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High-rise growth drives demand for large lifts

High-rise growth drives demand for large lifts

JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2019-12-14 10:14:09

The demand for large-sized lifts or elevators has seen a big jump in recent years in step with the growing number of high-rise buildings and greater industrial use in major cities. According to offic...

President, PM pay tribute to martyred intellectuals

President, PM pay tribute to martyred intellectuals

-- 2019-12-14 09:53:23

President Abdul Hamid and prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday paid rich tributes to the martyred intellectuals on the occasion of the Martyred Intellectuals Day. First the president and then the...

Foam factory catches fire in Badda

Foam factory catches fire in Badda

-- 2019-12-13 21:15:45

A fire broke out at a foam factory in North Badda on Friday evening. “Seven firefighting units brought the blaze under control around 9pm,” fire service control room official Forhadul Ala...

UNGA adopts Bangladesh’s resolution ‘Culture of Peace’

UNGA adopts Bangladesh’s resolution ‘Culture of Peace’

-- 2019-12-13 19:43:04

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), like every year, has unanimously adopted Bangladesh’s flagship resolution on the ‘Culture of Peace’. The Permanent Representative (PR) of...

Climate change affected countries not getting enough funds: Minister

Climate change affected countries not getting enough funds: Minister

-- 2019-12-13 18:10:02

Bangladesh and other countries affected by climate change are not getting adequate funds due to complexities in the approval process, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said Thursday. The minister...

Woman held with 106kg of marijuana in Barishal

Woman held with 106kg of marijuana in Barishal

-- 2019-12-13 17:21:08

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a woman with 106kg marijuana in Barishal’s Agailjhara Upazila. The arrest was made during a raid at the Upazila’s Shihipasha village around 1am o...

Nation set to pay homage to martyred intellectuals Saturday

Nation set to pay homage to martyred intellectuals Saturday

-- 2019-12-13 17:06:34

The nation is set to observe the Martyred Intellectuals’ Day tomorrow (Saturday) in a befitting manner. Just two days ahead of the country’s victory on this day 48 years ago, the maraudin...

Paddy procurement process in Jashore goes digital

Paddy procurement process in Jashore goes digital

-- 2019-12-13 16:41:31

The government's decision to procure paddy during the Aman season this year from selected upazilas across the country through a digital app for the first time has drawn a huge response from farmers in...

44 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

44 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

-- 2019-12-13 16:38:51

Some 44 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8:00am on Friday. Among them, 24 were hospitalised in Dhaka, the Directorate General of H...

Immigration through Tamabil border suspended

Immigration through Tamabil border suspended

UNB 2019-12-13 15:58:17

Immigration through Tamabil customs station in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet district came to a sudden halt on Friday morning after a curfew was imposed in India’s Meghalaya state following escal...

More jute workers fall sick as hunger strike enters fourth day

More jute workers fall sick as hunger strike enters fourth day

-- 2019-12-13 14:13:32

More workers of nine state-owned jute mills in Khulna and Jashore fell sick on Friday morning as their fast-unto-death continued for the fourth consecutive day. Most of the workers who fell sick were...

Tulip, Rushanara, Rupa win in snap UK election

Tulip, Rushanara, Rupa win in snap UK election

FE ONLINE DESK 2019-12-13 12:43:20

Three Bangladesh-origin candidates--Tulip Siddiq, Rushanara Ali, Rupa Huq--have been re-elected in the high-stakes snap UK general election dominated by Brexit. All of them were nominated by the Labou...

Four held with arms, 0.8 million Yaba pills

Four held with arms, 0.8 million Yaba pills

-- 2019-12-13 12:02:53

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested four people along with eight lakh (0.8 million) Yaba pills and six firearms from Rongikhali in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar district early...

After FM, HM also cancels India visit amid citizenship protests

After FM, HM also cancels India visit amid citizenship protests

-- 2019-12-12 21:56:34

After Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has also cancelled his India tour amid protests in the country against a citizenship law. Kamal had been scheduled to trave...

Govt clears proposal to purchase MRPs

Govt clears proposal to purchase MRPs

-- 2019-12-12 21:33:26

The government is going ahead with a proposal it had abandoned citing “unusually high prices” to buy 2.0 million machine-readable passports (MRPs) and as many lamination foils. The prices...

