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Home minister talks tough against passport issuance to Rohingyas

Home minister talks tough against passport issuance to Rohingyas

-- 2019-09-18 18:11:28

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said action will be taken against those involved in providing passports to Rohingyas. “Certificates from local chairmen, birth certificates and polic...

Court accepts charge sheet in Rifat murder case

Court accepts charge sheet in Rifat murder case

-- 2019-09-18 15:45:20

A Barguna court on Wednesday accepted the charge sheet in Rifat Sharif murder case and ordered the arrest of nine accused. The order came from the court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Sirajul Islam...

Nursing education to be upgraded to int’l standards: PM

Nursing education to be upgraded to int’l standards: PM

-- 2019-09-18 14:39:39

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the nursing education and training in Bangladesh will be upgraded to international standards as the country needs a large number of trained nurses. &ldq...

Bangladeshis are sixth largest migrants globally: UN

Bangladeshis are sixth largest migrants globally: UN

FE Online Report 2019-09-18 14:27:16

Bangladesh is the sixth top country of origin of international migrants in 2019 having 7.80 million diaspora, according to a new estimates released by the United Nations (UN) on Wednesday. The UN es...

BD to seek expeditious global efforts to resolve Rohingya crisis

BD to seek expeditious global efforts to resolve Rohingya crisis

-- 2019-09-18 13:26:17

Bangladesh will seek expeditious global efforts to repatriate Rohingyas to their place of origin in Rakhine State as Rohingya issue will come up during the 74th session of the UN General Assembly. Br...

Three to walk gallows for killing woman, son in Rajshahi

Three to walk gallows for killing woman, son in Rajshahi

-- 2019-09-18 12:28:09

A Rajshahi tribunal on Wednesday sentenced three people to death for killing a woman and her son in Bagmara upazila. Four others were given life imprisonment for their role in the murder, UNB reporte...

160 more BD workers return from S Arabia

160 more BD workers return from S Arabia

-- 2019-09-18 12:21:14

About 160 Bangladeshi workers sent back home from Saudi Arabia on Tuesday night amid a crackdown on undocumented workers, said they had been forced to return despite having valid documents. A flight...

BSEC to set up chemical warehouse at Tongi

BSEC to set up chemical warehouse at Tongi

-- 2019-09-18 12:09:40

The BSEC has initiated a move to set up a chemical warehouse at Tongi area of Gazipur district, aiming to ensure the relocation of chemical warehouses from Old Dhaka within the shortest possible time....

Dhaka ranks seventh worst in daily Air Quality Index

Dhaka ranks seventh worst in daily Air Quality Index

-- 2019-09-18 12:05:36

Bangladesh’s capital was ranked seventh worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Wednesday morning. Dhaka had a score of 144 at 11:35am, indicating that the quality was unhealthy. The general p...

Two PCJSS men shot dead in Rangamati

Two PCJSS men shot dead in Rangamati

-- 2019-09-18 11:30:31

Two members of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS) (MN Larma faction) were shot dead by unidentified miscreants at Nobochharai in Baghaichhari upazila early on Wednesday. The deceased wer...

Two die as bike skids off road in Patuakhali

Two die as bike skids off road in Patuakhali

-- 2019-09-18 11:24:18

Two people were killed when a motorbike skidded off the road on Patuakhali-Kuakata Highway at Basak Bazar in sadar upazila on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Kashem, 26, of Auliapur in Sad...

World must find solution for Rohingyas: Japan

World must find solution for Rohingyas: Japan

-- 2019-09-18 11:03:41

Outgoing Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Hiroyasu Izumi has said Rohingya issue is not an isolated phenomenon, rather deeply related with growing nationalistic political trend and the world must fin...

Social audit firms fail to protect RMG workers' safety: Report

Social audit firms fail to protect RMG workers' safety: Report

FE Report 2019-09-18 10:35:07

Global social audit firms have been protecting the profit and reputation of brands, but failing to protect the garment workers' safety and improving working condition in the supply chain, accordin...

BD to hold talks with China, Myanmar over Rohingya crisis

BD to hold talks with China, Myanmar over Rohingya crisis

-- 2019-09-17 21:58:35

Bangladesh is set to hold trilateral talks with China and Myanmar over the ongoing Rohingya crisis during the UN General Assembly in New York this month, reports bdnews24.com. The foreign ministry ma...

Railways authorities begin eviction drive

Railways authorities begin eviction drive

FE Online Report 2019-09-17 20:40:33

The railway authority has initiated a three-day eviction drive at the Shahjahanpur railway colony on Tuesday in order to free the country’s railway areas from illegal occupation. The railway of...

