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BNP wants changes in proposed Transport Bill

BNP wants changes in proposed Transport Bill

-- 2018-08-10 16:37:59

BNP on Friday demanded changes in the draft Road Transport Bill approved by the Cabinet in consultation with experts to ensure safe roads as per demands of the students. "All stakeholders, but the tr...

Young couple ‘commits suicide’

Young couple ‘commits suicide’

-- 2018-08-10 16:29:08

A young man and his lover allegedly committed suicide in sadar upazilas of Kushtia and Jhenaidah districts on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Rokonuzzaman, a student of Finance and Banking...

Three UP chairmen receive award for solar power usage

Three UP chairmen receive award for solar power usage

-- 2018-08-10 14:59:01

Three union parishad (UP) chairmen have been awarded in Rangpur for their laudable contribution to power wastage prevention, fuel saving, alternative fuel use, renewable fuel and use of solar power in...

Mango orchard drive reveals firearms, ammunition

Mango orchard drive reveals firearms, ammunition

-- 2018-08-10 12:54:27

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered a pistol with magazine, two one shooter pistols and three rounds of bullet raiding an overnight drive on a mango orchard at Shyampur Bazar in Shibganj upazila u...

Female Hajj pilgrim dies in Makkah

Female Hajj pilgrim dies in Makkah

-- 2018-08-10 11:50:47

A female Hajj pilgrim hailing from Chandpur district died at a hospital in the holy city of Makkah in Saudi Arabia on Monday. The pilgrim Noorjahan Begum, 61, (Passport No-0658901) was a resident of...

BGB detains man with 624 gold bars

BGB detains man with 624 gold bars

-- 2018-08-10 11:47:33

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive arrested a man along with 624 gold bars, weighing some 73 kg, from Shikarpur border point in Sharsha upazila on Thursday night. The arrestee has be...

Minor boy drowns in Chandpur pond

Minor boy drowns in Chandpur pond

-- 2018-08-10 11:42:32

A minor boy drowned in a pond in Bagadi village of sadar upazila in Chandpur on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Swopon, 6, son of Fazar Ali, of the village. Swopon went missing around 12 pm...

Man dies in anti-drug drive in Munshiganj

Man dies in anti-drug drive in Munshiganj

-- 2018-08-10 11:37:49

A man has died in a ‘shootout’ with RAB in Munshiganj as security forces continued nationwide anti-drug crackdown. The gunfight took place at Purba Kumarbhog area in Louhajang Upazila aro...

Two die in Gaibandha as bus overturns

Two die in Gaibandha as bus overturns

-- 2018-08-10 11:33:22

Two people, including a child, were killed and seven others injured when a bus overturned and crashed into a roadside tree on Dhaka-Rangpur highway at Palongpara in Sadullapur upazila on Friday. The...

Project to monitor environment in Rohingya campsites gets underway

Project to monitor environment in Rohingya campsites gets underway

Kamrun Nahar 2018-08-10 10:14:17

International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) and International Organisation for Migration (IOM) have jointly undertaken an environment monitoring project in Ukhia and Teknaf upazil...

Sylhet divisional admin to set up eco-park in Bisnakandi area

Sylhet divisional admin to set up eco-park in Bisnakandi area

Our Correspondent 2018-08-09 22:11:30

SYLHET, Aug 09: An eco-park will be set up in Bisnakandi area on the Sylhet-Meghalaya border. The Sylhet divisional administration has taken up the programme. Some 34.59 acres of land have already b...

Newly-harvested jute starts appearing in  Tangail market

Newly-harvested jute starts appearing in Tangail market

Our Correspondent 2018-08-09 22:10:29

TANGAIL, Aug 09: Jute harvest is going on in full swing in all the 12 upazilas of the district. Growers are also happy over the good market price as the newly-harvested jute has started appearing in...

CID busts question leak gang

CID busts question leak gang

-- 2018-08-09 21:48:51

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested nine members of an organised gang involved in leaking questions of different public examinations in last six days till Wednesday from different parts o...

22 private university students land in jail

22 private university students land in jail

-- 2018-08-09 20:14:06

Denying bail a Dhaka court on Thursday sent 22 private university students to jail in two cases filed over vandalism and attacks on police. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Satyabrata Shikder passed th...

SC upholds order to give Tk 0.5m to Mim, Rajib’s families each

SC upholds order to give Tk 0.5m to Mim, Rajib’s families each

-- 2018-08-09 20:02:09

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a High Court order directing the owners of 'Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan' to provide Tk 0.5m within one week to each family of the two students...

