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Internet users jump by 29.7pc

FE Online Report 2018-03-30 16:27:28

Internet users in Bangladesh jumped by 29.7 per cent within a year, according to the new 2018 Global Digital suite of reports from We Are Social and Hootsuite. It showed that total number of internet...

BNP demands Khaleda’s immediate release for her treatment

-- 2018-03-30 13:31:53

Voicing concern over BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s sudden illness in jail, the party on Friday demanded the government immediately release her for her better treatment either at home or abroad....

Cops kill ‘robber’ in Magura ‘shootout’

-- 2018-03-30 12:01:25

A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with police in Shonpur area of Sadar upazila early Friday. The deceased was identified as Fakhrul Sheikh, 42, son of Nurul Islam Sheikh, a residen...

City dwellers unlikely to get rid of waterlogging during next monsoon

Saif Uddin 2018-03-30 11:16:33

City dwellers are unlikely to get rid of waterlogging problem during the upcoming monsoon mainly due to non-completion of various development works and lack of coordination among agencies in dealing...

Rivals kill man over land dispute in Bogra

-- 2018-03-30 10:14:38

A man was killed in an attack by his rivals over a land dispute at Hasapotal village in Dhunat upazila of Bogra district on Wednesday. The deceased, Sharafat Mondol, 55, son of Mokbar Ali Mondol of t...

Bhaluka blast: Two others succumb to injury

-- 2018-03-30 10:07:04

Two more victims of the blast in a building at Masterbari in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh on March 25, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Friday, raising the death toll to four. Dipto...

One dies, two injure in Mymensingh road crash

-- 2018-03-30 09:52:06

A truck driver was killed and his two helpers were injured in a head-on collision between two trucks on Mymensingh-Kishoreganj road at Ramgopalpur in Gouripur upazila of Mymensingh on Friday morning...

City dwellers unlikely to get rid of waterlogging during next monsoon

Saif Uddin 2018-03-29 23:49:12

City dwellers are unlikely to get rid of waterlogging problem during the upcoming monsoon mainly due to non-completion of various development works and lack of coordination among agencies in dealing w...

Standing committee for settlement of eight audit objections of LGED

-- 2018-03-29 22:32:27

The parliamentary standing committee on the public accounts Thursday discussed the audit objections of the audit report 2004-2013 of LGED of the local government, rural development and cooperatives mi...

Hajj flights from July 14

-- 2018-03-29 19:31:46

The Hajj flights from Bangladeshi to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) will begin on July 14. Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister AKM Shahjahan Kamal made the disclosure at a programme in the city on Thu...

Database for freedom fighters

-- 2018-03-29 18:56:30

Bangladesh Freedom Fighters' Welfare Trust has recently developed 'Freedom Fighters' Database' software. The disclosure was made at the 22nd meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on the Min...

Uncle, nephew die of electrocution in Rangpur

-- 2018-03-29 18:48:52

A man and his nephew were electrocuted in Joyram Anwar village under Pairaband union of Mithapukur upazila in Rangpur on Thursday. "The deceased were identified as Alamgir Hossain Alam, 32, son of Ma...

BNP’s return will lead country to destruction: PM

-- 2018-03-29 18:13:22

Seeking vote for Awami League in the next general election, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said BNP's return to power means destruction of the country. "BNP's return to power means destroyi...

Couple found dead in Joypurhat

-- 2018-03-29 18:12:58

A couple were found hanging at Rukindipur Farkirpara village under Akkelpur upazila in Joypurhat on Thursday morning. The deceased are Saiful Islam, 24, son of Lokman Hossain, and his wife Sonia Akht...

Probe body formed to investigate Beauty murder

-- 2018-03-29 18:03:58

A three-member probe body was formed to investigate the incident of killing teenage girl Beauty after rape in Sayestaganj upazila in Habiganj. Bidhan Tripura PPM, superintendent of Police of the dist...

Washington declares Mar 26 as ‘Bangladesh Day’

-- 2018-03-29 17:49:23

Mayor of Washington DC Muriel Bowser has declared Bangladesh's 48th Independence and National Day (March 26) as 'Bangladesh Day'. A representative of the Mayor formally handed over the proclamation t...

Khaleda falls ill in jail: Rizvi

-- 2018-03-29 17:13:56

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia suddenly fell sick in Nazimuddin Road Old Central Jail on Thursday, confirmed party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. He also said their party secretary ge...

Now real beggars are very few: Muhith

FE Online Report 2018-03-29 15:05:42

Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday said there are very few beggars in the country right now except for professional ones as rehabilitation programmes for the latter bear little outcome. “A...

Two ACI employees among three die in Gazipur road crash

-- 2018-03-29 14:52:26

Three people including two employees of ACI Limited have been killed when a microbus, in which the victims were travelling, hit a stationary truck from behind in Gazipur on Thursday. The deceased wer...

Japan to provide $2.7m for Rohingya girls, women

FE Online Desk 2018-03-29 14:35:56

Japan, in partnership with United Nations Population Fund, will provide $2.7 million for Rohingya girls and women who have took shelter in Cox’s Bazar fleeing ethnic cleansing in Rakhine State...

Voting at 133 local bodies underway

-- 2018-03-29 13:58:36

Elections and by-elections to some 133 local government bodies across the country began on Thursday morning amid tight security. The voting started at 8 am and will end at 4 pm without any break. Of...

72 houses get electricity in Panchagarh

-- 2018-03-29 12:44:31

Seventy-two houses of Sheikhpara village under Debiganj upazila of Panchagarh district were brought under electricity supply network on Wednesday. Local lawmaker Advocate Nurul Islam Sujon inaugurate...

Worker killed in Ctg shipyard cylinder blast

-- 2018-03-29 12:30:18

A worker was killed and four others sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder blast at a shipyard factory in the port city on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Opil Rema, 25, son of Fazlu Mia...

Man dies in ‘police firing’ during ballot snatching in Tangail

Agencies 2018-03-29 12:05:59

A man has died as police reportedly opened fire during a ballot snatching at a voting centre of Sagordighi union parishad under Ghatail upazila in Tangail in the early hours of Thursday. The decease...

Two int’l flights miss departure schedules at HSIA

FE Online Report 2018-03-29 11:56:00

Two international flights have failed to meet their departure schedules at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Thursday. Turkish Airlines was scheduled to leave for Istanbul at&nbsp...

Man stabs wife to death

-- 2018-03-29 11:53:23

A housewife was stabbed to death allegedly by her husband over family feud at her house at Paikpara in Khoksha upazila on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Sharmin Akter Bhanu, 32, wife of Del...

Bus plunges into Habiganj ditch, killing three

-- 2018-03-29 11:53:17

Three people were killed and six others injured after a bus plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Pitua in Nabiganj upazila on Thursday. The identities of the deceased are yet be k...

Police arrest 28 in Habiganj

-- 2018-03-29 11:41:08

Police, in regular drives arrested 28 people including 20 wanted accused from different areas of the district in last 12-hour ending at 9 am Thursday morning. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP...

Appointment cards keep eluding garment workers: Govt findings

Monira Munni 2018-03-29 10:32:43

The anomalies in issuing appointment letters and identity cards are still high in garment factories, especially in non-trade group member mills, according to government findings. Inspectors at the st...

Indo-Bangladesh water transit encompasses Pangaon Port

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2018-03-29 10:22:38

Bangladesh is likely to give its consent to India's proposal to take Pangaon terminal near Dhaka in the bilateral Inland Water Transit and Trade Protocol. The issue may be finalised at the upcoming s...