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Shab-e-Barat on May 1

Shab-e-Barat on May 1

-- 2018-04-17 20:56:33

The holy Shab-e-Barat will be observed in the country on the night of May 1 as the Shaban moon was sighted in sky of Bangladesh on Tuesday. The National Moon Sighting Committee took the decision at a...

BD photojournalist in Reuters’ Pulitzer winning team

BD photojournalist in Reuters’ Pulitzer winning team

-- 2018-04-17 20:41:29

Mohammad Ponir Hossain, a Bangladeshi photojournalist, is a member of the photography team of Reuters that won the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography. Hossain was a part of the photography team w...

10 RMG factories to get safety practice award

10 RMG factories to get safety practice award

-- 2018-04-17 20:18:20

The Ministry of Labour and Employment will give 10 readymade garment (RMG) factories 'Peshagato Sastha and safety Uttam Charcha Purasskar' (Occupational Health and Safety Best Practice Award) on the o...

Dhamrai gunfight leaves three 'robbers' dead

Dhamrai gunfight leaves three 'robbers' dead

-- 2018-04-17 20:12:14

Three suspected robbers were killed in a 'gunfight' with the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Dhamrai Upazila in Dhaka on Tuesday. RAB-2 Company Commander Anwar Razzak said the ‘gunfight’...

Six pro-AL teachers assaulted in scuffles at JU

Six pro-AL teachers assaulted in scuffles at JU

-- 2018-04-17 19:14:06

Six pro-Awami League teachers of Jahangirnagar University (JU) (anti-VC group) were assaulted during a scuffle with another faction of pro-AL teachers (who support the Vice-Chancellor) at the transpor...

Over 48pc Rana Plaza survivors still unemployed

Over 48pc Rana Plaza survivors still unemployed

FE Online Report 2018-04-17 19:03:29

Almost half of the survivors of Rana Plaza collapse still remain unemployed due to various physical and mental complications. According to a follow up survey on some 200 survivors by Action Aid Bang...

PM stresses education for inclusive development

PM stresses education for inclusive development

-- 2018-04-17 18:48:44

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has pledged to provide education for all -- the key to achieving the overarching vision of inclusive development in the light of sustainable development goals. “We...

BGB seizes gold bars in Benapole

BGB seizes gold bars in Benapole

-- 2018-04-17 18:33:22

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered nine gold bars weighing 1.0 kg from Putkhali area under Benapole Port Police Station on Tuesday noon. Tipped off, when a team of the paramilitary fo...

BGB seizes 9 gold bars in Benapole

BGB seizes 9 gold bars in Benapole

-- 2018-04-17 18:26:30

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 9 gold bars weighing 1 kg from Putkhali area under Benapole Port Police Station in Jashore on Tuesday noon. Tipped off, when a team of the paramilit...

Three-state trial bus run on April 23

Three-state trial bus run on April 23

-- 2018-04-17 17:31:39

Bangladesh, India and Nepal will carry out a trial bus run on April 23. Two buses carrying 35 passengers will travel from Dhaka to Siliguri and onwards to Kathmandu, according to a report by timesofi...

Five ex-officials of Oriental Bank get 68 years jail over loan scam

Five ex-officials of Oriental Bank get 68 years jail over loan scam

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

A Dhaka court on Tuesday sentenced five former officials of Oriental Bank Limited, now known as ICB Islamic Bank, to 68 years imprisonment each and fined them Tk 40.02 million each in four graft cases...

Rajbari ‘gunfight’ leaves outlaw dead

Rajbari ‘gunfight’ leaves outlaw dead

-- 2018-04-17 16:57:15

A suspected member of an outlawed party was killed in a 'gunfight' between his cohorts and detectives at Jakura Balurghat under Sadar upazila of Rajbari early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as...

Rajib to be buried in Patuakhali

Rajib to be buried in Patuakhali

-- 2018-04-17 15:45:32

Govt Titumir College student Rajib Hasan, who died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital early Tuesday after getting his right arm lost being pressed between two buses in Dhaka city, will be laid to etern...

Narayanganj gunfight leaves ‘drug pedlar’ wounded

Narayanganj gunfight leaves ‘drug pedlar’ wounded

Our Correspondent 2018-04-17 14:44:00

An alleged drug pedlar received bullet injury in a gunfight with police at Pagla Nischintapur area under Kutubpur union of Narayanganj on early Tuesday. Manjur Kader, Officer-in- Charge (acting) of F...

