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Police arrest 75 in Khulna

Police arrest 75 in Khulna

-- 2019-02-10 12:29:51

District and Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) arrested 75 people in separate drives in Khulna conducted from Saturday morning to Sunday morning. Md Anisur Rahman, additional superintendent of distric...

Bobby Hajjaj quits DNCC race

Bobby Hajjaj quits DNCC race

-- 2019-02-10 11:52:39

Bobby Hajjaj pulled himself out of the race for the next mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). The Nationalist Democratic Movement chairman withdrew his candidacy in the mayoral by-polls on S...

Poet Al Mahmud at ICU

Poet Al Mahmud at ICU

-- 2019-02-10 11:36:32

Prominent poet Al Mahmud is currently undergoing treatment at the Ibn Sina Hospital in Dhaka city's Dhanmondi area after he fell sick on Saturday night. Al Mahmud has been kept at the Intensive Care...

Man rapes speech-impaired girl in Satkhira

Man rapes speech-impaired girl in Satkhira

-- 2019-02-10 11:36:07

A speech-impaired girl was reportedly raped by the driver of Shyamnagar Upazila Nirbahi Officer in the government quarter premises in upazila headquarters of Satkhira on Saturday. Police arrested dri...

Rivals stab youth dead in Jashore

Rivals stab youth dead in Jashore

-- 2019-02-10 11:29:13

A young man was stabbed to death by his rivals in Jashore district town's Jorapukur area on Saturday evening. Police identified the victim as Mamun, 25, son of Abdur Rauf of Ghop Nawapara. Two other...

Saraswati Puja being celebrated across country

Saraswati Puja being celebrated across country

-- 2019-02-10 11:17:20

Saraswati Puja, worshiping the goddess of knowledge, wisdom and culture and one of the main religious festivals of the Hindu community, is being celebrated across the country on Sunday amid much enthu...

AL names two more candidates for women’s seats

AL names two more candidates for women’s seats

-- 2019-02-10 11:08:32

The Awami League has named two more candidates for seats reserved for women in parliament. Pabna’s Nadia Yasmin and Natore’s Ratna Ahmed are the ruling party’s latest nominees. The...

'Market to improve this year on stable economic growth'

'Market to improve this year on stable economic growth'

FE Report 2019-02-10 10:41:45

The respondents of a survey have expressed mixed views on the capital market performance in 2018. A significant number of respondents feel that the securities regulator has capacity constraint as a r...

Global diabetes prevalence doubles in 30 years: Report

Global diabetes prevalence doubles in 30 years: Report

Kamrun Nahar 2019-02-10 10:38:43

Various health benefits are being offset by global shifts to unhealthy diets that are high in calories and heavily-processed and animal source foods, according to a recent report released by the Lance...

218 new books hit Ekushey Grantha Mela on Saturday

218 new books hit Ekushey Grantha Mela on Saturday

FE Online Report 2019-02-09 21:37:45

Some 218 new books were introduced at Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela on Saturday. A total of 263 books were released the day before, said a Bangla Academy press release. Like previous years, the book fai...

Gopalganj farmers get benefit  from Broccoli cultivation

Gopalganj farmers get benefit from Broccoli cultivation

Our Correspondent 2019-02-09 21:26:23

GOPALGANJ, Feb 09: Farmers of Gopalpur union under Tungipara upazila in the district are getting good benefit from "Lora Broccoli" cultivation in the recent years. According to Tungipara Upazila Agric...

Scarcity of fish in Rangpur region

Scarcity of fish in Rangpur region

Our Correspondent 2019-02-09 21:25:42

RANGPUR, Feb 09: Despite various steps taken by the authority concerned to increase fish production in Rangpur district, scarcity of fish has been prevailing across the region in recent years.Accordin...

‘90pc Dhaka residents affected by air pollution’

‘90pc Dhaka residents affected by air pollution’

-- 2019-02-09 21:11:02

Green activists on Saturday said around 90 per cent dwellers in Dhaka city are affected by serious dust pollution and urged the authorities concerned to take effective steps to check it. Speaking at...

Posts of AL vice-chairman open to all

Posts of AL vice-chairman open to all

-- 2019-02-09 19:42:46

Awami League (AL) said the posts of vice-chairman in the first phase of the Upazila Parishad (UP) elections in 87 upazilas will be open for all.  The party announced it at a media briefing prog...

Quader says BNP gets weaker for negative politics

Quader says BNP gets weaker for negative politics

-- 2019-02-09 19:21:48

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said BNP is getting weaker day by day due to banking on negative politics. “Strong opposition i...

