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Missing girl found dead in C'nawabganj

Missing girl found dead in C'nawabganj

-- 2020-02-18 17:18:02

A seven-year-old girl was found dead at a bamboo cluster at Manik Hajirtola village under Sadar upazila in Chapainawabganj on Tuesday, a day after she went missing. It was suspected that the victim,...

ECNEC approves project to enhance Mongla Port's capacity

ECNEC approves project to enhance Mongla Port's capacity

BSS 2020-02-18 17:15:38

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved a project involving  for enhancing the capacity of Mongla Port with Taka 60.15 billion. Out of the total project cos...

4,456 people suffer from cold-related diseases in 24 hours

4,456 people suffer from cold-related diseases in 24 hours

-- 2020-02-18 16:55:12

Various cold-related diseases affected 4,456 people across the country in the last 24 hours till Tuesday morning. Data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) control room showed that...

Dhaka welcomes Kathmandu’s proposal to use Saidpur Airport

Dhaka welcomes Kathmandu’s proposal to use Saidpur Airport

-- 2020-02-18 16:44:23

Nepal has proposed Bangladesh to use Saidpur Airport as part of strengthening connectivity between the two countries.  Bangladesh has welcomed the proposal and a technical expert team will look...

HC directs authorities to set up breastfeeding corners at all factories

HC directs authorities to set up breastfeeding corners at all factories

-- 2020-02-18 16:30:44

The High Court on Tuesday directed the authorities concerned to set up breastfeeding corners at all mills and factories across the country within two months, reports UNB.  The HC bench of Justic...

Fires caused property damage of Tk 3.30b in 2019

Fires caused property damage of Tk 3.30b in 2019

FE Online Report 2020-02-18 16:13:46

Fire incidents caused a property damage of more than Tk 3.30 billion across the country in 2019, official data showed. Those incidents totalling 24,074 also left at least 184 people dead and 560 othe...

Kaptai boat capsize: Bodies of mother, son recovered after five days

Kaptai boat capsize: Bodies of mother, son recovered after five days

-- 2020-02-18 14:50:16

Members of Bangladesh Navy and Fire Service on Tuesday morning retrieved the bodies of a woman and her son from the Sarafvata river in Rangunia upazila in Chattogram five days after a boat sank in the...

Family to decide on Khaleda's parole: Fakhrul

Family to decide on Khaleda's parole: Fakhrul

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-02-18 14:35:30

The family of imprisoned BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will decide about seeking her release on parole, the party's secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said. "It is entirely up to her fam...

Rohingya woman killed in Cox’s Bazar camp

Rohingya woman killed in Cox’s Bazar camp

-- 2020-02-18 14:20:14

A Rohingya woman was killed following an altercation with two other women over a trifling matter at Camp No-24 in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar district on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identifie...

At least 17 journalists harassed in January

At least 17 journalists harassed in January

FE Online Report 2020-02-18 14:14:43

At least 17 journalists were harassed in January 2020, according to a report by an independent rights body. Of the victims, two received death threats over phone during the period, the Ain o Salish K...

Chapainawabganj road crash kills pedestrian

Chapainawabganj road crash kills pedestrian

-- 2020-02-18 13:45:50

A pedestrian was crushed under the wheels of a truck on Kansat-Chowdala road in Kansat Abbas Bazar area in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Wasim...

Overtourism harming ‘Char Bijoy's’ pristine beauty

Overtourism harming ‘Char Bijoy's’ pristine beauty

-- 2020-02-18 13:16:44

An unhealthy competition between travel agencies and irresponsible behaviour of tourists have endangered the natural ecosystem of newly emerged island ‘Char Bijoy’ in the Bay of Bengal, ab...

Another Narayanganj gas fire victim dies

Another Narayanganj gas fire victim dies

-- 2020-02-18 12:44:36

Another burn victim of Narayanganj gas fire has died, bringing the death toll to two. Kiron Mia, 45, died while undergoing treatment at Dhaka’s Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plas...

Eastern Cables incurs loss for first time in its history

Eastern Cables incurs loss for first time in its history

Jubair Hasan 2020-02-18 10:30:55

Eastern Cables Limited has incurred a loss of Tk 122 million in fiscal year (FY) 2018-19 for the first time since starting its operation in 1971, officials said. The company suffered the loss also si...

ERD finds poor progress in VAT online project

ERD finds poor progress in VAT online project

Doulot Akter Mala 2020-02-18 10:24:29

The Economic Relations Division (ERD) has found poor implementation of the Disbursement Linked Results (DLR) on major components of the VAT Online Project (VOP) that may affect getting its remaining...

