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Comedian Sean Hughes dies aged 51

Comedian Sean Hughes dies aged 51

BBC 2017-10-17 12:00:00

Irish stand-up star and BBC quiz show panellist Sean Hughes has died aged 51. Richard Bucknall, his former agent and promoter, said the "formidable" comic died in hospital on Monday and would be reme...

IOM cancels top official’s press meet on Rohingya Crisis

IOM cancels top official’s press meet on Rohingya Crisis

FE Online Report 2017-10-17 12:00:00

International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Migration Agency, in a press statement on Tuesday night cancelled the scheduled press meet of its visiting top official on Rohingya c...

UN’s call for BD to move stranded Rohingya refugees from border

UN’s call for BD to move stranded Rohingya refugees from border

-- 2017-10-17 11:48:02

The UN refugee agency has urged Bangladesh to speed up vetting of upto 15,000 Rohingya refugees "stranded" near the border after crossing into the country from Myanmar and move them further inland to...

Gunfight kills child rape suspect

Gunfight kills child rape suspect

-- 2017-10-17 11:24:53

A suspect in a rape case was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Kurushkul area of Sadar upazila of Cox's Bazar district on Tuesday. The deceased was identif...

Corporate tax posts 20.55pc growth in Q1

Corporate tax posts 20.55pc growth in Q1

Doulot Akter Mala 2017-10-17 10:20:09

Income tax collection from the large corporate taxpayers posted 20.55 per cent growth in the first quarter of the current fiscal year (FY) largely because of higher financial contribution of the comme...

Bangladesh woman, her four children killed in Kuwait fire

Bangladesh woman, her four children killed in Kuwait fire

-- 2017-10-17 09:36:58

A Bangladeshi woman and her four children have been killed in a fire in Kuwait. The victims have been named as Rokeya Begum, her sons 'Ema' and 'Fahad', and daughters 'Jamila' and 'Nabila'. Rokeya's...

Dhaka 7th worst megacity for women: Reuters Foundation

Dhaka 7th worst megacity for women: Reuters Foundation

-- 2017-10-17 07:34:10

The Thomson Reuters Foundation found that Dhaka city is the seventh most dangerous megacity in the world for women. It ranked fourth worst in terms of the sexual violence ranking, which measured whet...

Foreign minister to visit Myanmar next month

Foreign minister to visit Myanmar next month

-- 2017-10-17 07:10:17

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali will visit Myanmar next month to attend the 13th ASEM to be held in Myanmar's capital. The ASEM Foreign Ministerial Meeting will be held in Nay Pyi Taw on November 20-...

36th BCS final results out

36th BCS final results out

-- 2017-10-17 06:36:52

The final results of 36th examinations to enter the Bangladesh Civil Service was published on Tuesday. Recommendations for various cadre positions were made for 2,323 successful candidates, Public Se...

UN agencies call pledging conference on Rohingya crisis

UN agencies call pledging conference on Rohingya crisis

-- 2017-10-17 06:31:41

Three United Nations agencies plan to send a strong message to Rohingya refugees and their generous hosts in Bangladesh that the world is there for them in their greatest time of need. They are urgin...

Speaker urges to play effective international role over Rohingya issue

Speaker urges to play effective international role over Rohingya issue

-- 2017-10-17 06:28:16

Bangladesh has sought an effective role from the international community and the United Nations in finding a permanent solution to the Rohingya crisis. “We want an urgent solution to the crisis...

Train hits microbus in Comilla, three dead

Train hits microbus in Comilla, three dead

-- 2017-10-17 05:55:53

Three microbus passengers were killed after their vehicle was struck by a train at an unprotected crossing in Comilla. The accident occurred around 12pm on Tuesday in the Bijoypur Srinibash area of t...

NRB Bank donates to Prime Minister’s Relief Fund

NRB Bank donates to Prime Minister’s Relief Fund

FE Online Report 2017-10-17 04:47:50

NRB Commercial Bank Ltd, on Monday, donated Tk 10 million to Prime Minister’s Relief Fund for rehabilitating the Rohingya refugee. Chairman of the bank Engr. Farasath Ali handed over the donati...

Govt to modernise telecom facilities

Govt to modernise telecom facilities

-- 2017-10-17 04:26:55

The government plans to modernise telecommunication facilities in the country. The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved a project in this regard. The proj...

