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Return Hajj flights from Aug 27

Return Hajj flights from Aug 27

-- 2018-08-25 19:34:33

The Hajj pilgrims will start returning home from August 27 until September 26 after performing hajj in Saudi Arabia. The first return flight carrying the Hajj pilgrims will leave for Dhaka from Madin...

RAB rescues kidnapped boy in Dhaka

RAB rescues kidnapped boy in Dhaka

-- 2018-08-25 19:34:13

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) rescued a minor boy from the clutches of kidnappers on Saturday from Bimanbandar Railway Station area in Dhaka. The elite force also arrested a madrasha teache...

Maritime ports to hoist cautionary signal no 3

Maritime ports to hoist cautionary signal no 3

-- 2018-08-25 19:22:33

Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal no three as a low has formed over northwest Bay and adjoining area. It is likely to inte...

Tourist drowns in Sylhet

Tourist drowns in Sylhet

-- 2018-08-25 19:17:24

A tourist drowned in the Pyain River in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Rifat Ahmed, 19, son of Abu Sayed Ahmed, a resident of Shahjadpur area in Uttara of Dh...

BNP involved in grenade attack no matter who executed: Qader    

BNP involved in grenade attack no matter who executed: Qader    

-- 2018-08-25 18:44:56

Awami League Secretary General Obaidul Quader on Saturday claimed BNP is involved in the August 21 grenade attack and the verdict of the case will be neutral. "BNP is involved in the killings. No mat...

Bus-human hauler collision claims 13 lives in Natore

Bus-human hauler collision claims 13 lives in Natore

-- 2018-08-25 17:17:30

A collision between a bus and a human hauler, locally known as Laguna, left 13 people dead in Baraigram upazila of Natore on Saturday. A private television, quoting fire service officials, says at le...

BD moves to go for auction to explore offshore gas

BD moves to go for auction to explore offshore gas

-- 2018-08-25 17:15:51

The government is updating the Model Production Sharing Contract (Model PSC) to invite a new round of international bidding for oil and gas exploration in the country's offshore blocks sometime next y...

EC to discuss RPO reform Sunday

EC to discuss RPO reform Sunday

-- 2018-08-25 17:01:50

The Election Commission will held a meeting on Sunday to find ways to reform the Representation of the People Order amid discussion on the issues related to the electronic voting machines (EVMs). Md...

AL leaders making ‘reckless remarks’ over Aug 21 attack: BNP

AL leaders making ‘reckless remarks’ over Aug 21 attack: BNP

-- 2018-08-25 16:48:03

BNP on Saturday alleged that ruling party high-ups are making 'reckless remarks' involving Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman over the August-21 grenade attack case as part of its plot over the next gener...

Man, grandson killed in road crash

Man, grandson killed in road crash

-- 2018-08-25 16:42:45

A man and his grandson were killed and two others were injured in a collision between a motorcycle and an auto-rickshaw in Katakhali area of Rajshahi on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified...

Government offices will reopen on Sunday

Government offices will reopen on Sunday

-- 2018-08-25 16:35:25

Government offices will reopen on Sunday after the vacation of Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslim community. The government service holders have got five-day vacation as...

Holidaymakers start returning to Dhaka after Eid

Holidaymakers start returning to Dhaka after Eid

-- 2018-08-25 13:49:28

Ahead of their first working day after the Eid vacation, holidaymakers started returning to the capital on Saturday after celebrating the Eid-ul-Azha with their families in their hometowns. Moderate...

Rajshahi road crash leaves auto-rikshaw driver dead

Rajshahi road crash leaves auto-rikshaw driver dead

-- 2018-08-25 13:16:59

An auto-rickshaw driver was killed and three people were injured in a road accident at Katakhali in Rajshahi city on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Nazim, 50, of Dewanpara area in t...

Police retrieve body of man in Chuadanga

Police retrieve body of man in Chuadanga

-- 2018-08-25 13:08:03

Police recovered the body of a man, said to be member of an extremist group, from Hugoldanga in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Bari Haque, 38, son...

Police detain 22 in Dinajpur

Police detain 22 in Dinajpur

-- 2018-08-25 12:17:54

Law enforcers, in special drives arrested 22 people including nine drug traders from different areas of Dinajpur district in last 12-hour ending at 8 am Saturday morning. Law enforcers also seized 86...

