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Coast Guard detains suspected smuggler with gold bars

Coast Guard detains suspected smuggler with gold bars

-- 2018-06-21 15:38:55

Members of Coast Guard have arrested a suspected smuggler along with four gold bars from Baroitoli area in Teknaf upazila early Thursday. Lt Commander B N Abdullah Al Maruf of Coast Guard, said on in...

Int’l Day of Yoga being observed

Int’l Day of Yoga being observed

FE Online Desk 2018-06-21 15:07:40

The 4th International Day of Yoga (IDY) is being observed in the country as elsewhere across the globe on Thursday with the theme of the year 'Yoga for peace'. Indian High Commission in Dhaka has org...

Five die as bus plunges into Khulna ditch

Five die as bus plunges into Khulna ditch

-- 2018-06-21 14:15:27

At least five people have died after a bus plunged into a roadside ditch on Khulna-Satkhira highway in Dumuria Upazila. The accident took place around 12:30pm on Thursday near Barachia neighbourhood...

‘Amar Sonar Bangla’ now in Belarusian language

‘Amar Sonar Bangla’ now in Belarusian language

-- 2018-06-21 12:54:53

Mastatskaya Literatura (Fiction Literature), one of the leading publishing houses in Belarus, translated the Bangladesh’s national anthem ‘Amar Sonar Bangla (My Golden Bengal)’ int...

Police recover bodies of two from Jhenaidah field

Police recover bodies of two from Jhenaidah field

-- 2018-06-21 12:13:56

Two young men were found dead at Bhaina village in Harinakunda upazila on Thursday. The deceased have been identified as Md Ripon, 22, son of Sujan Box and Abdul alias Awal, 22, son of Bisharad Manda...

Youth ‘kills self’ in Rajshahi

Youth ‘kills self’ in Rajshahi

-- 2018-06-21 11:17:15

A young man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of a house at Dashmari Hindupara in Rajshahi city on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Sajon Ali, 20, son of Ashraf...

Mother ‘commits suicide’ after killing son

Mother ‘commits suicide’ after killing son

-- 2018-06-21 11:06:43

A woman reportedly committed suicide after killing her minor son at their residence in Sheuratoli village of Debiganj upazila on Wednesday night. The deceased were identified as Mamata Rani, 35, wife...

Gold prices edge down

Gold prices edge down

FE Report 2018-06-21 10:44:14

Local jewellers have revised gold prices downward in line with the international market price. The new price will be effective from today (Thursday), according to a statement by Bangladesh Jewellers'...

Biman cargo complex:  Audit finds irregularities

Biman cargo complex: Audit finds irregularities

Kamrun Nahar 2018-06-21 10:39:10

An internal audit team of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines has unearthed 'serious' irregularities in collection of cargo handling charges at its cargo complex since 2008. The cargo complex authority of...

PM asks women cricketers to maintain strong determination

PM asks women cricketers to maintain strong determination

-- 2018-06-20 22:43:13

Expressing firm commitment to stay beside the women cricketers of Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked them to keep up strong determination for better success. She also hoped that the w...

Flood maroons 30,000 in Fenchuganj

Flood maroons 30,000 in Fenchuganj

-- 2018-06-20 21:17:18

The flood situation in Fenchuganj upazila of Sylhet deteriorated further, leaving 30,000 people of 25 villages in five unions marooned. Sources at local Water Development Board office said the Kushia...

Newlywed couple ‘commits suicide’ in Kurigram

Newlywed couple ‘commits suicide’ in Kurigram

-- 2018-06-20 19:47:27

A newlywed young couple allegedly hanged themselves with the same scarf at their house at Harikesh Madhypara of Kurigram municipality on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Milon Hossain, 22,...

Offshore investment: ACC to complete probe by June 30

Offshore investment: ACC to complete probe by June 30

-- 2018-06-20 19:16:20

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has set a deadline to complete investigation into the allegations of offshore investments by some Bangladeshi individuals and entities, surfaced in Panama Paper an...

New law in the offing to ensure death penalty for drug dealers: PM

New law in the offing to ensure death penalty for drug dealers: PM

-- 2018-06-20 18:27:08

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government is formulating an anti-narcotics law where there will be a provision of death penalty for the patrons of drug traders, drug syndicates and godfathe...

Police arrest 10 teenagers over killing of Chattogram boy

Police arrest 10 teenagers over killing of Chattogram boy

-- 2018-06-20 18:09:57

Detectives have arrested 10 teenagers from different places around Halishahar of the port city for their alleged involvement in the killing of teenage boy Mohammad Sumon. A team of Detective Branch o...

