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SC to clarify its instruction to media, law minister hopes

SC to clarify its instruction to media, law minister hopes

-- 2019-05-20 17:28:18

Law Minister Anisul Huq has expressed his hope that the secretariat of the Supreme Court will give a clarification about its notice that requested media to refrain from reporting on ongoing cases. &l...

Biman starts selling tickets for hajj flights

Biman starts selling tickets for hajj flights

FE Online Report 2019-05-20 16:55:06

Biman Bangladesh Airlines started selling tickets for hajj flights from Monday as the national flag carrier is scheduled to begin carrying hajj pilgrims from July 4. According to the agreement betwee...

Form panel to stop use of toxic chemicals in fruits: HC

Form panel to stop use of toxic chemicals in fruits: HC

-- 2019-05-20 16:15:10

The High Court has ordered the government to form monitoring committee within seven days to prevent the use of toxic chemicals in fruits, including mango, across the country. A bench of the court com...

Prosperity to be achieved keeping country free from militancy: PM

Prosperity to be achieved keeping country free from militancy: PM

-- 2019-05-20 15:17:06

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the government wants to attain economic development keeping the country free from terrorism and militancy. "It's very much regretful that terrorism and mil...

Schoolboy’s body found in Buriganga

Schoolboy’s body found in Buriganga

-- 2019-05-20 14:57:46

The body of a schoolboy, who reportedly jumped into the Buriganga river after being rebuked by his father on Saturday night, was recovered from the river on Monday morning. The deceased was identifie...

70pc of Padma bridge nearly complete: Quader

70pc of Padma bridge nearly complete: Quader

FE Online Desk 2019-05-20 14:39:44

The overall progress of the Padma bridge, the country's largest infrastructure project, is 67 per cent complete, Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said. The core structure of th...

BNP picks Rumeen Farhana for reserved seat

BNP picks Rumeen Farhana for reserved seat

-- 2019-05-20 14:28:06

The BNP has named Barrister Rumeen Farhana for the parliamentary seat reserved for women, which was allocated for the party in proportion to its representation in the 11th parliament. The party's ass...

Japan says it will continue support for BD's development

Japan says it will continue support for BD's development

-- 2019-05-20 13:49:43

Japan has expressed firm commitment to continue its cooperation for the economic development of Bangladesh. “Japan will continue its cooperation to Bangladesh’s economic development inclu...

Four die in ‘gunfights’ in three dists

Four die in ‘gunfights’ in three dists

-- 2019-05-20 12:51:09

Three suspected hijackers and a drug trader were killed in reported gunfights in Dhaka, Chattogram and Cumilla districts early Monday. In Dhaka, two suspected hijackers were killed in a gunfight with...

'Deprived' BCL leaders suspend protests

'Deprived' BCL leaders suspend protests

-- 2019-05-20 12:23:06

The 'deprived' leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League have suspended their sit-in protest over alleged attacks on them and left the site of Raju Sculpture after the senior leaders of the Awami League li...

Uncertainty over proposed Cox’s Bazar tourism complex

Uncertainty over proposed Cox’s Bazar tourism complex

-- 2019-05-20 11:51:44

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has rejected a proposal of the Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry to construct a tourism complex in Cox’s Bazar at its own initiative as it wants the p...

Two ‘hijackers’ die in city gunfight

Two ‘hijackers’ die in city gunfight

-- 2019-05-20 11:37:19

Two suspected hijackers were killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Hazaribagh Beribadh area of Dhaka city early Monday. The deceased were identified as Munir,...

Terrorists kill Jubo League leader in Rangamati

Terrorists kill Jubo League leader in Rangamati

-- 2019-05-20 11:15:46

A local Jubo League leader was gunned down by armed terrorists at Naikhongchhora in Rajasthali upazila of Rangamati district on Sunday night. The victim was identified as Chongkla Ching Marma, presid...

Snake gourd cultivation popular among Joypurhat farmers

Snake gourd cultivation popular among Joypurhat farmers

Roving Correspondent 2019-05-20 00:06:51

JOYPURHAT, May 19: Snake gourd (chichinga) cultivation is gaining momentum across the district this season. A good number of farmers said they are happy over the production and present market price....

‘Measures to be taken to stop misuse of digital act’

‘Measures to be taken to stop misuse of digital act’

FE Online Report 2019-05-19 20:51:30

The law minister on Sunday ensured of taking measures to stop misuse o digital security act. The law minister said after a meeting with the representatives of UN bodies including human rights, UNDP a...

