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Biman adds Dreamliner to its fleet Sunday

Biman adds Dreamliner to its fleet Sunday

-- 2018-08-18 20:06:27

Boeing Dreamliner 787-8 will arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Sunday afternoon to join the fleet of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. It is going to be the fifteenth aircraft to jo...

Ershad starts five-day Rangpur tour

Ershad starts five-day Rangpur tour

-- 2018-08-18 19:37:16

Jatiya Party Chairman has started a five-day tour to Rangpur to celebrate the Eid-ul-Azha and carry out organisational and social activities. Ershad reached Rangpur city around 11am on Saturday by a...

Traffic congestion eases on Dhaka-Chattogram

Traffic congestion eases on Dhaka-Chattogram

-- 2018-08-18 19:27:27

Traffic congestion started to ease on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway after 11am on Saturday, creating relief for the passengers. Abul Kalam Azad, officer-in-charge of Doudkandi Highway Police Station said...

RAB to provide traffic updates on Facebook

RAB to provide traffic updates on Facebook

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

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) will provide highway traffic updates on Facebook during the journeys ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. The elite force will also provide reports on the conditions at rail station...

Four Jamaat leaders held in Nilphamari

Four Jamaat leaders held in Nilphamari

-- 2018-08-18 18:27:50

Police on Saturday arrested four people including the Ameer of the upazila unit of Jamaat-e-Islamiduring a drive at Sotokhata village in Dimla upazila of Nilphamari district. The detainees were iden...

Core Catcher installation begins at Rooppur NPP

Core Catcher installation begins at Rooppur NPP

FE Online Desk 2018-08-18 18:21:46

Installation of “core catcher” has started at unit no. 1 of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) on Saturday. Core catcher, a device for catching molten core (active part of the reactor that...

‘Set up more courts for speedy trial of women oppression cases’

‘Set up more courts for speedy trial of women oppression cases’

FE Online Report 2018-08-18 17:48:43

Speakers at a function have laid emphasis on increasing the number of courts and annual budget for the judiciary to speed up the entire trial process for women oppression cases and ensure fair justice...

President, PM condole death of Kofi Annan

President, PM condole death of Kofi Annan

-- 2018-08-18 17:21:13

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed condolence at the death of former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan on Saturday. The President and Prime Minister issued separate messag...

Brac university student drowns in Cox’s Bazar beach

Brac university student drowns in Cox’s Bazar beach

-- 2018-08-18 13:52:43

A student of Brac University drowned in the Bay of Bengal at Laboni point on the sea beach in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Iftekhar Alam Abid, 25, hailing fro...

15-km tailback on Dhaka-Chattogram highway

15-km tailback on Dhaka-Chattogram highway

-- 2018-08-18 12:57:42

A 15-kilometre tailback has been created on the Dhaka- Chattogram highway in Daudkandi upazila of Cumilla on Saturday due to heavy rush of vehicles ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, according to TV media. The...

Fakhrul should be tried for treason: AL

Fakhrul should be tried for treason: AL

-- 2018-08-18 12:49:55

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir should be tried for “treason”, Obaidul Quader has said in reaction to the BNP leader’s “call to liberate Bangladesh”. The BNP secretary gener...

Police recover two bodies in Kushtia

Police recover two bodies in Kushtia

-- 2018-08-18 12:03:47

Police recovered two bodies from Mirpur and Daulatpur upazilas under Kushtia region on Monday morning. Being informed by locals, a team of police recovered the body of an unidentified young man from...

Form committee to make Dhaka city liveable: POBA

Form committee to make Dhaka city liveable: POBA

FE Report 2018-08-18 11:33:49

Environmental activists on Friday called for forming a strong working committee, comprising all government agencies concerned, to make Dhaka city liveable. They also suggested inclusion of urban pl...

Six die in Khagrachhari clash

Six die in Khagrachhari clash

-- 2018-08-18 11:01:04

At least six people have been killed in a shootout reportedly between two sides of the UPDF Prasit group and the UPDF (Democratic) in the district town of Khagrachhari. The incident began in the...

‘Shop worker’ stabs schoolboy to death in Chattogram

‘Shop worker’ stabs schoolboy to death in Chattogram

-- 2018-08-18 10:42:49

A schoolboy was stabbed to death allegedly by a shop worker in Agrabad Shishu Park area of the port city on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Imtiaz Hasan Mahin, 14, son of Md Ilias and cl...

