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Army chief hails ongoing drives against corruption, casinos

Army chief hails ongoing drives against corruption, casinos

-- 2019-09-24 18:52:39

Hailing the ongoing drive against corruption and misdeeds, chief of army staff General Aziz Ahmed on Tuesday said action will be taken if any retired army official is found involved in casino business...

70pc women harassed online are between ages 15 to 25

70pc women harassed online are between ages 15 to 25

-- 2019-09-24 18:42:58

Additional Deputy Commissioner of the Cyber ​​Security and Crime Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Mishuk Chakma has said 70 per cent of the women, reportedly harassed online in the city, ar...

BRAC inaugurates Mobile Health Camp & Veterinary Clinic for livestock

BRAC inaugurates Mobile Health Camp & Veterinary Clinic for livestock

FE Online Report 2019-09-24 18:07:09

BRAC Artificial Insemination Enterprise organised countrywide Mobile Health Camp and Mobile Veterinary Clinic services for livestock all around Bangladesh. To this end, an inauguration ceremony was h...

BD, China, Myanmar to jointly evaluate progress of Rohingya repatriation

BD, China, Myanmar to jointly evaluate progress of Rohingya repatriation

-- 2019-09-24 17:47:12

Bangladesh, China and Myanmar have agreed to form a “tripartite joint working mechanism” to evaluate the situation on the ground for Rohingya repatriation, reports UNB. Foreign Minister D...

Savar Military Farm opens modern milking parlour

Savar Military Farm opens modern milking parlour

-- 2019-09-24 17:35:14

Chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed inaugurated a modern milking parlour at Savar Military Farm on the outskirts of the capital on Tuesday morning. The parlour at the farmhouse has incorporated a...

'WB to provide financial support for improving road safety'

'WB to provide financial support for improving road safety'

-- 2019-09-24 17:35:08

Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the World Bank wants to provide financial support for ensuring road safety in Bangladesh, reports UNB.  The minister said this...

Huge torn notes found in Bogura

Huge torn notes found in Bogura

-- 2019-09-24 17:11:39

A huge amount of torn notes were recovered from Bagbari of Shahjahanpur upazila in Bogura on Tuesday. Informed by locals, a team of police went to the spot around 11:00am and recovered 10 sacks of sh...

Four to die for killing schoolgirl after rape

Four to die for killing schoolgirl after rape

-- 2019-09-24 16:51:03

A tribunal in Manikganj on Tuesday convicted four people and sentenced them to death for killing a schoolgirl after rape in 2008. The condemned convicts are Enamul, 24, Ramzan, 25, Hakim, 28, and Fai...

Bus crushes two pedestrians in Jashore

Bus crushes two pedestrians in Jashore

-- 2019-09-24 14:00:47

A bus run over and killed a man and a minor boy in Jhikargacha upazila of Jashore district on Tuesday. The incident took place in Benapole-Jhikargachha highway in Mollickpur area around 8:00am. The...

Police arrest two ‘militants’ over Gulistan blast

Police arrest two ‘militants’ over Gulistan blast

-- 2019-09-24 13:53:55

Two men arrested earlier with suspected links to militancy have been named in a separate case involving an attack on police in April. Farid Uddin Rumi and Mishuk Khan Mizan from Narayanganj were earl...

Gold, cash seized in raids on AL leaders’ homes

Gold, cash seized in raids on AL leaders’ homes

-- 2019-09-24 13:46:50

The Rapid Action Battalion has seized a huge cache of gold and cash from the residences of Awami League leaders Enamul Haque and Rupon Bhuiyan at Gandaria in Dhaka. A RAB unit started the operations...

Bangladesh joins global forum P4G

Bangladesh joins global forum P4G

-- 2019-09-24 13:43:21

Bangladesh joined the Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 (P4G), which was officially announced on Monday at an event held in New York on the sidelines of the 74th UN General Assembl...

Dengue claims man’s life in Khulna

Dengue claims man’s life in Khulna

-- 2019-09-24 12:06:42

A man died of dengue at Khulna Medical College Hospital in Khulna district early Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Abdur Rouf, 35, of Bagharpar upazila in Jashore. Dr SM Abdur Razzaque, K...

Four of a family fall sick after having Pangas fish

Four of a family fall sick after having Pangas fish

-- 2019-09-24 11:21:59

Four members of a family fell sick after having Pangas fish at Bhobanipur village in Mohammadpur upazila in Magura on Monday night. They are Samad Molla, 45, his wife Tahera Begum, 30, daughter Purni...

PM receives ‘Vaccine Hero’ award

PM receives ‘Vaccine Hero’ award

-- 2019-09-24 10:57:25

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has received the prestigious ‘Vaccine Hero’ award in recognition of Bangladesh's outstanding success in vaccination to immunise children. Global Alliance for...

