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Outgoing FY to witness 7.78pc GDP growth: PM

Outgoing FY to witness 7.78pc GDP growth: PM

-- 2018-06-27 18:16:43

The outgoing fiscal year (2017-2018) will see a 7.78 per cent GDP growth. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said this at parliament in the city on Wednesday. “…7.78 percent GDP growth has be...

Two killed in Bogura road accident

Two killed in Bogura road accident

-- 2018-06-27 17:39:23

Two people were killed in a road accident at Betbari Sujabad Dahpara under Shajahanpur upazila of Bogura district this morning. The deceased were identified as Sultan Ahamed, 42, son of Abdul Kader o...

Sherpur Neo-JMB militant gets 21 years jail term

Sherpur Neo-JMB militant gets 21 years jail term

-- 2018-06-27 17:15:02

A court in Sherpur on Wednesday sentenced a Neo JMB member to 21 years imprisonment in an explosives case. The convict is Abul Kashem alias Abu Mosab, 22. Senior district and sessions judge of the S...

Road mishap leaves three dead in Gazipur

Road mishap leaves three dead in Gazipur

-- 2018-06-27 17:09:08

Three people were killed and two others injured as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw carrying them collided with a truck on Mirerbazar Vogra bypass road at Pubail in Gazipur city on Wednesday. One of the decea...

Ex-UP member dies in Gopalganj road accident

Ex-UP member dies in Gopalganj road accident

-- 2018-06-27 17:03:09

A former UP member was killed and three other people were injured on Wednesday as a bus collided with a human hauler on Gopalganj-Kotalipara road in Sadar upazila under Gopalganj district. The deceas...

Kuakata’s two kilometres at risk of disappearing

Kuakata’s two kilometres at risk of disappearing

-- 2018-06-27 16:18:52

A two-km area of the sea beach in Kuakata, the second largest tourist spot of the country with a rare scenic beauty, stands threatened due to continuous erosion for the last few months. The embankmen...

Boy, girl die in separate incidents in Ctg

Boy, girl die in separate incidents in Ctg

-- 2018-06-27 16:04:08

A boy and a girl were killed in separate incidents in Bakolia and Panchlaish areas of the port city on Tuesday night and Wednesday. Ilham, 12, a class VI student of Meron Sun School and College and d...

HC fixes July 3 for Khaleda’s appeal hearing

HC fixes July 3 for Khaleda’s appeal hearing

-- 2018-06-27 14:36:04

The High Court (HC) has fixed July 3 for hearing on the appeal petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. A HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice...

BNP demands re-election in Gazipur

BNP demands re-election in Gazipur

-- 2018-06-27 14:23:35

BNP has turned down the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election results and demanded re-election to it. "It was only a mockery in the name of election in Gazipur. They've invented a new tactic of vot...

RCC facing acute fund crisis

RCC facing acute fund crisis

Our Correspondent 2018-06-27 13:44:12

Due to absence of government allocation, the Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) is facing an acute crisis of fund. At the same time, to retain regular activities of city corporation, RCC authorities i...

UN peacekeeper from Bangladesh killed in South Sudan

UN peacekeeper from Bangladesh killed in South Sudan

-- 2018-06-27 13:26:42

JUBA, South Sudan — A United Nations peacekeeper was killed on Tuesday in South Sudan when a U.N. convoy was attacked, according to a report by www.stripes.com. Lieutenant Commander Ashraf Sidd...

Storms raise risk of water contamination inRohingya camps

Storms raise risk of water contamination inRohingya camps

-- 2018-06-27 13:20:57

COX’S BAZAR: Heavy rainfall in Cox’s Bazar earlier this month has put major strain on drainage systems in Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps, according to IOM engineers, who predict...

Police retrieve body of kidnapped boy in Faridpur

Police retrieve body of kidnapped boy in Faridpur

-- 2018-06-27 12:28:13

A teenage boy, who was reportedly kidnapped on June 7, was found buried in an abandoned place in Paglapara village of Nagarkanda upazila early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Alauddin Matub...

Speedboat overturns in Padma: Five hurt

Speedboat overturns in Padma: Five hurt

-- 2018-06-27 12:26:49

A speedboat overturned in the middle of the Padma river on Shimulia-Kathalia route near Louhajang upazila of Munshiganj district on Wednesday, injuring five passengers. Police said a Kathalbari-bou...

Cops detain 21 in Habiganj

Cops detain 21 in Habiganj

-- 2018-06-27 11:51:19

Law enforcers arrested 21 suspects including four drug traders, 12 wanted accused and five accused in regular cases from different areas of Habiganj district in last 12-hour ending at 9 am Wednesday m...

