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Gazipur warehouse fire extinguished

Gazipur warehouse fire extinguished

-- 2019-10-24 11:32:13

A fire that broke out at a Jhut warehouse in Tongi Millgate area in Gazipur district on Thursday morning was put out after much effort. The origin of the fire could not be known immediately, report U...

US calls on BD to postpone Rohingya relocation to Bhashan Char

US calls on BD to postpone Rohingya relocation to Bhashan Char

-- 2019-10-24 11:00:33

Appreciating the country for opening its borders to huge Rohingya refugees, the United States has urged Bangladesh to "postpone" its Rohingya relocation plan to Bhashan char until independent experts...

IDCOL plans to mobilise $250m to make RMG sector energy efficient

IDCOL plans to mobilise $250m to make RMG sector energy efficient

FE REPORT 2019-10-24 10:39:05

Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) plans to mobilise US$ 250 million to help make the country's garment sector energy efficient. Of the total, $150 million will be sought from the G...

Cost escalation in internet use feared

Cost escalation in internet use feared

DOULOT AKTER MALA 2019-10-24 10:00:00

The cost of internet services at the consumer end might go up by 40 per cent unless the government reduces VAT on its value-chain services, industry insiders said. They said the overall cost has gone...

Cricketers call off strike as BCB gives in to demands

Cricketers call off strike as BCB gives in to demands

-- 2019-10-24 09:44:51

Bangladeshi cricketers withdrew their strike on Wednesday night as the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) accepted nine of their 13 demands. The decision came following a ‘fruitful’ meeting b...

DU suspends four students over ‘drugs and arms’

DU suspends four students over ‘drugs and arms’

-- 2019-10-23 22:21:19

The authorities of Dhaka University (DU) on Wednesday suspended 4 students for their alleged involvement in drugs and arms , while issuing  them with show cause notices as to why they should not...

Shatranji now being produced  in many areas of Rangpur

Shatranji now being produced in many areas of Rangpur

Our Correspondent 2019-10-23 21:45:10

RANGPUR, Oct 23: Shatranji (handcrafted rug), a heritage of Rangpur, has already conquered the heart of the people across the country as well as the abroad with its magnificent designs and enchantin...

156 officers become additional secretaries

156 officers become additional secretaries

-- 2019-10-23 21:20:24

The government has promoted 156 administrative officers to the rank of additional secretary from joint secretary. The Ministry of Public Administration issued an order on Wednesday night in this rega...

JS body for technical education to create skilled workforce

JS body for technical education to create skilled workforce

-- 2019-10-23 20:06:50

Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education today laid emphasis on technical education for creating skilled workforce in the country. The committee vented such noti...

12-yr-old held for ‘raping’ minor girl in Savar

12-yr-old held for ‘raping’ minor girl in Savar

-- 2019-10-23 19:40:51

Police on Tuesday night arrested a 12-year-old boy from Dattapara in Savar as he reportedly raped a five-year-old minor girl on October 16. Asgar Ali, officer-in-charge of Savar Model Police Station,...

Road safety law comes into effect from Nov 1

Road safety law comes into effect from Nov 1

-- 2019-10-23 19:30:51

The much-awaited road safety law is going to be effective from Nov 1. The Road Transport and Highways Division announced the date in a gazette notification on Wednesday, reports bdnews24.com. The go...

ACC imposes travel ban on 22 persons over 'casino involvement'

ACC imposes travel ban on 22 persons over 'casino involvement'

-- 2019-10-23 18:09:13

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has imposed travel restriction on 22 graft suspects, who reportedly accumulated illegal wealth through Casino business, so that they cannot go abroad. ACC directo...

Russia begins equipment delivery for RNPP

Russia begins equipment delivery for RNPP

-- 2019-10-23 17:16:56

Russian company ZiO-Podolsk has started equipment delivery for the second unit of the under construction Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) with shipment of a bubbler tank. The bubbler tank was manuf...

'Bangladesh would be a tobacco-free country by 2040'

'Bangladesh would be a tobacco-free country by 2040'

BSS 2019-10-23 16:45:52

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said the country would be freed from tobacco consumption within 2040 as the government has taken different pragmatic steps to eliminate tobacco consumption. &...

Mobile court confiscates 16,000 books from school storeroom

Mobile court confiscates 16,000 books from school storeroom

-- 2019-10-23 14:33:01

A RAB mobile court has confiscated 16,000 books meant for free distribution from a storeroom in Postogola Bhasha Prodeep High School in Dhaka. The operation was conducted from 11:00pm on Tuesday to 2...

