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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...
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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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-...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
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....
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
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