Two bodies recovered from tracks near airport station

Two bodies recovered from tracks near airport station

bdnews24.com 2020-02-17 21:00:54

Police have recovered the bodies of two men from train tracks near the Airport Railway Station in Dhaka. The authorities identified one of them as Madan Mohan Sutradhar, 25, a construction worker who...

All China, Singapore-returnees don’t need to be quarantined: IEDCR

All China, Singapore-returnees don’t need to be quarantined: IEDCR

UNB 2020-02-17 19:37:28

There is no need to keep all the China and Singapore returnees in hospital quarantine, said Director of the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) Prof Dr Meerjady Sabrina Flor...

Cabinet approves draft law for children hospital

Cabinet approves draft law for children hospital

BSS 2020-02-17 18:50:38

The cabinet has approved in principle the draft of a law keeping a provision of merging Dhaka Children Hospital and Bangladesh Institute of Child Health for providing better treatment facilities to th...

4,521 people affected by cold-related disease in 24 hrs

4,521 people affected by cold-related disease in 24 hrs

-- 2020-02-17 18:48:03

Various cold-related diseases have affected 4,521 people across the country in the last 24 hours, the government said on Monday. Data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) control ro...

63 children killed in 2019: ASK

63 children killed in 2019: ASK

FE Online Report 2020-02-17 18:37:36

At least 63 children were killed across the country in 2019, according to a local independent rights body.  The Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) report noted that among the victims, 19 were aged below...

Metro rail replica coach arrives in city

Metro rail replica coach arrives in city

-- 2020-02-17 18:08:35

A metro rail replica coach has been brought to Dhaka from Japan to educate the city dwellers on its services, reports bdnews24.com. The mock coach was opened in the metro rail depot in Uttara’s...

Three ‘members of human trafficking syndicate’ held in Cumilla

Three ‘members of human trafficking syndicate’ held in Cumilla

-- 2020-02-17 18:01:31

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) rescued three Rohingyas and arrested three suspected members of an international human trafficking gang from different parts of Chouddagram upazila on Monday....

SSF gets Honda’s two flagship motorcycles

SSF gets Honda’s two flagship motorcycles

BSS 2020-02-17 17:07:26

Bangladesh Honda Private Limited handed over two units of flagship motorcycle “GL1800 Goldwing” to Special Security Force (SSF) in the presence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday....

China returnee student admitted to hospital

China returnee student admitted to hospital

-- 2020-02-17 15:17:20

A Bangladesh student, who was released from quarantine in Ashkona Hajj Camp, has been admitted to Habiganj Sadar Hospital. Raihan, 28, a medical student, returned from China on February 8 and was in...

Indictment hearing in Abrar murder case deferred to March 18

Indictment hearing in Abrar murder case deferred to March 18

-- 2020-02-17 15:10:53

A Dhaka court has set March 18 to hold a hearing on the indictment of the 25 suspects in the murder of BUET student Abrar Fahad. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions judge KM Imrul Kayes reset the hearing dat...

Mobile radiation exposure not harmful: BTRC

Mobile radiation exposure not harmful: BTRC

-- 2020-02-17 14:21:05

The level of radiation that is currently being emitted by mobile phone towers in the country is not harmful for human health risks and the environment, the telecom regulator has said. Citing a survey...

Short circuits caused 39pc fire incidents in 2019

Short circuits caused 39pc fire incidents in 2019

FE Online Report 2020-02-17 13:31:14

Electric short circuits were behind as many as 39 per cent of fire incidents across the country in 2019, official data showed. According to the data available with Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil D...

Narayanganj gas fire: One dies at DMCH

Narayanganj gas fire: One dies at DMCH

-- 2020-02-17 12:38:59

An elderly woman who suffered burns after a fire broke out at a house in Sahebapara of Narayanganj's Siddhirganj upazila early Monday has died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). The deceased w...

Nayeemul Abrar’s death: Prothom Alo editor gets bail

Nayeemul Abrar’s death: Prothom Alo editor gets bail

-- 2020-02-17 12:15:03

A Dhaka court on Monday granted bail to Prothom Alo editor Matiur Rahman in a case filed over the death of Dhaka Residential Model College student Nayeemul Abrar Rahat. Dhaka Additional Chief Metropo...

Eight of a family suffer burns in Narayanganj fire

Eight of a family suffer burns in Narayanganj fire

-- 2020-02-17 10:44:46

Eight members of a family, including two children, suffered burns after a fire broke out at their house in Sahebapara of Narayanganj's Siddhirganj upazila early Monday. The injured are  Nurjahan...