BNP demands army deployment in Gazipur, Khulna city polls

BNP demands army deployment in Gazipur, Khulna city polls

It seeks immediate withdrawal of Gazipur SP Harun 2018-04-17 13:35:48

BNP on Tuesday demanded deployment of army at least seven days before the mayoral elections to Khulna and Gazipur city corporations billed for May 15. The party also sought immediate withdrawal of Ga...

Prisoner dies after falling ill at Satkhira jail

Prisoner dies after falling ill at Satkhira jail

-- 2018-04-17 13:19:47

A prisoner, who was serving a five-year imprisonment in a drug case, died at Satkhira jail on early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Golam Mostafa, 30, son of Aziar Rahman of Gayeshpur village...

BNP delegation sits with CEC

BNP delegation sits with CEC

-- 2018-04-17 13:17:58

A six-member BNP delegation sat in a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Tuesday morning ahead of the mayoral elections to Khulna and Gazipur city corporations. The meeting bega...

34,750 farmers to get incentive for Aush farming

34,750 farmers to get incentive for Aush farming

-- 2018-04-17 13:06:55

A total of 34,750 farmers will get incentives of seed, fertilizer and irrigation support for the cultivation of Aus paddy in the current Kharif-1 season in four districts in Rajshahi region. Of the t...

Police arrest 25 in Habiganj

Police arrest 25 in Habiganj

-- 2018-04-17 12:50:55

Police, in regular drives arrested 35 people including 23 wanted accused and two drug traders from different areas of the district in last 12-hour ending at 9 am Tuesday morning. Assistant Superinte...

Mother jumps before train along with son

Mother jumps before train along with son

-- 2018-04-17 12:40:08

A 25-year-old woman carrying her minor son reportedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a running train at Dhamail under Gafargaon upazila of Mymensingh on Tuesday morning. The deceased were i...

RAB arrests fake question paper supplier

RAB arrests fake question paper supplier

-- 2018-04-17 12:18:21

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5 arrested an alleged member of the fake question paper leaking gang from Jambaria Girls High School area under Bholahat upazila in Chapainawabganj district on Monday even...

Suspected mugger dies in B’baria ‘gunfight’

Suspected mugger dies in B’baria ‘gunfight’

-- 2018-04-17 12:00:00

A suspected mugger was killed in a reported gunfight between his cohorts and police in Bypass Rail Gate area of Akhaura upazila early Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Khokon Sutradhar, 30...

Historic Mujibnagar Day being observed

Historic Mujibnagar Day being observed

-- 2018-04-17 11:05:36

The historic Mujibnagar Day is being observed on Tuesday marking the formation of Bangladesh's first government that led the War of Liberation in 1971. On this day in 1971, senior leaders of Awami Le...

BCL expels 24 female activists over quota reform protests

BCL expels 24 female activists over quota reform protests

-- 2018-04-17 10:40:41

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has permanently suspended twenty-four of its central and Dhaka University (DU) Kabi Sufia Kamal hall unit leaders and activists for their alleged involvement in the Apr...

No new company qualifies for DSEX

No new company qualifies for DSEX

FE Report 2018-04-17 10:32:42

None of the newly listed companies could fulfil the required criteria for being included in the broad index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) during the period from December last year to February this y...

PM reaches London to join Commonwealth summit

PM reaches London to join Commonwealth summit

-- 2018-04-17 10:30:49

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reached London in the early hours of Tuesday (local time) on a six-day official visit to the United Kingdom (UK) to attend the 25th Commonwealth Heads of Government Me...

JICA for integrated port planning to meet demand

JICA for integrated port planning to meet demand

Our Correspondent 2018-04-17 10:27:23

Consultants of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) presented five technical papers in a workshop on its preparatory survey on Matarbari deep seaport development on Monday. JICA survey team...

Rajib loses fight for survival

Rajib loses fight for survival

Agencies 2018-04-17 10:12:34

Rajib Hossain, the Government Titumir College student who lost his right arm to a race between two buses in Dhaka recently, has died. Rajib lost his battle for survival in the early hours of Tuesda...

IMED opposes BBA's plea for  addl fund to acquire more land

IMED opposes BBA's plea for addl fund to acquire more land

FHM Humayan Kabir 2018-04-17 00:57:16

The Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) has opposed a demand coming from the Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) for allocating a substantial amount of additional fund under the Pad...

PM leaves KSA for UK

PM leaves KSA for UK

-- 2018-04-16 22:03:12

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhammam of Saudi Arabia for the UK on Monday afternoon. A special flight of Saudi Government carrying the prime minister and members of her entourage departed King A...