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College student dies after saving minor in Sylhet

College student dies after saving minor in Sylhet

-- 2018-12-06 11:43:08

A college student who sustained severe injuries while trying to save a minor boy from a beating by local boys in Sylhet on Monday, died at a city hospital on Wednesday. The dead student was identifie...

Detectives arrest Viqarunnisa teacher over Aritry suicide

Detectives arrest Viqarunnisa teacher over Aritry suicide

-- 2018-12-06 11:08:41

In a dramatic development, police have arrested one of the three Viqarunnisa teachers who are charged with provoking a student to take her own life by humiliating her and her parents on accusation of...

SC upholds HC bail for Khaleda in Cumilla arson case

SC upholds HC bail for Khaleda in Cumilla arson case

-- 2018-12-06 11:00:19

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has upheld the High Court order that had granted bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case filed under the Explosive Substances Act over the 2015 Cumill...

Google doodle celebrates Tareque Masud’s 62nd birthday

Google doodle celebrates Tareque Masud’s 62nd birthday

-- 2018-12-06 10:45:12

Search engine giant Google has created a new Doodle on its homepage, celebrating the 62nd birth anniversary of renowned Bangladeshi filmmaker Tareque Masud. In its doodle, the search engine giant sho...

Number of migrant workers across world stands at 164m in 2017: ILO

Number of migrant workers across world stands at 164m in 2017: ILO

FE Report 2018-12-06 10:14:23

The number of migrant workers stood at 164 million in 2017 across the globe, a 9.0 per cent rise since 2013, according to the latest estimate of International Labour Organisation (ILO). The ILO estim...

Fire safety rules remain stalled four years after formulation

Fire safety rules remain stalled four years after formulation

Monira Munni 2018-12-06 10:05:20

The Fire Prevention and Protection Rules 2014 still remains stalled even four years into its formulation due mainly to bureaucratic tangle, officials said. The government framed a set of rules in 201...

Viqarunnisa suspends acting principal, two other teachers

Viqarunnisa suspends acting principal, two other teachers

-- 2018-12-05 21:57:00

The governing body of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College on Wednesday suspended its three teachers, including Acting Principal Nazneen Ferdous, over the suicide of its student Aritree Adhikari. The...

Quality seed shortage worries Bogura potato farmers

Quality seed shortage worries Bogura potato farmers

Our Correspondent 2018-12-05 21:39:33

BOGURA, Dec 05: Farmers of the district are worried over the shortage of quality potato seeds. Officials at the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said farmers in the district need over 500...

Patients take treatment inside dilapidated building amid risk

Patients take treatment inside dilapidated building amid risk

-- 2018-12-05 21:38:17

GOPALGANJ, Dec 05 (UNB): More than 300 patients are taking treatment inside dilapidated buildings of the Kotalipara Upazila Health Complex (UHC) every day amid risk of accidents. Their suffering has...

543 candidates file petitions with EC

543 candidates file petitions with EC

-- 2018-12-05 20:50:50

A total of 543 petitions were filed with the Election Commission (EC) till Wednesday challenging the decisions of returning officers over the rejection and acceptance of nomination papers submitted by...

Oikyafront's election manifesto by December 8

Oikyafront's election manifesto by December 8

-- 2018-12-05 19:30:55

Jatiya Oikyafront chief Dr Kamal Hossain has said their alliance will unveil election manifesto by December 8 ahead of 11th parliamentary election. The Gono Forum president gave the information on We...

US envoy pays tribute to Bangabandhu

US envoy pays tribute to Bangabandhu

-- 2018-12-05 18:05:28

Newly appointed US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller paid rich tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing wreaths at his portrait. The US envoy recently visited...

Viqarunnisa suspends classes, exams sine die

Viqarunnisa suspends classes, exams sine die

-- 2018-12-05 17:58:27

The authorities of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College suspended the classes and examinations (from class I to XII) in all branches for an indefinite period amid the growing protests of students and g...

Barrister Mainul gets bail in two defamation cases

Barrister Mainul gets bail in two defamation cases

-- 2018-12-05 17:47:00

The High Court on Wednesday granted bail for six months to Barrister Mainul Hosein in two defamation cases. An HC bench of Justice Md Rezaul Haque and Justice Jafar Ahmed passed the order after heari...

Viqarunnisa student suicide case transferred to DB

Viqarunnisa student suicide case transferred to DB

-- 2018-12-05 17:19:57

The case, filed against three teachers of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College, including its principal, over the suicide of schoolgirl Aritree Adhikari, has been transferred to Detective Branch (DB) o...

