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Holy Ashura observed amid heightened security measures

Holy Ashura observed amid heightened security measures

-- 2018-09-21 17:51:47

The holy Ashura was observed by the Muslim community in Bangladesh and other parts of the world on Friday, the 10th day of Muharram, amid heightened security measures. The day was observed as a symbo...

Holding trial inside jail ‘contrary to justice’: BNP

Holding trial inside jail ‘contrary to justice’: BNP

-- 2018-09-21 17:12:47

BNP on Friday described the order of Special Judge Court-5 to continue the trial in Zia Charitable Trust corruption case inside Old Dhaka Central Jail in absence of Khaleda Zia as ‘contrary to j...

Three young girls return home after serving jail in India

Three young girls return home after serving jail in India

-- 2018-09-21 17:05:20

Three Bangladeshi young girls returned home through Benapole check post in Jashore on Friday after serving three years jail in India. Abdul Wahab, commanding officer of Benapole Checkpost BGB, said I...

Electrocution kills four in Cumilla

Electrocution kills four in Cumilla

-- 2018-09-21 15:08:56

At least four people, including three members of a family, died from electrocution after a live power line of Palli Bidyut Samity fell on their autorickshaw in Cumilla’s Langalkot upazila on Fri...

Digital Security Act not to obstruct journalism: Quader

Digital Security Act not to obstruct journalism: Quader

-- 2018-09-21 14:59:28

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said the ‘Digital Security Act’ will not create any obstacle to journalism, reports UNB. The minister said this while talking...

$25m more WB fund for Rohingya kids’ education

$25m more WB fund for Rohingya kids’ education

-- 2018-09-21 13:36:01

The World Bank (WB) has approved $25 million, including $4 million from Canada, to help Bangladesh provide education and support to heal the psychological wounds of Rohingya children and youth. The...

Dhaka-Mymensingh rail link resumes after 15 hrs

Dhaka-Mymensingh rail link resumes after 15 hrs

-- 2018-09-21 13:16:54

The train communications between Dhaka and Mymensingh resumed after 15 hours of suspension due to the derailment of a train at Fatemanagar in Trishal Upazila of Mymensingh district on Friday, reports...

Outflow of maids to S Arabia up in Aug

Outflow of maids to S Arabia up in Aug

FE Report 2018-09-21 12:58:54

The outflow of Bangladeshi women domestic helps to Saudi Arabia has increased in August, official statistics show. The month saw a surge in outflow of women workers even after many women were force...

Thrust on curbing brick kilns to save environment

Thrust on curbing brick kilns to save environment

FE Report 2018-09-21 12:53:54

Use of brick kilns should be restricted, as these have been one of the major contributors for depletion of the country's arable land, experts have opined at a programme. Referring to a data of the De...

Holy Ashura being observed with solemnity, reverence

Holy Ashura being observed with solemnity, reverence

-- 2018-09-21 12:49:47

Holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), is being observed in the country on Friday with due religious fervour and solemnity. On this day in the Hijri year of 61, Hazrat...

Khulna road crash kills two

Khulna road crash kills two

-- 2018-09-21 12:35:36

Two people were killed when a truck crashed into a motorbike on Khulna-Satkhira road at Jilerdanga in Dumuria Upazila of Khulna district on Thursday night, reports UNB. The deceased were identified a...

Hasina leaves for UN General Assembly

Hasina leaves for UN General Assembly

-- 2018-09-21 12:31:39

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left for New York where she is expected to highlight her response to the Rohingya crisis, at the UN General Assembly. She is also expected to present Bangladesh's pro...

Assailants gun down two UPDF activists in Rangamati

Assailants gun down two UPDF activists in Rangamati

-- 2018-09-21 11:52:57

Two activists of the United People’s Democratic Front have been shot dead in Rangamati. The killing took place at around 2:00 am on Friday in Ramsupari Para area on the border of Mahalchhari in...

Three die, 20 hurt in Rajshahi road crash

Three die, 20 hurt in Rajshahi road crash

-- 2018-09-21 11:34:51

Three people were killed and at least 20 others injured when a bus rammed into a truck stranded on roadside in Tarapur area on Dhaka-Rajshahi highway under Puthiya upazila in Rajshahi district today (...

Amnesty calls for reverting digital security law

Amnesty calls for reverting digital security law

FE Report 2018-09-21 09:46:31

The digital security law has imposed "dangerous" restrictions on freedom of expression, said Amnesty International on Thursday. "This law imposes dangerous restrictions on freedom of expression," sai...

