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Barishal road crash kills three

Barishal road crash kills three

-- 2018-10-11 17:07:52

Three people were killed and 10 others injured as a bus crashed into a roadside tree on Dhaka-Barishal highway at Baichkhola in Gouronadi upazila on Thursday afternoon. One the deceased was identifie...

‘State-sponsored verdicts’ in Aug-21 cases to ruin BNP: Rizvi

‘State-sponsored verdicts’ in Aug-21 cases to ruin BNP: Rizvi

-- 2018-10-11 16:37:18

BNP on Thursday alleged that 'state-sponsored' verdicts were announced in the August 21 grenade attack cases, aiming to destroy BNP in a planned way. "We came across various remarks and Awami League...

Three get life term for killing farmer in Rajshahi

Three get life term for killing farmer in Rajshahi

-- 2018-10-11 13:06:55

A court in Rajshahi on Thursday sentenced life-term imprisonment to three people for killing a person four years ago. Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Anup Kumar gave the verdict against Anwar Parvej, 45,...

HC extends Khaleda’s bail again in Zia orphanage case

HC extends Khaleda’s bail again in Zia orphanage case

-- 2018-10-11 12:37:23

The High Court on Thursday once again extended till October 15 the bail of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. A High Court bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justic...

PM unveils Spanish version of Bangabandhu's autobiography

PM unveils Spanish version of Bangabandhu's autobiography

-- 2018-10-11 11:56:29

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has unveiled the Spanish version of the autobiography of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman - 'The Unfinished Memoirs'. She unveiled the cover of the...

Car plunges into ditch, kills two in Rajbari

Car plunges into ditch, kills two in Rajbari

-- 2018-10-11 11:53:41

Two people were killed when a private car carrying them plunged into a roadside ditch in Rajbari early Thursday. The fatal accident left driver Manir Hossain, 32, and passenger Ripon Quadir, 30 dead....

Khulna-Mongla rail project under Indian LoC limping

Khulna-Mongla rail project under Indian LoC limping

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2018-10-11 10:51:40

The slow implementation of the Khulna-Mongla rail connectivity project, one of the top priority schemes under the Indian Line of Credit (LoC), raises concern among the stakeholders. The latest review...

Mother, daughter die in Nilphamari road crash

Mother, daughter die in Nilphamari road crash

-- 2018-10-11 10:36:55

A woman and her five-year-old daughter were killed when a truck hit a rickshaw van at Bhatiapara in Domar upazila of Nilphamari on Wednesday night. The deceased are Nazma Begum, 30, wife of Rube...

Employees of state-run jute mills to get wage arrears

Employees of state-run jute mills to get wage arrears

FE Report 2018-10-11 10:22:34

The government has allocated Tk 1.0 billion in loan for the state-run jute mills to pay wages and arrears to the employees who have long been going through financial hardship because of non-payment of...

DMTCL signs deal with seven-co JV

DMTCL signs deal with seven-co JV

FE Report 2018-10-11 10:16:34

Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) has signed a contract with a Japanese company-led joint venture (JV) to carry out detailed design work of the city's second metro-rail project. DMTCL Managi...

$100m BIMSTEC development  fund on the cards

$100m BIMSTEC development fund on the cards

FE Report 2018-10-11 10:08:30

The member states of regional trade bloc BIMSTEC are set to establish a fund for research, planning and financing development projects. At the initial stage, officials have said, the fund styled 'B...

‘Titli’ intensified into severe cyclonic storm; signal 4 at maritime ports

‘Titli’ intensified into severe cyclonic storm; signal 4 at maritime ports

-- 2018-10-10 21:16:10

Cyclonic storm 'Titli' intensified into a severe cyclonic storm on Wednesday with a 'Core of Hurricane Wind ' over West-Central Bay and adjoining Northwest Bay. The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox'...

Indo-Bangla food festival kicks off in Mumbai

Indo-Bangla food festival kicks off in Mumbai

-- 2018-10-10 21:01:44

An eight-day Bangladesh-India food festival began at a restaurant in Mumbai, India on Tuesday showcasing various delicious food items from the two countries. Hilsa-polao of Bangladeshi culinary exper...

BD signs cyber security deal with Microsoft

BD signs cyber security deal with Microsoft

-- 2018-10-10 19:53:28

The Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications, and Information Technology of Bangladesh signed an agreement on Government Security Programme (GSP) with Microsoft on Wednesday for ensuring cyber security i...

Grenade attack was hateful attempt to make AL leaderless: Judge

Grenade attack was hateful attempt to make AL leaderless: Judge

-- 2018-10-10 19:49:45

The 2004 grenade attack was a hateful attempt to make the Awami League, the main opposition party at the time, leaderless. Judge Shahed Nuruddin of Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal, who pronounced...