Low-income group hard hit by soaring prices of veg

Low-income group hard hit by soaring prices of veg

ROVING CORRESPONDENT 2019-09-24 00:00:00

JOYPURHAT, Sept 23: The low and middle-income groups in the district are in a difficult situation for soaring prices of vegetables. Vegetables prices are on rising trend both in retail and wholesal...

Illegal market in front of college hampers academic atmosphere

Illegal market in front of college hampers academic atmosphere

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2019-09-24 00:00:00

CUMILLA, Sept 23: A market has been set up illegally in front of the Nimsar Junab Ali College under Burichang upazila of the district. As a result, traffic congestion has become a regular feature i...

Revenue earnings of Sonamasjid  land port exceeds target

Revenue earnings of Sonamasjid land port exceeds target

Our Correspondent 2019-09-24 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Sept 23: Revenue earnings of Sona Masjid land port has surpassed the target during the period from February to June 2019, informed Dr Shamil Uddin Ahmed Shimul, MP, Shibganj constituency, at...

Hotline for land related services, complaints to be launched on Oct 10

Hotline for land related services, complaints to be launched on Oct 10

-- 2019-09-23 21:00:37

Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury on Monday said that the government is going to launch a hotline, 16123, on October 10 to receive land related complaints and provide transparent and efficient servi...

Court imposes embargo on Chhatradal activities

Court imposes embargo on Chhatradal activities

BSS 2019-09-23 19:33:01

A Dhaka court has imposed embargo on the activities of newly-elected central committee of Jatiyatabadi Chhatradal, the student wing of BNP. Dhaka 4th Senior Assistant Judge Nusrat Sahara Bithi passed...

BFIU confiscates bank accounts of Shamim, Khaled

BFIU confiscates bank accounts of Shamim, Khaled

-- 2019-09-23 19:30:18

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has confiscated the bank accounts of Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim and Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan due to their alleged involvement in money launderin...

‘Not more than 15 EC staff involved’

‘Not more than 15 EC staff involved’

-- 2019-09-23 18:42:40

Director General (DG) of the National Identity Registration Wing of the Election Commission (EC) Brig Gen Saidul Islam on Monday said 15 EC staff were involved in providing NID cards to Rohingyas. "W...

Police raid Fu-Wang Club in Tejgaon

Police raid Fu-Wang Club in Tejgaon

-- 2019-09-23 18:35:53

Police have launched a raid on Fu-Wang Club in Tejgaon as part of an ongoing crackdown on illegal gambling facilities in Dhaka. According to bdnews24.com, an operation led by an executive magistrate...

ACC to probe against seven over NID forgery

ACC to probe against seven over NID forgery

-- 2019-09-23 18:02:46

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved a regular investigation against seven people, including two Election Commission (EC) officials, over the allegations of providing fake NIDs to Rohingy...

Teesta Rail Bridge turns risky

Teesta Rail Bridge turns risky

-- 2019-09-23 17:36:01

Nearly 90 years past since the expiry date of the Teesta Rail Bridge, which connects Lalmonirhat and Kurigram, posing a threat to passengers' lives. The historic bridge, a shell of its former self, i...

1,696km roads to be constructed in Rajshahi division

1,696km roads to be constructed in Rajshahi division

-- 2019-09-23 17:10:30

Construction works of 1,696.66-kilometre rural roads together with 1.538-kilometre bridges and culverts are being progressed in Rajshahi division to foster overall rural infrastructure development. S...

Gopalganj university students continue protest

Gopalganj university students continue protest

-- 2019-09-23 16:49:25

The peaceful demonstration by students of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University (BSMRSTU) rolled into the fifth day on Monday, demanding resignation of the vice-chancello...

Two to die for killing housewife in Jhalakati

Two to die for killing housewife in Jhalakati

-- 2019-09-23 16:43:34

A Jhalakati court on Monday sentenced two people to death and three others to life term imprisonment for killing a housewife in 2002. The condemned convicts are Sheikh Khairul Hasan and Pilton Das of...

Police recover explosives from Narayanganj ‘militant hideout’

Police recover explosives from Narayanganj ‘militant hideout’

-- 2019-09-23 16:24:52

Police have recovered a huge cache of explosives and bomb-making materials from a militant hideout in a raid on a building in Narayanganj’s Fatullah. Two suspected militants were also arrested,...

461 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

461 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

FE Online Report 2019-09-23 15:05:13

As many as 461 new dengue patients were hospitalised across the country in the last 24 hours until 8:00am on Monday.   Of the total, 143 were admitted in Dhaka - a slight rise in the capita...