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Experts for abolition of leasing system of haor areas

Experts for abolition of leasing system of haor areas

FE Online Report 2019-09-23 14:26:20

Leasing system at Haor region should be scrapped to ensure the rights of its real fishermen and people, and protect the environment as well as biodiversity, speakers said at a roundtable on Monday. L...

Drive to continue until corruption uprooted: Obaidul

Drive to continue until corruption uprooted: Obaidul

-- 2019-09-23 14:05:40

Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the ongoing drives against corruption, drugs and criminalisation will continue until the menaces are uprooted. “The Prime Minister t...

RAB arrests suspected firearms dealer in Naogaon

RAB arrests suspected firearms dealer in Naogaon

-- 2019-09-23 12:19:28

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a suspected firearms dealer with a foreign-made pistol, two magazines and nine bullets from Kaporpotti area of Naogaon on Sunday night. The arrestee was identifi...

PM reaches New York to attend 74th UNGA

PM reaches New York to attend 74th UNGA

-- 2019-09-23 11:25:35

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has arrived in New York via Abu Dhabi on an eight-day official visit to the USA to attend the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). She will deliver...

City river beautification project cost set to spike three times

City river beautification project cost set to spike three times

TALHA BIN HABIB 2019-09-23 11:10:31

The cost of the project for conservation and beautification of the rivers surrounding the capital is set to increase more than three times, according to the officials concerned. To protect Buriganga,...

Three die as bus rams into auto-rickshaw

Three die as bus rams into auto-rickshaw

-- 2019-09-23 10:45:04

Three people were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and an auto-rickshaw at Citholia in Nakla upazila of Sherpur district on Sunday evening. Two of the deceased wer...

Casino stuffs found in more clubs

Casino stuffs found in more clubs

FE REPORT 2019-09-23 10:30:21

Following in the footsteps of Rapid Action Battalion, police on Sunday cracked down on four more traditional sporting clubs in the city, where they found casino-playing materials, money, and liquors....

Police cordon off ‘militant den’ in Narayanganj

Police cordon off ‘militant den’ in Narayanganj

-- 2019-09-23 09:58:23

Police and the Detective Branch (DB) cordoned off the house of a former bank officer, suspecting it to be a militant den in Tokkar Math area of Fatullah in Narayanganj on Monday. Police have already...

Directives for judicial officials on using social media

Directives for judicial officials on using social media

-- 2019-09-22 21:01:39

The Supreme Court Special Committee for Judicial Reforms has laid out a set of guidelines for judicial officials on using social media. They have been asked to shun social media during office hours (...

BB bans note-like tickets, coupons

BB bans note-like tickets, coupons

-- 2019-09-22 20:51:51

Bangladesh Bank has banned the use of any ticket or coupon which looks like a bank note. From now on, note-like ticket or coupon is not allowed for any purpose of bills in hotels, restaurants, food c...

Ex-secretary Nasima first woman to head NHRC

Ex-secretary Nasima first woman to head NHRC

-- 2019-09-22 20:31:13

The government has appointed former secretary Nasima Begum as the chief of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). The law ministry issued the circular on her appointment on Sunday, reports bdnews24...

WB, UN officials due on Monday

WB, UN officials due on Monday

-- 2019-09-22 17:59:04

The World Bank Vice President for the South Asia Region, Hartwig Schafer, and the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Road Safety, Jean Todt are scheduled to arrive in Bangladesh...

JCI Bangladesh recognises ten outstanding young persons

JCI Bangladesh recognises ten outstanding young persons

FE Online Report 2019-09-22 17:34:56

JCI Bangladesh recognised ten youths of Bangladesh for their contribution to society through a an event titled “Ten Outstanding Young Persons (TOYP) 2019” held at a hotel recently in Dhaka...

Police raid four more clubs

Police raid four more clubs

-- 2019-09-22 17:10:26

Police have conducted raids on four sporting clubs in the latest episode of the crackdown on illegal gambling establishments in Dhaka, reports bdnews24.com. Law enforcers combed the Arambagh Krira Sa...

UK announces £87m more for Rohingya crisis

UK announces £87m more for Rohingya crisis

-- 2019-09-22 16:54:06

The United Kingdom will give an additional 87 million pounds for sustaining the Rohingya operation in Cox's Bazar, lifting their contribution to a total of 226 million pounds since the start of the Ro...

