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Allow Khaleda access to health care as per UN rules: Amnesty

Allow Khaleda access to health care as per UN rules: Amnesty

-- 2019-12-19 21:07:25

Human rights organisation Amnesty International (AI) has asked the government to ensure BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s medical treatment in line with the UN rules on treatment of prisoners. The BNP ch...

Govt plans to review list of collaborators at local levels

Govt plans to review list of collaborators at local levels

-- 2019-12-19 20:56:06

The government is mulling over a plan to form committees at the local levels for the review of the retracted list of the wartime collaborators of the Pakistani forces, according to AKM Mozammel Huq....

88 women tortured to death for dowry in Jan-Nov

88 women tortured to death for dowry in Jan-Nov

FE Online Report 2019-12-19 20:36:33

At least 88 women were tortured to death for dowry in the first eleven months of the calendar year, according to a local legal aid and rights body. The Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK) report noted that apa...

Death toll in Keraniganj factory fire hits 21

Death toll in Keraniganj factory fire hits 21

-- 2019-12-19 19:26:33

Another victim of a deadly fire at a plastics factory in Keraniganj has succumbed to his injuries, raising the death toll to 21. The victim, identified as Mofizul Islam, 45, died during treatment at...

BD minorities worried over CAA: BHBCKF  

BD minorities worried over CAA: BHBCKF  

-- 2019-12-19 19:11:47

The leaders of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Kalyan Front (BHBCKF) on Thursday expressed concern over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)-2019 of India. “As the act has been formulated ba...

Telenor sends legal notice to president for GP’s payment arbitration

Telenor sends legal notice to president for GP’s payment arbitration

-- 2019-12-19 18:38:59

Telenor Group, owner of Grameenphone (GP), has sent a legal notice to President Abdul Hamid seeking arbitration over a Tk 125.8 billion payment dispute. “The notice was sent through a law farm...

PM opens insurance schemes for migrant workers

PM opens insurance schemes for migrant workers

-- 2019-12-19 14:44:42

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the insurance coverage system for Bangladeshi migrant workers with benefits in cases of their death or disability. She opened the insurance schemes at a p...

Razakar list: Legal notice seeks apology from minister

Razakar list: Legal notice seeks apology from minister

FE ONLINE REPORT 2019-12-19 14:42:17

A legal notice has been sent calling upon the liberation war affairs minister AKM Mozammel Haque to offer an unconditional apology to the nation within 24 hours for including the freedom fighters&rsqu...

Road crash kills man in city

Road crash kills man in city

-- 2019-12-19 14:19:37

A man was killed after being run over by a bus in city’s Asad Gate area on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Ashrafuddin Dewan, 60, a resident of Mirpur area hailing from Gazaria...

Met office forecasts chillier nights during cold wave

Met office forecasts chillier nights during cold wave

FE ONLINE DESK 2019-12-19 13:58:40

The cold wave conditions that have begun in parts of the country for the last few days may continue for next 72 hours with a slight fall in the night temperature, according to the latest weather forec...

Police arrest two for gang rape of housewife in Savar

Police arrest two for gang rape of housewife in Savar

-- 2019-12-19 12:55:53

Police arrested two young men on Thursday in a case filed over the alleged gang rape of a housewife in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka. The arrestees were identified as Shimul, 19, and Jewel, 18, r...

Three die in road accident in Mymensingh

Three die in road accident in Mymensingh

-- 2019-12-19 12:11:37

At least three people were killed after a truck rammed into autorickshaw in Tarakanda upazila of Mymensingh on Thursday. The incident took place on the Mymensingh-Fulpur highway in Shashar Bazar area...

Youth dies in Magura road crash

Youth dies in Magura road crash

-- 2019-12-19 12:01:05

A young man was killed and another person was injured when a truck hit a motorbike on Magura-Boalmari road over Sheikh Hasina Bridge in Mohammadpur upazila of Magura on Wednesday night. The deceas...

BD honours 31 Indian, Russian soldiers for Liberation War roles

BD honours 31 Indian, Russian soldiers for Liberation War roles

-- 2019-12-19 11:57:51

Bangladesh has honoured 31 Indian and Russian members of the Allied Forces for their roles in the 1971 Liberation War. A reception was hosted in their honour at a hotel in the capital on Wednesday, t...

CTTC arrests three ‘Allahr Dal’ members

CTTC arrests three ‘Allahr Dal’ members

-- 2019-12-19 11:50:29

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit arrested three suspected members of banned militant group ‘Allahr Dal’ from Begunbari in South Keraniganj on Wednesday night. The...

