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ACC chairman expresses dissatisfaction over  staff's performance

ACC chairman expresses dissatisfaction over staff's performance

-- 2019-11-26 21:36:06

Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Iqbal Mahmood on Tuesday expressed his disappointment at the performance of his officials, saying they have failed to execute their knowledge and techn...

Poor performances by ACC officials disappoint its chief

Poor performances by ACC officials disappoint its chief

-- 2019-11-26 21:16:51

Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Iqbal Mahmood on Tuesday expressed his disappointment at the performance of his officials, saying they have failed to execute their knowledge and techn...

Foreign observers to hear Holey Artisan verdict Wednesday

Foreign observers to hear Holey Artisan verdict Wednesday

-- 2019-11-26 20:31:22

Foreign observers alongside the local ones will attend the announcement of the judgment in a case over the carnage by militants at a cafe in Dhaka’s Gulshan around three and a half years ago, re...

Prices of vegetables remain high in city

Prices of vegetables remain high in city

UNB 2019-11-26 20:21:41

The prices of some winter vegetables remained high in the city’s kitchen markets on Tuesday. Traders said the prices will start showing a downward trend once the supply of the vegetables in the...

Man killed in Munshiganj road accident

Man killed in Munshiganj road accident

-- 2019-11-26 19:30:40

A man was killed in a head-on collision between two motorcycles in Sirajdikhan upazila of Munshigan district on Tuesday.  The deceased was identified as Anik Islam, 30, son of Nazrul Islam of Go...

Verdict on Holey Artisan attack today

Verdict on Holey Artisan attack today

-- 2019-11-26 19:04:26

The verdict in the case over the attack of Holey Artisan café that claimed the lives of 22 people, including 17 foreign nationals, will be delivered on Wednesday. Judge of the Dhaka Anti-terro...

Govt set to expand power grid

Govt set to expand power grid

-- 2019-11-26 18:49:59

The government is set undertake a project to expand Dhaka and Western Zone Transmission Grid to different upazilas in 17 districts of Dhaka, Khulna and Barishal divisions. The approval of the Tk 59....

Golden Rice awaiting food safety clearance

Golden Rice awaiting food safety clearance

BSS 2019-11-26 18:16:00

Genetically modified (GM) 'Golden Rice' is now waiting for food safety clearance certificate to be released as a new variety as the vitamin-A fortified rice will fight childhood blindness that affects...

Dhaka keeps trust in Delhi’s assurance over NRC

Dhaka keeps trust in Delhi’s assurance over NRC

-- 2019-11-26 18:09:41

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday ruled out again any concern for Bangladesh over National Registration of Citizens (NRC) issue saying Bangladesh believes in India’s assurance. &ldq...

101 hurt in religious violence this year: ASK

101 hurt in religious violence this year: ASK

FE ONLINE REPORT 2019-11-26 15:35:02

At least 101 people were injured in violence against religious minorities in first ten months of the current year across the country, according to a local independent rights body. Among the injured...

Worsening air quality: HC orders closure of all illegal brick kilns around Dhaka

Worsening air quality: HC orders closure of all illegal brick kilns around Dhaka

-- 2019-11-26 15:29:14

The High Court on Tuesday ordered the authorities concerned to shut down all the illegal brick kilns in Dhaka and its surrounding areas -- Narayanganj, Munshiganj, Gazipur, and Manikganj -- within 15...

Four to walk gallows for killing woman in Lakshmipur

Four to walk gallows for killing woman in Lakshmipur

-- 2019-11-26 15:26:13

A Lakshmipur court on Tuesday sentenced four people to death for killing a woman in 2016. The condemned convicts are Sharmin Akter, Sharmin’s friend Jamal, Nazim and Jashim of Dharmapur village...

Padma Bridge gets 17th span

Padma Bridge gets 17th span

-- 2019-11-26 14:41:50

The 17th span of the much-hyped Padma Bridge was installed on Tuesday afternoon, making 2.55 km of the bridge out of 6.15-km visible. The installation work of the 17th span (4-D) started at 10:00am a...

Experts for proper negotiation, joint move ahead of COP25

Experts for proper negotiation, joint move ahead of COP25

SM NAJMUS SAKIB 2019-11-26 14:23:13

Experts have suggested proper negotiation in the global platforms especially ahead of COP25 in order to avail global fund to effectively deal with the local climate change impacts. Besides, they also...

HC restricts underground water extraction in four Chattorgram villages

HC restricts underground water extraction in four Chattorgram villages

-- 2019-11-26 13:50:32

The High Court on Tuesday imposed a restriction on extracting underground water in four villages in Patiya upazila of Chattogram and directed the authorities concerned to take steps to ensure uninterr...

