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Two die in Faridpur road crash

Two die in Faridpur road crash

-- 2018-12-10 19:33:23

Two people were killed and seven others injured in a road accident involving two buses and a pickup at Gazaria in Nagarkanda upazila in Faridpur on Monday. The deceased were identified as Azizur Rahm...

Dublar Char to get 4.5 square km land after dredging Pashur channel

Dublar Char to get 4.5 square km land after dredging Pashur channel

-- 2018-12-10 18:13:15

Dublar Char, an island in the Sundarbans, will get about 4.5 square kilometre of land as soil will be deposited in the island during the dredging of the outer bar of Pashur channel aiming to enhance t...

Fakhrul trashes AL allegation of ISI link with BNP

Fakhrul trashes AL allegation of ISI link with BNP

-- 2018-12-10 17:59:09

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday trashed the ruling party's allegation involving their party’s link with Pakistan High Commission and ISI, saying it is a false propaga...

European diplomats urge political parties to ensure democratic responsibilities

European diplomats urge political parties to ensure democratic responsibilities

-- 2018-12-10 17:53:28

Heads of missions of different European countries in Dhaka have urged all political parties to refrain from violence centring the upcoming general election. “They (envoys) urge all political pa...

EU contributes $690,000 for migrant children in BD

EU contributes $690,000 for migrant children in BD

-- 2018-12-10 17:32:28

The European Union has contributed over US$ 690,000 to support UNICEF’s work to protect the rights of children affected by migration in Bangladesh. The contribution will directly reach an estim...

355,000 families to get shelter under Ashrayan Prakalpa

355,000 families to get shelter under Ashrayan Prakalpa

-- 2018-12-10 17:09:15

Over 355,000 landless and homeless families across the country will get shelters and livelihood by 2019 through one of the Prime Minister’s 10 priority initiatives -- Ashrayan Prakalpa. “...

Ershad to fly for Singapore Monday night

Ershad to fly for Singapore Monday night

-- 2018-12-10 17:03:07

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad will fly for Singapore Monday night for medical check-up. The former president is scheduled to leave Dhaka for Singapore in a flight around 10:45pm from Hazrat Shahjal...

HC decision on Khaleda’s candidacy Tuesday

HC decision on Khaleda’s candidacy Tuesday

-- 2018-12-10 16:57:04

The High Court will decide on Tuesday whether jailed BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia can participate in the upcoming general election. Her nominations for Feni-1, Bogura-6 and 7 constituencies have been...

Chuadanga journos assoc, Dhaka elects Enamul, Bakul  president, secy

Chuadanga journos assoc, Dhaka elects Enamul, Bakul president, secy

-- 2018-12-10 16:56:20

Chuadanga Journalists Association, Dhaka has started its journey. A 13-member committee of the association was formed at a meeting at the Ramna Chinese Restaurant in the city on Friday. The meeting...

BTRC orders IIG operators to block 58 news portals

BTRC orders IIG operators to block 58 news portals

-- 2018-12-10 16:51:37

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has ordered the International Internet Gateway (IIG) operators to block the access to 58 news portals of the county. The order was given on S...

Police recover youth’s decomposed body from Chattogram hill

Police recover youth’s decomposed body from Chattogram hill

-- 2018-12-10 15:33:15

Police recovered the decomposed body of a young man from a remote hill in Chattogram’s Sitakundu upazila on Monday morning. Locals said that a group of woodcutters found the body handing from a...

BNP's Dulu, Tuku get HC clearance for polls

BNP's Dulu, Tuku get HC clearance for polls

-- 2018-12-10 15:05:50

The High Court has halted the Election Commission’s decision to reject the nominations of BNP leaders Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku and Ruhul Quddus Talukdar Dulu, clearing the way for them to compete...

Hasina begins election campaign Wednesday

Hasina begins election campaign Wednesday

-- 2018-12-10 14:57:41

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina will begin the election campaign from Tungipara upazila of Gopalganj district on Wednesday. She will formally inaugurate the campaign after p...

CEC urges judicial magistrates to act neutrally

CEC urges judicial magistrates to act neutrally

-- 2018-12-10 14:12:26

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda has urged judicial magistrates to act neutrally to gain people's confidence and ensure a fair election. "You must be free and fair as you are judges. Y...

Voters await high-voltage campaigns ahead of national election

Voters await high-voltage campaigns ahead of national election

-- 2018-12-10 13:43:41

Major political parties are set to launch their high-octane election campaigns after the allocation of electoral symbols among their candidates as only 20 days are left for the nation to go to the gen...

