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Police arrest pry school teacher with 303 bottles phensidyl

Police arrest pry school teacher with 303 bottles phensidyl

-- 2019-09-30 13:31:41

Police arrested a primary school teacher and another man along with 303 bottles of phensidyl in Jhatkathi area of Sadar upazila of Pirojpur district early Monday. The arrestees are-- assistant teach...

Two REHAB directors arrested over rape allegations

Two REHAB directors arrested over rape allegations

-- 2019-09-30 13:25:53

Police have arrested two real estate businessmen for allegedly raping a female job seeker in Dhaka. They were taken into custody on Sunday night from a house in Dhanmondi Road 13, said Dhanmondi Poli...

Two Rohingya 'drug traders’ killed in ‘gunfight’

Two Rohingya 'drug traders’ killed in ‘gunfight’

-- 2019-09-30 12:20:30

Two alleged Rohingya drug traders were killed in a reported gunfight with members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Jaliapara area adjacent to the Naf River in Teknaf upazila of cox's Bazar on Monda...

No chance of 1/11-like incident, says PM

No chance of 1/11-like incident, says PM

-- 2019-09-30 11:35:18

It’s shame for Myanmar that its citizens have taken shelter in another country, she says Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has firmly said there is no chance of the recurrence any 1/11-like incident...

UGC recommends firing Gopalganj university VC

UGC recommends firing Gopalganj university VC

-- 2019-09-29 21:28:32

An investigation committee of the University Grants Commission (UGC) has recommended dismissing Gopalganj university Vice-Chancellor Khondoker Md Nasiruddin. The five member committee has found truth...

'45 terminal pontoons under construction to boost shipping sector'

'45 terminal pontoons under construction to boost shipping sector'

-- 2019-09-29 20:28:23

As part of the move to develop the country’s shipping sector utilising the blue economy, the government is building 45 terminal pontoons to install them at different river ports. State Minister...

DNCC evicts 550 illegal establishments in city

DNCC evicts 550 illegal establishments in city

FE Online Report 2019-09-29 19:07:45

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Sunday conducted eviction drives in the city and removed some 550 illegal establishments from footpaths and roads. Two separate teams, led by four executive mag...

Rain disrupts city life

Rain disrupts city life

-- 2019-09-29 19:02:10

Intermittent rains, triggered by depression over West Bengal in India, may continue for three more days across Bangladesh, said Met office on Sunday. Heavy rains already inundated roads, lanes by-lan...

Reports on amending Road Transport Act a rumour: Quader

Reports on amending Road Transport Act a rumour: Quader

-- 2019-09-29 18:55:42

Terming the media reports on move to amend the Road Transport Act-2018 a rumour, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said such initiative has not been taken yet. “The m...

Conviction rate in graft cases stands at 62.73pc until July

Conviction rate in graft cases stands at 62.73pc until July

FE Online Report 2019-09-29 18:45:08

The rate of conviction in graft cases lodged by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) stood at 62.73 per cent until July 2019. Besides, a total of 2,814 graft cases, lodged by ACC, are currently under...

'Drive also to continue against all lawbreakers'

'Drive also to continue against all lawbreakers'

-- 2019-09-29 17:52:02

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday said the ongoing drive is not only against casinos but also against all lawbreakers. “We’ve to establish good governance and sustain the country&r...

Over 2,000 families marooned in C’nawabganj

Over 2,000 families marooned in C’nawabganj

-- 2019-09-29 17:37:19

Over 2,000 families in Sadar and Shibganj upazilas in Chapainawabganj have been marooned due to flashflood caused by on rush of water from the upstream and rise of water levels in the Padma and the Ma...

Bangladesh bans production, marketing of Ranitidine tablet

Bangladesh bans production, marketing of Ranitidine tablet

-- 2019-09-29 17:26:33

The drug authority in Bangladesh has temporarily banned the production and marketing of Ranitidine hydrochloride tablets. The authority has also banned the import of raw material from India’s S...

Move to implement waste-based power plant project

Move to implement waste-based power plant project

UNB 2019-09-29 16:03:37

The Local Government Division (LGD) plans to implement country's first-ever waste-based power plant project in coordination with the Power Division to manage solid municipal waste (SMW) to be collecte...

Human hauler driver dead in Chuadanga road crash

Human hauler driver dead in Chuadanga road crash

-- 2019-09-29 15:37:41

A human hauler driver was killed as a truck crashed into a human hauler on Chuadanga-Jibonnagar road in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Rabiul Islam, of Boalm...

