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Turkey willing to work together with Dhaka for development

Turkey willing to work together with Dhaka for development

FE Online Report 2019-05-21 18:35:42

Turkey is willing to work with Bangladesh to develop the latter’s capital city, said the former’s ambassador to Dhaka on Tuesday.   Ambassador Devrim Ozturk said those when he paid a...

BB releases new Tk 1000 note Thursday

BB releases new Tk 1000 note Thursday

-- 2019-05-21 18:21:34

Bangladesh Bank (BB) is going to release new Taka 1000 note on Thursday aimed at strengthening the security features of the currency. The measurement of the new note is 160 x 70 millimetre and the n...

Call to make Rajshahi city green

Call to make Rajshahi city green

-- 2019-05-21 18:13:36

Rajshshi City Corporation (RCC) is pledged-bound to make the metropolis green through massive plantation with an ultimate goal of safeguarding the city environment and biodiversity. “We are urg...

Police arrest six of a mobile phone snatching gang

Police arrest six of a mobile phone snatching gang

FE Online Report 2019-05-21 18:04:29

Police arrested six men of a mobile phone snatching gang from the city yesterday (Monday). A team of law enforcers of Shahjahanpur Police Station arrested the gang members from the city’s Sant...

BB reserve heist probe report on July 2

BB reserve heist probe report on July 2

-- 2019-05-21 17:59:55

A Dhaka court on Tuesday set July 2 to submit probe report in the case lodged over Bangladesh Bank (BB) reserve heist that took place in 2016. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sadbir Yasir Ahsan Chowdhu...

Two children drown in Sylhet

Two children drown in Sylhet

-- 2019-05-21 17:50:34

Two minors drowned in a pond at Dinpur village under Fenchuganj upazila in Sylhet on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Shakil, 6, son of Islam Uddin, and Sahara Begum, 5, daughter of Samir Mol...

Khulna jute mill workers call off strike

Khulna jute mill workers call off strike

-- 2019-05-21 17:35:23

Workers of nine state-owned jute mills in Khulna region called off their indefinite strike on Tuesday after getting assurance that their demands would be met. Jashore-Khulna region Jute Mill Workers...

'No directive about not issuing visas to Pakistanis '

'No directive about not issuing visas to Pakistanis '

-- 2019-05-21 17:30:50

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said no directive was given to stop issuing visas to Pakistanis mentioning that Pakistan is yet to grant visa to Bangladesh Counsellor (Consular) to resum...

Thirteen journalists receive ‘Brac Migration Media Award’

Thirteen journalists receive ‘Brac Migration Media Award’

FE Online Report 2019-05-21 17:18:19

Thirteen journalists have received ‘Brac Migration Media Award 2018’  for their objective and investigative news stories on migration sector of the country. Brac organised the award...

Headmaster gets life in prison for raping Christian teacher

Headmaster gets life in prison for raping Christian teacher

-- 2019-05-21 14:09:57

A tribunal in Kushtia on Tuesday sentenced the head teacher of a secondary school in Meherpur in a case for violating a Christian teacher of the school in a residential hotel in 2016. The convict is...

Policeman arrested for ‘raping’ schoolgirl in Madaripur

Policeman arrested for ‘raping’ schoolgirl in Madaripur

-- 2019-05-21 13:33:21

A 54-year-old policeman has been arrested for throwing a teenage girl out of his house through the ventilator reportedly after raping her. Police arrested Muktar Hossain, a constable, after victim's...

Ramadan, Iftar evoke nostalgia in Rohingyas

Ramadan, Iftar evoke nostalgia in Rohingyas

-- 2019-05-21 13:25:05

Ramadan is the month when Muslims try to get closer to each other with greater love and affection with the spirit of the holy month. But the Rohingya Muslims living in Cox’s Bazar camps find it...

Tunisia boat capsize survivors back home

Tunisia boat capsize survivors back home

FE Online Desk 2019-05-21 12:45:26

All 15 Bangladeshis who were rescued alive after a deadly boat capsize in the Mediterranean off the coast of Tunisia, have returned home. A flight of Turkish Airlines, TK-712, carrying them aboard la...

Show-cause notices served on 14 ‘corrupt’ GCC staff

Show-cause notices served on 14 ‘corrupt’ GCC staff

-- 2019-05-21 12:41:50

Show-cause notices have been served on 14 officials and employees of Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) over corruption charges. GCC Mayor Jahangir Alam came up with the information at a press briefing a...

BCL expels five over DU campus violence

BCL expels five over DU campus violence

-- 2019-05-21 11:35:31

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has expelled five members for their alleged involvement in the violent clashes at Madhu's Canteen amid protests over announcement of its new committee. Of them, one ha...

