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President congratulates women cricket team

President congratulates women cricket team

-- 2018-06-10 17:22:13

President Abdul Hamid has congratulated Bangladesh women team for achieving a historical victory in the Asia Cup T-20 cricket. In a congratulating message, President Hamid greeted all the players, co...

BRTC to import 200 air-conditioned buses

BRTC to import 200 air-conditioned buses

-- 2018-06-10 17:01:27

The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) will import 200 air-conditioned buses under Indian Line of Credit (LOC). The state-owned transport service provider will also import 400 non-AC buses...

PM congratulates women cricket team

PM congratulates women cricket team

-- 2018-06-10 16:50:02

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has congratulated Bangladesh women cricket team for clinching T20 Asia Cup. Earlier, Bangladesh defeat India in the final of the T20 Asia cup by three wickets at the Kina...

Muggers shoot bKash agent dead in city

Muggers shoot bKash agent dead in city

-- 2018-06-10 16:23:23

Muggers shot a bKash agent to death and snatched a bag containing money from him in the city’s Demra area on Sunday noon. The deceased was identified as Rashedul Islam, 28, reports UNB. Iftek...

Detectives arrest cop for ‘Yaba trading’

Detectives arrest cop for ‘Yaba trading’

-- 2018-06-10 15:02:19

Detectives arrested a constable of Mymensingh Court on Saturday night for his alleged involvement in drug trading. The arrestee was identified as Constable Al Amin. Ashiqur Rahman, officer-in-charge...

Mahila Parishad calls for end to unlawful drug killings

Mahila Parishad calls for end to unlawful drug killings

FE Online Report 2018-06-10 14:30:25

Condemning the alleged extrajudicial killings of suspected drug offenders, Bangladesh Mahila Parishad (BMP) has called for an immediate stop to these serious human rights violations and bringing the p...

Khaleda to be taken to BSMMU today: Minister

Khaleda to be taken to BSMMU today: Minister

-- 2018-06-10 13:57:38

Law Minister Anisul Huq says BNP chief Khaleda Zia will be taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University for medical tests on Sunday after her personal doctors claimed she had suffered a &lsquo...

PM urges G7 to act definitely on Rohingya issue

PM urges G7 to act definitely on Rohingya issue

-- 2018-06-10 13:14:45

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the G7 leaders to take definite actions to pursue Myanmar to implement the bilateral agreements with Bangladesh for safe and sustainable return of the forcibly d...

Police recover body of UP member in Rajbari

Police recover body of UP member in Rajbari

-- 2018-06-10 12:56:15

A member of a union parishad in Kushtia district was found dead in a canal at Machpara union in Pangsa upazila of Rajbari on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Abdul Mazed Mandal, 50, a m...

Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf road communication snaps

Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf road communication snaps

-- 2018-06-10 12:11:54

The road communication between Cox's Bazar and Teknaf remained suspended since Sunday morning following hill slide due to heavy rainfall caused by the low pressure developed in the Bay. A large chunk...

Pre-polls tension could weigh on economy: IMF

Pre-polls tension could weigh on economy: IMF

FE Report 2018-06-10 11:30:16

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected a 7.0 per cent economic growth for Bangladesh in the next fiscal year (FY), 2018-19. The growth projection is 0.80 percentage points lower than the...

Tests will check Khaleda’s condition: Kamal

Tests will check Khaleda’s condition: Kamal

-- 2018-06-10 11:21:34

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says medical tests will be conducted on BNP chief Khaleda Zia to determine the condition of her health after her personal doctors expressed their concern that she may ha...

PM pushes for full implementation of Paris deal

PM pushes for full implementation of Paris deal

-- 2018-06-10 11:17:46

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed the need for full implementation of the Paris Agreement as Bangladesh needs greater support for climate change adaptation. "Full implementation of the Paris...

Profits of banks, NBFIs may increase due to cut in corporate tax rate

Profits of banks, NBFIs may increase due to cut in corporate tax rate

FE Report 2018-06-10 11:00:46

Stakeholders in the banking, insurance and financial institutions (FIs) sectors have expressed satisfaction over the budget proposal to cut the corporate tax rates. They expected that the tax-cut mea...

Land acquisition a new problem area for RHD

Land acquisition a new problem area for RHD

Munima Sultana 2018-06-10 10:55:04

Money paid as compensation for acquiring private land now eats up the most part of cost of projects belonging to the Roads and Highways Department (RHD). The recent hike in the official rate of compe...

