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Mymensingh Medical students protest against sexual harassment

Mymensingh Medical students protest against sexual harassment

-- 2019-05-16 16:44:54

Protesters have locked the main gate of the Myemensingh Medical College to demand action against the sexual harassment of a female student. Students began a sit-in protest on Thursday morning and cal...

Derailment suspends rail communication with Sylhet

Derailment suspends rail communication with Sylhet

-- 2019-05-16 16:39:17

The rail communications between Sylhet and the rest of the country remained suspended following derailment of a bogie of a local train in Mallikpur area of Fenchuganj upazila on Thursday morning. Ima...

Dhaka traffic at 4.0km per hour!

Dhaka traffic at 4.0km per hour!

FE Online Desk 2019-05-16 16:01:37

An hourly traffic speed in Dhaka city may have slowed down to four kilometres at peak hours during Ramadan, according to a rough estimate made on the basis of information gathered in recent two days f...

Water in 57 areas of Dhaka polluted, Wasa tells HC

Water in 57 areas of Dhaka polluted, Wasa tells HC

FE Online Desk 2019-05-16 15:57:01

Water being supplied in 57 areas under its 10 zones is polluted, Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) has told the High Court in a report. The areas are Jatrabari, Bashabo, Mughda, Rajarb...

PM to attend OIC summit at Saudi King's invitation

PM to attend OIC summit at Saudi King's invitation

-- 2019-05-16 14:54:13

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has invited Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to attend the 14th Islamic Summit of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to be held at Makkah at the end of Ramad...

Biman adds another Boeing to its fleet

Biman adds another Boeing to its fleet

-- 2019-05-16 13:38:00

A Boeing 737-800 aircraft was added to the fleet of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Thursday. The aircraft, brought on lease from Kuwait's Alfaco arrived at Dhaka airport around 3:25am, said Biman Gener...

Minimum Fitra Tk 70, maximum Tk 1,980

Minimum Fitra Tk 70, maximum Tk 1,980

-- 2019-05-16 12:49:01

Fitra, a charity donation by well-off Muslims at the end of Ramadan, has been fixed at minimum Tk 70 per person this year. The maximum Fitra has been set at Tk 1,980, said Mohammad Nizam Udin, assist...

Two ‘Hizb-ut-Tahrir members’ held

Two ‘Hizb-ut-Tahrir members’ held

-- 2019-05-16 12:03:34

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested two suspected members of banned militant group Hizb-ut-Tahrir Bangladesh from Sreepur upazila of Gazipur. The arrestees were identified as Hamid Siraji,...

US blacklists China's Huawei as trade dispute clouds global outlook

US blacklists China's Huawei as trade dispute clouds global outlook

-- 2019-05-16 10:43:17

The Trump administration hit Chinese telecoms giant Huawei with severe sanctions on Wednesday, adding another incendiary element to the US-China trade dispute just as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin...

Commuters' woes worsen in city as Ramadan begins

Commuters' woes worsen in city as Ramadan begins

Munima Sultana 2019-05-16 10:36:22

Traffic congestions have increased in the city after the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, causing immense sufferings to commuters. This year the construction of metro rail in the city ha...

Migrants take perilous voyage as employment at home scarce

Migrants take perilous voyage as employment at home scarce

Arafat Ara 2019-05-16 09:44:14

Limited employment opportunities at home are forcing Bangladeshi fortune-seekers to opt for risky migration to the European Union countries, experts said. They said a large number of youths remain jo...

Café attack pushes up three-bridge construction costs

Café attack pushes up three-bridge construction costs

FE Report 2019-05-16 09:24:59

The militant attack on Holey Artisan Bakery in the capital back in July, 2016 has escalated costs of building the second Kanchpur, Meghna and Gumti bridges. The costs spiralled since work was suspe...

Identities of 39 BD nationals revealed

Identities of 39 BD nationals revealed

-- 2019-05-15 20:45:15

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday released the identities of 39 Bangladeshis who went missing after Friday's boat capsize in the Mediterranean Sea while attempting to reach Europe from Liby...

BSTI cancels licence of seven food companies

BSTI cancels licence of seven food companies

-- 2019-05-15 20:39:27

The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has cancelled licences of seven food companies that featured on a list of 52 products identified as substandard. According to bdnews24.com, it...

US-Bangla to operate extra domestic flights for Eid

US-Bangla to operate extra domestic flights for Eid

-- 2019-05-15 20:13:13

US-Bangla Airlines, one of the leading private airlines in Bangladesh, will operate additional flights on domestic routes to meet increasing demand during Eid-ul-Fitr. From May 30 to June 5, the carr...