'No fuel for vehicles without renewed fitness certificates'

'No fuel for vehicles without renewed fitness certificates'

-- 2019-10-23 14:21:52

The High Court on Wednesday ordered the authorities concerned to refrain from selling oil and gas to vehicles the fitness certificates of which have not been renewed. The bench of Justice Md Nazrul I...

BCB plans talks on cricketers’ strike

BCB plans talks on cricketers’ strike

-- 2019-10-23 13:54:30

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has moved to hold talks on a strike by cricket players over their 11-point demand in an effort to break the deadlock. Speaking to reporters in Dhaka on Wednesday, N...

2,730 educational institutions brought under MPO

2,730 educational institutions brought under MPO

-- 2019-10-23 13:37:02

Some 2,730 new educational institutions have been enlisted under the Monthly Pay Order (MPO) scheme across the country. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina disclosed the names of the newly enlisted institut...

Primary teachers threaten to boycott PEC exam

Primary teachers threaten to boycott PEC exam

-- 2019-10-23 13:13:47

Demonstrating teachers of primary schools on Wednesday announced that they would boycott the Primary Education Completion (PEC) examination if their demands are not met. Their demands include elimina...

Swechchhasebak League president Kausar removed

Swechchhasebak League president Kausar removed

-- 2019-10-23 13:12:45

Swechchhasebak League President Mollah Md Abu Kausar has been removed from his post in the party for his alleged links to illicit casinos. “He was relieved of his duty as per a directive from A...

Verdict on Nusrat murder case Thursday

Verdict on Nusrat murder case Thursday

-- 2019-10-23 13:01:52

The verdict in the much-talked-about murder of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case is scheduled to be delivered on Thursday. The District Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribu...

President invites Japanese emperor, empress to Bangladesh

President invites Japanese emperor, empress to Bangladesh

-- 2019-10-23 12:51:25

President Abdul Hamid invited Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to visit Bangladesh on the occasion of celebrating the 50 years of successful bilateral ties in 2022. Hamid extended the inv...

KSA deports 16,000 BD workers this year

KSA deports 16,000 BD workers this year

-- 2019-10-23 12:32:06

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has expelled almost 16,000 Bangladeshi migrant workers this year while the number is 79,106 in the last five years, according to Brac Migration Programme. Most of t...

Ex-UP chairman gunned down in Rangamati

Ex-UP chairman gunned down in Rangamati

-- 2019-10-23 12:09:05

A former Union Parishad chairman was abducted and killed at Haludia Para in Rajasthali upazila of Rangamati district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Dipomoy Talukdar, a former chairman o...

Dr Shah Alam murder suspect dies in ‘gunfight’

Dr Shah Alam murder suspect dies in ‘gunfight’

-- 2019-10-23 11:44:38

The prime suspect in the murder of Dr Shah Alam in Chattogram’s Kumira has died in a shootout with RAB in Sitakunda upazila. The incident took place in North Bashbariya area of the upazila in t...

Exports to Turkey see sharp fall in five years

Exports to Turkey see sharp fall in five years

Rezaul Karim 2019-10-23 10:47:37

A sustained fall in exports of Bangladeshi products to Turkey has prompted the government to dig out the causes of the sharp decline, officials said. To this end, the Bangladesh embassy in Ankara h...

Move to install NEIR system

Move to install NEIR system

ISMAIL HOSSAIN 2019-10-23 10:35:49

Mobile phone users can register or deregister their devices online under the National Equipment Identity Register (NEIR) system once the mechanism is set up. "Individuals can be allowed to register t...

Taskforce formed to bring back fugitive accused from abroad

Taskforce formed to bring back fugitive accused from abroad

-- 2019-10-22 21:34:50

The government on Tuesday formed a taskforce to bring Bangladeshi fugitive accused from abroad aiming to ensure their trial and punishment. The 11-member taskforce, led by the Law, Justice and Parlia...

Dengue patient dies in Khulna

Dengue patient dies in Khulna

-- 2019-10-22 21:28:24

A young man has died of dengue in Khulna while 143 more people have been infected with the mosquito-borne disease across the country. The new death was recorded on Tuesday evening while the fresh inf...

Woman gives birth to quadruplets in Satkhira

Woman gives birth to quadruplets in Satkhira

-- 2019-10-22 21:06:13

A woman gave birth to quadruplets at a private hospital in Sathkhira early Tuesday. Woman’s husband Shariful Islam said Runa Parvin was taken to Sadar Hospital on Monday after she went into lab...