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Two die as truck plunges into ditch in Ashulia

Two die as truck plunges into ditch in Ashulia

-- 2019-01-29 11:25:00

At least two people were killed and two others went missing after a truck plunged into in a roadside ditch in Ashulia, Savar in the early hours of Tuesday. The mishap took place in Ashulia Boro Bridg...

Saudi trade delegation due in Dhaka Feb 10

Saudi trade delegation due in Dhaka Feb 10

FHM Humayan Kabir 2019-01-29 10:57:15

A high-powered Saudi Arabian business delegation will visit Bangladesh in early next month to explore possible investments here, officials said on Monday. Some 20 renowned Saudi Arabian business gr...

Core inflation up 1.0pc in 2018

Core inflation up 1.0pc in 2018

Siddique Islam 2019-01-29 10:51:38

The country's core inflation rose by more than 1.0 percentage point last year, posing a challenge for the next monetary policy of the central bank, officials said. The core inflation expanded to 4....

Rape suspect dies in 'shootout' with police

Rape suspect dies in 'shootout' with police

-- 2019-01-29 10:37:58

A man suspected of raping a madrasa student in Chattogram has been shot dead in an alleged shootout with police. Another man was arrested after the incident at Mariner’s Road in Firingibazar on...

US-Bangla plane crash was avoidable: CAAB

US-Bangla plane crash was avoidable: CAAB

-- 2019-01-29 10:16:14

The Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB) agrees with the findings of the Nepal investigators in the US-Bangla Airlines plane crash, but believes the probe report has not shed light on the &ldqu...

Chattogram road crash claims lives of two

Chattogram road crash claims lives of two

-- 2019-01-29 09:51:17

A Chhatra League activist and his friend were killed as a truck rammed a motorcycle on which they were riding near Chandanaish upazila headquarters in Chattogram on Monday night. The deceased were id...

Tangail curd producers pass  busy time in winter season

Tangail curd producers pass busy time in winter season

Our Correspondent 2019-01-28 22:08:07

TANGAIL, Jan 28: Sweetmeat cham cham and curd of Tangail is famous in the country and aboard. Every day more than one thousand kilo of curd and sweetmeats are being sent to the different districts. A...

Gopalganj farmers get benefit  from tomato cultivation

Gopalganj farmers get benefit from tomato cultivation

Our Correspondent 2019-01-28 22:05:33

GOPALGANJ, Jan 28: Farmers of three upazilas of the district are benefiting from the cultivation of tomato as the crop is being sold at lucrative price in the local markets here. Sources said, the ne...

Two power distribution projects likely to get ECNEC nod

Two power distribution projects likely to get ECNEC nod

-- 2019-01-28 21:16:04

The government has taken initiatives to extend power distribution lines in Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions to give some 415,000 new power connections. “The Executive Committee of the National Ec...

Govt clarifies rule on entry time of SSC examinees

Govt clarifies rule on entry time of SSC examinees

-- 2019-01-28 21:14:30

The education ministry has clarified the rule for SSC examinees to enter the examination centres at least half an hour before the start of the tests. The students who will fail to enter the examinati...

PM hosts tea party for foreign diplomats

PM hosts tea party for foreign diplomats

-- 2019-01-28 21:06:50

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has hosted a tea party at Ganabhaban in honour of foreign diplomats and heads of different missions and representatives of international organisations. She hosted the par...

Largest human waste treatment plant in Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camp

Largest human waste treatment plant in Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camp

-- 2019-01-28 21:01:47

The largest human waste treatment plant will be opened at a Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar on Tuesday. Oxfam and UNHCR have jointly installed the industrial-scale plant, funded by the UN Refugee Agency...

11th parliament goes into session Wednesday

11th parliament goes into session Wednesday

-- 2019-01-28 21:00:13

The 11th parliament’s first session will begin on Wednesday (January 30), within 31 days of the national election held on December 30 with participation of all the registered political parties....

Four writers, researchers win Bangla academy literary award

Four writers, researchers win Bangla academy literary award

-- 2019-01-28 19:30:34

Four writers and researchers won Bangla Academy Literary Award-2018, which was announced on Sunday. The award winners are – Poet Kazi Rozi, Mohit Kamal, Syed Mohammad Shahed and Afsan Chowdhury...

Motijheel Government Primary School gets suspended following ACC drive

Motijheel Government Primary School gets suspended following ACC drive

FE Online Report 2019-01-28 19:19:44

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday conducted a drive at the Motijheel Government Primary School in the capital after receiving complains that the headmaster was harassing students and taki...

