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BGB seizes 10 gold bars in Chapainawabganj

BGB seizes 10 gold bars in Chapainawabganj

-- 2018-03-22 14:54:59

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) during a drive seized 10 gold bars weighing 1.16 kilogram from the first gate of Panama Port Link Limited at Sonamasjid land port in Shibganj upazila of Chapai...

Police arrest gang-rape mastermind in Manikganj

Police arrest gang-rape mastermind in Manikganj

-- 2018-03-22 12:58:25

Police arrested the main accused of a case filed for gang-raping a housewife inside a running microbus on Dhaka-Aricha highway 10 months ago from Dudhbazar in Manikganj Sadar on Wednesday. The arrest...

Cops recover floating body of missing Rajshahi student

Cops recover floating body of missing Rajshahi student

-- 2018-03-22 12:02:08

The body of a college student who went missing in the Padma River on Sunday was found floating at Charkhidirpur in Rajshahi town on Wednesday. Farhad Hossain, senior station officer of Rajshahi Fire...

Country celebrating LDC graduation

Country celebrating LDC graduation

-- 2018-03-22 11:45:17

Bangladesh is celebrating the historic achievement of eligibility for graduation from the group of Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The celebration began at the Bangabandhu International Confer...

Man dies as motorcycle crashes in Jessore

Man dies as motorcycle crashes in Jessore

-- 2018-03-22 11:39:28

A motorcyclist was killed in a road accident in Rajganjarea of Manirampur upazila on Wednesday afternoon. Police said Jamal Hossian, 45, a speech-impaired son of late Jabber Sarder, hailing from Dash...

Two elderly men die after being run-over by train

Two elderly men die after being run-over by train

-- 2018-03-22 11:00:42

The bid of a good Samaritan to save a man went in vain as both were crushed to death by a train at Belpukur level crossing in Puthia upazila on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Ko...

Thrust on protecting environment for sustaining water resources

Thrust on protecting environment for sustaining water resources

FE Report 2018-03-22 10:52:39

Almost half of the country's wetlands have already disappeared and most of the domestic sewage and major portion of the industrial wastewater are being discharged into natural environment without trea...

RMG units to invest $2.0b in MEZ, create 0.5m jobs

RMG units to invest $2.0b in MEZ, create 0.5m jobs

FE Report 2018-03-22 09:53:05

Apparel makers are likely to invest a total of US$ 2.0 billion at the proposed garments park in Chittagong's Mirsarai Economic Zone (MEZ), creating around 0.5 million job opportunities there. Land fo...

Kakon Bibi passes away

Kakon Bibi passes away

-- 2018-03-22 09:40:14

Bir Pratik Noorjahan Kakon Bibi, who fought the Pakistani forces during Bangladesh’s Liberation War of 1971, has died. The centenary freedom fighter died at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Ho...

Root rotting disease worries  Bogra garlic cultivators

Root rotting disease worries Bogra garlic cultivators

Our Correspondent 2018-03-22 00:48:38

A good number of garlic growers in the district are worried as root rotting disease has affected their field a few days ago. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), around 1230 he...

Seven villagers sustain injuries in confrontation with brick kiln goons

Seven villagers sustain injuries in confrontation with brick kiln goons

Our Correspondent 2018-03-22 00:47:52

RAJSHAHI, Mar 21: Villagers and the owner of a brick kiln at Shurkali village under Adhaipur union of Badalgachhi under greater Rajshahi district were in a confrontational state following the construc...

Customs officials seize 80 gold bars from Biman aircraft

Customs officials seize 80 gold bars from Biman aircraft

-- 2018-03-21 23:12:05

Customs officials on Wednesday seized 80 gold bars from the toilet of an aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. The gold bars were found at 11am fro...

Bangladesh wins WSIS award for ICT, innovation

Bangladesh wins WSIS award for ICT, innovation

FE Online Desk 2018-03-21 21:20:17

Bangladesh has won the world’s most prestigious IT and Innovation award ‘World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Prize-2018’ for fifth time for the Muktopaath (www.muktopaath.gov....

Remaining three Bangladeshi plane crash victims identified

Remaining three Bangladeshi plane crash victims identified

-- 2018-03-21 20:35:15

Nepal's hospital authorities have identified rest three among the 26 Bangladeshi victims of the US-Bangla plane crash. The victims are Alifuzzaman, Pias Roy and Mohammad Nazrul Islam, reports bdnews2...

Shameem Ahsan new BD High Commissioner to Nigeria

Shameem Ahsan new BD High Commissioner to Nigeria

-- 2018-03-21 19:57:59

The government has appointed Md Shameem Ahsan as the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Nigeria. Currently he is serving as Consul General of Bangladesh in New York. In his diplomatic career, he serv...

