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‘Muggers’ stab ex-army man to death

‘Muggers’ stab ex-army man to death

-- 2018-03-21 11:21:00

A former army man was killed allegedly by muggers in Bogra district town early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Jahan Box, 50, a former warrant officer of Bangladesh Army and resident of the...

RHD in a fix over extent of land acquisition

RHD in a fix over extent of land acquisition

Munima Sultana 2018-03-21 11:04:03

Roads and Highways Department (RHD) is in difficulty to implement its next four-lane highway project than other such projects due to requirement of acquiring a greater extent of land to widen only 190...

Train crushes youth to death in Netrokona

Train crushes youth to death in Netrokona

-- 2018-03-21 10:59:35

A young man was crushed to death by a train at Court Railway Station in Netrokona district town on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Mahbub Alam, 25, son of Dulal Miah of Moipukuria villa...

BSEC forms body on proper functioning of OTC

BSEC forms body on proper functioning of OTC

FE Report 2018-03-21 10:50:34

The securities regulator has formed a five-member committee to make recommendation on the development of OTC (over-the-counter) market of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). The committee was formed on Tuesd...

Four die as train hits covered van in Feni

Four die as train hits covered van in Feni

-- 2018-03-21 10:41:43

At least four people were killed and two others injured when a train hit a covered van at a manned level crossing near Feni Railway Station on Wednesday. Abdul Alim, sub-inspector of Feni Railway Pol...

Murder over shrine dispute

Murder over shrine dispute

-- 2018-03-21 10:34:06

A man was stabbed to death by his rivals on Tuesday night following a dispute over the annual Urs of a shrine in Boalkhali upazila in Chittagong. The deceased, Shah Alam, 52, was the son of Najir Ahm...

Power Division seeks 47pc hike in ADP allocation for next FY

Power Division seeks 47pc hike in ADP allocation for next FY

Rezaul Karim 2018-03-21 10:27:35

The Power Division has sought a budgetary allocation of Tk 316.27 billion for the next fiscal year (FY), up by 47.39 per cent than that of the current fiscal. If the allocation is made, it would be t...

Fish farming in floating enclosures turns into profitable venture in Pabna

Fish farming in floating enclosures turns into profitable venture in Pabna

Roving Correspondent 2018-03-21 00:18:36

PABNA, Mar 20: Fish farming in floating enclosures has turned into a profitable venture in the district. Hundreds of unemployment youth have attained financial solvency by fish cultivation under the m...

A Gopalganj villager becomes solvent by growing okra on commercial basis

A Gopalganj villager becomes solvent by growing okra on commercial basis

Our Correspondent 2018-03-21 00:17:51

 GOPALGANJ, Mar 20: One Ramzit Pandya of Gandiasur village under Baulatali union in Gopalganj Sadar has become self-reliant by farming okra on commercial basis. The farmer said okra has changed...

Three of a family among seven die in road crash

Three of a family among seven die in road crash

-- 2018-03-20 21:57:17

A truck-pickup van collision has left at least seven people dead, including 3 members of a family, at Bhairabnagar of Satkhira. 10 others were injured in the accident that took place on Satkhira-Khul...

Infant born with joined legs dies

Infant born with joined legs dies

-- 2018-03-20 21:30:19

A baby, who was born with joined legs in Sirajganj on Monday, died following complication. Lovely Khatun, 22, wife of Yunus Ali of Potazia village in Shahzadpur Upazila, gave birth to twins with both...

Sylhet fire death toll reaches 6

Sylhet fire death toll reaches 6

-- 2018-03-20 21:14:22

The death toll from the devastating fire at a colony in Golapganj upazila of Sylhet is now six. Another victim, Babul, of the fire died at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital in the capit...

Mayor vows to conduct drive against Aedes breeding grounds

Mayor vows to conduct drive against Aedes breeding grounds

-- 2018-03-20 20:56:34

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon has repeated the threat to conduct drives against Aedes breeding grounds inside city houses. "The city-dwellers will face jail or fine if they...

ACC working neutrally, curbing corruption from root level   

ACC working neutrally, curbing corruption from root level  

-- 2018-03-20 20:55:29

Chairman of Anti-corruption commission (ACC) Iqbal Mahmud on Tuesday said that ACC has been working neutrally to counter corruption from root level. He said this while executive director of Independe...

TIB hails govt for approving defence policy draft

TIB hails govt for approving defence policy draft

FE Online Report 2018-03-20 20:54:43

Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) has hailed the government for endorsing the draft of National Defence Policy-2018. The non-government body that combats corruption urged the government to...

