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50,000 people in three upazilas in  trouble for risky bamboo bridge

50,000 people in three upazilas in trouble for risky bamboo bridge

-- 2019-06-30 21:48:32

FENI, June 30 (UNB): About 50,000 people of three upazilas in the district have to use a bamboo bridge over the Choto Feni river at Dakshin Koikhali village under Daganbhuiyan upazila, putting their l...

100pc voter turnout not ‘normal’, CEC says

100pc voter turnout not ‘normal’, CEC says

-- 2019-06-30 20:25:52

Noting that 100 per cent voter turnout in any polling station is not 'normal', the Chief Election Commissioner on Sunday said the Commission has nothing to do with it once the gazette of the election...

Govt imposes fishing ban in Sundarbans until August 31

Govt imposes fishing ban in Sundarbans until August 31

-- 2019-06-30 19:16:18

The government has imposed a ban on fishing in all canals in Sundarbans area from July 1 to August 31 to ensure safe breeding and preservation of fish and other aquatic animals. This fishing ban has...

Three more suspects held over Refat murder

Three more suspects held over Refat murder

-- 2019-06-30 17:56:58

Police arrested three more suspects, one of whom cleared the police constable recruitment exam, in the case over the daylight murder of Refat Shorif in Barguna. Superintendent of Police Md Maruf Hoss...

PM to leave for China Monday

PM to leave for China Monday

-- 2019-06-30 17:37:29

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for Dalian on Monday on a five-day official visit to China at the invitation of her Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang. During the visit, she will attend the...

1994 attack on Hasina: 30 BNP men sent to jail

1994 attack on Hasina: 30 BNP men sent to jail

-- 2019-06-30 17:26:05

A court in Pabna on Sunday sent 30 BNP leaders and activists to jail in a case filed over a bomb attack on a train carrying the then opposition leader and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina in 1994....

168 BD workers stuck in Dubai without wages

168 BD workers stuck in Dubai without wages

-- 2019-06-30 17:24:17

Dozens of blue-collar Bangladeshi workers at a factory in Dubai are preparing to sue their employer as he has not paid them in months. They are among a group of 300 workers stuck there without money...

BERC increases gas prices for all users from July 1

BERC increases gas prices for all users from July 1

FE Online Desk 2019-06-30 17:14:43

The energy regulator has decided to increase gas prices by 32.8 per cent for all users, to be effective from July 1, despite objections to the move from various quarters. Bangladesh Energy Regulatory...

Mercy Tembon WB's new country director for Bangladesh

Mercy Tembon WB's new country director for Bangladesh

-- 2019-06-30 16:25:29

Mercy Miyang Tembon will start her job as the World Bank’s new Country Director for Bangladesh and Bhutan from Monday. A Cameroonian national, Tembon joined the World Bank in 2000 as an Educati...

HC seeks DU report on packaged milk

HC seeks DU report on packaged milk

FE Online Desk 2019-06-30 15:19:17

The High Court has sought the report of Dhaka University’s Pharmacy Faculty and Biomedical Research Centre that found harmful elements in packaged milk available in kitchen markets. The bench o...

DIG Mizan seeks bail from High Court

DIG Mizan seeks bail from High Court

-- 2019-06-30 14:47:57

Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman has sought bail from the High Court on Sunday in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan said the b...

Four suffer burns in Dhaka cylinder blast

Four suffer burns in Dhaka cylinder blast

-- 2019-06-30 13:56:33

Four workers have suffered burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion in the capital's Green Road. They were identified as Mohammad Russel, 32, Foyez Hossain, 20, Rakib, 20, and Sumon, 18.  The...

Sylhet-Akhaura route has 13 rail bridges with ‘Dead Stops’ 

Sylhet-Akhaura route has 13 rail bridges with ‘Dead Stops’ 

-- 2019-06-30 12:39:54

At least 13 rail bridges with ‘Dead Stop’ signs are being used on 179-kilometre Sylhet-Akhaura route, leaving thousands of passengers vulnerable to accidents. A ‘Dead Stop’ si...

Cargo ship loses 43 containers in rough seas

Cargo ship loses 43 containers in rough seas

-- 2019-06-30 12:11:12

A local cargo ship has lost 43 containers after encountering rough weather near the Hatia Channel of the Bay of Bengal. The containers on board the ‘KSL Gladiator’ fell overboard near the...

No plan to import salt this year

No plan to import salt this year

Rezaul Karim 2019-06-30 10:14:45

The government has no plan to import salt this year, especially ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, as the country has a stock of around 1.0 million tonnes of the essential item. When contacted, director (project)...

