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Call to infuse dynamism into VSC activities

Call to infuse dynamism into VSC activities

-- 2018-08-09 11:52:19

High officials of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) underscored the need for infusing dynamism into the activities of Victim Support Center (VSC) for welfare of the children and women victims. All t...

Two more ‘drug traders’ die in ‘shootouts’

Two more ‘drug traders’ die in ‘shootouts’

-- 2018-08-09 11:21:55

Two suspected drug traders were killed in separate incidents of 'gunfight' with police in Rajshahi and Chandpur districts early Thursday. In Rajshahi, Manik, 30, a suspected drug trader, son of Shaha...

Customs arrest foreigner with  12.3 kg gold at Dhaka airport

Customs arrest foreigner with 12.3 kg gold at Dhaka airport

-- 2018-08-09 10:44:55

Customs officials arrested an Indian national along with 22 gold bars, weighing 12.3 kg, at Shahjalal International Airport early Thursday. The arrestee is Arshad Ayaz, 46, hailing from Kolkata in...

BD maids tell harrowing tales of abuse in Saudi Arabia

BD maids tell harrowing tales of abuse in Saudi Arabia

Arafat Ara 2018-08-09 10:15:07

Women domestic helps who returned home were denied justice in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), workers and rights activists said. Though a significant number of women workers came back home from th...

Foreign minister's Myanmar tour begins Thursday

Foreign minister's Myanmar tour begins Thursday

-- 2018-08-08 21:10:48

Bangladesh delegation to see progress over Rohingya return Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali will begin his four-day visit to Myanmar on Thursday to discuss progress on Rohingya repatriation with Mya...

Sylhet’s rail communication resumes

Sylhet’s rail communication resumes

-- 2018-08-08 20:58:25

Train communication of Sylhet with the rest of the country resumed on Wednesday after a one-hour disruption following the derailment of a train in Shibbari of the city. Earlier, four bogies of 'Surma...

Race to get more passengers caused deaths, confesses Jabal-e-Noor driver

Race to get more passengers caused deaths, confesses Jabal-e-Noor driver

-- 2018-08-08 20:36:35

Two buses' competition to get more passengers on board has resulted in the fatal accident that caused the tragic end of two young lives on Airport Road on July 29. In a confessional statement before...

No contractual system for city buses from today

No contractual system for city buses from today

-- 2018-08-08 20:22:12

Bangladesh Road Transport Owners Association has decided not to ply buses in Dhaka on contractual system from today (Thursday). The decision was taken aiming to prevent the competing tendency of driv...

Shahidul Alam taken back to DB office from hospital

Shahidul Alam taken back to DB office from hospital

-- 2018-08-08 20:21:25

Drik Gallery Managing Director Shahidul Alam was taken back to the office of Detective Branch of police on Wednesday afternoon after necessary medical check-up at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical Univ...

All voters to get smart NID cards by Dec-Jan: CEC

All voters to get smart NID cards by Dec-Jan: CEC

-- 2018-08-08 19:41:28

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda has said all voters will get smart national identity cards by December-January. "We'll try to provide the cards to all citizens (voters) by next December-Ja...

'BNP hatching conspiracy with 1/11 beneficiaries'

'BNP hatching conspiracy with 1/11 beneficiaries'

-- 2018-08-08 19:20:48

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the BNP is hatching conspiracy with the beneficiaries of one-eleven political changeover. “The BNP has started conspiracy by joining hands...

Govt spreading rumours to hide repressive acts: Rizvi

Govt spreading rumours to hide repressive acts: Rizvi

-- 2018-08-08 19:19:38

BNP's senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that the ruling party has resorted to propaganda and rumours to hide the repressive acts against demonstrating students seeking road...

Smart NID card distribution begins in 27 districts

Smart NID card distribution begins in 27 districts

-- 2018-08-08 18:35:21

The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday started distributing smart national identity (NID) cards in 27 districts in the second phase. Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda formally inaugurated...

Derailment snaps Sylhet’s rail communications

Derailment snaps Sylhet’s rail communications

-- 2018-08-08 17:10:05

Rail communications between Sylhet and the rest of the country snapped following the derailment of four bogies of the Surma Mail at Shibbari in the city on Wednesday noon. The accident took place whi...

Writ seeks stay on HC order on sending Shahidul to BSMMU

Writ seeks stay on HC order on sending Shahidul to BSMMU

-- 2018-08-08 16:35:28

The government filed a writ petition seeking a stay on an order of High Court for sending Drik Gallery MD Shahidul Alam to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for treatment. The writ...