Aus rice cultivation  expands in Bogura

Aus rice cultivation expands in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2019-05-15 20:09:09

BOGURA, May 15: Aus rice cultivation is expanding in the district as the government is providing special incentives to the poor and grassroots farmers. Bogura DAE office sources said they have a plan...

Delicious mango starts appearing in Rajshahi markets

Delicious mango starts appearing in Rajshahi markets

-- 2019-05-15 20:08:12

RAJSHAHI, May 15 (BSS): Juicy and delicious fruit Mango has started appearing in the markets of Rajshahi city and its adjacent areas from today as its harvesting began from this morning abiding by the...

Obaidul Quader returns home from Singapore after 72 days

Obaidul Quader returns home from Singapore after 72 days

-- 2019-05-15 18:32:04

Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader returned home on Wednesday afternoon after receiving medical treatment in Singapore for over two months. A flight...

HC orders Green Line to pay full compensation by May 22

HC orders Green Line to pay full compensation by May 22

-- 2019-05-15 18:28:23

The High Court has given Green Line Paribahan until May 22 to pay the remainder of the Tk 5.0 million compensation to Russell Sarkar, who lost his leg after being hit by a bus of the company on Dhaka&...

Main Eid congregation at 8:30am

Main Eid congregation at 8:30am

-- 2019-05-15 18:24:02

The main congregation of Eid-ul-Fitr will be held at the National Eidgah on the High Court premises at 8:30am on the Eid day. However, the jamaat will be held at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque at 9a...

'Three Noakhali brothers running human trafficking ring'

'Three Noakhali brothers running human trafficking ring'

-- 2019-05-15 17:50:57

The government has uncovered a human trafficking ring responsible for sending overseas the Bangladeshis who were involved in the migrant boat capsize in the Mediterranean Sea off Tunisia. “We h...

Eight pairs of special trains for Eid

Eight pairs of special trains for Eid

-- 2019-05-15 17:42:20

Eight pairs of special trains will run on different routes on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. The trains will run five days before and seven days after Eid, said Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan at a...

BIWTA to provide special service from May 30

BIWTA to provide special service from May 30

-- 2019-05-15 17:33:57

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) will provide special service to waterway passengers from May 30 aiming to ensure their safe journey during the Eid-ul-Fitr. “We will get full...

Nasim for special tribunal to punish rapists

Nasim for special tribunal to punish rapists

-- 2019-05-15 17:23:04

Awami League Presidium member and 14-party spokesperson Mohammed Nasim on Wednesday demanded awarding punishment to rapists and repressors of women by forming a special tribunal. “The number of...

Incidents of child rape rise alarmingly across country

Incidents of child rape rise alarmingly across country

FE Online Report 2019-05-15 17:22:02

Incidents of child rape across the country marked an alarming rise from January to May 14 this year, according to a report by a children rights body. The incidents of such appalling crime are higher...

President flies to London for check-up

President flies to London for check-up

-- 2019-05-15 17:20:24

President Abdul Hamid left Dhaka for London on Wednesday for medical check-up. President's Press Secretary Mohammad Joynal Abedin told UNB that a VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the...

Kanchpur, Meghna, Gumti bridges to be opened before Eid  

Kanchpur, Meghna, Gumti bridges to be opened before Eid  

-- 2019-05-15 17:08:42

All the three new bridges -- 2nd Kanchpur, Meghna and Gumti -- will be opened to traffic before the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said this while briefing reporters followi...

Malaysia to open labour market for Bangladeshi workers soon

Malaysia to open labour market for Bangladeshi workers soon

-- 2019-05-15 16:29:37

State Minister for Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Imran Ahmad on Tuesday expressed the hope that Malaysia will open its labour market for Bangladeshi workers very soon. The junior minis...

Woman ‘stabs husband to death’ in Benapole; three held

Woman ‘stabs husband to death’ in Benapole; three held

-- 2019-05-15 13:56:20

A man was stabbed to death allegedly by his wife during a dispute over her extramarital affairs in Benapole port area on early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Jamal Hossain, 36, a Banglades...

One dead, five injured after fire hits Chattogram shipyard

One dead, five injured after fire hits Chattogram shipyard

-- 2019-05-15 12:41:48

A man was killed and five others were injured after a fire broke out at a shipyard in Chattogram’s Sitakunda Upazila. The incident occurred at the Premier Trade Corporation Shipyard in the Up...