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Man killed in Rajshahi road crash

Man killed in Rajshahi road crash

-- 2018-10-27 16:27:14

A motorcyclist was killed as a speeding truck ran over his vehicle on Kashiadanga-Amchattar road at Sairgachha in Rajshahi on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Biddut Hossain, 32, son of Mafij...

'Feasibility study underway for nuke plant in southern region'

'Feasibility study underway for nuke plant in southern region'

-- 2018-10-27 16:24:57

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government is looking for a suitable place for construction of the country’s second nuclear power plant. "We are conducting a feasibility study. We wil...

Cops detain three with 90kg cannabis

Cops detain three with 90kg cannabis

-- 2018-10-27 16:22:16

Police arrested three suspected drug peddlers along with 90 kilograms of cannabis from the Dhaka’s Sher-e-Banglanagar area on Friday night. The detainees are Salahuddin Sohag, 26, Sumon, 30, an...

DMP files 4,785 cases over traffic rule violation

DMP files 4,785 cases over traffic rule violation

-- 2018-10-27 16:01:37

Traffic division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in their simultaneous drives on the city streets on Friday filed 4,785 cases against different modes of vehicles for traffic rule violation. Th...

PM opens Payra rehabilitation centre

PM opens Payra rehabilitation centre

-- 2018-10-27 14:29:09

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated Payra Power Plant Rehabilitation Project at Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali district and visited the power plant. The premier opened the scheme named Swapn...

No plan to close down Old Airport: PM

No plan to close down Old Airport: PM

-- 2018-10-27 14:09:48

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday ruled out any possibility of closing down the Old Airport. “This airport will never be closed down, this belongs to the Air Force and it must remain wit...

Hilsa fishing ban goes from Monday

Hilsa fishing ban goes from Monday

-- 2018-10-27 13:31:28

Fishermen in coastal districts are taking preparation to go to the Bay of Bengal to catch hilsa as the 22-day government ban on fishing the delicious fish comes to an end on Monday. The government im...

Police nab jailer with 'huge money, Phensidyl'

Police nab jailer with 'huge money, Phensidyl'

-- 2018-10-27 12:55:11

Railway police have arrested the jailer of Chattogram District Jail along with Tk 4.40 million in cash, a cheque for Tk 13.0 million, 25.0 million FDR receipt, and 12 bottles of Phensidyl syrup in Kis...

Miscreants strangle AL leader dead in Barguna

Miscreants strangle AL leader dead in Barguna

-- 2018-10-27 12:53:13

A local Awami League (AL) leader was strangled to death by some miscreants at his house in Barguna’s sadar upazila in the early hours of Saturday. The victim was 65-year-old senior vice-preside...

Narendra Modi congratulates Chhayanaut 

Narendra Modi congratulates Chhayanaut 

-- 2018-10-27 12:38:43

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated all associated with Chhayanaut, a Bangladeshi cultural organisation, as it has been named for prestigious Tagore Award in recognition of its outstandi...

Man dies in AL factional clash in Magura

Man dies in AL factional clash in Magura

-- 2018-10-27 12:33:33

A man was killed and 20 others were injured after a clash occurred between two factions of Awami League in Magura on Saturday morning. The dead man was Alam Sheikh, 35, son of Tujam Sheikh of Amuria...

Ban on hilsa fishing goes from Monday

Ban on hilsa fishing goes from Monday

-- 2018-10-27 12:18:01

Fishermen in coastal districts are taking preparation to go to the Bay of Bengal to catch hilsa as the 22-day government ban, from October 7 to 28, on fishing the delicious fish comes to an end on Mon...

Falling iron rod kills JU student

Falling iron rod kills JU student

-- 2018-10-27 11:37:32

A Jahangirnagar University student has been killed and another student injured after an iron rod hit them falling off a construction site in Dhanmondi in Dhaka. The incident occurred on Friday evenin...

Rohingya JWG meeting in city Tuesday

Rohingya JWG meeting in city Tuesday

-- 2018-10-27 10:41:48

Bangladesh and Myanmar will sit together in Dhaka on Tuesday to discuss the Rohingya repatriation issues. The joint working group (JWG) meeting between Bangladesh and Myanmar will be held on October...

Section 144 imposed in Brahmanbaria

Section 144 imposed in Brahmanbaria

-- 2018-10-27 10:32:38

Local administration imposed Section 144 at Ramrail union in Brahmanbaria Sadar upazila for Saturday as two groups called their meetings at the same venue and time on the same day. Executive magistra...