Manikganj maize cultivators achieve bumper production

Manikganj maize cultivators achieve bumper production

-- 2018-06-27 11:46:05

The maize cultivators of Manikganj achieved bumper production in the district. The harvesting of maize in seven upazilas of the district would complete soon. Cultivators are now busy to collect their...

Two more drug suspects die in Khulna ‘shootout’

Two more drug suspects die in Khulna ‘shootout’

-- 2018-06-27 11:28:25

Two suspected drug pedlars were killed in a reported gunfight between their cohorts and police at Bagmara in Khulna city early Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Raju, 26, son of Mohammad Bab...

Three minors drown in Brahmanbaria

Three minors drown in Brahmanbaria

-- 2018-06-27 11:20:44

Three minors died in two separate drowning incidents in Bijoynagar and Nasirnagar upazila under Brahmanbaria district on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Zannat,7, daughter of Mizan Mia of Ch...

Govt backtracks on taking Saudi loan

Govt backtracks on taking Saudi loan

FE Report 2018-06-27 11:08:26

Bangladesh has scrapped its decision on taking US$ 1.0 billion financial support from Saudi Arabia for building over 550 model mosques, officials said. On Tuesday, the government's economic council...

AL’s Jahangir wins Gazipur polls

AL’s Jahangir wins Gazipur polls

-- 2018-06-27 10:33:05

Awami League mayoral candidate Jahangir Alam was unofficially declared elected in Tuesday's Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election as he defeated his rival BNP contestant Hasan Uddin Sarker by a huge...

GCC polls: AL 281,835 votes, BNP 130, 322 votes

GCC polls: AL 281,835 votes, BNP 130, 322 votes

FE Online Desk 2018-06-26 21:54:26

Awami League (AL) mayoral candidate Jahangir Alam widened his lead in the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election on Tuesday. Till the filing of this report, Jahangir bagged 281,835 votes in 256 cent...

Pirojpur court sentences man in jail for selling fake dollar

Pirojpur court sentences man in jail for selling fake dollar

-- 2018-06-26 20:55:40

A court in Pirojpur on Tuesday sentenced a man to five years jail for selling fake US dollars at Tuskhali village of Mathbaria upazila in 2015. The convict is Selim Hawladar, son of late Majid Hawlad...

New HC judges make courtesy call on President

New HC judges make courtesy call on President

-- 2018-06-26 20:50:32

Newly appointed 18 judges of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court made a courtesy call on President Md Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban in Dhaka on Tuesday. “It’s a courtesy call . . ....

For expats, Dhaka is more expensive than Frankfurt

For expats, Dhaka is more expensive than Frankfurt

FE Online Report 2018-06-26 19:52:27

Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, is more expensive than Frankfurt of Germany , Brussels of Belgium and Boston of the United States. Mercer’s 24th annual Cost of Living Survey, released o...

‘Govt mulls building fence along Myanmar border’

‘Govt mulls building fence along Myanmar border’

-- 2018-06-26 19:37:34

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said the government is set to install wire fence and build a road along Myanmar border mainly to stop smuggling of yaba and other illegal drugs in the country. &ldq...

BD peacekeeper dies in western South Sudan

BD peacekeeper dies in western South Sudan

-- 2018-06-26 19:30:15

A Bangladeshi peacekeeper was killed on Tuesday in western South Sudan. The peacekeeper was killed when unidentified gunmen ambushed him on a road in western South Sudan, reports Reuters citing two...

Jahangir takes early lead in GCC polls

Jahangir takes early lead in GCC polls

-- 2018-06-26 19:19:39

Awami League mayoral candidate Jahangir Alam has taken lead in the early counting of votes in the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election on Tuesday. According to unofficial results of four polling c...

New army chief meets President

New army chief meets President

-- 2018-06-26 18:40:34

Newly appointed Chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed paid a courtesy call on President M Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban Tuesday afternoon. “During the meeting, the new army chief expressed his gr...

Marine drive set to become preserved tourist zone

Marine drive set to become preserved tourist zone

-- 2018-06-26 18:21:29

The Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry has decided to declare both sides of marine drive in Cox’s Bazar as preserved tourist zone. The ministry also agreed to develop a special tourism area ne...

Home Minister warns action against patrons of drug dealers

Home Minister warns action against patrons of drug dealers

-- 2018-06-26 18:08:44

Mentioning that a process is underway to prepare a list of the patrons of drug dealers, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday said action will be taken against them, too. "Intelligence agencies a...