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‘Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan’ owner on seven-day remand

‘Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan’ owner on seven-day remand

-- 2018-08-02 19:59:48

A Dhaka court here on Thursday placed owner of ‘Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan’ bus Shahadat Hossain on a seven-day remand for interrogation over the killing two college students in a recent road...

Biman cancels two more hajj flights

Biman cancels two more hajj flights

-- 2018-08-02 19:35:50

Two hajj flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines scheduled to fly on Thursday have been cancelled. Shakil Meraj, general manager (Public Relations) of Biman , made the disclosure without assigning any r...

Two schoolboys drown in Cumilla

Two schoolboys drown in Cumilla

-- 2018-08-02 19:31:13

Two schoolboys drowned in the Dharma Sagar pond in Cumilla on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Shihab, son of sub-inspector Abdul Mannan and a class-IX student of Modern High School in the c...

Protesters set traffic police’s motorbike on fire

Protesters set traffic police’s motorbike on fire

-- 2018-08-02 18:45:21

A group of people has attacked a traffic police sergeant and set his motorbike on fire at the Science Laboratory intersection in Dhaka on Thursday during a student campaign for safe roads. Some stude...

DMP urges students to return home

DMP urges students to return home

-- 2018-08-02 17:08:44

Claiming that the demands of the protesting students are being met, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Additional Commissioner Monirul Islam on Thursday urged them to return their homes. "Already the im...

BNP supports students movement, demands govt's resignation

BNP supports students movement, demands govt's resignation

-- 2018-08-02 15:15:12

BNP has extended its support to the ongoing student movement and demanded government’s resignation for failure on all fronts, including restoration of discipline in the transport sector. The pa...

Families of road crash victims meet PM

Families of road crash victims meet PM

-- 2018-08-02 15:12:36

The family members of Diya Khanam Mim and Abdul Karim Rajib, who were killed in a road crash in the city, met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday. During the meeting at the Prime Minister's Offi...

Students continue protests despite closure of educational institutions

Students continue protests despite closure of educational institutions

-- 2018-08-02 14:22:27

Students of different schools and colleges took to the streets for the fifth consecutive day on Thursday, demanding safe roads and punishment of those responsible for Sunday's road accident that kille...

Police recover body of pregnant wife

Police recover body of pregnant wife

-- 2018-08-02 14:08:18

A pregnant housewife was found dead at Phulsuti village in Nagarkanda upazila of Faridpur on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Chaina Begum, 26, wife of Shohag Mollah of the village. Syed Lu...

FE editor AHM Moazzem Hossain laid to rest

FE editor AHM Moazzem Hossain laid to rest

FE Report 2018-08-02 14:02:50

Family members, colleagues and admirers in the media and business circles bid iconic business journalist and Editor of The Financial Express (FE) A.H.M. Moazzem Hossain the final bye with teary eyes o...

RCC polls: Three mayoral candidates lose security money

RCC polls: Three mayoral candidates lose security money

-- 2018-08-02 13:59:59

Three out of total five mayoral candidates in last Monday’s election to Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) have lost their security deposit. Syed Amirul Islam, Regional Election Officer and Return...

Truck hits motorbike in Dohar, killing schoolboy

Truck hits motorbike in Dohar, killing schoolboy

-- 2018-08-02 13:42:21

A schoolboy was killed and another injured when a truck hit a motorbike at Char Keshai in Dohar upazila of Dhaka on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Risad, 15, a class VII student of Holy Cro...

People suffer as transport owners take buses off city roads

People suffer as transport owners take buses off city roads

-- 2018-08-02 12:38:55

Transport owners have taken buses off the roads in Dhaka as students expanded their campaign for safe roads. Morning commuters found it difficult to get to work by bus as vehicles were few and far be...

BHBFC to open 60 branches without adequate manpower

BHBFC to open 60 branches without adequate manpower

SM Najmus Sakib 2018-08-02 10:21:51

The Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC) is going to open 60 branches across the country this month without recruiting adequate manpower beforehand, sources said. Activities have a...

Disbursement of farm loan by banks exceeds target

Disbursement of farm loan by banks exceeds target

FE Report 2018-08-02 10:05:54

Disbursement of farm loan by the scheduled banks exceeded their total target in the end of last fiscal year (FY) as banks strengthened disbursement drives, a central bank official said. The banks w...

