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RAB busts porno ring in Ctg

RAB busts porno ring in Ctg

-- 2018-01-26 12:04:10

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel have detained 18 people on Thursday afternoon, on charge of running a pornography ring from the Singapore-Bangkok Market located in Chittagong city’s Agrab...

Poverty still major challenge to turn BD into a wealthy nation

Poverty still major challenge to turn BD into a wealthy nation

FE Report 2018-01-26 12:00:00

Despite the country's success in reducing poverty by 10 per cent in last 10 years, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said on Thursday the poverty will still remain a major challenge to turn Bangladesh into...

Police recover Niazul’s ‘lost’ pistol

Police recover Niazul’s ‘lost’ pistol

Our correspondent 2018-01-26 12:00:00

  Police have recovered the pistol AKM Shamim Osman MP’s henchman Niazul Islam allegedly lost during an attack on Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy and her supporters in Narayanganj city on January 1...

Govt warns BNP over turbulence

Govt warns BNP over turbulence

-- 2018-01-26 12:00:00

The government has warned the BNP of ‘stern actions’ if the party resorts to ‘violence’ over the graft case verdict of its Chairperson Khaleda Zia. “Let me be very clear...

Khaleda calls BNP standing committee meeting Saturday

Khaleda calls BNP standing committee meeting Saturday

-- 2018-01-26 12:00:00

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has called an urgent meeting of the National Standing Committee as the verdict in a graft case against her is expected next month. On Thursday, a Dhaka special judge&rsquo...

Muggers’ car run over woman in city

Muggers’ car run over woman in city

-- 2018-01-26 12:00:00

A woman was killed under the wheels of a private car as muggers from the vehicle snatched away her vanity bag on Mirpur Road in Dhanmondi 7 of Dhaka early Friday. The deceased was identified as Helen...

Train commuters surge owing to ramshackle road traffic

Train commuters surge owing to ramshackle road traffic

-- 2018-01-26 12:00:00

Many people who travel between the capital and adjoining towns are increasingly using trains as a means to commute, an enquiry has found. The reason behind the upsurge in train travel is the unmanage...

IU VC comes under attack in Jhenidah

IU VC comes under attack in Jhenidah

-- 2018-01-26 12:00:00

Unidentified miscreants attacked Professor M Harun-Ur-Rashid Askari, vice-chancellor of Islamic University in Jhenidah early Friday. The car carrying VC was stopped on the highway to Kushtia by felli...

Muggers stab man dead in city

Muggers stab man dead in city

-- 2018-01-26 11:33:10

A man was stabbed to death by muggers near Saidabad rail track in the capital early Friday. The deceased was identified as Ibrahim, 36, son of Bazlur Rahman, hailing from Khulna. The muggers attacke...

Two motorcyclists die in Gaibandha road crash

Two motorcyclists die in Gaibandha road crash

-- 2018-01-26 11:13:35

Two motorcyclists were killed when a truck ran over their bike at Jundoho Bazar in Palashbari upazila on Friday morning. The accident took place around 9am as the two were going to appear at a recrui...

Increased pressure on Myanmar by EU on cards

Increased pressure on Myanmar by EU on cards

-- 2018-01-26 10:25:48

Increased pressure on Myanmar by the European Union (EU) on the prevailing Rohingya issue is likely to be imposed in February. "I'm sure there'll be new (EU) council conclusions on Myanmar in Februa...

Bangladesh urges UN to arrest Israeli violence

Bangladesh urges UN to arrest Israeli violence

-- 2018-01-26 06:41:36

Bangladesh has urged the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to ensure that illegal Israeli settlements and violence in the occupied Palestinian territories is immediately stopped. Bangladesh's Pe...

Court puts ‘Pir’ behind bars for violating teenage girl

Court puts ‘Pir’ behind bars for violating teenage girl

-- 2018-01-26 05:49:21

A court on Thursday has sent a 'Pir' to jail in a case over raping a teenage girl in Faridganj upazila. Senior Judicial Magistrate court judge Md Shafiul Azam also ordered police to investigate the a...

Negative verdict on Zia charitable graft to trigger ‘bad’ consequences: BNP

Negative verdict on Zia charitable graft to trigger ‘bad’ consequences: BNP

-- 2018-01-26 05:21:54

A senior BNP leader has said consequence will be very 'bad' if the court gives any negative verdict on the Zia Charitable graft case filed against the party chief Khaleda Zia.  "I think the foun...

