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0.6m people in Rohingya camps vulnerable to cyclone 

0.6m people in Rohingya camps vulnerable to cyclone 

-- 2019-02-18 17:59:17

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said an estimated 574,000 people in Cox's Bazar Rohingya will face the coming cyclone seasons with only rotting bamboo and shred...

President urges media to play responsible role

President urges media to play responsible role

-- 2019-02-18 17:45:12

President Md Abdul Hamid on Monday urged the media to play a responsible role by following journalistic codes and prioritising national interests. "Media, democracy and development are complimentary...

BCL activists assault four journalists in Sylhet

BCL activists assault four journalists in Sylhet

-- 2019-02-18 17:40:30

Four journalists were allegedly attacked by Bangladesh Chhatra League activists during a factional clash of the ruling party's student front at MC College in Sylhet on Monday. The journalists said th...

BTRC orders blocking 55 more porn sites

BTRC orders blocking 55 more porn sites

-- 2019-02-18 17:32:23

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on Monday ordered the International Internet Gateway (IIG) to block access to 55 more porn sites. Emdadul Haque, general secretary of Int...

BD, UAE sign four MoUs

BD, UAE sign four MoUs

-- 2019-02-18 16:38:25

Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed four memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to promote relations between the two countries in the areas of investment, business and power sector....

Govt decides to restrict use of Padma Bridge design, photo in ads

Govt decides to restrict use of Padma Bridge design, photo in ads

FE Online Report 2019-02-18 15:43:52

The government has decided about restricting the use of the design and photo of the under-construction Padma Bridge in advertisements without prior permission from the authorities concerned. The deci...

DMP fines traffic offenders Tk 2.9m

DMP fines traffic offenders Tk 2.9m

FE Online Report 2019-02-18 15:30:59

Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) realised Tk 2.9 million in fines from traffic offenders on Sunday. A total of 5,661 cases were also filed against different modes of vehicles f...

DMP arrests 53 drug suspects

DMP arrests 53 drug suspects

FE Online Report 2019-02-18 15:08:19

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 53 from the city in a regular anti-narcotics drive for selling and consuming illegal drugs. Different police stations under DMP conducted the drive and ar...

BIWTA resumes eviction drive in Bosila

BIWTA resumes eviction drive in Bosila

-- 2019-02-18 14:38:13

The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority or BIWTA has resumed a drive to remove illegal structures on the banks of the Buriganga River at the Bosila area of Dhaka’s Mohammadpur. The driv...

14 BNP leaders land in Habiganj jail

14 BNP leaders land in Habiganj jail

-- 2019-02-18 14:27:46

A court in Habiganj on Monday sent 14 leaders and activists of BNP, including its district unit general secretary GK Gaus and his brother, to jail in four cases filed in connection with violence on th...

HC turns down writ challenging legality of holding posts by MPs

HC turns down writ challenging legality of holding posts by MPs

-- 2019-02-18 14:00:54

The High Court has turned down a writ filed challenging the legality of holding posts by members of the 11th parliament. The bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil passed the...

Six suspects to be charged over blogger Avijit Roy murder

Six suspects to be charged over blogger Avijit Roy murder

-- 2019-02-18 13:57:18

The police counter-terrorism unit (CTC) has finalised a charge sheet over the murder of blogger and writer Avijit Roy. Though law enforcers found evidence of twelve perpetrators being involved in the...

Resumption in Ctg gas supply to be delayed

Resumption in Ctg gas supply to be delayed

FE Online Desk 2019-02-18 12:57:48

The restoration of gas supply in Chattogram city, which has been suspended due to repair work of a key gas pipe line for the third straight day today, will be delayed further. Khaiz Ahmed Mazumdar, m...

Police detain 73 in Satkhira

Police detain 73 in Satkhira

-- 2019-02-18 12:28:18

Law enforcers, in special drives arrested 73 suspects including five drug pedlars from eight upazilas of Satkhira district in last 12-hour ending at 8:00am on Monday morning. Law enforcers also recov...

RAB nabs ‘drug pedlar’ with yaba in Natore

RAB nabs ‘drug pedlar’ with yaba in Natore

-- 2019-02-18 12:19:55

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested a suspected drug pedlar along with 1,830 yaba tablets from Tokia Dhalan area in Sadar upazila of Natore on Monday morning. The arrestee is...

