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Miscreants hack cousins to death

Miscreants hack cousins to death

-- 2017-12-12 10:01:52

Two cousins were chopped to death by miscreants at Duttapara of Gazipur on Tuesday night. The deceased were identified as Akhtar Hossain, son of Mujibur Rahman, and his cousin Ashiqur Rhman, son of H...

Mahmudur Rahman faces six more cases

Mahmudur Rahman faces six more cases

-- 2017-12-12 08:55:16

Six more cases were filed against acting editor of Daily Amar Desh Mahmudur Rahman in different districts. These cases were filed over his alleged derogatory remarks about Bangladesh's independence a...

Police detain Akayed’s wife, parents-in-law

Police detain Akayed’s wife, parents-in-law

FE Online Desk 2017-12-12 08:09:51

The law-enforcers have detained the wife and parents-in-law of New York explosion suspect Akayed Ullah from Jigatala area in Dhaka. Police held them on Tuesday for interrogation about the Bangladeshi...

Rohingya influx brings changes in local economy

Rohingya influx brings changes in local economy

-- 2017-12-12 07:51:29

The influx of Rohingya people has created new economic opportunities for local community and development of roads adjacent to many camp areas. British newspaper The Guardian pictured the migration, s...

Gas cylinder explodes in Gazipur, 11 burnt

Gas cylinder explodes in Gazipur, 11 burnt

-- 2017-12-12 07:38:37

Eleven workers suffered burn injuries from a gas cylinder explosion at a cosmetics factory in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur on Tuesday afternoon. Assistant Director of Gazipur Fire Service Akhteruzzam...

Myanmar team due Dec 19 to expedite repatriation

Myanmar team due Dec 19 to expedite repatriation

-- 2017-12-12 06:32:09

A team of Myanmar will visit Bangladesh on December 19 to take forward the repatriation process of Rohingya people.  The team aims to create a joint working group to advance repatriation of Rohi...

4 to die for killing Rana in city

4 to die for killing Rana in city

-- 2017-12-12 04:18:03

Four people were sentenced to death and two others for life in connection with Md Rana murder case on Tuesday. The Judge of Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-4, Abdur Rahman Sardar,handed down the verdict...

FSIBL inaugurates agent banking outlet in Bagharpara

FSIBL inaugurates agent banking outlet in Bagharpara

FE Online Desk 2017-12-12 03:38:52

First Security Islami Bank Limited (FSIBL) has inaugurated its agent banking outlet at Narikelbaria Bazar in Bagharpara upazila of Jessore district. Md Mustafa Khair, Deputy Managing Director of the...

Habiganj road crash kills 2

Habiganj road crash kills 2

-- 2017-12-12 03:38:43

A pickup van driver and his helper were killed in road accident in Ratanpur area under Madhabpur upazila of the district on Tuesday morning. The deceased are identified as Abu Bakar, 26, son of Babul...

TECNO Mobile opens two shops in Mirpur

TECNO Mobile opens two shops in Mirpur

FE Online Desk 2017-12-12 03:28:14

Transsion Bangladesh Limited has inaugurated two exclusive brand shops, with its mobile phone brand TECNO and itel Mobile, at Shah Ali Plaza in Mirpur area of the capital, recently. Rezwanul Hoque, c...

HRW pleads UN to take action on Rohingya crisis

HRW pleads UN to take action on Rohingya crisis

-- 2017-12-12 03:25:18

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said Bangladesh and Myanmar should invite UNHCR to join in the drafting of a new tripartite agreement. Frelick said a central role for the UNHCR, the only UN agency with...

ACC detains CAAB executive engineer

ACC detains CAAB executive engineer

-- 2017-12-12 03:03:32

The Anti-Corruption Commission arrested an engineer of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh or CAAB over having Tk 20 million in assets in excess of known sources of income. Md Asir Uddin, an e...

Heavy fog  disrupts Shimulia ferry service

Heavy fog disrupts Shimulia ferry service

-- 2017-12-12 01:40:50

Ferry service on the Shimulia-Kathalbari route has been halted due to heavy fog. Six ferries are currently stuck en route between the ports. The fog began to gather around midnight on Monday, said BI...

Bogra eying bumper mustard production

Bogra eying bumper mustard production

Our Correspondent 2017-12-12 01:27:16

An excellent growth of mustard across the Bogra district has made the growers optimistic of getting bumper production during the current season. The cultivation of mustard has been easier in the regi...

Well-marked low over bay weakens

Well-marked low over bay weakens

-- 2017-12-11 12:37:34

Maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Mongla, and Payra have been advised to lower signal as the well-marked low over North bay and adjoining coastal area of Bangladesh weakened into a low over t...

