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Take preparations for JS polls: Tofail to AL men

Take preparations for JS polls: Tofail to AL men

-- 2018-05-01 17:50:12

Commerce Minister and Awami League Advisory Council Member Tofail Ahmed, MP, on Tuesday called upon all party leaders and workers to take preparations for the next Jatiya Sangsad (JS) election. "Duri...

Mother, 2 daughters died from excessive bleeding: Doctors

Mother, 2 daughters died from excessive bleeding: Doctors

-- 2018-05-01 17:42:08

The reason behind the death of the young woman and her two daughters, who were found dead at government quarter near Mirpur Bangla College in Dhaka, was excessive bleeding. Professor Selim Reza of Sh...

Mayoral candidates promise to make Khulna a clean city

Mayoral candidates promise to make Khulna a clean city

-- 2018-05-01 17:17:38

The mayoral candidates in the Khulna City Corporation (KCC) polls have promised to build a city if they win the election. They made the pledge at an open programme at the local press club on Monday,...

British-Bangladeshi jailed for 18 years over rape cases

British-Bangladeshi jailed for 18 years over rape cases

-- 2018-05-01 17:14:29

A British-Bangladeshi man has been jailed for 18 years for raping multiple women in the United Kingdom. The 30-year-old culprit named Mamun Rashid used to rent his spare room to women and then raped...

Suu Kyi stresses 'verification' of Rohingyas to expedite repatriation

Suu Kyi stresses 'verification' of Rohingyas to expedite repatriation

-- 2018-05-01 17:06:37

Myanmar' State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi underscored Myanmar’s readiness to receive the verified Rohingyas and necessary cooperation of Bangladesh to expedite the repatriation process. She sa...

Two die as bike crashes into Hatirjheel divider

Two die as bike crashes into Hatirjheel divider

-- 2018-05-01 16:15:52

Two motorcyclists were killed as their motorbike overturned near Hatirjheel area in the capital early Tuesday. The deceased have been identified Hedayet Ullah, 25 and his friend Habibullah, 24. Kazi...

Lightning kills 70 in March-April

Lightning kills 70 in March-April

-- 2018-05-01 14:50:49

At least 70 people were killed in lightning strikes across the country in March and April, Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya has said. He gave the information wh...

Two die, three injured in lightning strike

Two die, three injured in lightning strike

-- 2018-05-01 14:46:31

Two people were killed and three others injured in separate incidents of lightning in the district on Tuesday morning. In Jamalganj upazila, a farmer was killed and three others were injured as a lig...

Rangpur produces 46,954 tonnes of sweet potato

Rangpur produces 46,954 tonnes of sweet potato

-- 2018-05-01 13:02:01

The farmers have produced 46,954 tonnes of sweet potato in five districts under Rangpur agriculture region during the Rabi season. The farmers are also happy with the local market price of the newly...

Road crash claims three lives in M’singh

Road crash claims three lives in M’singh

-- 2018-05-01 12:57:33

At least three people were killed and five others injured as a bus hit a stationary truck in Habirbari Seedstore bazar in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh on Tuesday. Two of the deceased were identifi...

Elephant found dead in Sherpur

Elephant found dead in Sherpur

-- 2018-05-01 12:37:06

A wild elephant was found dead at bordering Gandhigaon village in Jhenaigati upazila on Tuesday morning. Md Rafiqul Islam, beat officer of Gazni beat of Department of Forest in Jhenaigati upazila, sa...

Injured youth dies in Satkhira land clash

Injured youth dies in Satkhira land clash

-- 2018-05-01 12:28:01

A young man, who was injured in a clash over land at Bandakati village in Kaliganj upazila on Monday evening, died on the way to Dhaka early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Masud Hossain, 24,...

Pro-workers rights slogans fill air

Pro-workers rights slogans fill air

FE Online Report 2018-05-01 11:33:30

Pro-workers rights slogans have filled the air of Paltan, one of the busiest areas in Dhaka city, marking the May Day. The slogans were chanted from various rallies which have been being taken out s...

Modi plans to meet Bangladesh PM in May

Modi plans to meet Bangladesh PM in May

-- 2018-05-01 11:19:23

NEW DELHI: After a successful summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Wuhan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now set to meet leaders of two other neighbours critical to India's foreign policy, Nep...

Nation observing May Day

Nation observing May Day

-- 2018-05-01 09:57:30

Bangladesh is observing the historic May Day with due respect as elsewhere in the world. The day commemorates the supreme sacrifices of the workers at Hay Market, Chicago, in the USA for eight-hour...

