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Two more war criminals get death penalty

Two more war criminals get death penalty

-- 2018-11-05 13:39:27

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has sentenced two people to death for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. The tow convicts are Liakat Ali, former president o...

Oikyafront gets permission for Suhrawardy rally

Oikyafront gets permission for Suhrawardy rally

-- 2018-11-05 13:26:56

The Jatiya Oikyafront, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, has been granted permission to hold its planned public rally at Suhrawardy Udyan on Tuesday. "The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has given us permissi...

Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight misses arrival schedule at HSIA

Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight misses arrival schedule at HSIA

FE Online Report 2018-11-05 12:26:41

A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines has failed to meet its arrival schedule at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Monday. BG 122 from Muscat was scheduled to arrive at the airport at...

Fire guts fashion house at Mirpur

Fire guts fashion house at Mirpur

-- 2018-11-05 11:24:42

A fashion house was gutted in a fire at Mirpur-10 in the city on Monday morning. Fire service and Civil control room sources said the fire broke out at the showroom of 'Chandrabindu Fashion House' ar...

Second phase of Hasina-Kamal dialogue Wednesday

Second phase of Hasina-Kamal dialogue Wednesday

-- 2018-11-05 11:15:02

The Prime Minister will hold the second phase of small-group talks with Dr Kamal Hossain-led Jatiya Oikyafront on Wednesday morning over the next general election. The dialogue will be held at Ganobh...

Export of agro-products rises 27pc

Export of agro-products rises 27pc

Sajibur Rahman 2018-11-05 11:14:33

The country's export earnings from processed agro-products crossed US$635 million in fiscal year (FY) 2017-18, thanks to the growing global demand. The amount was around 27 per cent higher than that...

Economic inequality on rise despite growth

Economic inequality on rise despite growth

FE Report 2018-11-05 11:10:57

Bangladesh economy has become more 'unequal' during the recent decade, particularly between 2010 and 2016, despite the country's ongoing growth, opined economist Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya. Asset in...

‘Drug trader’ dies in Kushtia ‘gunfight’

‘Drug trader’ dies in Kushtia ‘gunfight’

-- 2018-11-05 10:48:53

A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight between two groups of drug traders at Chadgram under Bheramara upazila in Kushtia in the early hours of Monday. The deceased was identified a...

Truck hits, kills school girl  in Magura

Truck hits, kills school girl in Magura

-- 2018-11-05 10:30:51

A school girl was crushed under the wheels of a truck in Katakhali area of Magura sadar upazila on Monday morning. The deceased has been identified as Bonna Khatun, 13, daughter of Billal Hossain of...

Recommendations for 9th Wage Board Award handed over to Inu

Recommendations for 9th Wage Board Award handed over to Inu

-- 2018-11-04 21:20:07

Chairman of Ninth Wage Board Justice Md Nizamul Haque on Sunday handed over a set of recommendations to Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu, MP, for implementation of the wage board award. The recom...

Excessive cold storage rent puts potato farmers in crisis

Excessive cold storage rent puts potato farmers in crisis

Our Correspondent 2018-11-04 21:10:12

RAJSHAHI, Nov 04:  Farmers of Tanore, Durgapur, Puthia and Paba upazilas in the district who stored potato in cold storages are facing crisis due to excessive rent. It is alleged, the farmers ha...

Jhenidah ATI students take interest  in integrated duck, fish farming

Jhenidah ATI students take interest in integrated duck, fish farming

ZM Aminul Islam 2018-11-04 21:08:52

JHENIDAH, Nov 04: Students at the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), Jhenidah, are showing their interest in integrated duck and fish cultivation. They are learning the farming process in the in...

BGP firing leaves two injured in Cox’s Bazar

BGP firing leaves two injured in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2018-11-04 20:57:09

A local boy and a young Rohingya man sustained bullet injuries as Myanmar's Border Guard Police (BGP) opened fire on them at bordering Rahmaterbill under Ukhiya upazila in Cox's Bazar on Sunday. The...

Amir Khosru gets HC bail

Amir Khosru gets HC bail

-- 2018-11-04 20:49:39

The High Court (HC) on Sunday granted bail to BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury in a case filed under the ICT Act. An HC bench of Justice Md Rezaul Haque and Justice Zafar Ah...

Attack on BD HC in London: Pro-BNP leader gets punishment

Attack on BD HC in London: Pro-BNP leader gets punishment

-- 2018-11-04 20:47:02

A court in London of the United Kingdom has fined a leader of BNP's associate body £1,020  in a case filed over vandalism at Bangladesh High Commission in London. The accused, Nasir Ahmed...

