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Road crash kills one in Savar

Road crash kills one in Savar

-- 2019-05-11 12:13:11

A man was killed and four others were injured as a staff minibus of a furniture company plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Aricha highway at Boliarpur in Savar on Saturday morning. The decease...

Rape suspect dies in shootout with police

Rape suspect dies in shootout with police

-- 2019-05-11 12:04:29

A man suspected of raping a teenage schoolgirl has been killed in an alleged shootout with police in Garadob village in Gangni upazila of Meherpur district. The deceased has been identified as Yakub...

NZ jails Bangladeshi couple for exploiting workers

NZ jails Bangladeshi couple for exploiting workers

-- 2019-05-11 11:38:24

A New Zealand court has jailed a Bangladeshi couple for exploiting migrant workers at their sweets shop in Auckland, reports bdnews24 citing local media. Auckland District Court sentenced Mohammed At...

PM returns home after 10-day official visit to London

PM returns home after 10-day official visit to London

-- 2019-05-11 11:18:29

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home from London on Saturday morning wrapping up her 10-day official visit to the United Kingdom (UK). A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Pr...

Woman dies due to ‘wrong treatment’; hospital vandalised

Woman dies due to ‘wrong treatment’; hospital vandalised

-- 2019-05-11 10:40:41

Relatives of a patient went on a rampage at Adhunik Hospital in Lakshmipur district town on Saturday morning following the death of their family member due to ‘wrong treatment’. Quoting r...

0.1m at high risk of landslide in Ctg

0.1m at high risk of landslide in Ctg

Nazimuddin Shyamol 2019-05-11 10:06:58

More than 0.1 million people living on the hillsides of Chattogram city are at high risk of landslide. The district administration, Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) and Chattogram Metropolitan Pol...

Concerns aired over chemical use in foods

Concerns aired over chemical use in foods

FE Report 2019-05-11 10:02:25

Rights activists demanded awarding capital punishment to food adulterators, as the existing penalties have 'failed' to stop the unscrupulous businesses from doing so. They also presented a set of rec...

Intel fears unrest at apparel units

Intel fears unrest at apparel units

Rezaul Karim 2019-05-11 09:54:17

Non-payment of wages, arrears and other financial benefits before Eid may cause labour unrest at around hundred apparel units in and around Dhaka city, officials said. Citing a government intellige...

Heat wave may persist for two more days

Heat wave may persist for two more days

FE Report 2019-05-11 09:51:11

The heat wave, which has swept many places in the country over the past few days, may persist, the Met Office said. In its 24-hour forecast, the Office said hot weather might persist in Khulna, Rajsh...

Railway to get record high allocation in next ADP

Railway to get record high allocation in next ADP

FHM Humayan Kabir 2019-05-11 09:47:11

Bangladesh Railway (BR) is going to receive a record high fund allocation in the next development budget as the quality of its service has been on the decline, insiders said Friday. They said despi...

FM denies IS recruit Shamima’s Bangladeshi citizenship

FM denies IS recruit Shamima’s Bangladeshi citizenship

-- 2019-05-10 22:04:39

Foreign Minister Dr. A K Abdul Momen on Friday denied the Bangladeshi citizenship of Shamima, an Islamic States (IS) recruit, as she was not born in Bangladesh. “Shamima Begum and her parents a...

Stay alert against propaganda: Fakhrul to BNP followers

Stay alert against propaganda: Fakhrul to BNP followers

-- 2019-05-10 19:28:39

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday urged his party colleagues not to get confused with the government's 'propaganda' against their party. "The world is changing fast while ge...

Sirajganj road crashes kill two

Sirajganj road crashes kill two

-- 2019-05-10 19:09:24

Two men were killed and three injured in separate road accidents in Sirajganj Sadar upazila on Friday morning. The deceased were identified as Shahadat Hossain, 32, the helper of a pickup van, and Ra...

Minority oppression increase: BHBCOP

Minority oppression increase: BHBCOP

-- 2019-05-10 18:00:39

Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Oikya Parishad (BHBCOP) on Friday expressed deep concern over the increased violence and oppression of minorities in the last four months after the national electio...

Ilias Kanchan urges measures to curb road accidents

Ilias Kanchan urges measures to curb road accidents

-- 2019-05-10 17:14:34

Actor and 'Nirapad Sarak Chai' (Nischa) founder Ilias Kanchan on Friday said that steps should be taken to cut road accidents by half within the next year. He said that the government's development p...

