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Bogura-6 by-polls on June 24

Bogura-6 by-polls on June 24

-- 2019-05-08 18:36:43

The by-polls to Bogura-6 constituency will be held on June 24, according to a schedule announced by the Election Commission on Wednesday. The parliamentary seat was declared vacant on April 30 as BNP...

HC orders judicial probe into lawyer’s death in jail

HC orders judicial probe into lawyer’s death in jail

-- 2019-05-08 18:11:10

The High Court (HC) on Wednesday ordered conducting a judicial investigation into the death of a lawyer after being burnt in Panchagarh jail. The court also ordered conducting the investigation by a...

Chandpur road crash leaves two dead

Chandpur road crash leaves two dead

-- 2019-05-08 17:47:41

Two people were killed in a collision between a truck and an auto-rickshaw at Lebutola Balu Mohalin in Chandpur Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as auto-rickshaw drive...

10th death anniversary of Dr Wazed Thursday

10th death anniversary of Dr Wazed Thursday

-- 2019-05-08 17:16:07

The tenth death anniversary of noted nuclear scientist with international repute and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s husband Dr MA Wazed Miah on Thursday. The nuclear scientist, who has a colour...

Tk 2.02t ADP for FY20 likely

Tk 2.02t ADP for FY20 likely

-- 2019-05-08 17:06:30

The Planning Commission on Wednesday approved a draft Tk 2.02 trillion (Tk 2,02,721 crore) original Annual Development Programme (ADP) outlay for the next fiscal year (FY20) giving highest priority on...

FFs to get digital certificates, ID cards

FFs to get digital certificates, ID cards

-- 2019-05-08 16:50:31

Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haq on Wednesday said the government is working to provide the Freedom Fighters (FFs) with digital certificates and identity cards quickly. “Prime M...

Heatwave to continue for few more days

Heatwave to continue for few more days

-- 2019-05-08 16:49:03

There is no possibility of immediate relief from the sweltering summer heat as it may continue for two or three more days, said the Met Office. Abdur Rahman Khan, a meteorologist at Bangladesh Meteor...

$165m WB deal to improve service delivery for Rohingyas

$165m WB deal to improve service delivery for Rohingyas

-- 2019-05-08 16:46:39

The government on Wednesday signed a $165 million grant financing agreement with the World Bank (WB) to provide basic services and build disaster and social resilience for the Rohingyas who fled to Co...

Heat from brick kilns destroys paddy in Manikganj

Heat from brick kilns destroys paddy in Manikganj

-- 2019-05-08 16:40:18

Heat from brick kilns has destroyed paddy on about 166 acres of field in Sadar upazila’s Gokulnagar and Sulandi villages in Manikganj district, farmers and agriculture officials say. But there...

Final tributes paid to Subir Nandi

Final tributes paid to Subir Nandi

-- 2019-05-08 16:36:05

People from all walks of life paid their last respect to renowned singer Subir Nandi at the central Shahid Minar and Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) on Wednesday. Subir's body was kept...

HC orders list of companies involved in milk adulteration

HC orders list of companies involved in milk adulteration

-- 2019-05-08 16:24:43

The High Court on Wednesday directed the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) to submit a list of the companies involved in adulteration of milk and curd within May 15. A bench of Justice Md Nazru...

HC orders probe into lawyer's death in jail

HC orders probe into lawyer's death in jail

-- 2019-05-08 14:38:57

The High Court has ordered a probe into the death of lawyer Polash Kumar Rai, who died after being burnt in a jail in Panchagarh. Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil issued the orde...

Chinese national held with 2.8kg gold at SAIA

Chinese national held with 2.8kg gold at SAIA

-- 2019-05-08 13:01:05

Customs officials of Shah Amanat International Airport (SAIA) on Wednesday arrested a Chinese national with 24 gold bars. The arrestee was identified as Fan Rongui, reports UNB. Nur Uddin Milon, dep...

Bus plunges into ditch in Noakhali, killing three

Bus plunges into ditch in Noakhali, killing three

-- 2019-05-08 12:48:58

Three people were killed and 25 others injured after a bus fell into a roadside ditch in Chatkhil upazila of Noakhali on Wednesday morning. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediate...

Police arrest two Rohinga with Yaba tablets

Police arrest two Rohinga with Yaba tablets

-- 2019-05-08 12:26:03

Two Rohingya youths were arrested from Firingi Bazar area in Chattogram city on Tuesday night for carrying 2,000 Yaba pills. The arrestees were identified as Mohammad Hossain, 20 and Sultan Islam, 18...

