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Oilseed yield low on cold wave, dense fog

Oilseed yield low on cold wave, dense fog

YASIR WARDAD 2020-01-15 10:35:57

Oilseed production has witnessed a drop this season due to a prolonged cold wave, coupled with heavy fog, creating huge losses to farmers. Agriculturists say oilseed production area has increased, bu...

BGMEA identifies 51 products to diversify export basket

BGMEA identifies 51 products to diversify export basket

Monira Munni 2020-01-15 10:28:39

The apparel apex body, BGMEA, has identified 51 readymade garment (RMG) items having potentials in the international market, sources said. They said the entrepreneurs could invest to manufacture the...

Bangladeshi, Indian state-run radios launch broadcast exchange programmes

Bangladeshi, Indian state-run radios launch broadcast exchange programmes

BSS 2020-01-14 20:28:57

Bangladeshi and Indian state-run radios on Tuesday launched a broadcast exchange programme enabling audiences to listen to Bangladesh Betar and Akashvani radio in both the countries. Information Mini...

Finance minister places bill to utilise 'idle money' of state entities

Finance minister places bill to utilise 'idle money' of state entities

UNB 2020-01-14 20:07:27

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal placed a bill in the parliament on Tuesday to bring the surplus money of different autonomous, semi-autonomous and statutory agencies and non-financial corporations...

Robi pays first instalment of BTRC's audit claim

Robi pays first instalment of BTRC's audit claim

-- 2020-01-14 18:22:53

Country's mobile network operator Robi has paid the first instalment of the Tk 1.38 billion fixed by the High Court as settlement for the disputed audit demand by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regu...

Dhaka 2nd worst city in Air Quality Index

Dhaka 2nd worst city in Air Quality Index

-- 2020-01-14 17:41:37

Dhaka ranked second worst in Air Quality Index (AQI) on Tuesday morning. It had an AQI score of 287 around 8:34am. The air was classified as ‘very unhealthy’. Mongolia’s Ulaanbaata...

DNC files 7,270 cases over drug-related crimes

DNC files 7,270 cases over drug-related crimes

FE Online Report 2020-01-14 17:35:28

The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) filed 7,270 cases and arrested 7,270 people until June 2019 in connection with the drug-related crimes. The DNC launched drives regularly across the country...

HC rules over result of recruiting govt primary teachers

HC rules over result of recruiting govt primary teachers

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-01-14 16:49:12

The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule upon the respondents to explain in four weeks as to why the final result of the assistant teacher recruitment process of the government primary schools publishe...

HC rejects plea for changing city election schedule

HC rejects plea for changing city election schedule

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-01-14 16:42:32

The High Court on Tuesday rejected summarily a writ petition that sought change in the election schedule of two city corporations of Dhaka as the ‘Saraswati Puja’ will be observed on Janua...

DU to expel 63 students for cheating

DU to expel 63 students for cheating

-- 2020-01-14 14:49:16

The discipline council of Dhaka University on Tuesday recommended the expulsion of 63 students who were found to have enrolled at the university through fraud during the academic years from 2012-13 to...

1,554 fire incidents in November 2019

1,554 fire incidents in November 2019

FE Online Report 2020-01-14 14:25:54

As many as 1,554 fire incidents took place in November 2019 causing extensive damage to properties across the country, according to a report of Bangladesh Fire Service & Civil Defence. The loss o...

Flight operations resume after six hours

Flight operations resume after six hours

-- 2020-01-14 12:54:48

Flight operations at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital resumed on Tuesday morning after six hours of disruption caused by thick fog. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines took off...

Work to expand Middle East export market: PM to envoys

Work to expand Middle East export market: PM to envoys

-- 2020-01-14 12:23:01

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed Bangladeshi envoys to work for expanding export to import-dependent Middle East countries alongside attracting investment to Bangladesh. “In the case o...

Eight gold bars recovered from passenger’s stomach

Eight gold bars recovered from passenger’s stomach

-- 2020-01-14 12:19:24

Customs officials recovered eight gold bars weighing 0.933kg from a passenger’s stomach at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram on Monday night. Tipped off, members of National Secur...

Thick fog disrupts flight operations at Dhaka airport

Thick fog disrupts flight operations at Dhaka airport

-- 2020-01-14 11:48:49

Flight operations at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport was disrupted due to thick fog on Tuesday morning. Flight operation on domestic and international routes remained suspended since 3:30am, B...

