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BNP rejects Barishal, Rajshahi polls results

BNP rejects Barishal, Rajshahi polls results

-- 2018-07-31 13:14:17

BNP on Tuesday turned down the election results of Barishal and Rajshahi city corporations and demanded re-election to the two cities. The party will stage demonstrations in all the towns and metropo...

Agitated students continue protests for third day

Agitated students continue protests for third day

-- 2018-07-31 12:33:17

Agitated and aggrieved students have taken to the streets for the third consecutive day on Tuesday to protest the deaths of their two fellows.  “Students started protesting at 10:00am in f...

SC gives HC three months to dispose of Khaleda’s appeal

SC gives HC three months to dispose of Khaleda’s appeal

-- 2018-07-31 12:30:38

The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended time for the High Court until October 31 to dispose of an appeal filed by BNP chief Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. A four-member bench of the...

Teachers beat schoolgirl in Laxmipur

Teachers beat schoolgirl in Laxmipur

-- 2018-07-31 11:47:32

A female student was beaten up allegedly by the headmaster and an assistant teacher of a school in the municipal area on Monday afternoon for not paying coaching fees. The victim Choya Moni was a stu...

Two minors drown in Chandpur

Two minors drown in Chandpur

-- 2018-07-31 11:38:40

Two minor cousins drowned in a pond in Sonaimuri village of Hajiganj upazila under Chandpur region on Monday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Sinthia Akhter, 6, daughter of Md Delwar Hossain...

BNP leads, holds best chance of winning Sylhet mayor race

BNP leads, holds best chance of winning Sylhet mayor race

-- 2018-07-31 11:13:15

The Awami League candidate Bodor Uddin Ahmed Kamran has a mathematical chance of edging ahead of his rival the BNP’s Ariful Haque Chowdhury in Sylhet mayoral elections. For the victory to happe...

AL wins Rajshahi, Barishal city polls

AL wins Rajshahi, Barishal city polls

-- 2018-07-31 10:34:20

The Awami League mayoral candidates were unofficially declared elected in Rajshahi and Barishal city polls on Monday while the announcement of the results was postponed in Sylhet. In Rajshahi, Awami...

Meeting with bus owners today

Meeting with bus owners today

FE Report 2018-07-31 10:31:53

The government will sit with bus owners today (Tuesday) aimed at stopping the recurrence of fatal road accidents across the country, an official said. Sources said the meeting is expected to make som...

Liton gets big win in RCC mayoral election

Liton gets big win in RCC mayoral election

FE Online Report 2018-07-30 22:09:07

Awami League mayoral candidate AHM Khairuzzaman Liton has unofficially won the Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) elections. As per various local television channels’ reports, the ruling party&rsq...

Ribbon retting method gaining popularity  in Nilphamari

Ribbon retting method gaining popularity in Nilphamari

Our Correspondent 2018-07-30 21:00:39

NILPHAMARI, July 30: Jute growers of the district have started ribbon retting technology to process the cash crop. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said it is a method to separat...

'Govt to bear treatment costs of injured students'

'Govt to bear treatment costs of injured students'

-- 2018-07-30 20:59:25

Health Minister Mohammed Nasim has said the government will bear the treatment costs of students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College, who were injured in Sunday’s road mishap. “I am...

CEC expresses satisfaction over three city polls

CEC expresses satisfaction over three city polls

-- 2018-07-30 20:32:44

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda has expressed satisfaction over elections in three cities despite allegations of rigging and other irregularities. “The election was fair, except for s...

51 rivers swell, 39 fall

51 rivers swell, 39 fall

-- 2018-07-30 20:22:52

Water levels in 51 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rises and 39 stations recorded falls. Among the 94 monitored water level stations, four are stea...

'Demand for resignation is illogical'

'Demand for resignation is illogical'

-- 2018-07-30 20:16:54

Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan has described the demand raised by the students and some eminent citizens for his resignation as illogical. "Students can demand my resignation. Will my removal resolv...

HC orders Tk 0.5m compensation for each victim's family

HC orders Tk 0.5m compensation for each victim's family

-- 2018-07-30 19:54:42

The High Court has ordered the owners of 'Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan' to provide Tk 500,000 within a week to each family of the two students who were killed in a road crash at Airport Road on Sunday. The...

