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Guidelines on road transport act to touch finish line: Minister

Guidelines on road transport act to touch finish line: Minister

-- 2019-11-21 19:31:17

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the guidelines on the new road transport act are in the final stages. “Once it is done, there won't be any problem with the enforceme...

HC issues rules on PEC examinee expulsion

HC issues rules on PEC examinee expulsion

-- 2019-11-21 18:03:25

The High Court (HC) has ordered the government to explain why the expulsion of 15 students from the Primary Education Completion (PEC) examinations should not be deemed illegal. The authorities have...

'Early warning and forecast system will help save livelihoods'

'Early warning and forecast system will help save livelihoods'

FE Online Report 2019-11-21 18:00:38

CARE’s SHOUHARDO III, a food security programme with funding from USAID and government of Bangladesh organised a workshop on “Improved Weather and Flood Information System for Community Ba...

Derailment snaps Kishoreganj- Mymensingh rail link

Derailment snaps Kishoreganj- Mymensingh rail link

-- 2019-11-21 16:59:48

The rail communications between Mymensingh and Kishoreganj remained suspended since Thursday afternoon after derailment of a wheel of Chattogram-bound Nasirabad Express train. AKM Quamruzzaman, stati...

78 women tortured to death for dowry in Jan-Oct

78 women tortured to death for dowry in Jan-Oct

FE Online Report 2019-11-21 16:17:33

At least 78 women were tortured to death for dowry alone in the first ten months of calendar year, according to a local legal aid and rights body. Apart from this, the Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) rep...

BNP slams govt over price hike of essentials

BNP slams govt over price hike of essentials

-- 2019-11-21 15:23:27

Criticising the government for the soaring prices of essentials, including that of onion, BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Thursday said a socioeconomic situation like that of 1974 has been prevailin...

Strike ends, but long-haul buses yet to resume full services

Strike ends, but long-haul buses yet to resume full services

-- 2019-11-21 14:47:17

Bus services on several long routes are yet to fully resume despite transport owners and workers calling off their strike over the new road transport law following a meeting with the home minister. A...

PM to visit Kolkata to watch test match

PM to visit Kolkata to watch test match

-- 2019-11-21 13:35:58

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to leave Dhaka for Kolkata on Friday morning to watch the second Test match of the two-match Test series between Bangladesh and India. The match will begin at Eden...

President pays homage to Armed Forces martyrs

President pays homage to Armed Forces martyrs

-- 2019-11-21 13:12:25

President Abdul Hamid has paid tribute to members of Armed Forces, who made supreme sacrifices during the War of Liberation, on the occasion of the Armed Forces Day. The Supreme Commander of the Arme...

PM urges against propaganda noting recent rumours on salt, onion

PM urges against propaganda noting recent rumours on salt, onion

-- 2019-11-21 13:09:19

Mentioning the recent rumours over the scarcity of onion and salt in the market, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged all not to pay heed to such propaganda. “We see confusion being c...

US offers Bangladeshi students to study at American high school

US offers Bangladeshi students to study at American high school

-- 2019-11-21 13:03:51

The American Center at the US Embassy Dhaka has announced the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (K-L YES) Programme for academic year 2020-21 for Bangladeshi students.  The K-L YES program...

Tasneem invites Irish President to open embassy in Dhaka

Tasneem invites Irish President to open embassy in Dhaka

-- 2019-11-21 12:55:07

Bangladesh High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Saida Muna Tasneem has invited Irish President Michael Daniel Higgins to open an Embassy in Dhaka. The Ambassador also asked the Irish government...

Bangladeshi expat killed Kuwait brought home

Bangladeshi expat killed Kuwait brought home

-- 2019-11-21 11:43:17

A Bangladeshi worker, who was killed in an accident in Kuwait on Nov 8, was laid to rest at his village home in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram district on Wednesday. Belal, 38, was the son of Abdur...

Two die in Gopalganj road accident

Two die in Gopalganj road accident

-- 2019-11-21 11:33:23

Two people were killed when a covered-van hit a peddled-van on Dhaka-Khulna Highway at Dhundia in Sadar upazila of Gopalganj district on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Manjur Sardar, 50, o...

PM pays tribute to Armed Forces martyrs

PM pays tribute to Armed Forces martyrs

-- 2019-11-21 11:22:59

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has paid rich tributes to the martyred members of the Armed Forces by placing wreath at ‘Shikha Anirban’ in Dhaka Cantonment on the occasion of the Armed For...