Election schedule on Nov 8

Election schedule on Nov 8

-- 2018-11-04 19:28:45

The Election Commission will unveil on Nov 8 the roadmap for the general election. The decision was made at a meeting chaired by Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Sunday, Election Commissi...

Govt reappoints Shafiul Alam as cabinet secretary

Govt reappoints Shafiul Alam as cabinet secretary

-- 2018-11-04 19:10:25

The government has reappointed Shafiul Alam as cabinet secretary for another year. State Minister for Public Administration Ismat Ara Sadique confirmed the media about the matter, reports bdnews24.co...

‘BNP can talk to PM over Khaleda’s parole’

‘BNP can talk to PM over Khaleda’s parole’

-- 2018-11-04 18:59:58

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said BNP leaders can talk to the Prime Minister over their demand for releasing their chairperson Khaleda Zia on parole for medical treatme...

EC finalises draft rules to use EVM in JS polls

EC finalises draft rules to use EVM in JS polls

-- 2018-11-04 18:46:26

The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday finalised the draft rules to use Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in the general election. The commission finalised the draft rules at a meeting held at Nirbacho...

BNP leader Tariqul Islam no more

BNP leader Tariqul Islam no more

-- 2018-11-04 18:36:03

BNP standing committee member and former minister Tariqul Islam passed away at a city hospital on Sunday. He was 73. Tariqul, who had long been suffering from heart, kidney diseases, diabetic and old...

BD elected IORA chairman for 2021-23

BD elected IORA chairman for 2021-23

-- 2018-11-04 18:19:12

The 18th Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Council of Ministers' Meeting has elected Bangladesh as the Vice Chairman of the organisation for the period of 2019-21 and eventually as the IORA Chairman...

Singapore for quick repatriation of Rohingyas

Singapore for quick repatriation of Rohingyas

-- 2018-11-04 17:30:12

Visiting Singaporean Foreign Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan on Sunday underscored the need for speedy repatriation of Rohingya people from Bangladesh. Dr Vivian Balakrishnan came up with the view wh...

High Court orders EC to register Nazmul Huda’s Trinamool BNP

High Court orders EC to register Nazmul Huda’s Trinamool BNP

-- 2018-11-04 16:54:41

The High Court has ordered the Election Commission to register the Trinamool BNP, led by former minister Nazmul Huda as a political party. The High Court bench of Justice Tariq Ul Hakim and Justice M...

Youth stabbed dead for protesting stalking of sister

Youth stabbed dead for protesting stalking of sister

-- 2018-11-04 16:30:55

A young man was stabbed to death while protesting stalking of his younger sister at Jurain Mazar gate area in Dhaka in the early hours of Sunday. The youth was Sheikh Imlam Pavel, 22, son of Monir Ho...

Dolphin fair begins in Khulna

Dolphin fair begins in Khulna

-- 2018-11-04 16:30:38

A 10-day 'Shushuk Mela' (Dolphin Fair) kicked off at Hadis park in Khulna on Sunday, aiming to protect the endangered mammals through raising mass awareness on its conservation. The Sundarbans is the...

Police sue 90 over explosive recovery from Shibir office

Police sue 90 over explosive recovery from Shibir office

-- 2018-11-04 16:06:17

Police filed a case accusing 90 leaders and activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir over the recovery of crude bombs and other explosives from its office Chattogram. Sub-inspector Anisur Rahman filed the...

38 insolvent freedom fighters get houses in Narail

38 insolvent freedom fighters get houses in Narail

-- 2018-11-04 16:02:35

A total of 38 landless and insolvent freedom fighters (FFs) have got small dwelling houses named ‘Bir Nibash’ in sadar, Lohagara and Kalia upazila of Narail district. Local Government and...

Do not believe propaganda, PM tells Qawmi students

Do not believe propaganda, PM tells Qawmi students

-- 2018-11-04 15:27:45

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged Qawmi madrasa teachers and students to ignore propaganda spread on social media. She also asked for their prayers ahead of the upcoming elections at the thanksg...

Oikyafront writes to PM for further talks

Oikyafront writes to PM for further talks

-- 2018-11-04 14:26:16

Jatiya Oikyafront leader Kamal Hossain has sent a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urging her to ‘complete unfinished discussions’ at a further round of talks. Gono Forum Presidium...

BSF beats Bangladeshi dead along C’nawabganj border

BSF beats Bangladeshi dead along C’nawabganj border

-- 2018-11-04 13:18:16

A Bangladeshi cattle trader was reportedly beaten to death along Chapainawabganj frontier in the early hours of Sunday. The trader was Dalim Majhi, 23, son of Monglu Majhi of Nisipara village in Pank...