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Customs detains man with gold powder at Benapole

Customs detains man with gold powder at Benapole

-- 2018-10-13 11:49:02

Customs officials arrested a man along with 1.7 kilograms of gold powder at Benapole border crossing on Friday night. The powder is estimated to be worth around Tk 7 million. The arrestee is Alamgir,...

Bangladesh becomes UNHRC member

Bangladesh becomes UNHRC member

-- 2018-10-13 11:18:02

Bangladesh has been elected a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The UN members took part in the election during the world body’s annual general assembly in New York on Friday m...

One dies, seven sustain injuries in Dhaka house fire

One dies, seven sustain injuries in Dhaka house fire

-- 2018-10-13 10:28:15

A man was burned to death and seven people, including four women and a minor boy, sustained injuries as a fire broke out in a flat on at Beparipara in Uttarkhan area in the early hours of Saturday. T...

CAAB hangar project gets underway

CAAB hangar project gets underway

Kamrun Nahar 2018-10-13 10:23:19

Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) launched a hangar project this month as part of the upgradation of Dhaka airport, an official said. An agreement on the 13-month project was signed on Se...

Best services at lowest rates

Best services at lowest rates

Pankaj Dastider 2018-10-13 10:21:15

Radisson Blu Chittagong Bay View continues to strive to provide the best services at lowest rates, said its General Manager Robin Edwards. "We are unique in Chattogram in respect to our services and...

Kamrangirchar scenario belies expectations

Kamrangirchar scenario belies expectations

Sajibur Rahman 2018-10-13 10:19:20

Swapan, an 11-year-old boy who dropped out of school in his early life due to abject poverty, was busy doing work in shabby and dirty attire at an aluminium factory in Kamrangirchar area of Dhaka....

CPA wants expansion of FCL coverage

CPA wants expansion of FCL coverage

Syful Islam 2018-10-13 10:11:04

The National Board of Revenue has been asked to permit direct delivery of all types of FCL (full container load) containers to importers' premises. According to officials, only industrial items are n...

Workshop on protecting people against cyber crimes held

Workshop on protecting people against cyber crimes held

FE Online Report 2018-10-12 20:02:41

A workshop for journalists aiming to protect people from cyber-racketeering and crate awareness among them was held in the capital on Friday. Cyber Crime Awareness Foundation (CCA Foundation) with th...

Quader says verdict proves BNP a terrorist party

Quader says verdict proves BNP a terrorist party

-- 2018-10-12 18:46:46

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said it has now been proved in the country's court after Canada that BNP is a terrorist party. "It's been proved in the courts of Canada and Ba...

No question of Tarique’s resignation following ‘vengeance’ verdict: BNP

No question of Tarique’s resignation following ‘vengeance’ verdict: BNP

-- 2018-10-12 18:32:10

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said there is no question of Tarique Rahman's resignation from the party post following his conviction in the August 21 grenade attack cases...

People less concerned over BNP’s agitation: Anisul

People less concerned over BNP’s agitation: Anisul

-- 2018-10-12 17:07:39

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Friday said people now don’t bother about the agitation of BNP and are less concerned. “People don’t bother about the a...

Fire guts two Manikganj school buildings

Fire guts two Manikganj school buildings

-- 2018-10-12 16:30:18

A fire raged through two tin-shed buildings of a government primary school in Manikganj district town on Friday noon, burning down valuables of the school. It is being primarily assumed that the fire...

Fakhrul files GD over fake FB profiles

Fakhrul files GD over fake FB profiles

-- 2018-10-12 11:57:28

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has filed a general diary (GD) with Paltan Police Station seeking action against those opened fake Facebook accounts in his name. Yunus Ali, personal...

Eight fishermen in jail for flouting ban on hilsa

Eight fishermen in jail for flouting ban on hilsa

-- 2018-10-12 11:56:48

Eight fishermen were sentenced to one-year imprisonment for catching hilsa in the Meghna River on Thursday defying an ongoing ban on netting hilsa. The convicts are Ripon Patwary, 22, Rahim Sheikh, 3...

Drug suspect dies in anti-drug raid in Chattogram

Drug suspect dies in anti-drug raid in Chattogram

-- 2018-10-12 11:34:36

A man has died in a ‘shootout’ with RAB in Chattogram on Thursday night as part of an anti-drug crackdown. The incident took place at Bibir Haat Rail Gate in Muradpur which left four RAB...

