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Intervene in Rohingya crisis: Nobel winners to UNSC

-- 2017-09-13 08:48:41

Twelve Nobel laureates and 18 other eminent global citizens have sent an open letter to the president and member states of UN Security Council urging them to intervene immediately to end the humanitar...

Over 0.236m to get job in ICT sector: PM

-- 2017-09-13 07:34:54

The government has undertaken initiatives to set up Hi-Tech Park, Software Technology Park and IT Village in the country aimed at creating employment for over 0.236 million (2,36,500) people. Prime M...

Help Rohingyas 'regardless of politics': UN

-- 2017-09-13 06:54:13

The United Nations (UN) urged the international community to help Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh, who fled violence in Myanmar seeking safety, regardless of politics.   “I think t...

JS to discuss 16th amendment verdict

-- 2017-09-13 06:46:09

The Jatiya Sangsad (parliament) will sit to discuss the 16th amendment verdict and possible legal steps regarding some of its observations. Chittagong-8 Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal MP Moin Uddin Khan Bad...

Police arrest BCL leader for ‘rape, suicide provocation’

-- 2017-09-13 05:51:42

Police arrested a local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League  (BCL) in Netrokona on Tuesday night on charge of raping a teenage girl and provoking her to commit suicide.   Koushik Sarker Ap...

Missing sewer worker found dead in Mirpur

-- 2017-09-13 05:31:44

A sewer worker, who went missing after entering a manhole to clean the sewerage line in Mirpur area of Dhaka on Tuesday, was found dead nearly after 24 hours on Wednesday afternoon.   A group o...

Govt plans development of 10,000 social infrastructures

-- 2017-09-13 05:18:34

The government plans development, renovation and extension of some 10,000 universal social infrastructures in all upazilas except the city corporation areas by June 2020.   The Executive Commit...

Two women found dead at Munshiganj shrine

-- 2017-09-13 01:22:42

Police have recovered the bodies of two women with their throats slit from a shrine in Munshiganj.   The two found at the Hazrat Shah Sulaiman Nangta Shrine in Bhitikandi village were killed so...

Locals construct bamboo bridge for temporary communication

Our Correspondent 2017-09-13 01:21:51

RANGPUR, Sept 12: The local people of Morneya union under Gangachara upazila in Rangpur district have set an example by constructing a bamboo-made bridge (Sako) with their own initiative over the dama...

Use of cattle manure as fuel on the rise in Magura

Our Correspondent 2017-09-13 01:21:01

MAGURA, Sept 12: About 200 women in Nanduali under Magura Sadar have improved their livelihood by preparing cattle manure as a fuel.One Shabana Khatun of the village said cattle manure and jute stick...

Two fake CID men held

-- 2017-09-12 12:06:55

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two fake officials of Crime Investigation Department (CID) from Bhutipukur border area in Tentulia upazila on Monday afternoon. The arrestees were id...

Paddy farming facing setback in Rangpur flood-hit areas

Sayed Mofidul Babu 2017-09-12 12:00:00

Cultivation of Aman paddy is facing setback in different flood affected areas under Rangpur division due to acute crisis of seedlings.   Although flood water has begun to recede from the cropla...

PM calls on Myanmar to end violence

-- 2017-09-12 12:00:00

Bangladesh has called on Myanmar to end violence against Rohingyas as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visits refugee camps in the southeastern part of the country.   “We urge the Myanmar gov...

PM leaves for Rohingya camp visit

-- 2017-09-12 12:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left for Cox’s Bazar to distribute aid among Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar.   Hasina left Dhaka on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight arou...

One dies in Satkhira lightning strike

FE Online Desk 2017-09-12 12:00:00

A fish farm owner was killed by a lightning strike at Assasuni upazila in Satkhira on Tuesday morning.   The deceased has been identified as Jahangir Hossain, 45, son of one Moktar Ali - a resi...

20 injured in Jhenaidah road crash

FE Online Desk 2017-09-12 12:00:00

At least 20 people have sustained injuries as a bus carrying 50 passengers plunged into a ditch skidding off Harinakunda-Jhenaidah road near the Circuit House in Jhenaidah Sadar Upazila on Tuesday.&nb...

'370,000 Rohingyas flee Myanmar for Bangladesh'

-- 2017-09-12 12:00:00

Violence in Myanmar prompted 370,000 Rohingya people to flee to Bangladesh since August 25, up from a previous estimate of 313,000.   The UN International Organization for Migration revealed th...

Yunus asks Suu Kyi to start peace process

-- 2017-09-12 10:26:36

Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus has called upon Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi to take “immediate steps” to halt the Rakhine State violence and stem the flow of Rohin...

UNFPA seeks $13m urgently for Rohingya women, girls

-- 2017-09-12 10:02:13

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) sought emergency funding for reproductive health and gender-based violence response for Rohingya women and girls arriving from Myanmar.   The UN popul...

PM wants coordination to deal Rohingya refugees

-- 2017-09-12 09:45:33

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday directed the all authorities concerned to work in a coordinated manner while dealing with the Myanmar refugees staying in Bangladesh.   She asked the Cab...

Fakhrul appreciates PM for visiting Rohingya refugees

-- 2017-09-12 09:33:19

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday appreciated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for visiting Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar.   But he strongly criticised her gover...

UN aircraft with emergency relief reaches Dhaka

-- 2017-09-12 08:10:05

Two chartered aircraft of the UNHCR with emergency relief supplies for 25,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) Tuesday.   "The two aircra...

Dhaka edn board secy for revoking MCQ method

-- 2017-09-12 07:37:09

Secretary to the Education Ministry’s Secondary and Higher Secondary Division Sohrab Hossain suggested the withdrawal of the MCQ method from the secondary and higher secondary level examinations...

Most Rohingya refugees are children: UNICEF

-- 2017-09-12 07:24:04

Most Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, who managed to flee Myanmar in the past six days, are children, says Bangladesh Chief of UNICEF’s Child Protection Jean Lieby.   “60 per cent o...

Schoolgirl’s death triggers angry protest in Dhaka

-- 2017-09-12 07:14:50

The death of a schoolgirl in a road accident at Shewrapara area of Dhaka triggered an angry protest on Tuesday.   The deceased was identified as Disha, 10, a Class-V student of Mirpur Ideal Sch...

Muggers hack mobile top-up trader to death in M’singh

-- 2017-09-12 06:46:22

A mobile top-up trader was hacked to death by muggers at Kewatkhali in Mymensingh early Tuesday.   The deceased was identified as Haripad, 45, a resident of the area, reports UNB.   Quam...

Govt to recruit 10,000 physicians: Health minister

-- 2017-09-12 06:11:46

Health Minister Mohammad Nasim on Tuesday said all the necessary arrangements have been made to recruit 10,000 physicians for providing equitable and inclusive health services in the country’s r...

Police arrest three 'militants' in Rajshahi

-- 2017-09-12 06:07:49

Police arrested 'three members of Neo-Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB)' from a hostel in Baneshwar Bazar area of Puthia upazila of Rajshahi early Tuesday.   The arrestees are identified as...

Police arrest Jessore man with 10 foreign birds

-- 2017-09-12 05:50:16

Police arrested a man along with 10 foreign birds from Chachra check post area of Jessore on Monday night.   The arrestee was identified as Abul, son of late Shahadat, a resident of Durgapur vi...

BGB arrests two fake CID officers in Panchagarh

-- 2017-09-12 05:21:47

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two fake officials of Crime Investigation Department (CID) from Bhutipukur border area in Tentulia upazila of Panchagarh on Monday afternoon.  ...