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75pc people unaware of Right to Information

75pc people unaware of Right to Information

FE Online Report 2019-09-26 18:11:45

People hardly get benefits of the Right to Information Act 2009 (RTI) as some 75 per cent of them do not know about the law, according to a report. Although 25 per cent people across the country are...

TCB to start OMS in Khulna on Monday

TCB to start OMS in Khulna on Monday

-- 2019-09-26 17:27:12

Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) is set to start open market sale (OMS) of essential commodities in Khulna city on Monday ahead of Durga Puja. will sell sugar, soybean oil and red gram will be...

Youth stabbed dead in Khulna

Youth stabbed dead in Khulna

-- 2019-09-26 17:23:23

A young man was stabbed to death at Bagmara village of Rupsha upazila in Khulna on Thursday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Sharjil Islam Shongram, 26, son of MujiburRahman of Bagmara villa...

Two policemen suspended for helping foreigners flee after casino raid

Two policemen suspended for helping foreigners flee after casino raid

-- 2019-09-26 17:20:04

Two policemen have been suspended on charges of helping foreigners involved in illicit gambling in casinos escape from Bangladesh following a raid by the Rapid Action Battalion in Dhaka, reports bdnew...

Painter dies falling off building in Ctg

Painter dies falling off building in Ctg

-- 2019-09-26 17:12:12

A painter died after falling from two storied Madrasa building at Padua village under Lohagara upazila of in Chattogram on Thursday. The victim was identified as Mohammad Saber, 35, son of Rashid Ahm...

$100m WB loan to improve water supply, sanitation

$100m WB loan to improve water supply, sanitation

-- 2019-09-26 17:04:46

The World Bank (WB) will provide $100 million to increase access to improved water supply and sanitation system in selected 30 municipalities in Bangladesh as well as to help build their capacities fo...

Eviction drive begins at Karwan Bazar

Eviction drive begins at Karwan Bazar

-- 2019-09-26 16:54:09

The Dhaka North City Corporation or DNCC has launched a drive to remove illegal structures occupying streets and pavements in the capital's Karwan Bazar.  The crackdown led by executive magistra...

Work jointly for safe return of Rohingyas to Myanmar, four countries urge world

Work jointly for safe return of Rohingyas to Myanmar, four countries urge world

FE Online Desk 2019-09-26 15:33:34

Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland have jointly called on the world for working together towards ensuring a voluntary, safe, dignified return of the Rohingya refugees to Rakhine state in Myanmar....

Display Bangabandhu’s portrait at courtrooms: SC

Display Bangabandhu’s portrait at courtrooms: SC

-- 2019-09-26 14:48:48

The Supreme Court has directed the authorities concerned to preserve and display the portrait of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at all courtrooms of the lower court across the...

RAB detains Mohammedan Sporting Club Director Lokman

RAB detains Mohammedan Sporting Club Director Lokman

-- 2019-09-26 12:57:59

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained Lokman Hossain Bhuiyan, director (in-charge) of Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited, from his Manipuripara residence in city’s Tejgaon area early Thursday. A...

Miscreants hack young couple to death in Gazipur

Miscreants hack young couple to death in Gazipur

-- 2019-09-26 11:24:45

A young couple was hacked to death by miscreants at their Pubail residence in Gazipur on early Thursday. The deceased were identified as Abul Kalam, 30, and his wife Putul, 25, of the area. Naz...

Feasibility study report of Kaptai solar project by Oct likely

Feasibility study report of Kaptai solar project by Oct likely

-- 2019-09-26 11:24:02

The government is expecting to receive the feasibility study report on the proposed 50MW Floating Solar Power Plant Project in the Kaptai Lake in October next. Sustainable and Renewable Energy Develo...

Four of a family found dead with throat slit

Four of a family found dead with throat slit

-- 2019-09-26 11:07:46

Four members of a family have been found dead with their throats slashed in the home of a Dubai-based migrant worker in Cox`s Bazar’s Ukhia Upazila. The murder took place at Purboratnapalong vi...

'Sino-Bangla ties crucial to Asian stability'

'Sino-Bangla ties crucial to Asian stability'

FE REPORT 2019-09-26 10:56:11

Chinese ambassador Li Jiming on Wednesday said the consolidation of China-Bangladesh partnership serves not only the common interests of the two nations, but also the stability of Asia. The envoy mad...

World must compel Myanmar for Rohingya return: PM

World must compel Myanmar for Rohingya return: PM

-- 2019-09-26 10:15:50

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the world must take all measures to compel Myanmar to create conditions enabling the Rohingyas’ safe, dignified and voluntary repatriation to their ancestra...