One dies in hunger strike by Khulna jute mill workers

One dies in hunger strike by Khulna jute mill workers

-- 2019-12-12 19:42:56

A jute mill worker who along with his fellows has been on a fast unto death to press for their 11-point demand died at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) on Thursday, reports UNB. The deceased wa...

RNPP housing graft: AVV arrests 13 govt officials

RNPP housing graft: AVV arrests 13 govt officials

-- 2019-12-12 18:36:20

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday arrested 13 government officials for their suspected involvement in graft while purchasing furniture and other household items for Green City housing p...

Probe committee formed to investigate Keraniganj fire

Probe committee formed to investigate Keraniganj fire

FE Online Report 2019-12-12 17:39:30

The Ministry of Labour and Employment has formed a five-member committee to investigate the fatal fire that broke out at a plastic factory in Keraniganj on Wednesday. The blaze at Prime Pet and Plast...

FM cancels India visit amid protests over citizenship bill

FM cancels India visit amid protests over citizenship bill

-- 2019-12-12 17:27:17

Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has cancelled his scheduled visit to India amid violent protests over a contentious citizenship bill in the country's northeastern state of Assam. Momen was...

Be alert against bribery, corruption: PM

Be alert against bribery, corruption: PM

-- 2019-12-12 14:48:59

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked government officials to remain alert against bribery and corruption as the social diseases spoil the development of the country. “All will have to be aler...

Cases starts over murder of Chinese national

Cases starts over murder of Chinese national

-- 2019-12-12 14:48:42

A case has been started against unidentified assailants over the murder of a Chinese national in Dhaka’s Banani. Zhang Shn-Hong, a friend of the murdered businessman Gaoxian Hui, initiated the...

Top court rejects Khaleda's bail plea in Zia Charitable Trust graft case

Top court rejects Khaleda's bail plea in Zia Charitable Trust graft case

FE ONLINE DESK 2019-12-12 13:29:08

The Supreme Court has rejected the bail appeal filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case. The Appellate Division led by chief justice Syed Mahmud Hossain reject...

Motorcycle fires: Police file case against Fakhrul, Rizvi

Motorcycle fires: Police file case against Fakhrul, Rizvi

-- 2019-12-12 13:12:07

Two cases have been filed with the Shahbagh police over the alleged arson attacks on three motorcycles near the Supreme Court (SC) ahead of the bail appeal hearing of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. BNP...

Man dies in Mymensingh ‘gunfight’

Man dies in Mymensingh ‘gunfight’

-- 2019-12-12 11:59:16

A man has died in a so-called shootout with detective police during an anti-narcotics drive in Mymensingh. The incident took place in Sarhail village of Ishwarganj upazila of Mymensingh around 1:15 a...

Jute mills workers fall sick on third day of hunger strike

Jute mills workers fall sick on third day of hunger strike

-- 2019-12-12 11:52:50

A number of workers of nine state-owned jute mills in Khulna and Jashore districts fell sick on Thursday as their fast-unto-death continued for the third consecutive day. Most of the workers who fell...

Security beefed up at SC ahead of Khaleda's bail hearing

Security beefed up at SC ahead of Khaleda's bail hearing

-- 2019-12-12 11:39:17

The authorities have ramped up security measures at the Supreme Court premises ahead of the hearing of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's bail appeal in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case. The heari...

National Mausoleum to remain closed for cleaning

National Mausoleum to remain closed for cleaning

-- 2019-12-12 11:20:27

The government has restricted the entry of the people to the National Mausoleum in Savar from December 12 to December 15. The restriction was imposed on Wednesday, according to a PID handout. During...

Smart city needs smart governance: Speakers

Smart city needs smart governance: Speakers

FE REPORT 2019-12-12 11:14:56

Speakers at a seminar have stressed the need for introduction of smart governance and decentralised administration to successfully develop smart cities in the country. "Good governance is crucial to...

Police recover bodies of a couple in city

Police recover bodies of a couple in city

-- 2019-12-12 11:09:48

A couple was found dead at a building in Fakirapool area of Dhaka city on Wednesday night. The deceased were identified as Shahid Ahmed, 27, and Marzina, 21, reports UNB. After being informed by loc...

Hearing on Khaleda Zia’s bail plea today

Hearing on Khaleda Zia’s bail plea today

-- 2019-12-12 10:53:11

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) is scheduled to hear BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail petition in Zia Charitable Trust corruption case today (Thursday). On December 5, the to...