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‘Robber’ dies in Kishoreganj ‘gunfight’

‘Robber’ dies in Kishoreganj ‘gunfight’

-- 2019-04-10 11:42:48

A suspected ringleader of a robber gang was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Chandpur Bridge in Bhairab upazila of Kishoreganj district early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Mah...

Biman Dreamliner slide deployed again

Biman Dreamliner slide deployed again

Kamrun Nahar 2019-04-10 10:50:19

An evacuation slide of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft was deployed on Sunday evening for a Dhaka-bound flight from Bangkok, the second such incident in seven months. The first incident involved the...

Migration cost may go up as airfare, medical fees rise

Migration cost may go up as airfare, medical fees rise

FE Report 2019-04-10 10:46:33

Private manpower recruiters on Tuesday expressed the fear that the cost of migration may go up due to increased airfare and the fees of different medical tests. They urged the authorities concerned t...

Stock, bond mkts can’t woo educated investors

Stock, bond mkts can’t woo educated investors

FE Report 2019-04-10 10:43:01

National Board of Revenue (NBR) chairman Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan said on Tuesday the capital and bond markets have still to attract 'educated investors'. There are speculators who remain mostly...

US to help Bangladesh resolve Rohingya crisis, says Pompeo

US to help Bangladesh resolve Rohingya crisis, says Pompeo

FE Report 2019-04-10 10:37:58

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday the USA will stand by Bangladesh to resolve the Rohingya crisis permanently. He gave the assurance during his meeting with Bangladesh Foreign Minister...

Consolidation of small RMG units to be top priority

Consolidation of small RMG units to be top priority

Monira Munni 2019-04-10 10:37:31

Consolidation of small readymade garment units and integration of boutique houses with the mainstream industry will be top priorities in order to help sustain the country's apparel sector's growth, ne...

75 mass grave sites of  Liberation War martyrs  lying uncared for

75 mass grave sites of Liberation War martyrs lying uncared for

Our Correspondent 2019-04-09 21:15:47

NAOGAON, Apr 09: Some 75 mass grave sites of the Liberation War martyrs have been lying uncared for in different upazilas of the district. Ekushey Parishad Naogaon, a socio-cultural organisation of...

High-yielding wheat varieties make Barind growers happy

High-yielding wheat varieties make Barind growers happy

-- 2019-04-09 21:14:36

RAJSHAHI, Apr 09 (BSS): Farmers are now on the final stage of harvesting their cultivated wheat with satisfactory yield in the region including its vast Barind tract thanks to the newly-developed high...

NDC Capstone Course participants meet President

NDC Capstone Course participants meet President

-- 2019-04-09 21:05:14

Participants of the Capstone Course of the National Defence College (NDC) met President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban in the city on Tuesday afternoon. NDC Commandant Lt Gen Sheikh Mamun Khaled led the...

Dispose Rana Plaza building code violation case by 6 months: HC

Dispose Rana Plaza building code violation case by 6 months: HC

-- 2019-04-09 20:33:24

Denying bail to Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana in a case filed over violation of the building code in construction of the building, the High Court on Tuesday directed the lower court to dispose of the ca...

Mirza Fakhrul’s brother hails PM for development works

Mirza Fakhrul’s brother hails PM for development works

-- 2019-04-09 20:28:44

Mirza Faisal Amin, younger brother of BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Thakurgaon municipality mayor, has hailed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for implementing a development projec...

Three more spans of Padma Bridge to be installed this month

Three more spans of Padma Bridge to be installed this month

-- 2019-04-09 20:14:05

Three more spans of the 6.15-kilometre long Padma Bridge would be installed at Jajira point in Shariatpur district this month. “Preparation is underway to install 150-metre long one span on 13t...

Honours degree mandatory for primary teaching candidates

Honours degree mandatory for primary teaching candidates

-- 2019-04-09 19:19:26

The government has issued new guidelines for recruitment in its primary schools raising the minimum qualification of female candidates for teaching jobs from HSC to honours. Male candidates only with...

Food grain stocks hit 1.362m tonnes

Food grain stocks hit 1.362m tonnes

FE Online Report 2019-04-09 19:05:45

Stocks of food grains at public warehouses reached 1.362 million tonnes as of April 7, 2019. Of the total amount, there is 1.209 million tonnes of rice and 0.153 million tonnes of wheat, according to...

HC orders removal of illegal establishments along Karnaphuli

HC orders removal of illegal establishments along Karnaphuli

-- 2019-04-09 19:01:25

The High Court (HC) on Tuesday ordered the port authorities to evict illegal establishments along the Karnaphuli River in Chattogram without any delay. Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Md...

