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Madrasa student missing in Sylhet for 43 days

Madrasa student missing in Sylhet for 43 days

-- 2018-10-30 19:06:26

A madrasa student has reportedly remained missing for past 43 days in Tantipara area in Sylhet. The missing student was identified as Sadinur Rahman, 11, son of Abdul Kahar of Baramuha village of sou...

23 districts to get polytechnic institutes

23 districts to get polytechnic institutes

-- 2018-10-30 19:06:11

The government plans to set up 23 polytechnic institute in different districts across the country. The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved a project in this regard d...

Youth gets crushed under train in Ctg

Youth gets crushed under train in Ctg

-- 2018-10-30 18:49:51

A young man was crushed to death by a train at Jhawtala Railway gate in the city on Tuesday afternoon while wearing headphones. The identity of the deceased, aged around 25-26, could not be known yet...

Draft voter list for Ducsu polls to be published Wednesday

Draft voter list for Ducsu polls to be published Wednesday

-- 2018-10-30 18:33:59

Dhaka University (DU) authorities will publish on Wednesday the draft voter list for elections to DU Central Students' Union (Ducsu) and hall units. DU Vice -chancellor Prof Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman will...

Natore schoolboy missing in Padma while taking ‘selfie’

Natore schoolboy missing in Padma while taking ‘selfie’

-- 2018-10-30 18:00:49

A schoolboy went missing in the Padma River reportedly while taking selfie at Gouripur under Lalpur upazila in Natore on Tuesday. The victim was identified as Ashraf Siddique Abir, son of Abu Bakar S...

BGB arrests 35 in Benapole

BGB arrests 35 in Benapole

-- 2018-10-30 17:57:24

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives detained 35 people, including an Indian national, from Amrakhali and Putkhali bordering areas in Benapole on Tuesday for entering Bangladesh...

Meat trader hacked dead in Bogura

Meat trader hacked dead in Bogura

-- 2018-10-30 17:43:04

A meat trader was hacked to death allegedly by his fellow at Gangnagar Majhpara village in Shibganj upazila of Bogura district on Tuesday morning over dues. The deceased was identified as Saljar Rahm...

Govt trying to destroy democratic atmosphere: Fakhrul

Govt trying to destroy democratic atmosphere: Fakhrul

-- 2018-10-30 17:05:14

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that the government is trying to eliminate opposition parties and destroy the democratic atmosphere by 'using' the court. The BNP leader...

Quader hopes Oikya Front won’t bring Jamaat to talks

Quader hopes Oikya Front won’t bring Jamaat to talks

-- 2018-10-30 15:42:43

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader hopes that the Jatiya Oikya Front will not allow the Jamaat-e-Islami to join the dialogue with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. “I think there is no s...

BD, Myanmar agree to begin Rohingya repatriation by mid-November

BD, Myanmar agree to begin Rohingya repatriation by mid-November

-- 2018-10-30 15:10:12

Bangladesh and Myanmar on Tuesday agreed to begin the first batch of Rohingyas repatriation by mid-November. Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque made the announcement after the third Joint Working Gro...

PM shocked at loss of lives in Pennsylvania, USA

PM shocked at loss of lives in Pennsylvania, USA

-- 2018-10-30 14:03:48

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday expressed deep shock at the killing of 11 people in Pennsylvania, USA and strongly condemned this barbaric attack on unarmed civilian people at a place of worsh...

Police recover bodies of mother, daughter in Chattogram

Police recover bodies of mother, daughter in Chattogram

-- 2018-10-30 14:01:57

Police recovered the bodies of a woman and her daughter from their residence at Pathantuli area in Chattogram on Tuesday noon. The deceased were identified as Hosne Ara Begum, 47, and her daughter Pa...

BGB nabs 14 in Benapole for returning home illegally

BGB nabs 14 in Benapole for returning home illegally

-- 2018-10-30 12:58:09

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 14 people while they were returning home from India without any valid documents along Amrakhali border in benapole on Tuesday morning. Being informed...

High Court doubles Khaleda's jail term in orphanage graft case

High Court doubles Khaleda's jail term in orphanage graft case

-- 2018-10-30 11:05:57

The High Court has scaled up the jail term to 10 years from five years for BNP chief Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman made...

Climate change may cause BD $121b losses in 45 yrs: Study

Climate change may cause BD $121b losses in 45 yrs: Study

FE Report 2018-10-30 09:47:59

The country may suffer total US$ 121 billion worth of losses and damage due to climate change impacts in forty-five years- from 2005 to 2050- asses a study. "Climate change may cause up to US$ 121 bi...

