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Man dies in Mymensingh anti-drug raid

Man dies in Mymensingh anti-drug raid

-- 2018-10-14 11:56:06

A suspect in several cases has been killed in an alleged shootout with DB police as part of an anti-drug raid in Mymensingh. The shootout took place behind SK Hospital in the city’s Kalibari ne...

Police arrest Jubo Dal leader in Sylhet

Police arrest Jubo Dal leader in Sylhet

-- 2018-10-14 11:29:49

Police arrested a local leader of Jubo Dal from Madrasa Bazar area in Balaganj upazila of Sylhet on Saturday evening. The arrestee was identified as Babul Miah, president of Ward no 2 of Bazar unit J...

Tk 3.54b anti-terror project awaits ECNEC nod

Tk 3.54b anti-terror project awaits ECNEC nod

FHM Humayan Kabir 2018-10-14 10:52:30

Bangladesh Police will set up an Anti-Terrorism and Transnational Crime Control Centre at the city's Agargaon aiming to combat terrorism and transnational crimes, officials said on Saturday. They sai...

Rangpur landless cultivators growing veg on floating beds

Rangpur landless cultivators growing veg on floating beds

Sayed Mofidul Babu 2018-10-14 10:40:53

A good number of landless peasants under Pirgachha upazila in the district are getting financially benefited through farming vegetables on floating beds. These extreme poor people have shown how to c...

'Demand for high quality, safe electrical cables growing in BD'

'Demand for high quality, safe electrical cables growing in BD'

FE Desk 2018-10-14 10:39:35

The demand for high quality and safe electrical cables are growing fast in the country, speakers said at a programme in the capital recently, says a statement. To meet the demand, RR-Imperial Electri...

IT sector shares witness highest losses last week

IT sector shares witness highest losses last week

FE Report 2018-10-14 10:35:45

The listed securities of IT sector witnessed highest correction on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) last week. The sector having eight companies declined 4.8 per cent in last five sessions. Some of th...

Chattogram landslides claim four lives

Chattogram landslides claim four lives

-- 2018-10-14 10:10:37

At least four people have been killed in landslides in Chattogram triggered by heavy rains in the region in the wake of Cyclone Titli. According to the fire service, three members of a family die aft...

B Chy wants broader alliance against domination of single party

B Chy wants broader alliance against domination of single party

-- 2018-10-13 20:30:04

Bikalpadhara chief Prof AQM Badruddozza Chowdhury has said he wants to see a broader alliance against the domination of a single party. The former president made the remarks while addressing a press...

RAB arrests one with firearms, ammo in C’nawabganj

RAB arrests one with firearms, ammo in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-10-13 20:28:10

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5 arrested an alleged arms trader with a pistol, a magazine and five bullets from Tartipur Cattle market area under Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district...

Three die in separate incidents in Savar

Three die in separate incidents in Savar

-- 2018-10-13 20:21:41

A housewife and two young men were killed in separate incidents in Ashulia on Saturday. Police recovered the body of garment worker Tajul Islam, 28, who was killed in a road accident at Abdullahpur h...

BNP leader held in Sylhet

BNP leader held in Sylhet

-- 2018-10-13 19:19:42

Police arrested a local leader of Bangladesh National Party (BNP) in an explosive case from Natunbazar area at Biswanath upazila in in Sylhet on Saturday noon. The arrestee was identified as Abdul Ha...

PM visits Padma bridge project sites today

PM visits Padma bridge project sites today

-- 2018-10-13 19:04:58

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit the Padma Bridge construction sites today (Sunday) to witness the progress of the country’s largest infrastructure project. Sheikh Hasina will also inaug...

Met office asks maritime ports to host signal 3

Met office asks maritime ports to host signal 3

-- 2018-10-13 19:02:12

Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal no three on Saturday as the Land depression over Gangetic-West Bengal and adjoining areas...

Dr Kamal forms alliance with BNP

Dr Kamal forms alliance with BNP

-- 2018-10-13 18:49:54

Jatiya Oikya Prokriya chief Dr Kamal Hossain has formed a new anti-government alliance with the BNP, leaving out Jukto Front Convener AQM Badruddozza Chowdhury in growing signs of political rifts amon...

Stress on awareness building to reduce disaster risks

Stress on awareness building to reduce disaster risks

-- 2018-10-13 18:40:17

The International Day for Disaster Reduction was observed across the country on Saturday, stressing the need for creating awareness and ensuring active participation of the people of all strata alongs...

