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Minor boy dies in Gopalganj road crash

Minor boy dies in Gopalganj road crash

-- 2018-09-23 10:09:28

A minor boy was crushed under a bus in Kadampur area of Muksudpur upazila of the district on Sunday morning. The deceased has been identified as Pappi, 7, son of Nibash Das, hailing from Nagarkanda u...

Dhaka’s rail link with 3 northern districts remain suspended

Dhaka’s rail link with 3 northern districts remain suspended

-- 2018-09-22 22:31:02

Rail communications between Dhaka and three northern districts--Bogura, Lalmonirhat and Gaibandha-have remained suspended since Saturday morning following the collapse of soil beneath Chokchkia Rail...

Oikya Prokriya to hold rallies from October 1

Oikya Prokriya to hold rallies from October 1

-- 2018-09-22 21:17:38

Jatiya Oikya Prokriya, led by Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain, has announced to hold rallies across the country from October 1. The announcement was made during a citizens' rally organised by th...

Man held with human skeleton in Munshiganj

Man held with human skeleton in Munshiganj

-- 2018-09-22 20:50:18

Police arrested a man along with a human skeleton from Malkhangar area under Sirajdikhan upazila in Munshiganj on Sunday. The arrestee was identified as Md Saiful Islam, 40, son of late Abul Hossain...

Two siblings among three drown in Brahmaputra

Two siblings among three drown in Brahmaputra

-- 2018-09-22 20:44:25

Three children, including two siblings, died as a boat capsized in Brahmaputra river in Belabo upazila of Narsingdi on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Nila Akhtar, 16, daughter of Badal Mia...

Road crash leaves two dead in Sylhet

Road crash leaves two dead in Sylhet

-- 2018-09-22 19:44:29

Two workers of Sylhet Palli Bidyut Samity (Rural Electricity Board) were killed and three others injured as a bus hit a van defying a red flag signal at Gazia under Osmaninagar upazila in Sylhet on Sa...

Shujan for scrapping Digital Security Act

Shujan for scrapping Digital Security Act

-- 2018-09-22 19:07:41

Civil rights body Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan) on Saturday demanded revision of the newly passed Digital Security Act through scraping its 'repressive' sections. In a written statement, the ri...

Malaysia detains 55 BD workers

Malaysia detains 55 BD workers

-- 2018-09-22 18:50:47

Malaysian immigration officers detained 338 migrant workers, including fifty-five Bangladeshi nationals, during a raid in a town of the country, Cyberjaya. According to Malaysia's Immigration Departm...

President, PM condole death of Vietnam president

President, PM condole death of Vietnam president

-- 2018-09-22 18:17:56

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have expressed deep shock at the untimely demise of Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang saying it is an irrevocable loss for the people and the C...

BNP leaders, B Chy join Dr Kamal's rally for ‘functional democracy’

BNP leaders, B Chy join Dr Kamal's rally for ‘functional democracy’

-- 2018-09-22 17:45:16

BNP leaders on Saturday participated in the Dr Kamal Hossain-led Jatiya Oikya Prokriya rally at Mahanagar Natya Mancha in the city to create a greater national unity to ensure a 'functional democracy'...

Stress on joint efforts to ensure Chattogram’s development

Stress on joint efforts to ensure Chattogram’s development

-- 2018-09-22 17:34:42

Speakers at a view-exchange meeting in Chattogram on Saturday laid emphasis on working together to highlight the prospects and challenges of Chattogram and make it an environment-friendly sustainable...

Project starts to launch 4883 adolescent clubs

Project starts to launch 4883 adolescent clubs

-- 2018-09-22 16:45:56

A project for setting up adolescent clubs across the country was inaugurated at a function at Bangladesh Shishu Academy in Dhaka on Saturday. Sate Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroze...

WB vice president arrives on Sunday

WB vice president arrives on Sunday

-- 2018-09-22 16:23:01

World Bank Vice President for the South Asia Region Hartwig Schafer will arrive in Dhaka on Sunday for talks on the Rohingya crisis and deepening Bangladesh’s connections to the international or...

EVM to be used in polls if legalised, say CEC

EVM to be used in polls if legalised, say CEC

-- 2018-09-22 15:29:41

Electronic Voting Machines or EVMs will be used in the election if it is legally approved but should not be forced, says Chief Election Commissioner K M Nurul Huda. The CEC made the remark during an...

Miscreants gun down UP chairman in Barishal

Miscreants gun down UP chairman in Barishal

-- 2018-09-22 15:25:35

A union parishad chairman was gunned down by some miscreants at Karfa Bazar in Ujirpur upazila of Barishal on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Bishwajit Baroi Nantu, 40, chairman of Jalla...

