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Process to relocate 0.1m Rohingyas to Bhasan Char starts soon: Kamal

Process to relocate 0.1m Rohingyas to Bhasan Char starts soon: Kamal

-- 2020-02-15 18:21:28

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Saturday said the process of relocating 100,000 Rohingyas from Cox’s Bazar’s refugee camp to Bhasan Char will begin on completion of erecting barbed...

250 brick kilns operating illegally in Keraniganj

250 brick kilns operating illegally in Keraniganj

-- 2020-02-15 17:57:36

Around 250 brick kilns are operating without clearance certificate from the Department of Environment (DoE) in Keraniganj, the outskirts of Dhaka. Sources said there are 300 brick kilns in Keraniganj...

Two new dengue patients admitted to hospital in 24 hrs

Two new dengue patients admitted to hospital in 24 hrs

-- 2020-02-15 17:48:14

Two new dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours until 8:00am on Saturday, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). According to the daily update from DGHS, nine dengue p...

Dr Wazed’s 79th birthday Sunday

Dr Wazed’s 79th birthday Sunday

-- 2020-02-15 17:16:14

The 79th birthday of internationally reputed nuclear scientist and Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina’s husband Dr MA Wazed Miah will be observed on Sunday in a befitting manner. On February 16 in 194...

'Khaleda can seek parole only after acknowledging crimes'

'Khaleda can seek parole only after acknowledging crimes'

BSS 2020-02-15 16:47:03

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia could apply for parole only after accepting her crimes.  “The government only can consider her parole, if she (Kha...

BNP activists stage demonstrations at Nayapaltan

BNP activists stage demonstrations at Nayapaltan

UNB 2020-02-15 16:42:28

BNP leaders and activists are staging demonstrations in front of the party’s Nayapaltan central office on Saturday afternoon demanding release of their chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail. Howeve...

Air Quality Index: Dhaka ranks second worst

Air Quality Index: Dhaka ranks second worst

-- 2020-02-15 15:24:29

Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked second among the cities with worst air quality on Saturday morning. It had an AQI score of 197 at 08:05am. The air was classified as ‘unhealthy’....

Police cordon off BNP office

Police cordon off BNP office

-- 2020-02-15 13:04:19

Police have cordoned off the BNP headquarters in Naya Paltan area of the capital ahead of the party's scheduled march to demand the release of jailed Chairperson Khaleda Zia. A large police force too...

Gazipur road accident kills two

Gazipur road accident kills two

-- 2020-02-15 12:47:34

Two people were killed and 10 others were injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in Rajendrapur area of Gazipur on Saturday morning. The identities of the deceased could not be known...

Dhaka dengue fear returns as mosquito bites rise

Dhaka dengue fear returns as mosquito bites rise

-- 2020-02-15 12:03:13

The mosquito menace has set in with weather getting less cold after the exit of winter, bringing back the fears of dengue fever among the residents of capital Dhaka. The hospitalisation of patients d...

Coronavirus outbreak: Digital display board set up at Benapole port

Coronavirus outbreak: Digital display board set up at Benapole port

-- 2020-02-15 11:45:59

A digital display board has been set up at Benapole Customs and Immigration Check Post to raise awareness among passengers about coronavirus (renamed COVID-19). The board, which displays messages abo...

Dhaka tells UNSC of imperative for safe Rohingya repatriation

Dhaka tells UNSC of imperative for safe Rohingya repatriation

-- 2020-02-15 11:25:31

Bangladesh’s permanent representative (PR) to the UN ambassador Rabab Fatima has said ensuring justice and accountability for the Rohingyas is an important precondition for their safe, dignified...

Sugar, meat, veg prices escalate

Sugar, meat, veg prices escalate

FE REPORT 2020-02-15 10:29:22

Sugar and some vegetables saw a price spiral last week, adding to the woes of commoners. Meat prices also increased a little bit because of the rising demand in restaurants on the eve of Valentine's...

Coronavirus: China-backed projects facing disruption

Coronavirus: China-backed projects facing disruption

JUBAIR HASAN 2020-02-15 10:22:09

The coronavirus epidemic has started exacting its toll on the implementation of key projects under the ministry of industries, people familiar with the situation said. They said the construction work...

Road signs to cost millions!

Road signs to cost millions!

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2020-02-15 10:16:06

The Roads and Highways Department, or RHD, has proposed spending Tk 0.7 million for marking road signs and signals for each kilometre of a 27km-long highway, officials said. They said the state-run...

