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Nephew kills uncle over ownership of tree

Nephew kills uncle over ownership of tree

-- 2019-06-27 12:17:59

A man was killed allegedly by his nephew at Shantipur Beturia village in Sujanagar upazila of Pabna district on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Kalam Hossain, 45, son of Abdus Samad...

Road crash kills two in Gazipur

Road crash kills two in Gazipur

-- 2019-06-27 12:10:31

At least two people were killed and eight others injured after a truck rammed into a human hauler on Tongi-Kaliganj road at Shalimun in Tongi area of Gazipur district on Thursday. The identities of...

Air, noise pollution perils life in Ctg

Air, noise pollution perils life in Ctg

Nazimuddin Shyamol 2019-06-27 11:11:19

The port city of Chattogram is fast turning into a hellhole for its atmospheric pollution caused by dirt, dust and black smoke. Noise pollution is another irritant in the industrial city. According...

One arrested over Barguna youth murder

One arrested over Barguna youth murder

-- 2019-06-27 10:50:06

Police arrested a youth from BKP area in Barguna town on Thursday in connection with the killing of a man in front of his wife on Wednesday. Abir Mohmmad Hossain, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police St...

BGMEA seeks CIP status for all its board members

BGMEA seeks CIP status for all its board members

FE Report 2019-06-27 10:44:10

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) urged the government recently to accord all of its office bearers with the status of Commercially Important Person (CIP). It argue...

BR moves to hire 20 Indian locomotives

BR moves to hire 20 Indian locomotives

Munima Sultana 2019-06-27 10:33:32

Bangladesh Railway (BR) has taken an initiative to hire 20 locomotives from India to facilitate smooth train service across the country, as most of its engines have already become old and outdated. A...

95 rail bridges in Dhaka-Sylhet section risky

95 rail bridges in Dhaka-Sylhet section risky

Our Correspondent, Sylhet 2019-06-27 10:21:18

As many as 95 bridges on the Dhaka-Sylhet railway section has been in dilapidated state for long. Trains on the Sylhet-Akhaura section, Dhaka-Sylhet and Sylhet-Chittagong routes run amid a risk. Alm...

Barguna youth hacked dead before wife

Barguna youth hacked dead before wife

-- 2019-06-27 09:33:43

A young man was hacked to death by miscreants in front of his wife in Barguna district town on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Rifat Sharif, 22, son of Dulal Sharif of Maitha Labong...

Rohingya violence: ICC forms pre-trial chamber

Rohingya violence: ICC forms pre-trial chamber

-- 2019-06-26 20:50:37

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has constituted pre-trial Chamber-III demonstrating further progress over ongoing process to look into the atrocities committed against the Rohingyas. The Chamb...

Enamul Basir took Tk 4.0m in bribes from DIG Mizan: ACC

Enamul Basir took Tk 4.0m in bribes from DIG Mizan: ACC

-- 2019-06-26 20:37:27

Enamul Basir, a suspended director of the Anti-Corruption Commission, has taken Tk 4.0 million in bribes from Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Mizanur Rahman, the anti-corruption agency said c...

Chemical warehouses to be relocated to Munshiganj by 2022: Minister

Chemical warehouses to be relocated to Munshiganj by 2022: Minister

-- 2019-06-26 19:39:54

State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Dr Md Enamur Rahman said all the chemicals warehouses in Old Dhaka will be relocated to Sirajdikhan upazila in Munshiganj by June, 2022. He came up w...

Woman dies falling off city building

Woman dies falling off city building

-- 2019-06-26 18:15:59

An elderly woman was killed after falling off the rooftop of a three-story building in Paikpara area of Mirpur in the city on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Mamtaz Begum, 65, wife of late...

'Dhaka-Sylhet highway four-lane upgradation soon'

'Dhaka-Sylhet highway four-lane upgradation soon'

-- 2019-06-26 18:10:29

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said the development work to upgrade the Dhaka-Sylhet highway into four-lane will begin soon. The minister came up with the announcemen...

Journos protest ACC notice to fellow

Journos protest ACC notice to fellow

-- 2019-06-26 17:41:27

Journalists formed a human chain in front of the gate of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in the city's Shegunbagicha area protesting what they said the issuance of 'disgraceful' notice by the Com...

BRRI develops seven high yielding verities of Aman paddy

BRRI develops seven high yielding verities of Aman paddy

-- 2019-06-26 17:19:06

Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) has developed seven modern paddy varieties for Aman season creating high hope among the farmers in general in the region including its vast Barind tract. The...