PM mourns death of Kabir Chowdhury’s mother

PM mourns death of Kabir Chowdhury’s mother

-- 2018-10-13 18:15:47

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday expressed deep shock at the death of Meher Kabir, wife of late National Professor Kabir Chowdhury.  The Prime Minister prayed for the eternal salvation o...

Dr Kamal, B Chy to hold separate press conferences

Dr Kamal, B Chy to hold separate press conferences

-- 2018-10-13 17:34:59

Just before the announcement of the framework of greater national unity, a rift has developed between Dr Kamal Hossain and Dr Badruddoza Chowdhury as they called for separate press conferences on Satu...

Quader terms BNP terrorist party

Quader terms BNP terrorist party

-- 2018-10-13 17:31:47

Awami League General Secretary and Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said it has been proved through the verdict of the August 21 grenade attack case that BNP is a terror...

Heavy rainfall likely in 24 hours

Heavy rainfall likely in 24 hours

-- 2018-10-13 17:05:51

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) forecasts heavy rainfall in four divisions of the country in 24 hours commencing 12:00pm on Saturday. “Under the influence of the depression over Gang...

Zafrullah says sorry over his remarks on army chief

Zafrullah says sorry over his remarks on army chief

-- 2018-10-13 16:59:33

Pro-BNP professional and Gonoshasthya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury has apologised over his 'careless' remarks on current Army Chief General Aziz Ahmed at a TV programme. "I carelessly presen...

BNP’s black-flag procession now on Oct 21

BNP’s black-flag procession now on Oct 21

-- 2018-10-13 16:37:05

BNP has rescheduled its Tuesday's countrywide black-flag procession for October 21 due to Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community. Besides, the party's women wing Jatiyataba...

43 rivers mark rise, 34 record falls

43 rivers mark rise, 34 record falls

-- 2018-10-13 16:37:02

Water levels in 43 rivers stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rises and 34 stations recorded falls. Among the 94 monitored water level stations, eight are st...

Police arrest five JCD men in Natore

Police arrest five JCD men in Natore

-- 2018-10-13 15:59:06

Police arrested five activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) while they were taking preparation to bring out a procession at Hafrasta area in Natore district town. The arrestees are- Afredi, Juba...

Flouting hilsa ban puts 25 fishermen in prison

Flouting hilsa ban puts 25 fishermen in prison

-- 2018-10-13 15:57:49

A mobile court in Bhola on Saturday jailed 25 fishermen and fined eight others for netting hilsa from the Meghna and Tetulia rivers in the district defying a government ban. Among the convicts, 25 fi...

Police find customs employee dead in Ctg

Police find customs employee dead in Ctg

-- 2018-10-13 15:57:13

The body of a Customs Department employee was recovered from near Charpara on the bank of the Karnafuli River in Chattogram city on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Ripen Singh Druba, 3...

Murder suspect dies in inter-gang shootout

Murder suspect dies in inter-gang shootout

-- 2018-10-13 14:11:22

A murder suspect has been shot to death in Jashore town. Police say he was killed in a shootout between two groups. The incident occurred in the town’s Kazipara Begum Mill area in the early hou...

Digital Security Act: Editors’ Council holds human chain tomorrow

Digital Security Act: Editors’ Council holds human chain tomorrow

FE Report 2018-10-13 14:02:21

Editors’ Council will hold a human chain tomorrow (Monday) demanding immediate amendment to nine sections of the Digital Security Act 2018, which came into effect last week. Members of the coun...

Earl Miller new US envoy in Dhaka

Earl Miller new US envoy in Dhaka

FE Online Desk 2018-10-13 13:57:07

The United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has confirmed the appointment of Earl Robert Miller as the next US Ambassador to Bangladesh. The Ambassador-designate must still be officiall...

Driver dies in Bogura road crash

Driver dies in Bogura road crash

-- 2018-10-13 13:00:27

A fatal head on collision of two buses in Bogura in the early hours of Saturday has killed a man and injured 15 others. The accident took place on Dhaka-Bogura Highway at Sherpur upazila’s Hari...

Rajshahi sees a slump in rice retail price

Rajshahi sees a slump in rice retail price

-- 2018-10-13 12:31:22

Rice price in Rajshahi’s retail markets is on a nosedive following the government’s launching of “Food Friendly Programme” to control rice price hike. Within a gap of one mont...