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BHTPA to set up IT park at CU

BHTPA to set up IT park at CU

FE Report 2019-05-23 11:19:13

Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority (BHTPA) will establish an information technology park on the Chittagong University (CU) campus. The 'Chittagong University IT Park' will be established on 100 acres...

Gas cylinder blast kills four of a family

Gas cylinder blast kills four of a family

-- 2019-05-23 10:45:53

Four members of a family were killed in a gas cylinder explosion at Islampur area in Gazipur city on Wednesday night. The deceased were identified as Shah Alam, 38, his wife Monira Begum, 30, and the...

Coast Guard seizes 5,000kg Jatka in Chattogram

Coast Guard seizes 5,000kg Jatka in Chattogram

-- 2019-05-23 10:17:52

The Coast Guard seized nearly 5,000 kilograms of 'Jatka' (Hilsa fry less than 9 inches long) that were caught defying a fishing ban on Wednesday. A Coast Guard team raided Abhaymitra terminal at arou...

44 govt buildings sans RAJUK designs!

44 govt buildings sans RAJUK designs!

FE Report 2019-05-23 09:31:38

Forty-four government high-rises have failed to show Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) any designs approved by the city developer. Formed on March 31, twenty-four RAJUK teams carried out a thorou...

Food ministry to purchase 10 million jute bags from BJMC

Food ministry to purchase 10 million jute bags from BJMC

-- 2019-05-22 22:10:07

The Ministry of Food will purchase 10 million jute bags from the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) as a cabinet body approved a proposal on Wednesday to this end. At a meeting, the Cabinet Com...

Two electrocuted in Bagerhat

Two electrocuted in Bagerhat

-- 2019-05-22 21:19:27

Two people died after being electrocuted while felling a tree at Betaga village under Fakirhat upazila in Bagerhat on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Rahmat Ullah, 62, son of Karim Uddin,...

BJS places 18-point proposal for water transport sector

BJS places 18-point proposal for water transport sector

-- 2019-05-22 21:02:52

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (BJS) has placed an 18-point proposal for the water transport sector in order to maintain a safe and hassle-free journey during Eid. In their proposal, the rights body...

Number of tigers rises in Sundarbans

Number of tigers rises in Sundarbans

-- 2019-05-22 20:13:45

The number of Royal Bengal tigers in the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, has increased slightly, with around 114 found in the Bangladeshi part in 2018, says a new survey. A survey by...

145 families get power connection in Shariatpur

145 families get power connection in Shariatpur

-- 2019-05-22 19:33:32

A total of 145 families of two villages under Bhederganj upazila in Shariatpur were brought under rural electrification network by Shariatpur Palli Bidyut Samity on Wednesday. Deputy Minister for Wat...

JICA willing to promote higher education in BD

JICA willing to promote higher education in BD

-- 2019-05-22 18:29:58

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) wants to conduct a survey over higher education in Bangladesh as the agency is interested to promote higher education and research. A three-member JICA d...

Govt to provide Tk 30b for agricultural mechanisation

Govt to provide Tk 30b for agricultural mechanisation

-- 2019-05-22 18:25:24

Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdur Razzaque on Wednesday said the government will spend Tk 30 billion as subsidy for the mechanisation of agriculture work as finding agricultural labour is a problem now...

'Media, civil society contributes to flourishing democracy'

'Media, civil society contributes to flourishing democracy'

-- 2019-05-22 18:19:58

Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Wednesday said the media and civil society are playing vital role for strengthening democracy in the country. Both media and civil society...

Canada announces $100m grant for those affected by Rohingya crisis

Canada announces $100m grant for those affected by Rohingya crisis

-- 2019-05-22 18:00:52

Canada on Wednesday announced around $100 million in humanitarian and development initiatives to help those seriously affected by Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh. This includes $32.15 million in humani...

ACC team visits Kamalapur rail station

ACC team visits Kamalapur rail station

-- 2019-05-22 17:53:10

A team of the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday visited Kamalapur Railway station after they received complaint that people are facing problem in buying tickets using Railway app. Talking...

Prof Kazi Shahidullah becomes UGC chairman

Prof Kazi Shahidullah becomes UGC chairman

-- 2019-05-22 17:02:27

Former vice chancellor of National University Prof Kazi Shahidullah has been appointed as the new chairman of the University Grants Commission, or UGC. The supernumerary professor of the Dhaka Univer...

