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Sarbahara Party leader dies in ‘infighting’ in Pabna

Sarbahara Party leader dies in ‘infighting’ in Pabna

-- 2019-11-06 12:05:50

A regional leader of outlawed Sarbahara Party was gunned down reportedly by his rivals over internal feud at Chaithupir Char in Bera upazila of Pabna district on Tuesday night. The deceased was ident...

Celebration of Tagore’s Sylhet visit 100 years ago begins

Celebration of Tagore’s Sylhet visit 100 years ago begins

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2019-11-06 11:50:31

The four-day celebration marking Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's Sylhet visit 100 years ago began in the city on Tuesday morning through a colourful procession. Starting from the Nagar Bhaban, t...

Met office asks maritime ports to hoist signal No. 1

Met office asks maritime ports to hoist signal No. 1

-- 2019-11-06 11:26:57

Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted distant cautionary signal number one. The depression over east-central bay and adjoining area moved...

Govt agency seeks ban on hydrogen balloon

Govt agency seeks ban on hydrogen balloon

-- 2019-11-06 10:48:07

The Department of Explosives is seeking a ban on use of hydrogen to inflate balloons and arrest of vendors who use the gas. The department made the recommendations in a report it is submitting to the...

Army man dies in Chattogram road crash

Army man dies in Chattogram road crash

-- 2019-11-06 10:38:21

A road accident on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway at Fouzdarhat in Sitakunda upazila left an army Lance Corporal dead and another injured on Tuesday night. The deceased, 38-year-old Sheikh Sabbir Ahmed, wo...

Apparel sector seeks low cost finance to face 4IR challenges

Apparel sector seeks low cost finance to face 4IR challenges

FE REPORT 2019-11-06 10:29:35

The country's apparel sector entrepreneurs require more financing at competitive rate to make the industry socially, environmentally and economically sustainable, speakers said at a programme on Tuesd...

Onion ring busted in Ctg

Onion ring busted in Ctg

NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL 2019-11-06 10:21:16

CHATTOGRAM: A commerce ministry drive has uncovered a 16-member syndicate behind the sharp price hike in Chattogram and adjacent areas. The syndicate is importing onion at a price of Tk 42 per kg and...

Body recovered from collapsed building in Narayanganj

Body recovered from collapsed building in Narayanganj

-- 2019-11-05 21:30:17

Fire Service rescuers recovered the body of a missing boy from a four-storey under-construction building that collapsed two days ago, reports bdnews24.com. Wahid, 12, was found dead on the constructi...

Five Pabna youths’ endeavour  to become self-reliant

Five Pabna youths’ endeavour to become self-reliant

ROVING CORRESPODENT 2019-11-05 21:16:45

PABNA, Nov 05: Five youths in the district are bearing their educational expenses by rearing ducks. Locals said Suman Ali, a student of Pabna Government Edward College, Ruhul Amin, a first year stude...

‘Rohingyas won’t be forced to go to Bhashan Char’

‘Rohingyas won’t be forced to go to Bhashan Char’

-- 2019-11-05 20:37:17

Mentioning that Rohingyas will have a better living in Bhashan Char once relocated there, Bangladesh on Tuesday said it will not force any of the displaced people to avail of the relocation opportunit...

'Facilitate broadcast of Bangladeshi private TV channels in India'

'Facilitate broadcast of Bangladeshi private TV channels in India'

-- 2019-11-05 20:07:29

Bangladesh has urged India to remove the barriers on broadcasting Bangladeshi private television channels in India's West Bengal state and other parts of the country. Information Minister Dr Hasan Ma...

60 detained with deer traps at Sundarbans

60 detained with deer traps at Sundarbans

-- 2019-11-05 19:33:48

The forest department has detained 60 people with deer traps and trawlers on their way to the Sundarbans for hunting ahead of the Rash Festival, reports bdnews24.com.  They were taken into custo...

'Micro insurance schemes necessary to tackle climate change risks'

'Micro insurance schemes necessary to tackle climate change risks'

-- 2019-11-05 19:17:10

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said introduction of micro insurance schemes is necessary to tackle the risks of climate change as it will benefit the people of lower income group affected by natural...

Three Japanese firms take part in tender for Bangabandhu Rail Bridge

Three Japanese firms take part in tender for Bangabandhu Rail Bridge

-- 2019-11-05 18:38:40

Three Japanese construction companies have taken part in tender process of the Bangabandhu Rail Bridge, to be constructed over the Jamuna River in parallel with the existing Bangabandhu Bridge stretch...

Bangladesh national anthem goes Sanskrit in Assam: The Hindu

Bangladesh national anthem goes Sanskrit in Assam: The Hindu

FE Online Report 2019-11-05 17:39:37

The national anthem of Bangladesh has been given a Sanskrit makeover in the Indian state of Assam on the eighth death anniversary of Bhupen Hazarika, report The Hindu. Hazarika is a singer and cultur...

