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One dies in Bagerhat road crash

One dies in Bagerhat road crash

-- 2017-09-08 12:44:38

A man was killed as a fish-laden pickup van hit a stationed truck at Shahbari on Bagerhat-Pirojpur road in Morelganj upazila on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Monir Hossian, 26, helper o...

Private car collides with truck, killing two

Private car collides with truck, killing two

-- 2017-09-08 12:00:00

Two people, including a leader of Islami Andolon Bangladesh, were killed and two others injured when a private car collided with a truck at Chhatiantola in Jessore sadar upazila early Friday.  ...

Govt plans biometric database for Myanmar refugees

Govt plans biometric database for Myanmar refugees

-- 2017-09-08 12:00:00

Bangladesh has decided to create a database of Myanmar refugees by collecting biometric details from the hundreds of thousands arriving through various points of its southeast border, reports bdnews24...

270,000 Rohingyas entered BD so far: UNHCR

270,000 Rohingyas entered BD so far: UNHCR

-- 2017-09-08 12:00:00

Amid a dramatic increase in the number of refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar’s Northern Rakhine state, UNHCR Friday called for urgent action to address the prime causes of the recent surge in...

Denmark to grant $3.2mn for Rohingya refugees

Denmark to grant $3.2mn for Rohingya refugees

-- 2017-09-08 12:00:00

Denmark has announced to provide $US 3.2 million to support the Rohingya refugees coming to Bangladesh fleeing persecution in Myanmar, reports UNB.   Danish Ambassador to Bangladesh Mikael Hemn...

17 bombs, 30 grenades found at Mirpur militant den

17 bombs, 30 grenades found at Mirpur militant den

-- 2017-09-08 11:13:14

Huge explosives, including 17 bombs, 30 hand grenades and 10 kg gunpowder, were recovered from the suspected militant hideout at Mirpur’s Mazar Road in Dhaka as Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) ende...

Habiganj trawler capsize kills four

Habiganj trawler capsize kills four

-- 2017-09-08 10:55:17

Three women and a child were killed and at least five others were injured in a trawler capsize at Lambabag of Khwai River in the district on Thursday night. Among the four deceased two were identifie...

Cop dies in Comilla road crash

Cop dies in Comilla road crash

-- 2017-09-08 10:50:02

A police constable was killed and four other people were injured in a road accident at Charbakar area on Comilla-Sylhet highway in Debidwar upazila of Comilla district on Thursday night.   Poli...

Rohingya refugees burden for BD, US admits

Rohingya refugees burden for BD, US admits

-- 2017-09-08 07:51:57

The United States has acknowledged the burden on Bangladesh as it shelters hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people fleeing persecution in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, reports bdnews24.com.  ...

400 sued over AL factional clash in Kushtia

400 sued over AL factional clash in Kushtia

-- 2017-09-08 05:30:37

A case was filed against 400 people in connection with a factional clash of Awami League in Kushtia over establishing supremacy that left two people dead and 20 injured.   Komlesh Das, sub-insp...

Two motorcyclists die in Ctg road crash

Two motorcyclists die in Ctg road crash

-- 2017-09-08 04:53:11

Two motorcyclists were killed as a bus hit them on Akhtaruzzaman flyover at GEC area of Chittagong city on Friday noon.   The identities of the deceased could not be known yet, reports UNB. &n...

Woman dies in Sirajganj road crash

Woman dies in Sirajganj road crash

-- 2017-09-08 04:48:39

A 30-year-old woman was killed and 13 others were injured as two buses collided head-on at Kashem intersection in the west side of Bangabandhu bridge approach road in Kamarkhand upazila of Sirajganj o...

Bogra curd producers make high  profit during Eid festival

Bogra curd producers make high profit during Eid festival

Emdadul Haque 2017-09-07 12:48:45

BOGRA, Sept 06: Curd producers of Bogra district are making high profit during the Eid occasion.According the local source, around 400 small, middle and big curd industry have been set up in all twelv...

Govt set to import 0.2m tonnes of wheat from Russia

Govt set to import 0.2m tonnes of wheat from Russia

Talha Bin Habib 2017-09-07 12:00:00

The government is set to import 0.2 million tonnes of wheat from Russia under government to government (G2G) arrangement, officials said. A proposal in this regard now awaits approval from the cab...

Wastes of sacrificial animals  bring fortune for traders

Wastes of sacrificial animals bring fortune for traders

Adnan Hossain Bhuiyan 2017-09-07 12:00:00

Wastes of sacrificial animals produced during Eid-ul-Azha have brought fortune for scavengers and seasonal traders as the entrepreneurs of the informal sector have been exporting tonnes of processed w...

