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Woman alleges rape in another Banani hotel

-- 2017-12-19 12:00:00

A woman has filed a case against a man for raping her at a hotel in Banani eight and a half months after the alleged rape at Raintree Hotel in the same upscale neighborhood. The accused was, Kushan O...

SUST waiting lists candidates’ interview from Dec 26

-- 2017-12-19 12:00:00

The viva-voce of first year honours courses from the waiting lists under 2017-18 academic years of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) will start from December 26 (Saturday). Profes...

BD, Myanmar form joint working group to repatriate Rohingyas

-- 2017-12-19 12:00:00

Bangladesh and Myanmar have formed a 30-member Joint Working Group to oversee the repatriation of the Rohingyas refugees. Delegations from both the countries sat in a meeting at the state guesthouse...

BCL strike brings CU to halt

-- 2017-12-19 12:00:00

The Chittagong University campus remains idle on the second day on Tuesday due to the indefinite strike enforced by Bangladesh Chhatra League. The teachers' bus services have also been forced to shut...

Rohingya arrival drops to 100 per day

-- 2017-12-19 12:00:00

The UN refugee agency has estimated that average arrival rate of Rohingyas has dropped to 100 per day so far this month (December).  The average rate of arrival of Rohingya people was 745 in Nov...

Bangladesh, Turkey sign two MoUs

-- 2017-12-19 12:00:00

Bangladesh and Turkey have signed two Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) to enhance cooperation in the areas of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and maintain the standards of products. The signin...

Prosecution ends argument over Khaleda’s graft case

FE Online Desk 2017-12-19 12:00:00

The prosecution on Tuesday completed its argument in the Zia Orphanage Trust Graft case filed against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and five others. On completion of the argument, Judge Md Akhteruzzama...

Turkish PM meets Hasina

-- 2017-12-19 12:00:00

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Yildirim started his two-day visit to Bangladesh to observe the plight of the Rohingya refugees. Hasina greeted the...

Turkish PM terms Bangladesh dynamic nation

-- 2017-12-19 12:00:00

Visiting Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has described Bangladesh as a dynamic nation with nearly 7 per cent growth over the past few years. Binali Yildirim has also expressed his country's in...

Three to walk gallows over Rajshahi school boy murder

-- 2017-12-19 12:00:00

A speedy tribunal has awarded death penalty to three people and life term imprisonment to one for killing a school boy in Rajshahi. The condemned convicts are Majedur Rahman Sagor,19, son of Abul Kas...

999 getting many prank calls: AIG

-- 2017-12-19 12:00:00

The toll-free national emergency services number '999' is a lot of fake calls since its recent induction. According to Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police, in charge of the public relations a...

Rangpur city goes to its second polls Thursday

FE Online Desk 2017-12-19 12:00:00

Rangpur City Corporation is set to go to its second election on Thursday amid four-tier security measure and festivity. The voting will begin at 8am and continue till 4pm with any break at 193 pollin...

Gaibandha MP Mostafa succumbs to injuries

Agencies 2017-12-19 11:37:15

Golam Mostafa, MP of Gaibandha-1 constituency, who was critically injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Tangail Highway in November, died at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in the capital Tuesday morni...

BGB seizes 71 kg hemp in Jessore

-- 2017-12-19 10:28:56

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) confiscated 71 kilograms of hemp from Raghunathpur in Sharsha upazila of Jessore district on Monday. Lt Col Ariful Haque of 49 BGB Battalion said, a BGB team...

Victim’s brother files case over Ctg stampede

-- 2017-12-19 09:45:38

A case has been filed in connection with the death of 10 people in a stampede during the qulkhwani of former Chittagong City Corporation Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury. Arun Das, brother of deceased J...

Tourist cop harasses couple, gets suspended

-- 2017-12-19 09:06:18

A tourist police officer has been suspended on charge of harassing a couple at the Laboni Point of Cox's Bazar sea beach. The authorities concerned took the suspension decision on Tuesday. Sources c...

Nepali female student 'commits suicide'

-- 2017-12-19 07:48:46

A Nepali student of a dental college in Dhaka allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at the college hostel at Vatara area of Dhaka on Tuesday. Police recovered the hanging body of Binisha Sha...

Attack on MP's daughter: Police arrest youth

-- 2017-12-19 07:08:46

Bagerhat police arrested a young man from the district town early Tuesday in a case filed over the attack on the daughter of lawmaker Happy Boral. The arrestee is Al Mamun, 26, son of Mujibar Rahman...

Sports complex for judges’ fitness opens at SC

-- 2017-12-19 06:55:36

Acting Chief Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah on Tuesday inaugurated Judge's Sports Complex at Supreme Court (SC)."You will get inspiration to do excellent works and speed comes in your work when you are...

Police arrest three over Facebook post

-- 2017-12-19 06:49:55

Police arrested three people in in Nilphamari district on Tuesday in connection with a Facebook post allegedly hurting the sentiment of Muslims. The arrestees are Jagadish Chandra Roy and Robi Chandr...

USA donates ORS to Rohingyas

-- 2017-12-19 06:38:30

USA on Tuesday donated three million sachets of oral rehydration solution (ORS) to Bangladesh for the Rohingyas. United States Agency for International Development (USAID) staff handed over the shipm...

Three people remain missing for five days

-- 2017-12-19 05:48:49

Three people including a college student and an Imam of local mosque have been missing from Savar for five days. The missing are identified as Sharif Hossain, 18, son of Anwar Hossain Ripon, a reside...

Govt lessens fees to register births, deaths

-- 2017-12-19 04:36:51

The government has reduced the cost of registering births and deaths for Bangladeshi citizens by 75 percent. The Local Government Division issued the revision in a notice on the rules for registering...

Nine Ctg stampede victims cremated without autopsies

-- 2017-12-19 04:22:36

Nine victims of a stampede during funeral rites for former Chittagong City Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury were cremated without post-mortem examinations. Chittagong-32 Andarkilla Ward Councillor Jahar...

Rohingya mother recalls Myanmar atrocities

FE Online Desk 2017-12-19 02:55:25

Almas Khatun, a Rohingya woman, saw her seven children and husband murdered during a wave of massacres in Myanmar. She and thousands of other survivors now face new crisis as they are trying to s...

Police recover woman’s hanging body

-- 2017-12-19 02:44:29

Police recovered a hanging body of an expatriate's wife in Akhaura upazila of Brahmanbaria district on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Tania Begum (22), wife of expatriate Sumon Miah,...

Cops detain 42 in Satkhira

-- 2017-12-19 02:41:24

Police arrested 42 people, including 19 activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir from Monday evening to Tuesday morning in the district. Police launched a special drive...

Case filed over stampede death at Mohiuddin’s qulkhwani

-- 2017-12-19 02:30:36

An unnatural death suit has been filed over Monday’s incident of 10 persons dying in a stampede at the qulkhwani of former Chittagong city mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury. Arun Das, brother of a...

Police nab BCL leader with Yaba

-- 2017-12-19 01:33:55

Police arrested a local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in possession of 74 pieces of Yaba tablets from Khadiza Medical area in Mathbaria upazila of Pirojpur district on Monday night. ...

Banks’ falling asset quality may weaken lending capability

FE Report 2017-12-18 12:52:00

Declining asset quality of Bangladesh's banks could weaken their lending capability, says Moody's as it already finds them in "tighter liquidity conditions". However, the US-based global credit-ratin...