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Jamaat withdraws candidate from Gazipur polls to back BNP

Jamaat withdraws candidate from Gazipur polls to back BNP

-- 2018-04-22 21:40:14

Jamaat-e-Islami on Sunday formally extended its support to BNP's mayoral candidate Hasanuddin Sarker in the Gazipur city polls billed for May 15. Islamist party's mayoral candidate and its Gazipur ci...

Three Ctg bankers sent to jail over Tk 600m loan scam

Three Ctg bankers sent to jail over Tk 600m loan scam

-- 2018-04-22 21:31:20

A Chattogram court on Sunday sent three bankers of Al Arafa Islami Bank Limited, Argabad branch to jail after they surrendered before it over a Tk 600 million loan scam case. The Anti-Corruption Comm...

President urges Judicial Commission members to perform duties sincerely

President urges Judicial Commission members to perform duties sincerely

-- 2018-04-22 20:57:46

President Abdul Hamid on Sunday urged members of the Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission (BJSC) to discharge their respective duties sincerely as judiciary is the place of common people's dependenc...

DB arrests two JMB members in Chapainawabganj

DB arrests two JMB members in Chapainawabganj

-- 2018-04-22 20:43:47

Detective Branch (DB) Sunday arrested two members of the banned Islamic militant outfit Jamaatul Mujahidin Bangladesh (JMB) with gunpowder and Islamic revolutionary books from Ramchandrapur Malkarpara...

BNP-Jamat carrying out propaganda against BD: PM

BNP-Jamat carrying out propaganda against BD: PM

-- 2018-04-22 20:29:34

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has alleged that the BNP-Jamaat alliance is carrying out a negative publicity against Bangladesh using their illegal money. "BNP and Jamaat have earned huge money through...

BARI develops year-round dragon fruit

BARI develops year-round dragon fruit

-- 2018-04-22 20:25:19

Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) has recently successfully developed year-round dragon fruit in the country by using artificial lighting. BARI held a workshop at Pahartoli of Khulshi...

Miscreants shoot UPDF leader dead in Khagrachhari

Miscreants shoot UPDF leader dead in Khagrachhari

-- 2018-04-22 19:44:26

A leader of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) was gunned down and another man sustained bullet wound in a clash over establishing supremacy at Mortila of Panchhari upazila in Khagrachhari on Sun...

AL factional clash leaves one dead in Badda

AL factional clash leaves one dead in Badda

-- 2018-04-22 19:40:43

A man died in a factional clash between two groups of local Awami League in Badda area of Dhaka on Sunday. The man was not identified until writing the report this evening. The body was kept at Apoll...

UGC holds workshop on medical e-resources

UGC holds workshop on medical e-resources

-- 2018-04-22 19:22:44

A day-long workshop was held at University Grants Commission (UGC) on Saturday, aimed at creating awareness on medical e-resources among the medical professionals. UGC Digital Library (UDL) and Wolte...

Khaleda's treatment at United Hospital depends on doctors' advice: Minister

Khaleda's treatment at United Hospital depends on doctors' advice: Minister

-- 2018-04-22 19:10:51

The authorities will consult with expert doctors if anything is required beyond the jail code regarding treatment of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal made the remarks...

Police arrests female cricketer with Yaba in Chattogram

Police arrests female cricketer with Yaba in Chattogram

-- 2018-04-22 18:31:57

Police arrested a female cricketer along with 14,000 pieces of Yaba pills from a bus at Natun Bridge area under Bakalia Police Station in Chattogram on Sunday morning. The arrestee is Nazrin Khan Muk...

Ensure Khaleda’s treatment at United Hospital: BNP

Ensure Khaleda’s treatment at United Hospital: BNP

-- 2018-04-22 18:17:07

BNP has requested the government to ensure proper treatment of Chairperson Khaleda Zia at United Hospital. BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan and vice chairman Hafizuddin Ahmed made the...

High speed internet connections for 2,600 more UPs

High speed internet connections for 2,600 more UPs

-- 2018-04-22 17:34:37

About 2,600 more union parishads will be brought under high speed internet connections through optical fibre cable aiming to reach the goal of building 'Digital Bangladesh'. The internet connections...

HSC geography exam deferred over accidental unwrapping of question sets

HSC geography exam deferred over accidental unwrapping of question sets

-- 2018-04-22 17:27:37

The government has postponed the second paper of the HSC geography exam after a test centre mistakenly opened a packet of question sets, a day before the exam. The exam, which was set to be held on A...

Nepal's probe report contains inconsistencies: US-Bangla CEO

Nepal's probe report contains inconsistencies: US-Bangla CEO

-- 2018-04-22 17:20:05

The initial probe report provided by Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority over US-Bangla plane crash contains 'inconsistencies'. Chief Executive Officer of US-Bangla Airlines Imran Asif came up with the...