Govt moves to directly regulate social media after September

Govt moves to directly regulate social media after September

-- 2019-06-29 19:04:40

No one will be able to use or publish information on social media on a whim as the government will get the ability to directly regulate all contents published on social media after September. Posts a...

Power sector to require 1,000 engineers in next five years

Power sector to require 1,000 engineers in next five years

-- 2019-06-29 18:31:41

Bangladesh's power sector will require some 1,000 engineers in the next five years as the country is expending the sector. State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid made the observation at the concluding...

4,285 trucks get registration in five months

4,285 trucks get registration in five months

FE Online Report 2019-06-29 17:59:11

Truck registration across the country stood at 4,285 in the first five months of the current calendar year, according to official data. Of them, some 3,199 trucks are based in Dhaka, showed the Bangl...

169 children raped in Jan-May: ASK

169 children raped in Jan-May: ASK

FE Online Report 2019-06-29 17:48:44

A total of 169 children were raped in the country from January to May 2019, according to a local independent rights body. Some 65 cases were filed in connection with the incidents, according to a dat...

Minister asks to remove Zia’s grave from JS area

Minister asks to remove Zia’s grave from JS area

-- 2019-06-29 17:48:00

Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque has asked the authorities concerned to remove Ziaur Rahman's grave from the premises of the Jatiya Sangsad. He said, "Some structures, including Zia...

Stand against the unscrupulous traders, President urges business leaders

Stand against the unscrupulous traders, President urges business leaders

-- 2019-06-29 17:35:27

President Md Abdul Hamid has urged the entrepreneurs and business leaders to stand against the unscrupulous traders who are tarnishing the country’s image globally as they cheat people with adul...

2,100 metres of Padma Bridge visible as 14th span installed

2,100 metres of Padma Bridge visible as 14th span installed

-- 2019-06-29 17:32:08

The 14th span of the 6.15-kilometre long Padma Bridge was installed on the 15th and the 16th pillars at Mawa point, making 2,100 metres of the main structure visible. “The 150-metre long 14th s...

Oli’s new alliance exposes political disarray in 20-party: Hasan Mahmud

Oli’s new alliance exposes political disarray in 20-party: Hasan Mahmud

-- 2019-06-29 16:44:37

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday urged Colonel (retd) Oli Ahmed to clarify his stance before the nation in regard to his political leaning following the announcement of new alliance. &l...

'Five cement factories near Sundarbans get environmental clearance'

'Five cement factories near Sundarbans get environmental clearance'

-- 2019-06-29 16:36:33

Five 'air-polluting' cement factories located within the ecologically critical area of the Sundarbans Reserve Forest have secured environmental clearance. Forest Minister Md Shahab Uddin gave the inf...

Biman flights on Dhaka-New York route to resume this year

Biman flights on Dhaka-New York route to resume this year

-- 2019-06-29 16:30:08

State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Md Mahbub Ali has said direct Biman flights on Dhaka-New York route would resume by the end of this year. “The process is underway to upgrade the C...

Unpaid, BD expats starving in UAE

Unpaid, BD expats starving in UAE

FE Online Desk 2019-06-29 14:22:54

An unspecified number of Bangladeshis among more than 300 expatriate workers in Dubai, the largest and most famous city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have been left in the lurch without salaries...

Mortal remains of Jharna Dhara donated to BSMMU for research

Mortal remains of Jharna Dhara donated to BSMMU for research

-- 2019-06-29 13:37:26

The mortal remains of lifelong social activist Jharna Dhara Chowdhury, secretary of the Gandhi Ashram Trust in Noakhali, have been entrusted to the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, or BSMM...

BD pet food market beckons prospect

BD pet food market beckons prospect

Adnan Hossain Bhuiyan 2019-06-29 12:20:54

The domestic pet food and pet grooming supply market has grown in volume in recent years following an increasing public penchant for family pets. Pet lovers, especially those living in city are...

BD highlights UN’s failure in Myanmar

BD highlights UN’s failure in Myanmar

-- 2019-06-29 11:55:41

The Permanent Representative (PR) of Bangladesh Ambassador Masud Bin Momen has highlighted the UN’s systematic failure to prevent atrocities in the Rakhaine state of Myanmar. He referred to the...

Mother, son die in Gopalganj road mishap

Mother, son die in Gopalganj road mishap

-- 2019-06-29 11:05:02

A woman and her son were killed as a bus ran over them in Gerakhola area on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Muksudpur upazila of Gopalganj on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as Shawon, 30 and...