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Two die in Feni ‘shootouts’

Two die in Feni ‘shootouts’

-- 2018-09-05 12:52:17

Two men with suspected ties to drug trafficking have been killed in separate shootouts with RAB in Feni. The dead have been identified as Kabir Hossain, 37, and Sumon alias Lal Sumon, 32. Kabir ha...

Detectives recover 800 bottles of Phensidyl syrup

Detectives recover 800 bottles of Phensidyl syrup

-- 2018-09-05 12:47:19

Detectives in a drive arrested a man along with 800 bottles of Phensidyl from a vegetable-laden truck at Shahebpur in sadar upazila of Meherpur on Tuesday night. The arrestee was identified as Mamun,...

Fire burns 14 shanties in Teknaf Rohingya camp

Fire burns 14 shanties in Teknaf Rohingya camp

-- 2018-09-05 12:46:42

A fire has burnt down at least 14 shanties at a Rohingya refugee camp in Teknaf. The locals tamed the fire 20 minutes after it broke out at the Chakmarkul Rohingya camp in Whoaikong Union at around 5...

Khaleda's trial: Security beefed up at jailhouse

Khaleda's trial: Security beefed up at jailhouse

-- 2018-09-05 12:41:22

A special judge will be presiding over the trial of former prime minister Khaleda Zia inside the Old Dhaka jailhouse in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case. Special measures have been put in place...

Newly elected mayors of Rajshahi, Sylhet take oath

Newly elected mayors of Rajshahi, Sylhet take oath

-- 2018-09-05 12:33:47

Newly elected mayors of Rajshahi and Sylhet city corporations AHM Khairuzzman Liton and Ariful Haque Chowdhury took oath of office on Wednesday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina administered the oath at...

Jhenidah ATI to distribute flood-tolerant T-Aman seedlings among growers

Jhenidah ATI to distribute flood-tolerant T-Aman seedlings among growers

Our Correspondent 2018-09-05 10:15:57

The Agriculture Training Institute (ATI), Jhenidah, is now prepared to give seedlings of late T-Aman variety among the growers. Official sources said the variety is flood-tolerant. Stagnant floodwate...

Two bikers die in Gaibandha road mishap

Two bikers die in Gaibandha road mishap

-- 2018-09-05 10:07:47

Two motorcyclists have been killed when a tractor rammed their motorbike at Chithulia in Shaghata upazila of Gaibandha on Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as Sajib Ghosh of Shaghata an...

Police detain five JMB suspects in Bogura

Police detain five JMB suspects in Bogura

-- 2018-09-05 10:04:32

Police in a drive arrested five members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Mirzapur in Sherpur upazila of Bogura district early Wednesday. The identities of the arre...

RMG workers have to work 28 hrs more than normal: Study

RMG workers have to work 28 hrs more than normal: Study

FE Report 2018-09-05 10:00:43

A garment worker has to work 28 hours more a month than the working hours stipulated in labour law 2006, a study has revealed. Besides, garment workers work 2.5 extra hours on an average after regu...

Govt set to introduce UN-developed index

Govt set to introduce UN-developed index

Munima Sultana 2018-09-05 09:36:50

The government is set to introduce an index to assess the level and quality of transport system in the capital city by evaluating the data on 10 indicators, including accidents. The Sustainable Urb...

Low market prices dishearten Parija,  Jirashail farmers in Bogura

Low market prices dishearten Parija, Jirashail farmers in Bogura

Emdadul Haque 2018-09-04 22:06:24

BOGURA, Sept 04: Parija and Jirashail growers of Sherpur upazila in the district are dishearten due to low market price of the paddy varieties. Sources said cultivators are getting Tk 3,000 to Tk 3,5...

ACC sues five on graft charges

ACC sues five on graft charges

-- 2018-09-04 21:25:49

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday filed two cases against five people, including managing director of Regency Packaging Ltd and Regency Trims Ld Yogesh Kakar, over money laundering and t...

'Local representatives backing three-wheelers on highways'

'Local representatives backing three-wheelers on highways'

-- 2018-09-04 20:58:25

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said representatives of local government bodies are backing the plying of three-wheelers and human-haulers on highways. Quader mentioned that th...

‘Akash Beena’ makes maiden flight Wednesday

‘Akash Beena’ makes maiden flight Wednesday

-- 2018-09-04 20:42:28

‘Akash Beena’, country’s first Dreamliner 787-8, will make its maiden flight from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to in...