Mother, two minor daughters found dead in city

Mother, two minor daughters found dead in city

-- 2018-05-01 09:41:45

A woman and her 4- and 9-year old daughters have been found dead at their home in Dhaka’s Mirpur in a suspected case of murder-suicide, police say, report agencies. They suspect the woman, Ja...

UNSC envoys meet with Suu Kyi

UNSC envoys meet with Suu Kyi

-- 2018-05-01 09:29:56

  Myanmar's government leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with United Nations Security Council envoys on Monday over the plight of nearly 700,000 mainly Rohingya Muslims who fled to Bangladesh amid a m...

Land acquisition process for Araihazar EZ at final stage

Land acquisition process for Araihazar EZ at final stage

Talha Bin Habib 2018-05-01 09:13:05

The land acquisition process to set up Araihazar Economic Zone (AEZ) in Narayanganj district is now at the final stage, an official said. "We are working on it. We hope we will be able to finalise...

Solar power improves livelihood of char people

Solar power improves livelihood of char people

-- 2018-05-01 00:37:59

RANGPUR, Apr 30 (BSS): By virtue of solar power, the lifestyle of around 0.2 million people, living in some 200 remote and hardly reachable riverine char villages of all five districts in greater Rang...

Jashore road mishap kills cop

Jashore road mishap kills cop

-- 2018-04-30 22:42:57

A police officer was killed on Mondayafternoon in a road accident at Nabnagar area of Jhikargacha upazila on Jashore- Benapole Highway. The deceased was identified as Ahsanullah, 36, in-charge of Chi...

Lightning strikes leave 17 dead in 10 districts

Lightning strikes leave 17 dead in 10 districts

-- 2018-04-30 22:01:19

At least seventeen people were killed in separate incidents of lightning strike in 10 districts on Monday. The lightning strikes were reported from Narayanganj, Sunamganj, Rajshahi, Jamalpur, Pabna,...

100pc merit-based admission in colleges this year

100pc merit-based admission in colleges this year

-- 2018-04-30 21:17:18

The government has decided to apply 100 per cent merit-based admission policy this year at the colleges across the country. After completing the merit list, additional students can get admission unde...

Road accidents claim 2,123 lives in four months

Road accidents claim 2,123 lives in four months

-- 2018-04-30 20:39:20

At least 2,123 people were killed while 5,558 others were injured in as many as 1871 road accidents across the country in the first four months of this year. Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, a passeng...

Farmer ‘commits suicide’ in Magura

Farmer ‘commits suicide’ in Magura

-- 2018-04-30 18:01:09

A farmer allegedly committed suicide by taking poison at Dakhshin Mirzapur under Sadar upazila in Magura on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Tariqul Islam, 45. Quoting family members, Elius Ho...

DMP bans firecrackers on Shab-e-Barat

DMP bans firecrackers on Shab-e-Barat

-- 2018-04-30 17:58:37

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Monday imposed a ban on carrying explosives, crackers and explosion of firecrackers in the areas of its jurisdiction in the capital ahead the holy Shab-e-Barat to be...

‘Govt formed wage boards in 38 sectors’

‘Govt formed wage boards in 38 sectors’

-- 2018-04-30 17:49:57

The government has so far formed wage boards in 38 sectors out of 43 across the country to ensure standard wages for the concerned employees. State Minister for Labour and Employment Mujibul Haque Ch...

Law commission chairman for changing traffic law

Law commission chairman for changing traffic law

-- 2018-04-30 17:38:15

Law Commission Chairman Justice ABM Khairul Haque on Monday stressed the need for changing the existing traffic law to prevent growing number of road accidents. The former chief justice was talking t...

JS polls schedule in October

JS polls schedule in October

-- 2018-04-30 17:16:45

The schedule for 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) election will be announced in October next, Election Commissioner (EC) Md Rafiqul Islam said. He came up with the remark at a press conference on delimitati...

Nepal mulls tunnel way with Bangladesh

Nepal mulls tunnel way with Bangladesh

-- 2018-04-30 16:49:24

Bangladesh and Nepal will be connected through a tunnel way with an aim to promote the transnational road connectivity. Nepal's Industries and Commerce Minister, Matrika Prasad Yadav came up with the...

PM to brief media on Wednesday

PM to brief media on Wednesday

-- 2018-04-30 16:47:17

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will brief journalists on Wednesday about the outcomes of her just-concluded visits to Saudi Arabia, the UK and Australia. The press conference will be held at her offici...