Modern tech helps boost output of Thai guava

Modern tech helps boost output of Thai guava

Roving Correspondent 2017-09-07 12:00:00

The Thai guava peasants of Tentulia under Panchagarh are happy over the good market price of the fruit this season. Sources said farmers can harvest the fruit within a few months of the plantation...

WFP feeds people fleeing Myanmar violence

WFP feeds people fleeing Myanmar violence

FE Online Desk 2017-09-07 12:00:00

The World Food Programme or WFP is distributing food to people fleeing to Bangladesh to escape violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, the UN agency said on Thursday.   An estimated 146,000...

Turkey First Lady in Dhaka

Turkey First Lady in Dhaka

-- 2017-09-07 12:00:00

    Turkey's First Lady Emine Erdogan has arrived in Dhaka early Thursday to meet Rohingya Muslims who have fled persecution in Myanmar’s Rakhine State.   A special aircraft c...

11 more Rohingyas drown in Naf

11 more Rohingyas drown in Naf

-- 2017-09-07 12:00:00

Eleven bodies of Rohingyas, who tried to enter Bangladesh following fresh violence in Rakhaine state of Myanmar, were recovered after two boats capsized in separate places in the Naf River on Thursday...

Govt extends safety-net programme

Govt extends safety-net programme

-- 2017-09-07 12:00:00

The government has increased allocation for its safety-net programme to provide financial support to additional 1.0 million extreme poor, according to the social welfare ministry.   With this...

Myanmar way of action causes problem: Hasina

Myanmar way of action causes problem: Hasina

-- 2017-09-07 12:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today denounced the insurgents activities in the Myanmar's western Rakhine state but said the way of actions by Naypyidaw was also causing problem for neighbouring Banglad...

Rising trade boosts BD, Nepal relations: Envoy

Rising trade boosts BD, Nepal relations: Envoy

-- 2017-09-07 12:00:00

Nepalese Ambassador to Bangladesh Professor Dr Chop Lal Bhusal has said diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and Nepal are gradually being strengthened with a rising volume of trading between the t...

Tangail road accidents toll reaches 10

Tangail road accidents toll reaches 10

-- 2017-09-07 09:51:29

The death toll in Thursday’s two road accidents in Tangail reached 10 with with four more critically injured persons dying while being taken to hospitals. Tangail highway police said, a Tangail...

Total 3.8kg gold recovered at HSJIA

Total 3.8kg gold recovered at HSJIA

-- 2017-09-07 09:08:14

Gold bars weighing around 3.8 kg were recovered from Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport in separate incidents on Thursday. Sources at the airport said Shakhwat Hossain, 39, a passenger of Th...

Sylhet cultivators face acute  shortage of T-Aman seedlings

Sylhet cultivators face acute shortage of T-Aman seedlings

Our Correspondent 2017-09-06 12:24:02

Chairman of Sylhet Sadar Ashfaq Ahmed distributed T-Aman seedlings among 60 flood-hit farmers. — FE Photo SYLHET, Sept 05: Farmers of the Sylhet division are facing acute shortage of T-Aman see...

Patients of Bagatpara Health Complex getting poor service

Patients of Bagatpara Health Complex getting poor service

Roving Correspondent 2017-09-06 12:22:44

The patients craving for better treatment at Bagatipara Health Complex under Bagatipara of Natore district. — FE Photo NATORE, Sept 05: Patients of the 31-bed Bagatpara Health Complex of the di...

Bogra sees good sugarcane output this season

Bogra sees good sugarcane output this season

Our Correspondent 2017-09-06 12:21:16

A trader waits for customers beside the Bogra-Naogaon Highway under Dupchanchia upazila of Bogra on Tuesday. — FE Photo BOGRA, Sept 05: Sugarcane growers are getting good production and fair ma...

Myanmar 'planting landmines' along border with Bangladesh

Myanmar 'planting landmines' along border with Bangladesh

Reuters 2017-09-06 12:00:00

Myanmar has been laying landmines across a section of its border with Bangladesh, said two government sources in Dhaka, adding that the purpose may have been to prevent the return of Rohingya Muslims...

Govt set to revise GDP base year

Govt set to revise GDP base year

-- 2017-09-06 12:00:00

The government is going to rebase and revise the GDP year to 2015-16 from the existing 2005-2006, incorporating many more emerging areas of economic activities into the calculation of economic output....

Five dead in Narsingdi bus-truck collision

Five dead in Narsingdi bus-truck collision

-- 2017-09-06 12:00:00

A road crash on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway has left five people dead and at least 15 others injured.   A collision between a bus and a truck was reported around 6:00am on Wednesday from Narsingdi...