DB nab female UP member with yaba

DB nab female UP member with yaba

-- 2017-10-17 02:40:39

Detective Branch (DB) of police have arrested a female member of Union Parishad (UP) in Mohammadpur upazila of Magura district along with 175 pieces of Yaba tablets. The UP member of Ward No 3 in Bab...

Two die as train hits microbus

Two die as train hits microbus

-- 2017-10-17 02:08:00

Two people were killed and another was injured as a Sylhet-bound Paharika Express train hit a microbus in Jailkhanabari area under Bijoypur union of Comilla Sadar Dakkhin (South) upazila of Comilla on...

Two held with Yaba

Two held with Yaba

-- 2017-10-16 12:10:45

Police arrested two men along with 860 pieces of Yaba from Pingalkathi Bazar and Paschim Dumuria villages of Gournadi upazila of Barisal on Sunday night. The arrestees were identified as Md Idris Bar...

Sundarbans ‘gunfight’ leaves robber dead

Sundarbans ‘gunfight’ leaves robber dead

-- 2017-10-16 12:04:24

The ‘second in command' of a forest robber gang was killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members in Shailo Khal area of the Sundarbans on Monday morning. The deceased...

Ensure easy-term housing loans to achieve SDG 11

Ensure easy-term housing loans to achieve SDG 11

FE Report 2017-10-16 12:00:00

The government has been urged to ensure easy-term housing loans for the low-income group of people to achieve the SDG 11. According to the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), adequate, safe and affor...

Twelve Rohingyas die in boat capsize

Twelve Rohingyas die in boat capsize

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

Al least 12 Rohingya people, including six children and four women, were killed as a boat carrying them capsized in the Naf River near Shah Porir Swip area in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar district on...

World Food Day being observed

World Food Day being observed

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

The World Food Day (WFD) is being observed in the country as elsewhere in the globe today (Monday). This year’s theme is “Change the future of migration, invest in food security and rural...

Block Blue Whale Challenge, its ilk:  HC

Block Blue Whale Challenge, its ilk: HC

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

The High Court on Monday asked the authorities concerned to block the "Blue Whale Challenge" game and all the other same type of games, which have been blamed for suicides of teenagers. The HC bench...

DGDA arranges discussion on drug regulations

DGDA arranges discussion on drug regulations

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

The Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) held a scientific discussion on ‘Global best practices on OTC drug regulations: A way forward for Bangladesh’ in Dhaka city on Sunday....

EU shuns Myanmar generals

EU shuns Myanmar generals

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

The European Union has announced suspension of invitations to Myanmar military chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other top military commanders of the country. The announcement comes in respons...

BGB seizes Indian goods worth Tk 2m

BGB seizes Indian goods worth Tk 2m

-- 2017-10-16 10:53:19

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized various import-banned medicines, Indian saree and three-pieces worth Tk 2 million (20 lakh) from Sadipur border under Benapole Port Police Station on Su...

Electrocution kills housewife  in Joypurhat

Electrocution kills housewife in Joypurhat

-- 2017-10-16 10:39:18

A housewife died from electrocution at Belghoria village in Gopinathpur union of Akkelpur upazila of Joypurhat district on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Asma Begum (34), wife of Akram...

Speakers demand to formulate food security law

Speakers demand to formulate food security law

-- 2017-10-16 07:48:58

Speakers at a discussion urged the government to formulate a food security law and suggested reducing the price of OMS rice from Tk 30 to 15. They also urged the government to take immediate steps fo...

President urges to ensure objective journalism

President urges to ensure objective journalism

-- 2017-10-16 07:45:00

President M Abdul Hamid on Monday urged media people to ensure objective journalism and always give priority to reality in their profession. The President came up with the call as Dhaka University Vi...

BCL infighting leaves one dead in Sylhet

BCL infighting leaves one dead in Sylhet

-- 2017-10-16 06:55:54

An activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was killed and two others were injured in a factional clash at Tilagarh in Sylhet city on Monday. The deceased was identified as Omar Ahmed, a BBA stude...

HC bans removal of garbage in open trucks in Dhaka

HC bans removal of garbage in open trucks in Dhaka

-- 2017-10-16 06:26:34

The High Court Monday banned removal garbage in open-back trucks in Dhaka and set the time for removing waste. Justice Quazi Reza-Ul-Hoque and Justice Mohammad Ullah gave the order after a preliminar...