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Maize harvest progresses fast in Gaibandha

-- 2018-04-16 21:38:27

GAIBANDHA, Apr 16 (BSS): Harvest of maize, one of the cash crops of the district, has been progressing fast in all the seven upazilas here for few weeks last amid much enthusiasm to the farmers. The...

BNP demands Khaleda be moved to Hospital

-- 2018-04-16 21:26:21

BNP has demanded that Khaleda Zia should be transferred to Gulshan’s United Hospital without delay after her health ‘deteriorated even further’. “Yesterday, we said the leader...

Tractor crushes cyclist in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-04-16 21:11:21

A bicyclist was crushed under the wheels of a tractor at Sundarpur under Chapainawabganj sadar upazila Monday morning, reports BSS. The deceased was identified as Nizam Uddin, 30, son of Ekramul Hoqu...

DU BCL’s factional clash leaves six injured

-- 2018-04-16 20:56:51

Six leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) have been injured in a factional clash on the Dhaka University campus over their upcoming national council. The injured BCL members allege...

Miscreants shot social worker dead in Khagrachhari

-- 2018-04-16 20:43:04

A social worker was shot dead by miscreants at Perachhara under Sadar upazila of Khagrachhari on Monday afternoon. Police recovered the bullet-hit body of Surya Bikash Chakma from the courtyard of one...

Ershad criticises Hasina for not keeping election pledges

-- 2018-04-16 20:18:34

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has alleged that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina failed to keep her election pledges. Ershad said that Sheikh Hasina came to power promising to provide the poor with rice...

No negligence shown towards Khaleda’s treatment: Nasim

-- 2018-04-16 19:41:30

Health Minister Mohammad Nasim on Monday said no negligence was shown in the treatment of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in jail, reports UNB. Talking to the reporters at the secretariat the minister sa...

45,000 schools, madrasas got multimedia class rooms: Palak

-- 2018-04-16 19:30:04

A total of 45,000 primary and secondary schools and madrassas have got technology-based multimedia classrooms so far as part of government's initiatives to build a knowledge and technology-oriented so...

Six get life in prison over murder

-- 2018-04-16 19:16:34

A court in Narsingdi on Monday convicted six people and sentenced them to life imprisonment in a case filed over killing a trader in 2003. The convicts are Anwar Hossain, 32, Mosharraf Hossain, 35, F...

SSC examination results likely on May 6

-- 2018-04-16 18:06:23

The results of this year's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations might be published on May 6. Sources at the education ministry said preparations are going on to publish...

RMG workers block city street

FE Online Report 2018-04-16 17:56:02

Workers of a Readymade Garment (RMG) factory blocked a portion of Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in Farmgate area for half an hour on Monday, demanding their arrears, said police. Confirming the matter, Of...

Dr Yunus receives Notre Dame Award for Int’l Dev and Solidarity

-- 2018-04-16 17:40:43

Nobel Laureate Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus received the Notre Dame Award for International Development and Solidarity from the Kellogg Institute for International Studies recently. The award recognis...

Detectives interrogate three organisers of quota protest

-- 2018-04-16 16:56:42

Detective Branch of police interrogated three leaders of quota reform protests on Monday after they delivered an ultimatum to dismiss the cases over their recent demonstrations. The Bangladesh Sadhar...

Narail court to hear Khaleda’s bail plea on May 8

-- 2018-04-16 16:08:28

A court on Monday fixed May 8 for hearing on appeal petition filed seeking BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail in a case over ‘derogatory remarks’ against freedom fighters. Judge of...

Court rejects bail for bus drivers in case for injuring Rajib

-- 2018-04-16 15:19:10

A court has dismissed the bail petitions filed by the BRTC and Swajan Paribahan bus drivers involved in the accident that resulted in Titumir College student Rajib Hossain losing an arm in Dhaka. Dha...

