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Dense fog disrupts ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route

Dense fog disrupts ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route

-- 2020-01-04 10:39:47

Dense fog disrupted smooth ferry operations on the key Patutia-Daulatdia route on early Saturday. The authorities suspended ferry services several times between 3:00am and 7:00am due to poor visibili...
Chawkbazar fire in 2019: Govt in haste to open temporary warehouse

Chawkbazar fire in 2019: Govt in haste to open temporary warehouse

Jubair Hasan 2020-01-04 10:34:40

The government is desperate to run a temporary chemical warehouse at Shyampur before the first anniversary of the tragic Chawkbazar fire that took 70 lives in 2019. According to officials, the origin...
Onion market volatile again

Onion market volatile again

YASIR WARDAD 2020-01-04 10:16:40

Onion market has become volatile again as prices of the key spice increased by 77-80 per cent in a single day. Retailers and consumers see no signs of easing the prices even after the arrival of th...
Awami League pays tribute to Syed Ashraf

Awami League pays tribute to Syed Ashraf

BSS 2020-01-03 18:25:58

The first death anniversary of Awami League's former general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam observed on Friday. Marking the day, Awami League paid homage to Syed Ashraf by placing wreaths on his grave...
5,732 affected by cold-related diseases in 24 hrs

5,732 affected by cold-related diseases in 24 hrs

-- 2020-01-03 13:59:20

Various cold-related diseases have affected 5,732 people across the country in the last 24 hours, the government said on Friday. Data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) control ro...
A well-organised party a great strength for govt: PM

A well-organised party a great strength for govt: PM

-- 2020-01-03 12:13:55

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said a government having a well-organised party behind can develop a country fast. "A government can work successfully when there’ll be a well-organised p...
Dhaka wakes up to winter drizzles

Dhaka wakes up to winter drizzles

-- 2020-01-03 11:29:37

Residents in Dhaka as those elsewhere in the country woke up to cloudy skies and chilly drizzles on Friday morning as forecast by the Bangladesh Meteorological Department. The weather office said the...
Jute mill workers call off strike after govt assurance

Jute mill workers call off strike after govt assurance

-- 2020-01-03 11:16:38

Jute mills workers called off their ongoing fast-unto-death programme on Thursday night after the government assured them of paying the dues within the next 15 days through pay slips as per the Nation...
Dhaka’s air quality slightly improves

Dhaka’s air quality slightly improves

-- 2020-01-03 11:10:15

Dhaka has seen a slight improvement in the Air Quality Index (AQI) after rain in winter on Friday morning. The city ranked 36th in AQI with a score of 122 at 8:47am, reports UNB. Even though the num...
Four die as cargo vessel sinks in Buriganga

Four die as cargo vessel sinks in Buriganga

-- 2020-01-03 10:56:33

Four people were killed as a sand-laden cargo vessel, waiting for repair work near a dockyard, sank along with them in the Burigranga River in Dhaka's Keraniganj early Friday. The deceased were ident...
Three more cold spells to hit in Jan

Three more cold spells to hit in Jan

-- 2020-01-02 21:07:49

Three more cold waves are expected to sweep over the country in January, according to a weather forecast. A severe cold wave is forecast to strike next week, followed by a moderate spell in the middl...
‘Myanmar has not denied mass killing charges’

‘Myanmar has not denied mass killing charges’

-- 2020-01-02 19:19:01

Bangladesh is making every diplomatic effort to send Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar, which has “not denied charges of mass killing” in the world court, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen h...
22 dengue patients receiving treatment at hospitals

22 dengue patients receiving treatment at hospitals

-- 2020-01-02 18:41:48

Some 22, including 17 in the capital, are receiving treatment at hospitals across the country for dengue. Of them, 17 patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00am on Thursday. a total...
HC orders probe into use of Cancer Hospital ICU equipment

HC orders probe into use of Cancer Hospital ICU equipment

UNB 2020-01-02 18:38:25

The High Court (HC) on Thursday ordered investigation into irregularities in using modern equipment procured for the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital...
445 Bangladeshis come back from India in two months, mentions BGB chief

445 Bangladeshis come back from India in two months, mentions BGB chief

-- 2020-01-02 18:20:16

About 1,000 people were arrested last year (2019) for illegal border crossings from India to Bangladesh, with 445 of them returning home in November and December. The returnees are all Bangladeshi na...
ACC chief warns of actions against irregularities

