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PM returns home from Saudi Arabia

PM returns home from Saudi Arabia

-- 2018-10-20 12:48:19

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home in the early hours of Saturday, wrapping up her four-day visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the invitation of Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud....

Child dies during Bhola boat race

Child dies during Bhola boat race

-- 2018-10-20 12:43:00

A nine-year-old child has died and another elderly man has gone missing after a trawler capsized during a boat race in Bhola’s Borhanuddin upazila. The event was organised from the Borhanuddion...

Man dies in alleged Pabna gunfight

Man dies in alleged Pabna gunfight

-- 2018-10-20 11:54:30

A man has been killed in an alleged shootout with RAB in Pabna’s sadar upazila. According to law enforcers, the incident occurred at around 3:30 am on Saturday in upazila’s Rajapur area....

Ayub Bachchu’s body reaches Chattogram

Ayub Bachchu’s body reaches Chattogram

-- 2018-10-20 11:53:24

The body of rock legend and musical band LRB founder Ayub Bachchu has reached Chattogram port city. A flight of US-Bangla Airlines carrying the body and his family members reached Shah Amanat Interna...

Fire breaks out at Walton warehouse in city

Fire breaks out at Walton warehouse in city

-- 2018-10-20 11:42:25

A fire broke out at a warehouse of Walton in Mohammadpur area of the capital on Saturday morning. The fire broke out at 10:15 am at the warehouse at Chand Udyan of the area, said Fire service control...

RAB arrests three Rohingyas with 0.1m Yaba tablets in Cox’s Bazar

RAB arrests three Rohingyas with 0.1m Yaba tablets in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2018-10-20 11:38:53

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested three Rohingya youths with 0.1 million (one lakh) Yaba tablets from BSCIC area in the Cox’s Bazar district town on Saturday morning....

8000 Rohingyas to return to Myanmar soon: FM

8000 Rohingyas to return to Myanmar soon: FM

-- 2018-10-20 11:38:10

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Friday expressed hope that the first batch of 8000 Rohingya people would be able to return to their original villages in Rakhine State of Myanmar soon. Citing the i...

BSF guns down Bangladeshi

BSF guns down Bangladeshi

-- 2018-10-20 11:15:55

A Bangladeshi national was gunned down by members of Border Security Force (BSF) of India in Kantibhita border in Baliadangi upazila of Thakurgaon in the early hours of Saturday. The deceased was ide...

Postal deptt set to slash e-money charge

Postal deptt set to slash e-money charge

Rezaul Karim 2018-10-20 11:05:15

Postal department is set to substantially slash charge for its mobile money order service soon, a finance division official said. The state entity charges senders more than the privately-run mobile m...

Investors remain cautious, average turnover dips 34.50 per cent

Investors remain cautious, average turnover dips 34.50 per cent

FE Report 2018-10-20 10:55:10

The country's premier bourse witnessed moderate loss both in broad index and turnover as well amid 'nervy' trading. Selling spree was observed throughout the week as many investors opted to book prof...

Biman decides to open Guangzhou route in March

Biman decides to open Guangzhou route in March

Kamrun Nahar 2018-10-20 10:52:52

Despite having much discussion, Biman Bangladesh Airlines is unable to open Guangzhou route from January next year as it is focusing more on improvement of on-time performance this year. A Biman of...

HRW voices concern over govt’s media monitoring before polls

HRW voices concern over govt’s media monitoring before polls

FE Report 2018-10-20 10:49:45

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the Bangladesh government has opted for intensive and intrusive surveillance and monitoring of social media ahead of the national election, raising concern over a chill...

CAAB yet to upgrade airport instrument landing system

CAAB yet to upgrade airport instrument landing system

Kamrun Nahar 2018-10-20 10:44:18

Eleven long years have elapsed, but the instrument landing system (ILS) is yet to be upgraded to the category-2 at three international airports in Bangladesh, insiders said. The reluctance of the Civ...

Police will prevent any anarchy over polls: Kamal

Police will prevent any anarchy over polls: Kamal

-- 2018-10-19 20:52:02

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Friday said police will take tough actions against those who would try to create anarchy over the upcoming general election. "Our police force has acquired mod...

Oikyafront commits mistake at beginning, Quader says

Oikyafront commits mistake at beginning, Quader says

-- 2018-10-19 20:30:20

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said the Jatiya Oikyafront has committed a mistake at the beginning of its journey by complaining to foreigners without reaching out to people....

