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Teesta issue to be solved during Modi's new term: Quader

Teesta issue to be solved during Modi's new term: Quader

FE Online Desk 2019-05-24 14:56:06

Ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader hopes that all the outstanding issues between Bangladesh and India, including the Teesta river water-sharing, will be resolved during the new gover...

RAB arrests 29 members of question paper leak gang

RAB arrests 29 members of question paper leak gang

-- 2019-05-24 14:45:47

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested 29 members of a gang from Kalaroa upazila headquarters in Satkhira on Friday morning for their suspected involvement in leaking question paper of prima...

Muggers kill two in Nawabganj

Muggers kill two in Nawabganj

-- 2019-05-24 14:29:33

Two people were hacked to death by some muggers at Majhikanda in Nawabganj upazila of Dhaka early Friday. The deceased were identified as Zahid, 40 and his friend Kamal, 50 of the area, reports UNB....

Three more Tunisia boat capsize survivors return home

Three more Tunisia boat capsize survivors return home

FE Online Desk 2019-05-24 14:03:15

Three more Bangladeshis have returned home after surviving a boat capsize in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tunisia. A flight of Turkish Airlines carrying them aboard landed at Hazrat Shahjal...

Police arrest woman with 1 kg gold in Khulna  

Police arrest woman with 1 kg gold in Khulna  

-- 2019-05-24 12:00:17

Police arrested a woman along with a gold bar, weighing one kg, from Pather bazar in Khulna city on Thursday. The arrestee is Kulsum Begum, 40, wife of Abu Taher of Morelganj upazila in Bagerhat dist...

‘Drug trader’ dies in in Cumilla gunfight

‘Drug trader’ dies in in Cumilla gunfight

-- 2019-05-24 11:58:59

A suspected drug trader was killed in a 'gunfight' with police near Gumti River protection dam in Cumilla Sadar upazila early Friday. The deceased was identified as Jakir Hossain alias Kala Jakir, 35...

Police arrest 54 Rohingyas in Chattogram

Police arrest 54 Rohingyas in Chattogram

-- 2019-05-24 09:50:55

Police in a drive arrested 54 Rohingya people from Kazir Dewri area in the port city early Friday. Being tipped off that some Rohingya people were roaming in the city, a team of police conducted a dr...

Workshop on gender sensitisation begins in Joypurhat

Workshop on gender sensitisation begins in Joypurhat

-- 2019-05-23 21:49:52

A training workshop on gender inequality, women and children repression and early marriage began at BRAC regional office in Joypurhat on Thursday. The workshop has been arranged under BRAC Gender Jus...

‘Pay RMG workers’ bonus, salary for May by June 2’  

‘Pay RMG workers’ bonus, salary for May by June 2’  

-- 2019-05-23 21:27:52

State Minister for Labour and Employment Monnujan Sufian on Thursday urged the garment owners to pay Eid bonus of their workers by May 30 and salary for May by June 2. She made the call at the 42nd m...

Ershad congratulates Modi on victory

Ershad congratulates Modi on victory

-- 2019-05-23 21:16:30

Jatiya Party Chairman and Leader of the Opposition in Parliament HM Ershad on Thursday congratulated Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the resounding election victory of his Bharatiya Janata Part...

BTRC’s public hearing on telecommunication services June 12

BTRC’s public hearing on telecommunication services June 12

-- 2019-05-23 21:01:30

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) is going to hold its 2nd public hearing on telecommunication services and its activities in the city on June 12. BTRC Senior Assistant Direct...

Hand-fan makers seek  easy bank loans

Hand-fan makers seek easy bank loans

Our Correspondent 2019-05-23 20:59:59

NAOGAON, May 23: Around 60 families in Mohadevpur Upazila under the district have attained solvency through making hand-fans. Local sources said the 60 families of Bhalain village in Mohadevpur upazi...

RAB arrests six ‘muggers’ in city

RAB arrests six ‘muggers’ in city

-- 2019-05-23 20:50:34

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested six alleged muggers from Jatrabari area in the city on Wednesday evening. Based on secret information, a team of Rab-10 battalion conducted a drive around 6pm an...

PM hosts iftar for judges, diplomats

PM hosts iftar for judges, diplomats

-- 2019-05-23 20:44:24

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday hosted an iftar party in honour of judges, diplomats and high government and military officials at Ganabhaban. The Prime Minister arrived at the iftar venue a...

BTRC to hold public hearing on June 13

BTRC to hold public hearing on June 13

-- 2019-05-23 19:45:04

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has decided to organise a public hearing on June 13 in the city to learn the experience of subscribers and other concern bodies. The regu...