Two sexagenarians crushed under train’s wheels in Rajshahi

Two sexagenarians crushed under train’s wheels in Rajshahi

-- 2018-03-21 19:51:34

Two sexagenarian people were crushed under the wheels of a running train at Belpukur railway crossing under Puthiya upazila in Rajshahi on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Kurban Ali, 68, a...

Cate Blanchett warns of ‘a race against time’ to protect Rohingyas

Cate Blanchett warns of ‘a race against time’ to protect Rohingyas

-- 2018-03-21 19:42:06

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador and actor Cate Blanchett on Wednesday warned of a "race against time" to protect Rohingyas from the worst impacts of the upcoming monsoon season in Bangladesh. Blanchett, on...

Hasina refers to Quran to criticise Khaleda over orphans' fund

Hasina refers to Quran to criticise Khaleda over orphans' fund

-- 2018-03-21 19:06:34

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has alleged that BNP chief Khaleda Zia and her two sons defied the directives holy Quran through misappropriating the money of orphans. The Prime Minister came up with th...

BCL expels two, suspends 10 over SUST infighting

BCL expels two, suspends 10 over SUST infighting

-- 2018-03-21 19:05:15

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) expelled two of its central leaders and suspended 10 leaders and activists of its Shahjalal University of Science & Technology (SUST) unit over Tuesday's clash betw...

More than one-third inmates in BD jails linked to drug cases

More than one-third inmates in BD jails linked to drug cases

-- 2018-03-21 18:52:19

Imagine there is none behind bars in Bangladesh for committing drug-related crimes. Then there would be a one-third fall in total number of prisoners in the country's jails which are currently cramm...

Freedom fighters' quota in govt jobs to continue: PM

Freedom fighters' quota in govt jobs to continue: PM

-- 2018-03-21 17:58:20

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the quota system in government jobs for freedom fighters, their children and grandchildren will continue. "We must have a special system for freedom fighters as...

‘Shaheed Zia Shishu Park’ to be renamed 'Shishu Park'

‘Shaheed Zia Shishu Park’ to be renamed 'Shishu Park'

-- 2018-03-21 17:46:25

The government has decided to remove the name of former president Ziaur Rahman from the name plaque of 'Shaheed Zia Shishu Park' situated at Shahbagh here. Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozamme...

ACC summons Ha-Meem Group owner AK Azad

ACC summons Ha-Meem Group owner AK Azad

-- 2018-03-21 17:18:38

The Anti-Corruption Commission has summoned Ha-Meem Group owner AK Azad accusing him of amassing wealth illegally. The ACC issued a letter asking Azad to be present at the commission on Apr 3, the gr...

Murder for 'dowry'

Murder for 'dowry'

-- 2018-03-21 14:49:32

A housewife has been tortured to death allegedly by her husband for dowry at Barkhari village in Sadar upazila under Magura district. The deceased was identified as Reba Khatun, 25, wife of Golam Mol...

BGB seizes 20 gold bars worth Tk 10m

BGB seizes 20 gold bars worth Tk 10m

-- 2018-03-21 14:03:01

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) during a drive seized 20 gold bars worth Tk 10million from bordering Sadipur area under Benapole Port Police Station on Wednesday morning. A team of BGB-49 Ba...

Two-day SCBA polls begins

Two-day SCBA polls begins

-- 2018-03-21 13:17:19

The annual election of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has begun to elect the 14-member new executive committee of the apex court bar. The voting of the two-day polls began at 10:00 am and...

Bangladesh proved its capability by meeting three criterions for LDC graduation: Muhith

Bangladesh proved its capability by meeting three criterions for LDC graduation: Muhith

FE Online Report 2018-03-21 12:53:15

Finance Minister AMA Muhith said on Wednesday Bangladesh proved its capability through meeting all the three criterions for graduating to the developing countries stage. "We proved that we can achiev...

Two die as bus rams into auto-rickshaw

Two die as bus rams into auto-rickshaw

-- 2018-03-21 12:20:48

Two people were killed when a bus rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Daulatpur in Bahubal upazila early Wednesday. The deceased have been identified as three-wheeler drive...

PM opens BNA Bangabandhu Complex

PM opens BNA Bangabandhu Complex

-- 2018-03-21 12:09:15

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated BNA Bangabandhu Complex, the first international standard training academy of Bangladesh Navy, at Bangladesh Naval Academy (BNA) in Chittagong. The comple...

Tribal woman, mother found dead in Dhaka city

Tribal woman, mother found dead in Dhaka city

-- 2018-03-21 12:02:16

A Garo tribal woman and her mother have been found dead at their apartment in Dhaka’s Kalachandpur area under Gulshan Police Station. Inspector Salauddin at the police station told bdnews24 new...