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A Correspondent 2020-02-16 22:48:29
FARIDPUR, Feb 16: Cattle rearing has become the main source of income for thousands of families in the remote char areas in the district. Some locals said most of the people in eight unions of three...
-- 2020-02-16 21:19:05
Environment Minister M Shahab Uddin on Sunday said the air quality of Dhaka city has turned worse between 2016 and 2019 as works on various large infrastructure projects saw a sharp rise during the pe...
-- 2020-02-16 21:08:24
The first Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) between Bangladesh and Qatar will be held in the city on Monday. The meeting will begin at 10:30am at state guesthouse Meghna, reports UNB. State Ministe...
-- 2020-02-16 20:24:36
A female Chinese national was admitted to Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH) with fever on Sunday. Zing Zong, 29, an employee of a Chinese company at Uttara Export Processing Zone (EPZ) in Nilph...
-- 2020-02-16 18:20:41
The election commission has fixed March 29 for the election to the Chattogram City Corporation. The by-polls to Bogura-1 and Jashore-6 parliamentary seats will be held on the same day, reports bdnews...
-- 2020-02-16 18:07:38
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has rubbished reports in the Kuwaiti media linking an unnamed Bangladeshi lawmaker with a human trafficking ring operating in the Middle-Eastern country. Responding to...
-- 2020-02-16 17:55:27
Three United Nations (UN) agencies along with the government of Bangladesh on Sunday launched the Safe Access to Fuel and Energy Plus Livelihoods (SAFE Plus) project to mitigate deforestation and impr...
-- 2020-02-16 17:52:52
The High Court (HC) on Sunday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain within a week as to why it shall not declare illegal their inaction in taking steps for using Bengali dates alon...
-- 2020-02-16 17:30:42
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood on Sunday asked the officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to ‘catch’ the identified foreign tax-dodgers working in Bangla...
-- 2020-02-16 17:16:27
A first year HSC student of Dhaka Udyan Government College, Md Nahiyan Rafi (17), has got heart disease and needs immediate treatment to survive. He has been suffering from ventricular tachycardia wi...
-- 2020-02-16 17:03:48
Tulip, the spring-blooming ornamental flower famous for its dazzling beauty that usually grows in colder countries, is now largely being cultivated commercially in Gazipur. Tulip, the national flower...
-- 2020-02-16 15:38:42
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Sunday said the government is yet to receive any appeal for the release of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on parole. “I haven’t received any appeal [f...
FE Online Report 2020-02-16 15:16:58
The number of fire incidents in slums across the country increased in 2019 compared to that of 2018, official data showed. However, the extent of property damage in such incidents decreased in 2019 c...
-- 2020-02-16 15:04:42
The High Court has ordered the government to form a separate task force in all districts to monitor and keep unfit and unlicensed vehicles off the streets. The secretaries to the public administratio...
FE Online Report 2020-02-16 14:16:01
A total of 12 Bangladeshis were killed in violence-related incidents along the country's border in January 2020, according to a local independent rights body. The Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) report n...
-- 2020-02-16 14:13:32
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday put emphasis on allocating more fund for technical and vocational training from the Prime Minister’s Education Assistance Trust to develop a skilled and ef...
-- 2020-02-16 13:40:50
China is giving 500 sets of what it calls, the ‘most advanced kits’, to Bangladesh to identify coronavirus cases as a gesture of goodwill and strong faith that Bangladesh has in China in w...
Our Correspondent 2020-02-16 13:25:43
SYLHET: The Pailgaon Zaminderbari of Jagonnathpur upazila in Sunamganj would be protected as a 'reserved archaeological site'. A team from the Directorate of Archeology led by its Regional Director f...
-- 2020-02-16 13:12:52
Singapore has confirmed that a fifth Bangladeshi migrant worker has been diagnosed with coronavirus taking the number of patients with the disease in the city state to 72. Like the previous four case...
-- 2020-02-16 12:44:22
Saudi Arabia has deported 5,500 Bangladeshis from the kingdom since the beginning of this year and 145 of them were sent back on Saturday. The latest batch of Bangladeshis was sent back on a Saudi Ai...
-- 2020-02-16 11:56:34
A group of readymade garment (RMG) workers blocked the road in Savar’s Birulia demanding outstanding dues on Sunday morning. The workers claimed that at least five of their colleagues were inju...
-- 2020-02-16 11:27:17
The Awami League has nominated its local leader Rezaul Karim Chowdhury to run for the office of Chattogram mayor, ending AJM Nasir Uddin’s hopes for reelection on the ruling party ticket. Rezau...
FE ONLINE DESK 2020-02-16 11:25:47
Awami League Advisory Committee member and former state minister for LGRD and cooperatives advocate Rahmat Ali passed away on Sunday. He was 76. A five-time former Awami League MP from Gazipur-3 cons...
KAMRUN NAHAR 2020-02-16 11:16:36
The flow of passengers to and from Bangladesh on China route has been hit hard because of coronavirus pandemic in China and some other countries. The passengers' flow is almost normal for other des...
FE DESK 2020-02-16 10:56:29
At present, the market share of assets of the Islamic banking industry is around 25 per cent of the country's total banking assets. Among the top 35 jurisdictions in terms of domestic market share of...
YASIR WARDAD 2020-02-16 10:49:45
Exports of processed food items declined substantially so far this fiscal year (FY) due to higher operating costs and raw material prices than the competitors. The export earnings fell 11 per cent to...
UNB 2020-02-15 20:49:12
As many as 2,194 books hit the Amar Ekushey Book Fair in the last 14 days till Saturday. According to Bangla Academy, poetry books are dominating the fair. However, publishers said the sales of poetr...
UNB 2020-02-15 20:24:22
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said Shamima Begum, a British woman who left Britain as a schoolgirl to join militant outfit Islamic State in Syria and got her British citizenship revoked, has...
UNB 2020-02-15 19:34:37
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the government has introduced gastroenterology departments at 13 medical college hospitals across the country to expand the gastroenterology treatment in...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-02-15 18:51:09
Number of victims in landslides decreased drastically across the country in 2019 compared to that of 2018, according to official data. At least, 13 people died and 28 others injured in 2019 in 17 inc...
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