Padma Bridge: MoU on April 28 to get Chinese loan for rail link project

Padma Bridge: MoU on April 28 to get Chinese loan for rail link project

-- 2018-04-22 17:17:38

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) will be signed with China on April 28 to get loan for the 'Rail Link' project of the much awaited Padma Bridge. Under the MoU to be signed in Beijing, the Exim Ban...

World Book and Copyright Day on Monday

World Book and Copyright Day on Monday

-- 2018-04-22 16:58:11

The World Book and Copyright Day will be observed in the country on Monday. Bangladesh Knowledge and Creative Publishers' Association will organise a seminar titled 'Role of Copyright Law in boosting...

RAB arrests two with firearm in Sylhet

RAB arrests two with firearm in Sylhet

-- 2018-04-22 15:14:40

Members of Rapid Action Battalion or RAB in a drive arrested two young men along with a foreign made revolver from Chowkidekhi in the city on Saturday evening. The arrestees were identified as Sumon...

Update about Khaleda’s health: BNP to home minister

Update about Khaleda’s health: BNP to home minister

-- 2018-04-22 13:34:22

Two BNP leaders have gone to the office of Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan seeking an update on the health of party chief Khaleda Zia who has ‘fallen ill’ in prison. BNP Standing Committee...

Father, son die in Mymensingh road crash

Father, son die in Mymensingh road crash

-- 2018-04-22 13:10:33

A father and his son were killed while another three injured as a private car hit a covered-van on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Nishinda in Bhaluka upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased were identif...

Court extends BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail till May 10

Court extends BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail till May 10

-- 2018-04-22 12:55:27

A special court in Dhaka on Sunday again extended until May 10 the bail of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Charitable Trust graft case. Judge Md Akhteruzzaman of Special Judge Court-5 passed the o...

RAB mobile court jails seven for selling Hilsha fry

RAB mobile court jails seven for selling Hilsha fry

-- 2018-04-22 11:59:28

A mobile court run by the Rapid Action Battalion or RAB has sentenced seven people each to two years in jail for selling ‘Jatka’ or Hilsha fry in Dhaka. Executive Magistrate Sarwoer Alam...

Tarique to be brought back by any means: PM

Tarique to be brought back by any means: PM

-- 2018-04-22 11:54:05

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday expressed her firm resolve to take back BNP acting chairperson Tarique Zia from London by any means and bring him under the ambit of law. "We'll bring him bac...

Cops kill rape accused man in Satkhira ‘gunfight’

Cops kill rape accused man in Satkhira ‘gunfight’

-- 2018-04-22 11:45:26

An accused of a rape incident was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Hijaldi village at Kolaroa upazila early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Sohag Dalal of Boalia village and the lo...

Locals find dead body of man in Jashore

Locals find dead body of man in Jashore

-- 2018-04-22 11:40:22

A man was found dead in front of Khajura police outpost in the district town on Saturday night. Masudur Rahman Masud, a sub-inspector at the police outpost, said locals found Fasiar Rahman, 45, son o...

Eastland Insurance recommends 15pc dividend

Eastland Insurance recommends 15pc dividend

FE Online Report 2018-04-22 11:17:08

The board of directors of Eastland Insurance Company Limited has recommended 7.50 per cent cash and 7.50 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2017. The final approval of the div...

BD-Thai business dialogue on May 3

BD-Thai business dialogue on May 3

Talha Bin Habib 2018-04-22 10:22:56

The country's apex trade body will pursue Thai entrepreneurs to make more investments here during the upcoming Bangladesh-Thailand business dialogue early next month in Dhaka, sources said. The Feder...

Four die in Gaibandha head-on crash

Four die in Gaibandha head-on crash

Agencies 2018-04-22 10:22:48

Four people, including a child were killed and 15 other injured following a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Gaibandha’s Gobindaganj. The accident occurred on the Dhaka-Rangpur Hi...

BD took 'limited measures' to probe disappearances: US

BD took 'limited measures' to probe disappearances: US

FE Online Report 2018-04-21 21:40:20

The government took limited measures to investigate and prosecute cases of abuse and killing by security forces, said the United States in its annual report on global human rights. The ‘Count...

BINA-17 paddy yield delights Magura growers, officials

BINA-17 paddy yield delights Magura growers, officials

-- 2018-04-21 21:07:10

Our Correspondent MAGURA, Apr 21: A good number of farmers of Uzgram, Moghi and Ramnagar villages in the district have successfully produced BINA-17 paddy.The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE)...