Dhaka-Siliguri train service from June: Minister

Dhaka-Siliguri train service from June: Minister

UNB 2020-02-14 22:17:36

Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan on Friday said direct train service on Dhaka-Siliguri route will begin in June after installation of the Chilahati-Haldibari rail track. “It’ll be c...

Police recover bodies of woman, two children in city house

Police recover bodies of woman, two children in city house

-- 2020-02-14 21:06:43

Police have recovered the bodies of a woman and her two children, presumed murdered, from a home in Dhaka’s Dakshinkhan. The bodies were found at the house near KC Model School in Prembagh on F...

BD High Commission begins NID registration for expats in UK, Ireland

BD High Commission begins NID registration for expats in UK, Ireland

-- 2020-02-14 20:53:40

Bangladesh High Commission in London has started the formal registration of Bangladeshi expatriates in the United Kingdom and Ireland to provide them with the National Identity Card (NID). The inaugu...

Khokon seeks AL's ticket in by-elections

Khokon seeks AL's ticket in by-elections

-- 2020-02-14 19:53:38

Outgoing Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Sayeed Khokon has set his sights on winning Awami League's nomination to contest the by-elections to the Dhaka-10 parliamentary seat vacated by hi...

78 collect AL forms for by-polls to five seats

78 collect AL forms for by-polls to five seats

BSS 2020-02-14 19:07:29

A total of 78 aspirants collected application forms to get Awami League (AL) tickets to contest in the by-election to five parliamentary seats. The polls will be held in Dhaka-10, Gaibandha-3 and Bag...

Seven seek BNP nomination to contest by-polls to 3 seats

Seven seek BNP nomination to contest by-polls to 3 seats

UNB 2020-02-14 18:09:37

Seven aspirants have bought BNP’s nomination forms to contest the upcoming by-polls to three parliamentary seats in Dhaka, Bagerhat and Gaibandha. They collected the nomination forms from BNP&r...

War criminal Abdus Subhan dies

War criminal Abdus Subhan dies

-- 2020-02-14 18:00:00

War criminal Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdus Subhan died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Friday noon. He died around 2pm while undergoing treatment at DMCH, said Bacchu Mia, inspector of DMC...

Country's media sector needs discipline: Hasan Mahmud

Country's media sector needs discipline: Hasan Mahmud

BSS 2020-02-14 17:56:01

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has stressed the need for bringing discipline in media sector as the country saw an exponential growth of mass media in the last 10 years. “Today, media doe...

Court is legal authority to grant Khaleda’s bail: Quader

Court is legal authority to grant Khaleda’s bail: Quader

BSS 2020-02-14 17:51:31

Urging the BNP to shun negative politics, Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said the court is the legal authority to grant the bail plea o...

Five dead as boat capsizes in Rangamati's Kaptai Lake

Five dead as boat capsizes in Rangamati's Kaptai Lake

-- 2020-02-14 15:31:35

Five people have drowned after an engine-run boat sank on Kaptai Lake in Rangamati district. The boat was headed to Shuvolong from the DC Bungalow area on Friday morning when the accident took place,...

PM mourns loss of lives for Chinavirus in China

PM mourns loss of lives for Chinavirus in China

-- 2020-02-14 15:08:54

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed deep shock at the loss of lives following the outbreak of ‘Coronavirus’ in Wuhan city and other places in China. She conveyed her sincere sympat...

Member of ‘Allahr Dal’ held in Meherpur

Member of ‘Allahr Dal’ held in Meherpur

-- 2020-02-14 13:32:49

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a suspected member of banned militant outfit 'Allahr Dal' from Gangni upazila on Thursday night. The arrestee was identified as Russel Ahmed, 30, a me...

Five die in Gopalganj road crash

Five die in Gopalganj road crash

-- 2020-02-14 11:40:15

Five construction workers have been killed in a collision between a bus and a Nasiman in Kashiana upazila of Gopalganj district. The crash occurred on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in the upazila's Pona a...

Capsized Rohingya trawler women tell tale of marriage trap

Capsized Rohingya trawler women tell tale of marriage trap

ABDUL MONAYEM KHAN 2020-02-14 10:41:22

COX'S BAZAR: Young Rohingya women of the trawler that sank in the Bay of Bengal recently were going to Malaysia in hopes of getting married, most of the rescued Rohingya women said to the Coast Guard...

Pahela Falgun, Valentine's Day being celebrated

Pahela Falgun, Valentine's Day being celebrated

-- 2020-02-14 10:38:46

Youths with their animated vigour and colourful mind are joining the celebrations of Pahela Falgun, a festival welcoming the advent of spring, on Friday to leave a message to all that love, affection,...