13 railway stations in Cumilla district closed in 12 years

13 railway stations in Cumilla district closed in 12 years

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2019-09-25 21:43:49

CUMILLA, Sept 25: A total of 13 railway stations across the district have been closed down in the last 12 years. Now the closed stations are being used for different purposes. Some stations are us...

Tk 102b outer ring road project approved to ease city traffic

Tk 102b outer ring road project approved to ease city traffic

-- 2019-09-25 21:40:51

The government has approved construction of an outer ring road around Dhaka that aims to ease traffic congestion in the capital. The three-year project worth Tk 102 billion was approved in a meeting...

Road transport law may change

Road transport law may change

-- 2019-09-25 21:35:41

Two ministers have hinted at changing the Road Transport Act even before its implementation as the government may bow down to pressure from owners and workers. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal an...

US urges Myanmar to create conditions for dignified Rohingya repatriation

US urges Myanmar to create conditions for dignified Rohingya repatriation

-- 2019-09-25 17:49:54

The USA has urged Myanmar to create conditions inside Rakhine as per Rohingyas’ demands for ensuring safe and dignified return of these forcefully displaced people from Bangladesh. “We co...

ACC serves notice on BCB’s Mahbubul Anam

ACC serves notice on BCB’s Mahbubul Anam

-- 2019-09-25 16:53:11

The Anti-Corruption Commission or ACC has asked Bangladesh Cricket Board’s Director Mahbubul Anam to submit his wealth statement after allegations of amassing illegal wealth were levelled at him...

ACC seeks list of 2,500 cc or above luxury private cars

ACC seeks list of 2,500 cc or above luxury private cars

FE Online Report 2019-09-25 15:47:04

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday sought a list of privately owned cars having engine power of 2,500 cc or above from Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA). In this regard, the c...

398 new dengue patients hospitalised across country

398 new dengue patients hospitalised across country

-- 2019-09-25 14:40:54

A woman died of dengue at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) while 398 new patients were hospatalised across the country in 24 hours till Wednesday morning. Lovely Akhter, 30, wife of Jamir Ali o...

Village courts to increase access to justice in Ctg Hill Tracts

Village courts to increase access to justice in Ctg Hill Tracts

FE Online Desk 2019-09-25 14:29:48

To improve the access to justice for disadvantaged and marginalised groups of people in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), Local Government Division with support from the European Union (EU) and the Un...

Death toll in Sunamganj boat capsize hits 10

Death toll in Sunamganj boat capsize hits 10

-- 2019-09-25 12:42:35

Rescuers have recovered six more bodies after a boat capsized in the Kaliakuta Haor in Sunamganj’s Derai Upazila on Tuesday. The bodies were pulled from the swamp between 6:00am and 12:00am on...

PM to place four-point proposal at UN to solve Rohingya crisis

PM to place four-point proposal at UN to solve Rohingya crisis

-- 2019-09-25 11:58:59

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said she is going to place a four-point proposal at the ongoing United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to end the Rohingya crisis.  “Let me reiterate the f...

Female passengers in public transports still unsafe

Female passengers in public transports still unsafe

-- 2019-09-25 11:55:28

Female passengers continue to face various harassments in public transports in the city as a women-friendly transport system could not be ensured yet though the number of working women has increased....

PM feels the necessity of Gandhian approach in today’s divisive world

PM feels the necessity of Gandhian approach in today’s divisive world

-- 2019-09-25 11:29:59

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina feels that Mahatma Gandhi’s humanitarian ideals and principles would triumph over all divisiveness and establish an equitable world where hatred and bigotry leading...

Another woman dies of dengue in Khulna

Another woman dies of dengue in Khulna

-- 2019-09-25 11:06:18

One more woman died of dengue at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) in Khulna district early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Lovely Akhter, 30, wife of Jamir Ali of Baliadanga village i...

Dream girl’s Pabna ancestral home stands derelict

Dream girl’s Pabna ancestral home stands derelict

Emdadul Haque 2019-09-24 22:24:10

PABNA, Sept 24: The ancestral house of legendary Bangla film actress Suchitra Sen at Gopalpur Himsagor Lane in Pabna town has been lying in a ramshackle state for a long time. Built on 36 decimals of...

Cox's Bazar to have casinos for foreign tourists

Cox's Bazar to have casinos for foreign tourists

-- 2019-09-24 20:03:17

The proposed special tourist zone in Cox's Bazar will have casinos for foreign tourists, said Civil Aviation and Tourism Secretary Md Mohibul Haque. He spoke in a press briefing on Tuesday marking t...