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10 get life term over college student murder in Khulna

10 get life term over college student murder in Khulna

-- 2018-09-06 18:08:14

A tribunal here on Thursday sentenced 10 people to life term imprisonment each for killing a college student at Kumirdanga village in Terokhada upazila in 2009. Khulna Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge MA...

Bangladesh now a ‘repressive state’, terms BNP

Bangladesh now a ‘repressive state’, terms BNP

-- 2018-09-06 17:04:49

Claiming that its 1,500 leaders and activists were arrested and 80,000 unidentified people were made accused across the country in 12,000 cases over the last two weeks, BNP on Thursday said Bangladesh...

Elephant tramps woman to death

Elephant tramps woman to death

-- 2018-09-06 15:59:15

An elderly woman was trampled to death while another injured by a wild elephant at Rajmura in Banskhali upazila of Chattogram on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Mariam Khatun, 60, wife of Si...

Bangladesh Embassy in Japan opens hotline for help

Bangladesh Embassy in Japan opens hotline for help

-- 2018-09-06 15:42:57

The Bangladesh Embassy in Japan has established contact with Bangladesh nationals living in the Hokkaido area hit by a 6.7 magnitude earthquake on Thursday. No Bangladeshis were reported to be affect...

Met office advices maritime ports to hoist signal no. 3

Met office advices maritime ports to hoist signal no. 3

-- 2018-09-06 15:22:13

Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal number three as the Well Marked Low Over Northwest Bay and adjoining area intensifi...

Malaysia rescues 65 Bangladeshis

Malaysia rescues 65 Bangladeshis

FE Report 2018-09-06 14:09:03

Malaysian immigration department rescued 65 Bangladeshis, believed to be victims of human trafficking, in Bandar Baru Nilai of Negri Sembilan on Wednesday. All the victims were found at the dormitory...

PM urges all to exercise austerity in electricity use

PM urges all to exercise austerity in electricity use

-- 2018-09-06 14:01:44

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged all to exercise austerity in electricity consumption as they may not get it at such a lower rate in the future. "With the improvement in socioeconomic condition...

Train hits, kills army man in city

Train hits, kills army man in city

-- 2018-09-06 13:49:56

An army personnel was crushed under the wheels of a train at a level crossing near Banani Rail Station in Dhaka's Cantonment area on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Corporal Abdur Razza...

BRAC provides skill dev training to 2,000 school dropouts

BRAC provides skill dev training to 2,000 school dropouts

-- 2018-09-06 13:13:55

More than 2,000 school dropouts, including 1,120 girls and 30 transgender, were given technical skill development training for making them worthy citizens in the city. BRAC, an international developm...

RasGas to supply LNG to BD regularly from Sept 9

RasGas to supply LNG to BD regularly from Sept 9

M Azizur Rahman 2018-09-06 12:54:36

The state-run Petrobangla will start importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar regularly on September 9, officials concerned said. It is going to begin the regular import following successfu...

BGB nabs two with US $89,800 in Jashore

BGB nabs two with US $89,800 in Jashore

-- 2018-09-06 11:58:25

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh arrested two people with US $89,800 (Tk 7.543m) from Amrakhali check post at Benapole port area in Jashore on Thursday. The arrestees were identified as Obaidur Rah...

Two die in Bogura, N’ganj ‘gunfights’

Two die in Bogura, N’ganj ‘gunfights’

-- 2018-09-06 11:37:39

A suspected robber and an alleged criminal were killed in separate 'gunfights' with police in Bagura and Narayanganj districts. In Bogura, suspected criminal Akand, 32, of Manikchawak area, was kille...

Police arrest Jatri Kalyan Samity secy gen in extortion case

Police arrest Jatri Kalyan Samity secy gen in extortion case

-- 2018-09-06 11:31:55

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity Secretary General Mozammel Haque Chowdhury was arrested from his Sanarpar residence at Siddhirganj in Narayanganj on early Thursday. He was arrested in a case filed wit...

IDB to fund $1.0m cotton development scheme

IDB to fund $1.0m cotton development scheme

FE Report 2018-09-06 10:35:59

The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) is set to finance a $1.0 million project in Bangladesh under its newly innovated 'reverse linkage' modality. The Jeddah-based lender will sign a memorandum of und...

