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Five cops closed to Chuadanga police lines

Five cops closed to Chuadanga police lines

-- 2019-06-24 12:47:39

Five policemen in Chuadanga have been closed to district police lines for reportedly taking 'illegal facilities' from some job seekers of police constable post. Police Super Mahabubur Rahman said t...

Two probe bodies formed over Upaban train accident

Two probe bodies formed over Upaban train accident

-- 2019-06-24 12:25:44

The government has formed two separate committees to investigate the train derailment in Moulvibazar that left at least four people dead and scores injured. The rescue operation may come to a close o...

DB arrests SI with ‘Yaba, hemp’ in Thakurgaon

DB arrests SI with ‘Yaba, hemp’ in Thakurgaon

-- 2019-06-24 12:15:28

A team of Detective Branch of police arrested two people, including a sub-inspector of police, reportedly along with 8,000 Yaba tablets and 2.0 kg hemp in Pirganj upazila of Thakurgaon district on S...

Voting in Bogura-6 by-polls underway

Voting in Bogura-6 by-polls underway

-- 2019-06-24 12:09:09

Voting in the by-election of Bogura-6 constituency is underway after it was declared vacant as BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir refused to take oath as a member of parliament. Poll...

Farm loan disbursement to cross FY '19 target

Farm loan disbursement to cross FY '19 target

Siddique Islam 2019-06-24 11:58:35

The farm credit disbursement is expected to cross the target by the end of this fiscal year (FY) as the central bank has beefed up efforts to make such credit available to the farmers, officials s...

Economists sceptical about high GDP growth rate

Economists sceptical about high GDP growth rate

FE Report 2019-06-24 11:57:17

Terming the official data 'inconsistent', speakers at a panel discussion on Sunday said there remains 'mismatch' between the government GDP growth projection and major economic indicators. They a...

Salary rise leaves little effect on graft: TIB

Salary rise leaves little effect on graft: TIB

FE Report 2019-06-24 10:02:50

The salary hike has hardly made any visible progress in checking corruption among the government employees, an anti-graft campaign group said. Some 14.26 per cent of the national budget is spent on s...

Rohingya issue tops PM's China mission

Rohingya issue tops PM's China mission

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2019-06-24 09:36:10

The Rohingya issue will be the key focus during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's upcoming visit to Beijing. Foreign minister Dr AK ABdul Momen said this on Sunday while talking exclusively to a corps o...

Upaban Express crash leaves four dead

Upaban Express crash leaves four dead

-- 2019-06-24 09:30:28

Five coaches of the Dhaka-bound Upaban Express train from Sylhet have come off the tracks in Moulvibazar, killing at least four people and injuring scores. The accident occurred when the train was cr...

Vast areas of Joypurhat come under Aus farming

Vast areas of Joypurhat come under Aus farming

Roving Correspondent 2019-06-23 22:34:54

JOYPURHAT, June 23: More than 550 grassroots farmers in the district are growing Aus rice this season. The farming generally starts in the Bangla month of Boishakh and Jaishtha and crop harvest begin...

Zinc-enriched paddy to be grown in Magura

Zinc-enriched paddy to be grown in Magura

Our Correspondent 2019-06-23 22:33:46

MAGURA, June 23: An initiative has taken to boost zinc-enriched, heat-tolerant and highly-productive paddy cultivation in the district. In this connection, the Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agricul...

Throat-slit body found in Chattogram

Throat-slit body found in Chattogram

-- 2019-06-23 18:29:37

The throat-slit body of a jeweller was recovered from his own shop at Bandartila in Chattogram on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Sanjoy Dhor, 46, of Ramu upazila in Cox's Bazar, reports UNB....

Doordarshan to broadcast BTV progs in India

Doordarshan to broadcast BTV progs in India

-- 2019-06-23 18:00:03

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud on Sunday said the programmes, aired by Bangladesh Television (BTV), will also be seen in India soon. Addressing a press conference at the secretariat, Hasan Mahmud...

HC issues rule on installing AC in courtrooms

HC issues rule on installing AC in courtrooms

-- 2019-06-23 17:36:49

The High Court (HC) on Sunday issued a rule asking authorities concerned to explain as to why it shall not pass order to install air conditioners (ACs) in courtrooms across the country. A High Court...

Election to form JCD committee July 15

Election to form JCD committee July 15

-- 2019-06-23 17:32:29

Amid a movement by some Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leaders, the schedule for the election to form Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal's new committee was announced on Sunday. Convenor of JCD Election Manage...

