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51pc female internet users are cyber-crime victims

Over 51 per cent female internet users are victims of cyber-crimes in the country while it is about 49 per cent for male, a recent study has revealed.The study also said social networks have become the den of different cyber crimes of which female users aged between 18 and 30...

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BB begins special probe

The central bank has started carrying out a special inspection to detect irregularities relating to foreign exchange reporting by the commercial banks, officials said.Three inspection teams of Bangladesh Bank (BB) started on-site inspection Sunday to find out alleged 'misreporting' on foreign exchange rate to the central bank by some banks.Besides,...

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Khaleda files bail pleas in three cases

The lawyers of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia filed on Sunday separate petitions with the High Court (HC) seeking her bail in three cases, reports UNB.Among the three cases, two were filed in Cumilla on charge of plotting to carry out subversive acts and another in Narail on charge of defamation,...

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Ministry finalises draft of aviation safety act

The civil aviation ministry has finalised the draft of an aviation safety act in line with the Montreal Convention.The draft of 'Aviation Safety Act-2018' will be sent to the law ministry by the next week for vetting," a senior official of the ministry told the FE on Sunday.Actually, it was...

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Edible oil prices up in city

Prices of edible oils have gone up this Ramadan despite a downward trend in the global market for the past six months.Market observers said a cartel of importers and traders is eating up all the benefits of the reduction in the cooking oil prices in the international market.But importers say...

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‘Gunfights’ kill six in districts

Four suspected drug peddlers, a 'robber' and a 'mugger' were killed in separate 'gunfights' with law enforcers in six districts early Sunday, reports UNB.The districts are Barishal, Feni, Mymensingh, Dinajpur, Jashore and Tangail.With the latest figures, a total of 20 people were killed in 'gunfights' across the country since May...

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Bashundhara Shopping Mall owners apologise

Bashundhara Shopping Mall Mobile Business Owners Samity (BSMMBOS) apologised Sunday for the agitation during the raid of customs intelligence team on Saturday claiming that outsiders were involved with the incident.The traders confined the officials for more than one and a half hours on Saturday when the team, led by its...

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Bangabandhu-1 to reach orbit in three days

Bangabandhu-1, the first commercial satellite of the country, will reach its orbit within two to three days, said Bangabandhu-I project director Mohammad Mesbahuzzaman, reports UNB."After successful launching, the Bangabandhu-1 satellite needs 11 days for reaching its orbit and it'll reach its orbital slot on 119.1 degree on May 22 or...

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US richest country, China 2nd

NEW DELHI, May 20: The US is the richest nation globally. China is second and Japan third, according to a report published in The Tribune.According to the AfrAsia Bank Global Wealth Migration Review, the US is the wealthiest country in the world with a total wealth of US$ 62,584 billion,...

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People from all walks of life taking part in traditional 'mass iftar'

People from all walks of life taking part in traditional 'mass iftar' at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the capital on Sunday — FE Photo

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Members of Myanmar Border Guard Police (not in the frame) creating panic among the Rohingyas,

Members of Myanmar Border Guard Police (not in the frame) creating panic among the Rohingyas, who took shelter on no man's land in Konarpara area of the border, by asking them to move elsewhere into Bangladesh on Sunday morning — Collected

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