Multi-level car parking facilities at DMP

Multi-level car parking facilities at DMP

-- 2019-04-09 18:29:40

A digital multi-level car parking system was installed at the Command and Control Centre of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Abdul Goni Road in the city on Tuesday. "It's an unprecedented effort,"...

Four of a family sustain severe burn injuries

Four of a family sustain severe burn injuries

-- 2019-04-09 17:43:54

Four members of a family sustained severe burn injuries after a fire broke out at their house in Lochonpur village of Raipura Upazila in Narsingdi on Tuesday. The injured -- Priti, 11, Sweety, 13, Mu...

ECNEC okays project to upgrade Akhaura-Sylhet railway

ECNEC okays project to upgrade Akhaura-Sylhet railway

-- 2019-04-09 16:25:04

The government on Tuesday approved a project to convert the Akhaura-Sylhet railway into dual-gauge one from metre-gauge rail line. The approval of the Tk 161.04 billion project came at the regular me...

'Deploy police in mango orchards to stop use of toxic chemicals'

'Deploy police in mango orchards to stop use of toxic chemicals'

-- 2019-04-09 16:15:45

The High Court has ordered the government to deploy police to all mango orchards to prevent the use of toxic chemicals for the fruit. A bench of the court passed the order on Tuesday in repose to a...

Home minister assures job for Sohel’s family

Home minister assures job for Sohel’s family

FE Online Desk 2019-04-09 15:51:20

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has assured a job for one of the family members of fire fighter Sohel Rana, who succumbed to injuries at a Singapore hospital on Monday. "We will make sure that a...

17,484 cases filed across country in Jan: Police

17,484 cases filed across country in Jan: Police

FE Online Report 2019-04-09 15:29:20

A total of 17,484 cases were lodged across the country in January 2019, according to the data provided by Bangladesh Police. Of them, 9,634 cases of recovery of arms, explosives and narcotics were fi...

Dubai return passenger held with 96 gold bars

Dubai return passenger held with 96 gold bars

-- 2019-04-09 15:14:21

The customs intelligence officials have arrested a passenger with 96 gold bars from Shah Amanat International Airport of the port city. "The gold bars were detected in the luggage of one Deedarul Ala...

Baghaichhari gun attack death toll rises to eight

Baghaichhari gun attack death toll rises to eight

-- 2019-04-09 14:48:41

A polling officer, injured in the March 18 gun attack in Baghaichhari Upazila of Rangamati, has died at Dhaka's Combined Military Hospital (CMH). The death toll from the attack rose to eight after Ni...

Indictment hearing in Barapukuria graft case deferred again

Indictment hearing in Barapukuria graft case deferred again

-- 2019-04-09 14:31:09

A Dhaka court on Tuesday deferred the date of hearing on charge-framing in Barapukuria coal mine graft case to May 2 as the prison authorities failed to produce prime accused Khaleda Zia before the co...

Murder accused dies in ‘gunfight’

Murder accused dies in ‘gunfight’

-- 2019-04-09 12:10:37

The main accused of a murder case was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Bakalia area of Chattogram district early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Md Saiful, 28, son of Rafiq Ahmed...

BD seeks US support to create safe zone for Rohingyas in Rakhine

BD seeks US support to create safe zone for Rohingyas in Rakhine

-- 2019-04-09 12:10:07

Bangladesh has sought US support to create a safe zone for Rohingyas in Rakhine state, monitored by international human rights groups, with credible international pressure on Myanmar for their safe re...

SC upholds HC order to pay Tk 1m to Abrar’s family

SC upholds HC order to pay Tk 1m to Abrar’s family

-- 2019-04-09 12:01:43

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a High Court order that directed Suprobhat Paribahan to pay Tk 1.0 million to the family of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) student Abrar Ahmed Chowdhu...

Rainstorm trend might abate after Pahela Baishakh

Rainstorm trend might abate after Pahela Baishakh

FE Online Desk 2019-04-09 12:00:27

Rainstorms that have been intermittently hitting many places across the country, including Dhaka, for the last few days might subside after Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bangla new year that f...

Feni girl’s condition too critical to be sent to S'pore: Doctor

Feni girl’s condition too critical to be sent to S'pore: Doctor

-- 2019-04-09 11:57:13

Burned Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi's physical condition is not fit enough to move her to Singapore, said her physician Dr Samanta Lal Sen. Dr Sen, the Coordinator of the National Institute...

RMG factories start using 'jhut' to run boilers

RMG factories start using 'jhut' to run boilers

Monira Munni 2019-04-09 10:49:04

The country's readymade garment (RMG) factories have started using cutting wastes, popularly known as jhut, to run boilers amid short supply of natural gas - presently the main energy source for the b...