Amnesty urges govt to end crackdown on protests

Amnesty urges govt to end crackdown on protests

-- 2018-08-18 10:28:36

Amnesty International has called on Bangladesh to end the crackdown on protests that has led to the detention of nearly 100 people. “A pall of fear has descended on civil society with protest...

Hiring of BD maids abroad halves on strict selection process

Hiring of BD maids abroad halves on strict selection process

Arafat Ara 2018-08-18 10:19:23

The number of outbound women workers has almost halved in recent months mainly on the strict selection process followed in hiring for Saudi Arabia, officials said. Following a large number of maids...

City dwellers start heading home to celebrate Eid

City dwellers start heading home to celebrate Eid

Talha Bin Habib 2018-08-18 10:09:52

The city dwellers started on Friday leaving the capital to celebrate the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha with their near and dear ones. Thousands of people thronged the railway stations, bus and launch terminal...

NGO foreign fund curve heads up on Rohingya aid

NGO foreign fund curve heads up on Rohingya aid

Saif Uddin 2018-08-18 10:01:34

The approval of foreign funds for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Bangladesh marked a significant rise in the last fiscal year (FY) mainly due to an increased amount of grants for Rohingya pe...

Legal barrier keeps foreign insurers from going public

Legal barrier keeps foreign insurers from going public

Syful Islam 2018-08-18 09:56:49

A policy barrier stands in the way of American life insurer MetLife being listed with the local stock exchanges, officials said. Since the lone foreign insurance company is not registered in Banglade...

Vehicles first, then roadwork!

Vehicles first, then roadwork!

FHM Humayan Kabir 2018-08-18 09:53:20

The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) will purchase two vehicles to monitor construction of an 11kilometres road in Netrakona, officials said on Friday. The RHD claimed it has proposed to buy one...

Obaidul Quader expects comfortable Eid journeys

Obaidul Quader expects comfortable Eid journeys

-- 2018-08-17 21:39:59

Road Transport And Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader hopes the journeys during upcoming Eid-ul-Azha holidays will be more comfortable than previous years. The minister came up with the expectation duri...

Solution to ‘political standoff’ impossible with Khaleda in jail: BNP  

Solution to ‘political standoff’ impossible with Khaleda in jail: BNP  

-- 2018-08-17 21:04:27

BNP senior leader Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan on Friday said the government will not be able to overcome the country's political 'deadlock' without freeing their chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail. "Whether...

PMO issues a set of directives for road safety

PMO issues a set of directives for road safety

-- 2018-08-17 20:14:21

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has issued a set of directives asking the authorities concerned to take up different measures to ensure road safety in the capital. The PMO's directives focuse...

Homebound people suffer as traffic snarls on highways

Homebound people suffer as traffic snarls on highways

-- 2018-08-17 19:57:13

Homebound people suffered in tailbacks on Dhaka-Chattogram, Dhaka-Mymensingh and Dhaka-Tangail highways on Friday due to rush of vehicles ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. A 30-kilometre tailback was created on...

Court grants Fariya Mahzabin three-day remand under ICT Act

Court grants Fariya Mahzabin three-day remand under ICT Act

-- 2018-08-17 18:43:11

A Dhaka court has remanded Fariya Mahzabin, a coffee shop owner, in police custody for three days for questioning over charges of making provocative remarks on the social media during the road safety...

Conspirators of 1/11 now active again: Quader

Conspirators of 1/11 now active again: Quader

-- 2018-08-17 17:58:57

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the conspirators of 1/11 political changeover are now active again to topple the government. “I urge all of you to remain alert against th...

BNP hits back at PM for Khaleda remark

BNP hits back at PM for Khaleda remark

-- 2018-08-17 17:42:45

BNP on Friday termed 'absurd and imprudent' Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's comment involving its chairperson Khaleda Zia in the August 15 carnage conspiracy. "Our self-declared Prime Minister used t...

Attempt to rape schoolgirl: Mother files case

Attempt to rape schoolgirl: Mother files case

-- 2018-08-17 17:32:49

A case has been filed against a grocer for his alleged attempt to rape a schoolgirl at Pena village in Kashiani upazila of Gopalganj district. The accused was identified as Hiru Mollah, 55, who runs...

Three minor boys drown in Lakshmipur

Three minor boys drown in Lakshmipur

-- 2018-08-17 17:17:49

Three minor boys drowned in a pond at Mohadebpur area in Lakshmipur district on Friday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Bayezid, 8, son of Maulana Khalilur Rahman, Md Ali, 6, son of Maulana...