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95pc brick kilns use eco-unfriendly technology to meet demand

95pc brick kilns use eco-unfriendly technology to meet demand

FE Online Report 2019-06-25 20:17:53

Some 95 per cent of the country’s brick kilns are still using conventional and energy-depended technology to meet the growing demand of bricks every year, causing catastrophic impact on environm...

Dope test mandatory for govt jobs

Dope test mandatory for govt jobs

-- 2019-06-25 18:09:01

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday said dope test is going to be made compulsory for government jobs. The decision has been approved in principal by the cabinet, he told the media at the minis...

Govt to increase allowance for people with disabilities

Govt to increase allowance for people with disabilities

-- 2019-06-25 17:28:05

The government has planned to increase the insolvent disabled allowance to about 55 per cent under the Social Safety Net Programme (SSNP) in fiscal 2019-20. Social Welfare Minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed s...

Miscreants shoot dead PCJSS man in Bandarban

Miscreants shoot dead PCJSS man in Bandarban

-- 2019-06-25 17:07:12

An activist of Parbatya Chattogram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS-MN Larma) was shot to death by criminals at Roangchhari upazila in Bandarban early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Ontui Ching M...

Green Line gets nine months to pay compensation

Green Line gets nine months to pay compensation

-- 2019-06-25 16:51:21

The High Court has ordered Green Line Paribahan to pay a Tk 4.5 million compensation in instalments over nine months to Russell Sarker who lost his leg after being hit by a bus of the transport compan...

Detergent found in milk of leading local brands

Detergent found in milk of leading local brands

-- 2019-06-25 16:30:42

Researchers have found traces of detergent in pasteurised milk produced by five companies. They companies are – Pran, Milk Vita, Igloo, Aarong, and Farm Fresh, according to news agency UNB. &l...

Holey Artisan attack: Five more policemen testify

Holey Artisan attack: Five more policemen testify

-- 2019-06-25 16:13:53

Five more Policemen on Tuesday testified before an anti-terror special court in a case lodged over 2016 terrorist attack on an upscale cafe in capital’s Gulshan area. The witnesses are Superint...

Mob beats Narail youth for ‘hurting religious sentiments’

Mob beats Narail youth for ‘hurting religious sentiments’

-- 2019-06-25 16:08:45

A young man was injured in a mob beating at Ujirpur in Narail municipality area on Tuesday reportedly for hurting religious sentiments of Muslims. The victim was identified as Tanu Dutta, 27, son of...

Writ seeks end to unnecessary C-sections

Writ seeks end to unnecessary C-sections

-- 2019-06-25 13:51:18

A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Tuesday seeking its directives to prevent unnecessary caesarean sections in the country. Supreme Court lawyer Barrister Syed Sayedul Haque Suman filed...

Mild heat wave likely to abate

Mild heat wave likely to abate

-- 2019-06-25 13:34:04

The mild heat wave sweeping over some parts of the country may abate at some places as rain or thundershowers is likely to occur at several places today. “Mild heat wave is sweeping over Rajsha...

BNP’s Siraj wins Bogura-6 by-polls

BNP’s Siraj wins Bogura-6 by-polls

-- 2019-06-25 13:13:29

BNP candidate Golam Mohammad Siraj was unofficially declared elected in the by-election to Bogura-6 constituency on Monday. Siraj begged 89,742 votes while his nearest rival T Zaman Niketa of Awami L...

Female police constable ‘commits suicide’

Female police constable ‘commits suicide’

-- 2019-06-25 10:57:03

A police constable committed suicide at her residence under Bayazid Bostami Police Station area in Chattogram city on Monday evening. The deceased was identified as Kabita Rani, 22, wife of Mithun Ku...

Three ‘human traffickers’ die in gunfight

Three ‘human traffickers’ die in gunfight

-- 2019-06-25 10:46:54

Three alleged human traffickers were killed in a reported gunfight with police in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar early Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Kurban Ali, 30, son of Abdus Shukkur of...

Capital dredging of Karnaphuli likely to be completed in 2022

Capital dredging of Karnaphuli likely to be completed in 2022

Nazimuddin Shyamol 2019-06-25 10:41:43

The long-awaited capital dredging of Karnaphuli River is likely to be completed in 2022. Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) in association with Bangladesh Navy (BN) under a project worth Tk 2,420 mi...

JICA frets over delay in land acquisition

JICA frets over delay in land acquisition

Munima Sultana 2019-06-25 10:37:09

A delay in acquiring the land for the cross-border road network improvement project has disappointed its Japanese financier. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has expressed its...

