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Police recover two bodies from Turag field

Police recover two bodies from Turag field

-- 2018-10-21 13:05:44

Police have recovered the decomposing bodies of two men from a Kashful field in Dhaka’s Turag area. The bodies were recovered from the Kashful field in Uttara-16 sector around midnight on Satur...

PM says govt to do everything to cope with tech world

PM says govt to do everything to cope with tech world

-- 2018-10-21 12:40:00

Mentioning that science and technologies are like flowing rivers, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the government will do whatever is needed to cope with the fast-changing world to ensure a...

Cop dies of injuries sustained in Gazipur road crash

Cop dies of injuries sustained in Gazipur road crash

-- 2018-10-21 11:59:29

An assistant sub-inspector of Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP), who sustained injuries after being hit by a bus in Tongi on Saturday, died at National Institute of Traumatology & Orthopaedic Reha...

Last session of current parliament starts Sunday

Last session of current parliament starts Sunday

-- 2018-10-21 11:57:15

The last parliamentary session for the current government’s term will start on Sunday. The Working Advisory Committee will sit before the session begins at 4:30 pm to discuss the term length of...

Drive against food adulteration begins

Drive against food adulteration begins

Talha Bin Habib 2018-10-21 11:19:24

The national food safety watchdog is well equipped to check adulterated food sales and discipline errant traders in Dhaka city. To protect consumer rights, the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA)...

Four found dead beside highway in Narayanganj

Four found dead beside highway in Narayanganj

-- 2018-10-21 10:09:25

Four unidentified youths have been found dead beside the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Narayanganj’s Araihazar Upazila. The police who discovered the bodies on Sunday morning believe the four youths...

PM seeks teachers’ support to continue development pace

PM seeks teachers’ support to continue development pace

-- 2018-10-20 22:12:19

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought the support of university teachers in the coming election to continue the country’s current pace of development.  “We want your support so tha...

Police arrest youth for allegedly raping schoolgirl

Police arrest youth for allegedly raping schoolgirl

-- 2018-10-20 21:39:08

Cumilla police on Saturday arrested a young man in connection with the rape of a schoolgirl at Panchpukuria village in Muradnagar upazila of Cumilla district. The detainee was identified as Bhola Cha...

110 people with disabilities get employment thru job fair

110 people with disabilities get employment thru job fair

-- 2018-10-20 21:37:43

In a noble gesture, a total of 110 persons with disabilities were employed in a job fair held at Krishibid Institute Bangladesh in the capital on Saturday. ILO-supported Bangladesh Business Disabilit...

Fair prices make Joypurhat  snake gourd growers happy

Fair prices make Joypurhat snake gourd growers happy

Roving Correspondent 2018-10-20 21:22:22

JOYPURHAT, Oct 20: Snake gourd growers in the district are happy over the fair prices and good yield this season.The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) officials said they encourage the farmers...

Bamboo craft artisans in Bogura,  Tangail passing busy time

Bamboo craft artisans in Bogura, Tangail passing busy time

Our Correspondent 2018-10-20 21:21:38

BOGURA, Oct 20: A good number of people in the district are expecting to make over Tk 0.5 million by making bamboo products this season.Sources said after transplanting T-Aman paddy in the field most...

CCC to name road after Ayub Bachchu

CCC to name road after Ayub Bachchu

-- 2018-10-20 20:40:39

An important road in the port city will be named after rock legend Ayub Bachchu, Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin said on Saturday. The CCC Mayor made the announcement while at...

World’s largest burn institute to start journey on Wednesday

World’s largest burn institute to start journey on Wednesday

-- 2018-10-20 20:10:24

The world’s largest burn and plastic surgery institute named after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be inaugurated on Wednesday with an aim to open a new horizon in burn treatment. Prime Minis...

JS goes to 23rd session Sunday

JS goes to 23rd session Sunday

-- 2018-10-20 20:05:16

The Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will go into its 23rd session on Sunday which is likely to be the last session of the 10th parliament formed after the 2014 national election. Prior to the start of the sessio...

Sylhet commuters suffer as transport workers stage demo

Sylhet commuters suffer as transport workers stage demo

-- 2018-10-20 19:17:14

The commuters went through a huge suffering on Saturday as divisional transport workers staged eight-hour strike demanding eight-point charter including amendment to the Road Transport Act 2018. Bang...

BNP to repeal Digital Security Act, Broadcast Bill: Moudud

BNP to repeal Digital Security Act, Broadcast Bill: Moudud

-- 2018-10-20 19:14:21

BNP will repeal the Digital Security Act 2018 and the draft Broadcast Bill 2018 within seven days, if the party can get mandate to form government. Moudud, a BNP standing committee member, came up wi...