Motorcyclist dies in Chattogram road crash

Motorcyclist dies in Chattogram road crash

-- 2018-06-10 10:52:00

A motorcyclist was killed as a covered van hit his vehicle in Mansurabad area of the port city early Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Md Mirza, reports a news agency. The accident took pl...

Monitor mega-projects strictly before polls: SANEM

Monitor mega-projects strictly before polls: SANEM

FE Report 2018-06-10 10:51:59

A think-tank has called for strict monitoring of ongoing mega projects ahead of the national elections. "Instead of focusing on spending, we need to focus on the quality of the projects," said the he...

Khaleda’s treatment at BSMMUH as per doctors’ recommendation: Minister

Khaleda’s treatment at BSMMUH as per doctors’ recommendation: Minister

-- 2018-06-09 21:37:20

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Saturday said steps will be taken to treat BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital (BSMMUH) as per prescription of her per...

Garment factory owner ‘commits suicide’

Garment factory owner ‘commits suicide’

-- 2018-06-09 20:48:13

A garment factory owner, who had a large amount of debt, committed suicide in Fatulla area of Naranayganj on Saturday, The deceased was identified as Abdul Matin, 47, son of late Abdul Jalil of Daula...

Police arrest AL leader for hitting sub-inspector in Mymensingh

Police arrest AL leader for hitting sub-inspector in Mymensingh

-- 2018-06-09 20:19:03

An Awami League leader has been detained over allegations of hitting a police sub-inspector in Mymensingh’s Gauripur. The detainee, Rokunuzzaman Pallab, is the general secretary of the Gauripur...

Road crashes leave nine dead in six districts

Road crashes leave nine dead in six districts

-- 2018-06-09 20:06:24

At least nine people were killed and 12 others injured on Saturday in separate road accidents in Chattogram, Narayanganj, Chapainawabganj, Bogura, Panchagarh and Sirajganj districts. In Chattogram, t...

Police arrest 31 in city on drug peddling charges

Police arrest 31 in city on drug peddling charges

-- 2018-06-09 19:48:53

Police arrested 31 alleged drug traders and recovered various types of narcotic items from the city's Khilgaon areas on Saturday. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) conducted special anti-narcotics driv...

Physicians fear Khaleda suffered mild stroke   

Physicians fear Khaleda suffered mild stroke  

-- 2018-06-09 19:48:28

The four personal physicians who met BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at the Old Central Jail on Saturday feared that she might have suffered a mild stroke. "BNP Chairperson Khalade Zia collapsed on the g...

Shah Amanat bridge approach road to open for traffic before Eid

Shah Amanat bridge approach road to open for traffic before Eid

-- 2018-06-09 17:39:51

The expansion works of the eight kilometre-long six-lane approach road of Shah Amanat bridge over the river Karnaphuli is progressing fast aiming to open it for traffic before impending Eid-ul Fitr....

PM attends dinner hosted by Governor General of Canada

PM attends dinner hosted by Governor General of Canada

-- 2018-06-09 17:12:48

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who arrived in Quebec, Canada to attend the Outreach Programme of the G7 Summit, joined a dinner hosted by Governor General of Canada for G7 guests on Friday evening. Go...

Over 179,000 poor families get VGF rice in Rajshahi

Over 179,000 poor families get VGF rice in Rajshahi

-- 2018-06-09 17:10:19

Over 179,000 poor and distressed families have been brought under Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme in Rajshahi district to mark the end of Ramadan and celebration of the upcoming holy Eid-ul-F...

‘Three drug peddlers injured in gunfight’

‘Three drug peddlers injured in gunfight’

-- 2018-06-09 17:02:32

Three suspected drug peddlers suffered bullet wounds in a reported gunfight with police in Gaibandha town on Saturday. The injured were identified as Sabuj Miah, Maruf Hasan Jim and Moshiur Rahman, r...

Maritimes ports to hoist signal no 3

Maritimes ports to hoist signal no 3

-- 2018-06-09 16:58:09

Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal no three. The met office issued the notification as the low over the North Bay an...

Govt moves to rehabilitate beggars

Govt moves to rehabilitate beggars

-- 2018-06-09 16:57:23

The government has launched an initiative to rehabilitate beggars aiming to eliminate begging across the country. State Minister for Textile and Jute Mirza Azam made the disclosure while speaking as...

Heavy rainfall in Barishal, Chattogram likely on Sunday

Heavy rainfall in Barishal, Chattogram likely on Sunday

-- 2018-06-09 16:45:32

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall over Barishal and Chattogram divisions in the next 24 hours ending at 4:00pm tomorrow. “Due to well-marked...