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Priya Saha explains her controversial remarks

Priya Saha explains her controversial remarks

-- 2019-07-21 17:41:29

Priya Saha has stood by her remarks on the alleged persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh to US President Donald Trump during a meeting at the White House. In a YouTube video posted by her rights organi...

Two sedition cases against Priya Saha dismissed

Two sedition cases against Priya Saha dismissed

-- 2019-07-21 17:39:36

Two sedition cases filed against Priya Saha, who raised allegations of minority torture in Bangladesh during a meeting with US President Donald Trump, were dismissed hours after the cases were filed....

Power supply at Shahjalal Airport restored after 7 hours

Power supply at Shahjalal Airport restored after 7 hours

-- 2019-07-21 17:18:22

Power supply to Shahajala International Airport restored after seven hours of disruption on Sunday afternoon following a power-line disconnection in the morning. Power outage and disruption in water...

Sudden power outage hits Dhaka airport

Sudden power outage hits Dhaka airport

FE Online Desk 2019-07-21 14:25:44

A sudden power cut has 'partially' hit the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka city since this morning. With this, the airport went without water and air-conditioning, leaving travellers...

DSCC launches anti-Aedes campaign

DSCC launches anti-Aedes campaign

-- 2019-07-21 14:04:03

The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) today launched a campaign to destroy the breeding grounds of Aedes mosquito responsible for dengue. DSCC Mayor Sayeed Khokon inaugurated the drive in front of...

Priya Saha should be given a chance: Quader

Priya Saha should be given a chance: Quader

-- 2019-07-21 13:50:02

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said Priyabala Saha, who complained of minority oppression in Bangladesh to US President Donald Trump, should be given a chance a to explai...

Jatiya Party denounces Priya Saha’s remarks

Jatiya Party denounces Priya Saha’s remarks

-- 2019-07-21 13:26:18

Jatiya Party, the official opposition in parliament, has said that it ‘does not agree’ with the controversial remarks made by Priya Saha to US president Donald Trump about the alleged pers...

Two sedition cases filed against Priya Saha

Two sedition cases filed against Priya Saha

-- 2019-07-21 12:44:57

Two sedition cases have been filed against Priya Saha, a leader of a minority group, for maligning Bangladesh's image by making false complaints to US President Donald Trump. Supreme Court lawyer and...

DU protests continue demanding disaffiliation of  seven colleges

DU protests continue demanding disaffiliation of seven colleges

-- 2019-07-21 12:25:41

A group of Dhaka University (DU) students on Sunday locked the gates of administrative and academic buildings demanding an end to the university's affiliation with seven colleges. The main gates of r...

0.85 million people marooned in Kurigram

0.85 million people marooned in Kurigram

-- 2019-07-21 11:40:18

About a million people are stranded as the overall flood has situation remained unchanged for the last 12 days. Although the water level of major rivers has fallen, the sufferings of the flood-hit pe...

Pursue economic diplomacy: PM to envoys

Pursue economic diplomacy: PM to envoys

-- 2019-07-21 10:22:05

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the Bangladesh envoys in European countries to pursue the economic diplomacy alongside the political one as she joined the first-ever Bangladeshi envoys conferen...

Hard lobbying key reason for so many doctors crowding Dhaka

Hard lobbying key reason for so many doctors crowding Dhaka

FE Report 2019-07-21 09:44:25

A staggering 4,749 physicians are posted as attachment (OSD) in Dhaka against only 783 sanctioned posts, causing a dearth of doctors at district level and below. According to statistics available wit...

Malaysia to start recruiting BD workers from August: Minister

Malaysia to start recruiting BD workers from August: Minister

-- 2019-07-20 21:29:56

Malaysia will start recruiting Bangladeshi workers from August, said Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmed on Saturday.  “The decision of returning illega...

People of three Bogura upazilas worried over  possible collapse of flood control dam

People of three Bogura upazilas worried over possible collapse of flood control dam

Our Correspondent 2019-07-20 21:17:58

BOGURA, July 20: More than 50,000 people in Dhunot, Sariakandi and Sonatola upazilas in the district are worried over the possible collapse of village protection embankment due to onrush of water of t...

Bangladesh is now hunger-free, Hasan Mahmud says

Bangladesh is now hunger-free, Hasan Mahmud says

-- 2019-07-20 19:38:55

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said Bangladesh is now hunger-free and the poverty rate will be reduced to 10 per cent before the next parliament election. “Bangabandhu’s daughte...

