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Viqarunnisa teacher gets bail

Viqarunnisa teacher gets bail

-- 2018-12-09 19:03:23

A Dhaka court on Sunday granted bail to Hasna Hena, a teacher of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College, in a case filed on charges of provoking a class IX student to commit suicide. Judge Baki Billah o...

26 candidates from allied parties get paddy sheaf

26 candidates from allied parties get paddy sheaf

-- 2018-12-09 18:53:03

The BNP has granted the paddy sheaf candidacy to 26 members of the Gono Forum, LDP, JSD, Krishak Sramik Janata League, BJP, Khelafat Majlis, the Kalyan Party and the Jamiat Ulam E Islam Bangladesh. T...

Khulna road crash leaves man dead

Khulna road crash leaves man dead

-- 2018-12-09 18:31:25

A man was killed on Sunday as a BRTC bus crashed an auto-rickshaw near Dada Match Factory in Khulna. The deceased was identified as Abul Hossain, 45, son of Abdul Malek of Chanmari area in the city....

Hearing on Niko graft case Jan 3

Hearing on Niko graft case Jan 3

-- 2018-12-09 18:28:08

A Dhaka court on Sunday fixed January 3 for hearing a petition over accepting an investigation report by the FBI and Canadian police in the Niko corruption case. Judge Sheikh Hafizur Rahman of Dhaka...

Protect maritime sovereignty, says President to Navy

Protect maritime sovereignty, says President to Navy

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

President Abdul Hamid stressed the need for protecting maritime sovereignty alongside marine resources. There is no alternative to a skilled Navy for ensuring full utilisation of potential to foster...

Viqarunnisa students hold three-hour hunger strike

Viqarunnisa students hold three-hour hunger strike

-- 2018-12-09 16:27:28

A group of students of Viqarunnisa School and College have boycotted class and held a three-hour hunger strike to demand the release of imprisoned teacher Hasna Hena. The strike began at 10am on Sund...

Child murder, suicide rise significantly

Child murder, suicide rise significantly

FE Online Report 2018-12-09 15:40:42

Incidents of murder and suicide of children marked a significant rise in three months from September to November of this year over the corresponding period of the last year, according to a children&rs...

PM urges mothers to give special attention to children

PM urges mothers to give special attention to children

-- 2018-12-09 14:54:58

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the parents, specially mothers, to give attention to groom up their children as worthy citizens with the ideals of Begum Rokeya. “Especially the mot...

DMP fines traffic violators Tk 2.09m

DMP fines traffic violators Tk 2.09m

FE Online Report 2018-12-09 14:47:06

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Saturday fined traffic violators Tk 2.090 million in the city. As part of its regular drives, DMP’s Traffic Division filed 3,085 cases against different modes...

Five receive Begum Rokeya Padak 2018

Five receive Begum Rokeya Padak 2018

-- 2018-12-09 13:34:12

Five people received prestigious Begum Rokeya Padak 2018 on Sunday in recognition of their outstanding contributions to society and women empowerment. The award recipients are Zinnatun Nesa Talukder,...

Viqarunnisa students threaten hunger strike

Viqarunnisa students threaten hunger strike

-- 2018-12-09 13:14:24

A section of students of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College has threatened to go on hunger strike demanding the release of grade nine class teacher Hasna Hena, who is in jail, in a case filed over th...

‘Mentally challenged son’ kills father

‘Mentally challenged son’ kills father

-- 2018-12-09 12:45:02

A man was killed allegedly by his mentally challenged son in Gazipur in the early hours of Sunday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Hye, 55. Abu Bakar Siddique, officer-in-charge of Kaliganj Pol...

Bikroy.com arranges story writing competition on Victory Day

Bikroy.com arranges story writing competition on Victory Day

FE Online Desk 2018-12-09 12:42:37

Bikroy.com, the largest marketplace of Bangladesh, has launched #ILoveBangladesh - story writing competition on the occasion of this Victory Day. In this competition, participants can write a story...

25 medical students suffer injuries in Cumilla road mishap

25 medical students suffer injuries in Cumilla road mishap

-- 2018-12-09 11:02:32

At least 25 students of a private medical college were injured in a road crash on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Cumilla’s Mainamati cantonment area on Saturday night. Mainamati Highway police sou...

Laurels for best transport services

Laurels for best transport services

FE Report 2018-12-09 10:50:25

Two bus owners and 48 drivers have been honoured for their contribution to providing better, passenger-friendly services in the public transport sector. Mostafa Azad Chowdhury of Agamoni Express and...

