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Gopalganj road crash kills two

Gopalganj road crash kills two

-- 2018-08-21 11:17:17

Two people were killed and a woman was injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Khulna Highway near Uttarpara in Gopinathpur upazila on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as SM Arafat Hassan Prince, 36...

Police recover hacked bodies of woman, child in Bogura

Police recover hacked bodies of woman, child in Bogura

-- 2018-08-21 11:11:43

Police recovered the bodies of a woman and her 7-year-old daughter from a home in Bogura’s Borgola Tinpatti area. The victims have been identified as 28-year-old Rubaiya and her daughter Sumaiy...

PM gives cow to Jamalpur transgender community as Eid gift

PM gives cow to Jamalpur transgender community as Eid gift

-- 2018-08-21 10:50:42

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday presented a cow for Qurbani to the transgender community in Jamalpur Sadar upazila. The Prime Minister presented the cow worth Tk 100,000 after they sent a mess...

Bangladesh turns into ‘repressive state’: Fakhrul

Bangladesh turns into ‘repressive state’: Fakhrul

-- 2018-08-21 10:45:16

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday night alleged that Bangladesh has now turned into a true 'repressive state' as the government has no accountability to people. "Bangladesh...

Road crashes claim 23 lives

Road crashes claim 23 lives

FE Online Desk 2018-08-20 22:02:12

At least 18 people have died in separate road accidents in Narsingdi, Feni, Gaibandha and Mymensingh districts on Monday. In Narsingdi, at least nine people were killed and nine others were injured,...

Public servants can't be arrested without permission

Public servants can't be arrested without permission

-- 2018-08-20 21:07:40

The draft of a new law has proposed a provision of taking approval of concerned authorities to arrest a public servant before issuance of charge sheet in any criminal case. The cabinet on Monday gave...

PMO forms body to monitor traffic management

PMO forms body to monitor traffic management

-- 2018-08-20 19:02:07

The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has formed an 18-member committee to monitor the implementation of all activities related to improvement of traffic rules and ensuring of road safety across the count...

Tax anomalies at cattle markets go against Qurbani spirit: Experts  

Tax anomalies at cattle markets go against Qurbani spirit: Experts  

-- 2018-08-20 18:30:21

Though there is a fixed rate for collecting and paying tax (hasil) after the purchase of sacrificial animals at cattle markets, some leaseholders and cattle buyers resort to trickery to make petty per...

Police arrest woman with ‘70,000 Yaba tablets’ in Chattogram

Police arrest woman with ‘70,000 Yaba tablets’ in Chattogram

-- 2018-08-20 18:21:36

Police arrested a woman allegedly along with 70,000 Yaba tablets from a house in Anwara upazila on Monday. The arrestee was identified as Kamrunnahar, 30, wife of Farid at Noabari in the upazila. Ti...

Court rejects bail plea of actress Nawshaba

Court rejects bail plea of actress Nawshaba

-- 2018-08-20 18:13:55

A Dhaka court has rejected a bail petition of detained actress Nawshaba Ahmed and sent her to in a case filed under ICT Act. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mahmuda Akhtar passed the order on Monday af...

PM receives two UNICEF awards for campaign against early marriage

PM receives two UNICEF awards for campaign against early marriage

-- 2018-08-20 18:10:36

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday received two international awards given by the UNICEF in recognition to her government’s campaign against early marriage. The awards are: the Accolade Glo...

CNG stations to remain open 24 hrs during Eid

CNG stations to remain open 24 hrs during Eid

-- 2018-08-20 18:07:57

CNG filling stations across the country will remain open round-the-clock for four days before and after the Eid-ul Azha. Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources issued a press release in this...

32 students including Rashed Khan get bail

32 students including Rashed Khan get bail

FE Online Desk 2018-08-20 17:41:27

Separate courts in Dhaka on Monday granted bail to 32 students including quota reform activist Rashed Khan, who were arrested during the protests demanding quota reform and safe roads. Dhaka Metropol...

Plan to raise age limit for government jobs

Plan to raise age limit for government jobs

-- 2018-08-20 17:27:51

The government plans to raise the age limit of candidates aspiring to get into the civil services. “The discussion is ongoing. The process has not started yet, but it will start soon,” Ca...

National Eid congregation at 8:00am

National Eid congregation at 8:00am

-- 2018-08-20 16:28:20

The main congregation of Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims, will be held at the National Eidgah in Dhaka at 8:00 am on the Eid day. The venue of the main congregation...