ACC chief warns of actions against irregularities

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-01-02 18:06:34

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmud on Thursday warned of departmental actions against the newly-appointed employees of the commission if they are involved in any immoral activities...
Conviction rate in graft case stands at 62.61 per cent

Conviction rate in graft case stands at 62.61 per cent

FE Online Report 2020-01-02 17:47:47

The conviction rate in graft cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) stands at 62.61 per cent in the first 10 months of 2019.  Some 2,828 graft cases were under trial while 261 cases...
'Protracted Rohingya crisis to hurt businesses of China, Japan'

'Protracted Rohingya crisis to hurt businesses of China, Japan'

FE Online Report 2020-01-02 17:29:55

Prolonged Rohingya crisis will affect economic interests of China and Japan in Myanmar, observed Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday. “China and Japan intend to do business in Myanma...
EC names Dhaka city mayoral candidates

EC names Dhaka city mayoral candidates

-- 2020-01-02 15:23:36

The Election Commission on Thursday declared valid 13 mayoral candidates, out of 14, for contesting the elections to Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) slated...
HC orders probe into use of NICRH's ICU equipment

HC orders probe into use of NICRH's ICU equipment

-- 2020-01-02 14:17:42

The High Court (HC) on Thursday ordered investigation into irregularities in using modern equipment procured for the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital...
BD denies asking India not to send Muslim migrants

BD denies asking India not to send Muslim migrants

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-01-02 14:13:36

Bangladesh has denied requesting India seeking a written assurance that the latter will not send Muslim migrants across the border after the enactment of a controversial citizenship act. The Citizens...
People don’t want BNP in power, says Quader

People don’t want BNP in power, says Quader

-- 2020-01-02 14:03:50

Ruling Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday said 90 per cent people of Bangladesh do not want BNP to run the country again. “The percentage will increase,” he to...
Waste treatment plant produces 5 tonnes of fertiliser everyday in Jashore

Waste treatment plant produces 5 tonnes of fertiliser everyday in Jashore

-- 2020-01-02 13:47:32

The waste treatment plant at Jhumjhumpur area in Jashore Sadar municipality, first of its kind in Bangladesh, is producing five tonnes of fertiliser every day. The waste treatment plant has become a...
DNCC mayoral polls: EC cancels nomination of Jatiya Party candidate

DNCC mayoral polls: EC cancels nomination of Jatiya Party candidate

-- 2020-01-02 13:06:44

Six aspirants out of seven vying for the post of mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) have been declared valid by the Election Commission. The panel, however, cancelled the nomination of Jati...
50 fall sick as jute mill workers continue strike

50 fall sick as jute mill workers continue strike

-- 2020-01-02 11:57:51

About 50 workers of nine state-owned jute mills in Khulna and Jashore fell sick on Thursday as their fast-unto-death rolled into the fifth day. “Eleven of them were admitted to Khulna Medical C...
Dhaka ranks 11th worst city in AQI

Dhaka ranks 11th worst city in AQI

-- 2020-01-02 11:49:31

Dhaka was ranked 11th worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Thursday morning. The capital of Bangladesh had an AQI score of 169 at 8:18am. The air quality was classified as ‘unhealthy’....
Three die in Lakshmipur road accident

Three die in Lakshmipur road accident

-- 2020-01-02 11:35:37

Three people were killed and eight others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Lakshmipur Highway near Polly Bidyut area on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Khorshed Alam, 35, son of Nurul Am...
AC compressor blast kills one in Dhaka

AC compressor blast kills one in Dhaka

-- 2020-01-02 11:11:12

A young man died after the compressor of an air-conditioner (AC) exploded at a house in capital’s Aftabnagar area on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Shapnil Ahmed Piash, 26, so...
Ex- MP Fazilatunnesa Bappy passes away

Ex- MP Fazilatunnesa Bappy passes away

-- 2020-01-02 11:08:59

Advocate Fazilatunnesa Bappy, a former Awami League (AL) MP from the reserved seat, passed away at a hospital in Dhaka on Thursday morning. She was 49. Bappy was undergoing treatment at the Bangaband...
Foreign aid rises by 9.0pc in Jul-Nov

Foreign aid rises by 9.0pc in Jul-Nov

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2020-01-02 10:42:42

Foreign aid commitment to Bangladesh dropped by 47 per cent to US$2.6 billion in the first five months of the current fiscal year compared to that of the same period last fiscal, officials said on Mon...

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