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Metro rail tracks set to be installed in November

Metro rail tracks set to be installed in November

-- 2019-11-04 20:45:53

Authorities are preparing to lay the tracks for metro rail link from Uttara to Agargaon at the end of November. A sample train will be set up in metro rail depot in Diyabari in January to familiarise...

WB praises progress of digitisation in Bangladesh

WB praises progress of digitisation in Bangladesh

FE ONLINE REPORT 2019-11-04 20:34:56

The World Bank (WB) on Monday praised the progress of digitisation in the country.  Their appreciations came during a meeting with State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak at the conference roo...

State minister urges pilots to ensure flight safety

State minister urges pilots to ensure flight safety

-- 2019-11-04 18:49:52

Highly lauding efficiency of Bangladeshi pilots, State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism M Mahbub Ali has urged pilots to identify different challenges in improving flight safety standards in or...

1,239 cases filed over traffic rule violation in Oct

1,239 cases filed over traffic rule violation in Oct

FE Online Report 2019-11-04 18:24:26

Mobile courts of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) filed 1,239 cases against vehicles, and realised around Tk 2.67 million as fine for violating traffic rules during drives in October 2019....

Cabinet approves policy for proper use of HR dev fund

Cabinet approves policy for proper use of HR dev fund

-- 2019-11-04 18:23:52

The Cabinet has approved the draft of the “National Human Resource Development Fund Usage Policy-2019” aimed at creating skilled manpower to accelerate the booming economy and meet the gro...

340,432 motorcycles registered this year

340,432 motorcycles registered this year

FE Online Report 2019-11-04 18:11:17

Some 340,432 motorcycles were registered in the first ten months of calendar year across the country, according to an official data. Of the total, 84,746 motorcycles were registered in Dhaka, Banglad...

Akhtaruzzaman takes over as DU VC

Akhtaruzzaman takes over as DU VC

-- 2019-11-04 16:45:15

Professor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman took over the office as the Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University (DU) on Monday. President Md Abdul Hamid, chancellor of the universities, appointed Akhtaruzzaman for the...

174 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24hr

174 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24hr

-- 2019-11-04 16:38:22

A total of 174 dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8:00am on Monday. Fifty-four of them were hospitalised in Dhaka, the Directorate Gener...

BNP leader Sadeque Hossain Khoka dies in USA

BNP leader Sadeque Hossain Khoka dies in USA

-- 2019-11-04 15:08:59

Sadeque Hossain Khoka, former mayor of undivided Dhaka City Corporation and BNP vice-chairman, died on Monday in the USA. Khoka, also a former minister, breathed his last at Memorial Sloan Kettering...

Traffic sergeants to face action on complaints: DMP chief

Traffic sergeants to face action on complaints: DMP chief

FE ONLINE DESK 2019-11-04 14:40:59

Traffic sergeants will face action on complaints that they have tried to take advantage of the new the Road Transport Act, 2018, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Shafiqul Islam said on Monday....

Ex-minister Latif Siddiqui secures six-month interim bail

Ex-minister Latif Siddiqui secures six-month interim bail

-- 2019-11-04 14:29:28

The High Court on Monday granted a six-month interim bail to former textiles and jute minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). The bench of Justice Obaid...

BSF using Israeli surveillance tools on Bangladesh border: The Hindu

BSF using Israeli surveillance tools on Bangladesh border: The Hindu

FE ONLINE REPORT 2019-11-04 12:24:10

India's Border Security Force (BSF) is using its recently acquired Israeli tether drones and thermal imagers to keep an all-out watch on the Bangladesh border, according to a news report published by...

Dhaka ranks fourth worst in Monday's Air Quality Index

Dhaka ranks fourth worst in Monday's Air Quality Index

-- 2019-11-04 11:33:16

Bangladesh’s capital was ranked fourth worst in Air Quality Index (AQI) on Monday morning. The city’s air was classified as 'unhealthy' at 9:50am as it had a score of 169. India’s...

Three die after being electrocuted in Barguna

Three die after being electrocuted in Barguna

-- 2019-11-04 11:11:56

Three family members, including a woman and her son, have died of electrocution in Barguna. The incident occurred at Khashtabak village of Kakchira Union in Patharghata Upazila of Barguna at 7:30am o...

Man ‘kills’ teen brother in city

Man ‘kills’ teen brother in city

-- 2019-11-04 11:09:02

A young man was stabbed to death by his sibling in Demra area of Dhaka city on Sunday evening. The deceased was identified as Hossain Box, 19, son of Ali Box of the area, reports UNB. Alim, a friend...