Political feud leaves child shot dead, father injured in Noakhali

-- 2018-04-16 14:43:38

A child has been killed and his father wounded by bullets during an attack in Noakhali’s Hatia Upazila. The attack occurred in the upazila’s Ward-4 in the Hatia municipal area at around 8...

ACC quizzes AL MP Mizanur over 'illegal wealth'

-- 2018-04-16 14:33:23

Awami League MP Mizanur Rahman is facing questions from the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over alleged illegal accumulation of wealth. ACC Deputy Director Manjur Morshed began grilling the Khuln...

Road crash leaves biker dead in Natore

-- 2018-04-16 14:29:05

A motorcyclist has been killed and another suffered injury when an unidentified vehicle hit their bike at Khejurtola area of Boraigram upazila in Natore on Monday morning. The deceased was identified...

Drive underway against unfit vehicles

-- 2018-04-16 13:46:01

The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) on Monday launched drives against unfit and faulty vehicles in different parts of capital Dhaka. Shawkat Ali, secretary of BRTA, said the drive began at...

Withdraw cases within two days: Quota protesters

FE Online Desk 2018-04-16 13:37:37

Quota protest leaders have called for withdrawing all cases registered against them within two days. They made the call at a press conference in front of the central library at Dhaka University at 11...

Cops recover man’s body in Brahmanbaria

-- 2018-04-16 13:23:28

Police recovered the body of an unidentified man, aged around 45, from a pond in Akhaura municipal area in Brahmanbaria on Monday. Locals spotted the body, floating in a pond behind Maldar Para Nasri...

AL factional clash kills man in Faridpur

-- 2018-04-16 12:53:41

A man has died in a clash between two factions of local Awami League at Krishnapur Bazar under Sadarpur upazila of Faridpur on Monday morning.   The deceased was identified as Mannan Sikder, son...

GCC polls: AL mayor candidate wealthier than BNP’s

-- 2018-04-16 12:29:42

Hasan Uddin Sarker, former chairman of Tongi City Corporation, long-time parliamentarian and BNP candidate for the upcoming Gazipur mayor election, lags behind the younger Awami League candidate Moham...

Cyclist dies in Magura hit-and-run crash

-- 2018-04-16 11:59:00

A cyclist was killed after a speedy car hit him on Magura-Jhenaidah road at Ichhakhada in sadar upazila on Sunday evening. The deceased was identified as Somsher Ali Molla, 55, of Ichhakhada village...

Rohingyas brace for rains, landslides

Thomson Reuters Foundation 2018-04-16 11:58:33

Rohingyas brace for rains, landslides 'Race against the clock' to bolster Rohingya camps against rains, landslides Rohingya refugees fill their containers with drinking water from a hand-pump at Bal...

Habiganj police arrest 42 on various charges

-- 2018-04-16 11:53:10

Police, during separate drives arrested 42 persons including 32 wanted accused and two drug traders from different areas of the Habiganj district in Sylhet in last 12-hour ending at 9am Monday morning...

Cops nab two expats for torturing maid, her daughter

-- 2018-04-16 11:10:05

Police arrested two expatriates from Mazumdari area in Sylhet on Sunday night for torturing their domestic help and her daughter. The arrestees were identified as United Kingdom expatriates Kabir Ah...

FBCCI team to join C'wealth Forum

FE Report 2018-04-16 10:58:41

A delegation of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) left Dhaka for London on Saturday to join the Commonwealth Business Forum and Cardiff Business Seminar. Prime Mi...

Sajek fire guts three cottages

-- 2018-04-16 10:58:31

At least three tourist cottages were gutted in a fire at Sajek valley in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati early Monday. The fire broke out around 1:45am, said Anwar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Saj...

Direct trade links with Tunisia to boost exports

Mehdi Musharraf Bhuiyan 2018-04-16 10:53:59

Dhaka is keen to establish direct trade links with Tunisia to explore more markets for its readymade garments (RMG) in the North African country. The issue has been raised during a ministerial-level...