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Bangladesh to be regional transport hub: PM

Bangladesh to be regional transport hub: PM

-- 2018-07-11 19:56:12

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that Bangladesh can emerge as a hub in South Asia due to its geographical location. "Bangladesh can be a bridge between the East and West and we have a plan to c...

ACC seeks wealth statement of DIG Mizan, wife

ACC seeks wealth statement of DIG Mizan, wife

-- 2018-07-11 19:44:40

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday issued a notice to Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Mizanur Rahman and his wife Sohelia Anar Ratna asking to submit their wealth statement within seven...

'No unregistered Rohingya in Bangladesh now'

'No unregistered Rohingya in Bangladesh now'

-- 2018-07-11 19:29:36

There is no unregistered Rohingya in Bangladesh, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday. The minister came up with the statement while replying to a question from Awami League MP Mohibur Ra...

Uphold teachings of Islam: PM

Uphold teachings of Islam: PM

-- 2018-07-11 19:27:02

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged all to remain careful of stopping spreading confusion about Islam. She made the call while inaugurating the Hajj Programme of 2018 (1439 Hijri) in the city on Wedne...

France keen to be part of Bangladesh development

France keen to be part of Bangladesh development

-- 2018-07-11 18:49:08

Chief executives and representatives of different business entities, ministries and development agencies of France have applauded the impressive growth of Bangladesh and expressed their interest to be...

DU professor ‘threatens’ to call cops if barred from taking classes

DU professor ‘threatens’ to call cops if barred from taking classes

-- 2018-07-11 18:31:21

A professor of Sociology Department of Dhaka University (DU) has allegedly threatened to call police if students try to obstruct him from taking classes and create any problem at the department, repor...

No political motive behind Khaleda's imprisonment: PM

No political motive behind Khaleda's imprisonment: PM

-- 2018-07-11 18:20:27

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is now in jail for her corruption and there is no political motive behind her imprisonment. "She is in jail after being convicted by...

Bus rams microbus killing two in Cox’s Bazar

Bus rams microbus killing two in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2018-07-11 16:57:34

At least two people were killed and five others injured when a bus rammed a microbus at Phulchhari Dargah Bridge in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as...

Hall-Mark chairman gets 3 years jail term

Hall-Mark chairman gets 3 years jail term

-- 2018-07-11 16:24:08

A Dhaka court has sentenced Hall-Mark Group Chairman Jasmine Islam to three years in jail in a case filed by the graft regulator for not submitting a wealth statement. On Tuesday, Judge Akhtaruzzaman...

PM inaugurates Hajj Programme-2018

PM inaugurates Hajj Programme-2018

-- 2018-07-11 15:06:42

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday inaugurated the Hajj Programme of 2018 (1439 Hijri) urging everybody to remain careful of stopping spreading confusion about Islam.  “We must ke...

Khaleda files two more bail pleas

Khaleda files two more bail pleas

-- 2018-07-11 14:20:03

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's lawyers have gone to a judge’s court after failing to secure bail from a magistrate’s court in two cases involving the appointment of anti-liberation men as m...

Writ seeks HC directive on physicians’ work abstention

Writ seeks HC directive on physicians’ work abstention

-- 2018-07-11 13:47:51

A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking directives of the concerned authorities in keeping physicians, officials, and staffs of government and private hospitals refrained from work...

‘Daughter-in-law’ beats elderly mother dead in Gaibandha

‘Daughter-in-law’ beats elderly mother dead in Gaibandha

-- 2018-07-11 13:09:14

An elderly woman was reportedly beaten to death allegedly by her daughter-in-law at Bamondanga Dakuatari in Sundarganj upazila under Gaibandha district early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as...

Nation observes World Population Day

Nation observes World Population Day

-- 2018-07-11 12:37:28

The World Population Day is being celebrated worldwide including Bangladesh on Wednesday to spread awareness and discuss issues related to population growth. In 1989, the Governing Council of the Uni...

RAB detains 22 more ‘drug pedlars’ in Rajshahi

RAB detains 22 more ‘drug pedlars’ in Rajshahi

-- 2018-07-11 11:50:21

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained 22 more suspects in Rajshahi on Tuesday and they were sentenced to six months jail each by a mobile court on charge of consuming and selling drugs. Th...

RTTC transforms 14,719 youths into skilled workforce

RTTC transforms 14,719 youths into skilled workforce

-- 2018-07-11 11:43:54

Rangpur Technical Training Centre (RTTC) has turned 14,719 unemployed youths into skilled human workforce on 22 courses under eight trades since its inception in 2008. “The institution is produ...