Khulna’s prominent businessman Shahnewaz passes away

Khulna’s prominent businessman Shahnewaz passes away

-- 2018-08-25 12:12:31

Kazi Shahnewaz, president of Bangladesh Frozen Fish Exporters Association (BFFEA), passed away at his Natun Bazar residence in Khulna city on Friday night. He was 72. Shahnewaz, also a freedom fighte...

Cops recover body of woman in Jashore

Cops recover body of woman in Jashore

-- 2018-08-25 11:41:12

A woman was allegedly strangled to death inside her residence at Rajanigandha area in Jashore town on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Kalpana Begum, 37, who was living with her two daugh...

Two ‘robbers’ die in Magura ‘shootout’

Two ‘robbers’ die in Magura ‘shootout’

-- 2018-08-25 11:32:06

Two suspected robbers were killed in a reported shootout between his cohorts and police at Routora in Magura district town early Saturday. The deceased were identified as Sibadul Islam Siba, 43, son...

Bus accident on Dhaka-Ctg highway kills two

Bus accident on Dhaka-Ctg highway kills two

-- 2018-08-25 10:02:06

Two people were killed and 25 others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway at Jimaltola in Daudkandi upazila on Saturday morning. The identities of the deceased could not be known ye...

One year of Rohingya exodus: Uncertainty looms over repatriation

One year of Rohingya exodus: Uncertainty looms over repatriation

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2018-08-25 09:37:29

One year after the mass exodus of Rohingya people from Myanmar to Bangladesh following the military crackdown, it has become crystal clear that repatriation of these 'most persecuted' people to their...

UNICEF seeks investment for education of Rohingya children

UNICEF seeks investment for education of Rohingya children

FE Online Report 2018-08-24 21:36:24

More than half a million Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh are being denied the chance of a proper education and are susceptible to fall prey to despair and frustration, said the United Nations....

Three BGB men face rape charges in Bandarban

Three BGB men face rape charges in Bandarban

-- 2018-08-24 21:02:42

A case was filed against three members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and another civilian for allegedly raping two indigenous minor girls in Lama upazila of Bandarban. The two minor girls of Tripu...

Ivy Rahman's 14th death anniversary observed

Ivy Rahman's 14th death anniversary observed

-- 2018-08-24 20:22:38

The 14th death anniversary of Ivy Rahman, former president of Bangladesh Mahila Awami League and wife of late President Zillur Rahman, was observed today in a befitting manner. To mark the day, diffe...

'EC to conduct next election keeping incumbent govt in office'

'EC to conduct next election keeping incumbent govt in office'

-- 2018-08-24 20:04:57

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has said the next general election will be conducted by Election Commission (EC) keeping the incumbent government in office and BNP has to join the election.  &ldq...

Bus rams auto rickshaw, six die in Feni

Bus rams auto rickshaw, six die in Feni

-- 2018-08-24 18:39:25

At least six people died as a bus hit a CNG-run auto rickshaw on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Lemua upazila of Feni on Friday afternoon. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately,...

Two-year old drowns in Munshiganj   

Two-year old drowns in Munshiganj   

-- 2018-08-24 17:34:20

A two-year old boy drowned in a water body in Haldia union of Lauhajang upazila of Munshiganj on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Ibrahim Matabbar, 02, son of Md Shaheen Matabbar of Sat...

Ten-year-old girl fighting for life after being ‘abused’

Ten-year-old girl fighting for life after being ‘abused’

-- 2018-08-24 17:05:18

A ten-year-old girl is fighting for life at a hospital in Narail after being reportedly abused massively during her employment earlier as a domestic help in Dhaka. The bed-ridden girl, Roksana, is be...

RAB detains two ‘arms traders’ in Natore

RAB detains two ‘arms traders’ in Natore

-- 2018-08-24 16:45:53

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two suspected arms traders from Naldanga upazila of Natore district on Thursday night. The arrestees were identified as Md Naimur Rahman Naim, 21, son of Md Atau...

Farmers produce 16,550 tonnes groundnut in Rangpur

Farmers produce 16,550 tonnes groundnut in Rangpur

-- 2018-08-24 15:19:31

The farmers produced 16,550 tonnes of groundnut during the last Rabi season and just-ended Kharip-1 season in all five districts under Rangpur agriculture region this year. Official of the Department...

Woman dies after bus runs over in Tongi

Woman dies after bus runs over in Tongi

-- 2018-08-24 13:50:59

A woman was killed and her two children were seriously injured while a bus ran over them at Tongi under Gazipur district on Thursday. Police and hospital sources said the dead was identified as Bithi...