Boost banking for northern crop production: Speakers

Boost banking for northern crop production: Speakers

-- 2018-01-26 02:42:57

Speakers asked the zonal managers of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) to speed up its clients-level lending activities for boosting agricultural production to meet up the national food demand. T...

Woori Bank holds workshop

Woori Bank holds workshop

FE Online Desk 2018-01-25 12:51:41

Woori Bank Bangladesh Limited has organised a day-long workshop on “Anti Money Laundering & Combating the financing of Terrorism” in Dhaka, recently. Zakir Hossain Chowdhury, General...

Dist admin takes initiative to rehabilitate beggars in Gaibandha

Dist admin takes initiative to rehabilitate beggars in Gaibandha

-- 2018-01-25 12:35:13

Speakers in Gaibandha underscored proper implementation of programmes to make the district beggar free through active participation of all. An initiative has been taken by the district administration...

Quader rules out BNP role for polls-time govt

Quader rules out BNP role for polls-time govt

-- 2018-01-25 12:00:00

Ruling Awami League will not invite BNP to join the election-time government as they have no representation in parliament. Party's General Secretary Obaidul Quader came up with the statement after in...

Sheep rearing expanding fast in Joypurhat

Sheep rearing expanding fast in Joypurhat

Roving Correspondent 2018-01-25 12:00:00

A good number of people of the district has attained financial solvency by rearing sheep. According to the Department of Livestock Services, Joypurhat, office sources, many people of Akkelpur, Kalai,...

Natore bean growers make good profit

Natore bean growers make good profit

Roving Correspondent 2018-01-25 12:00:00

Bean growers of the district have attained financial solvency due to good production and fair market price.  The vegetable item is being sold at Tk 40 to Tk 50 per kg in the retail market, while...

Jabed Patwari new IGP

Jabed Patwari new IGP

FE Online Desk 2018-01-25 12:00:00

The government has appointed Additional Inspector General of Police (SB) Dr Mohammad Jabed Patwari as the inspector general of police (IGP). The home ministry issued a circular in this regard on Thur...

Shawkat Ali dies at 82

Shawkat Ali dies at 82

FE Online Desk 2018-01-25 12:00:00

Writer Shawkat Ali has died aged 82 at a Dhaka hospital, his elder son says. Doctors at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) declared him dead at 8:15 in the morning, Arif Shawkat Pal...

Suspected mugger dies in Mymensingh ‘shootout’

Suspected mugger dies in Mymensingh ‘shootout’

-- 2018-01-25 12:00:00

A suspected mugger was killed in a reported gunfight with police in Mymensingh. The shootout took place around 4:30am on Wednesday in an area known as Balurmath, where 22-year-old Nayeem died, said M...

Bangladesh second worst country in curbing pollution

Bangladesh second worst country in curbing pollution

FE Online Report 2018-01-25 12:00:00

Bangladesh becomes the second worst country in curbing environmental pollution, according to a global Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2018 ranking. Bangladesh ranked 179th among 180 countrie...

PM asks to go for rivers’ capital dredging first

PM asks to go for rivers’ capital dredging first

-- 2018-01-25 12:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Thursday there are many rivers in the country and the river routes are the best ways for trade and business. Hasina also said the rivers will have to be protected...

Miscreants kill schoolgirl after rape in Rajshahi

Miscreants kill schoolgirl after rape in Rajshahi

-- 2018-01-25 12:00:00

A schoolgirl was killed allegedly after rape at Madila village in Bagmara upazila of the district on Monday night. The deceased was Mabium Sultana, a class X student at Syed Moyez Uddin Girls' High S...

Coaching centres to remain closed from Friday: Nahid

Coaching centres to remain closed from Friday: Nahid

-- 2018-01-25 12:00:00

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Thursday said coaching centres across the country will remain closed from Friday in a bid to prevent question leak. He said this while addressing the meeting o...

Zia Orphanage Trust graft verdict Feb 8

Zia Orphanage Trust graft verdict Feb 8

-- 2018-01-25 12:00:00

The verdict in Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman will be pronounced on February 8. Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of the Special Court-5...

Farmers Bank now unable to return client deposits!

Farmers Bank now unable to return client deposits!

-- 2018-01-25 12:00:00

The finance minister has informed parliament that the troubled Farmers Bank is unable to return its client deposits due to liquidity crisis. While responding to a starred question from Jatiya Party l...

Piers of metro-rail will soon be visible

Piers of metro-rail will soon be visible

Munima Sultana 2018-01-25 10:48:27

Construction of the country's first metro-rail has got momentum following receipt of confirmation of the design for the elevated-way from Uttara third phase to Agargaon in the capital. Official sourc...