Acquitted Gulshan cafe attack suspect NSU teacher leaves jail

Acquitted Gulshan cafe attack suspect NSU teacher leaves jail

-- 2018-08-09 19:09:35

Former North South University teacher Hasnat Karim, who was acquitted of the charge over the attack on Holey Artisan Bakery in the capital, was released from jail here on Thursday afternoon. He walke...

Police arrests drug trader with 5kg heroin in city

Police arrests drug trader with 5kg heroin in city

-- 2018-08-09 18:29:39

A team of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested an alleged drug trader along with 5 kg heroin from the city's Gabtali area on Wednesday night. Th...

BGB, BSF concur to end border crimes

BGB, BSF concur to end border crimes

-- 2018-08-09 17:39:45

A sector commander level coordination meeting between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Border Security Force (BSF) of India on Thursday reached a consensus on peaceful coexistence along border throug...

HC asks govt to check whether Shahidul Alam was tortured

HC asks govt to check whether Shahidul Alam was tortured

-- 2018-08-09 17:28:32

The High Court on Thursday asked the government to conduct a fresh medical check-up of Drik Gallery Managing Director Shahidul Alam, now on a seven-day remand, following section 2 (6) of the Torture a...

Lack of coordination among BNP leaders, says Quader

Lack of coordination among BNP leaders, says Quader

-- 2018-08-09 16:58:09

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today (Thursday) said there is no coordination among BNP leaders as the party failed to set their goal. “BN...

Ariful submits list of dead, expatriate voters to EC

Ariful submits list of dead, expatriate voters to EC

-- 2018-08-09 16:52:02

Three days before the voting in two suspended polling stations in Sylhet City Corporation polls, BNP mayoral candidate Ariful Haque Chowdhury on Thursday submitted a list of dead voters to the Electio...

Cops arrest youth for ‘spreading rumours’ on social media

Cops arrest youth for ‘spreading rumours’ on social media

-- 2018-08-09 15:57:03

Police arrested a young man from Biharhaat in Shibganj upazila of Bogura on Wednesday for spreading rumours on social media to instigate the recent student protests. The arrestee was identified as Ar...

Train runs over youth in Chattogram

Train runs over youth in Chattogram

-- 2018-08-09 15:50:42

An unidentified youth was killed after hit by a Chattogram bound train at city’s AK Khan gate area on Wednesday night. Akbar Shah thana police said the youth aged about 25 was critically injure...

BNP becomes ‘parasite party’, says Shajahan

BNP becomes ‘parasite party’, says Shajahan

-- 2018-08-09 15:42:07

Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan today (Thursday) claimed that BNP has now become a ‘parasitic political party’ as it intends to take advantage by capitalising on other’s movements....

Govt drive against students utter ruthless: BNP

Govt drive against students utter ruthless: BNP

-- 2018-08-09 15:19:50

A crackdown on student protesters engaged in a campaign for safer roads was a ‘ruthless move’ by the government, BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said. “The government didn’t stop...

30 students fall sick after meal at hall canteen

30 students fall sick after meal at hall canteen

-- 2018-08-09 14:17:51

At least 30 students of Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University in Dinajpur have fallen sick after eating dinner at the Zia Hall canteen. Among those, 18 students were taken to the...

IPI calls to protect journalist safety, release critics

IPI calls to protect journalist safety, release critics

-- 2018-08-09 14:13:20

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, has expressed grave concern to the government of Bangladesh over recent attacks on journ...

Govt to buy historic 19th century Rose Garden Palace

Govt to buy historic 19th century Rose Garden Palace

-- 2018-08-09 12:54:24

The government is purchasing the historic Rose Garden Palace where the Awami League held its first major inaugural meeting. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was also present at that meeting of now r...

ACC sues former director of Farmers Bank

ACC sues former director of Farmers Bank

FE Report 2018-08-09 11:59:32

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has lodged a case against former director of Farmers Bank Mahabubul Haque Chisty for misappropriating nearly Tk 1.0 million from the bank's fund. Mr Chisty, also...

Cops raid Bashundhara

Cops raid Bashundhara

-- 2018-08-09 11:59:24

Police have raided the Bashundhara Residential Area in Dhaka two days after they clashed with the students of private universities during road safety protests. No-one was detained in the three-hour o...