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Court orders confiscation of four fugitives’ property

Court orders confiscation of four fugitives’ property

-- 2019-12-03 18:41:07

A Dhaka court on Tuesday ordered confiscation of the property of four fugitives accused in the BUET student Abrar Fahad killing case. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaisarul Islam passed...

ACC arrests two former Biman officials

ACC arrests two former Biman officials

FE Online Report 2019-12-03 15:25:16

Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday arrested two former officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines from Segunbagicha area in the capital on charges of embezzlement of Tk 1.18 billion as cargo hand...

Language Movement activist Rawshan Ara Bachchu dies

Language Movement activist Rawshan Ara Bachchu dies

-- 2019-12-03 14:34:14

Rawshan Ara Bachchu, an activist of Language Movement, dies in a Dhaka hospital at the age of 87. The valiant woman who played an active role in the Language Movement of 1952, passed away around 3:30...

Man held with 72 gold bars at Dhaka airport

Man held with 72 gold bars at Dhaka airport

-- 2019-12-03 13:57:19

A preventive team of Dhaka Customs detained a man along with 8.45kg gold at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Monday night. The arrestee was identified as Himel Khan, according to a...

Prioritise public interest, their welfare: President to Army

Prioritise public interest, their welfare: President to Army

-- 2019-12-03 13:43:58

President Abdul Hamid on Tuesday urged the members of Bangladesh Army to work for the welfare of common people apart from ensuring the country's security and sovereignty. "All power belong to people...

BUET sets permanent expulsion as capital punishment for ragging, politics

BUET sets permanent expulsion as capital punishment for ragging, politics

FE ONLINE DESK 2019-12-03 12:48:31

The Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) authorities have set 'permanent expulsion as capital punishment for ragging and student politics on the campus. They announced this in a...

Jute mill workers go on strike in Khulna, Jashore

Jute mill workers go on strike in Khulna, Jashore

-- 2019-12-03 12:07:59

Workers of nine state-owned jute mills went on a 24-hour strike on Tuesday morning to press home their 11-point demand, including payment of arrears. Md Murad Hossain, joint convener of CBA and Non-C...

Cop among two die in Mymensingh road crash

Cop among two die in Mymensingh road crash

-- 2019-12-03 11:37:24

Two people, including an assistant sub-inspector of police, were killed after a Dhaka-bound private car fell into a pond in Chelerghat area of Trishal upazila under Mymensingh district early on Tuesda...

BNP plans to hit streets ahead of election anniversary

BNP plans to hit streets ahead of election anniversary

-- 2019-12-03 10:55:02

BNP is likely to come up with simultaneous action programmes across the country from December 5 in its efforts to mount pressure on the government to release its chairperson Khaleda Zia and register i...

Dhaka ranks 4th worst in Air Quality Index

Dhaka ranks 4th worst in Air Quality Index

-- 2019-12-03 10:45:03

Dhaka ranked the fourth worst in Air Quality Index (AQI) on Tuesday morning.  The capital city of Bangladesh had a score of 220 at 9:36 am, which means the air quality was ‘very unhealthy&r...

Jute mill workers’ demo continues in Khulna,  highway blocked

Jute mill workers’ demo continues in Khulna, highway blocked

A Correspondent 2019-12-02 22:19:37

KHULNA, Dec 02: Nine state-owned jute mill workers staged a daylong protest in the district demanding payment of wages to the workers. They also blocked the Khulna-Jashore highway for an hour and a...

Over 0.45m motorised vehicles registered in Jan-Nov

Over 0.45m motorised vehicles registered in Jan-Nov

FE ONLINE REPORT 2019-12-02 17:58:43

The number of registered motorised vehicles in the country stood at 457,598 from January to November 2019, as per official data. Of them, the mode of vehicles that had the highest number of registrat...

BNP likely to come up with simultaneous programmes this month

BNP likely to come up with simultaneous programmes this month

UNB 2019-12-02 17:58:02

BNP is likely to come up with simultaneous programmes across the country from December 5 in its efforts to mount pressure on the government to release its chairperson Khaleda Zia and register its prot...

GM Quader accuses BNP of repressing Jatiya Party

GM Quader accuses BNP of repressing Jatiya Party

-- 2019-12-02 17:53:57

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader has said though BNP is now talking much about political repression, it unleashed immense repression against Jatiya Party in the past.  “Those who now talk m...

‘KSA to take steps for female workers’ safety’

‘KSA to take steps for female workers’ safety’

-- 2019-12-02 17:49:59

Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment secretary Md Salim Reza on Monday said authorities in Saudi Arabia have assured that they will take necessary steps to ensure the safety of Banglades...