PM to hold talks with Oikya Front on Thursday

PM to hold talks with Oikya Front on Thursday

-- 2018-10-30 09:46:06

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also the President of Awami League, has invited Jatiya Oikya Front to join dialogue with her party at 7:00pm on Thursday at Ganabhaban. Sheikh Hasina sent a letter to Oi...

Private bank financing for farm sector below 2.0pc: Study

Private bank financing for farm sector below 2.0pc: Study

FE Report 2018-10-30 09:34:46

Private bank financing for the agricultural sector remained less than 2.0 per cent out of their total loans during the period between 2007 and 2017, according to a latest research. Besides, short-ter...

Skill shortage hampers RMG sector’s climb up the value chain

Skill shortage hampers RMG sector’s climb up the value chain

FE Report 2018-10-30 09:27:25

Bangladesh's garment industry needs to move up the value chain to remain competitive in the global market, experts have said. They also underlined the need for enhancing negotiation capacity of entre...

Rohingya rehab project set to get approval today

Rohingya rehab project set to get approval today

FHM Humayan Kabir 2018-10-30 09:19:20

The government is set to approve today (Tuesday) another Rohingya rehabilitation project in a hurry after approving three such emergency schemes early this month, officials said on Monday. Planning C...

Army Chief adorned as Colonel  Commandant of Armoured Corps

Army Chief adorned as Colonel Commandant of Armoured Corps

-- 2018-10-30 00:29:59

 BOGURA, Oct 29 (BSS): Chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed was adorned as the 7th Colonel Commandant of Bangladesh Armoured Corps at the Armoured Centre and School, the training centre of Ba...

Satkhira schoolgirl commits suicide to get rid of stalking

Satkhira schoolgirl commits suicide to get rid of stalking

-- 2018-10-29 21:07:10

A schoolgirl reportedly took her own life in Baganbari area of Satkhira municipality after being unable to bear persistent stalking by a local young man. The deceased was identified as Chandni Khatun...

Oikyafront welcomes PM’s decision on dialogue

Oikyafront welcomes PM’s decision on dialogue

-- 2018-10-29 20:56:05

Jatiya Oikyafront on Monday welcomed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's decision on holding talks with it over the next general election. "We called upon the Prime Minister for talks. We've come to know...

'Accept demands within 21 days or face 96-hour transport strike'

'Accept demands within 21 days or face 96-hour transport strike'

-- 2018-10-29 20:11:33

The Bangladesh Road Transport Workers' Federation on Monday threatened to go on a 96-hour work abstention if the government does not take any effective step to meet their eight-point demand by 21 days...

3.4m cases pending in BD

3.4m cases pending in BD

-- 2018-10-29 18:41:51

More than 3.4 million cases are now pending with both the higher and lower courts across the country. Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq placed the statistics in Parliament on...

JSC, JDC exams to begin on Nov 1

JSC, JDC exams to begin on Nov 1

-- 2018-10-29 18:13:00

This year's Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations will begin on Thursday (November 1) with the participation of 26,70,333 examinees. Students from 29,677 ed...

BNP to stage demo on Tuesday

BNP to stage demo on Tuesday

-- 2018-10-29 18:04:48

BNP will stage demonstrations across the country on Tuesday, protesting the conviction of their party’s chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia charitable graft case. BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul...

Zia Orphanage Trust graft case: HC verdict on Tuesday

Zia Orphanage Trust graft case: HC verdict on Tuesday

-- 2018-10-29 17:23:05

The High Court will deliver its judgement on Tuesday on an appeal filed against a lower court verdict that convicted and jailed BNP chief Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. Justice M...

Call to withdraw transport strike in people’s interest

Call to withdraw transport strike in people’s interest

-- 2018-10-29 17:11:50

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity secretary general Mozammel Haque Chowdhury on Monday urged the transport workers to call off their strike to end public sufferings. He came up with the call in a statem...

Awami League to hold dialogue with Jatiya Oikyafront

Awami League to hold dialogue with Jatiya Oikyafront

-- 2018-10-29 17:00:02

The Awami League has announced to sit in a dialogue with Jatiya Oikyafront leaders over the next general election very soon. Party's general secretary Obaidul Quader made the announcement on Monday a...

Cabinet approves RPO amendment proposal

Cabinet approves RPO amendment proposal

-- 2018-10-29 16:37:02

The cabinet has approved a proposal for amending the Representation of the People Order. The approval has opened the way for the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the upcoming national parl...