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Bangladesh-origin NY policeman commits suicide

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A Bangladeshi New York City police official has committed suicide. Hemayat Uddin Sarkar, 37, lived with his wife and three-year-old son in the New York City borough of Queens. Sarkar shot himself...

Over half a million hit by floods

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As many as 586,000 people in 20 districts have been affected in the second round of floods during the monsoon this year, says the disaster management ministry. Speaking to the media on Monday, Minist...

Bangladesh remembers Father of the Nation

BSS

The nation is set to observe the National Mourning Day on Tuesday, with paying rich tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his 42nd anniversary of martyrdom. The killing...

One pipeline already complete, two in process of installation

FE Report

The construction of Bangladesh's first dedicated re-gasified LNG-carrying pipeline is already complete and three more are in the process of installation for supplying the fuel, said officials. A 91-k...

BGB seizes 47 bottles of foreign liquor in Benapole

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Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 47 bottles of foreign liquor from Raghunathpur border area in Benapole on Monday night. BGB camp commander Nayeb Subedar Shahid said that on secret in...

Flyover: A help or harassment

Mashuk Imam

TRAFFIC jam is a major problem in our city life. With the construction of flyovers, sadly though, the problem of traffic congestion has further intensified. Moghbazar- Mouchak flyover is one glaring e...

Anti-militant raid: Cops cordon off hotel in Panthapath

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Police have cordoned off a hotel in Dhaka’s Panthapath in a raid to arrest a suspected militant. Hotel Olio International near Square Hospital has remained surrounded by a police team since T...

Govt moves to frame policy for promoting rooftop solar power

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The government has initiated a move to conduct a study on framing Net Metering Policy aiming to promote rooftop solar energy across the country, reports UNB. According to the official sources, users...

Regulator asks for bailout plans of merchant bankers, stockbrokers

FE Report

The regulator asked merchant bankers and stockbrokers to submit individual plans for resolving within a year the margin loan-related problems--some dating back to the market crash. As per the regula...

Man beaten dead over trifling matter

UNB

A man was beaten to death at Panka village of Jessore sadar upazila on Monday night over a trifling matter.   The deceased was identified as Aziz, 50, son of one Kashem Mandal, a farmer of the...

Tax receipts from DSE up 105pc in July

FE Report

The government's revenue earnings from the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) marked 105 per cent rise month-on-month in July on the back of rising trading volume. Analysts said on the back of rising turnov...

Explosions, gunfire during Panthapath anti-militant raid

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Gunfire and explosions have been heard from a hotel in Dhaka where law enforcement officials are conducting a raid.   The police counter-terror unit and SWAT cordoned off Hotel Olio Internation...

DB detain drug pedlar with Yaba

FE Online Desk

Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested an alleged drug pedlar along with more than 200 pieces of Yaba tablets from Jonny tower area under Keraniganj police station of Dhaka city early Tuesday. &nbsp...

Heavy rainfall likely in Ctg, Sylhet divs

UNB

Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to occur at places over Sylhet and Chittagong divisions during next 24 hours beginning at 10:00pm on Tuesday. Due to heavy and very heavy rainfall landslide m...

Today`s education is like taking a bitter pill

Sanjida Rahman

EDUCATION has been defined as the process of developing and training the powers and capabilities of human being which means that education is just a way of developing one's inborn strength and capacit...

Two electrocuted in Joypurhat

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Two people died in separate incidents of electrocution in Panchbibi upazila and Khetlal upazila on Tuesday. In Panchbibi upazila, Golam Rabbani Sourav, 15, a resident of Nayapara village, receiv...

BGB nab ‘hundi trader’ at Benapole

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Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel in a raid arrested a suspected hundi trader along with Tk 2.85 million from Benapole Railway Station area in Sharsha upazila of Jessore district on Tuesday. T...

Mobile court: Supreme Court to hear government plea on Oct 10

UNB

The Appellate Division has fixed October 10 for hearing the government plea over a High Court order over the operations of the mobile court in the country. A six-member bench, headed by Chief Justice...

War criminal Abdus Subhan’s appeal hearing on Oct 16

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The Supreme Court has scheduled the hearing of the appeal by senior Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdus Subhan against the death sentence awarded by the war crimes tribunal. On Wednesday, the three-member A...

Dhaka North Mayor Annisul Huq hospitalised in London

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Dhaka North Mayor Annisul Huq is being treated at the intensive care unit of a London hospital. Bangladesh High Commission's Minister (press) Nadeem Qadir said he has been diagnosed with cerebral va...

Dhaka College student found murdered

FE Online Desk

Police recovered the body of a Dhaka College student from a house at Mirpur-2 in capital Dhaka on Tuesday.  The body, identified as that of Al-amin, 26 to 27, was found with throat slit and han...

ADB loans set to be costlier

FHM Humayan Kabir

The Asian Development Bank's (ADB's) loan to Bangladesh is going to be expensive in the coming years as it would provide nearly 86 per cent of its planned assistance from its hard window OCR, official...

Journos want EC to hold 'free, fair and participatory' polls

FE Report

Editors and senior journalists Wednesday expressed their unanimous opinion that the Election Commission (EC) must exercise all lawful powers to make the next general election 'free, fair and participa...

Bangladesh to import 1.5m tones of rice

FE Report

The government has decided to import 1.5 million tonnes of rice and 0.5 million tonnes of wheat to boost the stock.  The government has already struck deals with Vietnam and Cambodia to buy 0.25...

Floating terminal at Ctg port

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The congestion-chocked Chittagong port now presents the worst scenario for businesses. Not that it has emerged all too suddenly. Jam, due to congestion and lack of space for multifarious works that th...

Two girls return after languishing in Indian jail

UNB

Two Bangladeshi teenage girls returned home after serving two-year jail term in an Indian prison for two years. Indian police handed them over to Benapole police immigration on Wednesday night. Omar...

NPLs jump 19pc in six months to June

Siddique Islam

The volume of non-performing loans (NPLs) jumped by over 19 per cent or Tk 119.76 billion at the end of June this year from December closing last year, despite close monitoring by the central bank. T...

Flood situation improves in northern region

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The overall flood situation of the country’s northern region improved further on Friday with a drop in the water level of the major rivers. Four people died in Jamalpur on Friday. According...

Youth dies from electrocution

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A youth died after being electrocuted at Durgapur village under Benapole Port Police Station on Saturday morning. The deceased has been identified as Atiar Biswas, 27, son of one Aftab Biswas of the...

Road accident kills two motorcyclists

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Two motorcyclists were killed in a road accident at Mail Bus Stand in Dupchanchia upazila of Bogra district on Saturday evening.   The deceased were identified as Rabbani, 32, son of Sakhawat H...