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Man, nephew die in Pabna road crash

Man, nephew die in Pabna road crash

-- 2019-06-12 13:49:43

A man and his nephew were killed when their motorbike collided with a human hauler at Circuit House in the Pabna Sadar upazila on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Hafez Walid, 22, son of Am...

Hospital ceiling caves in; five children hurt

Hospital ceiling caves in; five children hurt

-- 2019-06-12 13:20:50

At least eight people, including five children, were injured when a large chunk of concrete plaster ceiling collapsed at Noakhali 250-bed General Hospital on Wednesday. The incident took place at 6:2...

BD urges int’l community to ramp up pressure on Myanmar

BD urges int’l community to ramp up pressure on Myanmar

-- 2019-06-12 12:39:41

Bangladesh has urged the international community to step up pressure on Myanmar so that it creates a conducive environment for Rohingya repatriation. After briefing diplomats stationed in Dhaka on We...

President leaves for Tajikistan, Uzbekistan Thursday

President leaves for Tajikistan, Uzbekistan Thursday

-- 2019-06-12 12:32:02

President M Abdul Hamid will leave Dhaka for Tajikistan and Uzbekistan on a seven-day official visit on Thursday. “During his seven-day visit to the central Asian nations, the President will at...

Bangladesh seeks IOM member states’ support

Bangladesh seeks IOM member states’ support

-- 2019-06-12 12:25:38

Bangladesh has sought support from the international community for its candidate for the post of Deputy Director General (DDG) of International Organization for Migration (IOM). The country has float...

Finance Minister Mustafa Kamal hospitalised

Finance Minister Mustafa Kamal hospitalised

-- 2019-06-12 11:34:18

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has been admitted to a hospital after being taken ill mere days before the placement of his maiden budget in parliament. The 72-year-old went to Dhaka's Apollo Hosp...

19 districts get new DCs

19 districts get new DCs

-- 2019-06-12 11:13:30

In a major reshuffle at the field-level administration, the government has appointed new deputy commissioners (DCs) to 19 districts. The Public Administration Ministry issued a gazette notification...

Three die after truck rams motorcycle in Naogaon

Three die after truck rams motorcycle in Naogaon

-- 2019-06-12 09:56:21

Three motorcyclists were killed when a truck hit a motorbike on which they were riding at Mahishbathan Bazar in Mahadebpur upazila of Naogaon district on Tuesday night. The deceased were identified a...

ACC director trashes ‘fabricated’ bribe allegation  

ACC director trashes ‘fabricated’ bribe allegation  

-- 2019-06-11 20:33:45

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Director Khandaker Enamul Basir on Tuesday trashed the allegation of taking bribe from Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Mizanur Rahman. "It's completely fabri...

Rohingyas collecting BD passports thru’ traffickers to go overseas

Rohingyas collecting BD passports thru’ traffickers to go overseas

-- 2019-06-11 20:24:00

As they do not see any light of hope for dignified repatriation to their homeland in Rakhine state, Myanmar, a large number of Rohingyas are either making desperate move to go abroad illegally or spre...

BSTI test finds 22 more substandard food items

BSTI test finds 22 more substandard food items

FE Online Report 2019-06-11 18:52:33

Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) found 22 more food items of different companies as substandard. The national quality control agency tested a total of 93 remaining food items in it...

Govt to procure 2,50,000 mt paddy directly from farmers: Minister

Govt to procure 2,50,000 mt paddy directly from farmers: Minister

-- 2019-06-11 18:18:52

The government is going to procure some 2,50,000 metric tonnes of paddy directly from farmers so that they can enjoy the benefits of farming, said Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder on Tuesday. Th...

Political violence killed 28 in Jan-Apr: ASK

Political violence killed 28 in Jan-Apr: ASK

FE Online Report 2019-06-11 17:54:11

Some 28 people were killed and 1,204 injured in 110 incidents of political violence in first four months of the current calendar year, according to a local independent rights body. Out of the inciden...

   UP member arrested for torturing teens

  UP member arrested for torturing teens

-- 2019-06-11 17:45:30

A Union Parishad member was arrested on Monday night for his involvement in the torture of two grade-IX students in Nalchity upazila of Jhalakathi. Rafiqul Islam is the member of Siddhakathi Union...

Gousal Azam Sarker made BD envoy to Iran

Gousal Azam Sarker made BD envoy to Iran

-- 2019-06-11 17:35:27

The Government has decided to appoint AFM Gousal Azam Sarker, currently serving as the Director General of Foreign Ministry’s International Organisations wing in Dhaka, as the new Bangladesh Amb...

