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Met office predicts rain, thundershowers

Met office predicts rain, thundershowers

-- 2018-04-13 16:58:01

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at one or two pla...

PM mourns death of Narsingdi AL leader

PM mourns death of Narsingdi AL leader

-- 2018-04-13 16:45:55

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of former general secretary of Narsingdi Awami League and valiant Freedom Fighter Mahbubur Rahman Bhuiyan. In a con...

Mother burns son to death

Mother burns son to death

-- 2018-04-13 15:13:14

A mother was arrested for allegedly killing her nine-year-old son by setting him on fire in Araihazar Upazila in Narayanganj on Friday morning. The arrestee is Shefali Begum, a resident of Baroipara...

BGB arrests youth with 7300 Yaba pills

BGB arrests youth with 7300 Yaba pills

-- 2018-04-13 14:24:06

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a young man along with 7300 pieces of Yaba tablets from Shibnagar village in Akhaura upazila on Thursday. The arrestee is Selim Mia, 19, son of Manga...

Trump greets Bengalis on Pohela Boishakh

Trump greets Bengalis on Pohela Boishakh

-- 2018-04-13 14:09:17

US President Donald Trump has greeted Bengalis across the world on the occasion of Pohela Boishakh, the first day of Bangla New Year. The Trump administration greeted the Bengalis in a statement issu...

Three-tier security in Ctg for Pahela Baishakh

Three-tier security in Ctg for Pahela Baishakh

-- 2018-04-13 11:51:36

The Chattagram Metropolitan Police (CMP) has devised three level security measures to avoid any untoward incident in the upcoming Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bengali new year.   Amena...

Man to die, two get life for murder in Netrokona

Man to die, two get life for murder in Netrokona

-- 2018-04-13 11:48:51

A court in Netrokona on Thursday sentenced a man to death and two others to life term imprisonment for killing a man in 2013. The condemned convict is Alim Uddin, 28, son of Abdur Razzak of Durgapur...

Growers expect bumper litchi yield in Dinajpur

Growers expect bumper litchi yield in Dinajpur

-- 2018-04-13 11:36:33

The litchi growers of Dinajpur district are expecting bumper yield this season following excellent blooming in the litchi trees amid favourable weather condition. The farmers of the northern distri...

Trolley runs over, kills woman in Gopalganj

Trolley runs over, kills woman in Gopalganj

-- 2018-04-13 11:35:34

A woman was killed when a trolley hit her at Betgram in Sadar upazila on Friday morning. Manirul Islam, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said a sand-laden trolley knocked down Kalipara Bisw...

BCL lifts expulsion order on Esha

BCL lifts expulsion order on Esha

FE Online Desk 2018-04-13 11:19:52

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has lifted its expulsion order on its Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall unit president Iffat Jahan Esha. The decision was taken in an emergency meeting after what it said she had...

‘Robber’ lynched in Narsingdi

‘Robber’ lynched in Narsingdi

-- 2018-04-13 10:46:42

A suspected robber was killed in a lynch-mob attack at Mandertek under Manohardi upazila in Narsingdi in the early hours of Friday. The deceased could not be identified yet. Fakhruddin Bhuiyan, offi...

8,931 tonnes of mustard yield in Sylhet div this season

8,931 tonnes of mustard yield in Sylhet div this season

Our Correspondent 2018-04-13 00:31:15

SYLHET, Apr 12: A good yield of mustard has been achieved in different areas of Sylhet division this year. Harvest of the crop has already completed while the total area cultivated was 7443 hectares o...

ACC arrests shipping dept’s chief engineer for taking bribe

ACC arrests shipping dept’s chief engineer for taking bribe

-- 2018-04-12 21:20:07

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday arrested the Chief Engineer of the Department of Shipping Dr SM Nazmul Haque red-handed while taking bribe. Nazmul demanded Tk 1.5 million from a ship...

Fish trader found dead in Jashore

Fish trader found dead in Jashore

-- 2018-04-12 20:44:59

Police recovered the body of a fish trader from a fish enclosure at Raripukur village in Sharsha upazila early Thursday.  The deceased was identified as Kader Ali, 42.  Victim's family mem...

Book on socio-economics to hit stands   

Book on socio-economics to hit stands  

FE Online Report 2018-04-12 19:38:44

A book on Bangladesh’s rural economy and the evolution of the social context was launched on Thursday. The book titled ‘Socio-Economics of Bangladesh through the Decades’ is writte...

