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Ex-Basic Bank chairman Bachchu skips ACC grilling

Ex-Basic Bank chairman Bachchu skips ACC grilling

-- 2018-05-07 15:31:09

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will again interrogate former BASIC Bank chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bachchu on May 15 as he skipped Monday’s quizzing in connection with a case over embezzlem...

Upset after failing in SSC exam, girl kills self

Upset after failing in SSC exam, girl kills self

-- 2018-05-07 13:01:45

A girl who failed in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Examination reportedly committed suicide by taking poison at Mayrampur village in Bancharampur upazila on Sunday night. The deceased was id...

Four slit-throat bodies found in Bogra

Four slit-throat bodies found in Bogra

Agencies 2018-05-07 12:53:25

Four people have been found dead with their throats slit at a paddy field under Shibganj upazila in Bogra this morning. The dead, aged between 38 and 40 years old, could not be identified immediatel...

48-hr hartal underway in Rangamati

48-hr hartal underway in Rangamati

-- 2018-05-07 11:46:43

A 48-hour hartal enforced by Parbatya Bangali Chhatra Parishad and Parbatya Nagorik Parishad protesting the killing of five people, including microbus driver Sajib Hawladar, is underway peacefully in...

Bagerhat road crash kills bus driver

Bagerhat road crash kills bus driver

-- 2018-05-07 11:42:48

A bus driver has been killed and at least 20 people sustained injuries when a bus plunged into a ditch beside Khulna- Mawa highway in Kakdanga area of Fakirhat upazila in Bagerhat on early Monday. Of...

Truck overturns in Gopalganj, killing three

Truck overturns in Gopalganj, killing three

-- 2018-05-07 11:05:22

Three labourers have died and 10 others suffered injuries after a truck overturned on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Pathalia area in Gopalganj Sadar upazila on Monday morning. A UNB report says the decease...

Suspected criminal dies in ‘gunfight’ with police

Suspected criminal dies in ‘gunfight’ with police

-- 2018-05-07 10:38:54

A suspected criminal was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Pipulbaria Kalurmath in Daulatpur upazila early Monday. Being tipped off that a gang of criminals gathered in the area, a team of...

Hold Myanmar accountable for ‘state-backed violence’

Hold Myanmar accountable for ‘state-backed violence’

FE Report 2018-05-07 10:26:54

The Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has said Myanmar must be held accountable for the violation of human rights against the minority and it termed the Rohingya issue an outcome of 'state...

Insurance policy for migrant workers under review

Insurance policy for migrant workers under review

FE Report 2018-05-07 10:26:32

A government move for mandatory insurance coverage to protect the migrant workers from any unexpected risks is now under detailed review by the sector regulator, officials said. When contacted, mem...

ATMA for effective tobacco taxation

ATMA for effective tobacco taxation

-- 2018-05-06 21:25:21

Anti-Tobacco Media Alliance (ATMA) on Sunday urged the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to ensure effective tobacco taxation noting that the current structure is a complicated one with scope for tax ev...

'Myanmar should take lessons from our communal harmony'

'Myanmar should take lessons from our communal harmony'

-- 2018-05-06 20:44:33

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Myanmar should take lessons from the religious harmony of Bangladesh. "I think Myanmar should take lessons how to run a country by keeping religious harmony inta...

EC working for secured voting environment: CEC

EC working for secured voting environment: CEC

-- 2018-05-06 20:26:22

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda said the election commission wants secured environment for upcoming Khulna City Corporation election. The EC has taken all the measures for the voters...

Honey fair starts in city

Honey fair starts in city

FE Online Report 2018-05-06 20:21:24

A five-day long honey fair has begun on Sunday in the capital to promote the idea of honey farming with modern technology and to spread knowledge of numerous uses of honey. Bangladesh Small and Cott...

Customs arrest Biman employee with gold at HSIA

Customs arrest Biman employee with gold at HSIA

-- 2018-05-06 20:20:21

Customs officials arrested an employee of Biman Bangladesh Airlines along with 6.960 kilograms of gold from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka. The total cost of the gold is esti...

Police detain BNP leader Noman from Gazipur

Police detain BNP leader Noman from Gazipur

-- 2018-05-06 18:49:28

Police detained BNP's Vice Chairman Abdullah Al Noman from Gazipur on Sunday afternoon. Before the arrest, the BNP leader and former minister attended a press conference. Gazipur City Corporation BN...

