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Top court to give verdict on Khaleda’s bail pleas Tuesday

Top court to give verdict on Khaleda’s bail pleas Tuesday

-- 2018-05-09 14:38:27

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) will deliver its judgement on Tuesday on the two leave-to-appeal petitions that have been filed challenging BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's bail granted...

Verdict in Mymensingh war crime case Thursday

Verdict in Mymensingh war crime case Thursday

-- 2018-05-09 14:33:53

The verdict in a war crime case against the suspected Al-Badr member Riaz Uddin Fakir from Mymensingh will be announced on Thursday. Fakir, who has been behind bars since the trial began on Dec 11, 2...

Man endures torture by sons to save his property

Man endures torture by sons to save his property

-- 2018-05-09 12:47:17

An elderly man from Cumilla endured a nine-day physical and mental torture by his sons and the latter's wives in a bid to save his land properties and bank money from them. Neibours rescued Nazi...

Housewife dies of electrocution in Rajshahi

Housewife dies of electrocution in Rajshahi

-- 2018-05-09 12:38:45

A housewife died from electrocution at Zadabpur village in Shahrasti upazila on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Minu Ara Begum, 40, wife of Kabir Hossain of the village, said Selim Patwari, c...

Miscreants stab rickshaw puller to death

Miscreants stab rickshaw puller to death

-- 2018-05-09 12:33:10

A rickshaw puller was stabbed to death by some unidentified miscreants in front of Kali Temple in Panchbbi upazila early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Santu Das, 29, son of Raghunath Das...

BGB seize 12 gold bars in Benapole

BGB seize 12 gold bars in Benapole

-- 2018-05-09 12:03:48

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized 12 pieces of gold bars, weighing 1.4 kg, from Khalshi Bazar in Putkhali bordering area in Benapole on Wednesday. Tipped off, a team of BGB-2...

Two ‘criminals’ die in ‘gunfights’

Two ‘criminals’ die in ‘gunfights’

-- 2018-05-09 11:43:33

Two suspected criminals were killed in separate 'gunfights' with the members of Detective Branch (DB) and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Demra and Narayanganj early Wednesday. In Demra, a suspected...

Detectives seize nine zebras in Jashore

Detectives seize nine zebras in Jashore

-- 2018-05-09 11:40:20

Detectives in a drive seized nine zebras from Satmail Bazar area in Sharsha upazila early Wednesday. Tipped off, a team of Detective Branch of police raided the area around 12 am and recovered the ze...

Stay on GCC polls: SC defers hearing to Thursday

Stay on GCC polls: SC defers hearing to Thursday

-- 2018-05-09 10:50:35

The Supreme Court (SC) has deferred to Thursday the hearing on the appeal petitions filed challenging the High Court order that stayed Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election for three months. The fo...

3rd Karnaphuli Bridge: Project cost up by 17pc despite completion of construction

3rd Karnaphuli Bridge: Project cost up by 17pc despite completion of construction

Munima Sultana 2018-05-09 10:37:31

Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has revised the 3rd Karnaphuli bridge project, raising its cost by around 17 per cent though the construction work was completed eight years ago. The department pr...

Workers’ outflow halves as Saudi jobs disappear

Workers’ outflow halves as Saudi jobs disappear

Arafat Ara 2018-05-09 10:27:17

Employment opportunity for Bangladeshi workers has shrunk in Saudi Arabia in recent months, worsened by its slow development work and restrictions on certain jobs for foreign workers, insiders have sa...

Paddy harvest going on in Sylhet, Gaibandha

Paddy harvest going on in Sylhet, Gaibandha

Our Correspondent 2018-05-08 21:14:56

SYLHET, May 08: Boro cultivators of Sylhet division are expecting to complete harvest in a week. Sources said though shortage of labourers and incessant rainfall are disrupting harvest,   g...

Rangpur ridge gourd farmers make good profit

Rangpur ridge gourd farmers make good profit

Our Correspondent 2018-05-08 21:14:00

RANGPUR, May 8: The ridge gourd (Jhinga) cultivators across the district are overjoyed to make good profit from its sale this season. The farmers are also witnessing an abundant yield of the vegetabl...

EC to appeal against stay order on Gazipur polls

EC to appeal against stay order on Gazipur polls

-- 2018-05-08 21:12:22

The Election Commission on Tuesday decided to appeal with the Appellate Division challenging the High Court order that stayed Gazipur City election for three months, just nine days before the polls sl...

Police arrest six over Bogura four murders

Police arrest six over Bogura four murders

-- 2018-05-08 20:45:12

Police arrested six people, including a couple and their daughter, over the murders of four young men, who were found slaughtered in a paddy field at Baladighi village in Shibganj uapzila on Monday, f...

