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Two ‘criminals’ held with arms, weapons in Gazipur

Two ‘criminals’ held with arms, weapons in Gazipur

-- 2018-10-25 15:08:01

Police arrested two suspected criminals along with a firearm and a sharp weapon from Pubail College Gate area in Gazipur city in the early hours of Thursday. The arrestees are Musa, 22 and Mostafizur...

DMP warns against bid to create anarchy ahead of polls

DMP warns against bid to create anarchy ahead of polls

-- 2018-10-25 14:22:36

Tough action will be taken if any attempt is made to deteriorate the law and order situation ahead of the national election, warned Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Asaduzzaman Mia. "T...

‘Rivals’ stab Sramik League leader dead in Gazipur

‘Rivals’ stab Sramik League leader dead in Gazipur

-- 2018-10-25 14:16:42

A local leader of Sramik League was stabbed to death allegedly by his rivals at Karaitala in Gazipur municipality area on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Faruk Hossain, organising secretary...

Dhaka court charges six with Airport Road crash

Dhaka court charges six with Airport Road crash

-- 2018-10-25 13:24:48

A court in Dhaka city on Thursday framed charges against six people in a case filed over the death of two college students in a road accident on Airport Road on July 29. Those indicted are the owners...

Three to walk gallows for killing Kushtia schoolboy

Three to walk gallows for killing Kushtia schoolboy

-- 2018-10-25 12:27:56

A Kushtia court has convicted three people and sentenced them to death for killing a schoolboy after abduction in 2011. The convicts are- Sabbir Khan, son of Gaffar Khan, Helal Uddin Dany, son of Aza...

First Security Islami Bank to issue Tk 7.0b bond

First Security Islami Bank to issue Tk 7.0b bond

FE Online Report 2018-10-25 12:11:22

The board of directors of First Security Islami Bank has decided to issue fully redeemable non-convertible ‘Mudaraba Subordinated Bond’. The non-convertible mudaraba subordinated bond wil...

Kid drowns in Rajshahi pond

Kid drowns in Rajshahi pond

-- 2018-10-25 10:34:09

A baby girl drowned in a pond at Singra village in Puthia upazila of Rajshahi on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Rokeya Khatun, a one-year-old daughter of Nasir Uddin of the village. Shaki...

ASI suspended for harassing female passenger

ASI suspended for harassing female passenger

-- 2018-10-24 21:25:05

An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Rampura Police Station has been suspended over harassment of a female passenger of a an auto-rickshaw in the city's Rampura area early Tuesday. Besides, department...

Red spinach farming expands in Rangpur on impressive profit

Red spinach farming expands in Rangpur on impressive profit

Our Correspondent 2018-10-24 21:09:03

RANGPUR, Oct 24: The farmers at different areas in the district are showing their interest in farming red spinach (Lal Shak) due to good profit.Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Rangpur offic...

Sylhet peasants show interest  in producing high-yielding  summer tomato

Sylhet peasants show interest in producing high-yielding summer tomato

Our Correspondent 2018-10-24 21:08:30

SYLHET, Oct 24: Farmers in Sylhet region have been achieving a good yield of summer tomato for over the last few years.Chairman of Horticulture Department at Sylhet Agriculture University Prof Dr Md S...

BPATC Bill placed in JS

BPATC Bill placed in JS

-- 2018-10-24 20:56:22

The Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre Bill, 2018 was placed in Parliament on Wednesday to replace the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre Ordinance, 1984 with some changes....

Biggest-ever urea fertiliser factory in Narsingdi

Biggest-ever urea fertiliser factory in Narsingdi

-- 2018-10-24 20:37:02

The government on Wednesday signed an agreement with Chinese and Japanese companies to build the country's biggest-ever urea fertiliser factory in Narsingdi with the annual production capacity of 9.24...

Tarique must suffer punishment: PM

Tarique must suffer punishment: PM

-- 2018-10-24 20:12:13

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said BNP's acting Chairman Tarique Rahman will have to suffer the punishment pronounced by the court in August 21 grenade attack cases. Sheikh Hasina also sought peop...

Victory is certain, Dr Kamal hopes

Victory is certain, Dr Kamal hopes

-- 2018-10-24 18:36:55

Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain hopes the newly-floated political alliance, Jatiya Oikyafront, can achieve its goal through an united movement. "I can assure you that our victory is certai...

Quader describes Oikyafront’s seven-point demands as seven conspiracies

Quader describes Oikyafront’s seven-point demands as seven conspiracies

-- 2018-10-24 18:02:16

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Qauder has alleged that the seven-point demands of Jatiya Oikyafront are seven conspiracies to foil the next national election. "Those leaders got united today....