Healthcare at jails hit hard by physician shortage

Healthcare at jails hit hard by physician shortage

-- 2019-11-05 17:18:53

There are 10 physicians against 141 posts at 68 jails across the country while the number of inmates is 86,998 against the accommodation capacity of 40,664, said the Department of Prisons. The inform...

Five remanded over Dhanmandi double-murder

Five remanded over Dhanmandi double-murder

-- 2019-11-05 17:11:28

A Dhaka court on placed five people on five-day remand in a case lodged over recent double-murder that took place in capital’s Dhanmandi area. The five accused are- housemaid Survi Akter Nahida...

US acting asst secy, USAID dep administrator in city

US acting asst secy, USAID dep administrator in city

-- 2019-11-05 15:50:57

US acting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells and US Agency for International Development (USAID) Deputy Administrator Bonnie Glick have arrived in Dhaka. They began t...

Jahangirnagar University shut sine die

Jahangirnagar University shut sine die

-- 2019-11-05 15:21:57

Jahangirnagar University (JU) has been closed sine die in the wake of an attack allegedly launched by members of the BCL (Bangladesh Chhatra League) JU unit on the students confining the vice chancell...

ECNEC clears Tk 34.49b project to ensure nuclear plant safety

ECNEC clears Tk 34.49b project to ensure nuclear plant safety

-- 2019-11-05 15:12:26

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved six projects, including Tk 34.49 billion (3,449.05 crore) Physical Protection System (PPS) Project to Rooppur Nucle...

Rifat murder: Two accused denied HC bail

Rifat murder: Two accused denied HC bail

-- 2019-11-05 15:04:14

The High Court on Tuesday denied bail to two accused, including an underage one, in Rifat Sharif murder case. Those denied bail are Rafiul Islam Rabbi and Nazmul Hasan, 14, a class-X student. The HC...

Tension escalates at JU as  ‘BCL men’, protesters fight

Tension escalates at JU as  ‘BCL men’, protesters fight

-- 2019-11-05 13:58:36

An unspecified number of students and teachers were injured in a clash between protesting students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) and ‘VC-backed teachers and Chhatra League men’ on Tuesd...

Acquire world-class skills, President to BAF members

Acquire world-class skills, President to BAF members

-- 2019-11-05 13:56:49

President Abdul Hamid has urged the members of Bangladesh Air Force(BAF) to acquire world-class skills to uphold the dignity of the country. "Attaining professional skills is very important for you....

BD 'extrajudicial' killings triple in one year: Amnesty

BD 'extrajudicial' killings triple in one year: Amnesty

-- 2019-11-05 13:18:06

Bangladeshi authorities have allegedly killed 466 people in 2018 under the guise of an anti-drugs campaign in what appears to be a wave of extrajudicial executions. There are allegations of enforced...

Forest officials detain 60 ‘deer poachers’ in Sundarbans

Forest officials detain 60 ‘deer poachers’ in Sundarbans

-- 2019-11-05 12:01:21

Forest Department officials detained 60 suspected deer poachers while entering the Sundarbans with hunting equipment in three trawlers in Joymoni area of Chandpai Range early Tuesday. Tipped off that...

Khoka’s body to arrive from US Thursday

Khoka’s body to arrive from US Thursday

-- 2019-11-05 11:28:47

The body of BNP leader and former mayor of undivided Dhaka City Corporation Sadeque Hossain Khoka is expected to arrive in Dhaka from the USA on Thursday morning.  A flight of Emirates Airlines...

Dengue claims woman’s life in Khulna

Dengue claims woman’s life in Khulna

-- 2019-11-05 11:02:01

A woman died of dengue at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Sabita, 40, wife of Haradhan of Keshabpur upazila in Jashore. Dr Shoilendranath Biswas,...

Korean cos to invest $ 500m in EZ

Korean cos to invest $ 500m in EZ

FE REPORT 2019-11-05 10:56:18

South Korean businesses have expressed the interest to establish an industrial park in Bangladesh's Economic Zone (EZ) to set up factories for manufacturing apparel, leather products and ornaments. A...

Sylhet to mark 100 years of Tagore’s visit

Sylhet to mark 100 years of Tagore’s visit

Iqbal Siddiquee 2019-11-04 21:31:10

SYLHET, Nov 04: In commemoration of 100 years of the visit of great poet Rabindranath Tagore to Sylhet, a three-day colourful programme has been taken up in the north-eastern city. Prime Minister S...

40-year-old bridge turns into a death trap

40-year-old bridge turns into a death trap

ROVING CORRESPONDENT 2019-11-04 21:27:47

JOYPURHAT, Nov 04: More than 40-year-old concrete bridge over the Shiholy canal in the Durgapur area under Kalai upazila of the district has turned into a death trap due to lack of repair work. A goo...