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80551. Health risk of exposure to organo-metallic compoundsPublished: October 25, 2019 20:06:22

Waste is any product of metabolism that is not required for further metabolic process and is therefore excreted from the body. Waste is directly linked to human development -- both...


80552. In the lap of the HimalayasPublished: October 25, 2019 20:05:16

Sathpal Rathore hails from North Delhi. Nobody can ignore his masculine body structure. Driving is his profession and may be his passion also. His dauntless driving on the curved path...


80553. Hossain Jamal Memorial Trust Fund established at DUPublished: October 25, 2019 19:58:42

A new trust fund titled 'Hossain Jamal Memorial Trust Fund' has been established at the University of Dhaka (DU). Daughter of Hossain Jamal Prof Dr Lafifa Jamal of the Department of...


80554. Humayun Sadhu passes awayPublished: October 25, 2019 17:32:21

Actor, writer and director Humayun Sadhu died at a hospital in the city early Friday. Sadhu breathed his last at 12.30am on Friday at Square Hospital, reports UNB. Prominent cinematographer...


80555. Bus, launch services remain suspended in BholaPublished: October 25, 2019 16:32:25

Internal road and river communications remained suspended in the district since Friday morning following the announcement of Al Party Muslim Unity Council’s special munajat for those killed in a clash...


80556. Bangladesh Cholochitro Shilpi Samiti’s election underwayPublished: October 25, 2019 16:26:34

Voters of Bangladesh Cholochitro Shilpi Samiti are casting ballots to elect the new executive committee for 2019-20 period at Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) on Friday. The voting began at...


80557. BJP wins in MaharashtraPublished: October 25, 2019 16:18:54

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party retained its control over a big western state on Tuesday and was left scouting for an ally to keep hold of a northern...


80558. Prime Minister joins NAM SummitPublished: October 25, 2019 16:13:51

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has joined the 18th summit of the Non-Alligned Movement  or NAM. The summit was inaugurated at Baku Congress Centre in Azerbaijan on Friday, reports bdnews24.com. A...


80559. Pollution levels in New Delhi worst this yearPublished: October 25, 2019 16:07:19

Pollution levels in India's capital New Delhi have hit their worst for the second time in October -- earning a "very poor" rating and indicating air quality could deteriorate further...


80560. China among top 10 improvers in business climate 2nd year in a row: World BankPublished: October 25, 2019 16:01:33

China is among the 10 economies where business climates improved the most, and it is on the list of top 10 improvers for a second consecutive year, according to the...


80561. Islami Andolon takes out procession protesting Bhola incidentPublished: October 25, 2019 15:09:34

Islami Andolon, a minor Islamist political party, took out a procession in Dhaka city in protest against a Facebook post with 'blasphemous' content and subsequent deaths recently during a rally...


80562. Noab seeks FBCCI support for development of newspaper industryPublished: October 25, 2019 14:30:28

Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh (Noab) on Thursday sought the cooperation of FBCCI for the development of the newspaper industry and to solve various issues. They made the request at...


80563. PBOC injects 30b yuan into marketPublished: October 25, 2019 13:53:33

The People's Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank of the country, pumped 30 billion yuan (about 4.24 billion US dollars) into the financial system Friday. The PBOC injected 30...


80564. European shares fall on Brexit woesPublished: October 25, 2019 13:52:56

European shares fell slightly on Friday, as Brexit woes and Anheuser-Busch InBev’s forecast of moderate annual profit growth offset strong sales from luxury goods makers. The UK Prime Minister conceded...


80565. Two Myanmar cops killed in Rakhine statePublished: October 25, 2019 13:43:31

Two policemen have been killed with five other policemen and two women civilians injured as the local insurgent Arakan Army (AA) attacked a police convoy in Myanmar's western Rakhine state....


80566. Singapore's manufacturing output rises 0.1pc in SeptPublished: October 25, 2019 13:34:52

Singapore Economic Development Board said on Friday that the country's manufacturing output grew 0.1 per cent year-on-year in September, compared to a revised 6.4 per cent decrease this August. Excluding...


