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Police rescue 34 Rohingyas being trafficked to Malaysia

Police rescue 34 Rohingyas being trafficked to Malaysia

-- 2019-05-15 11:50:38

Police in Cox’s Bazar have rescued 34 Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, from being smuggled to Malaysia by boat. They include 11 men, 15 women and eight children, said Cox’s B...

Mother, son found dead in Natore

Mother, son found dead in Natore

-- 2019-05-15 11:48:35

A woman and her son were found dead in Naldanga upazila of Natore on Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as Halima Akter, 25, wife of Mahamul Islam Munna and their two-year-old son Abdull...

ACC identifies 11 sources of graft in health sector

ACC identifies 11 sources of graft in health sector

Jubair Hasan 2019-05-15 10:54:48

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has identified 11 major sources of corruption and irregularities in the health sector of the country. Corruption and irregularities prevail in every stage of the...

20 units shut for failure to pay wages: BGMEA

20 units shut for failure to pay wages: BGMEA

Monira Munni 2019-05-15 10:49:51

Authorities of 20 ready-made garment (RMG) factories have shut their units following failure to pay wages to workers under the new wage structure, according to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers a...

BNP hosts iftar for foreign diplomats

BNP hosts iftar for foreign diplomats

-- 2019-05-14 21:46:07

BNP, on behalf of its detained Chairperson Khaleda Zia, hosted an iftar party on Tuesday at a city hotel in honour of foreign diplomats working in Bangladesh. Ambassadors, high commissioners, mission...

Obaidul Quader returns home Wednesday

Obaidul Quader returns home Wednesday

-- 2019-05-14 21:24:03

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road, Transport and also Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader will return home on Wednesday after taking treatment in Singapore. “A Biman Bangladesh Airlines...

Nalim cultivation popular  among Magura farmers

Nalim cultivation popular among Magura farmers

Our Correspondent 2019-05-14 21:22:41

MAGURA, May 14: Cultivation of nalim, a melon variety, is gaining popularity among the grassroots farmers in the district. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Magura, sources said over 205...

Low price worries Boro growers

Low price worries Boro growers

Our Correspondent 2019-05-14 21:21:41

BOGURA, May 14: Grassroots Boro growers in the district are worried over acute low price of their newly-harvested produce. Some growers said, "We have achieved bumper yield of Boro but we are not get...

Man crushed under train in Gazipur

Man crushed under train in Gazipur

-- 2019-05-14 19:34:52

Police on Tuesday recovered the body of a man who was crushed to death by a train in Mirergaon area of Gazipur. The victim's identity could not be known yet. Subroto Das, sub-inspector of Joydebpur...

Six get life imprisonment for gang rape in Sirajganj

Six get life imprisonment for gang rape in Sirajganj

-- 2019-05-14 19:06:31

A Sirajganj court on Tuesday sentenced six people to life imprisonment for gang-raping a women at Dargar Char village in Shahjadpur upazila in 2016. The convicts are - Alhaj, Bulbul, Tota, Alamgir, J...

Lightning strike kills two in Kushtia

Lightning strike kills two in Kushtia

-- 2019-05-14 17:23:39

Two members of a family were killed as thunderbolt hit them in Bheramara upazila of Kushtia district last night. The deceased were identified as Ruma Khatun, 34, and her nephew Ratul, 16. Both are...

Railway west zone earns Tk 3.96 billion revenue in 9 months

Railway west zone earns Tk 3.96 billion revenue in 9 months

-- 2019-05-14 17:16:46

The West Zone of Bangladesh Railway earned revenue worth around Taka 3.96 billion during the first nine months of the current 2018-19 fiscal year, a sharp rise of Taka 127.7 million than that of over...

623 delivery vans registered in Jan-Apr

623 delivery vans registered in Jan-Apr

FE Online Report 2019-05-14 17:10:12

Delivery van registration in the country stood at 623 in first four months of the current calendar year, according to an official data. Of the number, a total of 547 delivery vans were registered in...

BWDB installs digital equipments for hydrological survey

BWDB installs digital equipments for hydrological survey

-- 2019-05-14 17:05:06

The Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) has installed digital equipments for collecting information for the hydrological survey. “BWDB has entered into a new era of digitalisation by faci...

Info minister urges ulema to work against militancy

Info minister urges ulema to work against militancy

-- 2019-05-14 16:45:20

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday urged the Islamic scholars to play a vital role to prevent terrorism and militancy from the country. “Today, a number of people is giving militan...