Lack of policy behind paddy price fall: Dr Kamal

Lack of policy behind paddy price fall: Dr Kamal

-- 2019-05-22 16:58:45

Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain on Wednesday alleged that farmers are not getting the fair prices of paddy due to the lack of an agricultural policy and government's "irresponsibility". "It's u...

HC issues rule on fire safety in public, private transport

HC issues rule on fire safety in public, private transport

-- 2019-05-22 16:49:37

The High Court on Wednesday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain why directives would not be given to install fire extinguishing system in all types of public and private vehicles...

RAJUK approved FR Tower plan violating code, probe finds

RAJUK approved FR Tower plan violating code, probe finds

-- 2019-05-22 16:36:25

More than 50 officials of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha, or RAJUK, including its former chairman, committed a series of irregularities in permitting the design and construction of Banani’s FR...

Second Gumti, Meghna bridges open May 25

Second Gumti, Meghna bridges open May 25

-- 2019-05-22 14:01:33

The second Gumti and Meghna bridges will be opened to traffic on Saturday (May 25) to mitigate the suffering of commuters. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to inaugurate them through video c...

Eid train ticket seekers ‘trapped in online sale’

Eid train ticket seekers ‘trapped in online sale’

-- 2019-05-22 13:52:59

Advance train ticket seekers claimed irregularities in e-ticketing at the first day of the ticket sale, started from today (Wednesday), for travelling during the Eid-ul-Fitr. However, Railways Minist...

Narsingdi road crash kills two

Narsingdi road crash kills two

-- 2019-05-22 13:39:06

Two people were killed and five others injured after a passenger bus collided with a pick-up van in Madhabdi upazila of Narsingdi on Wednesday. One of the deceased was identified as Amir Hossain, 35,...

UN to honour fallen Bangladeshi peacekeepers

UN to honour fallen Bangladeshi peacekeepers

-- 2019-05-22 13:18:02

Twelve fallen peacekeepers from Bangladesh will be honoured by the United Nations on Friday when it will observe the International Day of UN Peacekeepers. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will lay...

Suspected drug dealer found dead in Meherpur

Suspected drug dealer found dead in Meherpur

-- 2019-05-22 12:02:05

The body of a suspected drug dealer was recovered from Karamdi area of Gangni upazila, Meherpur on early Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Nazmul Hossain, 24, son of Nazrul Islam of Sahr...

BB sees foreign investment potentials in green bond

BB sees foreign investment potentials in green bond

Syful Islam 2019-05-22 10:24:50

The central bank sees substantial potential in foreign investment if quality green bond is launched in Bangladesh. The opinion came as Bangladesh Bank (BB) and the International Finance Corporation...

436 textile, RMG units prone to labour unrest

436 textile, RMG units prone to labour unrest

Monira Munni 2019-05-22 10:14:25

Some 436 textile and readymade garment (RMG) factories across the country are 'vulnerable' to labour unrest over payment of wages and festival allowance, officials said. Sources said non-payment...

Rohingya camps to be fenced off with barbed-wire

Rohingya camps to be fenced off with barbed-wire

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2019-05-22 09:47:30

The government has taken a fresh move to erect barbed-wire fencing around the Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar to prevent the refugees from indulging in criminal activities and check human tafficking. S...

HC stays special central bank’s privilege for loan defaulters

HC stays special central bank’s privilege for loan defaulters

-- 2019-05-21 21:57:11

The High Court (HC) on Tuesday issued an order to maintain a status-quo until June 24 on a Bangladesh Bank policy that offered special privileges to loan defaulters. Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Jus...

HC orders testing Wasa water from 34 points

HC orders testing Wasa water from 34 points

-- 2019-05-21 19:41:45

The High Court on Tuesday issued an order to test Wasa water samples from 34 locations in the capital. The bench of Justice JBM Hassan and Justice Md Khairul Alam ordered Wasa to provide Tk 170,000 t...

SC issues statement to clarify media instructions

SC issues statement to clarify media instructions

-- 2019-05-21 19:28:10

The Supreme Court (SC) has issued a brief statement in an attempt to clarify its instructions issued earlier to restrain the media from reporting sub-judice cases. “Bangladesh Supreme Court alw...

1.08 lakh families to get VGF rice in Bhola

1.08 lakh families to get VGF rice in Bhola

-- 2019-05-21 18:35:54

A total of over 1.08-lakh poor and distressed families in Bhola will get 1633.95 tonnes of rice under special Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) Programme to celebrate the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr festivity....