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In-laws set man on fire following divorce

In-laws set man on fire following divorce

-- 2018-04-24 11:21:14

A young man was set on fire by his former in-laws at Daulatdihi village in Sadar upazila on Monday afternoon. The victim was identified as Moniruzzaman alias Rony, 28, son of Shafiur Rahman of Amaba...

Rana Plaza 'was a man-made disaster'

Rana Plaza 'was a man-made disaster'

-- 2018-04-24 10:57:05

Five years after the Rana Plaza disaster, Bangladesh-born British MP Rushanara Ali has described what happened as "not an accident" but "a man-made disaster". She was speaking at a panel debate at th...

Stock of Ramadan food items adequate

Stock of Ramadan food items adequate

Pankaj Dastider 2018-04-24 10:38:16

With the nearing of the Ramadan month the people of the region are concerned about the unusual price hike of essential consumer items. As for today, the prices of consumer goods having high demand du...

ICAB suggests gradual cutback on corporate tax

ICAB suggests gradual cutback on corporate tax

FE Report 2018-04-24 10:33:05

Chartered accountants on Monday suggested the government set a national revenue target and distribute it among the tax offices in a logical manner. The revenue target and distribution of the targ...

About 50pc Rana Plaza survivors still unemployed

About 50pc Rana Plaza survivors still unemployed

FE Report 2018-04-24 10:00:12

More than 47 per cent of the survivors of Rana Plaza disaster are still unemployed while most of the injured people couldn't bear medical costs of their own, a roundtable on the fifth anniversary of t...

Govt takes up project to convert   Dhaka Central Jail into museum

Govt takes up project to convert Dhaka Central Jail into museum

FHM Humayan Kabir 2018-04-24 00:50:49

The government has recently taken up a project to build a Jail Museum, first of its kind in the country, on the site of Old Dhaka Central Jail, officials said on Monday. The state-owned Bangladesh Ja...

Day labourer shortage hits  Sylhet Boro harvest

Day labourer shortage hits Sylhet Boro harvest

Our Correspondent 2018-04-23 22:06:30

SYLHET, Apr 23: Boro farmers of Sylhet division are suffering acute shortage of day labourers during the current harvesting season. Sources said paddy growers of the region are in difficult situation...

Modi praises Hasina's leadership

Modi praises Hasina's leadership

-- 2018-04-23 21:10:32

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lauded the "bold and courageous" leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for remarkable success in socio-economic development of Bangladesh. His appreciatio...

Police foil BNP rally in city

Police foil BNP rally in city

-- 2018-04-23 21:00:24

Police foiled a rally brought out by Dhaka South City unit BNP in the capital on Monday demanding the release of party Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail. A group of leaders and activists of the party...

President Hamid to take oath today

President Hamid to take oath today

-- 2018-04-23 20:53:46

President Md. Abdul Hamid will take oath on Tuesday as head of the state for the second consecutive term. Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will administer his oath of office at the...

DMP realised Tk2.3m as fine for traffic law violations on Sunday

DMP realised Tk2.3m as fine for traffic law violations on Sunday

-- 2018-04-23 20:51:26

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)’s traffic department filed 2713 cases and collected fines of Tk 2.3 million in separate special drives against traffic rules violators in the capital on Sunday....

Asaduzzaman Noor for building awareness about copyright

Asaduzzaman Noor for building awareness about copyright

-- 2018-04-23 20:29:03

Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor on Monday urged all to build awareness about the copyright act. He made the call while attending a seminar, marking the World Book and Copyright Day at Nati...

'Tarique returned Bangladeshi passport four years ago'

'Tarique returned Bangladeshi passport four years ago'

-- 2018-04-23 20:11:47

BNP's acting Chairman Tarique Rahman handed over his passport to the British Home Office four years ago. State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam came up with the statement at a press confe...

BGB-BSF talks begin Tuesday  

BGB-BSF talks begin Tuesday  

-- 2018-04-23 18:52:15

Director General-level border talks between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Border Security Force of India (BSF) will begin at BGB Pilkhana headquarters in Dhaka on Tuesday. A 10-member Indian dele...

Govt provides financial assistance to amputee transport worker

Govt provides financial assistance to amputee transport worker

-- 2018-04-23 18:04:00

Khalid Hasan Hridoy, a transport worker of Gopalganj who lost a hand in a road mishap recently, received Tk 50,000 as medical aid from Bangladesh Labour Welfare Foundation trust. Secretary of Labour...

