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Brahmanbaria tailors in rush ahead of Eid

Brahmanbaria tailors in rush ahead of Eid

-- 2018-06-09 16:37:43

Tailors in Brahmanbaria district town have been passing busy time to ensure delivery of ordered items ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. Most of them are working more than 16/17 hours daily as holy Eid-ul-Fitr is...

Follow rules to avoid traffic congestion during Eid: Minister

Follow rules to avoid traffic congestion during Eid: Minister

-- 2018-06-09 16:36:15

Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader has urged all to follow rules to avoid traffic congestion during their Eid journey. The minister’s call came at a meeting in Dhaka on Saturday, a week bef...

Youth kills teen in cricket dispute

Youth kills teen in cricket dispute

-- 2018-06-09 16:28:48

Police have detained a suspect over the murder of an 18-year-old boy in Gazipur’s Kapasia upazila.  The deceased has been identified as Md Mamun, resident of upazila’s Aral village....

DMP realises Tk 981,000 in fine for traffic rules violations

DMP realises Tk 981,000 in fine for traffic rules violations

-- 2018-06-09 16:10:59

The Traffic Department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a drive in the city filed 2,246 cases and collected Tk 981,000 in fine on Friday for violating traffic rules. Besides, 36 vehicles were du...

Road crash kills two in Chattogram

Road crash kills two in Chattogram

-- 2018-06-09 14:59:11

Two people were killed and seven others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and microbus in Keranihat area in Satkania upazila of Chattogram on Saturday morning. The deceased was identifi...

Police recover body of housewife in Savar

Police recover body of housewife in Savar

-- 2018-06-09 13:48:45

Police recovered the body of a housewife near C&B road in Ashulia, Savar on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Aklima Begum, 25, wife of garment worker Saddam Mollah, hailing from M...

ACC to grill CAAB’s chief engineer Sunday

ACC to grill CAAB’s chief engineer Sunday

-- 2018-06-09 13:17:50

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will interrogate the chief engineer of Civil Aviation Authority Bangladesh (CAAB) on Sunday for alleged irregularities, corruption and embezzlement of funds. Sudh...

Bangladeshi shot dead in US

Bangladeshi shot dead in US

-- 2018-06-09 13:05:50

A Bangladeshi national has been killed after he was shot in New York City. The deceased was identified as Ariful Yakub Rony, 24, who hailed from Feni’s Daganbhuiyan Upazila. He lived with his f...

15 buses gutted as BRTC depot catches fire

15 buses gutted as BRTC depot catches fire

-- 2018-06-09 11:19:36

At least 15 buses have been gutted after a fire broke out at a Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) depot at the Joar Sahara centre in Dhaka’s Khilkhet area. The incident took place at...

Suspected robber dies in Cumilla 'gunfight'

Suspected robber dies in Cumilla 'gunfight'

-- 2018-06-09 11:07:39

A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight between his cohorts and police at Chhechrapukuria under Debidwar upazila in Cumilla in the early hours of Saturday. Deceased Sumon, son of Habibur...

World Accreditation Day today

World Accreditation Day today

-- 2018-06-09 11:02:45

The World Accreditation Day-2018 will be observed in the country like elsewhere in the world today (Saturday June 9). This year, the theme of the day is “‘Accreditation: Delivering a safe...

CPD opposes corporate tax cut for banks, FIs

CPD opposes corporate tax cut for banks, FIs

FE Report 2018-06-09 10:15:50

A think-tank has opposed the new budgetary proposal for slashing the corporate tax rate of banks and financial institutions (FIs). Such a move, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) said can no way he...

FICCI finds budget 'highly challenging'

FICCI finds budget 'highly challenging'

FE Report 2018-06-09 10:11:00

The Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has termed the proposed national budget for the next fiscal year (FY), 2018-2019, 'highly challenging'. In a post-budget reaction on Fr...

Japan to give $1.78m for Rohingyas

Japan to give $1.78m for Rohingyas

-- 2018-06-08 22:21:11

The government of Japan has allocated 200 million Japanese Yen or approximately US$ 1.78 million to UNHCR for its programme to support the Rohingya in Bangladesh. This assistance is to support UNHCR'...

PM reaches Toronto

PM reaches Toronto

-- 2018-06-08 20:41:35

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reached Toronto on Friday evening (Bangladesh time) on a four-day official visit to Canada. The Prime Minister will the outreach session of the G7 Summit at the invit...

E-judiciary in courts to mitigate sufferings of justice seekers

E-judiciary in courts to mitigate sufferings of justice seekers

FE Online Report 2018-06-08 20:21:13

The government has planned to bring all courts of the country under ICT to infuse more dynamism in case management through e-judiciary. In his budget speech for the fiscal year 2018-19 (FY19), Financ...