Govt may double allowance for Extra Deptt staff

Govt may double allowance for Extra Deptt staff

Rezaul Karim 2018-10-27 10:24:02

The government is considering increasing the monthly allowance for the employees of 'Extra Department' under Postal Department by around 50 per cent, a finance ministry official said. The finance min...

PM greets Tigers for 3-0 series victory against Zimbabwe

PM greets Tigers for 3-0 series victory against Zimbabwe

-- 2018-10-27 10:21:12

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday congratulated the Bangladesh Cricket Team as they completed a clean sweep of touring Zimbabwe in the three-game ODI series. In a congratulatory message, the Pri...

CCC restarts urban healthcare services after six years

CCC restarts urban healthcare services after six years

Pankaj Dastider 2018-10-27 10:18:11

Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) has resumed its urban primary healthcare services after the project remained suspended for long six years. Under the project, the city dwellers, especially poor wome...

Prices of essential spices jump

Prices of essential spices jump

FE Report 2018-10-27 10:10:29

Some essential spices became pricier this week, burning a hole in the pockets of consumers. Also, prices of early winter vegetables still remain high despite increasing supply, according to kitchen m...

IFAD effort falters on ministry’s silence

IFAD effort falters on ministry’s silence

Syful Islam 2018-10-27 10:06:03

The opening of IFAD's host country office by in Bangladesh has been languishing for years, as the ministry of finance (MoF) repeatedly remains non-responsive to providing its opinion on the draft agre...

Bus-truck collision leaves nine dead in Panchagarh

Bus-truck collision leaves nine dead in Panchagarh

-- 2018-10-26 21:20:50

At least nine people were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck at Dashmile area in Panchagarh  district on Friday evening. The deceased could not be identified yet. 30 others...

PM optimistic about AL's victory in next election

PM optimistic about AL's victory in next election

-- 2018-10-26 20:49:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed her firm optimism about Awami League’s victory in the upcoming general election. She also said the pro-liberation forces will remain in power when the...

DU to retake 'Gha' unit admission test on Nov 16

DU to retake 'Gha' unit admission test on Nov 16

-- 2018-10-26 20:10:26

Dhaka University (DU) authorities will retake the admission test of 'Gha' unit of Dhaka University for the current academic on November 16. A total of 18,463 admission seekers who scored the pass mar...

Children will materialise dream of Bangabandhu, PM hopes

Children will materialise dream of Bangabandhu, PM hopes

-- 2018-10-26 19:25:04

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed her hope that country's children will materialise the dream of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to build Bangladesh as 'Sonar Bangla'....

Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury joins Bikalpadhara

Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury joins Bikalpadhara

-- 2018-10-26 18:28:25

Former BNP leader Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury has returned to the political scene and joined Bikalpadhara. Bikalpadhara led by former president AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury found two other new members: form...

Minor girl dies of electrocution in Rajshahi

Minor girl dies of electrocution in Rajshahi

-- 2018-10-26 18:25:15

A minor girl was killed after being electrocuted in Gangarampur village of Bagha Upazila in Rajshahion Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Rasheda Khatun, 10, daughter of Abdur Rashid of t...

Fakhrul sympathetic to BNP's reformist leaders: Quader

Fakhrul sympathetic to BNP's reformist leaders: Quader

-- 2018-10-26 17:43:48

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said  it is natural that BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir would be sympathetic to the reformist leaders of BNP as he was a refor...

Govt wants another lopsided election: Fakhrul

Govt wants another lopsided election: Fakhrul

-- 2018-10-26 17:42:21

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that the government is trying to keep opposition parties out of the next general election race. "They (govt) want to retain power b...

Justice Sinha attempted judicial coup, claims Qamrul

Justice Sinha attempted judicial coup, claims Qamrul

-- 2018-10-26 17:25:40

Food Minister Advocate Qamrul Islam on Friday said former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha attempted judicial coup. “He (Justice Sinha) made judicial coup attempt and tarnished the image of t...

Rab arrests five with yaba pills in Cox’s Bazar

Rab arrests five with yaba pills in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2018-10-26 17:06:09

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested five suspected drug traderes along with 31,000 peices of yaba pills from Linkroad BSCIC area in Cox’s Bazar on Thursday night. The ar...