Jute mill workers continue demo

Jute mill workers continue demo

-- 2019-05-08 12:12:09

Workers of nine jute mills in Khulna continued their strike for the third consecutive day on Wednesday demanding payment of their dues. They took to the street in front of their respective mills in t...

Suspected drug trader dies in city ‘gunfight’

Suspected drug trader dies in city ‘gunfight’

-- 2019-05-08 12:08:06

A suspected drug dealer was killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in city's Agargaon area early Wednesday. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Sour...

Subir Nandi’s body brought back home

Subir Nandi’s body brought back home

-- 2019-05-08 11:12:01

The body of renowned singer Subir Nandi was brought back from Singapore on Wednesday morning. A flight of Regent Airways, carrying the mortal remains, landed at the Dhaka airport at around 6:50am, sa...

Beef still selling at high price, as traders ignore fixed rate

Beef still selling at high price, as traders ignore fixed rate

FE Report 2019-05-08 10:20:47

Traders were still selling beef at a high rate on Tuesday, defying the city corporation-fixed rate. The price of beef, which has been on the rise over several months, has already gone beyond the re...

BGMEA again asks units to give foreign staff info

BGMEA again asks units to give foreign staff info

Monira Munni 2019-05-08 10:11:28

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) again asked its member factories to provide information on foreigners working in the country's ready-made garment (RMG) industr...

IOM to implement PACE programme for migrants

IOM to implement PACE programme for migrants

FE Report 2019-05-08 10:09:00

The Gap Inc, a global apparel retailer, and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) have recently signed an agreement that will enable the UN agency to implement the company's innovative...

Four get death in rape case

Four get death in rape case

-- 2019-05-07 21:45:15

A tribunal in Shariatpur on Tuesday sentenced four people to death for raping a minor girl at Ahmed Chowkidar Kandi village in Zanjira upazila in 2017. The convicts are Nur Morol, 35, son of Hamed Mo...

Ministers review cyclone management issues at PMO

Ministers review cyclone management issues at PMO

-- 2019-05-07 21:37:50

Ministers and concerned senior officials on Tuesday proposed construction of more cyclone shelters for the southern coastlines, reinforced embankments and improved ICT communication systems as they jo...

Rohingya repatriation: Bangladesh seeks ‘clear roadmap’ from Myanmar

Rohingya repatriation: Bangladesh seeks ‘clear roadmap’ from Myanmar

-- 2019-05-07 21:14:23

Bangladesh has sought a 'clear roadmap' from Myanmar for the repatriation of Rohingyas living in Cox's Bazar. The government of Bangladesh also asked Myanmar to identify all of the issues that are hi...

President hosts iftar for Islamic scholars, freedom fighters

President hosts iftar for Islamic scholars, freedom fighters

-- 2019-05-07 20:41:36

President Md Abdul Hamid on Tuesday hosted an Iftar Mahfil for Islamic scholars, injured freedom fighters, family members of Birshresthas, orphans, officials of Bangabhaban. Before the iftar, the Pre...

Beekeepers collect over 12 tonnes of honey from  200 litchi orchards

Beekeepers collect over 12 tonnes of honey from 200 litchi orchards

Roving Correspondent 2019-05-07 20:11:47

NATORE, May 07: Beekeepers have collected over 12 tonnes of honey from 200 litchi orchards in the district this season. Sources said commercial honeybee farming is gaining popularity in the area for...

Rangpur arum cultivators  optimistic of achieving  good production

Rangpur arum cultivators optimistic of achieving good production

Our Correspondent 2019-05-07 20:10:25

RANGPUR, May 07: The arum cultivators across the district are optimistic about achieving a good yield of the vegetable during the current season due to a favourable weather condition and timely supply...

Three dead, two missing in Gaibandha boat capsize

Three dead, two missing in Gaibandha boat capsize

-- 2019-05-07 19:50:56

Three people died and two others went missing when a boat capsized in the Brahmaputra River at Gidari in Sadar upazila on Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified as Rokeya Begum, 45, wife of In...

'Nurse killed after rape on moving bus in Kishoreganj'

'Nurse killed after rape on moving bus in Kishoreganj'

-- 2019-05-07 19:45:04

A nurse was killed after rape on a moving bus in Kishoreganj district on Monday night, claimed her family. However, police said she died from injuries she suffered while getting down from the bus hur...

Govt moves to strengthen BSTI amid product quality concerns  

Govt moves to strengthen BSTI amid product quality concerns  

-- 2019-05-07 19:37:20

The government has taken a number of 'important' projects to expand the activities and surveillance of Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) across the country. BSTI, the country's lone...