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Two murdered in Satkhira, Jashore

Two murdered in Satkhira, Jashore

-- 2018-11-29 17:46:27

Two people were murdered in separate incidents in Satkhira and Jashore districts on Thursday. In Satkhira, Haripad Sarker, 45, son of Tarapad Sarker and a worker of a fish enclosure, was killed follo...

Two FE journalists receive best reporting award

Two FE journalists receive best reporting award

FE Online Report 2018-11-29 17:33:52

Two journalists of The Financial Express (FE) received DRU best reporting award for 2018 in business and trade category.  Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) on Thursday awarded FE special correspondent...

DMP files 4,567 cases over traffic rule violation

DMP files 4,567 cases over traffic rule violation

-- 2018-11-29 17:10:54

Traffic division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Wednesday, in their simultaneous drives on the city streets of Dhaka filed 4,567 cases against different modes of vehicles over traffic rule...

Govt transfers 121 apprentice ASP

Govt transfers 121 apprentice ASP

-- 2018-11-29 17:08:01

The government has transferred 121 apprentice assistant superintendents of police (ASP). A gazette was issued from Police Headquarters to this end on Wednesday. In accordance with the gazette, the p...

Mayor Annisul Huq’s first death anniversary Friday

Mayor Annisul Huq’s first death anniversary Friday

-- 2018-11-29 17:01:13

The first death anniversary of Dhaka North City Corporation mayor Annisul Huq will be observed tomorrow (Friday). On the occasion, Federation of the Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI...

BNP can’t function without Jamaat: Quader

BNP can’t function without Jamaat: Quader

-- 2018-11-29 16:59:32

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday said BNP cannot function without Jamaat-e-Islami which is the big patron of communalism. Qauder made the remark at a press briefing at the of...

BGB recovers 1,162 bottles of phensidyl in Benapole

BGB recovers 1,162 bottles of phensidyl in Benapole

-- 2018-11-29 16:54:42

Boarder Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive recovered 1,162 bottles of contraband phensidyl from Putkhali boarder area under Benapole Port Thana of the district this morning. On a tip-off, a BGB tea...

Environment set for participatory polls

Environment set for participatory polls

-- 2018-11-29 16:47:21

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Thursday said a competitive and participatory election environment has been created for all to contest the next parliamentary polls. “We had expecte...

Cox’s Bazar police recover bullet-riddled body

Cox’s Bazar police recover bullet-riddled body

-- 2018-11-29 16:36:11

Police on Thursday have recovered the bullet-riddled body of a young man from a beach of the Bay of Bengal in Teknaf upazila. The victim was identified as Mohammad Hanif, 28, son of late Siddique Ahm...

RAB nabs four drug traders, thieves in Rangpur

RAB nabs four drug traders, thieves in Rangpur

-- 2018-11-29 15:51:42

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-13) arrested two alleged drug traders and two notorious thieves with an enormous quantity of drugs, a stolen motorcycle and other goods from different areas of Rangpur on T...

DMP files 4,151 cases against traffic violators

DMP files 4,151 cases against traffic violators

FE Online Report 2018-11-29 15:32:52

Traffic division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Tuesday filed 4,151 cases against different modes of vehicles for traffic rule violation on the city streets of Dhaka as part of its regular...

ALRD holds workshop on land and water governance

ALRD holds workshop on land and water governance

FE Online Report 2018-11-29 15:17:49

Association for Land Reform and Development (ALRD), in association with Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC), has arranged an international workshop on land and wate...

Two domestic flights miss departure schedules at Dhaka airport

Two domestic flights miss departure schedules at Dhaka airport

FE Online Report 2018-11-29 15:13:16

Two domestic flights of different airlines have failed to meet their departure schedules at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Thursday. A flight of Novoair was scheduled to depart the...

BNP to prohibit war criminals into polls

BNP to prohibit war criminals into polls

-- 2018-11-29 14:46:37

BNP on Thursday said it will not allow any war criminal to contest the 11th parliamentary elections with the 'Sheaf of Paddy', the party's electoral symbol. "I can assure you no war criminal will be...

RAB nabs 15 foreign nationals over online scam

RAB nabs 15 foreign nationals over online scam

-- 2018-11-29 13:31:34

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in an overnight drive arrested 15 foreign nationals and alleged members of an 'international online fraudulence syndicate' from different parts of the capital c...

