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Myanmar yet to ensure safe Rohingya repatriation: Momen

SYLHET, Feb 23 (UNB): Although Myanmar has agreed to take back 800,000 Rohingyas, it is yet to create a congenial atmosphere for their repatriation, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said on Saturday."Initiatives are underway to send back 0.8 million, out of the 1.2 million Rohingyas," he said at a prize-giving...

Woman dies as tree falls on her in city

A woman was killed and seven other pedestrians sustained injuries as a coconut tree fell on them in front of Shishu Academy in Shahbag on Friday night, reports UNB.The deceased was identified as Mitu Ghosh, 25, betrothed to Dhononjoy Ghosh.Eyewitness said the accident took place at around 09:30 pm when...

ACC conducts drives against illegal stone, sand extraction in four dists

FE ReportThe Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) conducted on Saturday four separate drives in Pabna, Sirajganj, Magura and Panchagarh districts over the allegations of illegal sand and stone extraction from rivers and a canal.In Chauhali Upazila of Sirajganj, an ACC team in association with local administration conducted a drive against a syndicate...

BGB seizes 1,200 bottles of Phensidyl

RAJSHAHI, Feb 23 (BSS): Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 1,200 bottles of Phensidyl from a frontier area under Paba Upazila of the district last night.On a tip-off, a team of the paramilitary forces conducted a sudden raid in the area last midnight. But, sensing presence of the BGB...

Children’s Corner abuzz with young bookworms

Abu RakibChildren accompanied by their guardians flocked to the Ekushey Book Fair during the children's hour on Saturday morning.For the last time this year, the dedicated hours attracted a large number of guardians with their children at the Children's Corner on the Bangla Academy premises and Suhrawardy Udyan where bookstalls...

PDD discussion on ways to deal with disasters begins today

A two-day annual thematic meeting of the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) begins in the city today (Sunday) on the theme "Striving together for addressing displacement due to slow and sudden-onset disasters".Bangladesh as the current Chair of the PDD in collaboration with International Organisation for Migration (IOM) will host the...

Tortured Barishal fourth grader dies in hospital

BARISHAL, Feb 23 (UNB): An 11-year-old schoolboy, beaten up following an altercation over standing in front of an irrigation pump, died at a hospital in the capital on Saturday.Fourth-grader Sourav Mandal was the son of Kartik Mandal of Magura village in Gournadi Upazila of the district.Locals said Bellal Molla and...

Locals bring out a procession in the Chawkbazar

Locals bring out a procession in the Chawkbazar area of old Dhaka on Saturday demanding a ban on gas cylinder — FE Photo

Human chain for release of journo

KERANIGANJ, Feb 23 (UNB): Local journalists formed a human chain in front of Keraniganj Press Club on Saturday morning demanding immediate release of journalist Abu Zafar.Keraniganj Press Club arranged the human chain in Zinzira Bus road area at around 11:00 am.Police arrested Abu Zafar, the Keraniganj correspondent of Bangla daily...

Detectives nab six 'drug traders' in Ashulia

SAVAR, Feb 23 (UNB): Detectives in a drive arrested six suspected drug traders from Aukpara Bastuhara Palli in Ashulia on Friday night after a clash with them.Five members of detective branch of police, including two DB sub-inspectors, were injured in attack by the drug traders.Mohammad Abul Bashar, officer-in-charge of Dhaka...

Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route resume

MANIKGANJ, Feb 23 (UNB): Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma River resumed after three and a half hours of disruption caused by dense fog on Saturday morning."The services were disrupted from 04:30 am due to poor visibility caused by thick fog," said Mohiuddin Russel, assistant manager of Bangladesh...

Tangail microbus crash kills two, injures six

Two people have been killed and six others injured in a microbus accident in Tangail's Kalihati, reports bdnews24.com.The accident occurred at around 04:00 am on Saturday on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway in the Kalihati area, said Bangabandhu Bridge East Thana OC Md Mosharraf Hossain.The microbus was on its way from Chapainawabganj...

Two die in Cox’s Bazar clash over land dispute

COX'S BAZAR, Feb 23 (UNB): At least two people were killed and eight others injured by bullet in a clash between two groups over a disputed land at Bilhachua in Pekua Upazila in the district on Saturday.The deceased were identified as Nezam Uddin, son of late Abdur Rahman and Azizul...

WEATHER-24-2-2019

Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over Khulna, Rangpur, Dhaka and Rajshahi divisions in the next 24 hours until 06:00 pm today (Sunday), reports UNB.Light to moderate fog may occur at places over the country during midnight to morning, the Met Office said.Night and day temperature...