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Police recover two bullet-hit bodies in Feni

Police recover two bullet-hit bodies in Feni

-- 2020-02-28 11:43:18

Police recovered the bullet-hit bodies of two young men from Mangalkandi in Sonagazi upazila of Feni district on Friday. One of the deceased was identified as Sharif, son of Obaidul Haque of Safarpur...

Two die, three injured in Pabna road crash

Two die, three injured in Pabna road crash

-- 2020-02-28 11:40:00

Two people were killed and three others injured in a collision between a covered van and a truck on Pabna-Dhaka highway at Madhupur in Ataikula upazila of Pabna district on Friday. The deceased were...

Sightseeing bus hits Cox's Bazar marine drive

Sightseeing bus hits Cox's Bazar marine drive

ABDUL MONAYEM KHAN 2020-02-28 11:09:06

A new open-roof sightseeing bus has been launched in Cox's Bazar. The bus will run along the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf marine drive giving tourists an opportunity to watch the beautiful waterfront and hilly...

HAAB sets two Hajj packages

HAAB sets two Hajj packages

FE REPORT 2020-02-28 10:43:58

The cost for performing hajj in 2020 under private management has increased to Tk 361,800 from the previous year's Tk 345,800 due to hike in airfare and visa processing cost, according to private oper...

Farmers benefit from organic  cultivation of cucumber

Farmers benefit from organic cultivation of cucumber

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-02-28 01:20:10

KHULNA, Feb 27: There has been a revolution in the cultivation of vegetables using organic method in Betaga union of Fakirhat upazila under Bagerhat district. Sources said, a good number of farmers...

‘Private sector reinforcement instrumental to reach out women farmers’

‘Private sector reinforcement instrumental to reach out women farmers’

FE Online Report 2020-02-27 22:25:30

SDC-Shomoshti Project of CARE Bangladesh organised an event, namely, Private Sector Meet on February 26, 2019 in the capital. Shomoshti project is supporting its private sector partners to implement...

'Indian PM gets Mujib Year invitation as Liberation War ally'

'Indian PM gets Mujib Year invitation as Liberation War ally'

-- 2020-02-27 18:00:37

The government has invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to join the ‘Mujib Year’ celebration as India was the main ally of Bangladesh in the Liberation War of 1971. Awami League Ge...

Three-day Internet Fair begins in Khulna

Three-day Internet Fair begins in Khulna

-- 2020-02-27 17:17:47

A three-day long internet fair kicked off on Thursday with an aim to spread use of information technology in the southern part of the country among the grassroots through secure internet and introduci...

Energy regulator hikes retail power prices by 5.3pc

Energy regulator hikes retail power prices by 5.3pc

-- 2020-02-27 16:46:58

The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has hiked retail electricity prices by Tk 0.36 or 5.3 per cent, from Tk 6.77 to Tk 7.13 per unit, making the new rate effective from March 01. The B...

HC rejects Khaleda’s bail plea

HC rejects Khaleda’s bail plea

-- 2020-02-27 16:00:52

The High Court (HC) has rejected the bail petition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case. The High Court bench of Justice Obaidul Hassan and Justice AKM Zahirul H...

Jute Minister Gazi not infected with coronavirus: IEDCR

Jute Minister Gazi not infected with coronavirus: IEDCR

-- 2020-02-27 15:28:51

The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research or IEDCR has dispelled rumours that Textiles and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi had contracted the novel coronavirus infection. Addressi...

Germany suspends dev cooperation with Myanmar until Rohingya repatriation

Germany suspends dev cooperation with Myanmar until Rohingya repatriation

-- 2020-02-27 13:49:12

German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Dr Gerd Muller has announced that development cooperation with Myanmar will be suspended until Myanmar allows Rohingyas to return to th...

Don’t let mosquitoes eat up votes: PM to Dhaka mayors

Don’t let mosquitoes eat up votes: PM to Dhaka mayors

-- 2020-02-27 13:32:36

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the newly-elected mayors and councillors of the two Dhaka cities to pay special attention to check mosquito, particularly Aedes, so that the insect cannot not ea...

New Dhaka mayors, councillors sworn in

New Dhaka mayors, councillors sworn in

-- 2020-02-27 11:50:17

The newly-elected mayors and councillors of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) took oath of office on Thursday morning. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina administe...