RAB arrests man accused of raping, killing minor   

RAB arrests man accused of raping, killing minor   

-- 2019-07-20 19:32:49

A man, accused of raping and killing a class X student, was arrested on Saturday morning from the Sadar upazila's Charnachana village of Madaripur. "A RAB team raided the area and arrested Sajjad Hos...

Flood situation in Brahmaputra river basin improves

Flood situation in Brahmaputra river basin improves

-- 2019-07-20 18:32:13

Overall flood situation in chars and Brahmaputra river basin under four upazilas in the district is improving since Thursday night as floodwater started receding from affected areas. The officials of...

‘Dengue in Bangladesh alarming but better than South-East Asia’

‘Dengue in Bangladesh alarming but better than South-East Asia’

-- 2019-07-20 18:15:39

WHO acting Country Representative for Bangladesh Dr Edwin Salvador on Saturday said dengue situation in Bangladesh is alarming but under control unlike many countries in South-East Asia. Dr Salvador...

Child-lifting rumour: Woman among three lynched in Dhaka, Narayanganj

Child-lifting rumour: Woman among three lynched in Dhaka, Narayanganj

-- 2019-07-20 17:51:09

Three people, including a woman, were beaten to death by angry mobs in Dhaka and Narayanganj on Saturday after they were suspected to be child lifters. In Dhaka, an unknown woman was killed in a lync...

Floods disrupt Sherpur-Jamalpur road links

Floods disrupt Sherpur-Jamalpur road links

-- 2019-07-20 17:50:11

Road communications between Sherpur and Jamalpur have been disrupted after the roads near Porar Dokan and Shimultali areas were submerged by flash floods. Bus services from Sherpur to Jamalpur along...

'Process underway to file sedition case against Priya Saha'

'Process underway to file sedition case against Priya Saha'

-- 2019-07-20 17:15:11

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said Bangladeshi citizen Priya Saha, who made 'absolutely false' allegations about Bangladesh during a meeting with US President Donald Trump, will be...

Kurigram flood situation unchanged

Kurigram flood situation unchanged

-- 2019-07-20 14:51:54

The overall flood situation in Kurigram district remained unchanged as Brahmaputra, Dharala, Dudkumar and other major rivers in the district have been flowing above the danger level for the last 11 da...

Govt calls Priya Saha’s allegation ‘blatant lies’

Govt calls Priya Saha’s allegation ‘blatant lies’

-- 2019-07-20 13:35:10

The government today termed as ‘blatant lies’ complaints made by Bangladeshi national Priya Saha to US President Donald Trump claiming that minority communities in the country are exposed...

Two die in Faridpur as lorry plunges into ditch

Two die in Faridpur as lorry plunges into ditch

-- 2019-07-20 12:54:20

Two people were killed and three others injured as a lorry fell into a ditch at Shibrampur in sadar upazila of Faridpur district on Dhaka-Khulna highway on Saturday morning. The identities of the dec...

RAB arrest two drug traders in Naogaon

RAB arrest two drug traders in Naogaon

-- 2019-07-20 12:41:40

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members arrested two alleged drug traders along with 915 yaba tablets from Baliachanda village in Porsha upazila of Naogaon district on Friday night. The arrestees are Md...

Youth killed in city over trivial matter

Youth killed in city over trivial matter

-- 2019-07-20 12:36:58

A young man was stabbed to death by a group over a trivial matter in Lalbagh area of Dhaka city on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Shamim Hossain, 18, of the locality, reports UNB. D...

Kushtia ‘gunfight’ kills ‘drug trader’

Kushtia ‘gunfight’ kills ‘drug trader’

-- 2019-07-20 11:16:56

An alleged drug trader was killed in a 'gunfight' in Harra area of Sadar upazila of Kushtia district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Rafikul Islam, 40, son of late Mohon Ali of Haripur vill...

Govt condemns Priya Saha's false allegation to Trump

Govt condemns Priya Saha's false allegation to Trump

-- 2019-07-20 11:11:54

State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam has strongly condemned the false allegation made by a Bangladeshi to US President Donald Trump. The minister on Friday said that the government will...

BD minority group disavows its leader’s comments in Trump meeting

BD minority group disavows its leader’s comments in Trump meeting

-- 2019-07-20 11:05:04

An association of minorities in Bangladesh has refused to take responsibilities for allegations of persecution raised by one of its leaders in a meeting with US President Donald Trump. Priya Saha, an...

PM to join envoys’ conference in London today

PM to join envoys’ conference in London today

-- 2019-07-20 10:52:11

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will attend a conference of Bangladesh envoys in Europe, the first of its kind, in the British capital of London today. “The prime minister will join the conference...