Three workers die after falling from Dhanmondi building

Three workers die after falling from Dhanmondi building

-- 2018-06-08 20:14:46

Three construction workers have died after falling from a high-rise building in Dhanmondi area of Dhaka. According to bdnews24.com, the victims have been identified as Md Saidul, 35, Md Mokhles, 20,...

Law enforcers arrest three with 71 gold bars in Sylhet, Benapole 

Law enforcers arrest three with 71 gold bars in Sylhet, Benapole 

-- 2018-06-08 19:34:04

Law enforcers in separate incidents arrested three people, including an Indian national, along with 71 gold bars at Sylhet MAG Osmani International Airport and Benapole checkpost on Friday. In Sylhet...

'Govt proposes new budget considering public interest'

'Govt proposes new budget considering public interest'

-- 2018-06-08 19:21:06

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the government has proposed the new budget for the 2018-19 fiscal considering the interest of the people and the development of the country....

Forest dept, BGB recover 240 kg venison in Bagerhat

Forest dept, BGB recover 240 kg venison in Bagerhat

-- 2018-06-08 18:17:46

Forest Department and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive recovered 240 kg venison from a boat in the Baleswar River at Napitkhali near the Sundarbans in Bagerhat early Friday. Divisional Forest...

Woman dies in Dhaka road mishap

Woman dies in Dhaka road mishap

-- 2018-06-08 17:18:42

A woman was killed as a bus knocked her down in front of the Jatiya Press Club in the capital on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Samiran Akhter Selina, 50, wife of late Abdul Barik, ha...

Customs detains man with gold bars in Sylhet

Customs detains man with gold bars in Sylhet

-- 2018-06-08 16:46:24

A joint team of customs intelligence and armed police battalion (APBN) arrested a man along with 60 gold bars weighing around 10kg from Sylhet Osmani International Airport on Friday morning. The arre...

BGB held Cox's Bazar-bound 17 Rohingyas in B’baria

BGB held Cox's Bazar-bound 17 Rohingyas in B’baria

-- 2018-06-08 16:35:54

Members of Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) held 17 Rohingyas from Nayanpur Bazar in Kasba upazila on Thursday. Those held include five men, seven women and five children. Maniruzzaman, officer-in-cha...

Wall collapse kills worker in Faridpur

Wall collapse kills worker in Faridpur

-- 2018-06-08 16:24:05

A worker was killed and two others were injured as a wall of an under-construction building collapsed on them at Purba Hasamdia in Bhanga municipality area of Faridpur district on Friday morning. The...

Five die in separate road crashes in Chattogram

Five die in separate road crashes in Chattogram

-- 2018-06-08 14:49:28

Four people including two women were killed when truck a ran over them near the Shah Amanat Bridge in Baklia area of Chattogram. The accident also left nine people injured. A transport worker was kil...

Minor boy drowns in Netrokona pond

Minor boy drowns in Netrokona pond

-- 2018-06-08 12:49:55

A minor boy drowned in a pond at Bishampur village in Kalmakanda upazila in Netrokona on Thursday. Rubel Bhuiya, chairman of Koilathi Union Parishad, said Mahfuz, 7, son of Ferdous Mia, fell into the...

Three more die in anti-drug drive

Three more die in anti-drug drive

-- 2018-06-08 12:46:50

Three more people have died in the anti-drug campaign that started in early May. Police claimed that one suspect was killed in an encounter with them in Thakurgaon and Rangpur during raids and an un...

PM leaves Dubai for Canada to join G7 summit

PM leaves Dubai for Canada to join G7 summit

-- 2018-06-08 12:22:13

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dubai in the early hours of Friday for Toronto on a four-day official visit to Canada to attend the outreach session of G7 Summit. The prime minister is joining the...

BD Ambassador Ziauddin attends Iftar at White House

BD Ambassador Ziauddin attends Iftar at White House

FE Online Desk 2018-06-08 12:06:27

Bangladesh Ambassador to the USA Mohammad Ziauddin has attended an Iftar and dinner at the White House. US President Donald Trump hosted the event on Wednesday in observance of the holy month of Ram...

Manikganj road mishap leaves two dead

Manikganj road mishap leaves two dead

-- 2018-06-08 11:41:31

Two people were killed and 12 others injured when a bus rammed into a pick-up van on Dhaka-Aricha highway at Annaypur in Shibalaya upazila on Thursday. One of the deceased, the pick-up van driver, wa...