Wealth statements of election candidates under ACC scanner

Wealth statements of election candidates under ACC scanner

-- 2018-12-10 13:09:36

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will commence its own scrutiny and investigation based on the wealth statements submitted by the candidates with the Election Commission (EC) very soon.  ACC...

Dhaka-Mymensingh train service resumes after three hours suspension

Dhaka-Mymensingh train service resumes after three hours suspension

-- 2018-12-10 11:21:02

The rail communication between Mymensingh and Dhaka resumed after three and a half hours of suspension following derailment of a train in Bangladesh Agriculture University area in Mymensingh sadar upa...

Journo dies in Jashore road crash

Journo dies in Jashore road crash

-- 2018-12-10 11:14:52

A journalist was killed as a covered van hit his motorcycle at Bakchar Cold store intersection in Jashore district town on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Ashikul Alam Sabuj, 30, son of...

Pay Tk 1b to Moon Cinema Hall owner by June 30: SC

Pay Tk 1b to Moon Cinema Hall owner by June 30: SC

-- 2018-12-10 11:13:00

The Supreme Court (SC) has directed the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs to pay Tk 1.0 billion to the owner of Moon cinema hall by June 30. A seven-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by...

Jatiya Party to field around 150 candidates outside alliance

Jatiya Party to field around 150 candidates outside alliance

-- 2018-12-10 10:58:55

Over 150 candidates of the Jatiya Party are contesting in the election, 29 of them it claims under the Awami League-led Grand Alliance. In the other seats, the Jatiya Party candidates will compete se...

CJ calls for social boycott of the corrupt

CJ calls for social boycott of the corrupt

FE Report 2018-12-10 10:27:31

Exhorting the people to say no to corruption, the chief justice has called for a social boycott of corrupt persons to free the country of this vice. Citing corruption as a social disease, Justice Sye...

Refuelling problem delays six flights, passengers suffer

Refuelling problem delays six flights, passengers suffer

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2018-12-10 10:23:28

Several hundred passengers had to suffer as six flights were delayed from Hajrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the early hour of Sunday due to the disruption in refuelling operations for a...

Cabbage cultivation proves profitable in Bogura

Cabbage cultivation proves profitable in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2018-12-10 00:40:43

BOGURA, Dec 09: Cabbage cultivation has brought smile on the faces of hundreds of grassroots farmers in the district. Getting repeated bumper production and fair market prices, farmers in the area...

Govt accepts resignation of four technocrat ministers

Govt accepts resignation of four technocrat ministers

-- 2018-12-09 21:59:17

The government accepted the resignation of four technocrat ministers on Sunday ahead of the upcoming general on December 30. The Cabinet Division issued a gazette notification relieving Expatriates'...

Youth held over rape charge in Sherpur

Youth held over rape charge in Sherpur

-- 2018-12-09 21:27:51

Police on Sunday arrested a young man from Kalirbazar area of Sherpur over the 'rape' of an ethnic minority girl. The detainee was identified as Rocky Miah, 22, son of Ratan Mia of Kacharipara villag...

22kg venison recovered from Sundarbans

22kg venison recovered from Sundarbans

-- 2018-12-09 21:12:58

Members of Forest Department in a drive recovered 22 kilograms of venison from the Sundarbans at Charkhali Beel area of Sharankhola upazila in Bagerhat on Sunday afternoon. Acting on a tip-off, a tea...

CJ urges youths to take tougher stance against corruption

CJ urges youths to take tougher stance against corruption

-- 2018-12-09 21:06:12

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has said the young generation should take tougher stance against corruption for building a beautiful Bangladesh. The chief justice came up with the statement at a di...

Five more contestants get HC’s consent   

Five more contestants get HC’s consent  

-- 2018-12-09 20:43:21

The High Court (HC) on Sunday asked the Election Commissioner (EC) to accept the nomination papers of five BNP candidates, clearing the way for their participation in the 11th parliamentary elections...

HC clears way for Imran Sarker to compete in polls

HC clears way for Imran Sarker to compete in polls

-- 2018-12-09 20:18:20

The High Court (HC) on Sunday has cleared the way for Ganajagaran Mancha spokesperson Imran H Sarker to run for the Kurigram-4 seat in the general election, according to his lawyer. The Kurigram retu...

Int’l Anti-Corruption Day observed

Int’l Anti-Corruption Day observed

-- 2018-12-09 20:03:04

The International Anti-Corruption Day was observed in the country and elsewhere across the world on Sunday aimed at raising voice against the growing culture of corruption. The theme of this year's A...