PM to visit Chittagong on Wednesday

PM to visit Chittagong on Wednesday

-- 2018-03-20 20:43:18

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to visit Chittagong on Wednesday to award National Standard to BN Dockyard and inaugurate Bangabandhu Complex at BN Isha Kha. The Prime Minister will also ad...

Fire guts glassware factory in Tangail

Fire guts glassware factory in Tangail

-- 2018-03-20 20:28:42

A fire burnt down huge valuables at Nasir Glassware and Tube Industries in Gorai area of Mirzapur upazila in Tangail on Tuesday afternoon. The fire originated from a chimney of a unit of the factory...

Bir Protik Kakon Bibi hospitalised in Sylhet

Bir Protik Kakon Bibi hospitalised in Sylhet

-- 2018-03-20 20:26:04

Freedom Fighter Kakon Bibi Bir Protik was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital due to serious health complications on Monday night. Dr Mosaddek Hossain, a...

Maj Gen Shafeenul becomes new BGB chief

Maj Gen Shafeenul becomes new BGB chief

-- 2018-03-20 20:12:55

The government has appointed Major General Md Shafeenul Islam as Director General (DG) of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). The Ministry of Public Administration issued a notification in this regard on...

Bangladesh to build roads along India-Myanmar border

Bangladesh to build roads along India-Myanmar border

-- 2018-03-20 19:29:31

Bangladesh is set to build roads along the India-Myanmar border aiming to ensure better security through improved road connectivity. The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) a...

BNP appoints British legal expert to face Khaleda’s cases

BNP appoints British legal expert to face Khaleda’s cases

-- 2018-03-20 18:45:14

BNP has appointed a British legal exper, Lord Carlile, to help BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's lawyers to face her cases properly. BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir came up with the ann...

President cautions jail authorities against crimes in prisons

President cautions jail authorities against crimes in prisons

-- 2018-03-20 18:08:32

President Abdul Hamid has asked prison authorities to keep vigil on prisoners so that they cannot take drugs and run drug business in jails. "A large number of prisoners are in jail in drug-related c...

RAB detains five ‘Rohingya robbers’ in Ukhiya

RAB detains five ‘Rohingya robbers’ in Ukhiya

-- 2018-03-20 17:49:27

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members arrested five alleged 'Rohingya robbers' along with seven sharp weapons from Ukhia upazila of Cox's Bazar on Monday night. The arrestees were identified as Md Kar...

Call for law to ensure rights of landless, marginal farmers

Call for law to ensure rights of landless, marginal farmers

FE Online Report 2018-03-20 17:17:33

Experts at a seminar have called for formulating a law in a bid to protect the landless and marginal farmers and the agricultural land across the country. According to them, the law, if formulated, w...

Asaduzzaman Noor, Shykh Seraj get nomination for Independence Award

Asaduzzaman Noor, Shykh Seraj get nomination for Independence Award

-- 2018-03-20 16:34:49

Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor and Channel I director Shykh Seraj have got nomination for 'Swadhinata Padak- 2018' (Independence Award). The government has nominated Asaduzzaman Noor and...

Biman flight makes emergency landing back in Dhaka

Biman flight makes emergency landing back in Dhaka

-- 2018-03-20 15:58:33

A Biman Bangladesh flight from Dhaka to Syedpur has made an emergency landing at the Hazrat Shahjalal Airport, 40 minutes after taking off from the same airport. The plane returned to the Dhaka airpo...

Cabinet clears National Defence Policy

Cabinet clears National Defence Policy

-- 2018-03-20 15:17:34

The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the National Defence Policy-2018 outlining the armed forces role during wartime and beyond. The approval was given in the regular meeting of the cabinet he...

Woman gets death penalty for killing husband in Manikganj

Woman gets death penalty for killing husband in Manikganj

-- 2018-03-20 14:41:49

A Manikganj court has sentenced a woman among two to death for murdering her husband in Harirampur upazila of the district in 2011. The condemned convicts are Selina Akter, wife of murdered Idris Ali...

RAJUK demolishes parts of Ha-Meem Group owner’s house

RAJUK demolishes parts of Ha-Meem Group owner’s house

-- 2018-03-20 14:21:39

The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) has demolished parts of Ha-Meem Group owner AK Azad’s Gulshan house built without following any approved design. RAJUK, the capital development autho...

AL observes Zillur Rahman’s death anniversary

AL observes Zillur Rahman’s death anniversary

-- 2018-03-20 14:04:19

The fifth death anniversary of former President Zillur Rahman, a veteran politician, a Language Movement hero, an organiser of the Liberation War and one of the close associates of Bangabandhu Sheikh...