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Two die in Gazipur, Meherpur gunfights

Two die in Gazipur, Meherpur gunfights

-- 2019-06-21 11:40:27

A suspected robber and a drug trader were killed in separate gunfights in Gazipur and Meherpur districts early Friday. In Gazipur, a suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Acti...

Ginger, garlic pricier, fish also costlier

Ginger, garlic pricier, fish also costlier

FE Report 2019-06-21 10:56:14

Ginger and garlic became costlier last week further raising woes of the consumers as prices of the two main cooking ingredients and other essential items had increased significantly before the Eid...

Three die in Natore road crash

Three die in Natore road crash

-- 2019-06-21 10:34:28

Three people were killed when a truck hit a stationary pick-up van at Ranigram in Gurudaspur upazila of Natore district on Friday. The deceased were identified as Abdul Kader, 60, Ruhul Amin, 45, s...

Database of 27,000 factories now complete

Database of 27,000 factories now complete

Monira Munni 2019-06-21 10:31:19

The Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) has managed to prepare a database of some 27,000 industrial units across the country, officials said. The database is part of...

Yoga Day celebrated at Bangabandhu Stadium

Yoga Day celebrated at Bangabandhu Stadium

-- 2019-06-21 10:27:08

The 5th International Day of Yoga (IDY) was celebrated by the Indian High Commission in Dhaka on Friday with around 7000 people doing Yoga together at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Foreign Minist...

More fund, time sought for constructing Khulna power plant

More fund, time sought for constructing Khulna power plant

FHM Humayan Kabir 2019-06-21 10:12:23

The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has sought 20 per cent higher fund for constructing the Khulna 330-megawatts (MW) power plant, as the entity has failed to start its work even within th...

Int'l bodies should be active for Rohingya repatriation: PM

Int'l bodies should be active for Rohingya repatriation: PM

-- 2019-06-20 22:21:09

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the international organisations, including International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), to be active for repatriation and rehabilitation of the displaced Roh...

Sand-lifting poses threat to Gorai river bridge

Sand-lifting poses threat to Gorai river bridge

Our Correspondent 2019-06-20 21:14:44

MAGURA, June 20: Unauthorised sand lifting is posing a threat for the bridge over the Gorai river. Gorai Bridge stands on the Dhaka-Khulna Highway connecting Kamarkhali village of Faridpur district a...

Bumper bitter-gourd production in Bogura

Bumper bitter-gourd production in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2019-06-20 21:13:49

BOGURA, June 20: Farmers in the twelve upazilas of the district have attained self-reliance by growing off-season bitter-gourd. Fair price along with bumper output of the vegetable has brought smile...

370 cases filed in six months over expired medicines

370 cases filed in six months over expired medicines

-- 2019-06-20 20:44:39

Director General of the Directorate of Drug Administration Maj Gen Md Mahbubur Rahman on Thursday said 370 cases were filed and Tk 5.85 million was realised in fine for keeping expired medicines in ph...

Jashore road crash leaves two schoolboys dead

Jashore road crash leaves two schoolboys dead

-- 2019-06-20 20:19:36

Two schoolboys were killed in a road crash at Vijoyrampur Koitalaon on Jessore-Chuknagar road under Manirampur Upazila of Jeshore on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Ashikur Rahman, 15, son...

Former minister Latif Siddique lands in jail over graft case

Former minister Latif Siddique lands in jail over graft case

-- 2019-06-20 18:25:52

A Bogura court has sent former jute minister Abdul Latif Siddique to jail after scrapping his bail in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission over the misuse of power in leasing a piece of stat...

'Move to send 1,000 workers abroad from backward upazilas'

'Move to send 1,000 workers abroad from backward upazilas'

-- 2019-06-20 18:06:18

The government has formulated a work plan for the first time to send 1,000 workers abroad per year from every upazila of the districts, which are lagging behind in sending workers abroad. State Minis...

1,000 workers to be sent abroad yearly from every upazila

1,000 workers to be sent abroad yearly from every upazila

-- 2019-06-20 17:21:13

State Minister for Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Imran Ahmad on Thursday said the government has formulated a work plan to send 1,000 workers abroad per year from every upazila of...

Govt to build 152 more cyclone centres

Govt to build 152 more cyclone centres

-- 2019-06-20 17:14:34

The government has planned to construct 152 new cyclone shelter centres in the country’s coastal and cyclone-prone areas. State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Dr Md Enamur Rahman s...

Nine get death for killing C'nawabganj Jubo League leader

Nine get death for killing C'nawabganj Jubo League leader

-- 2019-06-20 17:10:00

Nine people were sentenced to death on Thursday for killing Jubo League leader Monirul Islam, who was also the treasurer of Sonamasjid Land Port C&F Agents Association. Chapainawabganj District a...

