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Apparel workers not getting living wages

Apparel workers not getting living wages

Monira Munni 2019-06-02 10:00:14

Garment workers in the global supply chain are yet to receive their desired living wages, as the leading international apparel buyers have failed to keep their pledges in this regard, according to a...

Govt to cut property registration cost

Govt to cut property registration cost

Doulot Akter Mala 2019-06-02 09:57:04

The government has decided to reduce a number of taxes and fees realised during property registration with a view to giving a much-needed fillip to the real estate sector. The fiscal concessions ar...

RMG workers get 60 buses for Eid travel

RMG workers get 60 buses for Eid travel

-- 2019-06-01 21:21:33

For the first time, garment workers got buses from Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) for travelling during Eid-ul-Fitr. The state-owned organisation has allocated 60 buses at the request o...

Bank of river washes away following flash flood in Habiganj

Bank of river washes away following flash flood in Habiganj

-- 2019-06-01 20:45:38

Many areas of Habiganj district inundated on Saturday as bank of Sonai River washed away following flash flood triggered by heavy rain and surge of water from hills. Many areas of Habiganj district t...

AK Khandker apologies for distorting information in his book

AK Khandker apologies for distorting information in his book

-- 2019-06-01 20:37:20

Deputy military commander of the 1971 Liberation War retired Air Vice Marshal AK Khandker has apologised for presenting a piece of distracted information relating to Bangabandhu’s 7th March addr...

Doctor held for raping teenage girl in Narsingdi

Doctor held for raping teenage girl in Narsingdi

-- 2019-06-01 20:21:23

A physician has been arrested for reportedly raping a teenage girl after promising to give her a nursing job. The arrestee is Arshaf Uddin Julfikar, 50, son of Sirajul Islam of Hotapra in Gazipur Sad...

BNP suffers for political mistakes: Tofail

BNP suffers for political mistakes: Tofail

-- 2019-06-01 19:28:05

Awami League's Advisory Council Member Tofail Ahmed has said BNP is passing through a difficult time for their political mistakes. “BNP itself is responsible for its critical situation…...

131 students pass SSC after re-evaluation

131 students pass SSC after re-evaluation

-- 2019-06-01 18:27:21

A total of 131 students, who initially failed the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination, cleared the tests after their scripts were re-evaluated by the Barishal and Cumilla education boards....

Over one million holidaymakers leaving Dhaka on Saturday

Over one million holidaymakers leaving Dhaka on Saturday

-- 2019-06-01 18:18:58

The launch, bus terminals and railway stations in Dhaka are seeing a huge rush of holidaymakers as more than one million people are expected to leave the city on Saturday to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr in t...

Passengers suffer due to train delays

Passengers suffer due to train delays

-- 2019-06-01 17:59:21

Passengers travelling to their ancestral homes have faced delays in train departures on the second day of Eid journeys. The train service at Kamalapur Railway Station has suffered heavy delays on the...

Traders witnessing record sales in Rangpur Eid markets

Traders witnessing record sales in Rangpur Eid markets

-- 2019-06-01 17:14:17

Traders are witnessing record sales as hundreds of people thronging different markets in the city ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr festivity. Leaders of different trade bodies said Eid shopping has reached a...

Eid shopping in Rajshahi gets momentum

Eid shopping in Rajshahi gets momentum

-- 2019-06-01 17:13:13

The holy Eid-ul-Fitr is knocking at the door, shopping in all the malls and markets and its adjacent areas here has reached in peak amidst a huge rush of shoppers in last moment of the Eid shopping sp...

BD seeks on arrival visa facilities in Mauritius

BD seeks on arrival visa facilities in Mauritius

-- 2019-06-01 17:06:02

State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism M Mahbub Ali on Saturday urged Mauritius to provide on-arrival visa facilities for Bangladeshi tourists. He also proposed to take joint initiatives for f...

67 injured in violence against religious minorities in four months

67 injured in violence against religious minorities in four months

FE Online Report 2019-06-01 17:05:26

At least 67 people were injured in violence against religious minorities in first four months of the current calendar year across the country, according to a local independent rights body. Among the...

DNCC mayor inaugurates bypass underground drain at Kalshi

DNCC mayor inaugurates bypass underground drain at Kalshi

FE Online Report 2019-06-01 17:01:17

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam Saturday inaugurated the bypass underground drain at the city's Kalshi area which will now drain out 25 per cent rain water. DNCC engineering de...