DPDC to sign deal with Finland company on Wednesday

DPDC to sign deal with Finland company on Wednesday

-- 2019-09-17 20:32:52

Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited (DPDC) will sign an agreement with Joint Venture (JV) firm-Hifab Oy (Finland) and ECBL for consultancy services of a project ‘Expansion and Strengthening...

'Implementation of existing policy through law essential to eliminate child labour'

'Implementation of existing policy through law essential to eliminate child labour'

FE Online Report 2019-09-17 17:59:44

Effective implementation of Domestic Workers Protection and Welfare Policy 2015 through a law is essential to meet the government’s target of eliminating all forms of child labour by 2025 and me...

63 women tortured to death for dowry in Jan-Aug

63 women tortured to death for dowry in Jan-Aug

FE Online Report 2019-09-17 17:46:18

At least 63 women were tortured to death for dowry alone in the first eight months of the calendar year, according to a local legal aid and rights body. The Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) report noted tha...

BD seeks NZ support for Rohingya repatriation

BD seeks NZ support for Rohingya repatriation

-- 2019-09-17 17:22:39

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has requested non-resident High Commissioner of New Zealand to Bangladesh Joanna Mary Kempkers for the country’s support to put pressure on Myanmar so that Mya...

Teen found dead in Buriganga

Teen found dead in Buriganga

-- 2019-09-17 16:55:23

The body of an unidentified teenage boy was recovered from the Buriganga River at Pagla in Keraniganj on Tuesday morning. Shah Zaman, officer-in-charge of South Keraniganj Police Station, said they r...

PM inaugurates ‘Rajhangsa’

PM inaugurates ‘Rajhangsa’

-- 2019-09-17 16:44:07

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated 'Rajhangsa', the 4th Dreamliner of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. The PM formally commissioned the newly-procured state-of-the-art aircraft of the national fl...

Court seeks BB reserve heist probe report on October 20

Court seeks BB reserve heist probe report on October 20

-- 2019-09-17 16:38:51

A Dhaka court has asked the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to submit its probe report in the case lodged over Bangladesh Bank (BB) reserve heist on October 20. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate...

Silk sector getting back lost glory in Rajshahi

Silk sector getting back lost glory in Rajshahi

-- 2019-09-17 16:35:03

Montu Ali, 56, a silk farmer, is now happy with his family members over cocoon production and its market price this season after a long gap. A resident of Zadunagar village under Bholahar upazila, he...

Divisional cities to get cancer treatment centres

Divisional cities to get cancer treatment centres

-- 2019-09-17 16:31:29

The government is going to 100-bed full-fledged cancer treatment centres in the eight divisional medical college hospitals to ensure medical treatment for the marginal groups. The Executive Committee...

Two smugglers held with gecko in Sundarbans

Two smugglers held with gecko in Sundarbans

-- 2019-09-17 16:27:47

Forest Department arrested two alleged smugglers along with a gecko from the Sundarbans under Sharankhola upazila here on Monday night, reports UNB.  The arrestees are M Khalil Kazi, 40, son of...

No bar for new principal to join Viqarunnisa: HC

No bar for new principal to join Viqarunnisa: HC

-- 2019-09-17 15:02:32

The High Court on Tuesday cleared the way for Fouzia Rezwan - the newly appointed principal of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College to join her post. Without imposing any restriction on her joini...

615 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

615 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

-- 2019-09-17 14:23:57

A total of 615 new patients with mosquito-borne disease dengue were admitted to hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8:00am on Tuesday. Of them, 198 were hospitalised in Dhaka and 4...

Forest dept arrests two smugglers with gecko in Sundarbans

Forest dept arrests two smugglers with gecko in Sundarbans

-- 2019-09-17 13:55:01

Forest Department arrested two alleged smugglers along with a gecko from the Sundarbans under Sharankhola upazila of Bagerhat on Monday night. The arrestees are M Khalil Kazi, 40, son of M Tulu Kazi,...

Govt plans to create corridors for elephants, tigers

Govt plans to create corridors for elephants, tigers

-- 2019-09-17 13:26:58

The government has planned to create a sanctuary for elephants and tigers called 'Bangabandhu Conservation Corridor' in Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT). The forest department is carrying out a feasibili...

Sheikh Hasina so far receives 37 int’l accolades

Sheikh Hasina so far receives 37 int’l accolades

-- 2019-09-17 13:08:58

The total number of international accolades conferred on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has increased to 37 as she received ‘Dr Kalam Smriti International Excellence Awards-2019’ on Monday....