State minister warns of action against corrupt Milk Vita officials

State minister warns of action against corrupt Milk Vita officials

-- 2019-05-14 16:42:09

Stern actions will be taken against corrupt Milk Vita officials and engineers to stop irregularities at the state-owned entity, State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives...

Khaleda will be shifted to Keraniganj jail after treatment at BSMMU

Khaleda will be shifted to Keraniganj jail after treatment at BSMMU

-- 2019-05-14 16:23:15

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be taken to Keraniganj Central Jail after her treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). The aut...

Don't use 'fake' before 'freedom fighter': HC

Don't use 'fake' before 'freedom fighter': HC

-- 2019-05-14 16:15:29

The High Court has ordered government officials and journalists not to use the word ‘fake’ before the phrase 'freedom fighter'. If anyone violates the order, he or she will be summoned, s...

BCL forms probe committee over Monday’s clash

BCL forms probe committee over Monday’s clash

-- 2019-05-14 14:27:05

A three-member committee has been formed to look into Monday's clash between factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) after announcement of a 301-member central body. New Vice-Present Al Nahian Kh...

BD police ‘rescue’ Rohingyas being trafficked to Malaysia

BD police ‘rescue’ Rohingyas being trafficked to Malaysia

-- 2019-05-14 13:59:39

Bangladeshi police prevented dozens of Rohingya Muslims, most of them women, about to be trafficked to Malaysia by boat, authorities said on Tuesday. Traffickers had picked up at least 69 Rohingyas f...

Police recover youth’s body in Joypurhat

Police recover youth’s body in Joypurhat

-- 2019-05-14 13:48:00

Police recovered the unidentified body of a young man from a graveyard at Teghor Bisha village in Joypurhat Sadar upazila on Tuesday morning. Locals spotted the body and informed police, said Sirajul...

'Substandard' items: Food Safety Authority seeks BSTI report

'Substandard' items: Food Safety Authority seeks BSTI report

-- 2019-05-14 11:55:00

The High Court's orders to take 52 food products off the shelves has left retailers in a quandary as the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority tasked with implementing the directives awaits a report from t...

BNP to contest by-polls to Fakhrul’s seat

BNP to contest by-polls to Fakhrul’s seat

-- 2019-05-14 11:39:59

BNP is going to participate in the by-election to Bogura-6 parliamentary seat, which fell vacant after party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir decided not to take oath of the office. At a...

Mobile court fines 24 travel agencies in Sylhet

Mobile court fines 24 travel agencies in Sylhet

-- 2019-05-14 11:14:08

A mobile court in Sylhet has fined 24 travel agencies a combined Tk 0.47 million for various irregularities and not having legal papers. Five teams led by five executive magistrates conducted drives...

Miscreants stab contractor dead in Mymensingh

Miscreants stab contractor dead in Mymensingh

-- 2019-05-14 11:04:31

A contractor was stabbed to death by miscreants on Mritunjoy School road in Mymensingh city early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Rezaul Karim Rasel, 35, reports UNB. Mahmudul Islam, officer...

Traders selling beef at high prices ignoring govt order

Traders selling beef at high prices ignoring govt order

FE Report 2019-05-14 11:02:56

Essential protein item red meats are being sold at prices prohibitive for the commoners at the city markets defying the government's order in this regard for Ramadan. Visiting different markets and...

Tenders for tourism projects next month

Tenders for tourism projects next month

Munima Sultana 2019-05-14 11:00:16

The PPP Authority is set to start by next month searching private investors for developing its tourism sector projects in four potential districts. Officials said the Public Private Partnership...

Two Rohingas among five die in ‘gunfights’

Two Rohingas among five die in ‘gunfights’

-- 2019-05-14 10:56:22

Five people, including two Rohingya men, were killed in separate 'gunfights' in Cox's Bazar, Pabna and Jashore on Tuesday. In Cox's Bazar, two Rohingya 'human traffickers' were killed in a gunfight w...

Price frustrates Naogaon, Tangail, Nilphamari  Boro cultivators

Price frustrates Naogaon, Tangail, Nilphamari Boro cultivators

Our Correspondents 2019-05-13 22:19:37

NAOGAON, May 13: Boro farmers in the district are frustrated over the present market price. Peasants in 11 upazilas cultivated the rice amid favourable climate condition. Boro paddy is selling at Tk...

Construction of eight food depots yet to  be completed

Construction of eight food depots yet to be completed

Our Correspondent 2019-05-13 22:18:23

SYLHET, May 13: The authorities have failed to complete the construction of eight food depots in Sunamganj district. Negligence of the contractors and lack of supervision by the authority concerned a...