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Cumilla Zoo, Botanical Garden in bad shape

Cumilla Zoo, Botanical Garden in bad shape

Our Correspondent 2019-11-17 20:54:46

CUMILLA, Nov 17: At one time Cumilla Zoo and Botanical Garden was one of the most entertaining places for the local people. The zoo, along with a botanical garden, was built on over 10 acres of land...

Govt to import extra 30,000 tonnes octane for Nov-Dec

Govt to import extra 30,000 tonnes octane for Nov-Dec

-- 2019-11-17 20:46:36

The government will import an additional 30,000 tonnes of octane to meet the growing demand of fuel for November and December this year. The Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase approved the decision...

Rise in rice prices unlikely: Minister

Rise in rice prices unlikely: Minister

-- 2019-11-17 20:20:18

In the wake of newspaper reports, Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumdar on Sunday said there should not be any problem with rice price as happened in the case of onion. “I’ve learned from...

Govt to procure 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat

Govt to procure 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat

BSS 2019-11-17 19:38:35

The Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase has taken a decision to procure some 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat at a cost of Taka 1.14 billion. The committee took the decision at its meeting at the Cabin...

Biman to buy two 787-9 Dreamliner jets

Biman to buy two 787-9 Dreamliner jets

-- 2019-11-17 19:18:26

The Biman Bangladesh Airlines is set to buy two 787-9 Dreamliner jets, valued at $585 million. Biman and Boeing announced a deal over the procurement at the 2019 Dubai Airshow on Sunday, reports bdne...

TCB starts selling Maynmar onion at Tk 45

TCB starts selling Maynmar onion at Tk 45

-- 2019-11-17 18:14:11

Amid the overheated onion market, state-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has started selling onions imported from Myanmar at Tk 45 per kg in front of its head office in the city’s K...

Around 400 children killed in Jan-Oct

Around 400 children killed in Jan-Oct

FE Online Report 2019-11-17 18:03:55

As many as 396 children were killed in the country between January and October of the current calendar year, according to a local independent rights and legal aid body. Of the victims, 37 children we...

Bangladesh under serious threat for money laundering: Finance minister

Bangladesh under serious threat for money laundering: Finance minister

-- 2019-11-17 17:58:12

Mentioning that Bangladesh is under serious threat for money laundering, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said the government is putting all out efforts to prevent the crime. The minister said...

PM Hasina joins Dubai airshow

PM Hasina joins Dubai airshow

FE Online Report 2019-11-17 17:58:09

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has kicked off her four-day visit to the UAE by attending the Dubai airshow, reports bdnews24.com. The Bangladesh leader joined the inauguration ceremony of the five-day...

Holey Artisan tragedy: Court to announce verdict on Nov 27

Holey Artisan tragedy: Court to announce verdict on Nov 27

FE Online Report 2019-11-17 17:22:55

A Dhaka court will deliver its verdict in a case over the 2016 terror attack on the Holey Artisan cafe in Dhaka’s Gulshan on November 27, reports bdnews24.com. Dhaka’s Anti-Terrorism Spec...

ACC gets six days to grill Samrat over ‘illegal wealth’

ACC gets six days to grill Samrat over ‘illegal wealth’

-- 2019-11-17 14:28:22

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has been given six days to grill expelled Jubo League Ismail Chowdhury Samrat  for possession of illegal wealth. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge KM I...

Road transport act now under implementation: Quader

Road transport act now under implementation: Quader

FE ONLINE REPORT 2019-11-17 13:32:04

The Road Transport Act (RTA), 2018 is now under implementation with some relaxation from today. "We call upon all to abide by the act," said road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader while a...

Curtain falls on Dhaka International Folk Fest

Curtain falls on Dhaka International Folk Fest

-- 2019-11-17 13:22:14

The three-day Dhaka International Folk Fest (DIFF) ended on Saturday night with music lovers rejoicing at the soothing tune of local and international folk singers. Held at the Bangladesh Army Stadiu...

PEC, Ebtedayee exams begin across the country

PEC, Ebtedayee exams begin across the country

-- 2019-11-17 12:40:41

The Primary Education Completion (PEC) and Ebtedayee examinations began on Sunday. The examinations are being held at 7,470 centres across the country. This year, 2,553,267 students have registered...

Three workers go missing as sand-laden vessel sinks in Meghna

Three workers go missing as sand-laden vessel sinks in Meghna

-- 2019-11-17 12:15:18

Three workers went missing as a sand-laden vessel sank after being hit by a launch in the Meghna River in Gazaria upazila of munshiganj on early Sunday. Two of the missing workers are Aslam, 24, and...