AL not fully satisfied with Aug 21 attack verdict: Quader

AL not fully satisfied with Aug 21 attack verdict: Quader

-- 2018-10-10 19:31:54

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said their party is not fully satisfied with the verdict of the August 21 grenade attack cases as the mastermind of the incident and BNP leader Tariqu...

Media should perform social responsibilities: PM

Media should perform social responsibilities: PM

-- 2018-10-10 19:28:01

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the media to perform their social responsibilities alongside their business to help build a good society. "The social responsibility is the most important thing...

Grenade attack victims demand capital punishment for Tarique

Grenade attack victims demand capital punishment for Tarique

-- 2018-10-10 19:25:49

Victims of August 21 grenade attack expressed dissatisfaction with the verdict of the case and demanded death sentence to Tarique Rahman, the mastermind of the gruesome attack. Members of Bangladesh...

August 21 grenade verdict fair, says Home Minister

August 21 grenade verdict fair, says Home Minister

-- 2018-10-10 19:20:37

Terming the verdict in the two August 21 grenade attack cases fair, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said he is happy with the judgement. "It has been proved through the verdicts that thos...

PM distributes cheques of donation

PM distributes cheques of donation

-- 2018-10-10 19:03:06

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday distributed cheques of donation to nine persons in response to their applications for financial assistance for treatment and subsistence. Sheikh Hasina hande...

BD slips five notches in Global Passport Power Index

BD slips five notches in Global Passport Power Index

-- 2018-10-10 18:43:40

Bangladesh has ranked 100th in the Global Passport Power Rank 2018, slipping five notches from its previous ranking. In 2017, Bangladesh ranked 95th with visa-free access to 38 countries, according t...

BRRI develops two high yielding rice varieties

BRRI develops two high yielding rice varieties

-- 2018-10-10 18:19:04

Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) has developed two new high yielding rice varieties having higher yield potentials over the two most popular existing rice varieties in the country. The two n...

Tarique deserves death penalty: Law minister

Tarique deserves death penalty: Law minister

-- 2018-10-10 17:47:44

Expressing satisfaction over the verdict in August 21 grenade attack cases, Law Minister Anisul Huq said Tarique Rahman deserves death penalty as he was the mastermind of the attack. The minister sai...

Molotov bomb hurled at bus in Bogura, two hurt 

Molotov bomb hurled at bus in Bogura, two hurt 

-- 2018-10-10 17:28:24

Two female passengers suffered injuries as miscreants hurled a bomb at a bus on Dhaka-Bogura highway at Sajapur under Shahjahanpur upazila in Bogura on Wednesday noon after the pronouncement of verdic...

BIWTA shuts river transport as cyclone Titli intensifies

BIWTA shuts river transport as cyclone Titli intensifies

-- 2018-10-10 17:13:57

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has shut river transport services until further notice as Cyclone Titli, formed in the Bay of Bengal, is heading to coasts. BIWTA spokesman Mobarak...

Babar, Salam among 19 to die; 19 lifers include Tarique

Babar, Salam among 19 to die; 19 lifers include Tarique

-- 2018-10-10 14:33:30

A speedy trial tribunal sentenced on Wednesday 19 persons, including former state minister for home Lutfuzzaman Babar and former deputy minister for education Abdus Salam Pintu, to death while 19 othe...

BNP rejects verdict in Aug 21 grenade attack cases

BNP rejects verdict in Aug 21 grenade attack cases

-- 2018-10-10 14:15:06

BNP has turned down the verdict in the August 21 grenade attack cases, saying it has been given at the 'behest of the government' with a political motive. "BNP thinks that the verdict is a politicall...

Police recover bodies of couple

Police recover bodies of couple

-- 2018-10-10 13:52:10

A couple was found dead at their house at Salepur village in Laksam upazila of Cumilla on Wednesday. Police recovered the hanging body of Shafiullah, 40, son of Hedayetullah, and the throat-slit bo...

Police detain seven Rohingyas along Satkhira border

Police detain seven Rohingyas along Satkhira border

-- 2018-10-10 13:41:06

Seven Rohingyas, including women and children, were held from Abaderghat in Satkhira sadar upazila early Wednesday while being trafficked to India. The arrestees are Nur Begum, 45, wife of Selim, the...

Aug 21 grenade attack: 19 get death, life sentence for Tarique

Aug 21 grenade attack: 19 get death, life sentence for Tarique

-- 2018-10-10 12:27:01

After a long wait for over 14 years, a speedy trial tribunal has sentenced 19 people to death in two cases filed over the August 21 grenade attack on an Awami League rally in the capital in 2004. For...