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Fisheries minister no more, namaj-e-janaza Sunday

Fisheries minister no more, namaj-e-janaza Sunday

Agencies 2017-12-16 12:00:00

Fisheries and Livestock Minister Muhammed Sayedul Hoque breathed his last at 8:30am on Saturday aged 75. He died at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital in Dhaka, said his ministr...

Nation celebrating Victory Day with tributes to martyrs

Nation celebrating Victory Day with tributes to martyrs

Agencies 2017-12-16 12:00:00

The nation is celebrating the 47th Victory Day with paying tributes to those who died for the country during the Great War of Liberation in 1971. The celebration began with a 31-gun salute followed b...

National flag remains half-mast on Victory Day!

National flag remains half-mast on Victory Day!

FE Online Report 2017-12-16 12:00:00

The national flag of the country was kept half-mast at the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) office on Saturday, the 47th Victory Day. According to a local TV channel, the national flag was seen hoistin...

Khaleda pays homage to martyrs on Victory Day

Khaleda pays homage to martyrs on Victory Day

-- 2017-12-16 12:00:00

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday paid tributes to the martyred freedom fighters who made the supreme sacrifice for the country during the Liberation War in 1971 by placing wreaths at the Nation...

BNP vows to accept any poll result under neutral govt

BNP vows to accept any poll result under neutral govt

-- 2017-12-16 12:00:00

The ruling Awami League’s main challenger BNP said on Saturday the party would accept the verdict of the people in a general election, if held under a neutral government. Bangladesh Nationalist...

PM urges youths to be worthy citizens

PM urges youths to be worthy citizens

-- 2017-12-16 12:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the nation will take step in the world arena keeping the heads high. She urged the youths to build them up as the worthy citizens to keep the country's repu...

Dhaka brings Delhi-based diplomats to show Rohingya plight

Dhaka brings Delhi-based diplomats to show Rohingya plight

-- 2017-12-16 12:00:00

Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has taken an initiative to take 15 non-resident diplomats to Cox’s Bazar to see for themselves the plight of Rohingya people. The move has been ch...

Myanmar camps ready to shelter Rohingya

Myanmar camps ready to shelter Rohingya

-- 2017-12-16 12:00:00

The government of Myanmar iterated on Saturday its readiness to receive the Rohingya refugees sheltered in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar. Over 625,000 Rohingya refugees have fled the unrest in...

Rangpur city polls: EC warns junior minister

Rangpur city polls: EC warns junior minister

-- 2017-12-16 12:00:00

The Election Commission (EC) has cautioned a junior minister over violation of code of conduct as campaigning continues ahead of the Rangpur City Corporation poll. The EC served State Minister for Ru...

EC decides on election in 36 new Dhaka wards Sunday

EC decides on election in 36 new Dhaka wards Sunday

-- 2017-12-16 11:48:42

A decision regarding polls in the newly-formed 36 general wards and 12 reserved women councilor posts of the two Dhaka city corporations is likely to be taken on Sunday. Sources in the Election Commi...

MP’s daughter stabbed 2nd time in 8 months

MP’s daughter stabbed 2nd time in 8 months

-- 2017-12-16 10:10:07

Daughter of female reserve seat lawmaker Happy Boral was stabbed to injuries near the Amlapara School of Bagerhat town Saturday evening. The injured was Aditi Boral, 26, resident of Shaltola area of...

Stocks extend losing streak for third week

Stocks extend losing streak for third week

Babul Barman 2017-12-16 10:05:40

Stocks extended the losing streak for the third consecutive weeks, with average daily turnover plunged to six months on major bourse, as ongoing pessimism kept investors mostly inactive. Dealers said...

BNP announces ‘V-Day Rally’ on Sunday

BNP announces ‘V-Day Rally’ on Sunday

-- 2017-12-16 10:00:59

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is scheduled to bring out a 'V-Day Rally' in the capital city on Sunday in celebration of the 47th Victory Day. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir R...

15 Delhi-based envoys to visit Rohingya in Cox’s Bazar

15 Delhi-based envoys to visit Rohingya in Cox’s Bazar

FE Online Desk 2017-12-16 10:00:22

A total of 15 Delhi-based foreign envoys will head for Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh on Sunday to see the plight of Rohingya people living in camps there after fleeing persecution in Myanmar. The f...

Nation celebrates 47th Victory Day

Nation celebrates 47th Victory Day

-- 2017-12-16 10:00:10

The nation celebrated the 47th Victory Day paying deep homage to the Liberation War martyrs on Saturday. President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid rich tributes to the martyrs of th...