‘Indian mob’ lynches Bangladeshi man on Chuadanga border

‘Indian mob’ lynches Bangladeshi man on Chuadanga border

-- 2019-11-26 13:17:44

A Bangladeshi man has been hacked and beaten to death by an angry mob along the border in Chuadanga's Damurhuda Upazila, the police said. The incident took place on the Indian side of the border earl...

OIC welcomes first hearing of case for crimes against Rohingya

OIC welcomes first hearing of case for crimes against Rohingya

-- 2019-11-26 13:06:08

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has welcomed the first hearing of a recently filed case on accountability for crimes against Rohingyas set for December 10-12. The OIC called on the inte...

Fire guts 33 shops in Khulna

Fire guts 33 shops in Khulna

-- 2019-11-26 12:36:34

At least 33 shops were gutted in a fire that broke out early Tuesday at Ferry ghat intersection in Khulna city. Iqbal Bahar Bulbul, deputy director of fire service, said the fire broke out at around...

FE staffer Al Amin passes away

FE staffer Al Amin passes away

FE ONLINE DESK 2019-11-26 12:06:07

The Financial Express’s computer section Shift-in-Charge Md Al Amin passed away aged around 52 at 3:00 am on Tuesday. He succumbed to a massive cardiac arrest at his residence in Dhaka’s...

Air Quality Index: Dhaka ranks worst again

Air Quality Index: Dhaka ranks worst again

-- 2019-11-26 12:01:12

Bangladesh’s capital city ranked worst again in Air Quality Index (AQI) on Tuesday morning. Dhaka had a score of 242 at 8:00am, which means the air quality was ‘very unhealthy’. In...

Three dead in Faridpur road crash

Three dead in Faridpur road crash

-- 2019-11-26 11:43:45

At least three people have been killed and 22 others injured after a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Faridpur's Bhanga Upazila. The accident occurred on Dhaka-Barishal Highway in the U...

Poet, architect Rabiul Husain dies at 76

Poet, architect Rabiul Husain dies at 76

-- 2019-11-26 11:03:00

Ekushey Padak-winning poet and architect Rabiul Husain has died during treatment for a blood-related ailment in Dhaka. He was 76. Rabiul passed away while undergoing treatment at the Bangabandhu Shei...

PM receives two ITU Telecom  World awards

PM receives two ITU Telecom World awards

-- 2019-11-26 00:34:02

Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina received on Monday two awards of the 'ITU Telecom World-2019' in recognition of Bangladesh's success in telecommunication sector and digitisation, reports BSS. The...

State-owned jute mill workers’ hunger procession to realise  11-point demand

State-owned jute mill workers’ hunger procession to realise 11-point demand

A Correspondent 2019-11-26 00:32:13

KHULNA, Nov 25: State-owned jute mill workers brought out a hunger procession in Khalishpur industrial area in Khulna. The procession ended at the Platinum Jute Mill Gate. A seven-day agitation progr...

Commissioner Talukdar alleges ‘whimsical behaviour’ at EC

Commissioner Talukdar alleges ‘whimsical behaviour’ at EC

-- 2019-11-25 21:39:01

Election Commissioner (EC) Mahbub Talukdar on Monday has alleged whimsical actions at the commission’s secretariat, reports bdnews24.com. He brought the allegation after the four commissioners...

'Road transport act enforcement to be made tolerable'

'Road transport act enforcement to be made tolerable'

-- 2019-11-25 20:35:14

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday said the Road Transport Act, 2018 will be enforced keeping it at a tolerable level. “We’ll ensure the enforcement of the law k...

3 JMB to walk gallows for killing operative of same outfit

3 JMB to walk gallows for killing operative of same outfit

-- 2019-11-25 18:11:47

A Chapainawabganj court has sentenced three members of the banned militant outfit JMB to death and four others to life in prison for killing an operative of the same group in 2012. Additional Distric...

Stress on concerted efforts to achieve SDGs

Stress on concerted efforts to achieve SDGs

-- 2019-11-25 17:08:13

Concerted efforts of all government and non-government entities concerned can be a vital means of supplementing the efforts of the present government to attain the target of inclusive development in t...

Several hundred shops knocked down

Several hundred shops knocked down

-- 2019-11-25 16:56:56

Several hundred makeshift shops on both sides of Dhaka-Aricha highway were demolished on Monday in an eviction drive conducted by the Roads and Highways Division. A team of RHD, led by executive magi...

SC to hear Khaleda’s bail plea Thursday

SC to hear Khaleda’s bail plea Thursday

-- 2019-11-25 15:00:56

The Supreme Court will hear on Thursday an appeal filed BNP chief Khaleda Zia challenging a High Court order that turned down her bail plea in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case. On Monday, a five-m...