PM hosts iftar for freedom fighters, orphans, relatives

PM hosts iftar for freedom fighters, orphans, relatives

-- 2019-05-19 20:47:42

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday hosted an iftar party for war-wounded freedom fighters (FFs), orphans, physically-challenged children, Islamic scholars and her family members and relatives at G...

ICT Division now under Palak

ICT Division now under Palak

-- 2019-05-19 18:29:32

Minister Mustafa Jabbar will now focus only on the Posts and Telecommunications Division while State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak will deal with Information and Communication Technology Division single...

Govt will restrict import of rice, finance minister says

Govt will restrict import of rice, finance minister says

-- 2019-05-19 18:10:01

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said the government would restrict import of rice and try to export it abroad to give relief to farmers. He said supply of paddy is now much higher than demand...

BSTI to observe World Metrology Day Monday

BSTI to observe World Metrology Day Monday

FE Online Report 2019-05-19 18:06:56

Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) will observe the ‘World Metrology Day’ to make people aware of the importance of measurement in everyday life. The theme of this year&r...

Non-gazetted employees to receive salary on May 28

Non-gazetted employees to receive salary on May 28

-- 2019-05-19 17:59:31

Salary and allowances for the current month of the non-gazetted employees under the government, semi-government and autonomous bodies and non-commissioned officers or employees of the armed forces wil...

JS body adopts ‘Film and Television Institute (Amendment) Bill’

JS body adopts ‘Film and Television Institute (Amendment) Bill’

-- 2019-05-19 17:51:46

Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Information in its second meeting on Sunday adopted unanimously the amendments made on “Bangladesh Film and Television Institute (Amendment) B...

Allow RMG workers to get Eid holidays in phases: Home minister

Allow RMG workers to get Eid holidays in phases: Home minister

-- 2019-05-19 16:58:24

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has asked the owners of garment factories to allow the workers to go on Eid holidays in phases. According to UNB, he also urged the owners to pay salaries and bonus in...

HC scraps age limit for freedom fighters' eligibility

HC scraps age limit for freedom fighters' eligibility

-- 2019-05-19 16:48:28

The High Court has scrapped three government circulars imposing a minimum age of 12 and a half years to be eligible for the status of a freedom fighter. The bench comprising Justice Sheikh Hassan Ari...

Delayed wheat procurement decision frustrates farmers

Delayed wheat procurement decision frustrates farmers

Our Correspondent 2019-05-19 16:43:00

The Food Office has decided to start wheat procurement drive in Magura district soon, but farmers feel frustrated as the decision came after they have sold their produce. In this connection, a good n...

BSTI cases fall, but adulteration up

BSTI cases fall, but adulteration up

Sajibur Rahman 2019-05-19 16:19:38

The number of cases and penalties by Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has declined in recent years despite rising food adulteration, marketing and sale of impure products. The numb...

Titumir College students block Mohakhali roads

Titumir College students block Mohakhali roads

-- 2019-05-19 15:18:29

Students of Government Titumir College, which is one of the seven colleges affiliated with Dhaka University, have blocked the road from Mohakhali to Gulshan-1 and Kakoli to protest against the ‘...

Lightning strike kills mother, son in Khagrachhari

Lightning strike kills mother, son in Khagrachhari

-- 2019-05-19 14:52:11

A woman and her son were killed after being struck by a thunderbolt at Masterpara in Bornal union of Matiranga upazila of Khagrachhari early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Ayesha Khatun, 55 a...

Planning minister for setting up statistics training institute

Planning minister for setting up statistics training institute

FE Online Report 2019-05-19 14:03:41

Planning minster MA Mannan Sunday announced for a comprehensive training institute for people who work with statistics. Inaugurating a training workshop for the statistical officials, the minister sa...

Quader lists major challenges after resuming office

Quader lists major challenges after resuming office

-- 2019-05-19 13:44:00

Joining office four days after his return from Singapore, Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said he is starting the second innings of his life. "Now, the major challenges are - reducin...

'Deprived’ BCL leaders launch protest after alleged attack

'Deprived’ BCL leaders launch protest after alleged attack

-- 2019-05-19 13:22:30

A group of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders, who were overlooked for posts in the central committee of the ruling party’s student wing, have launched a protest on the Dhaka University cam...