‘Rohingyas may pose security threat if not repatriated soon’

‘Rohingyas may pose security threat if not repatriated soon’

-- 2019-06-26 16:44:06

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said if the displaced Rohingyas can't be repatriated soon, the security and stability of Bangladesh may be hampered. "If we can't send them back soon, there...

Stolen mobile phones from India enter Bangladesh

Stolen mobile phones from India enter Bangladesh

-- 2019-06-26 16:36:03

Contraband mobile phones from India are seeping across the border and circulating throughout the Bangladeshi market, according to police. Officials of the Detective Branch of Police, or DB, disclosed...

Two die in Lalmonirhat road crash

Two die in Lalmonirhat road crash

-- 2019-06-26 16:09:32

At least two people were killed and seven others injured in a road crash on Lalmonirhat-Burimari highway at Palashi Bazar in Aditmari upazila of Lalmonirhat district on Wednesday. The deceased were i...

Female UP member found dead in Narayanganj

Female UP member found dead in Narayanganj

-- 2019-06-26 15:48:59

A female UP member was found dead at her house at Chanpara in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Beauty Akter Kutti, 50, a member of no 4 ward of Chanpara uni...

Police find female UP member dead in N’ganj

Police find female UP member dead in N’ganj

-- 2019-06-26 15:07:04

A female UP member was found dead at her house at Chanpara in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Beauty AkterKutti, 50, a member of no 4 ward of Chan...

Those responsible for Kulaura crash not to be spared: Minister

Those responsible for Kulaura crash not to be spared: Minister

-- 2019-06-26 14:22:36

Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan on Wednesday said that if investigation into Kulaura accident finds anyone guilty of negligence, then stern action will be taken against that person. He made th...

ICT to deliver verdict on Ranada Prasad killing Thursday

ICT to deliver verdict on Ranada Prasad killing Thursday

-- 2019-06-26 13:58:20

The war crimes tribunal is set to deliver its verdict on Thursday in a case over the killing of Tangail philanthropist Ranada Prasad Saha, his son and five others during the Liberation War. The accus...

Burnt Narsingdi student loses battle for life

Burnt Narsingdi student loses battle for life

Agencies 2019-06-26 11:53:53

Fulon Rani Barman, who had been doused with kerosene and set on fire in Narsingdi, has died in Dhaka Medical College Hospital, 13 days after the arson attack. The 22-year-old was receiving treatment...

Two die in Mymensingh road accident

Two die in Mymensingh road accident

-- 2019-06-26 10:44:32

Two people were killed after a truck plunged into a roadside ditch at Lengra Bazar in Muktagaccha upazila of Mymensingh on Wednesday. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately, re...

Curbing money laundering: MFS, courier service providers asked to act

Curbing money laundering: MFS, courier service providers asked to act

FE Report 2019-06-26 10:37:49

Mobile financial service (MFS) providers and courier companies have been asked to take steps to control money laundering and transactions of illegally earned money, sources said. They have been t...

21pc RMG workers say they don't get sick leave: Report

21pc RMG workers say they don't get sick leave: Report

FE Report 2019-06-26 10:31:12

About 21 per cent of garment workers responded in a survey that their factories do not grant sick leave, a mandatory obligation for the employers by law, according to a latest report. Female work...

18 suffer burns in Chattogram microbus blast

18 suffer burns in Chattogram microbus blast

-- 2019-06-26 09:52:49

At least 18 people, including three children, suffered burns when the compressor of a microbus air-conditioner exploded on the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar Highway in Patia upazila of the district on Tuesda...

Govt suspends DIG Mizan

Govt suspends DIG Mizan

-- 2019-06-26 09:38:14

The government has finally suspended Deputy Inspector General of Police Mizanur Rahman who made recently headlines over Anti-Corruption Commission investigation into his wealth. The home ministry iss...

Conduct surveys on road-rail bridges: PM

Conduct surveys on road-rail bridges: PM

-- 2019-06-25 21:20:26

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday instructed the authorities concerned to conduct surveys on dilapidated rail and road bridges in the country so that necessary repair works could be done before...

PM lays plan for 'Hasinacare'

PM lays plan for 'Hasinacare'

FE Online Desk 2019-06-25 21:07:30

In the footsteps of India's ambitious programme to extend public health insurance to 500 million citizens, Sheikh Hasina, prime minister of neighbouring Bangladesh, has set out plans to similarly cove...