ACC summons Titas Gas MD, seven others

ACC summons Titas Gas MD, seven others

-- 2018-09-20 20:52:55

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned eight Titas Gas officials including its managing director for investigating allegations of acquiring huge money through gas connections by meter-bypassing...

Rajshahi women attain self-reliance by producing silk-yarn

Rajshahi women attain self-reliance by producing silk-yarn

Our Correspondent 2018-09-20 20:44:22

RAJSHAHI, Sept 20: Hundreds of people, mostly women, in Bagha and Charghat upazilas of the district are improving their living standard by producing silk-yarn. With the training and financial support...

ACC unearths fraud in doctors’ registration

ACC unearths fraud in doctors’ registration

-- 2018-09-20 20:11:54

At least 12 people managed to get registered as MBBS degree holders at Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC) without having that degree in the first place.   In a drive Anti-corruption Co...

Under-five mortality rate marks sharp fall in BD: UN

Under-five mortality rate marks sharp fall in BD: UN

-- 2018-09-20 19:55:46

Under-five mortality rate in Bangladesh is now 32 per 1000 live births. Unicef, the World Health Organisation (WHO), the United Nations Population Division and the World Bank Group released the new m...

Three go missing as boat capsizes in Padma

Three go missing as boat capsizes in Padma

-- 2018-09-20 19:53:22

Three people, including a child, went missing after a small boat capsized in the Padma River at Dighi Gohailbari in Sadar upazila from Pabna district. The missing people are Hashem, Bipul and Naim....

Four workers burnt in Gazipur mill blast

Four workers burnt in Gazipur mill blast

-- 2018-09-20 18:51:10

Four construction workers sustained burn injuries in an explosion in the compressor room of a spinning and knitting mill under Kaliakoir upazila in Gazipur on Thursday. The injured were identified as...

JS passes Nat’l Sports Council Bill

JS passes Nat’l Sports Council Bill

-- 2018-09-20 18:40:46

The 'National Sports Council Bill, 2018' was passed in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) on Thursday, aiming to make the existing law more time-befitting one. State Minister for Youth and Sports (Independent C...

$50m WB grant to address health needs of Rohingyas

$50m WB grant to address health needs of Rohingyas

-- 2018-09-20 18:35:40

The government on Thursday signed a $50 million grant financing agreement with the World Bank (WB) to strengthen the existing health care services for responding to the health, nutrition and family pl...

Internet users in BD top 90m: BTRC

Internet users in BD top 90m: BTRC

-- 2018-09-20 17:04:21

The number of country's total internet users has reached 90.5 million (9.05 crore), according to statistics published on the website of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on Thu...

Hasina to receive two int’l awards

Hasina to receive two int’l awards

-- 2018-09-20 17:00:58

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be honoured with two awards for her role over Rohingya issue appreciated by the international community. She will receive International Achievement Award from the In...

Activists ask for sexual harassment prevention law

Activists ask for sexual harassment prevention law

-- 2018-09-20 16:52:00

The National Child Advocacy Forum on Thursday handed over draft of a proposed law on preventing sexual harassment to Deputy Speaker MdFazle Rabbi Miah. The forum, a platform of child rights organisat...

Police foil left alliance’s attempts to lay siege to EC office

Police foil left alliance’s attempts to lay siege to EC office

-- 2018-09-20 16:46:04

Police on Thursday foiled an attempt of the Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) to besiege the office of the Election Commission. The law enforcers put barricade at Sonargaon intersection in the city&rsqu...

Court to continue trial in Khaleda’s absence

Court to continue trial in Khaleda’s absence

FE Online Desk 2018-09-20 15:14:33

A makeshift court inside the Old Dhaka jailhouse will continue trial proceedings in the Zia Charitable Trust case in the absence of BNP chief Khaleda Zia. Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of the Special Judge...

Bus runs over motorcyclist in Narail

Bus runs over motorcyclist in Narail

-- 2018-09-20 14:58:35

A motorcyclist was killed in a road accident at Semakhali-Laskerpur intersection crossing in sadar upazila of Narail district on Thursday morning. Police said the deceased was identified as Akash She...

Rohingya repatriation: PM to place fresh proposals at UN

Rohingya repatriation: PM to place fresh proposals at UN

-- 2018-09-20 14:37:18

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will place fresh specific proposals at the United Nations General Assembly seeking a stronger role from the international community so that Myanmar acts promptly and takes...