Two Gono Forum MPs-elect expect positive signal to join parliament

Two Gono Forum MPs-elect expect positive signal to join parliament

-- 2019-01-28 18:48:24

Gono Forum's two MPs-elect, Sultan Mohammad Mansur (Moulvibazar-2) and Mokabbir Khan (Sylhet-2), think their party will take a positive decision about joining parliament showing respect to people's ma...

Keraniganj road crash kills two children

Keraniganj road crash kills two children

-- 2019-01-28 18:12:47

Two children have been killed and their father injured after a truck rammed their motorcycle in Dhaka’s Keraniganj. The accident took place at the Mollar Pul area in Rajendrapur around 11:30 am...

BRTA realises Tk 20.558m in fine for traffic rules violation

BRTA realises Tk 20.558m in fine for traffic rules violation

FE Online Report 2019-01-28 18:04:12

The mobile courts of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) collected nearly Tk 20.558 million in fine against errant vehicles and drivers for violating traffic rules from September to November 20...

Two convicts surrender in Aug 21 grenade attack case

Two convicts surrender in Aug 21 grenade attack case

-- 2019-01-28 17:47:05

A Dhaka court on Monday sent two people convicted in August 21 grenade attack case to jail as the two surrendered before it around four months after the verdict was passed. “Judge Shahed Nurudd...

JaPa picks Mustain Billah for Kishoreganj-1, Shafin Ahmed for DNCC by-polls

JaPa picks Mustain Billah for Kishoreganj-1, Shafin Ahmed for DNCC by-polls

-- 2019-01-28 17:41:47

Jatiya Party (JaPa) on Monday picked Mustain Billah to contest the by-election to Kishoreganj-1 seat with its ticket. Billah, senior vice president of Jatiya Matshyajibi Party, will contest the by-el...

HC releases full text of Zia Orphanage graft case appeal verdict

HC releases full text of Zia Orphanage graft case appeal verdict

-- 2019-01-28 17:23:12

The High Court (HC) on Monday released full text of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case appeal verdict and posted it on its website. A High Court division bench comprising Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Jus...

Verdict against five Netrokona war crimes accused any day

Verdict against five Netrokona war crimes accused any day

-- 2019-01-28 17:18:20

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 will pronounce judgement in crimes against humanity against five accused of Purbodhola, Netrokona any day as the hearing came to an end on Monday. “We...

Govt trying to control media: Rizvi

Govt trying to control media: Rizvi

-- 2019-01-28 17:11:54

BNP on Monday alleged that the government is trying to control the media to stop its criticisms and gag the voice of its opponents. "The media are being monitored and regulated regularly by a dark sh...

HC orders operating mobile court to stop air pollution

HC orders operating mobile court to stop air pollution

-- 2019-01-28 17:09:06

The High Court on Monday ordered the Department of Environment (DoE) to conduct mobile court drives twice a week to take legal action against those responsible for air pollution in the capital. The b...

Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’ leaves two drug traders dead

Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’ leaves two drug traders dead

-- 2019-01-28 17:01:25

Two suspected drug traders were killed in a 'gunfight' between two groups of drug traders at Minabazar under Teknaf upazila in Cox's Bazar early Monday. The deceased were identified as Delwar Hossain...

Reassess Cox's Bazar dev plan to tackle Rohingya crisis: Report

Reassess Cox's Bazar dev plan to tackle Rohingya crisis: Report

FE Report 2019-01-28 14:11:22

Improving community-based preparedness, strengthening local organisations, developing knowledge transfer and capacity-building programmes are required for making the disaster management activities eff...

Nepal plane crash: US-Bangla pilot had 'breakdown'

Nepal plane crash: US-Bangla pilot had 'breakdown'

-- 2019-01-28 14:00:36

The captain of a Bangladeshi aeroplane "seemed to have an emotional breakdown" before a deadly crash last March, Nepali investigators said in a final report on the Himalayan nation's worst aviation di...

RAB arrests youth in Chattogram over 'anti-state' FB post

RAB arrests youth in Chattogram over 'anti-state' FB post

-- 2019-01-28 12:50:40

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested a young man from Shekherkhil area in Banshkhali upazila of Chattogram on Sunday for allegedly posting anti-state remarks on his Facebook. T...

Rajbari road mishap leaves two dead

Rajbari road mishap leaves two dead

-- 2019-01-28 11:14:40

Two motorcyclists were killed as a truck rammed their motorcycle in Shripur area of Rajbari town on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Shanto, 25, son of Rajab Ali of Dhunchi village and an...

Three youths die in Dhaka road crashes

Three youths die in Dhaka road crashes

-- 2019-01-28 11:10:50

Three young men were killed and two others injured in separate road crashes at the capital’s Uttara and Khilkhet area in the early hours of Monday. Two pedestrians- Dalim, 20 and Mobarak, 30, w...