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BTRC orders shutdown of bdnews24.com website

BTRC orders shutdown of bdnews24.com website

-- 2018-06-18 18:24:05

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has suddenly ordered the shutdown of the bdnews24.com website. The order was sent from the BTRC to mobile phone and IIG operators. &ldqu...

Two of a family die in Magura road crash

Two of a family die in Magura road crash

-- 2018-06-18 17:36:10

A man and his daughter died in a road accident of Magura district on Monday. The deceased were identified as Mamtaj Ali, 42, and his daughter Sumaiya, 7, of Harispur village in Shalikha upazila of th...

GCC election campaign formally begins

GCC election campaign formally begins

-- 2018-06-18 17:13:06

The election campaign of Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) started on Monday formally again after sudden stay on the polls more than one month ago. The election, which was scheduled to be held on May 15...

'People enjoy comfortable Eid journey'

'People enjoy comfortable Eid journey'

-- 2018-06-18 16:36:42

The journey of homebound people on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr was comfortable as the government has taken coordinated and planned steps. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader came up wi...

Ershad more eligible candidate than Khaleda in Sylhet: Muhith

Ershad more eligible candidate than Khaleda in Sylhet: Muhith

-- 2018-06-18 15:54:45

Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Monday said that he will take part in the next general polls if Awami League wants. "In my electoral seat Khaleda Zia or Ershad may participate in the next...

Two int’l flights of Biman miss arrival schedules at HSIA

Two int’l flights of Biman miss arrival schedules at HSIA

FE Online Report 2018-06-18 15:48:06

Two international flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines have failed to meet their arrival schedules at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Monday. BG 022 from Muscat was scheduled to arri...

Cops recover bodies of man, woman in Savar

Cops recover bodies of man, woman in Savar

-- 2018-06-18 15:05:14

The bodies of an 18-year-old woman and an unidentified man were recovered by police from two separate places in Savar. The bodies were recovered in the early hours of Monday from the upazila’s...

Aziz Ahmed becomes new army chief

Aziz Ahmed becomes new army chief

-- 2018-06-18 14:50:54

The Defence Ministry has named Lieutenant General Aziz Ahmed as the next chief of Bangladesh Army. Ahmed, former Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh, will take up the post on Jun 25, accordi...

Girl missing in Sylhet boat sinking incident

Girl missing in Sylhet boat sinking incident

-- 2018-06-18 14:36:38

A teenage girl went missing after a boat sank in a water body at Mirapara in Sylhet city on Sunday. The victim was identified as Fatema Akhter Mili, 17, daughter of Babul Mia of Mirapara Evergreen Re...

Police recover body of Marma girl in Bandarban

Police recover body of Marma girl in Bandarban

-- 2018-06-18 13:53:40

An indigenous girl was found dead at her house in Onglari Karbari Para of Lama upazila in Bandarban on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Mya Hla U Marma, 19, daughter of Kalong Marma. She appear...

Fakhrul criticises Khaleda’s ‘miserable jail cell’

Fakhrul criticises Khaleda’s ‘miserable jail cell’

-- 2018-06-18 11:57:44

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul has lashed out at the government for keeping Khaleda Zia in a shabby jail cell he says is infected with rats, bedbugs, cockroaches and even poisonous pests like sco...

Assailants shoot Jubo League man dead

Assailants shoot Jubo League man dead

-- 2018-06-18 11:37:19

An activist of Jubo League was killed in an attack allegedly by a faction of the party on Chatteshwari road at Dampara, Chwakbazar in Chattogram area on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as A...

Deaths of drug suspects in ‘gunfights’ reach 150 in 34 days

Deaths of drug suspects in ‘gunfights’ reach 150 in 34 days

FE Online Desk 2018-06-18 11:36:55

Deaths of drug suspects have risen to 150 in alleged gunfights across the country since the anti-narcotics drive started on May 15. Of them, 113 people were killed in the gun battles with law enforc...

Benapole man ‘strangulates wife to death’

Benapole man ‘strangulates wife to death’

-- 2018-06-18 11:27:36

A pregnant housewife was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband in Boro Achra village of Benapole port area on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Sharmin Khatun, 25, wife of Nazmul...

Two siblings drown in Barishal pond

Two siblings drown in Barishal pond

-- 2018-06-18 11:05:55

Two siblings drowned in a pond in Gabtala area of Barisal city on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Miraz, 5, and Mehedi, 6, sons of Ripon Sardar of the area. Locals said the two minor boys sl...