Candidates storm RCC electioneering through campaigns

Candidates storm RCC electioneering through campaigns

-- 2018-07-11 11:29:29

Soon after getting their respective election symbols on Tuesday noon, the candidates for both mayoral and general councillor posts in the upcoming Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) polls have launched h...

Five more die in anti-narcotics ‘shootouts’

Five more die in anti-narcotics ‘shootouts’

-- 2018-07-11 11:16:09

At least five people have been killed in so-called anti-drug shootouts with law-enforcement agencies in four districts during the ongoing anti-narcotics raids throughout the country. Among them, two...

Two minor cousins drown in Chandpur pond

Two minor cousins drown in Chandpur pond

-- 2018-07-11 10:58:32

Two minor cousins drowned in a pond at Khajuria Laxmipur village in Kachua upazila of Chandpur on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Tanvir, 6, son of Jamal Hossain of Kachua upazila and Siam,...

Bangladesh Buildcon International Expo begins tomorrow

Bangladesh Buildcon International Expo begins tomorrow

FE Report 2018-07-11 10:33:44

A three-day fair titled 'Bangladesh Buildcon International Expo 2018' related to construction sector will kick off on Thursday aiming to give an impetus to the country's economy. To be held at the ci...

1,500 women return from S Arabia in six months

1,500 women return from S Arabia in six months

Arafat Ara 2018-07-11 10:25:16

More than 1,500 domestic helps returned home from Saudi Arabia in the last six months because of workplace abuse, sources said. On average, 250 female workers return from the country a month, they ad...

No plan to provide Rohingya refugee status: Foreign Secy

No plan to provide Rohingya refugee status: Foreign Secy

FE Report 2018-07-11 09:36:50

Bangladesh has no plan to provide Rohingyas with the status of refugees, foreign secretary M Shahidul Haque said on Tuesday. "Bangladesh and many other countries in Asia are not the signatory to the...

Over 300 families depend on hand  fan business in Joypurhat

Over 300 families depend on hand fan business in Joypurhat

Roving Correspondent 2018-07-10 21:35:26

JOYPURHAT, July 10: Over 1050 extreme poor people of some 300 families depend on hand fan business round the year in Joypurhat district from last few years. The demand of the fan is increasing alarmi...

Fish farming in cage begins in Magura

Fish farming in cage begins in Magura

Our Correspondent 2018-07-10 21:34:26

Fish cultivation into cage has been launched in Magura formally on Monday. The programme is being run in the district with the help of district fishery department. In the inaugural ceremony of the pr...

DAE targets Aus cultivation on 3,500 hectares of land in Gopalganj

DAE targets Aus cultivation on 3,500 hectares of land in Gopalganj

Our Correspondent 2018-07-10 21:33:32

GOPALGANJ, July 10: The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Gopalganj has taken a programme of Aus cultivation on 3,500 hectares of land in the district this season. According to DAE official...

Nat’l Fisheries Week begins on July 18

Nat’l Fisheries Week begins on July 18

-- 2018-07-10 20:32:27

The National Fisheries Week-2018 will be held in the country from July 18 to July 24 across the country. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the week on July 19 by releasing fish fry at the...

Youth dies falling from Bashundhara City Shopping Mall

Youth dies falling from Bashundhara City Shopping Mall

-- 2018-07-10 18:41:53

A young man died after falling reportedly from the level-8 of Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in the city's Panthapath area on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Sarjil Ahmed Onim, 22, a pharmacy...

Couple electrocuted in Joypurhat

Couple electrocuted in Joypurhat

-- 2018-07-10 18:22:51

A couple was electrocuted at Rangta village under Sadar upazila in Joypurhat on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Mujibar Rahman, 46, son of Abdul Aziz of the village, and his wife Karima Khatu...

Three more quota reform activists on remand

Three more quota reform activists on remand

-- 2018-07-10 18:01:47

A Dhaka court on Tuesday put three more leaders and activists of quota reform movement on a two-day remand in two separate cases. Both the cases are filed in connection with an attack on the residen...

Menon undergoes successful surgery

Menon undergoes successful surgery

-- 2018-07-10 17:57:16

Social Welfare Minister Rashed Khan Menon, who was hospitalised on Thursday following a hip joint injury, underwent a successful surgery at a city hospital on Tuesday. The surgery was conducted in be...