Miscreants stab youth to death in Chattogram

Miscreants stab youth to death in Chattogram

-- 2018-10-12 11:34:25

A young man was stabbed to death by miscreants at Sagarika Road in port city's Pahartoli area on Thursday night. The victim was identified as Biswajit Dhar, 28, son of Milon Dhar of Banikpara in Sout...

Digital Security Act: Govt's 'breach of trust' dismays editors

Digital Security Act: Govt's 'breach of trust' dismays editors

FE Report 2018-10-12 10:25:28

Sampadak Parishad (Editors' Council) has expressed disappointment at disregarding its concerns over the passage of Digital Security Act. The three cabinet ministers and information adviser to the Pri...

Peasants attain solvency by growing snake beans

Peasants attain solvency by growing snake beans

Our Correspondent 2018-10-11 21:39:01

BOGURA, Oct 11: A good number of marginal peasants in the district are attaining financial solvency this season by growing snake bean. A good number of farmer said snake bean cultivation is profitabl...

Joypurhat DAE eyes over 400  tonnes of ginger yield

Joypurhat DAE eyes over 400 tonnes of ginger yield

Roving Correspondent 2018-10-11 21:38:15

JOYPURHAT, Oct 11: The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) is expecting to grow over 400 tonnes of ginger in the district this season. The farmers can grow the spice crop easily after harvest...

Upgradation still a distant dream

Upgradation still a distant dream

-- 2018-10-11 21:37:06

Upgradation of Thakurgaon Sugar Mills still reamins a distant dream though five years have elapsed since the approval of the development project, reports UNB. One of the reasons behind it is complexi...

Detectives arrest five on fake question paper leak charges

Detectives arrest five on fake question paper leak charges

-- 2018-10-11 21:19:56

Police arrested five people on charges of cheating medical college admission seekers by providing them with fake leaked question papers on the social media in the first-ever case under the recently pa...

Enhancement of Tarique’s punishment will be sought: AG

Enhancement of Tarique’s punishment will be sought: AG

-- 2018-10-11 20:59:20

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam on Thursday said the state party will appeal before the higher court seeking enhancement of punishment of BNP’s acting chairperson Tarique Rahman in the August 21...

Heavy rainfall likely on Friday

Heavy rainfall likely on Friday

-- 2018-10-11 20:53:32

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall at places over Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions in 24 hours until 3:00pm on Friday (tomorrow). “Du...

Fishers for compensatory allowance during Hilsa ban period 

Fishers for compensatory allowance during Hilsa ban period 

-- 2018-10-11 20:32:14

Bangladesh Fish Workers' Alliance (BFWA), a platform of fishermen and farmers' organisations, on Thursday demanded a monthly allowance of Tk 8,000 for each fisherman's family as compensation during th...

River vessels resume services as Titli weakens

River vessels resume services as Titli weakens

-- 2018-10-11 17:53:44

Water transports on the domestic routes have resumed services after a 21-hour pause as Cyclone Titli weakened after crossing the Odisha coast in India. Bangladesh Meteorological Department has asked...

Police arrest 19 Jamaat men in Joypurhat

Police arrest 19 Jamaat men in Joypurhat

-- 2018-10-11 17:45:36

19 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami were arrested while they were holding a secret meeting at Dhalahar village under Sadar upazila in Joypurhat on Thursday. Officer-in-charge of Joypurhat Sad...

Bhasanchar ready to accommodate 25,000 Rohingyas

Bhasanchar ready to accommodate 25,000 Rohingyas

-- 2018-10-11 17:38:49

The Bhasanchar island is ready to accommodate at least 25,000 Rohingya people from refugee camps in southeastern Bangladesh. Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury made th...

PM donates Tk 200m more to journalists’ welfare trust

PM donates Tk 200m more to journalists’ welfare trust

-- 2018-10-11 17:30:27

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina donated Tk 200 million more to the fund of the Bangladesh Journalists’ Welfare Trust, which was constituted by the present government to provide financial support to...

Australia acknowledges achievements of Bangladeshi female sportsperson

Australia acknowledges achievements of Bangladeshi female sportsperson

-- 2018-10-11 17:17:14

The Australian High Commission in Dhaka on Thursday acknowledged the leadership of Bangladeshi girls' and women in different sports in celebration of the International Day of the Girl Child 2018. The...

Impress Telefilm MD, five others escape chopper crash

Impress Telefilm MD, five others escape chopper crash

-- 2018-10-11 17:16:21

Six people, including Impress Telefilm's Managing Director Faridur Reza, escaped unhurt as a helicopter of Impress Aviation Ltd crashed in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi on Thursday. Channel I Director...