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Resist ‘Digital Security Bill’, warns BNP

-- 2018-09-15 15:48:35

Terming it a dangerous 'black law', BNP on Saturday urged the people of all walks of life to put up a strong resistance against 'Digital Security Bill, 2018. "A parliamentary standing committee final...

Firearms recovered in Sundarbans

-- 2018-09-15 15:36:21

Members of Coast Guard recovered four firearms from the Sundarbans in Mrigmari area of Monga upazila on Friday night. Being tipped off that a gang of forest robbers was residing in the area, a team o...

Technical school and college in every upazila: PM

-- 2018-09-15 15:11:01

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Saturday that the government has taken up a project to establish a technical school and a college in every upazila to create a skilled workforce in the country....

RAB nabs two with 16,000 Yaba pills

-- 2018-09-15 15:02:54

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two suspected drug pedlars along with 16,000 Yaba tablets from Jaliapara area in Teknaf upazila under Cox’s Bazar region on Friday night. The ar...

Microbus plunges into Hatirjheel lake, no casualties

-- 2018-09-15 13:26:50

A microbus plunged into Hatirjheel lake in the capital on Saturday morning. Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters sources said the microbus fell into the lake breaking the railing of a bridge a...

Cops recover body of housewife in Savar

-- 2018-09-15 12:03:19

Police recovered the body of a housewife from a house in Khaguria area of Bhakurta union in Savar on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Salma Akhter, 17. Sujon Biswas, sub-inspector of...

Teenager dies in Tangail road crash

-- 2018-09-15 11:43:02

A teenage boy has been killed and another injured after their motorcycle was hit by a truck in Tangail’s Modhupur. The accident occurred on Sagor Dighi Road in the Motorbazar area on Friday eve...

Local funds weaning MFIs off foreign grants

FE Report 2018-09-15 10:21:33

The flow of domestic financing for microcredit organisations is on the rise lessening their dependence on overseas funds, officials said. Micro-finance institutions (MFIs) are mainly dependent on c...

Carbon tax can juice up BD GDP: WB

FE Report 2018-09-15 10:13:26

Bangladesh can boost its tax-GDP ratio by around 10 per cent by introducing carbon tax in the country, a recent World Bank study has said. Such type of tax can help the country reduce environmental...

BD jumps in Human Development Index

-- 2018-09-14 21:43:26

Bangladesh has moved three notches up to the 136th place among 189 countries in the Global Human Development Index (HDI) 2017, according to the Human Development Report (HDR) of the United Nations Dev...

Second Teesta Bridge link road collapses before inauguration

-- 2018-09-14 20:50:51

A portion of the link road of the second Teesta Bridge at the mouth of a small bridge was washed away by strong current while a part of the bridge collapsed at Echli in Gangachhara upazila early Frida...

‘Robber kingpin’ rearrested in Chuadanga

-- 2018-09-14 18:29:44

The alleged ringleader of a robber gang, who fled from the custody of the Detective Branch (DB) of police 12 days ago, was arrested again from Gopalganj district early Friday, reports UNB. A team of...

Democracy now facing more challenges than ever: UN

-- 2018-09-14 17:50:15

Democracy now is facing more challenges than at any time in decades and more inclusive democracies are extremely important, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.   "That is why this Intern...

Barapukuria power plant resumes partial production

-- 2018-09-14 17:11:34

Power production from a unit of Barpukuria coal-fired power plant resumed Friday after 52 days of suspension for want of coal. Chief engineer Abdul Hakim Sarker of the plant said power production fro...

Minor boy drowns in Gopalganj

-- 2018-09-14 16:58:01

The body of a minor boy was recovered from the Madhumati River at Haridaspur in Sadar upazila of Gopalganj on Friday morning, a day after he went missing while bathing. The deceased was identified as...

Fakhrul to uphold country’s ‘real scenario’ to UN chief: BNP

-- 2018-09-14 16:15:05

BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed has said their party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam went to the UN Headquarters in New York at the invitation of its Secretary General to present the country's "c...

Bus runs over, kills two pedestrians in Rangpur

-- 2018-09-14 15:57:07

Two pedestrians were killed and 10 bus passengers injured as a bus hit them after hitting another bus in central bus terminal area in Rangpur city on Friday. The deceased were identified as Hasina Be...

BD lost 66,000 hectares to Padma since 1967: NASA

-- 2018-09-14 14:27:11

Bangladesh has lost over 66,000 hectares (256 square miles) of land—roughly the area of Chicago, one of the biggest cities in the US—to Padma River erosion since 1967. That is according t...

RMG workers reject Tk 8,000 minimum wage

-- 2018-09-14 14:06:51

Ready-made garment workers have cried out against the government decision to set their minimum wage at Tk 8,000. While staging a sit-in in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka city at 11:30 am o...

Eco-friendly pest management gains ground in Rajshahi

-- 2018-09-14 14:05:19

Farmers of the Barind region are being encouraged and habituated over using eco-friendly pest management in their transplanted paddy field. During the current season, many farmers have adopted parchi...

Crime suspect dies in Rangpur ‘gunfight’

-- 2018-09-14 11:59:19

A suspected drug pedlar was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Radhakrishnapur Ghaghotpara area in Rangpur city early Friday. The deceased was identified as...

Man gets life term in Manikganj rape case

-- 2018-09-14 11:57:26

A special court in Manikganj convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for violating a woman in 2010. The convict was identified as Nanda Gopal Sarkar, son of Nihar Chandra Pal of S...

Police recover three bodies in N'ganj

-- 2018-09-14 11:56:01

Police have recovered the bodies of three unidentified young men from Rupganj area of Narayanganj. The men were found dead near a bridge in the neighbourhood of Alampur on Friday morning, said Additi...

Lightning kills two in Jashore

-- 2018-09-14 11:34:57

At least two people have been killed and two others injured in a  thunderbolt strike at Charavita Mahmudpur village under Bagharpara upazila under Jashore. The deceased were identified as Mohamm...

TIB terms proposed digital security act suicidal

FE Report 2018-09-14 10:17:33

The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has termed the Digital Security Bill suicidal. It called for halting the passage of the bill that contradicts the principles of the Constitution. The...

Road Transport Bill 2018 placed in JS

-- 2018-09-13 21:52:22

The much-anticipated 'Road Transport Bill, 2018' was placed in the Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday. The Bill has a provision of maximum 5 years' jail for any death or serious injuries caused by reckless o...

Ruposhi Bangla adorns its historic name

-- 2018-09-13 21:46:46

Hotel Ruposhi Bangla got back its historic name, 'InterContinental Dhaka', on Thursday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally inaugurated the hotel on completion of its four years of basic renovation...

BNP appoints lobbying firm in US before elections

-- 2018-09-13 21:25:05

BNP has hired the services of a lobbying firm in the United States ahead of the general elections, the Politico portal reported quoting a disclosure by the Department of Justice. Certain US firms or...

Two children drown in Natore

-- 2018-09-13 20:54:40

Two children drowned in a pond at Walia village under Lalpur upazila in Natore on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Naim, son of Adam Sardar of the village, and Afia, maternal cousin of Naim....

Due electricity bill totals Tk 14.35b with public, private organisations

-- 2018-09-13 20:53:25

The government has due electricity bill of Tk 14.35 billion with different public, semi-government and private organisations. “Taka 6.68 billion remain dues with different public organizations...