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Compensate Tk 10m to Rajib’s family: HC

Compensate Tk 10m to Rajib’s family: HC

-- 2018-05-08 12:50:34

The High Court has issued an order to provide Tk 10 million as compensation to the family of Rajib Hasan, a student of Govt Titumir College, who got his right arm lost being pressed between two buses...

ACC grills Tabith Awal over acquiring illicit wealth

ACC grills Tabith Awal over acquiring illicit wealth

-- 2018-05-08 12:34:54

The Anti-Corruption Commission has interrogated BNP leader Tabith Awal over allegations of amassing wealth illegally. Tabith, also the vice president of Bangladesh Football Federation, arrived at the...

Tree collapse snaps rail link with Sylhet

Tree collapse snaps rail link with Sylhet

-- 2018-05-08 12:14:04

The rail communications between Sylhet and the rest of the country remained suspended from early Tuesday following the collapse of a tree on the tracks in the hilly area of Lawachara National Park in...

Farmers reap Boro paddy in Gaibandha

Farmers reap Boro paddy in Gaibandha

-- 2018-05-08 11:39:26

Harvest of Boro paddy is progressing fast in all the seven upazilas in the district with much enthusiasm. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said farmers of the district cultivated Bo...

Speeding bus kills two in Sirajganj

Speeding bus kills two in Sirajganj

-- 2018-05-08 10:49:32

Two people were killed and three others were injured when a speeding bus ran over them on Hatikumrul-Banpara highway at Ramchar in Ullahpara upazila on Monday noon. The deceased were identified as va...

Assailants stab youth to death in capital

Assailants stab youth to death in capital

-- 2018-05-08 10:41:22

A youth was stabbed to death in the city's Dakkhin Banasree on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Jakir. Rahima, a local resident of Dakhin Banasree, briefed that she saw a gathering near...

SC starts hearing on Khaleda’s bail

SC starts hearing on Khaleda’s bail

-- 2018-05-08 10:28:24

The Supreme Court (SC) is hearing an appeal by the Anti-Corruption Commission challenging the High Court’s bail order for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. Th...

Northeastern dists likely to face flash floods

Northeastern dists likely to face flash floods

-- 2018-05-08 10:17:33

The northeastern districts of Bangladesh and adjacent areas in India may face flash floods due to heavy rain. The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre has warned of possible flash floods before the r...

Two SROs of NBR puzzle investors

Two SROs of NBR puzzle investors

Doulot Akter Mala 2018-05-08 09:36:32

Two statutory regulatory orders (SROs) of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) regarding tax exemption have created confusion among the investors of the private plants in economic zones (EZs), offici...

Waterlogging, labour shortage hit Boro harvest in Rajshahi, Magura

Waterlogging, labour shortage hit Boro harvest in Rajshahi, Magura

Our Correspondent 2018-05-07 22:45:57

RAJSHAHI, May 07: Hundreds of acres of standing Boro paddy have been plunged underwater at the Beel Kalam of Tanore upazila. Due to incessant rain and on rush of water from surrounding land on last Mo...

Rangpur pointed gourd growers eye good yield

Rangpur pointed gourd growers eye good yield

Our Correspondent 2018-05-07 22:43:50

RANGPUR, May 07: Pointed gourd (Potol) growers of the district are expecting a good yield of the vegetable during the current season. According to sources due to congenial weather and high demand, fa...

Bangladesh rejects Pakistan's claim over OIC declaration

Bangladesh rejects Pakistan's claim over OIC declaration

-- 2018-05-07 22:12:33

Bangladesh has rejected Pakistan's claim over the Dhaka Declaration of the just-concluded OIC Council of Foreign Ministers. Pakistan had claimed the declaration was not discussed with the member stat...

SC stays HC order on FF’s retirement age

SC stays HC order on FF’s retirement age

-- 2018-05-07 21:50:47

The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday stayed a High Court (HC) order for eight weeks that had declared illegal the increasing of retirement age of freedom fighters in government jobs to 60. Chamber Judge...

Gazipur cit polls: Hasan Sarkar challenges HC stay order

Gazipur cit polls: Hasan Sarkar challenges HC stay order

-- 2018-05-07 20:51:51

BNP-backed mayoral candidate Hasan Uddin Sarkar has filed a petition with the Supreme Court challenging a High Court order that stayed Gazipur City Corporation election for three months. Sagir Hossai...

Islamabad contradicts OIC’s Dhaka Declaration

Islamabad contradicts OIC’s Dhaka Declaration

-- 2018-05-07 20:49:07

Though Bangladesh 'successfully hosted' the 45th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Pakistan raised some questions regarding the Dhaka...

