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Mild cold wave sweeps some parts across country

Mild cold wave sweeps some parts across country

-- 2019-01-06 18:03:16

Mild to moderate cold wave is sweeping over the regions of Madaripur, Gopalganj, Netrokona, Moulvibazar, Rajshahi, Pabna, Noagaon, Dinajpur, Nilphamari, Kurigram, Panchagarh, Jashore, Kushtia, Barisha...

Oikyafront MPs-elect ‘not to take oath’

Oikyafront MPs-elect ‘not to take oath’

-- 2019-01-06 17:54:30

Trashing media reports on a rift in their alliance, Jatiya Oikyafront senior leader on Sunday said no elected MPs of their coalition is going to take oath. “No one of Oikyafront MPs will take o...

PM to include thirty one new faces in cabinet

PM to include thirty one new faces in cabinet

-- 2019-01-06 17:36:01

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina is going to form third consecutive government by including thirty one new faces in her cabinet. A 47-member cabinet, led by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, will...

Two die in Netrokona road accident

Two die in Netrokona road accident

-- 2019-01-06 16:48:36

A woman and her son have been killed in an accident involving a bus and an autorickshaw in Netrokona’s Sadar upazila. Three people, including the woman’s daughter, have also been injured...

AL pays last respects to Syed Ashraf

AL pays last respects to Syed Ashraf

-- 2019-01-06 15:40:19

Minister Syed Ashraful Islam, former general secretary of the Awami League, had asked to be given more time to take his oath of office on Wednesday, but four days after the request he returned to parl...

DMP fines traffic offenders over Tk 2.792m

DMP fines traffic offenders over Tk 2.792m

FE Online Report 2019-01-06 15:09:26

The Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) realised over Tk 2.792 million in fines from traffic offenders on Saturday. In simultaneous drives on the city streets conducted on the day...

Switzerland for continued partnership with Bangladesh

Switzerland for continued partnership with Bangladesh

-- 2019-01-06 14:34:58

Switzerland has said it looks forward to its continued partnership with Bangladesh and hoped that Bangladesh will support the people's will to move towards democracy in full respect of human rights an...

DMP arrests 34 drug suspects in city

DMP arrests 34 drug suspects in city

FE Online Report 2019-01-06 14:22:10

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a special anti-narcotics drive arrested 34 suspects from different areas of Dhaka city for selling and consuming illegal drugs. A special team of DMP, comprising De...

Convicted for bribery, Huda lands in jail after surrender

Convicted for bribery, Huda lands in jail after surrender

-- 2019-01-06 14:19:24

A Dhaka court has sent former minister Nazmul Huda to jail after he turned himself in to the court over a bribery case. Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-2 Judge HM Ruhul Imran dismissed a bail petit...

New cabinet announcement at 5:00 pm

New cabinet announcement at 5:00 pm

-- 2019-01-06 14:06:35

The new members of the cabinet led by Sheikh Hasina will be announced during a press conference at 5:00 pm on Sunday. The new ministers and ministers of state for the Awami League’s third term...

Ershad takes oath as MP

Ershad takes oath as MP

-- 2019-01-06 13:59:52

Jaitya Party Chairman HM Ershad took oath as a member of the 11th Parliament on Sunday. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the oath at Parliament Bhaban around 12:30pm, UNB reported cit...

Maritime ports hoist signal 2 for cyclone Pabuk

Maritime ports hoist signal 2 for cyclone Pabuk

-- 2019-01-06 13:13:16

Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted distant warning signal no 2 as the cyclonic storm 'Pabuk' over the Andaman sea and adjoining areas moved n...

C’nawabganj road crash leaves minor boy dead

C’nawabganj road crash leaves minor boy dead

-- 2019-01-06 12:21:08

A minor boy was killed after being smashed by a minibus at Hogla in Gomostapur upazila of Chapainawabganj on Sunday morning. The victim was seven-year-old Ibrahim, son of Anarul, as per a UNB report....

RMG workers block Uttara road demanding wage hike

RMG workers block Uttara road demanding wage hike

-- 2019-01-06 11:59:03

Hundreds of garment workers have blocked the Uttara road, barring the main thoroughfare to and from Dhaka. The garment workers took to the streets at around 9:00am on Sunday in the Uttara area, said...

Chuadanga producing ‘quality’ molasses

Chuadanga producing ‘quality’ molasses

-- 2019-01-06 11:51:14

Sarojganj Bazar, the country's largest date molasses market in Chuadanga district, is abuzz with huge buyers along with the dip in mercury. Buyers from across the country are crowding Sarojganj Bazar...