Runner Automobiles to make upto 500cc bikes for export market

Runner Automobiles to make upto 500cc bikes for export market

FE Report 2018-09-06 10:23:27

Runner Automobiles has moved to produce motorcycles of 165cc to 500cc based on imported parts and raw materials, said a company statement. The commerce ministry gave its consent to import parts and...

Next general election possibly on Dec 27: Muhith

Next general election possibly on Dec 27: Muhith

-- 2018-09-05 21:39:20

Finance Minister AMA Muhith has revealed a possible date for voting in the next parliamentary polls though the Election Commission is the authority to fix and announce it. The voting may be held on D...

Sylhet Aus farmers eye good yield

Sylhet Aus farmers eye good yield

Our Correspondent 2018-09-05 21:16:57

SYLHET, Sept 05: Aus harvest is nearing to end in all the four districts of Sylhet division. So far 152,220 hectares of land have already been harvested, an official informed on Wednesday. It includ...

Transport workers protest ban on human hauler

Transport workers protest ban on human hauler

-- 2018-09-05 21:12:42

An organisation of transport workers has protested the ban on the plying human hauler in Dhaka, locally known as Leguna, in the city's main road. The Bangladesh Auto-rickshaw Auto-tempo Transport Wor...

SUST team invents breakthrough cancer-detecting tech

SUST team invents breakthrough cancer-detecting tech

-- 2018-09-05 21:07:36

A group of researchers from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology SUST) has invented a low-cost technology to detect cancer through analysing blood samples. The team, led by Prof Dr Yasmeen...

100pc electrification by 2021: PM

100pc electrification by 2021: PM

-- 2018-09-05 20:42:35

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government is working to ensure 100 per cent electrification across the country by 2021. “We will reach the electricity to cent per cent people of the...

40pc public servants to get housing facilities in Dhaka

40pc public servants to get housing facilities in Dhaka

-- 2018-09-05 20:25:55

Around 40 per cent of government officers and employees will get housing facilities in Dhaka. Housing and Public Works Minister Mosharraf Hossain said currently 8 per cent of government officials in...

Biman enters new era with Akashbeena

Biman enters new era with Akashbeena

-- 2018-09-05 18:15:15

The Biman Bangladesh Airlines has entered a new era with the inauguration of its first Boeing 787-8, known as the Dreamliner, on Wednesday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina commissioned the fifteenth air...

Month-long traffic campaign begins in city

Month-long traffic campaign begins in city

-- 2018-09-05 17:36:25

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) began the month-long traffic campaign on Wednesday with a view to strengthening the on-going drive against traffic rule violators to bring discipline in traffic man...

HC asks authorities to provide division to Shahidul Alam in jail

HC asks authorities to provide division to Shahidul Alam in jail

-- 2018-09-05 17:22:20

The High Court (HC) on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned to provide first-class division to photographer Shahidul Alam in jail. A bench of Justice Borhanuddin and Justice Md Mostafizur Rah...

Stop using English letters for Bangla SMS: BTRC

Stop using English letters for Bangla SMS: BTRC

-- 2018-09-05 17:11:20

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has directed mobile phone operators not to send Bangla messages in the English alphabet. The telecom regulator issued a notice that says,...

Bangladesh puts focus on marine biodiversity

Bangladesh puts focus on marine biodiversity

-- 2018-09-05 17:10:54

Bangladesh has said conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) is increasingly attracting international attention, as scientific information r...

City polls reflect democratic atmosphere: PM

City polls reflect democratic atmosphere: PM

-- 2018-09-05 16:54:10

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said victory of candidates from different political parties in the recent city corporations’ polls clearly manifested a good democratic atmosphere in Bangladesh....

BNP announces two-day programme for Khaleda’s release

BNP announces two-day programme for Khaleda’s release

-- 2018-09-05 15:21:17

BNP on Wednesday announced a two-day countrywide programme demanding its Chairperson Khaleda Zia's release from jail. The programme includes holding of an hour-long human chain on September 8 and a t...

No more photo, NID for SIMs

No more photo, NID for SIMs

-- 2018-09-05 14:04:11

Customers will no longer need to provide photos and copies of national ID to buy mobile phone SIM cards as the telecom operators have launched electronic registration services for new connections. Th...

Khaleda refuses to appear before court again

Khaleda refuses to appear before court again

-- 2018-09-05 13:38:29

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has expressed her dissatisfaction over the trial proceedings inside the Old Dhaka jailhouse in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case. “This court cannot continue like...