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Nor'wester damages betel leaf, Boro land in Magura

Nor'wester damages betel leaf, Boro land in Magura

Our Correspondent 2018-04-16 00:30:44

MAGURA, Apr 15:  Nor'wester panic is yet to be over from Magura villagers. They still get panicked as they recently have strong nor'westers on March 30 and April 11. The nor'weaster caused heavy...

Tajhat Zamindar Bari, a glorious historical palace

Tajhat Zamindar Bari, a glorious historical palace

Our Correspondent 2018-04-16 00:29:44

RANGPUR, Apr 15: Tajhat Zamindar Bari in Tajhat area, 3.0 km off Rangpur city known as a majestic palace and one of the most remarkable historical palaces in the country.     ...

Youth’s social media addiction worries Joy

Youth’s social media addiction worries Joy

-- 2018-04-15 20:18:16

The young generation's addiction to social media is gradually taking an alarming turn, said Prime Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Sunday.  "Seeing their addiction to the inter...

Train service from Dhaka resumes after five hours

Train service from Dhaka resumes after five hours

-- 2018-04-15 19:07:25

The train service of Dhaka with other parts of the country has resumed five hours after it was halted due to a train accident in Tongi. Four passengers were killed and at least 26 injured after a Dha...

ACC grills Chisty, 3 others over Farmers Bank loan scam

ACC grills Chisty, 3 others over Farmers Bank loan scam

-- 2018-04-15 17:35:21

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) grilled Farmers Bank's former Audit Committee chairman Mahabubul Haque Chisty and three others in a case filed over money embezzlement and irregularities in loan d...

Crane fall leaves two workers dead in Rajshashi

Crane fall leaves two workers dead in Rajshashi

-- 2018-04-15 17:23:21

Two workers were killed as a crane collapsed on them at a multi-storied under-construction building in Shah Makhdum of Rajshahi on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Mustazfiul Islam, 22, and Ba...

PM leaves Dhaka for Saudi Arabia

PM leaves Dhaka for Saudi Arabia

-- 2018-04-15 17:06:28

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka on Sunday afternoon on a nine-day official visit to Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom. A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying the Prime Minister and her...

Train runs over, kills two schoolboys in Kushtia

Train runs over, kills two schoolboys in Kushtia

-- 2018-04-15 16:57:08

Two schoolboys riding a motorcycle have been killed in a train accident at a level crossing in Kushtia’s Mirpur Upazila. The accident occurred at the Poradaha Railway Junction level crossing ar...

Four die in Naogaon road accident

Four die in Naogaon road accident

-- 2018-04-15 16:51:52

At least four people died in a road accident in Porsha upazila of Naogaon district on Sunday. Three others were also injured in the accident that occurred as a bus rammed an auto rickshaw and overtur...

Train derailment leaves four dead in Tongi

Train derailment leaves four dead in Tongi

-- 2018-04-15 16:33:34

A commuter train derailed in Tongi area on Sunday, leaving four passengers dead and cutting off Dhaka's rail communications with some areas of the country. Sub-Inspector of Joydepur Railway police ou...

Coal-laden cargo capsizes near Sundarbans

Coal-laden cargo capsizes near Sundarbans

-- 2018-04-15 14:59:04

A cargo carrying 775 metric tonnes of coal capsized in the Pashur River in Mongla upazila near Sundarbans on Saturday night. Commander Oli Ullah, harbour master of Mongla Port, said Jashore-bound 'M...

Three die as train derails in Gazipur

Three die as train derails in Gazipur

-- 2018-04-15 14:16:03

At least three passengers were killed falling from the train roof after it was derailed at Tongi in Gazipur on Sunday. The details about the deceased could not be known immediately. Kamalapur Govern...

Rajshahi crane collapse kills two workers

Rajshahi crane collapse kills two workers

-- 2018-04-15 14:11:34

Two workers have been killed after a crane collapsed on them at a multi-storied under-construction building in Shah Makhdum area in Rajshahi on Sunday. The deceased, Mustazfiul Islam (22) and Babu Mi...

Gulistan hawker eviction drive: Two BCL leaders face attempted murder charges

Gulistan hawker eviction drive: Two BCL leaders face attempted murder charges

-- 2018-04-15 13:16:16

Police have pressed 'attempted murder' charges against two leaders of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) who are accused of discharging firearms into the air during a 2016 drive to remove hawkers at...

EC accepts nominations of five Khulna mayoral aspirants

EC accepts nominations of five Khulna mayoral aspirants

-- 2018-04-15 12:53:21

The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday accepted nomination papers of five candidates for the mayoral post of Khulna City Corporation polls scheduled to be held on May 15. The candidates are -- Talukd...

