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They using Bangabandhu’s portraits, name for plundering: Dr Kamal

They using Bangabandhu’s portraits, name for plundering: Dr Kamal

-- 2019-08-24 17:20:45

Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain on Saturday said those making their own fortunes depriving people of their ownership of the country and voting rights using the name and portraits of Bangabandhu a...

Road crash claims eight lives in Faridpur

Road crash claims eight lives in Faridpur

-- 2019-08-24 17:08:03

At least eight people were killed and 20 others injured after a bus plunged into a roadside ditch during negotiating a bridge in Faridpur on Saturday. The accident occurred on the Dhaka-Faridpur High...

Rohingya return: US for squarely pressuring Myanmar

Rohingya return: US for squarely pressuring Myanmar

-- 2019-08-24 15:20:36

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller on Saturday said they will continue to put pressure on Myanmar to create conditions on the ground for the “voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable&rd...

Army sergeant dies in Bogura road crash

Army sergeant dies in Bogura road crash

-- 2019-08-24 15:12:44

An army sergeant was killed and six others injured after a passenger bus overturned at Rahobol on Rangpur-Bogura Highway in Shibganj upazila of Bogura district on Saturday. The deceased was identif...

PM pays tributes to NAP president Muzaffar Ahmed

PM pays tributes to NAP president Muzaffar Ahmed

-- 2019-08-24 14:26:13

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina today (Saturday) paid rich tributes to one of the political luminaries of the country and Bangladesh National Awami Party-NAP (Muzaffar) president Professor Muzaffar Ahmed...

Man ‘kills’ son in Sherpur

Man ‘kills’ son in Sherpur

-- 2019-08-24 14:25:07

A young man was reportedly hacked to death by his father during an altercation at Dhatiapara village in Sherpur Sadar upazila on Saturday morning, police said. The deceased was identified as Shafiqul...

18 new dengue patients hospitalised in Cumilla hospitals

18 new dengue patients hospitalised in Cumilla hospitals

-- 2019-08-24 13:24:52

At least 18 new patients were admitted with dengue to Cumilla Medical College Hospital and other hospitals in the district in the last 24 hours till Saturday morning. Dr Mujibur Rahman, district civi...

‘Robber’ dies in Sylhet ‘gunfight’

‘Robber’ dies in Sylhet ‘gunfight’

-- 2019-08-24 13:14:13

A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Maricha border area in Zakiganj upazila of Sylhet district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Abdus Shaheed Chhalu, 32, of...

Jubo League leader murder: Two Rohingyas die in ‘gunfight’

Jubo League leader murder: Two Rohingyas die in ‘gunfight’

-- 2019-08-24 12:12:06

Two Rohingya youths, suspects in the murder of Jubo League Leader Omar Faruk, were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on Saturday. The dece...

Lightning strike in Satkhira kills farmer

Lightning strike in Satkhira kills farmer

-- 2019-08-24 11:57:37

A farmer was killed and another injured in a lightning strike at Jalalabad village in Kalaroa upazila of Satkhira district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Delwar Hossain, 30, son of Duk...

Angry mob in Chuadanga lynch man

Angry mob in Chuadanga lynch man

-- 2019-08-24 11:13:35

A man has been lynched by an angry mob for allegedly stabbing another person to death in Amirpur village of Chuadanga Sadar Upazila. Akbar Ali, 35, fatally wounded a man named Hasan Ali with a knife...

Hosts in Cox's Bazar losing patience with Rohingya refugees

Hosts in Cox's Bazar losing patience with Rohingya refugees

-- 2019-08-24 11:08:55

Aged between 10 and 15, with signs of anger clear in their faces and sticks in hands, the boys were vandalising signboards and billboards of different nongovernment organisations inside a Rohingya ref...

Surge in agri input prices set to cost Aman farming

Surge in agri input prices set to cost Aman farming

Yasir Wardad 2019-08-24 10:12:57

A significant rise in the prices of different agricultural inputs is set to push up Aman plantation costs, especially in 28 flood-hit districts this year, according to experts and farmers. Aman is...

Shipbuilding policy soon to tap export potential

Shipbuilding policy soon to tap export potential

Talha Bin Habib 2019-08-24 10:11:36

The government has drafted the shipbuilding industry development policy-2019 with an eye to developing the sector in view of its export potential, officials said. Under the move, industries minis...

NAP chief Prof Muzaffar Ahmad dies

NAP chief Prof Muzaffar Ahmad dies

-- 2019-08-23 21:16:09

National Awami Party (NAP) President Professor Muzaffar Ahmad, a member of the advisory council of the Liberation War-time government, has died at a hospital in Dhaka. The 97-year old politician, als...