Women entrepreneurs fall far behind others

Women entrepreneurs fall far behind others

Rezaul Karim 2018-12-09 10:46:03

Women entrepreneurs have fallen far behind others in getting access to SME loans over the years though the overall SME financing keeps rising. According to data available with the central bank, the w...

500 workers remain stranded in Kuwait

500 workers remain stranded in Kuwait

FE Report 2018-12-09 10:41:25

At least 500 jobless Bangladeshi workers have remained stranded in Kuwait for a long time, officials and family members said. The workers were trapped by brokers in Bangladesh and some 'dishonest' sp...

75,478 hectares of land come under Rabi crop farming in Sylhet division

75,478 hectares of land come under Rabi crop farming in Sylhet division

Our Correspondent 2018-12-09 10:32:05

SYLHET, Dec 08: A total of 75,478 hectares of land have been brought under the cultivation of crops and vegetables in Sylhet division during the current Rabi season. Potato, gourd, sweet gourd, radish...

Hawlader becomes special assistant of Ershad

Hawlader becomes special assistant of Ershad

-- 2018-12-08 21:09:19

Jatiya Party Chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad has appointed his party's presidium member Ruhul Amin Hawlader as his special assistant giving him the second position in the party. The new development...

Seven held over question paper leak

Seven held over question paper leak

-- 2018-12-08 21:01:34

Crime Investigation Division of Detective Branch in simultaneous drives arrested seven people from different parts of the city on Friday night in connection with the leakage of the question paper for...

RAB arrests ‘JMB man’ in Jhenaidah

RAB arrests ‘JMB man’ in Jhenaidah

-- 2018-12-08 19:55:29

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members arrested an alleged member of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Chandipur Bazar under Sadar upazila in Jhenaidah early Saturday. The arrestee was identif...

RAB arrests BNP leader in capital

RAB arrests BNP leader in capital

-- 2018-12-08 19:35:11

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members arrested a ward-level BNP leader of Dhaka North city unit from his Khilgaon residence early Saturday. The arrestee is Mirza Hasan Imam alias Bulu, 50, organising...

Supporters of BNP's deprived nomination seekers attack Khaleda’s office

Supporters of BNP's deprived nomination seekers attack Khaleda’s office

-- 2018-12-08 19:26:13

Supporters of some deprived nomination seekers attacked party chairperson Khaleda Zia's Gulshan office on Saturday evening and staged demonstration there. Source said, several hundred supporters BNP...

No technocrat minister from December 9: Quader

No technocrat minister from December 9: Quader

-- 2018-12-08 19:01:42

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said there will be no technocrat minister in the cabinet from December 9. The road transport and bridges minister gave the information while talking...

Khaleda disqualified for election as EC rejects appeals

Khaleda disqualified for election as EC rejects appeals

-- 2018-12-08 18:28:24

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is now unable to participate in the 11th parliamentary election as the Election Commission have declared her all three nomination papers invalid. The five-member Election...

Hasina requests rebel contestants to withdraw candidacies

Hasina requests rebel contestants to withdraw candidacies

-- 2018-12-08 17:49:19

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has urged the rebel candidates to withdraw their nominations and start working in support of those who were nominated by the ruling party. She assured them that t...

Morshed Khan gets candidacy back

Morshed Khan gets candidacy back

-- 2018-12-08 17:19:27

The Election Commission (EC) has restored the nomination of former Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan for the coming 11th parliamentary election upon review. The BNP leader submitted his application for...

Don’t succumb to pressure: AL to EC

Don’t succumb to pressure: AL to EC

-- 2018-12-08 17:08:01

The ruling Awami League has warned the Election Commission not to give in to any form of pressure. A delegation from the party spoke to the EC on Saturday before it was to deliver its decision on whe...

Police arrest Bagerhat Jamaat ameer, five others

Police arrest Bagerhat Jamaat ameer, five others

-- 2018-12-08 16:50:02

Police arrested six Jamaat-e-Islami leaders and activists, including its district unit ameer, from Chitli Boitpur area under Sadar upazila in Bagerhat on Saturday. The arrestees are Maolana Rejaul Ka...

Land dispute leads to death of two Sirajganj siblings

Land dispute leads to death of two Sirajganj siblings

-- 2018-12-08 16:32:58

Two brothers, who were injured being beaten by their rivals on Friday following dispute over land at Kodalia village in Chauhali upazila of Sirajganj district, died on Saturday. The deceased were ide...