NBR allows EZ factories to import spare parts duty-free

NBR allows EZ factories to import spare parts duty-free

FE Report 2020-01-14 10:58:21

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has offered duty-free benefit on import of spare parts by the factories located inside the Economic Zones (EZs) of the country. The customs wing of the NBR issued...

Saudi Arabia takes highest number of workers in 2019

Saudi Arabia takes highest number of workers in 2019

ARAFAT ARA 2020-01-14 10:53:24

Bangladesh sent the highest number of 399,000 workers to Saudi Arabia in 2019 amid continued deportation of migrants. That figure accounts for 57 per cent of a total of 700,159 workers, including 104...

War crimes: SC upholds Kaiser's death penalty

War crimes: SC upholds Kaiser's death penalty

-- 2020-01-14 10:23:05

The Supreme Court has thrown out Jatiya Party leader and former state minister Syed Mohammed Kaiser’s challenge against his death sentence by a war crimes tribunal. A four-member Appellate Divi...

AL wins Chattogram-8 by-elections amid low turnout

AL wins Chattogram-8 by-elections amid low turnout

-- 2020-01-13 21:42:36

Awami League (AL) candidate Moslem Uddin Ahmed has won the by-elections to Chattogram-8 parliamentary constituency amid a low turnout of voters. He took the seat by a huge margin, bagging 87,246 vote...

Hill cutting in Jaintapur  takes a worrying turn

Hill cutting in Jaintapur takes a worrying turn

-- 2020-01-13 21:22:10

SYLHET, Jan 13 (UNB): Unabated hill cutting is posing a serious threat to the environment in Haripur of Jaintapur upazila, an area rich in mineral resources. Hills and hillocks are being levelled in...

First unit of Payra power plant goes into operation

First unit of Payra power plant goes into operation

UNB 2020-01-13 18:49:14

The first unit (660 MW) of newly-constructed Payra coal-fired power plant went into operation on Sunday, utilising the recently-commissioned 400 kV Payra–Gopalganj power transmission. “We...

First unit of Payra power plant generating 100MW electricity

First unit of Payra power plant generating 100MW electricity

BSS 2020-01-13 18:46:09

The first unit of 1320 MW Payra coal-fired power plant went into test operation on Monday. A power division official said  the plant is now generating 100MW power and the production will go up t...

101 injured in religious violence in 2019

101 injured in religious violence in 2019

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-01-13 18:29:12

At least 101 people were injured in violence against religion related violence in 2019 across the country, according to a report of a local independent rights body. Among the injured, some 50 people...

Abrar murder case ready for trial

Abrar murder case ready for trial

-- 2020-01-13 18:21:49

The trial of Buet student Abrar Fahad’s murder that sparked nationwide outcry is going to begin soon as the case was  shifted to the Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judges Court on Monday. Judg...

1.55m insolvent physically challenged people getting allowance

1.55m insolvent physically challenged people getting allowance

BSS 2020-01-13 17:52:49

The government is giving allowance to 1.55 million insolvent physically challenged people aiming to ensuring their overall development. Social Welfare Minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed gave the information w...

PM joins Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2020

PM joins Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2020

-- 2020-01-13 17:12:54

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday attended the opening ceremony of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2020 and Zayed Sustainability Prize Ceremony. The Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2020 was form...

HC order on changing DSCC, DNCC schedule Tuesday

HC order on changing DSCC, DNCC schedule Tuesday

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-01-13 17:02:59

The High Court on Monday fixed January 14 (today) to pass order on a writ petition that sought a change in the election schedule of two city corporations of Dhaka as the ‘Saraswati Puja’,...

Writ seeks MRP on body of LPG cylinder

Writ seeks MRP on body of LPG cylinder

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-01-13 16:52:18

A writ petition has been filed with the High Court on Monday seeking its directives to issue a rule upon the government to explain as to why they should not be directed to take immediate step for ensu...

HC directs govt to fix economic life of vehicles

HC directs govt to fix economic life of vehicles

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-01-13 16:41:59

The High Court on Monday directed the government to take steps to fix the economic life of different vehicles as per Section 36 of Road Transport Act-2018 and prohibit those vehicles having no economi...

Police arrest fugitive casino suspects Enu, Rupon

Police arrest fugitive casino suspects Enu, Rupon

-- 2020-01-13 16:25:26

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police arrested Enamul Haque Enu and his brother Rupon Bhuiyan – both are leaders of the Awami League’s Gendaria wing – over their alle...