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HC upholds death penalty for five JMB men

HC upholds death penalty for five JMB men

-- 2020-02-10 16:59:43

The High Court upheld death sentences for five activists of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh in the killing of lawyer Haider Hossain. The High Court bench of Justice Soumendra...

Five Ansar-al-Islam members held in city

Five Ansar-al-Islam members held in city

-- 2020-02-10 16:40:01

Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s (DMP) Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit arrested five members of the banned militant outfit Ansar-al-Islam from the capital on Sunday night. The...

Two dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

Two dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

-- 2020-02-10 16:34:47

Two new dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours until 8:00am on Monday, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). According to the daily update from DGHS, 10 dengue patie...

Building collapses leave 26 dead in 2019

Building collapses leave 26 dead in 2019

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-02-10 16:09:14

At least 26 people were killed in building collapse in 66 incidents across the country in 2019, official data showed. The firefighters also rescued 119 victims from the incidents, according to the da...

HC declares gambling illegal in Bangladesh

HC declares gambling illegal in Bangladesh

-- 2020-02-10 14:31:09

The High Court has declared gambling at 13 upscale clubs in Dhaka and in all other areas of the country illegal. It also ordered law-enforcement agencies to seize any gambling equipment across the co...

Internet subscribers reach 99.42 million

Internet subscribers reach 99.42 million

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-02-10 14:16:11

The total number of internet subscribers has reached 99.428 million at the end of December 2019, the statistics of the country's telecom regulator has showed. There were 91.421 million subscribers as...

Another China returnee student admitted to Rangpur hospital

Another China returnee student admitted to Rangpur hospital

-- 2020-02-10 13:10:24

Another Bangladeshi student, who returned from China on Sunday morning, has been admitted to Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH). The student is Alamin, son of Rezaul Islam, a resident of Madanpu...

24 Indian fishermen released from Bagerhat jail

24 Indian fishermen released from Bagerhat jail

-- 2020-02-10 13:09:47

Twenty-four Indian fishermen, arrested for illegal entry into Bangladesh maritime boundary in November last year, were released from jail on Monday following a court order. Bagerhat jail authorities...

45th International Kolkata Book Fair dedicated to Bangabandhu

45th International Kolkata Book Fair dedicated to Bangabandhu

-- 2020-02-10 12:32:45

The 45th International Kolkata Book Fair (IKBF-2021) has been dedicated to Bangladesh’s founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Besides, Bangladesh has been made the theme country, r...

Suspected robber dies in Cumilla ‘gunfight’

Suspected robber dies in Cumilla ‘gunfight’

-- 2020-02-10 11:59:46

A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with police in an area near the Cumilla-Sylhet Highway in Burichang upazila of Cumilla on Monday. The deceased was identified as Mazharul Islam, s...

Two teenage girls ‘gang raped’ in city

Two teenage girls ‘gang raped’ in city

-- 2020-02-10 11:55:04

Two teenage girls, who were reportedly gang raped, were admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). Pankaj, sub-inspector of Kadamtoli Police Station, said that a 13-year-old girl was admitted...

Update transport papers by June or pay fines

Update transport papers by June or pay fines

FE REPORT 2020-02-10 11:00:50

Public transport owners are allowed to update documents of their vehicles by paying fees for fitness, driving licence, tax token and route permit by June 30. In a gazette notification issued on Febru...

Intel agency warns against Ramadan price hike

Intel agency warns against Ramadan price hike

REZAUL KARIM 2020-02-10 11:00:42

An intelligence agency has sounded the alarm over the possible price hike of essential commodities during the holy month of Ramadan. "It will be difficult to control the commodity market during this...

Bangladeshi worker contracts coronavirus in Singapore

Bangladeshi worker contracts coronavirus in Singapore

-- 2020-02-10 10:57:27

A Bangladeshi migrant worker is among the 43 coronavirus cases confirmed in Singapore. The 39-year-old Bangladeshi work pass holder was warded in an isolation room at the National Centre for Infectio...

Mill-gate rice price hike could weigh on retail mkt

Mill-gate rice price hike could weigh on retail mkt

YASIR WARDAD 2020-02-10 10:47:36

Prices of rice increased further at the mill-gates, strengthening fear about its spillover effect on the retail market over the next few days, traders say. Some found a link between the announcement...

