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Stolen Shiva idol found in Ctg after 15 months

Stolen Shiva idol found in Ctg after 15 months

-- 2018-02-22 11:40:17

Police recovered an around 150-year-old Shiva idol, which was stolen 15 months ago, from Uttarvurshi Mallikpara in Boalkhali upazila of Chittagong on Wednesday night. On information, a team of police...

Bomb blast inside Jessore jail!

Bomb blast inside Jessore jail!

-- 2018-02-21 23:55:45

A bomb exploded inside the outer boundary of Jessore Central Jail on Wednesday leaving a garbage collector (tokai) wounded. UNB said the victim was identified as Jahidul Biswas alias Kalu, 40, who us...

Bangla lovers defy border barriers for mother tongue

Bangla lovers defy border barriers for mother tongue

-- 2018-02-21 23:40:36

Thousands of people from both Bangladesh and India as part of their deep affection for mother tongue gathered at the no-man's-land between Benapole and Petrapoleon Wednesday to observe International M...

BNP declares it’ll hold black-flag procession Saturday

BNP declares it’ll hold black-flag procession Saturday

-- 2018-02-21 23:14:14

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced that it will bring out a black-flag procession in the capital city on Saturday. The party came up with the programme in protest against the denial...

Ctg family planning officer found after remaining ‘missing’ for days

Ctg family planning officer found after remaining ‘missing’ for days

-- 2018-02-21 22:58:46

A Health and Family Planning Officer of Boalkhali Health Complex, who reportedly went missing on Monday, was found on Wednesday at AK Khan intersection of Chittagong city. UNB quoting Officer-in-Char...

Amar Ekushey brings huge crowd to book fair

Amar Ekushey brings huge crowd to book fair

-- 2018-02-21 22:01:58

The Amar Ekushey Book Fair witnessed a huge crowd on Wednesday, the International Mother Language Day. Thousands of people gathered at the fair after paying homage to the Language Movement martyrs a...

Indian cooperation in focus for Rohingya repatriation

Indian cooperation in focus for Rohingya repatriation

-- 2018-02-21 21:18:59

The road transport and bridges minister has sought cooperation of Indian government for the repatriation of Rohingya who crossed into Bangladesh fleeing the violence in their homeland. Obaidul Quader...

Hearing on Khaleda’s appeal  against verdict Thursday

Hearing on Khaleda’s appeal against verdict Thursday

FE Desk 2018-02-21 20:50:40

The appeal filed with the High Court against the lower court verdict against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case is on the cause list for hearing on Thursday, according...

Inu says BNP should join poll without convicts

Inu says BNP should join poll without convicts

-- 2018-02-21 20:37:34

The information minister has said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is engaged in a battle against militancy and corruption. Hasanul Haq Inu said, "There will be no relief for corrupt elements nor wi...

3 killed in road accidents across country

3 killed in road accidents across country

FE Online Desk 2018-02-21 20:14:25

Separate road accidents have left three persons dead and 17 others injured in Chittagong and Jamalpur. In Chittagong, police have identified the dead as Mohiuddin and Probal Das. Both of them were 40...

Focus on Bangla for all judicial tasks

Focus on Bangla for all judicial tasks

-- 2018-02-21 20:06:50

Former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque has stressed using Bangla in all activities of the Supreme Court as an honour for Language Movement martyrs. He made the call after paying tribute to the martyr...

Artist stands by Rohingya sexual violence victims

Artist stands by Rohingya sexual violence victims

-- 2018-02-21 19:10:23

Dibarah Mahboob starts her day at Cox's Bazar, in her native Bangladesh, around dawn. After a run, she makes breakfast and then heads out to the nearby camps swollen with more than half a million Rohi...

PM calls for use of Bangla language correctly

PM calls for use of Bangla language correctly

-- 2018-02-21 18:47:40

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged all on Wednesday to practise and use Bangla language correctly and uphold the culture and heritage to further help develop the country and brighten its image in the...

Myanmar agrees to take back 6,500 trapped Rohingyas

Myanmar agrees to take back 6,500 trapped Rohingyas

Our Correspondent 2018-02-21 18:44:47

Myanmar authorities have assured Bangladesh that it would take back 6,500 Rohingyas trapped in the no-man's-land between Bangladesh and Myanmar. The assurance was made at a high-level meeting between...

Tungipara Parjatan official cut down tree planted by PM

Tungipara Parjatan official cut down tree planted by PM

-- 2018-02-21 18:34:39

An eye-catching tree planted by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina 17 years ago on the premises of Gopalganj's Tungipara Parjatan Motel has been felled. Manager of Parjatan Corporation's 'Hotel Madhumati'...