‘Forest robber’ dies in Sundarbans ‘gunfight’

‘Forest robber’ dies in Sundarbans ‘gunfight’

-- 2019-02-18 12:16:40

A suspected forest robber was killed in a gunfight with members of Coast Guard in Sonaimukhi Khal area under Dakope thana in Khulna district in the early hours of Monday. The dead man, yet to be iden...

Hailstorms damage crops, houses in parts of country

Hailstorms damage crops, houses in parts of country

FE Online Desk 2019-02-18 11:31:50

Heavy rainfall, coupled with hailstorms and gusty winds, have immensely damaged Rabi crops in different parts of the country. A large number of mango buds also fell off during the storm in the early...

Gas companies to seek tariff hike afresh

Gas companies to seek tariff hike afresh

M Azizur Rahman 2019-02-18 10:40:12

The state-run gas companies will place fresh proposals to the energy regulator, seeking tariff hike for almost all sorts of gas users, as the country's LNG import is expected to double by April next...

New money laundering rules define working areas of investigators

New money laundering rules define working areas of investigators

Doulot Akter Mala 2019-02-18 10:28:06

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has issued the long-awaited rules of the Money Laundering Prevention Act 2012 by defining working areas of the investigators. Six government entities empowered to prob...

Key countries back BD proposal to create ‘safe zone’ in Rakhine

Key countries back BD proposal to create ‘safe zone’ in Rakhine

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2019-02-18 09:31:28

Major countries having influence over Myanmar, have agreed in principle on the proposal made by Bangladesh for creating a 'safe zone' for Rohingya in the northern Rakhine state of Myanmar. "We have...

Bitter gourd farming lucrative to Gopalganj growers

Bitter gourd farming lucrative to Gopalganj growers

Our Correspondent 2019-02-17 21:23:05

GOPALGANJ, Feb 17: Good market prices have brought smile on the faces of bitter gourd farmers of Raghunathpur union under Sadar upazila in the district this season. According to the Department of Agr...

Biswa Ijtema to end on Tuesday

Biswa Ijtema to end on Tuesday

-- 2019-02-17 21:22:43

The Biswa Ijtema, now continuing on the bank of the Turag River with the participation of the followers of Indian Islamic preacher Maulana Muhammad Saad Al Kandhalvi, will end on Tuesday. The Akheri...

Papaya production excellent across Rangpur district

Papaya production excellent across Rangpur district

Our Correspondent 2019-02-17 21:21:47

RANGPUR, Feb 17: Papaya growers across the district are optimistic of getting an excellent yield this season amid a favourable weather condition. The growers are also happy for getting expected price...

PM visits defence exhibition in UAE

PM visits defence exhibition in UAE

-- 2019-02-17 20:46:12

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday visited the International Defence Exhibition (IDEX) organised by United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. Crown Prince of Abu Dha...

Sirajganj mudslide kills two construction workers

Sirajganj mudslide kills two construction workers

-- 2019-02-17 20:28:49

Two workers were killed and five others injured in a mudslide while working at the site of an under-construction building of a primary school in Sirajganj municipality area on Sunday. The deceased we...

Getting usual services from hospital: Patients

Getting usual services from hospital: Patients

Sajibur Rahman 2019-02-17 20:17:16

Healthcare service has almost been restored at fire-ravaged Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital (SSMCH) as the majority of patients returned to the hospital until Saturday. Some 1,174 patient...

Al Mahmud in eternal rest

Al Mahmud in eternal rest

-- 2019-02-17 20:13:41

Legendary poet Al Mahmud was laid to rest at his hometown in Brahmanbaria on Sunday afternoon. He was buried beside the graves of his parents at a graveyard at Dakkhin Morail after his third namaz-e-...

Slum fire claims nine lives

Slum fire claims nine lives

-- 2019-02-17 19:32:29

At least nine people, including seven members of two families, died after a fire swept through more than 200 slum dwellings in Chattogram in the early hours of Sunday. Seven of the nine deceased were...

‘MPO process to begin soon’

‘MPO process to begin soon’

-- 2019-02-17 19:29:05

Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Sunday said the Monthly Payment Order (MPO) process for the Non-government educational institutions will begin very soon as the government finalised a list of 2,000...

Govt mulls providing allowance to people with disabilities

Govt mulls providing allowance to people with disabilities

-- 2019-02-17 19:16:03

The government is planning to give allowance to the people with disabilities across the country. Social Welfare Minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed came up with the plan while replying to a starred question pl...