Int’l fire safety expo Feb 13 to 15

Int’l fire safety expo Feb 13 to 15

FE Online Report 2020-02-09 22:33:15

International Fire Safety and Security Exposition 2020 is going be held from February 13 to 15 at the Bangabandhu International Convention Centre in the capital, says a press release. Commerce Minist...

Govt increases salary of pry school assistant teachers

Govt increases salary of pry school assistant teachers

FE Online Report 2020-02-09 19:51:16

The government has elevated the jobs of primary school assistant teachers to grade 13 on the national payroll. The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education in an order on Sunday said the decision aimed...

Chinese pavilion attracts visitors at Amar Ekushey Book Fair

Chinese pavilion attracts visitors at Amar Ekushey Book Fair

-- 2020-02-09 18:26:47

Besides selling books, the Chinese pavilion at Bangla Academy premises at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair-2020 has turned into a place for cultural exchange and interaction. People of all ages, particular...

Fakhrul among 35 leaders get bail

Fakhrul among 35 leaders get bail

-- 2020-02-09 18:09:05

A Dhaka court on Sunday granted bail to 35 BNP leaders, including its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in two cases of violence filed with Shahbagh Police Station last year. Judge of th...

Nat'l skills contest begins to encourage youths

Nat'l skills contest begins to encourage youths

-- 2020-02-09 17:05:02

The National Skills Development Authority (NSDA), under the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), has launched ‘National Skills Competition’ across the country to facilitate development and...

Arrest warrant against DIG Mizan’s wife, brother

Arrest warrant against DIG Mizan’s wife, brother

-- 2020-02-09 16:49:00

A Dhaka court on Sunday issued warrant to arrest wife and brother of suspended deputy inspector general (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman in a graft case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Dhaka...

Drive against graft, drugs, terrorism to go on: PM

Drive against graft, drugs, terrorism to go on: PM

-- 2020-02-09 14:44:26

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated that the ongoing drives against corruption, drugs and terrorism will continue to protect the society from these menaces. “We've already announced zer...

Seven burnt in Dhaka steel mill accident

Seven burnt in Dhaka steel mill accident

-- 2020-02-09 14:29:37

Seven workers have been burnt while melting iron at a steel mill in Dhaka’s Kadamtoli. The accident occurred at Kamal Steel Mills around 4am on Sunday, said Kadamtoli Police Inspector (Investig...

Gas cylinder blasts: Last year saw 14 people killed in Dhaka division

Gas cylinder blasts: Last year saw 14 people killed in Dhaka division

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-02-09 14:08:41

A total of 14 people were killed and 27 others injured in 548 fire incidents caused by gas cylinder blasts in Dhaka division in 2019, official data showed. In the same year the loss of property from...

Earn people’s respect through good deeds: LGRD minister to UP officials

Earn people’s respect through good deeds: LGRD minister to UP officials

-- 2020-02-09 14:03:20

Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Minister Md Tazul Islam on Sunday asked Union Parishad (UP) officials concerned to earn the people’s respect with good works. “The world does...

Dhaka worst in Air Quality Index

Dhaka worst in Air Quality Index

-- 2020-02-09 13:30:57

Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Sunday morning. It had an AQI score of 258 at 08:44am. The air was classified as ‘very unhealthy’. Everyon...

Passport seekers face unusual delay in delivery

Passport seekers face unusual delay in delivery

-- 2020-02-09 12:48:31

Though the government is simplifying rules and enhancing the efficiency of the system for quicker passport delivery, passport seekers across the country are not getting their passports in time, delayi...

Fire damages three mobile showrooms in Rajshahi

Fire damages three mobile showrooms in Rajshahi

-- 2020-02-09 12:07:34

Three mobile showrooms were damaged in a fire in Alkarmor area of Rajshahi city on Sunday. Abdur Rashid, acting deputy director of Rajshahi Fire Service, said the fire broke out around 10:00am. Some...

Journo Ruhul Amin Rasel gets NRB Award

Journo Ruhul Amin Rasel gets NRB Award

-- 2020-02-09 11:31:13

Ruhul Amin Rasel, a senior journalist of Bangladesh Pratidin, was given the 'Centre for NRB (non-resident Bangladeshis) Award-2020' for his contribution in the field of expatriate business journalism....

Alexandra Castle — tale of a 150-yr-old building

Alexandra Castle — tale of a 150-yr-old building

A Correspondent 2020-02-09 10:35:30

Mymensingh is a land of natural beauty and diversity. The local zamindars had a great contribution in building the Mymensingh division as a place of education, literature, culture and heritage. The Br...