Virus outbreak: 23 Bangladeshis flown to Delhi from Wuhan

Virus outbreak: 23 Bangladeshis flown to Delhi from Wuhan

-- 2020-02-27 10:39:39

Twenty-three Bangladeshi more nationals have been evacuated from China’s Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak. They were flown to Delhi on Thursday by a special flight with a number...

Poly bag business thrives on lack of substitute

Poly bag business thrives on lack of substitute

Adnan Hossain Bhuiyan and S M Najmus Sakib 2020-02-27 10:26:22

Sale and production of different types of banned polythene bags continue to thrive in the country, causing serious environmental pollution and public health hazards. Non-enforcement of the existing l...

Three people die in city fire

Three people die in city fire

-- 2020-02-27 10:11:31

Three people, including a child, were killed and eight others suffered burns in a fire that broke out at a multi-story building at Dilu Road in city’s Moghbazar area early Thursday. The decease...

Girls overcome ordeals thru’ bicycles

Girls overcome ordeals thru’ bicycles

A Correspondent 2020-02-27 00:53:35

FARIDPUR, Feb 26: At around nine in the morning, several groups of girls from remote areas start for school riding bicycles. Crossing all social barriers they now attend school regularly. Girls fro...

Government Employees’ Welfare  Federation places six-point demand

Government Employees’ Welfare Federation places six-point demand

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-02-26 22:15:40

Bangladesh Government Employees’ Welfare Federation pushed for a six-point demand including reshaping wage structure to alleviate ‘disparities’ in the wage stricture of government em...

'Interest on post office savings to return to previous rates'

'Interest on post office savings to return to previous rates'

-- 2020-02-26 20:15:22

The interest on the post office savings tools, which were slashed recently, are likely to return to their previous rates subject to the completion of automation formalities of those tools by March 17...

UGC scraps combined admission test,  announces cluster system

UGC scraps combined admission test, announces cluster system

-- 2020-02-26 19:12:57

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to hold examinations to admit students to public universities under a cluster system as five top universities did not adopt previously proposed combi...

ACC identifies 14 sources of corruption in land ports

ACC identifies 14 sources of corruption in land ports

-- 2020-02-26 18:58:07

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has identified 14 sources of corruption in the country’s land ports under the Shipping Ministry. It filed a report to State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mah...

Germany pledges 15 million euros to Rohingya cause

Germany pledges 15 million euros to Rohingya cause

-- 2020-02-26 18:10:42

German Development Minister Gerd Müller promised €15 million ($16.3 million) to the Rohingya refugees during his trip to Bangladesh on Wednesday. Müller hopes that the boost in funding...

3,882 people affected by cold-related disease in 24 hrs   

3,882 people affected by cold-related disease in 24 hrs  

-- 2020-02-26 17:58:22

Various cold-related diseases affected 3,882 people across the country in the last 24 hours. Data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) control room showed that 912 of the patients...

Newly-elected mayors, councillors to take oath Thursday

Newly-elected mayors, councillors to take oath Thursday

-- 2020-02-26 17:39:07

The newly-elected mayors and councillors to Dhaka's bifurcated city corporations are set to take their oaths of office on Thursday. The swearing-in ceremony will take place at the Prime Minister's Of...

‘UPDF man’ killed in Rangamati ‘gunfight’

‘UPDF man’ killed in Rangamati ‘gunfight’

-- 2020-02-26 17:35:07

A member of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) was killed in a reported gunfight with law enforcers at Maisbhanga in Sadar upazila of Rangamati district early Wednesday. The deceased was identif...

BSMMU submits Khaleda’s medical report to SC

BSMMU submits Khaleda’s medical report to SC

-- 2020-02-26 17:34:19

The authorities of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) submitted a report on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s health condition to the Supreme Court Registrar General on Wednesday....

No need for group separation at SSC level: PM

No need for group separation at SSC level: PM

-- 2020-02-26 14:32:06

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said there is no need for group separation in class nine and all students can take up same subjects up to Secondary School Certificate (SSC) level to unleash...

SC upholds HC's order on ILFSL officials

SC upholds HC's order on ILFSL officials

FE Online Report 2020-02-26 14:30:13

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a High Court order that imposed a travel ban upon all the present shareholder-directors and the top executives of the International Leasing and Financial Services...

Germany seeks sustainable solution to Rohingya crisis

Germany seeks sustainable solution to Rohingya crisis

-- 2020-02-26 13:13:28

German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Dr Gerd Muller on Tuesday expressed his country’s firm commitment to a sustainable solution to the Rohingya crisis and Myanmar’s fu...