:55:11

A Joypurhat mobile court Thursday sentenced two SSC (Dakhil) examinees to two-year in prison on charges of leaking Chemistry question paper. The examinees were identified as Alamin and Minhaz, studen...

Road crash kills three in Gopalganj

Road crash kills three in Gopalganj

-- 2018-02-22 20:07:16

Three people were killed in a head-on a collision between a bus and a microbus on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Gopinathpur area of sadar upazila on Thursday evening. Two of the deceased was identified as...

Amnesty says ethnic cleansing outcome of hate

Amnesty says ethnic cleansing outcome of hate

-- 2018-02-22 18:50:21

The ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya people in Myanmar is the ultimate consequence of hate, scapegoat and fear minorities, said Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday. The human rights watchdog...

Muhith mulls lifting VAT on internet use

Muhith mulls lifting VAT on internet use

-- 2018-02-22 18:45:57

Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said he will consider the withdrawal of existing VAT on internet usage in the next budget. "I promise to seriously consider the VAT on internet usage in the upcoming b...

Govt transfers 23 edn officials amid criticism over question leaks

Govt transfers 23 edn officials amid criticism over question leaks

-- 2018-02-22 18:38:35

The government has transferred 23 senior members of the BCS education cadre in the wake of recent question paper leaks. Among the officials are the assistant personal secretary to Education Minister...

Jatka preservation week begins Feb 24

Jatka preservation week begins Feb 24

-- 2018-02-22 18:25:28

Jatka Preservation Week-2018 will be observed across the country from February 24 to March 2, aiming to create mass awareness on preserving Jatka (Hilsha fry) to boost the production of the national f...

Khaleda unlikely to get bail before Sunday; bail hearing deferred

Khaleda unlikely to get bail before Sunday; bail hearing deferred

-- 2018-02-22 18:09:49

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is unlikely to get bail in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case before Sunday as the High Court on Thursday deferred the hearing until then on a petition filed by her lawyers...

Call to take action against Bangladeshis named in Paradise Papers

Call to take action against Bangladeshis named in Paradise Papers

-- 2018-02-22 17:55:37

A growing chorus of politicians have urged the government to take action against Bangladeshis who have secretly invested in offshore tax havens following recent revelations. Eighteen Bangladeshis hav...

Govt to set up information complexes at district level soon

Govt to set up information complexes at district level soon

-- 2018-02-22 17:37:37

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu has said the government will establish information complexes soon in the first phase at 26 district headquarters of the country.  "The  ‘Construct...

TIB prescribes setting more anti-graft examples to improve score

TIB prescribes setting more anti-graft examples to improve score

-- 2018-02-22 17:09:54

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Executive Director Dr Iftekharuzzaman has said setting more examples of graft punishment are required to improve Bangladesh's score in Corruption Perception...

US envoy sees evidence collection crucial to pursue crime

US envoy sees evidence collection crucial to pursue crime

FE Online Desk 2018-02-22 16:15:42

The US ambassador in Dhaka has laid emphasis on collecting evidence from the crime scenes meticulously and preserving carefully keeping crime evidence free from contamination. Marcia Bernicat said, "...

PM asks army to stay ready to face threats

PM asks army to stay ready to face threats

FE Online Desk 2018-02-22 16:09:21

The prime minister has directed the officers and soldiers of Bangladesh Army to stay always ready to unitedly face any external and internal threat to the country's constitution and sovereignty. Shei...

SI faces axe for attempting to loot money

SI faces axe for attempting to loot money

-- 2018-02-22 15:47:52

A police official has been suspended for his attempt to snatch Tk 0.3 million from a local Awami League leader at Gurpatti in Shibganj municipality of Chapainawabganj. A probe body has also been form...

DB detains cops for looting money

DB detains cops for looting money

-- 2018-02-22 15:46:49

Detective Branch (DB) of police has detained two cops among four people on charge of looting Tk 0.95 million from a cattle trader in Satkhira. According to the police, the arrestees were identifie...

IBBL holds client get together in Khulna

IBBL holds client get together in Khulna

-- 2018-02-22 15:22:21

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) has recently organised a client get together on the occasion of Cash Waqf Campaign at a local hotel in Khulna. Md Mahbub ul Alam, managing director and CEO of th...

Food friendly programme resumes next month: Quamrul

Food friendly programme resumes next month: Quamrul

FE Online Report 2018-02-22 13:44:30

The government will resume its food friendly programme -- open market sale -- for the poor across the country in March, less than a week away, Food Minister Quamrul Islam has said. Five million fami...

Govt plans to appoint 10,000 more doctors

Govt plans to appoint 10,000 more doctors

-- 2018-02-22 13:31:51

The government is planning to appoint 10,000 more doctors and 3,000 nurses in the near future, Health and Family Welfare Minister Muhammad Nasim said. He said the present government appointed 6,500 d...

Bangladesh improves in corruption perception index

Bangladesh improves in corruption perception index

FE Online Report 2018-02-22 12:57:04

Though Bangladesh has made two steps of improvement in the corruption perception index (CPI), graft still persists alarmingly in the country, according to a report of the Transparency International (T...

BUET pays homage to the martyrs

BUET pays homage to the martyrs

FE Online Desk 2018-02-22 11:53:36

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) placed floral wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital on 21st February. Prof Dr Saiful Islam, Vice-Chancellor of BUET, was prese...

Road crashes kill five

Road crashes kill five

-- 2018-02-22 11:48:06

Five people – three in Rangpur and two in Sherpur – were killed in two separate road accidents on Wednesday. In the Rangpur road crash, according to witnesses, 25 people were injured as a...