Speaker asks young journalist to follow Zaglul Ahmed’s footsteps

Speaker asks young journalist to follow Zaglul Ahmed’s footsteps

FE Online Report 2018-10-20 19:03:45

Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury urged the young journalists to acquire knowledge on International relations and regional diplomacy like renowned journalist late Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury....

Two die in Gopalganj road crash

Two die in Gopalganj road crash

-- 2018-10-20 18:32:47

Two people were killed and five others injured as a microbus crashed into a motorcycle and a van at Ratil in Kashiani upazila in Gopalganj on Saturday afternoon, reports UNB. The deceased were identi...

Bangladesh's friend Father Marino Rigon to be buried in Mongla

Bangladesh's friend Father Marino Rigon to be buried in Mongla

-- 2018-10-20 18:27:57

The body of honorary Bangladeshi citizen and freedom fighter Father Marino Rigon will arrive in Bangladesh on Sunday, a year after his death, in accordance with his final wishes. The Bangladesh gover...

Ayub Bachchu laid to rest

Ayub Bachchu laid to rest

-- 2018-10-20 18:06:31

The rock legend and musical band LRB founder Ayub Bachchu, who died of a heart attack in Dhaka, was buried next to his mother at their family graveyard in Chattogram on Saturday. Bachchu was laid to...

Govt attains remarkable success in education sector

Govt attains remarkable success in education sector

-- 2018-10-20 17:37:18

The present government achieved a marked progress in the country’s education sector in the last 10 years. Local Government, Rural Development (LGRD) and Cooperatives Minister Khandaker Mosharra...

Neighbours beat man dead

Neighbours beat man dead

-- 2018-10-20 17:29:16

A man was beaten to death allegedly by his neighbours during an argument over a trivial matter in Jashore on Saturday. The victim was Hossain Ali, 45 years old, from Keralkhali village of Sharsha upa...

Jashore ‘gunfight’ leaves drug peddler dead   

Jashore ‘gunfight’ leaves drug peddler dead   

-- 2018-10-20 17:22:55

A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight between two groups of drug peddlers allegedly over establishing supremacy at Choto Achra under Sharsha upazila in Jashore on Saturday. The de...

Three die of alcohol poisoning in Jhenaidah

Three die of alcohol poisoning in Jhenaidah

-- 2018-10-20 17:18:43

Three people have died and two others were hospitalised due to alcohol poisoning in Kaliganj upazila of Jhenidah. The deceased have been identified as Kaliganj residents Biswas Bappi, Munna Das and S...

Miscreants stab student dead in Gazipur

Miscreants stab student dead in Gazipur

-- 2018-10-20 17:13:48

Unidentified miscreants have stabbed a student of a Polytechnique institute in Gazipur in the early hours of Saturday. The student was Imtiaz Uddin Ifte, resident of Harbaid area under Pubail thana....

President to join investment conference in Geneva

President to join investment conference in Geneva

-- 2018-10-20 16:59:46

President Abdul Hamid will leave Dhaka on Monday for attending two international conferences on investment and security in the Palais des Nations, the home of the United Nations Office at Geneva in Sw...

Ershad declares 18-point manifesto as election nears

Ershad declares 18-point manifesto as election nears

-- 2018-10-20 15:24:54

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has declared an 18-point manifesto on ‘good governance and development of the nation’ from a rally of the Sammilito Jatiya Jote at Suhrawardy Udyan. His ma...

43 pirates surrender in Cox’s Bazar

43 pirates surrender in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2018-10-20 15:01:23

43 pirates from six gangs of Kutubdia and Maheshkhali surrendered to the Home Minister in Cox’s Bazar submitting firearms on Saturday. Ten members of 'Anju Bahini', two members of 'Ramij Bahini...

Cops recover bullet-riddled body in Benapole

Cops recover bullet-riddled body in Benapole

-- 2018-10-20 13:45:27

Police recovered the bullet-riddled body of a man in Benapole early Saturday. Police were informed after local people spotted the body at Choto Achra area. The dead man is presumably 30 years old, sa...

Ershard urges govt to create congenial atmosphere for election

Ershard urges govt to create congenial atmosphere for election

-- 2018-10-20 13:28:19

Unveiling Jatiya Party's (JP) 18-point goals for building a happy and prosperous Bangladesh, JP Chairman HM Ershad on Saturday urged the government to ensure proper atmosphere for holding a free and f...