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Two crushed under train in Kushtia

Two crushed under train in Kushtia

-- 2019-12-24 13:25:06

Two people were crushed under the wheels of a train at Kursha in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia on early Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Kawsar, 35, son of Ajgar Ali and Mohibul, 40, of Bashinaga...

Ferry services resume on Padma routes as fog clears

Ferry services resume on Padma routes as fog clears

-- 2019-12-24 12:14:34

River transport services along the Daulatdia-Paturia and Shimulia-Kathalbari routes across the Padma River have resumed after heavy fog disrupted ferry crossings for several hours. Ferry operations a...

Pabna gunfight kills ‘robber’

Pabna gunfight kills ‘robber’

-- 2019-12-24 12:14:30

A suspected robber was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Rajapur in Sadar upazila of Pabna district on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Amin Sh...

Police file case over attack on DUCSU VP Nur

Police file case over attack on DUCSU VP Nur

FE ONLINE DESK 2019-12-24 11:57:31

Police have lodged a case against 43 people, including Muktijuddho Moncho leaders Al Mamun and Yeasir Arafat Turjo, over the latest attack on the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) vice...

Three die in Madaripur road mishaps

Three die in Madaripur road mishaps

-- 2019-12-24 11:56:36

At least three people have been killed and seven others injured in separate road accidents in Madaripur district.   In Rajoir upazila, two people were killed and seven others injured in a road a...

BSTI cancels licences of 14 substandard products

BSTI cancels licences of 14 substandard products

-- 2019-12-24 11:50:05

Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has cancelled licences of 14 substandard products of 12 companies. The certification marks licences of the companies with the BSTI were cancelled a...

Heavy fog halts ferry services on Shimulia-Kathalbari route

Heavy fog halts ferry services on Shimulia-Kathalbari route

-- 2019-12-24 10:51:57

Ferry operation on Shimulia-Kathalbari route remained suspended since early Tuesday due to dense fog, causing sufferings to hundreds of passengers amid shivering cold. Shafik Ahmed, deputy general ma...

Japan shows interest to invest more in BD

Japan shows interest to invest more in BD

FE REPORT 2019-12-24 10:50:01

Japan has showed its interest to invest more in Bangladesh. Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Naoki Ito expressed the interest during his visit in Narayanganj on Monday. Ito called on Mayor Dr Selina...

Digital frauds target RMG export payments

Digital frauds target RMG export payments

MONIRA MUNNI 2019-12-24 10:35:56

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has asked its member factories to remain alert against fraud emails, seeking transfer of export payments from the buyers. After bein...

96 families evicted from Karatoa river banks in Panchagarh

96 families evicted from Karatoa river banks in Panchagarh

-- 2019-12-23 21:03:02

PANCHAGARH, Dec 23 (UNB): Over 96 families were evicted from the banks of the Karatoa River in the Tulardanga area in Sadar Upazila on Monday in a drive conducted by Upazila Administration to free the...

DU forms probe body to investigate attack on Nur

DU forms probe body to investigate attack on Nur

UNB 2019-12-23 20:54:20

The authorities of Dhaka University (DU) on Monday formed a six-member committee to investigate the attack on DUCSU VP Nurul Haque Nur and his followers. The committee, headed by DU Arts Faculty Dean...

People of all religions must enjoy equal rights: PM

People of all religions must enjoy equal rights: PM

UNB 2019-12-23 20:27:19

Mentioning that her government is working for the people of all religions, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said all must enjoy equal rights in Bangladesh. “Bangladesh is a country where...

'Telenor sent invitation letter for dialogue, not legal notice'

'Telenor sent invitation letter for dialogue, not legal notice'

-- 2019-12-23 20:04:31

Clarifying the issue over a reported ‘legal notice to the President’, Norwegian multinational telecommunications company Telenor Group has said it sent an invitation letter for dialogue to...

Both Dhaka mayors hopeful of getting AL nomination

Both Dhaka mayors hopeful of getting AL nomination

-- 2019-12-23 18:57:12

Both mayors of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) are hopeful of getting nominations from the Awami nomination to contest in the upcoming mayoral elections, sc...

Move to set up two specialised universities in Chandpur, Habiganj

Move to set up two specialised universities in Chandpur, Habiganj

BSS 2019-12-23 17:27:03

The cabinet has approved drafts of two separate laws for setting up a science and technology university in Chandpur and an agriculture university in Habiganj. The approvals were given at a regular we...

Police arrest two leaders of Muktijuddho Mancha

Police arrest two leaders of Muktijuddho Mancha

-- 2019-12-23 16:36:26

Police have arrested two leaders of Muktijuddho Mancha for alleged involvement in an attack on DUCSU VP Nurul Haque Nur and others. Additional Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police M Abdul Baten...