Over 5.6m BD workers get overseas jobs since 2009

Over 5.6m BD workers get overseas jobs since 2009

-- 2018-07-30 18:38:34

With 4,44,906 people finding jobs abroad this year, a total of 56,43,820 male and female Bangladeshi workers got overseas employment from 2009 to July 29, 2018, according to an official of the Ministr...

Traffic on Banani-Airport road resumes

Traffic on Banani-Airport road resumes

-- 2018-07-30 18:20:47

Vehicular movement on Banani-Airport road resumed after five hours on Monday after students staged demonstration protesting Sunday's accident on Airport Road that left two college students dead. Poli...

‘Mentally challenged son’ kills mother in Dhamrai

‘Mentally challenged son’ kills mother in Dhamrai

-- 2018-07-30 18:17:24

A woman was slaughtered allegedly by his mentally challenged son at Khararchar area of Dhamrai upazila in the city early Monday. The deceased was identified as Jamina Khatun, 55, wife of Abdul Baser....

Govt makes way to run community clinics under trust fund

Govt makes way to run community clinics under trust fund

-- 2018-07-30 18:08:58

The government has decided to collect donation for running the community clinics under a trust and make the facilities more effective by ensuring participation of the rural people. To this end, the C...

Rushanara for redoubling efforts to meet needs of Rohingyas

Rushanara for redoubling efforts to meet needs of Rohingyas

-- 2018-07-30 17:54:33

International community must redouble their efforts to meet the immediate needs of the Rohingyas. British MP Rushanara Ali made the comment following her visit to different Rohingya camps in Cox&rsqu...

Students demand justice over Sunday's bus crash

Students demand justice over Sunday's bus crash

-- 2018-07-30 17:37:19

Students from different schools and colleges staged demonstration in Dhaka on Monday protesting Sunday's accident on Airport Road that left two college students dead. Witnesses said several hundred s...

Voting ends in three cities

Voting ends in three cities

-- 2018-07-30 17:09:31

The voting in the elections to Rajshahi, Barishal and Sylhet city corporations ended on Monday afternoon amid allegations of vote rigging, scattered disturbances and boycotts. The balloting started a...

PM releases fish fries

PM releases fish fries

-- 2018-07-30 16:32:59

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina released fish fries into the lake of her official residence Ganabhaban on Monday on the occasion of National Fisheries Week-2018. Fisheries and Livestock Minister Narayon...

PM unveils book on Bangabandhu’s prison life

PM unveils book on Bangabandhu’s prison life

-- 2018-07-30 16:27:50

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has unveiled the cover of a book on the prison life of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. She unveiled the cover of the book titled “3053 Days&...

Air chief adorned with new rank badge

Air chief adorned with new rank badge

-- 2018-07-30 16:21:33

Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Masihuzzaman Serniabat was adorned with the new rank badge of Air Chief Marshal in the presence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Ganabhaban in Dhaka on Monday afternoo...

18 Shibir men held in Chattogram

18 Shibir men held in Chattogram

-- 2018-07-30 14:16:19

Police arrested 18 leaders and activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir from a madrasah at Chandanpura under Chawkbazar thana in Chittagong district on Sunday night on charges of sabotage. Acting on secret...

BCC polls: BNP mayoral candidate quits

BCC polls: BNP mayoral candidate quits

-- 2018-07-30 14:04:38

BNP mayoral candidate Mujibur Rahman Sarwar has boycotted the Barishal City Corporation (BCC) polls, bringing the allegation of widespread vote rigging and other irregularities. The candidate announc...

SC order on Khaleda's review plea Tuesday

SC order on Khaleda's review plea Tuesday

-- 2018-07-30 13:42:59

The SC has fixed Tuesday to pass an order on a review petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia against its order asking the HC to dispose of her appeal in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. A...

Train hits, kills university student in Chattogram

Train hits, kills university student in Chattogram

-- 2018-07-30 13:39:26

A student of International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC) was crushed under the wheels of a train at Kumira in Sitakunda upazila on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Kazi Sirat, a stu...

RAB arrests four over Sunday’s bus crash

RAB arrests four over Sunday’s bus crash

-- 2018-07-30 13:31:36

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested two drivers and two helpers of three buses from different parts of the capital city in connection with the Sunday's bus accident that left two col...