80567. Five die, 13 injured in road crashesPublished: October 25, 2019 13:29:54

At least five people were killed and thirteen others injured in two separate road accidents in Bogura and Sirajganj districts on Friday. In Bogura, three people, including a woman and...


80568. Two die in Sirajganj road accidentPublished: October 25, 2019 13:23:17

Two people were killed and three others injured when a truck rammed a rickshaw-van near Bhuiyagati Kamarpara Bridge in Raiganj upazila of Sirajganj district on Friday. The deceased were identified...


80569. Three die as bus overturns in BoguraPublished: October 25, 2019 13:20:11

At least three people, including a woman and her daughter, were killed and 10 others injured when a bus overturned in Shibganj upazila of Bogura district early Friday. The deceased...


80570. Police were unprepared for Bhola agitationPublished: October 25, 2019 13:17:36

Police had verbally approved a small rally to be staged under the banner of Muslim Tawhidi Janata in Bhola’s Borhanuddin upazila last Sunday in protest against a Facebook post with...


80571. Couple’s hanging bodies found at SavarPublished: October 25, 2019 13:13:51

Police recovered the hanging bodies of a couple from a house at Buribazar in Ashulia area in Savar  upazila of Dhaka on Friday. The deceased were identified as Parvez Mia,...


80572. Speedboat crash: Three more bodies found in ShariatpurPublished: October 25, 2019 13:07:27

The bodies of three fishermen, who went missing following a collision between two speedboats in the Padma River in Jajira upazila on Wednesday, were recovered on Thursday. The deceased were...


80573. Elderly man dies of dengue in KhulnaPublished: October 25, 2019 13:02:37

A man died of dengue while undergoing treatment at Khulna City Medical College Hospital in the early hours of Friday. The deceased was identified as Ibrahim Sheikh, 77, of Brokkhogati...


80574. Six more cos declare dividendPublished: October 25, 2019 12:24:08

Six more companies have recommended dividend ranging between 10 per cent and 40 per cent for the year ended on June 30, 2019, according to official disclosures published on Thursday....


80575. PM reaches Baku to join 18th NAM SummitPublished: October 25, 2019 11:34:51

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, on Thursday night on a four-day official visit to Azerbaijan to attend the 18th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)....


80576. Chinese paper says Britain must accept responsibility for truck deathsPublished: October 25, 2019 11:19:38

Britain and other European countries must accept some responsibility for the deaths of 39 people, believed to be Chinese nationals, found dead in a refrigerated truck near London, the state-backed...


80577. Loan defaulters cashing in on BB circular, lawyer tells HCPublished: October 25, 2019 11:10:19

In the High Court hearing on a writ petition on Thursday, Advocate Manzill Murshid said 'headstrong loan defaulters' are taking advantage of the circular issued by the Bangladesh Bank. The...


80578. Brexit: EU to consider extension as MPs mull electionPublished: October 25, 2019 10:54:58

EU ambassadors are to meet to discuss what length of Brexit extension to offer the UK, as MPs consider Boris Johnson's call for an early election. Most EU states are...


80579. Power plant near Sundarbans: UN to assess impactsPublished: October 25, 2019 10:50:32

The United Nations is set to weigh up the environmental impacts of several under-construction coal-fired power plants on the world heritage site Sundarbans, officials have said. A joint delegation from...


80580. BB to address customers' hassles in account openingPublished: October 25, 2019 10:36:44

The Bangladesh Bank has sought explanation from 49 banks for the alleged harassment of their customers in opening fresh accounts, officials said. The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit has been informed...


80581. Use of currencies other than US dollars can be explored: SpeakersPublished: October 25, 2019 09:57:23

Despite the country's high dependency on using the US dollar (US$) in foreign trade, possibility of using other alternative currencies in certain bilateral and regional trade transactions can be explored...


80582. Now NBR drawback office to refund VATPublished: October 25, 2019 09:46:13

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to issue VAT refund for export-oriented sectors and international organisations from its drawback office, instead of VAT field-offices, in a bid to...


80583. Pochamaria village - a famed bird sanctuaryPublished: October 25, 2019 00:52:39

RAJSHAHI, Oct 22: Not only in winter, but all the year round Pochamaria village under Puthia upazila of the district becomes abode of thousands of birds, both indigenous and migratory,...