Baby comes to life just before burial

Baby comes to life just before burial

-- 2018-04-23 17:45:19

A newborn baby, who was declared dead at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), was found alive hours later when bathing was underway prior its burial in the city's Azimpur Graveyard on Monday. DMCH...

Govt to make necessary changes in Digital Security Act

Govt to make necessary changes in Digital Security Act

-- 2018-04-23 17:33:01

Law Minister Anisul Huq on Monday said changes will be brought in the 'Digital Security Act' as demands have been made for its amendment. "We believe in democracy and we'll do everything for the free...

AL delegation visits Mahatma Gandhi Memorial

AL delegation visits Mahatma Gandhi Memorial

-- 2018-04-23 17:27:38

An Awami League delegation has visited Mahatma Gandhi Memorial at Rajghat in New Delhi of India and paid tributes to India's Father of the Nation. Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem...

Tarique sends legal notice to Shahriar

Tarique sends legal notice to Shahriar

-- 2018-04-23 17:18:14

BNP’s acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has sent a legal notice to State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam. The BNP leader sought proof from the state minister about his recent claim th...

13 to die for murder in Gazipur

13 to die for murder in Gazipur

-- 2018-04-23 14:12:45

A Gazipur court has sentenced 13 people to death for a murder in 1995. Gazipur Additional District and Sessions Judge – 3 Md Fazle Elahi Bhuiyan announced the verdict on Monday. Seven of the c...

RAB detains three suspected militants

RAB detains three suspected militants

-- 2018-04-23 13:35:02

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested three members of banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam from Belpukur area in Rajshahi early Monday. The arrestees are Md Raju Ahmmed, 24, s...

HSC examinee dies in Rajshahi road crash

HSC examinee dies in Rajshahi road crash

-- 2018-04-23 11:43:54

A Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinee was killed in a road accident in Paba upazila on Sunday night. The deceased has been identified as Saiful Islam Roni, son of one Rezaul of Alimganj in th...

FBCCI urges govt to include tourism policy in next budget

FBCCI urges govt to include tourism policy in next budget

FE Report 2018-04-23 11:24:04

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) urged Sunday the government to incorporate a time-befitting tourism policy in the upcoming national budget to help the sector f...

PM returns home from London

PM returns home from London

-- 2018-04-23 10:51:29

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left London for home, wrapping up her six-day official visit to the United Kingdom (UK). A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and he...

Two die in ‘shootout’ with RAB in Chapainawabganj

Two die in ‘shootout’ with RAB in Chapainawabganj

-- 2018-04-23 10:19:29

Two suspected robbers have been killed in an alleged shootout with RAB in Chapainawabganj’s Gomostapur Upazila. The gunfight occurred between 12:15am and 12:30am on the Kuichagara-Argara road o...

Concerns for Rohingyas grow as monsoon nears

Concerns for Rohingyas grow as monsoon nears

FE Report 2018-04-23 10:19:10

As thousands of Rohingya refugees who have taken shelter in the makeshift camps in Cox's Bazar have started feeling the bite of pre-monsoon rain, human rights bodies and development partners have expr...

Four farmers killed in lightning strikes

Four farmers killed in lightning strikes

-- 2018-04-22 21:54:55

Four farmers were killed in separate lightning strikes in Habiganj and Kishoreganj districts on Sunday. In Habiganj, two farmers died as they were struck by lightning at Sujonpur in Lakhai upazila in...

Aloevera cultivation gaining  popularity in Bogura

Aloevera cultivation gaining popularity in Bogura

Emdadul Haque 2018-04-22 21:47:40

BOGURA, Apr 22:  Aloevera, locally known as Ghritkumari, cultivation is gaining popularity in Shajahanpur upazila of the district. A good number of poor farmers have improved their socio-economic...

150 hectares of Boro land come under blast attack

150 hectares of Boro land come under blast attack

-- 2018-04-22 21:46:42

NETRAKONA, Apr 22 (UNB): Fungal disease 'blast' has affected different upazilas of the district, hindering Boro production during the harvesting season. The fungal attack has spread all over the upaz...

Chilli cultivation brings smile on faces of marginal growers

Chilli cultivation brings smile on faces of marginal growers

Our Correspondent 2018-04-22 21:45:59

SYLHET, Apr 22: Chilli growers of Sylhet division will complete their harvest within a few days. Sources said cultivation of varieties of chilli was increased during the last Rabi season. A good num...