Government publishes gazette on judges’ disciplinary rules, finally

Government publishes gazette on judges’ disciplinary rules, finally

-- 2017-12-11 12:00:00

The government, at long last, has issued the gazette notification on the disciplinary rules for the lower court judges. The Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry published the gazette Monda...

Tejgaon roads again turn into truck-stand

Tejgaon roads again turn into truck-stand

Ismail Hossain 2017-12-11 12:00:00

Truck drivers are frequently parking their vehicles on the road from Sat Rasta Square to Tejgaon rail-crossing in the capital, while traffic police members are constantly removing those vehicles from...

Farming of mustard plants as veg gains popularity  in Joypurhat

Farming of mustard plants as veg gains popularity in Joypurhat

Roving Correspondent 2017-12-11 12:00:00

Cultivation of mustard plants as leafy vegetable is gaining popularity in the district for its high demand. Hundreds of peasants across the district making good profit this season due to the rate of t...

Paddy collection from rat holes going on across Rangpur dist during Aman harvest season

Paddy collection from rat holes going on across Rangpur dist during Aman harvest season

Our Correspondent 2017-12-11 12:00:00

Paddy collection from rat holes is going on in full swing across the district during the Aman harvest season. According to sources presently many poor people at different areas under the district are...

Customs to auction undelivered cargoes to clear port congestion

Customs to auction undelivered cargoes to clear port congestion

Our Correspondent 2017-12-11 12:00:00

The Customs will auction out undelivered cargoes to clear port jams as part of package measures undertaken Sunday for augmenting activities of the country's prime seaport. Chittagong Port Advisory Co...

Rohingya crisis: Bangladesh seeks urgent global action

Rohingya crisis: Bangladesh seeks urgent global action

FE Online Desk 2017-12-11 12:00:00

Bangladesh has called for an urgent bilateral and global action to resolve the Rohingya crisis permanently. Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN Ambassador Masud Bin Momen made the call a...

Lawmen nab Habiganj Jamaat ameer

Lawmen nab Habiganj Jamaat ameer

-- 2017-12-11 12:00:00

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested five Jamaat-e-Islami leaders and activists, including its Sadar upazila unit ameer, form Dighalbagh village in Sadar upazila of Habiganj district on ea...

128 become addl secretaries, 3 transferred as DCs

128 become addl secretaries, 3 transferred as DCs

-- 2017-12-11 12:00:00

The government, in a major administrative reshuffle, has promoted 128 joint secretaries to the posts of additional secretaries, raising the number of additional secretaries to 560. Now the number of j...

RAB detains suspected arms trader

RAB detains suspected arms trader

-- 2017-12-11 11:42:38

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested an alleged arms trader along with arms from Losmanpur area in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district on Sunday night. The detainee wa...

Magura road mishap kills cattle traders

Magura road mishap kills cattle traders

-- 2017-12-11 11:22:01

Two cattle traders have been killed after a Dhaka-bound cattle-laden truck from Jessore hit a roadside tree and plunged into a ditch on Magura-Jessore road at Jagla on Sunday night. The victims were...

PM en route to Paris to join 'One Planet Summit'

PM en route to Paris to join 'One Planet Summit'

-- 2017-12-11 11:10:51

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for Paris on Monday morning on a three-day official visit to attend 'One Planet Summit'. An Emirates flight carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage left...

President leaves for Istanbul to join OIC summit

President leaves for Istanbul to join OIC summit

-- 2017-12-11 11:04:27

President M Abdul Hamid left Dhaka for Istanbul on Monday night to join Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) special summit convened on December 13. "A Turkish Airlines flight, carrying the Pr...

Cold Storage Association seeks 30pc cash incentives

Cold Storage Association seeks 30pc cash incentives

FE Report 2017-12-11 10:55:50

Bangladesh Cold Storage Association (BCSA) placed on Sunday eight-point demand following a sharp fall in potato prices in the local market. The leaders of the association said potato growers and col...

Market sees hefty rise in rights fund in 2017

Market sees hefty rise in rights fund in 2017

Babul Barman 2017-12-11 09:53:59

Funds raised by listed companies from rights shares soared more than three-fold in the outgoing calendar year 2017 compared to the previous year. Four listed firms netted around Tk 11.14 billion by i...

IOM scales up Rohingya healthcare operations

IOM scales up Rohingya healthcare operations

-- 2017-12-11 09:53:01

The UN migration agency International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has scaled up its healthcare operations. IOM now runs 13 health posts and one primary healthcare centre for Rohingya people in C...