Govinda Mandir - an ornamented terracotta temple at Puthia

Govinda Mandir - an ornamented terracotta temple at Puthia

Monjuara Khatun 2019-11-17 11:19:43

Pancharatna Boro Govinda Mandir in Puthia is one of the exquisitely ornamented terracotta plaques made temples in the country. This temple stands inside the boundary of Panch Ani Palace of the Kings...

Govt to decide after Nov 27 whether to send female workers to Saudi Arabia: Minister

Govt to decide after Nov 27 whether to send female workers to Saudi Arabia: Minister

FE ONLINE DESK 2019-11-17 10:51:16

The government will decide after November 27 whether to stop sending female workers to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, said expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment minister Imran Ahmad on Satu...

Seven die in Chattogram gas explosion

Seven die in Chattogram gas explosion

-- 2019-11-17 10:17:00

At least seven people have died in an explosion in a house in Chattogram’s Patharghata area, according to police. The incident took place on the ground floor of a building in Patharghata Brick...

Wholesalers in Khulna town sell local onion  at Tk 175-180 per kg

Wholesalers in Khulna town sell local onion at Tk 175-180 per kg

A Correspondent 2019-11-17 00:00:00

KHULNA, Nov 17: Most wholesalers and several retail stores in Khulna town are selling locally-grown onions. Besides, some hoarders were seen selling partially rotten onions at Tk 50 to Tk 100 per kg....

PM leaves Dhaka to attend airshow in Dubai

PM leaves Dhaka to attend airshow in Dubai

-- 2019-11-16 19:36:39

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for Dubai on Saturday evening on a four-day official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to attend the Dubai Airshow 2019. Sheikh Hasina will attend the ai...

BCSCL to appoint int’l consultant for second satellite soon

BCSCL to appoint int’l consultant for second satellite soon

-- 2019-11-16 18:40:45

The Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited (BCSCL) is going to appoint an international consultant to finalise the type of country’s second satellite, Bangabandhu-2, by conducting a...

Chattogram traders trash 15 tonnes of rotten onions

Chattogram traders trash 15 tonnes of rotten onions

-- 2019-11-16 18:27:05

As the price of onions continues to soar, traders have thrown away almost 15 tonnes of the kitchen staple in Chattogram, reports bdnews24.com Merchants dumped the rotten onions at Khatunganj's Hamidu...

Nirmal named president, Babu general secretary of Swechchhasebak League

Nirmal named president, Babu general secretary of Swechchhasebak League

-- 2019-11-16 17:51:09

The Awami League has announced the names of the two top leaders of its associate volunteers' body, Bangladesh Swechchhasebak League. Nirmal Ranjan Guha will lead the organisation as president while A...

Tk 39.92b water resource management projects underway in Rajshahi

Tk 39.92b water resource management projects underway in Rajshahi

-- 2019-11-16 17:31:37

Various water resource management activities are being implemented in the region involving around Tk 39.92 billion at present. Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) has been executing the develop...

Abnormal price hike of onion requires investigation: PM

Abnormal price hike of onion requires investigation: PM

-- 2019-11-16 16:31:12

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Saturday that an investigation is necessary to detect the people behind abnormal price hike of onion in Bangladesh. Sheikh Hasina mentioned that the price of this...

136 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24hrs

136 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24hrs

-- 2019-11-16 14:52:57

A total of 136 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8:00am on Saturday. Fifty-six of them were hospitalised in Dhaka, the Directorate...

RU BCL activists beat student

RU BCL activists beat student

-- 2019-11-16 13:40:39

A student of Rajshahi University (RU) was beaten up, reportedly by two Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists at Shaheed Shamsujjoha Hall on Friday night. The victim, Soharab Mia, a third-year st...

Police find Missing FMCH student’s body

Police find Missing FMCH student’s body

-- 2019-11-16 13:34:07

The body of a missing student of Faridpur Medical College Hospital (FMCH) was recovered from Munsibazar area in Faridpur district town on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Nayan Chandra Nath,...

ACC officials to get training in India

ACC officials to get training in India

-- 2019-11-16 13:24:46

Officials of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will go to Gujarat Forensic Science University in India in April next year for special training on corruption investigation and prosecuting criminals. De...

Two bodies recovered in Magura, Sylhet

Two bodies recovered in Magura, Sylhet

-- 2019-11-16 13:18:18

Bodies of an unidentified woman and a youth were recovered from Magura’s Mohammadpur upazila and Sylhet’s Goainghat. In Magura, a woman’s decomposed body was recovered from Ichhamat...