Another UPDF leader shot dead

Another UPDF leader shot dead

-- 2017-12-16 08:44:05

A United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) leader was shot dead early Saturday in a reported gunfight in Bandukbhanga union of Sadar upazila in Rangamati. According to UNB, the deceased was identified...

Freedom fighters demand trial of all war criminals

Freedom fighters demand trial of all war criminals

-- 2017-12-16 08:40:34

Freedom fighters of Bangladesh's Liberation War of 1971 have called on the government to bring all war criminals to justice. They also renewed their vow to keep the memories of Liberation War martyrs...

Customs seizes 11 gold bars at HSIA

Customs seizes 11 gold bars at HSIA

-- 2017-12-16 07:48:43

Customs intelligence members have seized 11 gold bars arrested a man in this regard at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Assistant Commissioner (AC) Md Saidul Islam of Dhaka Customs House &nbsp...

People will reject anti-liberation forces: Obaidul Quader

People will reject anti-liberation forces: Obaidul Quader

-- 2017-12-16 06:00:43

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the people of the country will reject anti-liberation forces in next general election. Quader urged leaders and activists of the party to take p...

Prayer for Banghabandhu’s killers!

Prayer for Banghabandhu’s killers!

-- 2017-12-16 05:22:01

A madrasa teacher in Tangail has sought salvation of departed soul of the killers of Father of the Nation Banghabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The madrasa teacher, Dr. Faizul Amir Sarker, was conducti...

Thakurgaon man hacked to death

Thakurgaon man hacked to death

-- 2017-12-16 04:02:13

A man was hacked to death by a young man at Rahimanpur Madrasah Bazar in Sadar upazila of Thakurgaon on Saturday following a brawl over a trifling matter. The deceased was identified as Anisur Rahman...

Green University celebrates Victory Day

Green University celebrates Victory Day

-- 2017-12-16 03:57:04

The Green University of Bangladesh (GUB) has celebrated the 47th Victory Day with a discussion and a cultural function. Singer Shaheen Samad attended the prgramme as the chief guest, according to a p...

Police nab 20 Shibir men in Ctg

Police nab 20 Shibir men in Ctg

-- 2017-12-16 03:47:57

Police arrested 20 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, from Laldighi Maidan area in Chittagong on Saturday morning. Tipped-off t...

PM greets FFs with gifts on Victory Day

PM greets FFs with gifts on Victory Day

-- 2017-12-16 03:39:49

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has greeted all Freedom Fighters (FFs) of the country on the occasion of the 47th Victory Day. Like the previous occasions, the premier sent flowers, fruits and sweetmea...

Rangamati ‘gunfight’ leaves UPDF leader dead

Rangamati ‘gunfight’ leaves UPDF leader dead

-- 2017-12-16 03:25:22

Anol Bikash Chakma alias Pluto Chakma (42), a leader of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) was shot to death in a reported gunfight in Bandukbhanga union of Rangamati Sadar upazila early Saturday...

PM releases commemorative postal stamp

PM releases commemorative postal stamp

-- 2017-12-16 03:06:08

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has released the memorial postal stamp of Taka 10 denomination and its first day cover issued by Bangladesh Postal Department, marking the 47th Victory Day. The Prime Mi...

Miscreants hack teenager to death

Miscreants hack teenager to death

-- 2017-12-16 01:55:44

A teenage tourist was hacked to death in broad daylight by a group of miscreants at Jambur Intersection in Kalatali road in Cox’s Bazar district town on Friday morning. The deceased was identif...

Intellectuals murdered to create intellectual void: Speaker

Intellectuals murdered to create intellectual void: Speaker

-- 2017-12-15 12:14:18

Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury said Razakars and Al-Badr murdered intellectuals brutally to create a void in the intellectual firmament of the newborn nation, just days before the...

Man kills little half-brother in Dhaka

Man kills little half-brother in Dhaka

-- 2017-12-15 12:00:00

Police have arrested a man over the murder of his 7-year-old half-brother in Dhaka city. Md Simran was found dead on Thursday evening on a boat on the banks of the Turag River, said Uttarkhan police&...

Former Ctg mayor Mohiuddin passes away

Former Ctg mayor Mohiuddin passes away

Agencies 2017-12-15 12:00:00

Former Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury, also president of the city Awami League, passed away at a hospital in the port city in the early hours of Friday. He was 73. Mo...