Harvest of Aus paddy going on in full swing in northern districts

Harvest of Aus paddy going on in full swing in northern districts

FE Desk 2018-08-01 22:46:27

Farmers of the northern districts have started harvesting Aus paddy in a jovial mood as they are expecting a bumper yield and good market price. Many farmers have shifted to Aus crop from other cro...

Problems plague lone Shishu Paribar in Khulna division

Problems plague lone Shishu Paribar in Khulna division

-- 2018-08-01 22:45:13

BAGERHAT, Aug 01 (UNB): The lone Sarkari Shishu Paribar in Khulna division is plagued with various problems, including accommodation crisis, forcing the authorities to halt admission of children to th...

20 families of five Bogura UZs earn livelihood by selling bamboos

20 families of five Bogura UZs earn livelihood by selling bamboos

Our Correspondent 2018-08-01 22:44:00

 BOGURA, Aug 01: Vendors are making a good profit by selling bamboos on rickshaw-van. Over 120 families of Dupchanchia, Gabtoly, Adamdighi, Nandigram and Sadar upazilas of the district are engag...

Prime Minister mourns death of FE editor

Prime Minister mourns death of FE editor

-- 2018-08-01 22:11:49

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of AHM Moazzem Hossain, editor of The Financial Express. In a condolence message on Wednesday, the premier recalled with...

Rab arrests Jabal-e-Noor bus owner

Rab arrests Jabal-e-Noor bus owner

-- 2018-08-01 21:11:45

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Wednesday arrested the Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan owner M Shahadat Hossian from the capital. “We have conducted a drive in the city and arrested owner of the bus whi...

ACC grills ex-MD of Barapukuria Coal Mine Company

ACC grills ex-MD of Barapukuria Coal Mine Company

-- 2018-08-01 21:05:25

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday interrogated the former managing director (MD) of Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Ltd (BCMCL) SM Nurul Aurangzeb over the 'disappearance of coal' from...

Educational institutions to remain closed Thursday

Educational institutions to remain closed Thursday

-- 2018-08-01 21:04:31

As per government's decision, all educational institutions throughout the country will remain closed on Thursday. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid announced the decision on Wednesday evening citi...

Muhith expresses shock over FE editor's death

Muhith expresses shock over FE editor's death

-- 2018-08-01 20:38:38

Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has expressed profound shock and deep sorrow at the death of AHM Moazzem Hossain, editor of The Financial Express. According to a FE report, Moazzem breathed h...

Ride-sharing service ‘First Drive’ to start journey soon

Ride-sharing service ‘First Drive’ to start journey soon

-- 2018-08-01 20:28:08

Amid the growing popularity of mobile app-based ride sharing services, a local IT company is going to launch both the car and motorbike ride services through new mobile app called ‘First Drive&r...

Jabal-e-Noor bus driver on 7-day remand

Jabal-e-Noor bus driver on 7-day remand

-- 2018-08-01 19:18:14

A court in Dhaka has granted a seven-day remand to interrogate Masum Billa, the driver of 'Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan' bus, accused in killing two college students in a road accident in Dhaka recently. D...

Students remind Tofail Ahmed of traffic rules as he drives on the wrong side

Students remind Tofail Ahmed of traffic rules as he drives on the wrong side

-- 2018-08-01 18:45:39

Student protesters have stopped an influential minister’s car for driving on the wrong side of a key road in Dhaka in a breach of traffic rules.   The man is none other than Commerce...

Transport workers beat up protesting students in N’ganj

Transport workers beat up protesting students in N’ganj

-- 2018-08-01 18:38:44

Four student protestors were beaten up by transport workers on Wednesday in Signboard area of Narayanganj. The injured students were identified as Sezanur Rahman, Kawsar Ahmed, Sajib and Hridoy. Sub...

Voting on two suspended Sylhet centres on Aug 11

Voting on two suspended Sylhet centres on Aug 11

-- 2018-08-01 18:31:54

The voting of two centres, which were suspended due to massive rigging and irregularities, will be held on August 11. Deputy Secretary of Election Commission (EC) Farhad Hossain confirmed the matter...

DMP commissioner asks cops to tackle student protest peacefully  

DMP commissioner asks cops to tackle student protest peacefully  

-- 2018-08-01 18:21:29

Commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Asaduzzaman Mia on Wednesday directed the police to tackle the ongoing student protest in the city peacefully instead of applying any force. The DM...

Home minister requests students to end blockades

Home minister requests students to end blockades

-- 2018-08-01 17:39:33

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has requested the agitating students to withdraw their blockades and return to their classes as the government has accepted their demands. The minister also pledged to...