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TIB blames govt ignorance

TIB blames govt ignorance

-- 2018-07-01 18:34:07

Inaction of Bangladesh authorities and lack of their responsiveness to women's rights is the reason behind the recent return of abused female domestic workers from the Middle East. The Transparency I...

50,000 passengers travel by high speed trains daily on Dhaka-Chattogram route

50,000 passengers travel by high speed trains daily on Dhaka-Chattogram route

-- 2018-07-01 18:05:11

Over 50,000 passengers will be able to commute between the national capital and port city Chattogram daily in just two-hour time once high speed trains are introduced on Dhaka-Chattogram route. In an...

Three of a family die in lightning strike

Three of a family die in lightning strike

-- 2018-07-01 17:56:40

Three members of a family have died in a lightning strike in Sadullapur upazila of Gaibandha on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Rasheda Begum, her son Afiz and nephew Nizam, all residents of...

'Jatri Kalyan Samity spreading baseless information'

'Jatri Kalyan Samity spreading baseless information'

-- 2018-07-01 17:27:27

The Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges has refuted the data of Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (JKS) on road accidents and casualties across the country. The ministry alleged that the JKS spreadin...

Speeding bus kills pedestrian in Sylhet

Speeding bus kills pedestrian in Sylhet

-- 2018-07-01 17:12:46

A passerby was run over by a bus at Nazirbazar in Dakshin Surma upazila under Sylhet division on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Shamsul Islam, 32, of Dashgar village in the upazila....

BNP doesn’t do pro-people politics: Hanif

BNP doesn’t do pro-people politics: Hanif

-- 2018-07-01 16:59:24

Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif on Sunday said BNP does not do pro-people politics that is why the party carried out terrorism, arson attacks and sabotage to kill innocent peo...

Detectives arrest quota reform leader

Detectives arrest quota reform leader

-- 2018-07-01 16:27:07

The Detective Branch (DB) of Police arrested Rashed Khan, joint convener of Bangladesh General Students' Rights Protection Forum, from Bhasantek area in Dhaka on Sunday. Masudur Rahman, deputy commis...

World Bank chief meets finance minister

World Bank chief meets finance minister

-- 2018-07-01 14:42:39

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim has met with Finance Minister AMA Muhith during his visit to Bangladesh. “We have great faith in the direction that Bangladesh is going under the leaders...

UN to put more pressure on Myanmar: Guterres

UN to put more pressure on Myanmar: Guterres

-- 2018-07-01 14:37:51

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Sunday said they will put more pressure on Myanmar to make them understand what they should do on the Rohingya issue. "We're keeping up pressure on Myanmar......

Tributes pour in for Dhaka café attack victims

Tributes pour in for Dhaka café attack victims

-- 2018-07-01 14:09:36

People from all walks of life, including Bangladesh's foreign friends have paid their deep respects to those who had lost their lives in the Gulshan Holey Artisan Café terror attack on July 1,...

UK urges greater support for Rohingyas in Bangladesh

UK urges greater support for Rohingyas in Bangladesh

-- 2018-07-01 13:55:37

UK Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific Mark Field and Special Envoy for Gender Equality Joanna Roper have called for greater humanitarian assistance for the Rohingyas, particularly to help supp...

CU students boycott classes, exams protesting attack

CU students boycott classes, exams protesting attack

-- 2018-07-01 13:28:17

Students of Chittagong University have boycotted all classes and examinations on Sunday protesting the Saturday's attack on members of quota reform movement at Sholosohor in the port city. Anwar Hoss...

Cheering ends minor Argentine fan’s life in Feni

Cheering ends minor Argentine fan’s life in Feni

-- 2018-07-01 13:11:05

A minor boy was killed as a pick-up van ran over him at Tulatoli in Sonagazi upazila under Feni region on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Ibrahim Rahat Russel, 10, son of Obaidul Haq o...

Detectives arrest two JMB men in Bogura

Detectives arrest two JMB men in Bogura

-- 2018-07-01 12:49:16

Detectives in a drive arrested two members of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) along with arms from Adamdighi upazila in Bogura early Sunday. The arrestees were identified...

B'baria train derailment investigation underway

B'baria train derailment investigation underway

-- 2018-07-01 11:36:49

Investigation gains access as a five-member probe committee was formed to probe the derailment of an oil-laden train on Chattogram-Sylhet route at Shamarailkandi in Brahmanbaria on Saturday. Shoyeb A...