Modi likely to visit Bangladesh, Maldives soon

Modi likely to visit Bangladesh, Maldives soon

-- 2019-06-01 16:49:53

As part of his government’s “neighbourhood first” policy, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Bangladesh soon to raise the relationship between the two countries to an &ld...

BIWTA starts special launch service for Eid

BIWTA starts special launch service for Eid

-- 2019-06-01 15:40:18

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) started a 12-day special launch service on 37 river routes on Saturday to carry home-bound people on the occasion of Eid-ul Fitr. BIWTA Director Sh...

Two ‘Yaba traders’ die in Teknaf gunfight

Two ‘Yaba traders’ die in Teknaf gunfight

-- 2019-06-01 14:53:38

Two suspected Yaba traders were killed in a reported gunfight with members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Kayukhkhali in Teknaf municipality area early Saturday. The deceased were identified as...

BGB recovers 0.54m yaba in Cox’s Bazar

BGB recovers 0.54m yaba in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2019-06-01 14:42:11

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel recovered 0.54 million Yaba pills from a boat in Naf River in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar district on Saturday. Lt Col Faisal Hasan Khan, commander of BGB-2...

Bus-truck collision kills two in Faridpur

Bus-truck collision kills two in Faridpur

-- 2019-06-01 12:44:24

Two people were killed and two others injured as a bus collided head on with a truck at Purbogangabordi on Dhaka-Khulna highway in the outskirts of Faridpur district town on Saturday. One of the dece...

Fire at Gazipur cotton godown

Fire at Gazipur cotton godown

-- 2019-06-01 12:43:37

A fire broke out at a cotton godown in Majukhan area of Gazipur on Saturday. Md Atikur Rahman, senior officer of Tongi Fire Service Station said the fire broke out at a tin-shed cotton godown at 8:45...

Hasina seeks OIC support to launch Rohingya case at ICJ

Hasina seeks OIC support to launch Rohingya case at ICJ

-- 2019-06-01 11:21:20

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday sought support from the OIC member states to launch the Rohingya case at International Court of Justice with voluntary funding and technical help to ensure the...

BGB arrests seven ‘Hundi traders’ with huge foreign currencies

BGB arrests seven ‘Hundi traders’ with huge foreign currencies

-- 2019-06-01 11:17:13

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested seven suspected international Hundi traders along with 2.4 lakh US dollars, 70,000 British pounds and 5,900 Indian Rupees in Benapole on Friday evenin...

Sale of refrigerators goes up by 10-20pc

Sale of refrigerators goes up by 10-20pc

Sajibur Rahman 2019-06-01 11:02:20

Sale of refrigerators has risen ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr thanks to the increased purchasing power of urban and rural people. Fridge retailers said sale of refrigerators has grown by 10-20 per cent be...

61pc placement in IT job market

61pc placement in IT job market

SM Najmus Sakib 2019-06-01 10:53:41

The Skill for Employment Investment Programme (SEIP) project has imparted training to some 24,510 trainees in IT-related fields till April, 2019 with as much as 61 per cent placement in the country's...

Eid holidaymakers start road trips in comfort

Eid holidaymakers start road trips in comfort

-- 2019-06-01 10:00:07

No traffic congestion on the highway and no hassle for tickets mean bus rides for Eid holidaymakers headed for their homes in towns and villages from Dhaka are comfortable this time around. Passenger...

a2i to launch eKpay for simplifying utility bill payments

a2i to launch eKpay for simplifying utility bill payments

-- 2019-05-31 21:00:48

Access to Information (a2i) Programme is set to formally launch a digital payment platform , eKpay, with an aim to bring all utility bill payment services under a single window. Tohurul Hasan Tutul,...

Jute mill workers get wages, bonus

Jute mill workers get wages, bonus

-- 2019-05-31 20:26:08

Workers of nine state-owned jute mills in Jashore and Khulna received their outstanding wages and Eid bonus on Thursday. But the mill officials are yet to get theirs, reports UNB. Workers of crescen...

BD awaiting resolution of Teesta issue: Hamid to Modi

BD awaiting resolution of Teesta issue: Hamid to Modi

-- 2019-05-31 20:25:35

The people of Bangladesh have been waiting for years to see the Teesta River water sharing issue settled, President Abdul Hamid told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. “I believe an...

Nilphamari declared as tobacco ad-free town

Nilphamari declared as tobacco ad-free town

-- 2019-05-31 20:13:58

District administration has announced Nilphamari town as tobacco advisement-free town. Alongside launching mass awareness programme, the local administration has strictly enforced the existing laws f...