Tigers close to win

Tigers close to win

-- 2019-06-24 22:40:12

Tigers are very close to win as Bangladesh posted 262 for seven wickets against Afghanistan in a group match of the Cricket World Cup on a slow track at the Hampshire Bowl on Monday. Three quick wick...

Rail links with Sylhet resume

Rail links with Sylhet resume

-- 2019-06-24 21:18:39

The rail communications of Sylhet with other parts of the country resumed this evening 20 hours after a tragic accident that disrupted the rail links. Repairing work of the railway tracks completed a...

3,175 tonnes of sesame output likely in Magura this season

3,175 tonnes of sesame output likely in Magura this season

Our Correspondent 2019-06-24 21:16:58

MAGURA, June 24: Sesame growers in the district have started harvesting their produce. They are happy over the production and present market price. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Magu...

Transplantation of Aus seedlings in Sylhet region nearing end

Transplantation of Aus seedlings in Sylhet region nearing end

Our Correspondent 2019-06-24 21:16:00

SYLHET, June 24: Aus paddy farmers in Sylhet region are about to complete transplantation of seedlings this season. In line with the national programme for expanding Aus farming, the division's cover...

Upaban train accident: Jatri Kalyan Samity demands punishment

Upaban train accident: Jatri Kalyan Samity demands punishment

FE Online Report 2019-06-24 20:29:00

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (BJKS) on Monday demanded an exemplary punishment for those who are responsible for Upaban Express train accident. In a written statement signed by its secretary genera...

'None can destroy Awami League'

'None can destroy Awami League'

-- 2019-06-24 19:49:13

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said no one can destroy Bangladesh Awami League as it is a well-organised political party having numerous achievements during its 70-year history of struggle. "...

ACC sues DIG Mizan, three family members

ACC sues DIG Mizan, three family members

-- 2019-06-24 18:39:10

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on filed a case against Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Mizanur Rahman and three of his family members for amassing illegal wealth of Taka  32.8 million (3.28...

Nasrul wants withdrawal of TIN requirement for lifeline subscribers

Nasrul wants withdrawal of TIN requirement for lifeline subscribers

-- 2019-06-24 18:30:01

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has requested the finance ministry to withdraw the proposal of submitting Tax Identification Number (TIN) by lifeline subscribers to...

Expired medicines must be removed by July 2

Expired medicines must be removed by July 2

-- 2019-06-24 17:31:39

Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque on Monday said all date-expired medicines must be removed from pharmacies by July 2 as the government will take stern action if any pharmacy is found s...

Vehicular movement on Dhaka –Sylhet highway resumes

Vehicular movement on Dhaka –Sylhet highway resumes

-- 2019-06-24 17:24:29

Vehicular movement on Dhaka-Sylhet highway, which remained suspended since Tuesday last, resumed on Monday as the authorities concerned opened Shahbazpur Bridge on the Titas river to traffic after its...

Flag vessel draft bill gets cabinet nod 

Flag vessel draft bill gets cabinet nod 

-- 2019-06-24 17:10:58

The cabinet on Monday approved the draft of Bangladeshi Flag Vessels (protection) Bill 2019. The approval was given at the weekly meeting of the Cabinet held at the Prime Minister's Office with Prime...

Rangpur village courts resolve over 5,000 cases in one year

Rangpur village courts resolve over 5,000 cases in one year

-- 2019-06-24 17:00:16

Village courts in Rangpur have resolved more than 5,800 cases in the last one year in 41 unions of five upazilas of district. The village courts accepted 5,880 cases in Rangpur during the July-2017 a...

Move to construct floating solar power station in Mongla

Move to construct floating solar power station in Mongla

-- 2019-06-24 16:54:51

Country’s first floating solar power station with capacity of producing 15 MW electricity would be constructed at Mongla municipality in Bagerhat district. The solar plant would be constructed...

Why corruption taking place despite salary rise, HC asks

Why corruption taking place despite salary rise, HC asks

FE Online Desk 2019-06-24 15:10:51

An anti-graft campaign group report concluding that salary rises left little impact on checking corruption has seemed to have drawn the High Court's attention as one of its benches on Monday questione...

Expelled JCD leaders stage demo near BNP office

Expelled JCD leaders stage demo near BNP office

-- 2019-06-24 15:03:55

The disgruntled members of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal have been staging a sit-in protest in front of the BNP central office urging the party to reverse the expulsion order for 12 JCD leaders...