‘Disqualify Jamaat, war criminals’ children in polls’

‘Disqualify Jamaat, war criminals’ children in polls’

-- 2018-10-24 17:36:55

Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee on Wednesday submitted a memorandum to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda demanding five-point including the disqualification of Jamaat and war cri...

Khaleda undergoes medical tests at BSMMU

Khaleda undergoes medical tests at BSMMU

-- 2018-10-24 17:22:18

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday underwent some medical tests at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). Khaleda, who was kept in a cabin on the sixth floor of the hospital, was t...

Govt to bring 40,000 Cox’s Bazar women under VGD programme

Govt to bring 40,000 Cox’s Bazar women under VGD programme

-- 2018-10-24 17:18:04

The government will include an additional 40,000 women from Cox’s Bazar in the next cycle of the Vulnerable Group Development (VGD) programme, the country’s largest social safety net progr...

Nine get life-imprisonment for killing AL leader Abu Khan

Nine get life-imprisonment for killing AL leader Abu Khan

-- 2018-10-24 17:12:39

A trial tribunal in Rajshahi on Wednesday convicted and sentenced them to life-term imprisonment for killing a local unit leader of Bangladesh Awami League Abu Khan. Divisional Tribunal Judge Anup Ku...

PM opens world's largest burn and plastic surgery institute

PM opens world's largest burn and plastic surgery institute

-- 2018-10-24 16:44:34

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the world's largest burn and plastic surgery institute in the capital's Chankharpul area on Wednesday. The 12-storey institute was constructed at a cost of Tk...

21 rivers register rise, 67 fall

21 rivers register rise, 67 fall

-- 2018-10-24 16:36:55

Water levels in 21 rivers stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rise and 67 stations recorded fall. Among the 94 monitored water level stations, five are stead...

Woman burned dead in Panchagarh

Woman burned dead in Panchagarh

-- 2018-10-24 16:29:36

A woman, who suffered burn injuries after her sharee caught fire at Hagurajot village in Tetulia upazila of Panchagarh district on Tuesday, succumbed to her injuries on Wednesday morning. The decease...

Oikyafront's rally begins in Sylhet

Oikyafront's rally begins in Sylhet

-- 2018-10-24 16:21:30

The maiden rally of Jatiya Oikyafront began in Sylhet with an aim to mobilise public support in favour of the alliance's seven-point demand, including holding the next polls under a non-party administ...

Fire breaks out at Gulshan building

Fire breaks out at Gulshan building

-- 2018-10-24 16:06:44

A fire has broken out at a 20-storey building in Dhaka’s Gulshan. The blaze swept through the 10th floor of the building around 2:00pm on Wednesday, firefighter Md Ataur Rahman told bdnews24.c...

Oikyafront leaders visit Sylhet shrines before rally

Oikyafront leaders visit Sylhet shrines before rally

-- 2018-10-24 13:35:06

Jatiya Oikyafront senior leaders have offered fateha at the shrines of Hazrat Shahjalal (R), Shah Paran (R) and the grave of General MAG Osmani in Sylhet before holding their maiden public rally in th...

Police arrest woman for torturing child in Feni

Police arrest woman for torturing child in Feni

-- 2018-10-24 13:19:46

The police have arrested a woman on charges of torturing a six-year-old girl in Feni. The victim, Priyanka Akhter, has been admitted to Feni Central Hospital with multiple burn injuries. A neighbour...

Work together to deal with maritime crimes, PM to neighbours

Work together to deal with maritime crimes, PM to neighbours

-- 2018-10-24 13:01:55

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the neighbouring countries to come forward to curb various maritime crimes as it is not possible to do that by a single country. "It's not possible to curb thes...

Bangladesh ranks as 7th best travel destination

Bangladesh ranks as 7th best travel destination

-- 2018-10-24 12:40:22

Lonelyplanet.com, the world's largest travel guide book publisher, has ranked Bangladesh as 7th best-in- value travel destinations for 2019. In a recent report, the travel guide book publisher ranke...

Cops recover bullet-hit body of ‘drug trader’ in Teknaf

Cops recover bullet-hit body of ‘drug trader’ in Teknaf

-- 2018-10-24 12:31:26

Police recovered the bullet-hit body of a suspected drug trader from Maheshkhalia Para in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s bazar early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Mufiz Alam, son of Lal Mi...

Local compressor makers to get tax benefit until 2021

Local compressor makers to get tax benefit until 2021

FE Report 2018-10-24 12:02:53

Local industries would enjoy tax benefit until 2021 on import of raw materials and spare parts for manufacturing compressors. The VAT wing of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) issued two separate S...