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Eight of a family suffer burn injuries in gas cylinder fire

Eight of a family suffer burn injuries in gas cylinder fire

-- 2019-01-25 21:12:49

Eight members of a family sustained burn injuries in a fire that broke out from a gas cylinder at their house of Sadhukhali village in Sadar upazila on Friday noon. The injured are Abdul Fakir Sabur,...

Trump congratulates Hasina for victory in election

Trump congratulates Hasina for victory in election

-- 2019-01-25 20:43:04

US President Donald Trump has congratulated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for getting victory in the 11th parliamentary elections. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam informed that Tru...

Govt targets 15m new jobs in five years: PM

Govt targets 15m new jobs in five years: PM

-- 2019-01-25 20:17:40

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government has set a target to create 15 million jobs in the next five years as creating employment opportunities is the biggest responsibility. "The biggest...

RAB arrests suspected Gulshan café attacker in Chapainawabganj

RAB arrests suspected Gulshan café attacker in Chapainawabganj

-- 2019-01-25 19:46:51

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a charge-sheeted accused in the Holey Artisan Bakery attack case from Nachole upazila of Chapainawabganj on Friday The arrestee is identified Md Shari...

Chandra, Konabari flyovers work to end by April: Quader

Chandra, Konabari flyovers work to end by April: Quader

-- 2019-01-25 19:42:36

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday expressed his optimism that the construction works of Chandra and Konabari flyovers in the district will end by April to ease vehicular mov...

'1,000 cyber security experts by 2021'

'1,000 cyber security experts by 2021'

-- 2019-01-25 19:14:43

State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak has said the government has a target to have at least one thousand cyber security experts in the country by 2021. "The d...

Muhith expresses interest to help Kamal in formulating budget

Muhith expresses interest to help Kamal in formulating budget

-- 2019-01-25 18:27:37

Former finance minister AMA Muhith has expressed his interest to cooperate with the current finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, in formulating the budget for the next financial year. “There is...

UN lauds Bangladesh’s role in peacekeeping

UN lauds Bangladesh’s role in peacekeeping

-- 2019-01-25 17:53:57

The top UN official for Bangladesh has lauded the country's contribution in the peacekeeping missions. Mia Seppo highlighted Bangladesh's role in global peace efforts while addressing the fourth annu...

Student dies in Sirajganj road accident

Student dies in Sirajganj road accident

-- 2019-01-25 16:37:52

A student of Jagannath University was killed and his elder brother injured as a pick-van hit their motorcycle on Bangabandhu Bridge West Link Highway near Jhaol bridge area in Sirajganj’s Kamark...

BGB detains five drug pedlars in C’nawabganj

BGB detains five drug pedlars in C’nawabganj

-- 2019-01-25 16:10:04

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested five alleged drug pedlars with 100 bottles of phensidyl syrup from Barinagar under Godagari upazila in Rajshahi district during the early hours of Friday. The a...

Road accidents killed 7,221 in 2018: Report

Road accidents killed 7,221 in 2018: Report

-- 2019-01-25 15:37:25

At least 7,221 people were killed in road accidents across the country in 2018, according to a report by the Bangladesh Passenger Welfare Organisation. A further 15,446 people were injured in a total...

Quader urges all parties to join upcoming polls

Quader urges all parties to join upcoming polls

-- 2019-01-25 14:49:47

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has urged the registered political parties to join all the upcoming elections including the upazila-level one. The Minister came up with the call wh...

‘Extortionists’ kill Bangladeshi shopkeeper in South Africa

‘Extortionists’ kill Bangladeshi shopkeeper in South Africa

-- 2019-01-25 14:12:52

Family members of Mohin Uddin in Feni have been beset with grief after the migrant worker was killed by a gang of extortionists in South Africa. The 40-year-old who worked as a shopkeeper was shot de...

Gas cylinder blast kills balloon vendor in city

Gas cylinder blast kills balloon vendor in city

-- 2019-01-25 13:46:04

A balloon vendor was killed and two people were injured when a gas cylinder exploded at Dhaka Shiksha Board Laboratory School and College compound in Dhaka city's Mirpur on Friday. The dead man was i...

Police nab 53 in Satkhira

Police nab 53 in Satkhira

-- 2019-01-25 12:42:19

Police, in special drives arrested 53 suspects including two drug pedlars from eight upazilas of Satkhira district in last 12-hour ending at 8:00am on Friday morning. Police also recovered 55 pieces...