Poll-time government likely in October: Obaidul

Poll-time government likely in October: Obaidul

-- 2018-06-20 16:49:19

General Secretary of ruling Awami League Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said that there is possibility of the poll-time government formation in October. Talking to the reporters Road Transport and Bridg...

Minister places  planning and dev bill in parliament

Minister places planning and dev bill in parliament

-- 2018-06-20 16:38:35

'The National Academy for Planning and Development Bill, 2017' was placed in Parliament on Wednesday. Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal placed the Bill in the House and it was sent to the respectiv...

GCC polls: CEC warns of stern actions against irregularities

GCC polls: CEC warns of stern actions against irregularities

-- 2018-06-20 16:27:30

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda has warned of taking tough action against those who will be responsible for committing irregularities in the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) polls. Talk...

Police arrest fugitive death-row convict in Narsingdi

Police arrest fugitive death-row convict in Narsingdi

-- 2018-06-20 15:37:32

Police arrested a fugitive death-row convict of Gazipur from Narsingdi sadar area on early Wednesday. The arrestee was identified as Abdul Samad, son of Kuddus Mia alias Elach Khude Newaz of Bahadurs...

Drug suspect dies in RAB ‘shootout’

Drug suspect dies in RAB ‘shootout’

-- 2018-06-20 15:34:48

A suspected drug-trader was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Chunierchar in Sadar upazila of Sherpur on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Al A...

‘Muggers’ stab man dead in Jashore

‘Muggers’ stab man dead in Jashore

-- 2018-06-20 14:28:53

A man was stabbed to death allegedly by muggers at Bejpara in the Jashore district town. The deceased was identified as Chandan Kumar Ghosh, 38. Abul Bashar, Officer-in-Charge of Kotwali Police Stat...

Efforts to save Rohingyas ahead of monsoon face race against time

Efforts to save Rohingyas ahead of monsoon face race against time

Reuters 2018-06-20 14:22:55

International aid agencies and Bangladesh authorities are struggling to protect hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees against deadly monsoon landslides and floods ahead of the peak rainy season e...

Five die in Mymensingh, Narsingdi road mishaps

Five die in Mymensingh, Narsingdi road mishaps

-- 2018-06-20 11:40:31

At least five people have been killed and eight others injured in separate road crashes in Mymensingh and Narsingdi districts on Wednesday. In Mymensingh, three people were killed and three others in...

Five hurt in clash between AL, Jubo League men

Five hurt in clash between AL, Jubo League men

-- 2018-06-20 11:39:00

Five people were injured in a clash between the activists of Awami League and Jubo League over a trifling matter at Kaliakoir village in Savar, on the outskirts of the capital, early Wednesday. Local...

BGB men detain youth with 13,265 Yaba pills

BGB men detain youth with 13,265 Yaba pills

-- 2018-06-20 11:32:43

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive arrested a young man along with 13,265 pieces of contraband Yaba pills from Nazirpara in Teknaf Sadar upazila early Tuesday. The arrestee was ident...

Fire-fighters recover body of missing fisherman

Fire-fighters recover body of missing fisherman

-- 2018-06-20 11:27:01

The fate of a fisherman who went missing during a storm on Monday afternoon revealed itself as his lifeless body was found floating in the Pashur river near Sundartala on Tuesday. Fire fighters recov...

36 cos to hold AGMs this month

36 cos to hold AGMs this month

FE Report 2018-06-20 11:25:14

Some 36 listed companies, including 12 banks, will hold annual general meetings (AGMs) during the period from June 20 to June 30. Recommended dividends and audited financial statements of these compa...

Falling subsidy spending hits output of major staples

Falling subsidy spending hits output of major staples

Yasir Wardad 2018-06-20 11:16:30

The expenditure on agricultural subsidy has declined over the past five years, resulting in the low output of major staples, experts said. The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) stopped spending more than...

Women returnees from KSA now face stigma

Women returnees from KSA now face stigma

Arafat Ara 2018-06-20 10:31:39

Dozens of women workers who returned from Saudi Arabia are not accepted squarely by their families mainly due to social stigma.Some of them got divorced from their husbands.Family members, including s...

No grievances over pay scale: Muhith

No grievances over pay scale: Muhith

FE Report 2018-06-20 10:21:39

Finance minister AMA Muhith said on Tuesday there are little grievances over salary among the public servants, thanks to the national pay scale of 2015. The minister said this at a meeting committee...