TCB starts commodity selling at subsidised rates

TCB starts commodity selling at subsidised rates

-- 2018-05-06 18:27:17

Bangladesh Trading Corporation (TCB) on Sunday began its commodity selling programme throughout the country including the capital ahead of the holy Ramadan at subsidised prices. Under the programme,...

2,813 cases filed over traffic rule violations

2,813 cases filed over traffic rule violations

-- 2018-05-06 18:09:32

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a daylong drive on Saturday filed 2,813 cases on charges of traffic rule violation. Traffic division in their simultaneous drives on the city streets also realised...

25-yr concessional period of DEE project starts, finally

25-yr concessional period of DEE project starts, finally

Munima Sultana 2018-05-06 17:32:22

The government has finally commenced the 25-year concessional period of Dhaka Elevated Expressway (DEE) project more than four years after signing the contract with a foreign company. Sources said Ba...

BGB recovers smuggled goods, drugs worth Tk 840m in April

BGB recovers smuggled goods, drugs worth Tk 840m in April

-- 2018-05-06 17:04:18

The paramilitary force Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered a huge quantity of smuggled goods and illegal drugs worth about Tk 840 million from different border areas of the country last month, sai...

Hawker dies during clean-up drive

Hawker dies during clean-up drive

FE Online Report 2018-05-06 16:43:55

A hawker died in his attempt to make a quick escape to avert a 'cleanup drive' launched by Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) on Saturday, witnesses said. The tragic end of the roadside sherbet (a s...

HC stays Gazipur city polls for six months

HC stays Gazipur city polls for six months

Agencies 2018-05-06 15:30:43

The High Court has stayed the Gazipur City Corporation elections for six months after hearing a petition against redistricting in the area. The decision by Justice Naima Haider and Justice Zafar Ahme...

BNP’s demand to reconstruct EC ‘impractical’: Tofail

BNP’s demand to reconstruct EC ‘impractical’: Tofail

-- 2018-05-06 14:53:04

Terming it 'impractical', Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Sunday turned down BNP's demand of reconstitution of the Election Commission (EC) with neutral individuals before the next general election....

Maintain peace in hill districts: PM   

Maintain peace in hill districts: PM   

-- 2018-05-06 14:39:27

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday laid emphasis on maintaining a peaceful atmosphere in the hill tracts. "Make it sure peace prevails there… we do want that. All must maintain a congenial...

Lightning kills man in Sylhet

Lightning kills man in Sylhet

-- 2018-05-06 14:27:02

A man was killed by lightning strike in Goainghat of the district on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Makdul Ali, son of Asgar Ali of Chantabari village in Nandirgao union of Goainghat....

Four BNP leaders get interim bail

Four BNP leaders get interim bail

-- 2018-05-06 14:03:02

The High Court has granted six-month interim bail to four BNP leaders including the party chairperson's adviser Kabir Murad in a case filed under special powers act. The other three are: Aninda Islam...

ActionAid seminar on  sexual harassment May 7

ActionAid seminar on sexual harassment May 7

FE Online Desk 2018-05-06 14:00:57

ActionAid Bangladesh will disclose a research findings on “Sexual Harassment at Educational Institution and Workplaces: Implementation Status of the 2009 Supreme Court Guideline” on May 7....

ACC grills businessmen over Tk 40m ‘bribes’

ACC grills businessmen over Tk 40m ‘bribes’

-- 2018-05-06 13:54:50

The Anti-Corruption Commission or ACC has questioned two businessmen over an alleged bribery of Tk 40 million borrowed from Farmers Bank and later sent to an “important” person’s ban...

SSC pass rate 'satisfactory'

SSC pass rate 'satisfactory'

-- 2018-05-06 13:51:30

The 77.77 per cent pass rate in this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exams is the lowest in nine years, but Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says it is nothing to worry abou...

Two international flights miss arrival schedules at Dhaka airport

Two international flights miss arrival schedules at Dhaka airport

FE Online Report 2018-05-06 12:31:57

Two international flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines have failed to meet their arrival schedules at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Sunday. BG 022 from Muscat was scheduled to arri...

Police arrest youth for raping schoolgirl

Police arrest youth for raping schoolgirl

-- 2018-05-06 11:56:39

Police arrested a young man on charge of raping a schoolgirl at Bagantuli in Shibganj upazila on Saturday noon. The arrestee was identified as Sifat Ahmed Apple, son of Nazrul Islam of Bhortipur vill...