PM for planting saplings at houses, workplaces

PM for planting saplings at houses, workplaces

-- 2019-06-20 17:06:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged all to plant and nurture saplings in their respective workplaces and houses with a view to protecting the environment. "I would like to request you all...

EU commits €18m to improve resilience among Rohingya, BD communities

EU commits €18m to improve resilience among Rohingya, BD communities

FE Online Report 2019-06-20 16:51:24

The European Union has announced €18 million in funding to help improve resilience among Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi host communities in Cox’s Bazar district. Over 288,000 children a...

C&F leader murder: Nine get death, two jailed for life

C&F leader murder: Nine get death, two jailed for life

-- 2019-06-20 15:14:51

A Chapainawabganj court has handed the death penalty to nine people and life imprisonment to two others for the murder of former treasurer of C&F Agent Association Monirul Islam. Additional Distr...

BGB arrests two with gold chains worth Tk 4.62m in Chuadanga

BGB arrests two with gold chains worth Tk 4.62m in Chuadanga

-- 2019-06-20 14:41:27

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Thursday arrested two persons with four gold chains, weighing 1.22 kg, from the bordering area in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga. The arrestees were identi...

Give Tk 5m compensation to Rajib’s family: HC

Give Tk 5m compensation to Rajib’s family: HC

-- 2019-06-20 14:19:16

The High Court on Thursday ordered two bus companies to give a total of Tk 5 million in compensation to the family of Government Titumir College student Rajib Hasan within two months. Rajib had lost...

Chattogram market fire guts 100 shanties

Chattogram market fire guts 100 shanties

-- 2019-06-20 13:35:46

At least 100 shanties and eight shops were gutted in a fire at Chaktai Bhera Market in Bakolia area of the city on Thursday morning. The fire broke out at 9:30am and spread rapidly, said Jashim Uddin...

Train hits, kills woman in Kushtia

Train hits, kills woman in Kushtia

-- 2019-06-20 13:32:57

A woman was crushed under the wheels of a train at Pashuhat in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia on Thursday morning. The deceased has been identified as Kulsum, 45, wife of Jony Ali of Ishwardi uapzila in P...

Gunfights kill three in Dhaka, Cumilla, N’ganj

Gunfights kill three in Dhaka, Cumilla, N’ganj

-- 2019-06-20 12:45:47

Three alleged criminals -- two suspected criminals and a drug dealer-- were killed in alleged gunfights with law enforcers in Dhaka, Cumilla and Narayanganj on Thursday. In Dhaka, a suspected crimina...

Dhaka hit by rains with thunders

Dhaka hit by rains with thunders

FE Online Desk 2019-06-20 12:03:25

Dhaka city has been hit by rains for the second day in the rainy season that started on Saturday. This time, it is with thunders frequently roaring in the sky and thus instilling fears in the pedestr...

Google doodle celebrates poet Sufia Kamal’s birth anniversary

Google doodle celebrates poet Sufia Kamal’s birth anniversary

-- 2019-06-20 10:39:24

Google has created a new Doodle on its homepage celebrating the life of Bangladeshi poet and political activist Sufia Kamal on her 108th birth anniversary. The Search engine giant posted a doodle on...

Frozen fish exporters seek 20pc cash incentive

Frozen fish exporters seek 20pc cash incentive

FE Report 2019-06-20 10:38:13

Frozen fish exporters have urged the government to raise the cash incentives on their export receipts to 20 per cent from the existing 10 per cent for the next five years to enhance their competit...

E-commerce entrepreneurs demand not to impose VAT for five years

E-commerce entrepreneurs demand not to impose VAT for five years

FE Report 2019-06-20 10:36:03

E-commerce entrepreneurs on Wednesday urged the government not to impose Value Added Tax (VAT) on their business for the next five years as the sector is yet to get maturity. They also suggested fr...

Turnout drops by a half from general to Upazila polls

Turnout drops by a half from general to Upazila polls

-- 2019-06-20 10:32:45

About 80 per cent voters cast ballots in the December 30 general election last year while the average vote cast in five phases of Upazilla polls from March is 40.22 per cent, according to the Election...

Sohel Taj’s missing nephew found in Mymensingh

Sohel Taj’s missing nephew found in Mymensingh

-- 2019-06-20 10:00:55

Police have found Syed Iftekhar Alam Shourav, a nephew of former state minister Sohel Taj, in Mymensingh, 11 days after he went missing from Chattogram. Shourav, who went missing on June 9, graduated...