-- 2019-07-18 12:32:34
Police on Thursday announced the arrest of another suspect accused of murdering a youth in broad daylight in Barguna district town last month. Maruf Hossain, superintendent of Barguna police, said th...
-- 2019-07-18 11:06:38
The sudden swelling of the Old Brahmaputra River has led to the inundation of new Char areas, croplands and houses in Sherpur district, triggering fears of a devastating flood. Water Development Boar...
-- 2019-07-18 10:38:26
Rescuers recovered the body of another man from the rubble of a two-storied building that caved in on Wednesday in Patuatuli area of Old Dhaka. The body was retrieved around midnight, said Fire Ser...
Roving Correspondent 2019-07-17 22:44:11
NAOGAON, July 17: Farmers in the district have achieved a good yield of Black Queen watermelon from an experimental cultivation. Moreover, the fruit cultivation has brought smile on the faces of the...
Our Correspondent 2019-07-17 22:42:55
RAJSHAHI, July 17: Jute cultivation has marked a rise in the district in recent years. In 2019, jute cultivation surpassed to 271 hectares of land than the target fixed by the Department of Agricultu...
-- 2019-07-17 21:13:29
A man was killed and another believed to have trapped as an abandoned two-storey building collapsed at Patuatuli in Old Dhaka on Wednesday, reports UNB. However, firefighters were yet to retrieve th...
-- 2019-07-17 19:51:46
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) is going to stop issuing fresh no objection certificates (NOCs) to Grameenphone and Robi over the row about dues to the government, reports UN...
-- 2019-07-17 19:45:29
A tribunal here on Wednesday framed charges against former Sonagazi Police Station officer-in-charge Moazzem Hossain in a case filed under the Digital Security Act. Advocate Nazrul Islam Shamim, who...
-- 2019-07-17 19:05:09
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government does not want any children to remain unschooled as an educated nation is urgently needed to ensure 'Golden Bangladesh' as dreamt by Father...
-- 2019-07-17 18:02:08
Admission tests in most of the universities will be held through cluster system from the next year and it will be introduced in all universities in phases. Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni disclosed t...
-- 2019-07-17 17:08:39
Police have been given five days to grill Ayesha Siddika Minny over her involvement in the daylight murder of her husband Refat Shorif in Barguna. Judge Md Sirajul Islam Gazi of Barguna’s Senio...
-- 2019-07-17 16:27:10
The Department of Environment has imposed a fine of Tk 2.0 million on the Hathazari 100MW Peaking Power Plant for polluting the Halda River by dumping industrial waste. The authorities also ordered t...
-- 2019-07-17 14:56:28
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government has a plan to introduce electric and high-speed trains in the country to make the railway services better and faster. "We've a plan to ge...
-- 2019-07-17 14:14:30
Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Minister Md Tajul Islam on Wednesday said the Deputy Commissioners have been instructed to take effective measures to prevent the spread of dengue. "An a...
-- 2019-07-17 14:07:37
A group of students of Dhaka University blocked the key Shahbag intersection in the capital on Wednesday demanding an end to the university's affiliation with seven colleges. Mostakim Ahmed, one of l...
-- 2019-07-17 13:26:54
Bangladesh Army chief General Aziz Ahmed has said the armed forces are ready to help if the flood situation worsens. He made the remark while replying to a question at the end of the first session of...
-- 2019-07-17 12:56:37
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated 'Benapole Express', an intercity train that will ply between capital Dhaka and Benapole. She flagged off the new train through a videoconference from her...
-- 2019-07-17 11:57:11
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday appreciated the results of this year's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations but noted that they will be better if the students pay p...
-- 2019-07-17 11:12:21
Two suspected drug peddlers were killed in a reported gunfight with members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Jajimura Shikolpara in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar district on Wednesday. The decease...
-- 2019-07-17 10:38:37
As many as 73.93 per cent students passed this year's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations. Last year, the pass rate was 66.64 per cent. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina offici...
Our Correspondent 2019-07-17 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, July 16: Pleasure trips by boats in the Padma river surrounding the city protection embankment is turning risky and dangerous as neither the boatmen nor the riders are conscious about the ri...
-- 2019-07-16 21:57:04
Aysha Siddika Minni was arrested on Tuesday over the killing of her husband Rifat Sharif. Police super of Barugna Maruf Hossain announced this in the evening, hours after taking in Minni for interrog...
-- 2019-07-16 21:49:41
Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) on Tuesday claimed to have found excessive amount of lead in pasteurised milk produced by 11 licensed companies. It filed a report to the High Cou...
-- 2019-07-16 20:42:16
Six years after introducing diesel electric multiple unit or DEMU trains, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has rejected a proposal to buy any more of them, saying they are unfit for Bangladesh, reports bd...
-- 2019-07-16 20:25:47
Six people drowned in Ulipur and Roumari upazilas of Kurigram district on Tuesday as the Brahmaputra and Dharla rivers continue to flow above the danger level, leaving thousands of people stranded. M...
-- 2019-07-16 18:34:10
The names of seven personalities who will receive 'Shilpakala Padak 2018' for their contributions to their respective fields were announced Tuesday. They are - Gouro Gopal Haldar (vocal), Sunil Chand...
-- 2019-07-16 18:25:10
A Khulna court has sentenced five people to death for gang-raping and murdering former Exim Bank official Parvin Sultana before killing her father Ilyas Chowdhury in 2015. Judge Md Mohiduzzaman of Wo...
-- 2019-07-16 18:15:37
Jatiya Party Chairman and ex-president Hussain Muhammad Ershad was finally laid to eternal rest on Tuesday at Polli Nibash in his hometown Rangpur, according to UNB. The former military strongman who...
FE Online Report 2019-07-16 18:05:37
At least 53 women were tortured to death for dowry alone in the first six months of the calendar year, according to a local legal aid and rights body. The Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) report also noted...
-- 2019-07-16 18:01:17
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Tuesday said the price of onion will come down by the end of July. "Price of a number of essential commodities including onion, ginger and garlic are high due to the...
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