Govt guiding grenade attack trial: BNP

Govt guiding grenade attack trial: BNP

-- 2018-09-22 15:07:58

The BNP claims that the trial over the Aug 21 grenade attack is proceeding according to the government’s ‘guidelines’. The party’s Joint Senior Secretary General Ruhul Kabir R...

Aug 21 grenade verdict: CTTC warns of strict action against anarchy

Aug 21 grenade verdict: CTTC warns of strict action against anarchy

-- 2018-09-22 14:11:22

Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit chief Monirul Islam on Saturday warned that law enforcement agencies will go tough if any attempt is made to create anarchy centring the verdict i...

Two die in Bandarban, Jashore ‘gunfights’

Two die in Bandarban, Jashore ‘gunfights’

-- 2018-09-22 13:47:37

A suspected robber and an alleged drug trader were killed in separate gunfights in Bandarban and Jashore districts on Saturday. In Bandarban, the suspected robber was killed in 'gunfight' with police...

Cops recover bodies of two RMG workers in Savar

Cops recover bodies of two RMG workers in Savar

-- 2018-09-22 13:27:42

Police recovered the bodies of two garment workers from separate areas in Savar on Saturday morning. According to Abul Kashem, sub-inspector of Savar Model Police Station, they recovered the body of...

AL leaders begin election campaign by road

AL leaders begin election campaign by road

-- 2018-09-22 12:41:12

Awami League leaders have begun an election campaign by road to reach the common people and describe to them the development work undertaken by the government. Previously AL leaders had flown to Sylh...

Police recover grenade in Natore

Police recover grenade in Natore

FE Online Desk 2018-09-22 11:45:48

Police have recovered a grenade as labourers found it while digging soil for constructing a drain in Madrasa intersection area of Natore district town on Saturday morning. Natore Police Station&rsquo...

Motorcyclist dies, 38 RMG workers injured in Manikganj road crash

Motorcyclist dies, 38 RMG workers injured in Manikganj road crash

FE Online Desk 2018-09-22 11:41:20

A motorcyclist was killed and 38 ready-made garment (RMG) workers were injured as a minibus carrying the workers aboard hit the motorcycle and overturned on Dhaka-Aricha highway at Bhatbar in Manikgan...

Intergang ‘shootout’ leaves drug trafficker dead

Intergang ‘shootout’ leaves drug trafficker dead

-- 2018-09-22 11:32:25

Police say a man has been killed during a shootout between two groups of drug traffickers in Jashore town. Law enforcers recovered the body from the town’s Shankarpur Bablatala area early on Sa...

DNCC Panel Mayor Osman Gani passes away

DNCC Panel Mayor Osman Gani passes away

-- 2018-09-22 11:21:09

Dhaka North City Corporation Panel Mayor Osman Gani died at a hospital in Singapore on Saturday morning. He was 69. He, who had been suffering from lungs cancer, breathed his last at Singapore Genera...

NSU student dies in Jamalpur road crash

NSU student dies in Jamalpur road crash

FE Online Desk 2018-09-22 11:16:19

A student of North South University NSU) was killed as a truck hit the motorcycle he was riding on Bypass Road in Jamalpur district town on Friday night. Also identified as son of Md Nizam Uddin, of...

Over 200 fishermen go missing in Bay

Over 200 fishermen go missing in Bay

-- 2018-09-22 10:41:05

More than 200 fishermen have remained missing after at least 15 fishing trawlers reportedly capsized in the Bay of Bengal due to rough weather and high tide in the 24 hours till Friday afternoon. Amo...

Miscreants shoot dead biker in Bagerhat

Miscreants shoot dead biker in Bagerhat

-- 2018-09-22 09:57:09

A motorcyclist was gunned down by miscreants at Jugidanga area on Khulna-Mongla highway on Friday night. The victim was identified as Hasan Sheikh, 35, son of Jahangir Sheikh of Bagmara village in Ru...

Defeated group trying to resurface again: Law minister

Defeated group trying to resurface again: Law minister

-- 2018-09-21 20:25:16

Law Minister Anisul Huq has claimed those who wanted to stage a judicial coup using former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha are now trying to resurface again. The minister came up with the statemen...

Boat procession to save Bhairab river in Jashore

Boat procession to save Bhairab river in Jashore

-- 2018-09-21 18:14:49

A boat procession was held in the Bhairab river on Friday to create awareness in saving the river from pollution and grabbing, reports UNB. Make Clean and Safe Noapara Association organised the boat...

Rumi rape, murder:  Four suspects give confessional statement

Rumi rape, murder: Four suspects give confessional statement

-- 2018-09-21 18:14:49

Four suspects, including the prime accused, have given confessional statements in a case filed over the killing of teenage girl Rumi Akhter after rape in Bishwanath upazila of Sylhet. Sylhet Senior J...