Vessel with wheat sinks at Bhasanchar

Vessel with wheat sinks at Bhasanchar

-- 2019-01-25 11:57:04

A lighterage vessel carrying 1,700 tonnes of wheat sank on Thursday in Bhasanchar area. Twelve crew members of the vessel have been rescued while one was missing till the evening. The members of the...

BD, India officials to finalise new waterway this month

BD, India officials to finalise new waterway this month

-- 2019-01-25 11:51:46

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said on Thursday that Indian and Bangladesh officials will finalise various aspects of a proposed waterway between the two countries, according to a report publ...

BGB rescues nine Bangladeshis from Benapole border

BGB rescues nine Bangladeshis from Benapole border

-- 2019-01-25 11:36:52

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued nine Bangladeshi nationals while being trafficked to India through Sadipur frontier in Benapole on Friday. Among them, five are women and two children...

Bangladesh Army appoints four female officers as battalion chiefs

Bangladesh Army appoints four female officers as battalion chiefs

-- 2019-01-25 11:26:42

Bangladesh Army has for the first time appointed four female officers as battalion commanding officers. The four officers - Sanjida Hossain, Syeda Nazia Royhan and Farhana Afrin, and Sarah Amir &ndas...

Elenga-Rangpur road to have four lanes

Elenga-Rangpur road to have four lanes

FE Report 2019-01-25 10:59:33

The government is set to expand Elenga-Hatikamrul-Rangpur road into a four-lane highway aiming to facilitate movement of people and goods between 16 northern districts and the capital city. With fina...

13 die as truck overturns at Cumilla brickfield

13 die as truck overturns at Cumilla brickfield

-- 2019-01-25 09:52:14

At least 13 workers were killed by a truck that overturned at a brickfield in Cumilla’s Chauddagram. The coal-laden truck fell on their hut at around 7:00am Friday, said Chauddagram Police OC M...

BNP to boycott DNCC, upazila polls

BNP to boycott DNCC, upazila polls

-- 2019-01-24 21:48:53

BNP has decided to stay away from the mayoral by-polls to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and elections to upazila councils. Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the decision a...

Flower farmers pass busy time  ahead of February 21 in Bogura

Flower farmers pass busy time ahead of February 21 in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2019-01-24 20:44:16

BOGURA, Jan 24: Flower farmers of Bogura district are passing busy time to supply large quantities of flowers for celebrating February 21 with much fervour. They are expecting to grow flowers worth T...

Natore peasants use latest techniques to boost  vegetables production

Natore peasants use latest techniques to boost vegetables production

Roving Correspondent 2019-01-24 20:42:56

NATORE, Jan 24: Farmers are achieving fresh and good yield of winter vegetables adopting latest production techniques in Natore district. "I have cultivated bean on 21 decimal of land this season spe...

Rangpur growers expect plentiful yield of wheat

Rangpur growers expect plentiful yield of wheat

Our Correspondent 2019-01-24 20:42:00

RANGPUR, Jan 24: The farmers in five districts under Rangpur agriculture region are expecting a plentiful yield of wheat during the current season. This year the wheat cultivators of Rangpur agricult...

ACC detains Ansar commandant for offering bribe

ACC detains Ansar commandant for offering bribe

FE Online Report 2019-01-24 18:57:30

An Ansar commandant was arrested in Chattogram on Thursday for offering bribe to an Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) official. A team consisting of executive magistrate of Chattogram district adminis...

Ijtema on Feb 15-17

Ijtema on Feb 15-17

-- 2019-01-24 17:47:25

Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims after Hajj, will be held on February 15-17. Unlike other times, this year Ijtema will be held once instead of two phases, according to UNB....

UN stresses BD’s strong response to disaster management

UN stresses BD’s strong response to disaster management

-- 2019-01-24 17:44:30

UN Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh Mia Seppo on Thursday highlighted how a strong response capacity to disasters ties into longer-term needs by allowing countries to focus on achieving the Sustaina...

Charges against two for murder, attempted rape of children

Charges against two for murder, attempted rape of children

-- 2019-01-24 17:27:10

Police have filed charges accusing two men of murder and attempted rape of two children in Demra’s Konapara. The charges were submitted to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrates Court on Thursday,...

Amar Ekuhsey Boi Mela to get bigger this year

Amar Ekuhsey Boi Mela to get bigger this year

-- 2019-01-24 17:07:31

Preparations are going on in full swing for Bangladesh's biggest literary festival, the month-long 'Amar Ekushey Boi Mela', scheduled to begin on February 1 at the historic Suhrawardy Udyan and Bangla...