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War crimes tribunal settled 31 cases in eight years

-- 2018-03-23 18:44:11

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) of Bangladesh has taken care of 31 cases of war crimes and crimes against humanity since its inception on March 25, 2010, bringing killers of 1971 to justice....

Bangladesh envoy eyes cultural diversity for boosting economy

FE Online Report 2018-03-23 18:36:34

Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali on Friday has underscored the importance of cultural diversity to act as a driving force to attain economic growth. He also said cultural divers...

Three remaining US-Bangla air crash victims laid to rest

-- 2018-03-23 18:29:40

Three more victims of the US-Bangla plane crash were laid to eternal rest in their respective villages in Rajshahi, Barisal and Khulna on Friday. The victims are freedom fighter Nazrul Islam, Alifuzz...

Police couple’s domestic help tries to commit ‘suicide’

-- 2018-03-23 18:14:42

A domestic help of a police couple fell off the rooftop of a two-storey building in Khulna's Mujgunni area on Thursday night.   She was admitted to Khulna Medical College Hospital with multiple...

No election keeping Khaleda in prison: Moudud

-- 2018-03-23 17:37:49

BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed has said no election will be held keeping their party chairperson Khaleda Zia in jail. "The government is saying the judiciary is independent. But it's also directing (...

Lord Carlile dismisses allegations of lobbying Jamaat

-- 2018-03-23 17:24:04

British legal expert Lord Alex Carlile has dismissed allegations of lobbying for the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh. Lord Carlile came up with the statement on Friday amid sharp reactions from some leade...

Myanmar should create decent conditions for safe Rohingya return

-- 2018-03-23 16:56:23

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador and actor Cate Blanchett has urged Myanmar to create decent conditions in Rakhine Sate for the safe return of Rohingyas. The UNHCR envoy said the conditions right now in Rak...

Freedom fighters to get three more bonuses: Minister

-- 2018-03-23 16:38:57

The freedom fighters will get three more bonuses soon along with the two existing bonuses in a year. Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque made the announcement on Thursday night while i...

Biman flight misses departure schedule at HSIA

FE Online Report 2018-03-23 14:32:44

A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines failed to meet their departure schedule at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the capital on Friday. BG 001 was scheduled to depart the airport f...

Police protection for RU teachers

-- 2018-03-23 14:28:50

Rajshahi Metropolitan Police has deployed police personnel for 12 teachers of Rajshahi University to ensure their security. The initiative has taken amid concern over the attack on Shahjalal Universi...

Netrokona farmers surpass Boro cultivation target

-- 2018-03-23 13:02:22

Boro cultivation in the district has exceeded the target this year as farmers have increased its farming capacity by more than four times to recoup the losses they incurred last year due to early floo...

Pro-BNP panel wins SCBA polls

-- 2018-03-23 13:00:44

The BNP-backed Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya Parishad has won the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election, winning 10 out of 14 posts. BNP Vice-chairman Advocate Joynul Abedin was ele...

Police detain four with Yaba pills

-- 2018-03-23 12:29:03

Detectives in a drive arrested four young men from a hotel in Sahebbazar area of Rajshahi city on Thursday evening. Tipped off, a team of detective branch of police of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (R...

DB Police kill ‘cop murderer’ in ‘shootout’

-- 2018-03-23 11:47:33

A suspect in the murder of DB police Jalaluddin was killed in a reported gunfight with DB police at Pirerbagh in Dhaka's Mirpur area early Friday. Acting on a tip-off, a team of DB police conducted a...

Pilot Abid Sultan’s wife passes away

Agencies 2018-03-23 11:36:48

Afsana Khanam, the widow of US-Bangla plane crash victim pilot Abid Sultan, has passed away at a hospital in Dhaka city. She breathed her last at the National Institute of Neurosciences & Hospita...

BD Embassy in Paris celebrates LDC graduation

FE Online Desk 2018-03-23 11:03:15

The Embassy of Bangladesh in Paris celebrated the country’s graduation out of Least Development Countries (LDCs) category in a joyous and festive manner at the embassy. The mission organised...

Babui, weaver bird, disappearing from Nilphamari

Our Correspondent 2018-03-23 00:36:39

NILPHAMARI, Mar 22: Babui, the bird, better renowned as weaver bird and its artistic nests are disappearing from the district gradually. The artistic nests of Babui skilfully built with the stalks of...

Bir Protik Kakon Bibi in eternal rest

-- 2018-03-22 21:56:00

Freedom fighter Bir Protik Kakon Bibi was laid to rest at her village home Jhirargaon under Doarabazar upazila in Sunamganj on Thursday afternoon. She was buried with state honour following a namaz-e...

RAB arrests three with 27kg touchstone in Pirojpur  

-- 2018-03-22 21:46:05

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested three people and recovered a touchstone weighing 27 kilograms from Bhimkathi village under Nazirpur upazila in Pirojpur on Thursday mornin...

Holey Artisan attack: ‘Arms supplier’ held in Bogra

-- 2018-03-22 21:44:54

A terror suspect, who allegedly supplied the weapons used in the 2016 Dhaka cafe attack, has been arrested, say police.Hadisur Rahman Sagar was detained early Thursday from the northern district of Bo...

Pvt hajj registration deadline extended to April 1

-- 2018-03-22 19:44:23

The government has extended the deadline by ten days for the registration of hajj pilgrims for the year of 2018 under private managements. The registration which began on March 1 will now end on Apri...

Two to walk gallows for killing woman in Chandpur

-- 2018-03-22 18:50:22

A court on Thursday sentenced two people to death for killing a woman in East Upalata village of Shahrasti upazila in 2016. District and Sessions Judge Saleh Uddin Ahmed pronounced the verdict in pre...

Minister asks private airlines to ensure passenger’s safety

-- 2018-03-22 18:45:44

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister AKM Shajahan Kamal on Thursday urged all private airlines in the country to be more cautious to ensure passenger’s safety. He said this while inaugurating t...

PSC recommends 985 candidates for 2nd class non-cadre jobs

-- 2018-03-22 18:45:21

The Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) on Thursday recommended 985 candidates of the 36th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination for second class non-cadre jobs. The recommendation has be...

President urges all to understand weather, climate

-- 2018-03-22 18:06:54

President M Abdul Hamid Thursday urged all to continue their endeavour to understand weather and climate phenomena to save lives, protect properties and assist communities towards a more resilient Ban...

PM mourns death of Bir Protik Kakon Bibi

-- 2018-03-22 18:01:16

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of gallantry award-recipient freedom fighter Kakon Bibi. In a condolence message, the Prime Minister recalled the...

Bodies of three remaining air crash victims arrive in Dhaka

-- 2018-03-22 17:57:37

The bodies of three other Bangladeshis, who were killed in the US-Bangla plane crash in Kathmandu, arrived in the capital on Thursday afternoon. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the bo...

Tractor runs over, kills minor in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-03-22 15:55:45

A minor boy was crushed under the wheel of a tractor in Yusufnagar Pulpara area of Sadar upazila on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Samiul Haque, 2, son of Sanaul Haque, reports UNB....

Two to die, two get life for double murder

-- 2018-03-22 15:45:57

A court in Dhaka on Thursday sentenced two people to death and two others to life term imprisonment for killing two young men in 2010. The condemned convicts are - Md Kaiser Mollah and Farhad Gazi al...

RAB arrests four suspects in Garo mother-daughter murder

-- 2018-03-22 15:10:17

The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested four people, including key suspect Sanjit, from Sherpur in suspicion of killing Garo woman and her daughter in Dhaka recently. RAB detained the four suspects f...