Mild cold wave likely to sweep country

Mild cold wave likely to sweep country

FE REPORT 2019-12-19 11:32:28

A mild cold wave is likely to sweep over the northwestern part of the country with temperature falling in the next 72 hours commencing from this (Thursday) morning. Weather may remain dry having part...

Call for best use of project funds

Call for best use of project funds

FE REPORT 2019-12-19 11:08:12

Speakers at a programme has called for the efficient use of funds and enhanced accountability to ensure quality implementation of development projects in order to attain sustainable development goals...

Apparel sector wants revised building code immediately

Apparel sector wants revised building code immediately

FE REPORT 2019-12-19 11:03:42

Apparel sector leaders on Wednesday demanded immediate publication of the revised Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC) to help the sector avoid costly western prescriptions further. The leaders o...

Taka strengthens against dollar

Taka strengthens against dollar

SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2019-12-19 10:52:23

The local currency appreciated by two paisa against US dollar on Wednesday after nearly three years in the inter-bank foreign exchange (forex) market. Dollar was quoted at Tk 84.88 per unit on the...

BD should focus on FTAs with major trading partners

BD should focus on FTAs with major trading partners

FE REPORT 2019-12-19 10:48:08

New Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Naoki Ito has suggested that Bangladesh should work on free trade agreements (FTAs) with its major trading partners, including Japan, to face the challenges in po...

Netrakona railway station  in poor condition

Netrakona railway station in poor condition

Our Correspondent 2019-12-19 00:09:25

NETRAKONA, Dec 18: Netrakona railway station is in a poor condition. The station has been facing various problems, including small platform, no electricity at the night, leaky roof on the platform and...

C’nawabganj DAE eyes to grow Boro on 46,800 hectares of land

C’nawabganj DAE eyes to grow Boro on 46,800 hectares of land

-- 2019-12-19 00:07:16

CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Dec 18 (UNB): The local Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) says it is optimistic about Boro cultivation on 46,800 hectares of land this season to meet a production goal of 2,1...

Panchagarh growers expect 10m kgs  tea this year

Panchagarh growers expect 10m kgs tea this year

-- 2019-12-19 00:06:47

PANCHAGARH, Dec 18 (UNB): Tea growers in the district expect the highest-ever tea production of 10 million kgs (10,000 tonnes) this year against last year's 8.1 million kg, thanks to favourable weathe...

No freedom fighter will remain on Razakars' list, PM assures

No freedom fighter will remain on Razakars' list, PM assures

BSS 2019-12-18 21:39:54

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the freedom fighters and their family members to show restraint and patience as the government has initiated scrutinising the recently published list of Razakars...

Bangladesh, India defer JRC meeting for 'better preparations'

Bangladesh, India defer JRC meeting for 'better preparations'

UNB 2019-12-18 21:16:26

Bangladesh and India deferred the scheduled meeting of Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) to some extent through a consensus to make it fruitful with better preparations. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Mome...

Head-on collision between buses leaves five dead in Rajbari

Head-on collision between buses leaves five dead in Rajbari

-- 2019-12-18 19:55:46

A head-on collision between two buses left five people dead and at least 30 others injured in Kalukhali upazila of Rajbari district on Wednesday. The accident took place on the Rajbari-Kushtia highwa...

Move to build 29,000 houses for insolvent freedom fighters

Move to build 29,000 houses for insolvent freedom fighters

-- 2019-12-18 19:49:07

The government has decided to build 29,000 houses for the insolvent freedom fighters across the country in the Birth Centenary Celebration of the Father of The Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman...

'Accountability, citizen’s participation in public services vital to achieve SDGs'

'Accountability, citizen’s participation in public services vital to achieve SDGs'

-- 2019-12-18 18:13:20

Ensuring accountability and citizen’s participation in the delivery process of public services are vital to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Bangladesh. A number of communiti...

Govt withdraws list of wartime collaborators

Govt withdraws list of wartime collaborators

-- 2019-12-18 17:36:32

The government has withdrawn the erroneous list of wartime collaborators, which was published on December 15, amid criticism over some mistakes in the list. The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs say...

PM instructs ministries to correct list of wartime collaborators

PM instructs ministries to correct list of wartime collaborators

-- 2019-12-18 15:25:53

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has instructed two ministries to correct the erroneous list of wartime collaborators after verifications. The instruction came following criticism about the list recently...