70pc Rohingyas doubtful of  Myanmar govt recognising  their rights: Survey     

70pc Rohingyas doubtful of Myanmar govt recognising their rights: Survey    

Kamrun Nahar 2018-09-04 20:39:48

About 70 per cent of the Rohingyas living in various camps in Bangladesh do not believe that the Myanmar government would eventually recognise their rights, a new study on repatriation of the refuge...

Abdus Salam Murshedy becomes lawmaker

Abdus Salam Murshedy becomes lawmaker

-- 2018-09-04 20:35:42

Awami League candidate Abdus Salam Murshedy has become the Member of Parliament (MP) from Khulna-4 constituency in an uncontested by-election. The former president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufactu...

Trial of Khaleda to take place inside old central jail

Trial of Khaleda to take place inside old central jail

-- 2018-09-04 20:03:52

The government has moved to set up a special court for the trial of former prime minister Khaleda Zia inside the Old Dhaka jailhouse in the Zia Charitable Trust case, reports bdnews24.com. The govern...

Man hacked dead in Jhenidah

Man hacked dead in Jhenidah

-- 2018-09-04 19:01:42

A man was allegedly hacked to death by some miscreants over previous enmity at Mandia area under Harinakunda upazila in Jhenidah on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Toaz Uddin, 50, son of...

EC struggles to gain people’s confidence in e-voting

EC struggles to gain people’s confidence in e-voting

-- 2018-09-04 18:50:21

The Election Commission (EC) should earn the confidence of people over e-voting, experts said. The use of electronic voting machines should be left with the people and the Election Commission, they s...

Month-long traffic campaign begins tomorrow

Month-long traffic campaign begins tomorrow

-- 2018-09-04 17:52:07

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia said today (Tuesday) said they have taken a month-long campaign to bring discipline in the traffic management system. “Route permit...

49 rivers swell, 36 fall

49 rivers swell, 36 fall

-- 2018-09-04 17:16:16

Water levels in 49 rivers stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rise and 36 stations recorded fall. Among the 94 monitored water level stations, six are steady...

Police arrest 16 BNP men in Sylhet

Police arrest 16 BNP men in Sylhet

-- 2018-09-04 17:10:30

Police in a drive detained a total of 16 local leaders and activists of BNP from Goalbazar union parishad chairman's residence under Osmani Nagar upazila in Sylhet on Monday night. Acting on a tip-of...

One dies of snake bite in Jashore

One dies of snake bite in Jashore

-- 2018-09-04 16:58:32

A madrassa student died while undergoing treatment at Jessore General Hospital after receiving snakebite in Jashore early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Tamil Hossain Hridoy, 14, a class nin...

Customs officials seize 13 gold bars

Customs officials seize 13 gold bars

-- 2018-09-04 16:51:10

Customs officials recovered 13 gold bars, weighing 1.51 kg, from a cartoon at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram on Tuesday. A team of customs officials conducted a drive at a flight of...

ACC sues railway official in Chattogram

ACC sues railway official in Chattogram

-- 2018-09-04 16:47:31

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday filed a case against a railway official for amassing wealth illegally. Mohammad Sharif Uddin, deputy assistant director of ACC, filed the case against...

Govt conspiring to create communal division, Rizvi claims

Govt conspiring to create communal division, Rizvi claims

-- 2018-09-04 16:42:59

BNP's senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that the government is conspiring to create a communal division in the country to fish in troubled waters. The BNP leader made the a...

'No fuel without helmet'

'No fuel without helmet'

-- 2018-09-04 16:32:30

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia has urged fuel filling stations in the city not to supply fuel to motorcyclists without helmets. “We have already requested the fuel stati...

Customs seizes medicine worth Tk 16m at HSIA

Customs seizes medicine worth Tk 16m at HSIA

-- 2018-09-04 15:35:59

The members of customs intelligence have seized a huge quantity of restricted and illegally imported medicine from a Hajj flight at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka. The medicin...

PM's popularity marks significant rise: Survey

PM's popularity marks significant rise: Survey

BSS 2018-09-04 15:32:56

The popularity of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has marked a significant rise as around 66 per cent countrymen have lent out their support for the Bangladesh premier, alongside the Awami League- led go...

Activist dies in AL factional clash

Activist dies in AL factional clash

-- 2018-09-04 15:18:07

An Awami League activist was killed in a clash between two factions of the party over supremacy issues in Saltha upazila of Faridpur on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Sakhawat Hossain,...