Rangpur mulls cost-free legal aid services

Rangpur mulls cost-free legal aid services

-- 2018-07-01 11:32:01

Officials of the judiciary at a seminar in Rangpur have called upon all concerned to reach the cost-free legal services to the poor to ensure justice for them to make the government’s legal aid...

Police detain seven gambling suspects

Police detain seven gambling suspects

-- 2018-07-01 11:31:51

Police in a drive have arrested seven alleged gamblers from Mashakhali village under Mohammadpur upazila of Magura district. The arrestees are: Mehedi Molla, 26, son of Abul Molla, Manik Molla, 30, s...

UN chief in Dhaka to discuss Rohingya issue

UN chief in Dhaka to discuss Rohingya issue

-- 2018-07-01 11:16:03

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrived in Dhaka city on early Sunday when the international community is looking for options beyond bilateral mechanism to resolve Rohingya crisis....

Fisheries, livestock ministry spends 70.89pc of funds in 11 months

Fisheries, livestock ministry spends 70.89pc of funds in 11 months

FE Report 2018-07-01 10:20:31

The fisheries and livestock ministry spent Tk 5.84 billion of the total allocation for 48 projects during the period from July 2017 to May 2018. The amount is 70.89 per cent of the total outlay of Tk...

SAARC Development Fund to raise $30m for member states

SAARC Development Fund to raise $30m for member states

-- 2018-07-01 10:17:33

The SAARC Development Fund (SDF), which has just given in-principle approval for two infrastructure projects with a cumulative funding of USD 30 million, would be engaging with top multilateral instit...

Amendments to labour, EPZ laws by September

Amendments to labour, EPZ laws by September

Monira Munni 2018-07-01 10:12:08

Bangladesh has made commitment to the international community to make necessary amendments to the labour law and the export processing zones (EPZs) law by September next, officials said. The commitme...

Seven women battle with severe trauma on return from KSA

Seven women battle with severe trauma on return from KSA

Arafat Ara 2018-07-01 10:05:47

At least seven women returned home from Saudi Arabia in the last three months with severe psychological trauma, sources said. Bangladeshi domestic helps often fall victim to brutalities at the hands...

Jirashail, Parija farming gaining  momentum in Bogura

Jirashail, Parija farming gaining momentum in Bogura

-- 2018-06-30 21:46:26

Our CorrespondentBOGURA, June 30: Cultivation of two paddy varieties - Jirashail and Parija - is gaining momentum in the district this season.Sources said the growers achieved a noticeable benefit las...

Lightning strike leaves fisherman dead in Sunamganj

Lightning strike leaves fisherman dead in Sunamganj

-- 2018-06-30 21:13:28

A fisherman was killed after being hit by a thunderbolt at Dolor haor in Dharmapasha upazila in Sunamganj on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Selim Mia, 28, son of late Abdul Aziz of Paikurat...

India hands over 12 Bangladeshis  

India hands over 12 Bangladeshis  

-- 2018-06-30 21:05:08

India handed over 12 Bangladeshi nationals including four women to the concern authorities through Benapole check post on Saturday. Indian police handed over eight water-transport workers to Benapole...

WB president arrives in city, UN chief to arrive Sunday

WB president arrives in city, UN chief to arrive Sunday

-- 2018-06-30 20:24:03

The World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim arrived in the city on Saturday afternoon to accompany United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres to visit Rohingya camps. The UN Secretary General...

 ‘Jails overcrowded beyond 300pc capacity’

 ‘Jails overcrowded beyond 300pc capacity’

-- 2018-06-30 18:51:49

Jails across the country are crowded with nearly three times more inmates than their capacity thanks to the wholesale arrest of people during the ongoing anti-narcotic drives, causing immense sufferin...

BCL factional clash leaves 10 injured at Habiganj

BCL factional clash leaves 10 injured at Habiganj

-- 2018-06-30 18:19:20

At least 10 students were injured during a factional clash between two groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) over establishing supremacy at Brindaban Government College in the district on Saturday...

'Charge sheet in Gulshan cafe attack case soon'

'Charge sheet in Gulshan cafe attack case soon'

-- 2018-06-30 17:57:31

The charge sheet in a case filed over the attack on Holey Artisan Bakery in Gulshan will be submitted soon. The chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Po...

GCC mayor-elect, commissioners call on PM

GCC mayor-elect, commissioners call on PM

-- 2018-06-30 17:56:29

Mayor-elect of Gazipur Jahangir Alam and commissioners of the city corporation called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her Gonobhaban residence in the city on Saturday. Sheikh Hasina greeted the ma...