Freedom fighters' monthly allowance likely to reach Tk 12,000

Freedom fighters' monthly allowance likely to reach Tk 12,000

-- 2019-06-11 17:28:06

The government is likely to propose increasing the monthly allowance for the freedom fighters (FF) to Tk 12,000 from Tk 10,000 in the next national budget, to be placed in parliament on Thursday. &ld...

Extinct wolf ‘beaten to death’ in Barguna

Extinct wolf ‘beaten to death’ in Barguna

-- 2019-06-11 17:06:04

A wolf was allegedly trapped and beaten to death after venturing into villages of Taltali upazila of Barguna district recently. The poor animal came into conflict for killing the livestock. Investiga...

UNICEF lauds BD's achievements in child education, health

UNICEF lauds BD's achievements in child education, health

-- 2019-06-11 16:52:17

Praising Bangladesh’s remarkable achievements in the field of child education and health, new UNICEF country representative Tomoo Hozumi has assured that UNICEF would continue to work with the g...

Man found dead in Rajshahi

Man found dead in Rajshahi

-- 2019-06-11 16:47:15

A man was found dead at a brick kiln in Puthia upazila of Rajshahi on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Nurul Islam, 55, former president of Puthia upazila unit of Road Transport Workers' Union...

China says Hong Kong matters purely an internal affair

China says Hong Kong matters purely an internal affair

-- 2019-06-11 14:52:19

China’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday that Hong Kong matters are purely a Chinese internal affair and China demands the United States stops interfering in Hong Kong’s affairs. Ministry...

Former MP gets life term for killing sitting MP

Former MP gets life term for killing sitting MP

-- 2019-06-11 14:13:32

A Gaibandha court has sentenced ex-Jatiya Party MP Abdul Kader Khan to life imprisonment for murdering Awami League lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton nearly two and a half years ago. Judge Dilip Kumar Bh...

JCD faction padlocks BNP central office

JCD faction padlocks BNP central office

-- 2019-06-11 13:51:01

A faction of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activists were staging demonstrations in front of BNP’s Naya Paltan central office by locking its main gate on Tuesday demanding cancellation of the p...

JS budget session begins today

JS budget session begins today

FE Online Desk 2019-06-11 12:58:27

The first budget session of the 11th parliament will begin this afternoon. Also the third session of the present parliament in general, it is scheduled for 5:00pm, according to the Parliament Secreta...

Road crash kills two in Chandpur

Road crash kills two in Chandpur

-- 2019-06-11 11:48:39

Two people were killed and two others injured as a bus crashed into an auto-rickshaw at Gabtali in Chandpur Sadar upazila on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Emran Hossain, 34, a bank offi...

Govt briefs diplomats tomorrow

Govt briefs diplomats tomorrow

-- 2019-06-11 11:27:31

The government will brief diplomats stationed in Dhaka on Wednesday on current issues with special focus on the Rohingya one, said an official on Tuesday. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen, among ot...

Gunfight kills ‘drug trader’ in Cumilla

Gunfight kills ‘drug trader’ in Cumilla

-- 2019-06-11 10:54:29

An alleged drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Uttar Bijoypur in Cumilla Sadar South upazila early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Bappy alias Rajib, 26, son of late...

16 ISPs fined for providing connections without licence

16 ISPs fined for providing connections without licence

-- 2019-06-10 21:11:23

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has fined 16 internet service providers (ISP) Tk 2.0 million and filed cases against four others for providing internet connections without li...

Court accepts charges against 16 in Nusrat murder case

Court accepts charges against 16 in Nusrat murder case

-- 2019-06-10 18:59:50

A Feni tribunal on Monday took cognisance of charges against 16 accused in the murder case of madrasa girl Nusrat Jahan Rafi. Judge of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Mamunur al...

‘Digital Security Act not for curbing press freedom’

‘Digital Security Act not for curbing press freedom’

-- 2019-06-10 18:50:16

Law Minister Anisul Huq on Monday told visiting European Union Special Representative for Human Rights Eamon Gilmore that the government has enacted the Digital Security Act to deal with cybercrimes,...

ACC suspends its director for leaking probe report to DIG Mizan

ACC suspends its director for leaking probe report to DIG Mizan

-- 2019-06-10 17:13:08

Anti-Corruption Commission has temporarily suspended its Director Khandaker Enamul Bachhir for leaking a probe report to Deputy Inspector General of Police Mizanur Rahman, who is accused of earning il...