TIB finds anomalies, nepotism in flood relief programmes

TIB finds anomalies, nepotism in flood relief programmes

FE Online Report 2019-09-29 15:36:08

Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) found irregularities and nepotism in the relief programmes conducted by the government agencies in the flood-affected districts this year. Even parts of t...

Woman dies of dengue in Barishal

Woman dies of dengue in Barishal

-- 2019-09-29 12:21:06

A woman died of dengue at the Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) in Batishal on Sunday morning. Shadhona Rani, 45, a resident of Betagi upazila, was admitted to SBMCH on Saturday night wi...

BSF shoots Bangladeshi along Thakurgaon border

BSF shoots Bangladeshi along Thakurgaon border

-- 2019-09-29 11:56:39

India’s Border Security Force (BSF) shot a Bangladeshi along the Beurjhari area in Baliadangi upazila of Thakurgaon on early Sunday. The injured, 30-year-old Md Dulal is the son of Md Sabratur,...

Sylhet tea industry hamstrung by investment crunch

Sylhet tea industry hamstrung by investment crunch

Iqbal Siddiquee 2019-09-29 11:11:51

Tea of Bangladesh is facing multifaceted challenges like inadequate investment, increased price of inputs including fertilisers, underdeveloped infrastructures, lack of irrigation facilities and above...

Jute sector dev fund: Ministry seeks initial amount of Tk 5.0bn

Jute sector dev fund: Ministry seeks initial amount of Tk 5.0bn

FE Report 2019-09-29 10:43:04

The jute ministry has requested the finance ministry to create an initial low-cost fund of Tk 5.0 billion out of the proposed Jute Sector Development Fund (JSDF) of Tk 100 billion. It also recommende...

Action against corrupts to continue: PM

Action against corrupts to continue: PM

-- 2019-09-29 10:27:13

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that action against people involved in irregularities will continue irrespective of their political affiliations. “Let me tell you one thing very clearly,...

VAT waiver facility with utmost caution   

VAT waiver facility with utmost caution  

-- 2019-09-28 22:01:39

The new VAT (value added tax) law that came into effect from July 01 last has fulfilled a long-standing demand --- full waiver of VAT on utility service bills --- of the exporters. Naturally, the expo...

AL rally attacked outside UN headquarters in NY

AL rally attacked outside UN headquarters in NY

-- 2019-09-28 20:19:26

A rally of the Awami League (AL) in New York was attacked during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's address to the United Nations General Assembly. Activists of the local chapters of the ruling party and...

PM to inaugurate commercial services of Bangabandhu-I on October 2

PM to inaugurate commercial services of Bangabandhu-I on October 2

-- 2019-09-28 20:13:00

All local television channels would start their full-fledged transmission using the feed of country’s first communication satellite Bangabandhu-I on October 2. Bangladesh Communication Satellit...

Oikyafront demands 'national government'

Oikyafront demands 'national government'

UNB 2019-09-28 19:24:35

Accusing the ruling party of taking the country to the brink of ruination, Dr Kamal Hossain-led Jatiya Oikyafront on Saturday demanded that a national government be formed to protect the nation. In a...

Atiqul slams plant protection wing for obstructing import of insecticides

Atiqul slams plant protection wing for obstructing import of insecticides

-- 2019-09-28 18:26:47

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam has hit out at the government’s plant protection wing for obstructing the purchase of mosquito-killing insecticides. "Countries around the...

Motorbike ride-sharing a panacea for Dhaka traffic chaos

Motorbike ride-sharing a panacea for Dhaka traffic chaos

Reuters 2019-09-28 17:08:15

Ride-sharing motorbike services are surging in popularity in Dhaka, where nightmare traffic often means that walking is faster than traveling by car or bus. Congestion in Dhaka, one of the world&rsqu...

1,709 dengue patients undergoing treatment

1,709 dengue patients undergoing treatment

-- 2019-09-28 17:05:20

Around 1,709 dengue patients are undergoing treatment at different hospitals and clinics across the country. Among them, 629 patients are taking treatment in Dhaka division and 1,080 are hospitalised...

TIB concerned about  govt move to amend Road Transport Act

TIB concerned about  govt move to amend Road Transport Act

-- 2019-09-28 17:00:29

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Saturday expressed deep concern over the government move to amend the Road Transport Act-2018 before its enforcement ‘amid pressure from transport...

First lot of hilsa being sent to India through Benapole port

First lot of hilsa being sent to India through Benapole port

-- 2019-09-28 15:37:01

The first lot of 500 tonnes hilsa is being sent to India through Benapole land port on Saturday. Syed Anwar Moksud, general secretary of Kolkata Hilsa Importers’ Association, said Bangladesh go...