BNP to hold protest rally across country on December 30

BNP to hold protest rally across country on December 30

UNB 2019-12-23 16:17:21

BNP has decided to hold protest rally across the country, including in the capital, on December 30 to observe what it says ‘democracy-killing day’, marking the first anniversary of the 11t...

Students stage demonstrations protesting attack on DUCSU VP

Students stage demonstrations protesting attack on DUCSU VP

UNB 2019-12-23 16:13:24

Several hundred students of Dhaka University on Monday staged demonstrations on the campus protesting the attack on DUCSU Vice President Nurul Haque Nur and others, and gave the authorities 24 hours t...

BB heist: Court defers probe report submission date yet again

BB heist: Court defers probe report submission date yet again

FE ONLINE DESK 2019-12-23 15:03:07

A Dhaka court has deferred for the 39th time the submission date of the probe report in the Bangladesh Bank reserve heist case. Metropolitan magistrate Mohammad Jasimuddin set January 26 as the fresh...

PM orders action against Nur attackers: Quader

PM orders action against Nur attackers: Quader

FE ONLINE DESK 2019-12-23 14:30:01

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has given instructions to take action against those who attacked DUCSU vice president Nurul Haque Nur and his supporters on Monday, Awami League general secretary Obaidul...

BD urges Russia to pressure Myanmar into taking back Rohingyas

BD urges Russia to pressure Myanmar into taking back Rohingyas

-- 2019-12-23 13:38:56

Bangladesh has urged Russia to use its influence on Myanmar and put pressure so that Naypyidaw takes back its people currently living in Cox’s Bazar camps. "We know the Russian Federation has l...

Young woman from Dhaka dies in Cox’s Bazar; friend arrested

Young woman from Dhaka dies in Cox’s Bazar; friend arrested

-- 2019-12-23 12:00:10

A young woman from Dhaka has died in Cox’s Bazar during a trip with friends one of whom has been arrested by police. The deceased, Swarna Rashid, 21, lived in Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar. The...

Noakhali gunfight leaves drug trader dead

Noakhali gunfight leaves drug trader dead

-- 2019-12-23 11:58:06

A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with police in Goni Miar Doroja area of Chatkhil upazila of Noakhali district on Monday. The deceased was identified as Monir Hossain, 36, so...

Cold spell shows signs of let-up

Cold spell shows signs of let-up

-- 2019-12-23 11:46:13

The temperature is beginning to rise in Dhaka with the sun peeking out through the fog and clouds after five consecutive days of biting cold spell. The country’s lowest temperature was recorded...

AL pledges justice for assault on DUCSU VP Nur, followers

AL pledges justice for assault on DUCSU VP Nur, followers

-- 2019-12-23 10:49:53

Awami League presidium member Jahangir Kabir Nanak has visited in hospital DUCSU VP Nurul Haque Nur and his followers, who were injured in attacks on the Dhaka University campus. The ruling party lea...

Writ seeks probe into Basic Bank recruitment irregularities

Writ seeks probe into Basic Bank recruitment irregularities

FE REPORT 2019-12-23 10:49:40

A petition was filed with the High Court on Sunday, seeking its directives to issue a suo moto rule to probe alleged irregularities in appointing 1,173 employees to Basic Bank during the tenure of its...

Power tariff hike from Jan 01 not lawful: CAB

Power tariff hike from Jan 01 not lawful: CAB

FE REPORT 2019-12-23 10:41:49

Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) has opposed a government move to raise power tariff from January 01, terming it 'unlawful and against consumers'. It said Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commis...

Jute millers seek tax exemption

Jute millers seek tax exemption

FE REPORT 2019-12-23 10:33:03

The country's private jute millers have sought exemption of source tax on cash subsidy and Advance Income Tax (AIT). In a recent letter to the Ministry of Textiles and Jute (MoTJ), Bangladesh Jute...

NBR cuts AIT to 3.0pc on cement materials import

NBR cuts AIT to 3.0pc on cement materials import

Mohammad Mufazzal 2019-12-23 10:30:08

The government has reduced the rate of advance income tax (AIT) on import of cement raw materials to 3.0 per cent from 5.0 per cent. National Board of Revenue (NBR) issued a SRO (statutory regulatory...

BFSA puts hygiene first, not safety

BFSA puts hygiene first, not safety

FE Report 2019-12-23 10:26:09

The Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) is more concerned with food hygiene and not with food safety, with senseless adulteration reaching an alarming level.  Any hotel, restaurant or bakery...