Shimulia-Kathalbari ferry services resume after eight hours

Shimulia-Kathalbari ferry services resume after eight hours

FE Online Desk 2019-09-22 15:39:38

The ferry services on Shimulia-Kathalbari route resumed on Sunday after eight hours of suspension due to poor navigability. BIWTA Assistant General Manager Nasir Uddin Chowdhury said the services wer...

DNCC launches drive to clear footpaths

DNCC launches drive to clear footpaths

-- 2019-09-22 15:08:10

The Dhaka North City Corporation or DNCC has launched an eviction drive in the capital to clear footpaths of illegal occupation. The crackdown led by DNCC's Executive Magistrate Sajed Anwar began at...

Five JMB militants get 12 years for 2005 series blasts

Five JMB militants get 12 years for 2005 series blasts

-- 2019-09-22 15:05:25

A Dhaka court has sentenced five members of the banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Majahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to 12 years in jail in the case over the simultaneous bomb blasts throughout the country 14...

430 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

430 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

-- 2019-09-22 14:31:57

A total of 430 new dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country in 24 hours till Sunday morning, indicating a slight improvement of the situation. Of them, 132 were hospitalised in D...

Prime Minister leaves Abu Dhabi for New York

Prime Minister leaves Abu Dhabi for New York

-- 2019-09-22 14:16:05

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Abu Dhabi on Sunday for New York to attend the 74th UN General Assembly after making a stopover in the UAE. She departed from Abu Dhabi International Airport at 10:4...

Poor navigability disrupts Shimulia-Kathalbari ferry services

Poor navigability disrupts Shimulia-Kathalbari ferry services

-- 2019-09-22 11:22:07

Poor navigability forced the suspension of ferry services on the Shimulia-Kathalbari route on early Sunday. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) suspended the services at around 3:00am...

Rohingya couple killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’

Rohingya couple killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’

-- 2019-09-22 10:47:05

A Rohingya couple was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Leda Rohingya camp hilly area in Cox's Bazar on early Sunday. The deceased were identified as Din Mohammad, 32, and his wife, Jaheda...

MoC seeks proposal for setting up rawhide cooling facilities

MoC seeks proposal for setting up rawhide cooling facilities

Rezaul Karim 2019-09-22 10:42:38

The Ministry of Commerce has sought a comprehensive proposal from traders' groups for establishing cold storage facilities to help ensure the quality of rawhide and skins, officials said. To this end...

BB drafts law to check counterfeit currency

BB drafts law to check counterfeit currency

Doulot Akter Mala 2019-09-22 10:35:09

The central bank has prepared the draft of a first-ever law designed to prevent production, supply and use of counterfeit currency. The draft proposes the maximum life-time imprisonment for the offen...

Gambling equipments found in three Chattogram clubs

Gambling equipments found in three Chattogram clubs

-- 2019-09-21 22:36:29

After busting illegal casinos inside three sport clubs in Dhaka, RAB raided three clubs in Chattogram and found gambling equipments there. These are Mohammedan Sporting Club in Sadarghat area, Abahan...

GK Shamim put on 10-day remand

GK Shamim put on 10-day remand

-- 2019-09-21 21:37:11

A Dhaka court on Saturday placed Jubo League leader Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim on 10 days’ remand in two cases filed under the narcotics control and arm acts. Dhaka Metropolitan Magist...

Dengue claims two more lives

Dengue claims two more lives

-- 2019-09-21 21:35:36

Two dengue-infected people, including a college student, died in Kushtia and Mymensingh districts while a total of 408 new dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country. The new death...

Three students die in Dinajpur boat capsize

Three students die in Dinajpur boat capsize

-- 2019-09-21 20:26:01

Two students of Haji Mohammad Danesh Science & Technology University and another of Dinajpur Govt Women's College drowned as a boat capsized in Ashura Beel in Nababganj upazila of Dinajpur distric...

Kalabagan Krira Chakra president remanded for 10 days

Kalabagan Krira Chakra president remanded for 10 days

-- 2019-09-21 19:24:27

A Dhaka court on Saturday put Kalabagan Krira Chakra president Safiqul Alam Firoz on a 10-day remand -- five-day each in two cases filed under narcotics control and arms acts, reports UNB. Judge of t...

UK to spend £6.0b for BD, other climate vulnerable countries

UK to spend £6.0b for BD, other climate vulnerable countries

-- 2019-09-21 17:50:52

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson on Saturday said the United Kingdom (UK) would be spending some £6 billion to help Bangladesh and other vulnerable countries com...