Lightning strikes leave nine dead in four dists

Lightning strikes leave nine dead in four dists

-- 2018-05-08 20:38:55

At least nine people were killed and four others injured by lightning strikes in Sunamganj, Netrakona, Kishoreganj and Habiganj districts on Tuesday. In Sunamganj, five people were killed and four ot...

Bangladesh appoints new envoy to Mauritius

Bangladesh appoints new envoy to Mauritius

-- 2018-05-08 20:38:24

The government has appointed Rezina Ahmed as the new high commissioner of Bangladesh to Mauritius. A career diplomat, Ahmed joined the Bangladesh Foreign Service in 1994 and is currently serving as t...

Gazipur city polls: SC to hear two appeals Wednesday

Gazipur city polls: SC to hear two appeals Wednesday

-- 2018-05-08 20:29:57

The Supreme Court will hear two appeals on Wednesday challenging a High Court order that stalled the Gazipur City Corporation polls for three months. The SC bench, led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Ho...

Rail communications resume in Sylhet after eight hours

Rail communications resume in Sylhet after eight hours

-- 2018-05-08 20:17:44

Rail communications have resumed between Sylhet and the rest of Bangladesh after an eight-hour pause. Train services were on halt as trees fell on the railroads as storms swept over Moulvibazar. The...

Indian ship with relief materials for Rohingyas reaches Ctg

Indian ship with relief materials for Rohingyas reaches Ctg

-- 2018-05-08 20:17:28

An Indian Naval ship carrying relief goods for the Rohingyas reached Chattogram on Tuesday. The ship 'Airavat' sailed from Vishakhapatnam of India The relief materials will be handed over at Chattog...

Initiatives to be taken for journos' pension: Menon

Initiatives to be taken for journos' pension: Menon

-- 2018-05-08 20:04:57

Various initiatives will be taken for the retired journalists for providing different facilities including pension and group insurance. Social Welfare Minister Rashed Khan Menon on Tuesday said this...

Govt raises cost of Joydevpur-Elenga road project by 66pc

Govt raises cost of Joydevpur-Elenga road project by 66pc

FE Online Report 2018-05-08 18:42:36

The government on Tuesday revised the cost of the ongoing Joydevpur-Elenga 4-lane road construction project, raising it by 66 per cent to Tk 55.93 billion from the current cost of Tk 33.65 billion. T...

Coast guard seize 1.4m Yaba tablets from Cox’s Bazar

Coast guard seize 1.4m Yaba tablets from Cox’s Bazar

-- 2018-05-08 18:17:42

Bangladesh Coast Guard on Tuesday night seized 1.4 million Yaba tablets from a boat on the western side of St. Martin's Island in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar district. Acting on a tip-off, team of...

UNICEF gets $15.7m from Japan to support Rohingya children

UNICEF gets $15.7m from Japan to support Rohingya children

FE Online Report 2018-05-08 17:10:25

UNICEF is scaling up humanitarian assistance and life-saving interventions for the refugee children and women along with the vulnerable host population in Cox’s Bazar with US$15.7 million fundin...

BD ranks 18 among 25 Asia-Pacific nations in power index

BD ranks 18 among 25 Asia-Pacific nations in power index

FE Online Report 2018-05-08 16:20:13

Bangladesh has been ranked 18th out of 25 nations in the Asia-Pacific region on an index that measures country’s overall power situation. The Lowy Institute Asia Power Index measures power acro...

Two to walk gallows for killing RU teacher

Two to walk gallows for killing RU teacher

-- 2018-05-08 15:22:15

A Rajshahi tribunal has sentenced two JMB militants to death and three others to life term imprisonment for killing Rajshahi University (RU) teacher Prof Rezaul Karim Siddiquee in 2016. After examini...

SC defers Khaleda’s bail hearing

SC defers Khaleda’s bail hearing

-- 2018-05-08 14:31:03

The Supreme Court (SC) has deferred until Wednesday a hearing on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case, pending a verdict. The hearing came after the Anti-C...

Court halts verdict in Eskaton double murder case

Court halts verdict in Eskaton double murder case

-- 2018-05-08 13:45:51

A Dhaka court on Tuesday deferred the announcement of its judgement in the New Eskaton double murder case filed against Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of ruling Awami League lawmaker Pinu Khan. Judge Md Al...

Lightning  kills woman in Sunamganj

Lightning kills woman in Sunamganj

-- 2018-05-08 13:25:49

A female farmer was killed after being hit by a thunderbolt at a haor in Purangaon village of Bishwambharpur upazila on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Shahara Banu, wife of late Hazr...

Law enforcers detain 32 on various charges

Law enforcers detain 32 on various charges

-- 2018-05-08 13:02:37

In separate anti-crime drives, members of police and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested 30 suspects on various charges from different areas of the district in last 12-hour ending at 8 am this morni...