Rising rice prices: Ministry for export ban, market watch

Rising rice prices: Ministry for export ban, market watch

FE REPORT 2019-11-21 10:30:34

Amid the retail price spiral of rice, food ministry has suggested banning export of the staple and intensifying market monitoring by intelligence agencies. According to officials, a letter was sent t...

Onion prices declining

Onion prices declining

FE REPORT 2019-11-21 10:27:00

The prices of different varieties of onion started coming down, both in wholesale and retail markets across the city on Wednesday, according to traders and consumers. In the city's retail markets, on...

'Faulty law' blamed for kidney patients' woes

'Faulty law' blamed for kidney patients' woes

FE REPORT 2019-11-21 10:23:30

Kidney patients can survive longer by having a kidney transplant through an easy process, instead of undergoing dialysis, if the existing organ transplantation law, which is faulty, is amended, expert...

Transporters call off crippling strike

Transporters call off crippling strike

-- 2019-11-21 09:40:00

Transport owners and workers have called off their strike after the government promised to meet their “reasonable” demands. The government and the protesters made the announcement after a...

First consignment of onion arrives via airways

First consignment of onion arrives via airways

-- 2019-11-20 21:49:54

The first consignment of onion via airways has been airlifted to Bangladesh as the government grapples to quell skyrocketing prices. A cargo plane hauling the consignment of 82 tonnes of onion touche...

Fazle Hasan Abed honoured with Dutch Knighthood

Fazle Hasan Abed honoured with Dutch Knighthood

-- 2019-11-20 21:22:26

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed has been decorated with Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau for his longstanding, dedicated and successful work in alleviating poverty especially of women and children. Sir Faz...

Fire at Rajdhani Supermarket brought under control

Fire at Rajdhani Supermarket brought under control

-- 2019-11-20 19:21:56

Over two dozen units of the Fire Service and Civil Defence have brought a fire at the Rajdhani Supermarket in Dhaka’s Tikatuli under control after over one and a half hours’ frantic effort...

Rooppur power plant progresses significantly

Rooppur power plant progresses significantly

-- 2019-11-20 18:14:38

As Bangladesh is expecting its first megawatts of nuclear energy in the coming years, manufacture of various machineries and equipment is running in full swing in Rooppur Power Plant construction in...

Fire  breaks out at Rajdhani Supermarket

Fire breaks out at Rajdhani Supermarket

-- 2019-11-20 18:05:38

A fire broke out at Rajdhahi Supermarket in the city’s Tikatoli area on Wednesday evening. The fire broke out around 5:15pm, burning down a number of shops already, said Polash Chandra Modok, d...

Bulbul takes its toll on Bagerhat tomato farmers

Bulbul takes its toll on Bagerhat tomato farmers

-- 2019-11-20 17:17:51

Cyclone ‘Bulbul’ dealt a heavy blow to the dreams of hundreds of tomato growers in the coastal district as farmers now stare at bleak future scratching their heads to find ways to repay lo...

HC stays case against Nawshaba

HC stays case against Nawshaba

-- 2019-11-20 16:53:53

The High Court has put a freeze on the legal proceedings against actress Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed in an ICT case charging her with spreading rumours on Facebook. Justice Md Rezaul Haque and Justice Bhish...

'90pc RMG workers to get wages through digital system by 2021'

'90pc RMG workers to get wages through digital system by 2021'

BSS 2019-11-20 16:51:06

At least 90 per cent workers of the ready-made garments (RMG) sector will receive their wages through the digital payment system by the next 2021, as part of government's move to build a digital Bangl...

Govt will work to promote tennis: PM

Govt will work to promote tennis: PM

UNB 2019-11-20 16:40:07

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government will undertake projects to develop tennis courts at school, college and university levels to popularise tennis alongside cricket and footb...

Strike brings transport to a halt

Strike brings transport to a halt

-- 2019-11-20 15:30:51

A strike by transport workers to demand amendments to the new road transport law has crippled the movement of buses, trucks and lorries in many parts of Bangladesh, much to the dismay of commuters and...

BGB arrests 54 Bangladeshis at Benapole border

BGB arrests 54 Bangladeshis at Benapole border

-- 2019-11-20 15:18:39

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 54 Bangladeshis, including women and children, and a trafficker while they were illegally returning to the country from India on Wednesday morning. They hai...