22nd anniversary of CHT Peace Accord today

22nd anniversary of CHT Peace Accord today

-- 2019-12-02 17:12:07

The 22nd anniversary of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord is today (Monday). The accord was signed on December 2 in 1997 between the government and the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samit...

Online news portal registration begins next week

Online news portal registration begins next week

-- 2019-12-02 17:01:52

The government has decided to start registering the online news portal from next week after examining the related papers. Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud gave the information on Monday at a pres...

Create framework to address needs of climate migrants: PM

Create framework to address needs of climate migrants: PM

-- 2019-12-02 16:30:30

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged the international community to initiate discussions on creation of an appropriate framework to address the need of the people who got displaced due to clim...

Govt plans to use green bricks in construction

Govt plans to use green bricks in construction

-- 2019-12-02 16:09:20

The government plans to use environment-friendly bricks in construction instead of traditional bricks manufactured by burning the topsoil of the agricultural lands, in the next five years to curb air...

Woman found dead in Chattogram

Woman found dead in Chattogram

-- 2019-12-02 15:45:53

A woman was found dead, with her hands and legs tied up, at her own residence at Jhautala of Chattogram on Monday. The deceased was identified as Rozy Akter, 20, wife of Rezaul Karim of Sitakunda upa...

Petrol station owners halt strike until Dec 15

Petrol station owners halt strike until Dec 15

FE ONLINE DESK 2019-12-02 15:10:46

Petrol station owners in Rajshahi, Rangpur and Khulna divisions have suspended until December 15 their indefinite strike, which started on Sunday hitting hard oil-fuelled traffic movement in 26 distri...

Malaysia denies entry to 3155 Bangladeshis in Jan-Oct

Malaysia denies entry to 3155 Bangladeshis in Jan-Oct

FE ONLINE DESK 2019-12-02 13:21:41

Malaysia's immigration department barred 44,941 foreigners, including 3,155 Bangladeshis from entering the southeast Asian country during the January-October period for failing to fulfil terms of entr...

Kushtia OC closed to police lines

Kushtia OC closed to police lines

-- 2019-12-02 12:44:14

The officer-in-charge of Khoksa Police Station was closed to district police lines on Sunday evening. OC ABM Mehedi Masud was closed following a series of clashes between AL factions over the last we...

Strike by petrol station owners rolls into second day

Strike by petrol station owners rolls into second day

-- 2019-12-02 12:05:50

The sale of fuel oil has been stalled for a second straight day in Rajshahi, Rangpur and Khulna divisions after petrol station owners started an indefinite strike to press home a 15-point charter of d...

Bangladesh a role model of development in world: PM

Bangladesh a role model of development in world: PM

FE ONLINE DESK 2019-12-02 11:53:18

Highlighting Bangladesh’s tremendous development in the last one decade, prime minister Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh has graduated to a developing country and is a role model of development in...

‘No retail hike, if bulk power tariff unchanged’

‘No retail hike, if bulk power tariff unchanged’

FE REPORT 2019-12-02 10:24:53

Electricity tariff for retail consumers will not require any hike if the bulk level electricity tariff remains unchanged, power development officials told a public hearing on Sunday. But if the bulk...

Students residing in unfit college hostel  in Sunamganj risking their lives

Students residing in unfit college hostel in Sunamganj risking their lives

OUR CORRESPIONDENTS 2019-12-02 00:21:14

SYLHET, Dec 01: Although the department concerned declared the structure of Krishnachandra Hostel of Sunamgaj Government College 'unfit for use' long ago, many students are still residing there amid r...

Victim's family unhappy with Jabale Nur bus crash verdict

Victim's family unhappy with Jabale Nur bus crash verdict

-- 2019-12-01 21:02:23

The family of Dia Khanom Mim, a college student who was run over and killed by a Jabale Nur Paribahan bus in 2018, has expressed dissatisfaction with the court's decision to sentence the driver to lif...

President comes down heavily on food adulterators

President comes down heavily on food adulterators

BSS 2019-12-01 20:20:59

President M Abdul Hamid on Sunday came down heavily on food adulterators and urged all concerned to gear up campaign against the adulteration of foods and the unscrupulous traders. “We have alr...

64 parking spots to be set up in city

64 parking spots to be set up in city

FE Online Report 2019-12-01 19:44:28

Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA) on Sunday approved a proposal to set up 64 parking places in the city. Besides, the two city corporations have been given the responsibility to construct...