80584. Work on Bangabandhu rail bridge likely to start in DecPublished: October 25, 2019 00:51:39

The construction work of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Railway Bridge over the Jamuna River is expected to start in December this year with a significant rise in overall project cost, sources...


80585. Japanese cos to invest in Saudi Arabia’s tourism industryPublished: October 25, 2019 00:50:23

There is a genuine interest among Japanese companies to invest in Saudi Arabia's rapidly growing entertainment and tourism industries, with some planning to set up their own operations in the...


80586. FDI inflow surges but still below 7FYP projectionPublished: October 24, 2019 22:02:26

The country has long been trying to attract incremental foreign direct investment (FDI).  A number of policy measures are there to facilitate foreign investment. The government has also taken some...


80587. Overshoot, mega-regions & outer space: Atlantis or apocalypse?Published: October 24, 2019 21:55:30

Just as we balance our own expenditures and income every now and then, and our countries also calculate the fiscal-year accounts in similar fashion, measuring both global resource consumption and...


80588. Is road safety really illusive?Published: October 24, 2019 21:31:46

As the country observed October 22 as the Road Safety Day, lead newspapers including the FE took a moment on the grim recollection of thousands of lives lost every year...


80589. Why society turns more and more brutalPublished: October 24, 2019 21:20:29

The country is writhing under a spree of extreme forms of savagery, violence, vengeance and inhumanity right now. The news that a university student with top grade results at the...


80590. Regulator shouldn't overreactPublished: October 24, 2019 21:16:27

The dispute between the country's two leading telecom operators---the Grameenphone and the Robi--- and  the sector regulator over unpaid 'audit-claims' has lately turned nastier. The government in an unprecedented move...


80591. Youth held for spreading PM’s distorted image onlinePublished: October 24, 2019 21:12:28

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained a youth charged with distorting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s image and uploading the distorted version through ‘offensive’ posts on Facebook from Keshabpur area...


80592. Let Nobel Prize glow with its inner forcePublished: October 24, 2019 20:48:03

The Nobel Prize was completely free of all smears and controversies in the first forty years after its launch in 1901. Rabindranath Tagore was indeed a lucky poet; he got...


80593. Comprehensive policies for urban disaster resilience in focusPublished: October 24, 2019 19:48:45

CARE Bangladesh and Christian Aid jointly organised a session on “Urban disaster resilience in urban sector policies” in the fourth annual national conference on Urban Resilience to Climate Change at...


80594. Bhola clash: Facebook ID hacker identifiedPublished: October 24, 2019 19:21:05

The person who reportedly hacked the Facebook account of Biplob Chandra has been identified with the assistance of Facebook authorities. Quoting Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, Public Relations Officer of the...


80595. Samrat lands in jail after remandPublished: October 24, 2019 19:03:54

A Dhaka court on Thursday sent former Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat to jail after end of his 10-day remand in two cases filed with capital’s Ramna Police...


80596. Govt to set up digital archive on BangabandhuPublished: October 24, 2019 18:57:11

The government will set up a digital archive on Bangabandhu to inform the new generation about different aspects of the life and ideology of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh...


80597. Daraz to launch '11.11' campaign for second timePublished: October 24, 2019 18:54:09

Country’s largest online marketplace Daraz Bangladesh is going to arrange the '11.11' campaign for the second time. The one-day sale event will provide a great shopping experience with more than...


80598. Four children return home from Indian rehabilitation centrePublished: October 24, 2019 18:47:26

Four boys returned home through Hili border in Dinajpur on Thursday after ending their detention period in an Indian Child Rehabilitation Centre. Indian immigration police handed the four over to...


80599. Trudeau likely to mend fences with ChinaPublished: October 24, 2019 18:42:23

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's reelection, albeit with a thinner margin, can be attributed to his government's improved economic performance leading to better jobs numbers. In his second term, the...


80600. Bangladeshi adolescents at 'alarming' risk of heart diseasesPublished: October 24, 2019 18:25:28

A new study has found three or more risk factors of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in one in every five Bangladeshi adolescents. Of them, nine in 10 reported low fruit and...