Rain with thundershowers likely: Met office

Rain with thundershowers likely: Met office

-- 2018-04-15 12:51:35

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at many places with hails at isolated places over the country in 24 hours ending at 9 am tomorrow. "Rain or th...

Biman Bangladesh flight misses arrival schedule at HSIA

Biman Bangladesh flight misses arrival schedule at HSIA

FE Online Report 2018-04-15 12:35:57

An international flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines has failed to meet its arrival schedule at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Sunday. BG087 from Malaysia was scheduled to arrive at...

Man dies in Mankiganj road crash

Man dies in Mankiganj road crash

-- 2018-04-15 11:25:36

A young man was killed and eight others injured following a head on a collision between a bus and a human hauler on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Muljan area in sadar upazila on Sunday morning. The decease...

Shared culture behind fraternal ties with Dhaka: Delhi

Shared culture behind fraternal ties with Dhaka: Delhi

-- 2018-04-15 11:17:39

A symbolic Mongol Shubhajatra and a mesmerizing display of dance and music marked the celebration of Pahela Baishakh, Bangla New Year’s Day, by Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi on Saturda...

Myanmar takes back first Rohingya family

Myanmar takes back first Rohingya family

-- 2018-04-15 10:41:58

Myanmar on Saturday repatriated the first Rohingya family from nearly 700,000 refugees who have fled to Bangladesh, after months of fraught talks with Dhaka and amid the United Nations’ warnings...

Three railway guards hacked in Chuadanga

Three railway guards hacked in Chuadanga

-- 2018-04-15 10:35:08

Three security guards including an Ansar member of Darshana International Railway Station were hacked to injuries by miscreants in the yard on Saturday night. The injured were identified as Hafizur R...

Alliance looks to form capable successor organisation

Alliance looks to form capable successor organisation

Monira Munni 2018-04-15 10:24:45

The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety has initiated a process to form a separate entity which will monitor safety issues in readymade garment factories after 2018, as its five-year tenure is going...

Weekly analysis: Average turnover exceeds Tk 6.0 billion-mark on DSE

Weekly analysis: Average turnover exceeds Tk 6.0 billion-mark on DSE

Babul Barman 2018-04-15 10:19:44

The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) posted a moderate correction last week that ended Thursday, after witnessing the biggest single-week gain since its inception in January 2013. Market...

Rab arrests Sylhet youth with Yaba pills, heroin

Rab arrests Sylhet youth with Yaba pills, heroin

-- 2018-04-14 22:31:58

Rapid Action Battalion members arrested a young man along with 2,420 Yaba tablets and 58 grams heroin in Beanibazar upazila of Sylhet district on Friday night.  The arrestee is Abdur Rahman Monu...

Police nab eight Jamaat-Shibir men in C’nawabganj

Police nab eight Jamaat-Shibir men in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-04-14 22:17:56

Detectives on Saturday arrested eight activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir allegedly along with leaflets and books on militancy from a mess in Shahibagh area of Sadar upaz...

Muslims observe Shab-e-Meraj

Muslims observe Shab-e-Meraj

-- 2018-04-14 22:11:39

The holy Shab-e-Meraj is being observed in the country tonight (Saturday night) with due religious fervour.   On 27th of Arabic month of Rajab every year, the Muslims observe the Shab-e-Meraj, t...

B Chowdhury doubtful about fair election

B Chowdhury doubtful about fair election

-- 2018-04-14 22:05:41

Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) President AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Saturday expressed his doubt about a free, fair and neutral election for the government's 'illogical and anti-democratic steps'. &n...

Mobile court jails snatchers for one year

Mobile court jails snatchers for one year

-- 2018-04-14 21:38:41

 A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-3 today sentenced two persons to one year jail each for their involvement in snatching. The convicted are Sohel Rana and Russel Ahmed, said senior...

Quota system abolition a wrong decision: Ershad

Quota system abolition a wrong decision: Ershad

-- 2018-04-14 21:16:07

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has said it is wrong to fully abolish the quota system in government service.  "Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced to abolish the quota system. However,...

Nor’wester mars glee of Pahela Baishakh revellers

Nor’wester mars glee of Pahela Baishakh revellers

-- 2018-04-14 20:58:18

A nor'wester, coupled with a hailstorm, swept the capital on Saturday, the first day of Bangla New Year, bringing sufferings to the Pahela Baishakh revellers.   Met office recorded 30mm of rainf...