Noakhali gang-rape: Police arrest eighth suspect

Noakhali gang-rape: Police arrest eighth suspect

-- 2019-01-06 11:44:46

Police have arrested another suspect in the gang-rape of a woman in Noakhali’s Subarnachor on election day. Noakhali Superintendent of Police Md Ilias Shareef said that district Detective Branc...

One dies in Kushtia AL factional clash

One dies in Kushtia AL factional clash

-- 2019-01-06 11:11:32

A man has been killed in a clash between two Awami League factions in Kushtia’s Sadar Upazila. The incident occurred in West Abdalpur Village at around 7:30 am on Sunday, said Ratan Sheikh, off...

First janaza of Syed Ashraf held

First janaza of Syed Ashraf held

-- 2019-01-06 11:10:49

The first namaz-e-janaza of Syed Ashraful Islam, former general secretary of the Awami League, took place at the South Plaza of the Jaitya Sangsad on Sunday morning. People from all strata of life, i...

Pay workers in accordance with new wage structure

Pay workers in accordance with new wage structure

Monira Munni 2019-01-06 10:34:05

The apex body of apparel makers has instructed its member factories to strictly follow the new wage structure for garment workers, sources said. It called for full and timely implementation of the ne...

One dies in Barishal launch accident

One dies in Barishal launch accident

-- 2019-01-06 10:26:03

A man was killed and three others were injured as a launch hit another anchored one in the Meghna River at Kaliganj in Mehendiganj upazila of Barishal early Sunday. The victim was identified as Shaki...

Squash cultivators hopeful about  abundant yield in Rangpur

Squash cultivators hopeful about abundant yield in Rangpur

Our Correspondent 2019-01-05 20:53:11

RANGPUR, Jan 05: The squash cultivators in different areas of the district are optimistic about an abundant yield of the vegetable in this current season.Squash is cultivated at village Char Pallimari...

Warm clothes sale gains momentum in Bogura

Warm clothes sale gains momentum in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2019-01-05 20:52:49

BOGURA, Jan 05: Warm clothes sale is gaining momentum across Bogura district as bone chilling cold is prevailing during the last couple of weeks.Meanwhile, mercury has gone down across the region, cau...

D-8 sees prosperous BD with more assertive role

D-8 sees prosperous BD with more assertive role

-- 2019-01-05 19:19:37

The ‘decisive victory’ of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's party in the December 30 election is a reflection of people's aspirations for a prosperous Bangladesh and a stronger position with...

Quack dies as truck runs over him in Munshiganj

Quack dies as truck runs over him in Munshiganj

-- 2019-01-05 19:12:40

A 'Kobiraj' was killed when a sand-laden truck ran over him on Dhaka-Mawa highway near Shimulia Ferry Ghat in Louhajang upazila of Munshiganj on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Md Jahangir A...

AL must take responsibility for Noakhali rape: CPB

AL must take responsibility for Noakhali rape: CPB

-- 2019-01-05 18:27:09

Awami League has to take responsibility for the rape of a woman in Noakhali's Subarnachar Upazila, said leaders of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) Women Cell on Saturday. "AL cannot deny its resp...

Police arrest two including AL leader for torturing youth

Police arrest two including AL leader for torturing youth

-- 2019-01-05 18:19:29

Police arrested two people including a local Awami League (AL) leader early Saturday for torturing a young man by hanging him with a tree at Sreepur village in Harinakundo upazila on December 28. The...

Syed Ashraf's body arrives

Syed Ashraf's body arrives

-- 2019-01-05 18:15:00

The body of Awami League Presidium member and Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam, who passed away at a hospital in Thailand on Thursday, was brought back home on Saturday. A Biman Ban...

Speaker pays tribute to Bangabandhu

Speaker pays tribute to Bangabandhu

-- 2019-01-05 17:10:17

Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Saturday paid homage to the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman days after she was elected MP in the recent parliamentary elections. She show...

'Two Gono Forum MPs-elect may take oath'

'Two Gono Forum MPs-elect may take oath'

-- 2019-01-05 17:09:26

Two candidates from Gono Forum who won in the 11th parliamentary election may take oath as Members of Parliament (MPs). Dr Kamal Hossain, president of Gono Forum and chief of Jatiya Oikyafront, gave...

Speeding truck kills motorcyclist in city

Speeding truck kills motorcyclist in city

-- 2019-01-05 16:54:19

A motorcyclist was killed as a speeding truck hit his vehicle in front of Matshya Bhaban in Shahbagh area of Dhaka on Friday night. The dead man was identified as Md Tajul Islam, 43, the driver of an...