Lightning kills eight in four districts

Lightning kills eight in four districts

-- 2018-05-07 20:39:34

Eight people, including a schoolgirl, were killed in separate incidents of lightning strike in Habiganj, Sunamganj, Sherpur and Cumilla districts on Monday. In Habiganj, two farmers were killed and a...

Female college teacher, bank officer found dead

Female college teacher, bank officer found dead

-- 2018-05-07 20:38:25

A female college teacher and a bank officer were found dead at a flat of a two-storey building at Dakkhin Jhiltuli of Faripur on Monday. Police recovered the bodies of Sajia Begum, 34, an assistant p...

UK pledges additional £70m support for Rohingyas

UK pledges additional £70m support for Rohingyas

-- 2018-05-07 20:33:43

The United Kingdom on Monday pledged fresh humanitarian support for the Rohingya refugees ahead of the looming cyclone and monsoon season. They also vowed provide vaccine to almost one million people...

TIB expresses concerns over setting up power plant in forest vicinity 

TIB expresses concerns over setting up power plant in forest vicinity 

-- 2018-05-07 19:30:17

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has expressed deep concern over the initiative of setting up a coal-fired power plant at Tengragiri reserve forest in Barguna and Power Development Board's...

HC upholds death penalty for two in Opu murder trail

HC upholds death penalty for two in Opu murder trail

-- 2018-05-07 18:50:47

The High Court (HC) on Monday upheld death penalty for two, who were earlier sentenced to death, in a case filed for killing Ashikur Rahman Khan Opu in 2008 in capital's Sutrapur area. Justice Md Ruh...

Rabindranath's 157th birth anniversary Tuesday

Rabindranath's 157th birth anniversary Tuesday

-- 2018-05-07 18:14:02

The nation is set to celebrate the 157th birth anniversary of Biswakabi Rabindranath Tagore in a befitting manner across the country tomorrow. On the 25th of Baishakh in 1268 Bengali year, Rabindrana...

ADB Country Director meets DU VC

ADB Country Director meets DU VC

-- 2018-05-07 17:59:57

Country Director of Asian Development Bank (ADB) Manmohan Parkash on Monday met Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman on the campus. He was accompanied by Zahir Uddin Ah...

Draft of dowry act incorporates punishment for false case

Draft of dowry act incorporates punishment for false case

FE Online Desk 2018-05-07 17:50:45

Draft of new dowry act incorporates a new provision of five years imprisonment for filing any false case under the law. The cabinet on Monday gave final approval to draft of the Dowry Prohibition Act...

President pays homage to Bangabandhu

President pays homage to Bangabandhu

-- 2018-05-07 17:24:52

President Md Abdul Hamid has paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his mausoleum at Tungipara of Gopalganj. The President went to Tungipa...

Rainfall may increase from Thursday

Rainfall may increase from Thursday

-- 2018-05-07 17:17:55

The rainfall that is now occurring across the country may increase from Thursday, said Bangladesh Meteorological Department on Monday. "The rainfall may increase across the country from May 10 giving...

Lightning strikes claim 7 lives in 3 districts

Lightning strikes claim 7 lives in 3 districts

-- 2018-05-07 17:06:27

Seven people, including a schoolgirl, were killed in separate incidents of lightning strike in Sherpur, Habiganj and Sunamganj districts on Monday. In Sherpur, four people, including a schoolgirl, we...

High Court expresses shock over Rajib’s death

High Court expresses shock over Rajib’s death

-- 2018-05-07 16:58:42

The High Court has expressed shock over tragic death of college student Rajib Hossain whose right hand was lost after being pressed between two buses in the city. An HC bench of Justice Salma Masud C...

Ramadan office timing from 9:00am to 3:30pm

Ramadan office timing from 9:00am to 3:30pm

-- 2018-05-07 16:58:26

The offices of government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous institutions will remain open from 9:00am to 3:30pm on every working day during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan. The gove...

'DIG Mizan obstructs ACC investigation'

'DIG Mizan obstructs ACC investigation'

-- 2018-05-07 16:53:57

Deputy Inspector General of police Mizanur Rahman did not submit required documents sought by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to conduct investigation regarding his wealth and earnings. ACC Secr...

BNP to protest rejection of rally permission Wednesday

BNP to protest rejection of rally permission Wednesday

-- 2018-05-07 15:46:16

The BNP said it will protest at every police station in Dhaka on Wednesday after it was refused permission to hold a rally in the capital’s Nayapaltan area. The party’s Senior Joint Secre...