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'Chief justice forced to go on leave'

-- 2017-10-03 04:18:13

Supreme Court Bar Association President Advocate Zainul Abedin says Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha has been forced to take leave from the court. The pro-BNP advocate made the comments during a pr...

‘Cousin’ abducts minor girl from Dhamrai

-- 2017-10-03 02:52:38

A minor girl has been abducted allegedly by his cousin from Katabar area in Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka district. Rezaul Haque, officer-in-charge of Dhamrai Police Station, said Amena Akhter, 4, daught...

PM mourns Las Vegas shooting victims

-- 2017-10-03 02:21:56

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed profound shock at the tragic loss of more than 50 lives in a mindless and deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas city of United States Monday. In a message of co...

Justice Wahhab Miah made acting CJ

-- 2017-10-03 01:47:21

Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah is heading the Appellate Division as it resumes its session in the absence of Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, who went on a one-month leave on health grounds. Surendr...

Madaripur road crash leaves one dead

-- 2017-10-03 01:02:21

A man was killed and five others injured as a bus hit an auto-rickshaw in the municipality area in Sadar upazila of Madaripur district on Tuesday morning. The accident took place on Dhaka-Madari...

Two killed in Dinajpur road crash

-- 2017-10-02 12:05:21

Two people were killed in a road accident in front of Sadar upazila office in the district town on Monday morning. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately, reports UNB. Police said a...

Aamra Networks makes debut trading today

FE Online Desk 2017-10-02 12:00:00

Aamra Networks will make its debut trading today (Monday) on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange. Aamra Networks, which received regulatory approval for going public from the B...

We have proved, we can: PM

-- 2017-10-02 12:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina beamed with exaltation and cheer at the first installation of a span on the country's biggest infrastructure Padma Bridge project. "Yes, we've proved, we can ... I'm very...

Bangladesh, Myanmar discussing Rohingya crisis

-- 2017-10-02 12:00:00

A Bangladesh government delegation is meeting with representatives of the Myanmar government in Dhaka to discuss the Rohingya crisis amid mounting international pressure. The meeting began at the sta...

Rohingya crisis: Myanmar minister in Dhaka

-- 2017-10-02 12:00:00

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi's emissary has flown in Dhaka amid pressure over the situation in Rakhine State that has pushed over half a million Rohingyas into Bangladesh. A senior official at the...

Anti-British movement leader Jasim Uddin no more

Agencies 2017-10-02 12:00:00

Anti-British movement leader Jasim Uddin Mondal passed away at a city hospital on Monday morning due to old age complications. The veteran communist leader breathed his last around 6:00am at Health a...

Teen ‘tortured to death by cops’ in Sherpur

-- 2017-10-02 12:00:00

A 17-year-old boy died hours after being released from police custody in Nalitabari upazila early Monday. The victim has been identified as Biswajit Chandra Dey, son of Bidhan Chandra Dey of Uttar Ba...

‘Drug peddler’ held with Phensedyl

-- 2017-10-02 12:00:00

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested an alleged drug pedlar along with 144 bottles of Phensedyl from Bohorom Tantipara village of Sadar upazila on Sunday night. Being tipped of...

Myanmar proposes repatriation of Rohingya refugees

-- 2017-10-02 12:00:00

Myanmar has proposed the repatriation of Rohingya refugees accepting Bangladesh's proposal to form a joint working group soon to start the overall process bilaterally. Foreign minister Mahmood Ali di...

Govt allocates solar panels for Rohingyas

-- 2017-10-02 12:00:00

The government allocated 500 solar power driven street lights and 2,000 home system panels for 12 Rohingya camps. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader came up with the information while...

'CJ goes on one-month leave on health grounds'

-- 2017-10-02 12:00:00

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha is going on a one-month leave from Monday on health grounds. “The Chief Justice went on the leave from today (Monday) due to his illness and he sent a letter...

Man hacked dead in Chuadanga

-- 2017-10-02 11:11:11

A young man was chopped to death by some miscreants at Khaspara village in Sadar upazila of Chuadanga district on Monday. Tozammel Hossain, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said acting on...

Joint panel to send back Rohingya refugees

-- 2017-10-02 10:41:28

Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed to form a joint working group to start the repatriation process of all the Rohingyas living in Bangladesh. Officials of the two countries met in Dhaka on Monday to...

Two dead in Rangpur road mishap

-- 2017-10-02 10:37:59

Two people died and at least four were injured after a pickup and a truck collided head-on in Rangpur, police have said. The accident occurred in Mithapukur Upazila’s Jaigirhat Bus Stand area a...

Muggers stab policeman to death

-- 2017-10-02 10:00:32

A policeman was stabbed dead by a group of muggers on Dhaka-Sylhet highway under Syed Nazrul Islam Bridge in Bhairab upazila of Kishoreganj district on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Ar...

Mobile court fines fishermen in Bhola for catching hilsa

-- 2017-10-02 07:09:33

Two mobile courts in Bhola Monday fined 10 fishermen for catching hilsa in Meghna and Tetulia rivers defying the ongoing ban. Two separate mobile teams conducted the drives at different points of the...

WFP seeks $75m for Rohingyas

-- 2017-10-02 06:42:11

The World Food Programme or WFP appealed on Sunday for $75 million in emergency aid over the next six months to help alleviate the suffering of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, reports Reuters. "The...

Switzerland to provide new funds for Rohingyas

-- 2017-10-02 06:36:15

Switzerland will provide 1.8 million Swiss francs in emergency assistance for the Rohingya refugess, fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh. The country is also mobilising additional funds as the number of...

Indian finance minister to arrive Tuesday

-- 2017-10-02 06:23:58

Indian Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley will pay a 3-day official visit from Tuesday. He will be visiting Bangladesh at the invitation of Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith...

Bus crashes Habiganj man to death

-- 2017-10-02 02:25:00

A man was crushed under the wheels of a bus on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Bhanudeb village under Nabiganj upazila in Habiganj district of Sylhet on Monday morning. The deceased, identified as Motai Miah...

Homage to Imam Hossain (RA)

-- 2017-10-01 12:00:00

President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have paid tributes to Hazrat Imam Hossain (RA) and other martyrs of Karbala. Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH)’s grandson Hazrat Imam Hoss...

Create safe zone in Rakhine under UN supervision

-- 2017-10-01 12:00:00

Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has called upon the world community to create a safe zone in Myanmar’s Rakhine state under the supervision of the United Nations. He also urged Myanmar t...

Bus plunge kills 7, injures 15

FE Online Report 2017-10-01 12:00:00

A bus accident has left at least 7 people dead and 15 others injured, some of them critically, in Chandina Upazila in Comilla district. Police and fireservice men said the accident occurred on the Dh...

Six burnt in Ctg gas cylinder blast

-- 2017-10-01 12:00:00

A gas cylinder explosion at a multi-storey building in Chittagong has left half a dozen injured. Police, firefighters and locals said at least six people, including two members of a family, suffered...

Half of Rohingya refugees are 'traumatized' children

Fox News 2017-10-01 12:00:00

For a 7-year old, Mohammad Sohail is unusually quiet. He’s startled by the smallest sounds and rarely smiles. He clutches the hand of 18-year-old Jahangir Khan as the two make their way through...