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RAB arrests five JMB men in C’nawabganj

RAB arrests five JMB men in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-04-29 17:40:56

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members arrested five members of banned Islamic outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Bajitpur area of Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj on Sunday. The arre...

UN delegates term Rohingya crisis ‘complex’, see no ‘easy solution’

UN delegates term Rohingya crisis ‘complex’, see no ‘easy solution’

-- 2018-04-29 16:32:21

The visiting high-profile delegation of the UN Security Council on Sunday termed Rohingya crisis a very “complex” issue and said there is no ‘easy solution’ to it. “This...

Lightning strikes claim 11 lives in five districts

Lightning strikes claim 11 lives in five districts

-- 2018-04-29 16:32:15

Eleven people were killed in lightning strikes in Sirajganj, Sunamganj, Magura, Noakhali and Rangamati districts on Sunday. According to UNB, among the 11 victims, five people were killed by separate...

RGM factory catches fire in city

RGM factory catches fire in city

-- 2018-04-29 16:21:18

A fire broke out at a readymade garment factory, Asiana Garment Industry, on Wapda Road in Rampura area of Dhaka city on Sunday noon. Ten units are working to put out the blaze, Fire Service Contro...

Bus-autorikshaw collision leaves passenger dead

Bus-autorikshaw collision leaves passenger dead

-- 2018-04-29 15:28:16

A man was killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Sylhet-Jakiganj road at Fulbari union of Gopalganj upazila on Sunday morning. The decease...

Dismal weather suspends Dhaka launch service

Dismal weather suspends Dhaka launch service

-- 2018-04-29 15:12:51

Adverse weather conditions have interrupted launch service from Dhaka to southern parts of Bangladesh. All water transport service from Dhaka’s Sadarghat was halted from 8:28 am to 9:42 am and...

More rain likely in next 48 hours

More rain likely in next 48 hours

FE Online Desk 2018-04-29 14:06:18

Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to occur over the country in next 48 hours, after a rain and thunderstorms swept over the capital on Sunday morning affecting the normal life. About 50 millimet...

PM leaves Sydney to return home

PM leaves Sydney to return home

-- 2018-04-29 13:03:41

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left Sydney for home wrapping up her three-day official visit to Australia to join the Global Summit of Women. In the summit, the prime minister was conferred on...

UNSC delegates visits Rohingya camps

UNSC delegates visits Rohingya camps

-- 2018-04-29 12:21:58

A 40-member delegation of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is visiting the Konarpara Rohingya refugee camp in Naikhongchari of Bandarban to see their plight first-hand. The delegation, which in...

Two inmates evade police custody in Sirajganj

Two inmates evade police custody in Sirajganj

-- 2018-04-29 11:58:41

Two accused of a drug case managed to escape from police custody while being shifted to Sirajganj jail from Shahjadpur Judicial Magistrate court on Saturday evening. The escaped accused are: Channu S...

Case filed over coal-laden cargo capsize in Sundarbans

Case filed over coal-laden cargo capsize in Sundarbans

-- 2018-04-29 11:45:47

A case has been filed accusing nine people over the capsize of a coal-laden cargo vessel in the Pashur River in Mongla upazila near the Sundarbans. But police have been unable to make any arrests till...

Govt making 20-year plan for development: PM

Govt making 20-year plan for development: PM

-- 2018-04-29 11:06:43

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government is making a 20-year plan to make Bangladesh a developed nation by 2041. Addressing a gathering of expatriates in Australia’s Sydney on Satur...

Woman who lost leg in Banani bus accident dies

Woman who lost leg in Banani bus accident dies

Agencies 2018-04-29 11:04:09

Rosina Akter, who lost a leg in a bus accident in Dhaka’s Banani recently, has succumbed to her injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. The medical staff declared Rosina dead at 7:20am on...

Three die as two motorcyclists clash in Dinajpur

Three die as two motorcyclists clash in Dinajpur

-- 2018-04-29 10:40:14

At least three people were killed and one injured in a head-on a collision between two motorcycles on Dinajpur-Gobindaganj highway at Jaliapara in Sadar upazila on Saturday afternoon. The deceased we...

Police arrest four Nigerians in Sylhet

Police arrest four Nigerians in Sylhet

-- 2018-04-29 10:36:59

Police have arrested four citizens of Nigeria from Mila Tila area in Jaintiapur upazila for intruding into Bangladesh illegally. The arrestees have been identified as Ovi Chisom Enest, 35, Ashachi Li...