Bangladesh to get $525m WB fund to improve rural roads

Bangladesh to get $525m WB fund to improve rural roads

-- 2018-12-05 17:06:33

The World Bank (WB) will provide a total of $525 million to Bangladesh under two agreements, to be sighed on Thursday, to improve the rural road transport system. Out of the total financing, the Wash...

DMP fines traffic violators Tk 2.642m

DMP fines traffic violators Tk 2.642m

-- 2018-12-05 17:00:13

Traffic division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in their simultaneous drives on the city streets of Dhaka, fined automobile riders Tk 2.642 million for breaching traffic laws on Tuesday. Foll...

PM inspects ‘Hangsabalaka’

PM inspects ‘Hangsabalaka’

-- 2018-12-05 16:56:56

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday inspected Hangsabalaka, the 2nd Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the city. She board...

Quader rules out Election Commission reform

Quader rules out Election Commission reform

-- 2018-12-05 16:44:49

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said there is no scope of Election Commission (EC) reform as it was earlier overhauled with recommendations from all parties. "The Election...

Quader alleges BNP for hatching plot to foil polls

Quader alleges BNP for hatching plot to foil polls

-- 2018-12-05 16:39:19

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said BNP is hatching conspiracy to foil the upcoming election in the name of Election Commission...

Handle aspirants’ complaints with care, CEC to electoral teams

Handle aspirants’ complaints with care, CEC to electoral teams

-- 2018-12-05 14:57:36

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda on Wednesday instructed all the members of the electoral inquiry committees to handle the complaints of aspirants of the 11th National election with gre...

BNP lawyers file appeals against Khaleda's nomination rejections

BNP lawyers file appeals against Khaleda's nomination rejections

-- 2018-12-05 14:55:42

The lawyers of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday have filed appeals with the Election Commission against rejection of her nomination papers of three constituencies. On behalf of Khaleda Zia, B...

Viqarunnisa suspends classes, exams for indefinite period

Viqarunnisa suspends classes, exams for indefinite period

-- 2018-12-05 14:17:22

Viqarunnisa Noon School and College has suspended all classes and exams until further notice amid protests over the suicide of a student after humiliation by teachers. Mushtari Sultana, a Viqarunnisa...

Police recover minor’s body from Banglamotor house; father held

Police recover minor’s body from Banglamotor house; father held

-- 2018-12-05 13:57:58

Police recovered the body of a minor boy from a house in the city's Banglamotor area which remained cordoned off by joint forces since Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Safayet, 3, so...

Three Viqarunnisa teachers lose MPO benefits, face suspension

Three Viqarunnisa teachers lose MPO benefits, face suspension

-- 2018-12-05 13:24:37

The government has scrapped monthly payment order (MPO) benefits for three teachers of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College (VNSC), including Principal Nazneen Ferdous, after the suicide of a student,...

Assailants hack AL leader dead in Naogaon

Assailants hack AL leader dead in Naogaon

-- 2018-12-05 12:21:42

A group of assailants have killed a local leader of the Awami League in Naogaon. The ruling party’s Patnitala upazila unit President Md Isahaque Hossain, 72, was ambushed while he was getting o...

Viqarunnisa students continue demo

Viqarunnisa students continue demo

-- 2018-12-05 12:09:09

The students of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College (VNCS) have resumed their demonstration on the second consecutive day on Wednesday, demanding punishment and removal of its principal and accused te...

Rajshahi producing tomatoes in full swing

Rajshahi producing tomatoes in full swing

-- 2018-12-05 11:58:37

Farmers are cultivating tomato successfully in Rajshahi region including the vast Barind tract. They are very enthusiastic and optimistic over high market price and suitable climatic condition. &ldqu...

'Gunfight' with RAB kills suspected pirate

'Gunfight' with RAB kills suspected pirate

-- 2018-12-05 11:37:07

A suspected pirate was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Magnama in Pekua upazila of Cox's Bazar early Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Tarek...

Police recover throat-slit body in Sirajganj

Police recover throat-slit body in Sirajganj

-- 2018-12-05 11:35:24

Police recovered the throat-slit body of a man in Sirajganj on Tuesday. The body is believed to be of Sumon Sheel, 30, son of Nimai Sheel. Local people of Bashbaria Natunpara in Shahzadpur upazila,...