Two workers electrocuted in city

Two workers electrocuted in city

-- 2019-06-23 17:24:16

Two house painters died from electrocution in an under-construction building in the city's Mohammadpur area on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Rajon, 27, son of Saleh Ahmed and Asif, 26, son...

Launch service resumes in Rangamati

Launch service resumes in Rangamati

-- 2019-06-23 17:21:51

Launch service in three upazilas of Rangamati district has resumed after nearly two and a half month of suspension due to poor navigability in the Kaptai Lake. As the water level of the Kaptai Lake h...

Govt dredges 1600km river routes in 10 years

Govt dredges 1600km river routes in 10 years

-- 2019-06-23 17:15:47

The government has dredged 1600 kilometres rover routes in the last 10 years raising the total river routes to 7,600 kilometres from 6,000 kilometres. State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdh...

HC seeks list of milk, curd producers in Dhaka

HC seeks list of milk, curd producers in Dhaka

-- 2019-06-23 14:48:30

The High Court has sought a list of milk and curd producers in Dhaka. The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has been ordered to file the list within the next two weeks, reports UNB....

Up to 6.0m people living in extreme poverty: Minister

Up to 6.0m people living in extreme poverty: Minister

-- 2019-06-23 14:43:37

Between five and six million people in Bangladesh are currently affected by extreme poverty, Planning Minister MA Mannan said Sunday. “The number will decrease soon,” he said at the CPD B...

Seasonal fruits formalin-free, BSTI tells HC in report

Seasonal fruits formalin-free, BSTI tells HC in report

FE Online Desk 2019-06-23 14:04:51

No formalin - a harmful chemical for human body - was found in seasonal fruits during a recent test, Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has said in a report. The report was...

Rohingya man among two dies in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’

Rohingya man among two dies in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’

-- 2019-06-23 13:45:29

Two people, including a Rohingya man accused of human trafficking, were killed in a reported gunfight with police at Katabunia in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar on early Sunday. The deceased wer...

Top court upholds HC rule declaring FF's minimum age illegal

Top court upholds HC rule declaring FF's minimum age illegal

-- 2019-06-23 13:10:35

The Appellate Division has upheld the High Court rule scrapping the government gazette and circulars imposing a minimum age to be eligible for the status of a freedom fighter. The state had sought...

BSEC readies proposals before meeting with NBR Monday

BSEC readies proposals before meeting with NBR Monday

Mohammad Mufazzal 2019-06-23 10:37:19

The securities regulator BSEC will submit a set of 'specific' proposals to the National Board of Revenue (NBR) tomorrow (Monday) on the measures, including the tax on reserves, in the proposed budget...

Awami League celebrates 70th founding anniversary

Awami League celebrates 70th founding anniversary

-- 2019-06-23 10:33:02

Bangladesh's oldest political party Awami League, which led the country to independence, is celebrating its 70th founding anniversary on Sunday. Since its founding on June 23, 1949 at the historic Ro...

Prices of 41 cos up due to rise of institutional investments

Prices of 41 cos up due to rise of institutional investments

FE Report 2019-06-23 10:32:41

Some 41 listed companies saw a rise of institutional investments ranging between 1.0 per cent and 8.0 per cent in May compared to April last, according to information of Dhaka Stock Exchange and Chitt...

Meeting on women empowerment held in Rajshahi

Meeting on women empowerment held in Rajshahi

Our Correspondent 2019-06-22 21:02:19

RAJSHAHI, June 22: A meeting on empowerment of women through information and communication technology projects was held at Kapasiapara Ambaria field under Mohanpur upazila of the district on Friday. W...

BARI-1 pointed gourd  cultivation proves  profitable in Gopalganj

BARI-1 pointed gourd cultivation proves profitable in Gopalganj

Our Correspondent 2019-06-22 21:00:45

GOPALGANJ, June 22: Farmers of Fukra union under Kasiani upazila in the district have achieved an abundant yield of BARI-1 pointed gourd this season.A good number of growers said they happy over the p...

AL to celebrate its 70th founding anniversary Sunday

AL to celebrate its 70th founding anniversary Sunday

-- 2019-06-22 20:44:19

The Awami League, one of the oldest political parties in the country, will celebrate its 70th founding anniversary across the country on Sunday. The ruling party will begin its anniversary programme...

Two hanging bodies recovered in city

Two hanging bodies recovered in city

-- 2019-06-22 20:42:00

Police recovered the hanging bodies of two people in Shahjadpur and Dhanmondi areas in the city. The deceased were identified as as Pranta Pirich, 24, son of Ranjit Pirich, and Mohiuddin Jahangir, 55...