Biman’s special flight to bring back passengers from Myanmar

Biman’s special flight to bring back passengers from Myanmar

-- 2019-05-10 17:10:16

A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines has left for Yangon to bring back passengers and crew members injured in last week's crash landing. The flight left Dhaka around 3:30pm on Friday, said S...

Biman faces aircraft crisis on domestic routes

Biman faces aircraft crisis on domestic routes

-- 2019-05-10 16:59:52

Biman Bangladesh Airlines is facing a shortage of planes following the accident involving one of its aircraft at Myanmar’s Yangon Airport on Wednesday. The incident has triggered a crisis on s...

Move to erect statue of Bangabandhu in Cox’s Bazar

Move to erect statue of Bangabandhu in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2019-05-10 16:51:04

A statue of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the mould of the Statue of Liberty in the US will be constructed to commemorate his birth centenary, said Minister for Liberation...

Suspected Hizb-ut-Tahrir man held

Suspected Hizb-ut-Tahrir man held

-- 2019-05-10 14:18:11

A suspected member of banned militant outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir was arrested from Charail area of Keraniganj on Thursday. The arrestee was identified as Riaz Uddin Sepai, 35, a member of Dhaka District (...

Nusrat murder: Ex-Sonagazi OC suspended for negligence

Nusrat murder: Ex-Sonagazi OC suspended for negligence

-- 2019-05-10 12:25:19

Former Sonagazi OC Moazzem Hossain has been suspended for his negligent handling of the case over the murder of madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi, who was burnt by assailants in Feni. Moazzem has bee...

Printing press employee dies from electrocution

Printing press employee dies from electrocution

-- 2019-05-10 10:36:19

A printing press employee died from electrocution at Fakirerpool area of Dhaka city on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Rana, 20, an employee of 'Shamim Binding' near Fakirerpool Wat...

Neighbour rapes minor in Laxmipur

Neighbour rapes minor in Laxmipur

-- 2019-05-10 10:29:22

A minor girl was raped by her neighbour at Panchpara in Chandraganj upazila of Laxmipur district on Thursday. AbulKalam Azad, officer-in-charge of Chandraganj Police Station, said Belal Hossain, a ne...

Miscreants shot PCJSS activist dead

Miscreants shot PCJSS activist dead

-- 2019-05-10 10:25:26

An activist of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti (PCJSS) was shot dead by some miscreants at No 3 rubber garden in Kibukchhara of Sadar upazila of Bandarban on Thursday. The deceased was ident...

DU student dies after falling off coconut tree

DU student dies after falling off coconut tree

-- 2019-05-10 10:20:46

A student of Dhaka University (DU) died after he fell off a coconut tree at its Jagannath Hall on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Barun Biswas, a second-year student of Applied Mathema...

Protein items get costlier raising woes of consumers

Protein items get costlier raising woes of consumers

FE Report 2019-05-10 10:12:44

Prices of fish, beef, chicken and garlic increased further last week, raising sufferings of the consumers, especially limited income groups, with the beginning of Ramadan. The government's with...

Kamal upbeat on economy

Kamal upbeat on economy

-- 2019-05-10 10:07:34

Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said Thursday Bangladesh will be listed among 20 financially influential countries in the next five years. He said by 2024, Bangladesh will be among the 20 countr...

Bogura fish cultivators making windfall profit

Bogura fish cultivators making windfall profit

Our Correspondent 2019-05-09 21:14:08

BOGURA, May 09: Indigenous fish cultivators in the district are making good profit this season. Officials at the local Fisheries Department said people are showing more interest in fish cultivation f...

Youth gets life in rape case

Youth gets life in rape case

-- 2019-05-09 21:13:54

A tribunal in Jhenidah on Thursday sentenced a young man to life imprisonment for raping a minor girl in 2010. Judge Chand Mohammad Abdul Alim Al Razi of the Women and Children Repression Prevention...

‘Beef prices to come down if extortion curbed’

‘Beef prices to come down if extortion curbed’

-- 2019-05-09 20:45:13

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon on Thursday said beef prices will come down if extortion can be curbed at Gabtoli Cattle Market, reports UNB. "Beef prices will decrease even t...

Fifth phase of UZ election on June 18

Fifth phase of UZ election on June 18

-- 2019-05-09 19:51:04

The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday announced the schedule of fifth phase of fifth upazila election, fixing the voting date on June 18. EC Secretariat secretary Helaluddin Ahmad announced the po...