Police recover schoolboy’s body in Jhenaidah

Police recover schoolboy’s body in Jhenaidah

-- 2018-11-29 13:10:27

A schoolboy was found dead at his house at Hamdah in Jhenaidah district town on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Samiul Alam, a class VI student of Jhenaidah Government Boys' School and son...

Road crashes claim eleven lives in three dists

Road crashes claim eleven lives in three dists

-- 2018-11-29 12:24:00

At least eleven people have been killed and 26 others injured in separate road accidents in Sirajganj, Pabna, and Bagerhat districts. In Sirajganj, five women were killed and 23 others injured in a c...

RAB arrests two over fake news sites

RAB arrests two over fake news sites

-- 2018-11-29 12:13:51

The RAB has arrested two people on charges of forging websites to spread fake news. Kamal Hossain, 23, and Md Alamin, 30, were arrested in Gazipur and Dhaka, said RAB spokesman Mizanur Rahman on Wedn...

Murder accused dies in Savar ‘shootout’

Murder accused dies in Savar ‘shootout’

-- 2018-11-29 11:39:38

An accused in a murder case was killed in a reported shootout with police in Savar in the early hours of Thursday. The dead man was Babul Mia, 27, son of Babar Ali Munshi from Bagura district. Babul...

Trucks collide head-on in Sirajganj, killing two

Trucks collide head-on in Sirajganj, killing two

-- 2018-11-29 10:43:12

Two people were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between two trucks at Sayedabad in Sirajganj Sadar upazila on early Thursday. The identities of the deceased could not be known im...

Two school teachers die as truck hits motorcycle

Two school teachers die as truck hits motorcycle

-- 2018-11-29 10:37:20

Two school teachers were killed as a speeding truck hit the motorcycle on which they were riding on the Bagerhat-Mawa highway at Joydihi village in Mollahat Upazila of Bagerhat on Wednesday night. Th...

Experts blame unplanned urbanisation for rising temperature of cities

Experts blame unplanned urbanisation for rising temperature of cities

FE Report 2018-11-29 10:33:28

Researchers and urban experts said on Wednesday temperature of the cities has been rising due to unplanned urbanisation, destruction of natural greens and blue network and climate change creating heal...

French contractor Technip eyes second oil refinery

French contractor Technip eyes second oil refinery

FE Report 2018-11-29 10:22:51

The state-run petroleum corporation has finalised a design to build a new crude oil refinery in Chattogram with a capacity of 3.0 million tonnes per year. Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) recen...

Further cut in tax on more Internet services likely

Further cut in tax on more Internet services likely

Doulot Akter Mala 2018-11-29 10:18:32

Further reduction of taxes on some Internet services is likely to come into effect from December as consumers are not getting the benefit of the cutback. The reduction of VAT by 10 per cent for Inter...

Mintoo, Alal, Sohel not contesting polls

Mintoo, Alal, Sohel not contesting polls

-- 2018-11-28 22:28:21

Central BNP leaders Abdul Awal Mintoo, Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal, and Habib Un Nabi Khan Sohel have pulled out of the general election.  After the deadline for nomination submission ended on Wed...

Early winter potato farmers in Bogura expect bumper production

Early winter potato farmers in Bogura expect bumper production

Our Correspondent 2018-11-28 21:30:33

BOGURA, Nov 28:  Due to favourable weather condition and timely supply of necessary agri-inputs, early winter potato farmers in the district are expecting a bumper production of their produce....

3,056 candidates submit nomination papers

3,056 candidates submit nomination papers

-- 2018-11-28 21:13:01

A total of 3,056 candidates, including 265 in 20 seats of capital Dhaka, have submitted their nomination papers across the country to contest the upcoming general election billed for December 30. An...

Four die in Feni as train hits bus

Four die in Feni as train hits bus

-- 2018-11-28 19:46:45

At least four people, including a child, were killed and four others injured as a train smashed into a bus at an unmanned level crossing at Sharshadi area in Feni on Wednesday evening. The deceased c...

HC grants bail to Khaleda in Cumilla arson case

HC grants bail to Khaleda in Cumilla arson case

-- 2018-11-28 18:56:33

The High Court on Wednesday granted bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case filed under the Explosive Substances Act over the arson attack in Cumilla on January 25, 2015. An HC bench of Justice...

S Korean envoy calls on Army chief

S Korean envoy calls on Army chief

-- 2018-11-28 18:30:36

South Korean Ambassador in Bangladesh Hu Kang il paid a courtesy call on Bangladesh Army Chief General Aziz Ahmed at the Army Headquarter in Dhaka on Wednesday, said an ISPR press release. During the...