‘Mismanagement’ leaves holiday makers distressed: BNP

‘Mismanagement’ leaves holiday makers distressed: BNP

-- 2018-08-20 15:35:19

BNP on Monday alleged that homebound eid holidaymakers are going through immense sufferings due to the 'poor condition' of highways and 'mismanagement'. "People heading home for celebrating Eid-ul-Az...

Khulna oil depot catches fire, burning three to death

Khulna oil depot catches fire, burning three to death

-- 2018-08-20 13:32:56

At least three people were burned to death and nine others suffered burn injuries as a fire broke out at Meghna Oil Depot in Khulna city’s Khalishpur area on Monday. Sonali Sen, additional depu...

Safe road movement: Nine more students released from Keraniganj jail 

Safe road movement: Nine more students released from Keraniganj jail 

-- 2018-08-20 13:27:35

Nine more private university students, who were granted bail in cases filed over ‘vandalism and attacks’ on police during the recent student movement demanding safe roads, walked out of Ke...

Rajuk to inspect 100 buildings a month

Rajuk to inspect 100 buildings a month

FE Report 2018-08-20 13:22:02

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) launched a crackdown on errant building owners in June for violation of construction rules. The city development authority served notices on owners of 1,932 buil...

Act against violators of parking space rules: PMO to RAJUK

Act against violators of parking space rules: PMO to RAJUK

-- 2018-08-20 12:55:57

The Prime Minister’s Office has instructed Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha also known as RAJUK to take action against multi-storey buildings and shopping malls that allocate parking space in their...

Feni ‘shootout’ leaves two drug pedlars dead

Feni ‘shootout’ leaves two drug pedlars dead

-- 2018-08-20 11:38:32

Two suspected drug pedlars were killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in BSCIC area under sadar upazila of Feni early Monday. The deceased were identified as Moha...

CID nabs human trafficking ringleader in Dhaka

CID nabs human trafficking ringleader in Dhaka

-- 2018-08-20 11:28:58

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) members arrested the controller of an international human trafficking racket from Dhaka city's Karwan Bazar area on Sunday. The arrestee was identified as Moha...

Rajshahi prepares to hold over 150 congregations for Eid

Rajshahi prepares to hold over 150 congregations for Eid

-- 2018-08-20 11:18:54

Over 150 Eid congregations also known as jamaats will be held in the Rajshahi metropolitan area as the main congregation is scheduled to be held at Shah Makhdum Central Eidgah Maidan at 8 am on Wednes...

BD to seek US investment in special economic zones

BD to seek US investment in special economic zones

Monira Munni 2018-08-20 10:35:51

Bangladesh would seek US investment in the country's proposed Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the fourth TICFA meeting to be held in Washington on September 13, officials said. Investment opportun...

Lane for bikers on Cox’s Bazar beach

Lane for bikers on Cox’s Bazar beach

FHM Humayan Kabir 2018-08-20 10:32:10

The government will build a walkway and a bicycle lane across the Cox's Bazar beach to make it more attractive for tourists, officials said. Officials said the Bangladesh Army and the Roads and Hig...

Legal actions, if launches carry extra passengers

Legal actions, if launches carry extra passengers

FE Report 2018-08-20 10:21:16

The shipping minister has warned launch owners of taking legal actions, if they carry extra passengers during the Eid-ul-Azha festival. "I urge you (launch owners) not to carry extra passengers dur...

Six die as truck collides with microbus head-on in Feni

Six die as truck collides with microbus head-on in Feni

-- 2018-08-20 10:17:41

At least six people have been killed and eight others injured after a cattle truck crashed into a microbus on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway near Feni. The accident occurred in the Sultana Filling Stat...

Gopalganj farmers facing difficulties  in decomposing jute plants

Gopalganj farmers facing difficulties in decomposing jute plants

Our Correspondent 2018-08-19 23:30:40

GOPALGANJ, Aug 19: Farmers of the district are facing difficulties in decomposing newly-harvested jute plants for shortage of open water bodies. Sources said the number of ditches, canals and ponds a...

Barapukuria goes to temporary operation from Monday

Barapukuria goes to temporary operation from Monday

-- 2018-08-19 21:50:03

A unit of Barapukuria coal-fired power plant will go into operation for five days from Monday to meet the demands of electricity during the Eid-ul-Azha. Manager and executive engineer of power plant,...

Govt challenges Khaleda’s bail in two cases

Govt challenges Khaleda’s bail in two cases

-- 2018-08-19 20:58:35

The government filed two petitions with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking a stay on a High Court order granting a six-month bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two def...