Suspect in 15 cases dies in Satkhira ‘gunfight’

Suspect in 15 cases dies in Satkhira ‘gunfight’

-- 2018-04-29 10:34:39

A man accused in over a dozen cases has been killed in an alleged shootout with police in Abaderhat area of Sadar upazila in Satkhira early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Nabab Ali, son of Mu...

Inordinate delay in RMG raw materials' delivery at CCH

Inordinate delay in RMG raw materials' delivery at CCH

Pankaj Dastider 2018-04-29 09:39:05

The importers of raw materials for readymade garment units are facing trouble releasing their goods imported on the free-of-cost (FOC) basis due to alleged dilly-dallying tactics of officials concerne...

Life insurers facing capital shortfall

Life insurers facing capital shortfall

Rezaul Karim 2018-04-29 09:26:30

Country's insurance companies, especially life insurers, are facing a huge capital shortfall due to a drop in the rate of interest on their invested fund, officials said. "Currently, the life insuran...

36th BCS non-cadre aspirants demand completion of recruitment

36th BCS non-cadre aspirants demand completion of recruitment

-- 2018-04-28 21:52:36

A total of 1,431 non-cadre aspirants of 36th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) on Saturday asked the concerned authorities to complete the 100 per cent appointment of their batch before publishing the re...

Fahim now turning fortune wheel of his family doing outsourcing work

Fahim now turning fortune wheel of his family doing outsourcing work

Our Correspondent 2018-04-28 21:43:32

MAGURA, Apr 28: Disabled Fahimul Karim is now turning the fortune wheel of his family with outsourcing work. Fahimul is the son of Rezaul Karim in village Sitarampur under Magura sadar upazila. Fahimu...

Bumper peanut output likely in Gopalganj, Rajshahi

Bumper peanut output likely in Gopalganj, Rajshahi

Our Correspondent 2018-04-28 21:42:58

GOPALGANJ, Apr 28: Farmers of Boiltali union under Gopalganj Sadar are expecting a bumper production of 'Dhaka-1' peanut variety this season.Santosh Biswas, sub-assistant agriculture officer of Boilta...

Tabligh Jamaat factions clash in Kakrail

Tabligh Jamaat factions clash in Kakrail

-- 2018-04-28 21:37:25

Two factions of the Tabligh Jamaat have clashed over an old conflict at Dhaka’s Kakrail Mosque, the group’s Bangladesh headquarters. The conflict resurfaced on Saturday morning between th...

Miscreants hack Bangladeshi dead in Italy

Miscreants hack Bangladeshi dead in Italy

-- 2018-04-28 21:25:32

Some unidentified muggers hacked an expatriate Bangladeshi to death and injured two others in Italy's Milan on Friday. The deceased was identified as Shamsul Haque Swapan, 33, son of Abdus Salam, hai...

UNSC delegation arrives in Cox's Bazar

UNSC delegation arrives in Cox's Bazar

-- 2018-04-28 21:13:36

A delegation of United Nations Security Council has arrived in Bangladesh to see the plight of the Rohingyas from Myanmar now living in makeshift camps in Cox's Bazar. The 15-member team reached the...

Emphasis on more involvement of women in agriculture

Emphasis on more involvement of women in agriculture

-- 2018-04-28 21:00:49

Speaker of the parliament Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury Saturday emphasised on enhancing women engagement in agriculture for sustainable progress of the country. "It would be easier to attain sustainab...

College student found dead in Lalmonirhat

College student found dead in Lalmonirhat

-- 2018-04-28 20:39:11

Police recovered the body of a college student from a field near his house at Tentulia under Kaliganj upazila in Lalmonirhat on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Abu Hasan, 20, a first year st...

Seven out of world's 10 top green garment factories in BD: BGMEA

Seven out of world's 10 top green garment factories in BD: BGMEA

-- 2018-04-28 20:34:59

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) President Md Siddiqur Rahman has said seven out of world's top ten green factories are situated in Bangladesh. The BGMEA leader made...

PM leaves Sydney for home Sunday

PM leaves Sydney for home Sunday

-- 2018-04-28 20:30:26

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves here for Dhaka on Sunday afternoon wrapping up her three-day official visit to Australia. A Thai airways plane carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage will l...

Australia to continue support to resolve Rohingya crisis

Australia to continue support to resolve Rohingya crisis

-- 2018-04-28 20:09:02

Australia will continue its support to Bangladesh for resolving the Rohingya crisis. Australian Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull made assurance at a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at his res...

Govt to turn all jails into correction centres: Anisul Huq

Govt to turn all jails into correction centres: Anisul Huq

-- 2018-04-28 19:37:45

The government is going to formulate a new law and amend the existing prison rules to turn all the jails of the country into correction centres. Law Minister Anisul Huq came up with the remark while...