Parliament passes bill to form Rangpur Metropolitan Police

Parliament passes bill to form Rangpur Metropolitan Police

-- 2018-04-12 19:15:58

The Parliament has passed a bill to form Rangpur Metropolitan Police aiming to ensure public security in the city area. The bill also aims to improve the law and order and strengthening the police se...

Professionals attacked residence of DU VC: DMP chief

Professionals attacked residence of DU VC: DMP chief

-- 2018-04-12 19:08:28

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia believes the attackers who vandalised the residence of the Dhaka University vice chancellor’s residence during the quota reform protests we...

HC bans ‘two-finger test’ for rape victims

HC bans ‘two-finger test’ for rape victims

-- 2018-04-12 18:44:58

The High Court has banned the use of the so-called ‘two-finger test’ and ‘bio-manual test’ conducted for the rape victims to prove the rape. The HC said there is no legal or s...

State-owned banks' non-performance loan stands at Tk 550b

State-owned banks' non-performance loan stands at Tk 550b

-- 2018-04-12 18:34:21

Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday told Parliament that the amount of non-performance loan of different state-owned banks is some Tk 550 billion against individuals and organisations. "As per th...

PM urges all to be economical in using electricity

PM urges all to be economical in using electricity

-- 2018-04-12 18:29:04

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged all to be economical in using electricity as power production needs huge money. The Prime Minister said consumers are getting electricity at a very lower as gov...

Gazette on quota system after receiving PM’s directive: Secretary

Gazette on quota system after receiving PM’s directive: Secretary

-- 2018-04-12 17:33:54

A gazette on quota in government service will be issued after receiving Prime Minister's instruction in this regard. Public Administration Ministry's Senior Secretary Mozammel Haque Khan came up with...

1,030 complaints resolved in 2017: ACC

1,030 complaints resolved in 2017: ACC

-- 2018-04-12 16:55:29

The public hearing becomes an effective tool to ensure transparency and accountability in the public offices as the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) disposed of 1,030 complaints, out of 1,218, through...

BNP smells a rat in PM’s quota abolition

BNP smells a rat in PM’s quota abolition

-- 2018-04-12 16:20:27

BNP has alleged that there is a trick in Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's announcement for quota abolition in public service as she did it out of her anger. "The Prime Minister's announcement for the a...

DB detains two with Tk 3m in counterfeit notes

DB detains two with Tk 3m in counterfeit notes

-- 2018-04-12 16:08:44

Detective Branch (DB) police arrested two men with counterfeit notes worth Tk 3 million from Chattogram in the early hours of Thursday. Additional Police Commissioner (Port) of Chittagong Metropolita...

Chuadanga court sentences five for life

Chuadanga court sentences five for life

-- 2018-04-12 15:49:58

A court in Chuadanga on Thursday sentenced five people, including three siblings, to life term imprisonment for killing a farmer in Damurhuda upazila in 2014. The lifers are Joynur, 45, Waaz, 48, Cho...

US-Bangla plane crash primary report out

US-Bangla plane crash primary report out

-- 2018-04-12 15:41:55

The Nepalese investigation commission has released its primary report on US-Bangla Airlines deadly plane crash quoting that there was no corresponding replies or acknowledgements between pilot and ATC...

PM to apprise world of Rohingya crisis

PM to apprise world of Rohingya crisis

FE Report 2018-04-12 14:34:55

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will apprise the heads of the governments of the Commonwealth countries of the latest scenario of the ongoing Rohingya crisis at the upcoming Commonwealth summit. The su...

Mirza Fakhrul’s mother passes away

Mirza Fakhrul’s mother passes away

-- 2018-04-12 13:18:08

Fatema Amin, mother of BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, died at a Dhaka hospital on Thursday noon. She was 92. Fatema who had long been suffering from various old age complications,...

Boisabi Utsab kicks off in Rangamati

Boisabi Utsab kicks off in Rangamati

-- 2018-04-12 12:38:43

Boisabi Utsab, the biggest traditional festival of tribal people, began in Rangamati amid great enthusiasm early Thursday. Prokriti Ranjan Khisha, president of Adibashi Forum, inaugurated the festiva...

Two get life for possessing heroin in Rajshahi

Two get life for possessing heroin in Rajshahi

-- 2018-04-12 12:27:52

A court in Rajshahi on Wednesday sentenced two persons to life imprisonment for possessing heroin. The convicts were identified as Mohir Uddin, 37, son of Shamsuddin of Sorlapara village of Tanore U...