'Gas fields to face complete depletion by 8-9 years'

'Gas fields to face complete depletion by 8-9 years'

-- 2018-08-08 16:19:19

State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid has said gas fields of the country have already started depleting as forecast and the entire gas will be exhausted within the next 8-9 years. The juni...

DB police take activist Shahidul Alam to police custody again

DB police take activist Shahidul Alam to police custody again

-- 2018-08-08 15:55:32

Photographer and activist Shahidul Alam has been taken back into the DB custody from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University or BSMMU after necessary health tests. “Our medical board examin...

Bangamata's contribution led Bangabandhu’s success: PM

Bangamata's contribution led Bangabandhu’s success: PM

-- 2018-08-08 15:19:29

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa had the unparalleled quality and capacity to give the right decision at any moment of crisis and she helped Bangabandhu be...

ACC approves charge sheet against Bank Asia official

ACC approves charge sheet against Bank Asia official

FE Report 2018-08-08 15:12:53

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday approved a charge sheet against two people, including a Bank Asia official, over misappropriating Tk 0.5 million from a client's account. The accused...

‘No changes’ to yield rates of savings tools before next election

‘No changes’ to yield rates of savings tools before next election

FE Report 2018-08-08 14:50:14

Finance Minister AMA Muhith has ruled out the possibility of reducing the yield rates of state-run savings instruments before the upcoming national elections. "We are not making any changes to the...

Court issues warrants for two café attack fugitives

Court issues warrants for two café attack fugitives

-- 2018-08-08 14:40:49

An anti-terrorism tribunal in Dhaka has issued arrest warrants against two fugitives after accepting the chargesheet in the Gulshan café attack case. Anti-terrorism special tribunal Judge Muji...

Three die in separate road crashes in Sylhet

Three die in separate road crashes in Sylhet

-- 2018-08-08 14:21:30

At least three people including a teenage boy were killed in separate road accidents in Gopalganj and Fenchuganj upazilas of Sylhet region on Wednesday and Tuesday night. In Gopalganj, two victims we...

Lawmen detain three more for ‘spreading rumours’ on FB

Lawmen detain three more for ‘spreading rumours’ on FB

-- 2018-08-08 13:58:53

Law enforcers have detained three more people from the capital for allegedly trying to create unrest by spreading rumours on social media to instigate the recent student protest. The detainees were i...

59,000 cases in three days of Traffic Week

59,000 cases in three days of Traffic Week

-- 2018-08-08 13:20:03

A total of 58,549 cases have been filed for traffic law violations, including driving on wrong lanes, in the first three days of Special Traffic Week that was launched following students’ campai...

Cops recover bullet riddled body in Narail

Cops recover bullet riddled body in Narail

-- 2018-08-08 11:58:05

Police recovered the bullet riddled body of a young man from Jashore-Narail highway in Sitarampul area on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Tariqul Islam, 28, son of Mizanur Rahman of...

Photographer, activist Shahidul Alam taken to hospital

Photographer, activist Shahidul Alam taken to hospital

-- 2018-08-08 11:43:27

Photographer and activist Shahidul Alam has been taken to a hospital from the DB custody following a High Court order. Alam, 63, has been taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University around 9...

CU student loses both legs in shuttle train accident

CU student loses both legs in shuttle train accident

-- 2018-08-08 11:35:17

A Chittagong University (CU) student has lost both of his legs while trying to board a shuttle train at Sholoshohor Railway Station in the port city on Wednesday morning. The victim - Md Rabiul Alam...

‘Drug trader’ dies in Cumilla ‘gunfight’

‘Drug trader’ dies in Cumilla ‘gunfight’

-- 2018-08-08 11:25:09

A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Komalla village of Chauddagram upazila in Cumilla early Wednesday. The deceased was identifie...

Japanese foreign minister for safe Rohingya repatriation

Japanese foreign minister for safe Rohingya repatriation

FE Report 2018-08-08 11:05:50

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono on Tuesday stressed the need for continuation of dialogue between Myanmar and Bangladesh to resolve the ongoing Rohingya crisis. Addressing a press briefing in t...

Eid advance train ticket sale begins

Eid advance train ticket sale begins

-- 2018-08-08 10:54:55

Hundreds of ticket-seekers thronged Kamalapur Railway Station from early Wednesday as Bangladesh Railway has begun the selling of advance train tickets for the Eid-ul-Azha. Of the first day of sellin...