Nine die in Nilphamari road crash

Nine die in Nilphamari road crash

-- 2018-06-18 10:49:51

At least nine people were killed and 20 others injured when a bus hit a pick-up van at Dhalagach in Syedpur-Bypass area of Syedpur upazila in Nilphamari on Sunday night. The identities of the decease...

RAB arrest two with 38,000 Yaba tablets in Chattogram

RAB arrest two with 38,000 Yaba tablets in Chattogram

-- 2018-06-17 21:27:25

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members arrested two people reportedly along with 38,000 Yaba tablets in a covered van from Shaheednagar of Chattogram district on Sunday, reports UNB. The arrestees were...

Most border outposts submerged as flood situation worsened in Assam

Most border outposts submerged as flood situation worsened in Assam

-- 2018-06-17 20:27:00

GUWAHATI: Most of the border outposts on the India-Bangladesh border were submerged by the Kushiara river as flood situation worsened in Assam. There is no respite from floods at several places in As...

Woman dies from ‘wrong treatment’ after C-section

Woman dies from ‘wrong treatment’ after C-section

-- 2018-06-17 20:14:28

A woman died reportedly due to wrong treatment after giving birth to a child through caesarean section at a private hospital in Chandraganj Upazila of Laxmipur district early Sunday, reports UNB . Th...

Gazipur poll campaign begins Monday

Gazipur poll campaign begins Monday

-- 2018-06-17 19:21:24

The Awami League and BNP-backed mayoral aspirants will begin their official campaign from Monday for the upcoming Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) polls scheduled to be held on June 26, reports BSS. Ea...

Three killed in Jhalakati, Sylhet

Three killed in Jhalakati, Sylhet

-- 2018-06-17 19:07:04

Three people, including a teenager, have been murdered in separate incidents in Jhalakati and Sylhet. In Jhalakati, a young man was killed in a clash with rivals over a land dispute at Romanathpur vi...

35 drug addicts jailed in Cumilla

35 drug addicts jailed in Cumilla

-- 2018-06-17 18:54:40

A mobile court here on Sunday sentenced each of 35 drug addicts to 20 days imprisonment for consuming drugs. Nazrul Islam, officer-in-charge of Sadar Dakshin Police Station, said police along with me...

BNP’s demands unrealistic: Tofail

BNP’s demands unrealistic: Tofail

-- 2018-06-17 18:42:13

Urging BNP to take preparation for the next Jatiya Sangsad polls, the Awami League Advisory Council member and Commerce Minister, Tofail Ahmed, on Sunday said BNP would be a loser, if it does not part...

Japan co investigates if donations went to Myanmar's forces

Japan co investigates if donations went to Myanmar's forces

-- 2018-06-17 17:47:06

TOKYO : Japanese beer company Kirin is investigating whether donations intended for charity instead went to Myanmar's military, which is accused of brutal attacks against Rohingya Muslims. Amnesty...

Two children drown in Joypurhat

Two children drown in Joypurhat

-- 2018-06-17 16:48:17

Two children drowned in separate incidents in Akkelpur in the Sadar Upazila of Joypurhat district on Sunday, reports UNB. In Kanthalbari village, class II student, Reshma, daughter of Rashedul of the...

Three die in Noakhali road crash

Three die in Noakhali road crash

-- 2018-06-17 15:19:08

At least three people were killed while another injured in a head-on a collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Laksam-Sonaimuri road at Rampur in Sonaimuri upazila on Sunday morning. T...

Three children missing in Barisal trawler capsize

Three children missing in Barisal trawler capsize

-- 2018-06-17 14:52:58

Three children went missing after a trawler capsized in Karkhana River in Bakarganj upazila of Barisal on Sunday. The identities of the missing could not be known immediately. Bakarganj Police Stati...

Road crashes kill 10 in five districts

Road crashes kill 10 in five districts

-- 2018-06-17 12:54:47

At least 10 people, including two schoolteachers, were killed in separate road accidents in Chittagong, Sylhet, Chandpur, Habiganj and Jhenidah districts on Friday and Saturday. In Chattogram, three...

Female drug suspect dies in Mymensingh ‘gunfight’

Female drug suspect dies in Mymensingh ‘gunfight’

-- 2018-06-17 12:38:05

Police have recovered the body of a female ‘drug dealer’ with bullet wounds in Mymensingh amidst a nationwide crackdown on drug trafficking. Police claim she was killed in the crossfire d...

Lightning kills two in Magura

Lightning kills two in Magura

-- 2018-06-17 11:22:28

Two people were killed and three others injured as a thunderbolt hit them while enjoying a boat journey in the Madhumati River in Vellakandi area of Mohammadpur upazila under Magura on Saturday evenin...