BD hopes US, Canada to send back Bangabandhu’s killers

BD hopes US, Canada to send back Bangabandhu’s killers

-- 2019-08-23 21:07:51

Bangladesh expects the United States and Canada to make a “difference” by sending back killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and help execute the court verdict...

53 people lynched in Jan-July

53 people lynched in Jan-July

FE Online Report 2019-08-23 19:33:11

53 people were killed by mob beating across the country in the seven months of the current calendar year, according to a report by an independent rights and legal aid body. The highest number of inci...

‘Enemies of Hindus are enemies of the nation’

‘Enemies of Hindus are enemies of the nation’

-- 2019-08-23 18:43:31

Awami League’s General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said the enemies of the Hindu community are also the enemies of the nation. “Those who are your (the Hindu community) enemies and...

Dengue: Over 1,400 hospitalised in 24 hours

Dengue: Over 1,400 hospitalised in 24 hours

FE Online Report 2019-08-23 18:28:01

As many as 1,446 new dengue patients have been hospitalised in the last 24 hours until 8:00am on Friday, taking the infected toll to 61,038, according to government data. Besides, the Directorate Gen...

BNP forms forum to support victims of rape, repression

BNP forms forum to support victims of rape, repression

-- 2019-08-23 17:58:06

Amid the growing incidents of rape and violence against women and children, BNP has formed a forum to stand by the victims of such repression with legal and other support, and create a social movement...

Snakebites kill snake-charmer couple in Satkhira

Snakebites kill snake-charmer couple in Satkhira

-- 2019-08-23 17:56:28

A man and his wife, both snake handlers, died after being bitten by snakes in Satkhira on Friday. The snake charmer couple was identified as Ekhlas Khan, 32, and Alima Khatun, 28. They are from Kalig...

Myanmar should convince Rohingyas to return home: Momen

Myanmar should convince Rohingyas to return home: Momen

-- 2019-08-23 17:31:03

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said Myanmar should convince Rohingya people, who fled ‘ethnic cleansing’ in the Rakhine State and took shelter in Cox’s Bazar two years ago, to g...

'Rohingyas' gun down Jubo League leader

'Rohingyas' gun down Jubo League leader

-- 2019-08-23 15:35:20

A Jubo League leader was shot dead allegedly by Rohingyas at Jadimura in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar district on Thursday night. The victim was identified as Omar Faruk, 30, president of ward No 9...

Strengthen communal harmony to attain development: President

Strengthen communal harmony to attain development: President

-- 2019-08-23 14:53:50

Terming communal harmony a great tradition of the nation, President Abdul Hamid on Friday urged people of all religions to strengthen it to attain national development and progress through collective...

Housewife dies of dengue in Satkhira

Housewife dies of dengue in Satkhira

-- 2019-08-23 11:17:32

A housewife died of mosquito-borne disease dengue in Satkhira sadar upazila early Friday. The deceased was identified as Shahanara Khatun, 37, wife of Khalilur Rahman of Choygharia village in the upa...

Floating Aman seedbeds  gain popularity among  peasants in Rangpur

Floating Aman seedbeds gain popularity among peasants in Rangpur

Our Correspondent 2019-08-22 22:25:38

RANGPUR, Aug 22: Floating Aman seedbeds are gaining popularity among the peasants of different areas under Kawnia upazila in the district. With the assistance of agriculture officials a good of farme...

Lightning claims nine lives in four districts

Lightning claims nine lives in four districts

-- 2019-08-22 21:52:19

Nine people,  including a couple, were killed in lightning strikes in Faridpur, Manikganj, Magura and Bogura districts on Thursday. In Faridpur, four people were killed being hit by lightning st...

Rohingya repatriation ‘not one-off event”, requires continuous engagement: UNHCR

Rohingya repatriation ‘not one-off event”, requires continuous engagement: UNHCR

-- 2019-08-22 21:47:44

“Voluntary repatriation” of Rohingyas will require the continuous engagement of all concerned agencies to build the trust of Rohingyas, and it is a process, not a one-off event, said a UN...

300 health workers infected with dengue while treating patients

300 health workers infected with dengue while treating patients

-- 2019-08-22 20:42:14

As many as 300 health workers, including doctors and nurses, have been afflicted with dengue while treating patients hospitalised for the mosquito-borne disease in Dhaka this year. According to a gov...

‘24 killed in border areas in Jan-July’

‘24 killed in border areas in Jan-July’

FE Online Report 2019-08-22 19:07:22

A total of 24 Bangladeshis were killed in incidents of violence along the country's border from January to July of the current calendar year, according to a local independent rights and legal aid body...