Man, his associates held 12yr after killing wife, son

Man, his associates held 12yr after killing wife, son

-- 2019-11-04 11:03:29

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested a man and his two associates more than a decade after killing his wife and two-month-old son. The arrestees are - Md Sohel Fakir, 37, and his asso...

Rohingya crisis: ASEAN leaders reiterate need for comprehensive solution

Rohingya crisis: ASEAN leaders reiterate need for comprehensive solution

-- 2019-11-04 10:47:33

ASEAN leaders have reiterated the need to find a comprehensive and durable solution to Rohingya crisis addressing the root causes of the conflict in Rakhine State. They laid emphasis on efforts to cr...

Jute mill workers want implementation of national wages commission

Jute mill workers want implementation of national wages commission

A Correspondent 2019-11-03 21:38:12

KHULNA, Nov 03: State-owned jute mill workers want implementation of the national wages commission. They also want cancellation of the decision of public-private partnership (PPP) and payment of PF...

DNCC evicts 150 illegal establishments in Gulshan

DNCC evicts 150 illegal establishments in Gulshan

FE ONLINE REPORT 2019-11-03 20:21:09

Dhaka North City Corporation’s (DNCC) evicted some 150 illegal establishments in the city and reclaimed 25,000 square feet of space removing the illegal structures in the city's Gulshan area. A...

Minor dies, many feared trapped as building collapses in Narayanganj

Minor dies, many feared trapped as building collapses in Narayanganj

-- 2019-11-03 19:30:21

The body of a schoolboy was retrieved while many others are feared trapped as a four-storey building collapsed in Babubail area of the city Sunday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Shoeb, 7....

HC upholds BB amnesty for loan defaulters

HC upholds BB amnesty for loan defaulters

-- 2019-11-03 18:14:51

The High Court (HC) has upheld the central bank's amnesty to loan defaulters, allowing them to reschedule classified loans with 2.0 per cent down payment and 9.0 per cent interest over 10 years. The...

'Facebook rumour-mongers under surveillance'

'Facebook rumour-mongers under surveillance'

-- 2019-11-03 17:32:54

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Sunday said those who spread rumours on Facebook are now under government surveillance and stern action will be taken against them. “Most of those who re...

Dhaka city polls in January: EC

Dhaka city polls in January: EC

-- 2019-11-03 17:25:11

The city corporations of Dhaka are set to hold elections simultaneously at the start of 2020. The polls could be held around mid- to late-January next year, said EC's Senior Secretary Md Alamgir on S...

US assistant secretary, USAID deputy administrator due Tuesday

US assistant secretary, USAID deputy administrator due Tuesday

UNB 2019-11-03 16:51:28

US acting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells and US Agency for International Development (USAID) Deputy Administrator Bonnie Glick arrive in Dhaka on Tuesday to discus...

DMP arrests 50 in anti-narcotics drive

DMP arrests 50 in anti-narcotics drive

FE Online Report 2019-11-03 16:46:13

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested 50 people from the city during an anti-narcotics drive against selling and consuming illegal drugs. Different police stations under the DMP conducted...

HC seeks explanation over raising launch terminal entry fee

HC seeks explanation over raising launch terminal entry fee

-- 2019-11-03 15:18:36

The High Court (HC) on Sunday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain why the decision of raising fee for entering the launch terminals should not be declared illegal. It also seeks...

Take immediate steps to control onion price: Rights body

Take immediate steps to control onion price: Rights body

-- 2019-11-03 14:18:21

Claiming that the hike in the onion price is a planned one by a syndicate, a consumer rights body on Sunday urged the government to take immediate steps to arrest the skyrocketing price of the cooking...

Dr Yunus gets bail after surrender in three cases

Dr Yunus gets bail after surrender in three cases

FE ONLINE DESK 2019-11-03 14:11:29

Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus has secured bail from a labour court in Dhaka in connection with three cases filed over sacking of three employees of Grameen Communications he heads as its chairman....

Uncertainty hovers around ridesharing rules

Uncertainty hovers around ridesharing rules

-- 2019-11-03 13:59:54

After a wait of one and a half years, the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has granted temporary enlistment certificates to some ridesharing firms in spite of their failure to meet all the c...

Ex-Sonagazi OC Moazzem denied HC bail

Ex-Sonagazi OC Moazzem denied HC bail

-- 2019-11-03 13:09:06

The High Court on Sunday denied bail to former officer-in-charge of Sonagazi Police Station Moazzem Hossain in a case filed under the Digital Security Act. The bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and J...