Sight set on UN official language status for Bangla

Sight set on UN official language status for Bangla

-- 2018-02-21 18:01:56

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has voiced his demand for recognising Bangla as the official language of the United Nations. "We have the sole demand to the United Nations now that it w...

PM to visit Rajshahi on Thursday

PM to visit Rajshahi on Thursday

-- 2018-02-21 17:29:18

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will go to Rajshahi on Thursday on a daylong visit. The Prime Minister is scheduled to join the 6th Corps Reunion of Bangladesh Army Engineering Corps during her visit....

26 businesses fined for not hoisting flag

26 businesses fined for not hoisting flag

-- 2018-02-21 16:40:17

A mobile court in Jhenaidah on Wednesday fined 26 business organisations in the district town for not hoisting the national flag on the occasion of the International Mother Language Day. Based on a c...

Govt destroys democracy, says Fakhrul

Govt destroys democracy, says Fakhrul

-- 2018-02-21 15:17:08

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said the government has demolished democracy by snatching people's all rights. "We on behalf of our Chairperson Khaleda Zia , paid tribu...

Southeast Bank donates patrol cars to DMP

Southeast Bank donates patrol cars to DMP

FE Online Desk 2018-02-21 15:02:34

Southeast Bank Limited has donated two patrol cars to Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) as a part of its corporate social responsibility. Mohammed Gofran, additional managing director of the bank, hand...

Gunfight leaves rape suspect dead in Cox's Bazar

Gunfight leaves rape suspect dead in Cox's Bazar

-- 2018-02-21 14:25:33

A suspect in a rape case was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Cox's Bazar district. Major Amin said that the shootout erupted early on Wednesday at Napitk...

164 flood victims get aid in Gaibandha

164 flood victims get aid in Gaibandha

-- 2018-02-21 13:55:21

A total of 164 flood victims of Kamarjani union under Sadar upazila of the district got TK 1.47 million as donation on Tuesday through the rocket service of Dutch Bangla Mobile Banking. Funded by UKA...

Two win ‘Syed Waliullah Literary Award’

Two win ‘Syed Waliullah Literary Award’

-- 2018-02-21 13:38:19

Two expatriate writers – Shahmim Azad and Nazmun Nesa Piari – won this year’s Syed Waliullah Literary Award 2017'' for their literary works in Bangla. Bangla Academy introduced the...

ULAB observes int’l mother language day

ULAB observes int’l mother language day

FE Online Desk 2018-02-21 13:28:54

The University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) has arranged a discussion cultural programme for the observance of International Mother Language Day. ULAB Emeritus Prof Rafiqul Islam, scholar and lu...

Cops recover decomposed body in Magura

Cops recover decomposed body in Magura

-- 2018-02-21 12:46:36

Police recovered the decomposed body of a local businessman from Jhama bazar area of the district early Wednesday. The deceased was Akhtaruzzaman Dablu, 40, son of Rokon Molla of Jhama village. Bein...

Miscreants hack man to death

Miscreants hack man to death

-- 2018-02-21 12:44:40

Some unidentified miscreants hacked a man to death at Poyda village of Sadar upazila in Pabna on early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Alim (30), son of Abu Bakkar of the village, a n...

Four RMG workers die after falling off train roof in Naogaon

Four RMG workers die after falling off train roof in Naogaon

-- 2018-02-21 12:26:40

Four garment workers died falling from the roof of a running train after they were hit by a footbridge at Raninagar upazila in Naogaon. The deceased were identified as Jahangir Alam, 19, son of Abul...

President flies to Singapore Wednesday night

President flies to Singapore Wednesday night

-- 2018-02-21 11:56:40

President M Abdul Hamid is scheduled to leave the country for Singapore on Wednesday night for medical check-up there. His medical check-up will be conducted at Mount Elizabeth Hospital and Singapore...

Govt promotes 391 officials to deputy secretaries

Govt promotes 391 officials to deputy secretaries

-- 2018-02-21 11:42:53

The government has initiated promotions on a massive scale for the sixth time by elevating 391 senior assistant secretaries to the post of deputy secretary. They were attached to the public administr...

Ten top-traded cos snare 32pc turnover

Ten top-traded cos snare 32pc turnover

FE Report 2018-02-21 11:34:06

The ten top-traded companies accounted for more than 32 per cent of the total transactions on the country's premier bourse on Tuesday. Unique Hotel & Resorts dominated the turnover chart. Brokers...