Locals foil BCL leaders attempt to kidnap bride

Locals foil BCL leaders attempt to kidnap bride

-- 2019-02-09 18:59:10

Miscreants, led by a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader, attacked a post-wedding reception and attempted to abduct the bride in Debidwar Upazila of Cumilla on Friday. The kidnap bid was foiled by...

Calls for Tk 100 million compensation for Jahalom

Calls for Tk 100 million compensation for Jahalom

-- 2019-02-09 18:50:51

An organisation known as the Sammilito Samajik Andolon has called for Tk 100 million in compensation for Tangail’s Jahalom, who was wrongfully imprisoned for three years. The organisation held...

Police arrest kidnapper in Chapainawabganj, rescues five children

Police arrest kidnapper in Chapainawabganj, rescues five children

-- 2019-02-09 18:38:03

Police in a drive rescued five children and arrested a kidnapper from Bhutupukur area in Chapainawabganj sadar upazila on Saturday. Those who rescued are Abdur Rahman, Selim Hossain, Ismail Hossain,...

Minister for creating ‘Internet Ombudsman’ through concerted efforts

Minister for creating ‘Internet Ombudsman’ through concerted efforts

-- 2019-02-09 17:34:12

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Saturday said time has come to think globally and work together on how to deal with fake news and rumours on social media platforms through establishing an &lsq...

Mentally challenged student dies in Tungipara road crash

Mentally challenged student dies in Tungipara road crash

-- 2019-02-09 14:09:06

A mentally challenged student was killed as a bus hit him at Malek Bazar in Tungipara upazila of Gopalganj district on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Korban Sarder, 12, son of Nasir...

Mob lynches suspected thief in Noakhali

Mob lynches suspected thief in Noakhali

-- 2019-02-09 13:55:13

A suspected thief was killed in a lynch-mob attack at Char Uria village in Noakhali Sadar upazila in the early hours of Saturday. The identity of the deceased could not be known yet. Anwar Hossain,...

Awami League finalises 41 for women JS seats

Awami League finalises 41 for women JS seats

-- 2019-02-09 13:54:21

Awami League (AL) has picked 41 women as its candidates for the election to the reserved seats of the 11th parliament, which will be held on March 4 next. The ruling party on Friday finalised the con...

National Vitamin-A Plus campaign begins

National Vitamin-A Plus campaign begins

-- 2019-02-09 13:44:42

The national Vitamin 'A' plus campaign is being observed across the country on Saturday in a bid to feed vitamin-A Plus capsule to children aged between six months to 59 months. Under the campaign, 2...

RAB recovers 0.25m Yaba from picnic bus

RAB recovers 0.25m Yaba from picnic bus

-- 2019-02-09 13:25:02

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel recovered 0.25 million Yaba pills from a picnic bus near Karnaphuli Shah Amanat Bridge area in Chattogram district on Saturday. The elite force also arrested si...

RAB detains ‘smuggler’ in Jashore

RAB detains ‘smuggler’ in Jashore

-- 2019-02-09 13:20:24

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a suspected smuggler along with smuggled goods from Ramnagar Sakin area under Kotwali thana in Jashore town on Friday afternoon. The arrestee is Md Ha...

Unsafe helmet use by bikers growing ‘for lack of monitoring’

Unsafe helmet use by bikers growing ‘for lack of monitoring’

-- 2019-02-09 12:34:39

Though a significant change is visible regarding helmet use by bike users in the capital, experts think the protective gear many passengers of ridesharing services wear are awfully unsafe and substand...

RAB arrests three with 0.25m Yaba pills in Ctg

RAB arrests three with 0.25m Yaba pills in Ctg

-- 2019-02-09 11:35:40

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested three people along with 0.25 million Yaba tablets from a picnic bus near Karnaphuli Shah Amanat Bridge in Chattogram in the early hours of S...

Savers walk a tightrope as NSC sales go online

Savers walk a tightrope as NSC sales go online

Arafat Ara 2019-02-09 10:55:15

Many savers find themselves in a difficult situation while purchasing national savings certificates (NSCs) via the newly-introduced online database system. Since many of them are not familiar with...

DITF sees mad rush of visitors

DITF sees mad rush of visitors

Saif Uddin 2019-02-09 10:31:12

The Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) 2019 experienced a frantic rush of visitors on Friday, a weekly holiday, just before the event concludes today (Saturday). Impact of the enormous crowd was...

FSRU may operate at full capacity from this week

FSRU may operate at full capacity from this week

Our Correspondent 2019-02-09 10:24:15

Supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the country's maiden floating LNG import terminal is expected to increase significantly from this week. This will have a positive impact on overall gas supp...