Govt  moves to form Tannery Estate Management Company

Govt  moves to form Tannery Estate Management Company

-- 2019-05-23 19:37:39

The government is going to form a company titled ‘Dhaka Tannery Industrial Estate Management Company Limited’ for the operation of the Central Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) at Savar Tann...

‘10,000km waterways to be dredged to strengthened transport system’

‘10,000km waterways to be dredged to strengthened transport system’

-- 2019-05-23 19:31:35

The government has taken a plan to dredge some 10,000 kilometres of waterways to strengthen the country's water transport system, said State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury on Thursday....

PM congratulates Modi on polls victory

PM congratulates Modi on polls victory

-- 2019-05-23 19:08:24

  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called Indian Premier Narendra Modi and extended heartiest congratulations to him on his party’s landslide victory in the Indian general elections. &l...

Severe action for corruption, irregularities: ACC

Severe action for corruption, irregularities: ACC

FE Online Report 2019-05-23 18:05:41

Anti- Corruption Commissioner (ACC) Commissioner on Thursday warned of stern actions against corruption and any other wrongdoing by the government officials while providing public services. &nbsp...

HC summons BFSA chairman over substandard food

HC summons BFSA chairman over substandard food

-- 2019-05-23 17:51:12

The High Court (HC) on Thursday summoned the chairman of the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) to appear before it on June 16 as the 52 products that failed the quality tests of Bangladesh Stand...

BD for stable government in India

BD for stable government in India

FE Online Report 2019-05-23 17:31:14

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday said Bangladesh wants a stable government in India as well as in other countries in the region. “We want a stable government in India whoever come...

Missing student found dead in Gazipur

Missing student found dead in Gazipur

-- 2019-05-23 17:31:11

A university student, missing since May 12, was found dead in the city’s Kamarjuri area on Thursday. Ismail Hossain Jisan, 24, a student of European University of Bangladesh, was the son of Sab...

Huawei donates equipment for special children

Huawei donates equipment for special children

-- 2019-05-23 17:28:29

Huawei Technologies (Bangladesh) Ltd. donated necessary equipment to PFDA-Vocational Training Center for special children. Zhang Zhengjun, CEO, Huawei Technologies (Bangladesh) Ltd. handed over these...

'Maintain discipline on roads during Eid'

'Maintain discipline on roads during Eid'

-- 2019-05-23 17:10:50

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday urged the transport owners and workers to maintain discipline on the roads while carrying holidaymakers to their destinations during the...

Four get death penalty for killing businessman

Four get death penalty for killing businessman

-- 2019-05-23 17:08:03

A court in Dhaka on Thursday sentenced four people to death for killing a land businessman in Kamrangirchar area, on the outskirts of capital Dhaka, in 2013. The condemned convicts are-Swarna Akter K...

Bangladesh ready to welcome new Indian govt: Momen

Bangladesh ready to welcome new Indian govt: Momen

-- 2019-05-23 16:32:43

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said Bangladesh is ready to welcome the new Indian government as Dhaka maintains cordial relations with all major political parties in the world’s biggest...

Police find missing student dead in Gazipur

Police find missing student dead in Gazipur

-- 2019-05-23 14:58:27

Police have recovered the body of Ismail Hossain Jeeshan, a university student who went missing from Dhaka’s Shyamoli 10 days ago. The 24-year-old was found dead in a septic tank at a house in...

High Court summons food safety regulator chief

High Court summons food safety regulator chief

-- 2019-05-23 14:00:37

The High Court has summoned the chairman of Bangladesh Food Safety Authority, Mohammad Mahfuzul Hoque, for failing to withdraw 52 substandard products from markets. The court also issued a rule askin...

ADB provides $400m loan for Ctg-Cox’s Bazar rail link

ADB provides $400m loan for Ctg-Cox’s Bazar rail link

-- 2019-05-23 13:47:44

Bangladesh signed a deal with Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday for a $400 million loan to connect Chattogram and Cox's Bazar by rail. Its goal is to promote trade, investment and tourism in B...

Police arrest teen for ‘raping 100-year-old woman’ in Tangail

Police arrest teen for ‘raping 100-year-old woman’ in Tangail

-- 2019-05-23 13:11:02

Police have arrested a teenage boy for allegedly raping a 100-year-old woman in Tangail's Madhupur Upazila. The 14-year-old boy was arrested in connection with a case filed by the victim's son Dudu M...