PM leaves Jeddah for home

PM leaves Jeddah for home

-- 2018-10-19 19:34:15

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Jeddah for home on Friday after wrapping up her four-day visit to Saudi Arabia at the invitation of Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. A VVIP flight of Biman B...

Spanish delegation emphasises on global awarness on Rohingya situation

Spanish delegation emphasises on global awarness on Rohingya situation

-- 2018-10-19 18:50:52

A Spanish delegation, which visited Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar district on Wednesday and Thursday, has stressed the importance of raising awareness about the Rohingya situation in the global commun...

25 fishermen gets jailed for catching hilsa defying ban

25 fishermen gets jailed for catching hilsa defying ban

-- 2018-10-19 17:31:24

Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) in separate drives arrested 25 fishermen in Bhola district early Friday for catching hilsa defying a ban. They also seized 4,000 metres of contraband current n...

Excess ‘liquor’ consumption kills two in Jashore, Jhenaidah

Excess ‘liquor’ consumption kills two in Jashore, Jhenaidah

-- 2018-10-19 17:04:28

Two people reportedly died of liquor overdose in Jashore and Jhenaidah districts. The incidents took place amid the Durga Puja celebrations which killed Dipu Das, 30, from Jashore and Munna Das, 35,...

Three die as train hits vehicle in Rajbari

Three die as train hits vehicle in Rajbari

-- 2018-10-19 16:38:43

At least three people died and another nine were injured after a train rammed into a small passenger vehicle in Rajbari. The accident took place at the Sonapur rail-crossing near Jamalpur Railway Sta...

Telecommunications to be revived in Sundarbans

Telecommunications to be revived in Sundarbans

-- 2018-10-19 15:57:02

The government has taken a project to re-establish telecommunication structures in the remote areas of the Sundarbans, aiming to strengthen monitoring in the world's largest mangrove forest and protec...

Bikalpa Dhara faces breakup

Bikalpa Dhara faces breakup

-- 2018-10-19 15:02:25

A group of dissident leaders of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) on Friday announced a new committee, relieving its president AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury, secretary general Abdul Mannan and joint secretary...

Detectives detain five members of a ‘fraudulence gang’

Detectives detain five members of a ‘fraudulence gang’

-- 2018-10-19 14:33:52

Detectives in a drive arrested five members of an alleged fraudulence gang from different parts of Jhenaidah district on Thursday night. The arrestees are Raju Ahmed, 29, son of Akamat Mia, Akidul Ma...

Derailment halts Ctg, Netrakona, Bhairab rail routes

Derailment halts Ctg, Netrakona, Bhairab rail routes

-- 2018-10-19 13:55:11

Train communications on Chattogram, Netrakona and Bhairab were suspended on Friday following derailment of a train bogie at Balashpur in Mymensingh city. A bogie of a Mymensingh-bound freight train f...

Work unitedly to prevent evil activities against country: President

Work unitedly to prevent evil activities against country: President

-- 2018-10-19 13:27:40

President Abdul Hamid on Friday urged all irrespective of religions, caste and creed to work unitedly for preventing all evil activities to keep the pace of development uninterrupted. “Anti-lib...

Police recover hanging body of housewife

Police recover hanging body of housewife

-- 2018-10-19 12:50:45

Police recovered the hanging body of a housewife in Panchagarh’s sadar upazila on Thursday. The victim was Pabitra Rani, 22, wife of Krishna Chandra Roy of Goaljhar Pakhilagaon village. Accord...

Bijoya Dashami today

Bijoya Dashami today

-- 2018-10-19 12:42:25

The five-day Durga Puja, the greatest of all Hindu festivals, will come to an end today (Friday) with solemn immersion of the Goddess Durga in the capital and elsewhere in the country. Devotees are t...

Summer bean farming becomes boon for Barind farmers

Summer bean farming becomes boon for Barind farmers

-- 2018-10-19 11:58:50

Summer beans farming has been gaining ground in this region including its vast Barind tract as the farmers get lucrative market price of the cash crop. Large numbers of farmers are now engaged in bea...

Last respects for Ayub Bachchu

Last respects for Ayub Bachchu

-- 2018-10-19 11:11:39

People from all walks of life on Friday paid their last tributes to celebrated guitarist, songwriter, composer and singer Ayub Bachchu at the Central Shaheed Minar when millions of fans in every corne...

PM performs Umrah, to leave KSA for home today

PM performs Umrah, to leave KSA for home today

-- 2018-10-19 10:41:02

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now on a four-day official visit to Saudi Arabia at the invitation of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, performed holy 'Umrah' in Makkah on Thursday. Sheikh Hasin...