Customs officials detain man with 6.5kg gold

Customs officials detain man with 6.5kg gold

-- 2019-05-21 11:14:51

Customs officials detained a man along with 65 gold bars, weighing 6.5kg, at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday night. The arrestee is Md Rajib Dewan, 35, hailing from Munshiganj distri...

Dhaka urges ADB to raise Rohingya issue with int'l community

Dhaka urges ADB to raise Rohingya issue with int'l community

FE Report 2019-05-21 10:43:05

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has called on the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to raise the Rohingya issue with the international community and help secure necessary funding and other humanitaria...

OC withdrawn over Rajshahi schoolgirl’s suicide after rape

OC withdrawn over Rajshahi schoolgirl’s suicide after rape

-- 2019-05-21 10:26:37

The officer-in-charge of Mohanpur Police Station has been withdrawn for negligence of duty over the suicide of schoolgirl Sumaiya Akhter Barsha after her rape. Ifte Khayer Alam, additional superinten...

FBCCI seeks Tk 1.0b in next budget to develop capacity

FBCCI seeks Tk 1.0b in next budget to develop capacity

FE Report 2019-05-21 10:07:59

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has sought an allocation of Tk 1.0 billion in the upcoming budget to facilitate development of infrastructure and capacity of t...

Bangladesh stops issuing visas to Pakistanis

Bangladesh stops issuing visas to Pakistanis

-- 2019-05-20 22:42:19

Amid the escalating diplomatic row between the two countries, the Bangladesh High Commission in Islamabad has stopped issuing visas to Pakistanis, said an official on Monday. The decision was taken a...

BAEC opposes reports on RNPP project staff salaries

BAEC opposes reports on RNPP project staff salaries

-- 2019-05-20 21:49:03

The Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) has contradicted reports published in different newspapers on the salaries of the staff of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) project. It, however, did...

Emphasis on stopping weight manipulation

Emphasis on stopping weight manipulation

FE Online Report 2019-05-20 21:05:35

Speakers at a function on Monday urged businessmen and traders to stop weight and measurement manipulation and manufacturing substandard products to protect the consumers’ rights of the country....

Litchi growers expect healthy profit this year

Litchi growers expect healthy profit this year

Our Correspondent 2019-05-20 20:12:46

Farmers of Atrai upazila in Naogaon district are expecting to make a handsome profit from litchi cultivation as they are witnessing a good yield of the juicy fruit this season. The growers are still...

Woman ‘commits suicide’ in Benapole

Woman ‘commits suicide’ in Benapole

-- 2019-05-20 19:35:25

A woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself with ceiling fan at her house at Lotadighi in Benapole on Monday. The deceased was identified as Sharmin Akhter, 20, wife of Aktarul Islam of th...

Jatri Kalyan places 20-point proposal for safe Eid journey

Jatri Kalyan places 20-point proposal for safe Eid journey

FE Online Report 2019-05-20 18:32:34

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity placed a 20-point proposal to authorities concerned for ensuring safe and uninterrupted journey for holidaymakers ahead of the Eid-ul-fitr. The passengers’ rights...

Rangpur litchi growers happy with price

Rangpur litchi growers happy with price

-- 2019-05-20 18:08:58

Appearance of newly harvested litchi in local markets with lucrative price has made farmers happy at the beginning of harvesting season of the seasonal fruit in Rangpur agriculture division. Official...

Cigarette distributor fined Tk 20,000 in Rajshahi

Cigarette distributor fined Tk 20,000 in Rajshahi

-- 2019-05-20 17:47:20

A cigarette distributor (wholesaler) was fined Tk 20,000 in Rajshahi on charge of violation of Tobacco Control Law. District Administration and Civil Surgeon office on Monday jointly conducted a mobi...

RAB members detain four with stolen oil of railway

RAB members detain four with stolen oil of railway

-- 2019-05-20 17:44:16

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested four people along with 2,100 litres stolen oil of Bangladesh Railway from Abdulpur Railway Junction area in Lalpur upazila early Monday. The arrestees...

BRTC launches city bus service in Rangpur

BRTC launches city bus service in Rangpur

-- 2019-05-20 17:43:30

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) on Monday launched city bus service by introducing two double-decker modern buses on two routes of the divisional city. Mayor of Rangpur Mostafizar Rahman...

17 condemned convicts in Ekram killing case still at large 

17 condemned convicts in Ekram killing case still at large 

-- 2019-05-20 17:35:11

Law enforcement agencies are yet to arrest the 17 convicts sentenced to death by a lower court in March last year in Fulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haque Ekram murder case. Feni District and Sessio...