-- 2018-05-24 10:58:18
Four people have been killed in lightning strikes in three different districts -- Mymensingh, Bogura, and Sunamganj. In Mymensingh, two people died on Wednesday after being hit by lightning while cat...
Our Correspondent 2018-05-24 10:32:46
Bollywood actress and UNICEF goodwill ambassador for child rights Priyanka Chopra was traumatised hearing stories of atrocities from Rohingyas on Wednesday. She said she was deeply hurt hearing the h...
FE Report 2018-05-24 10:30:49
Dhaka does not expect any positive outcome involving the Teesta water-sharing problem during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's upcoming visit to Indian state of West Bengal. The prime minister will meet...
Saif Uddin, back from Pabna 2018-05-24 10:25:35
The small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Pabna are thriving on the use of ready-made garment waste in apparel making, business insiders have said. The demand for these apparels made of garment wast...
FE Report 2018-05-24 10:16:14
A Hajj pilgrim can carry upto US$ 1000 or equivalent currencies while performing the next pilgrimage. This is applicable for both ballotee and non-ballootee Hajis, according to a circular issued Wedn...
-- 2018-05-24 10:02:43
Nine more people have been killed in what security forces described as shootouts as the country’s war on drugs continued amid criticism from different rights groups and rival political parties....
Kamrun Nahar 2018-05-24 09:59:48
The water retention area, proposed in Dhaka's Detailed Area Plan (DAP), has declined alarmingly over the last seven years, said an official of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK). In its wake,...
-- 2018-05-24 00:43:06
Representatives of the Rajbangshi community at a programme on Wednesday demanded that the community be re-enlisted officially as an ethnic minority people, reports UNB. At the programme organised by...
FE Report 2018-05-24 00:42:13
Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan on Wednesday said the government will take necessary measures to ensure safety of waterway passengers during Eid-ul-Fitr. Law-enforcement agencies have been given dire...
Our Correspondent 2018-05-23 21:32:06
RAJSHAHI, May 23: The demand of locally produced threshing machine is increasing among the farmers of the country. By meeting local demands, the machines produced in Natore are being sold in other dis...
-- 2018-05-23 21:11:19
Bangladesh has ruled out any negative impact over the ongoing Rohingya repatriation talks between Bangladesh and Myanmar due to Amnesty International's (AI's) new report. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood...
-- 2018-05-23 20:46:15
Police arrested 65 drug dealers and drug addicts during anti-drug drives at different parts of the district from Tuesday night to Wednesday noon. Of them, 28 were arrested in Sadar upazila while thre...
-- 2018-05-23 20:22:35
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested 10 people and recovered 1,08,000 pieces of yaba tablets from their possessions at Kolatoli area in Cox's Bazar on Wednesday afternoon. Asla...
-- 2018-05-23 19:59:05
Detectives arrested six alleged members of a 'carjacking' gang along with stolen vehicles from the capital and elsewhere. During drives conducted on Tuesday, the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metrop...
-- 2018-05-23 19:50:55
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hosted an iftar mahfil in honour of the judges, diplomats and high civil and military government officials on Wednesday. Arriving at the iftar venue, the green lawn of Ga...
-- 2018-05-23 19:33:52
Four people get life term imprisonment in a case filed over killing a man over a trifling matter in Kendua upazila of Netrokona. District and Sessions Judge KM Rasheduzzaman Raja handed down the verd...
-- 2018-05-23 19:27:32
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has claimed the eradication of drug abuse is possible with a 'non-political' drive and enforcement of law. "Killing people in crossfires in the name...
-- 2018-05-23 19:11:02
Three members of a family have died in a road accident at Kashiani upazila of Gopalganj. Two others injured in the accident that occurred when a truck collided with a human hauler on Dhaka-Khulna hig...
-- 2018-05-23 18:26:46
The government is planning to construct 21 power plants, including private sector ones, in the country to generate 23,252 megawatt (MW) of electricity. "The government is constructing 47 power plants...
-- 2018-05-23 17:55:44
An infant drowned in a pond at Horaiteka village under Bahubol upazila in Habiganj on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Reduan, 2, son of Shajid Mia of the village. Locals said Redu...
-- 2018-05-23 17:22:02
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Wednesday indicated that there is no progress over Teesta water-sharing deal saying that the purpose of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Kolkata visit is something dif...
-- 2018-05-23 17:12:36
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has got additional $30 million from the United States (US) for providing food assistance to Rohingyas in Cox's Bazar. This funding comes on top of $25 mi...
-- 2018-05-23 16:15:12
Fifty seven members of six forest robber gangs surrendered to Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal along with their arms and ammunition at Labonchora in the district town on Wednesday. While surrende...
-- 2018-05-23 16:00:32
Prominent Journalist M Kamal Uddin has passed away aged around 62. He breathed his last at 6:15 am on Wednesday at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. M Kamal was suffering from lung cancer....
Agencies 2018-05-23 15:15:24
The High Court has summoned all the investigating officers (IOs) of 56 graft cases filed over BASIC Bank’s Tk 35 billion loan scam as they failed to complete the investigation in two and a half...
-- 2018-05-23 15:05:02
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said 0.10 million Rohingya people, now living in Bangladesh, will be shifted to Bhasan Char Island in Noakhali soon for giving them shelter there until their repatriat...
-- 2018-05-23 14:52:09
Police have arrested two culprits along with 33 crude bombs from Sher-e-Banglanagar in the capital on Tuesday night. "We arrested two people identifying them as Mominul Rahman,31, and Shafiqul Islam...
-- 2018-05-23 14:28:36
At least 30 villages in Akhaura upazila of Brahmanbaria district were submerged due to rains and onrush of water from Indian hills over the past several days. Onrush of water from Indian hills throug...
-- 2018-05-23 13:16:32
At least five people were killed and seven injured as a truck hit a human hauler on Bogura-Natore road at Partekur in Bogura sadar upazila on Wednesday. Three of the deceased have been identified as...
FE Online Report 2018-05-23 12:47:57
The passport of Bangladesh is 94th powerful one in the world, according to an international index released on Wednesday. Apart from Bangladesh, Lebanon also ranked 94th in the latest rankings. The i...
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