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Record 10,308 tonnes of pulse output in Rangpur region

-- 2018-04-21 21:06:42

RANGPUR, Apr 21 (BSS): farmers have produced a record quantity of 10,308 tonnes of pulses during the just-ended Rabi season, higher by about 1,000 tonnes than the previous season, in Rangpur agricultu...

Fakhrul sees BD's diplomatic failure over Rohingya issue

-- 2018-04-21 21:00:30

The government failed to resolve the Rohingya crisis and some issues with India due to its diplomatic failure. BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the allegation on Saturday while...

Four tourists detained for hunting birds

-- 2018-04-21 20:50:24

Four tourists were arrested for hunting birds at Monpura Island in Bhola on Saturday. A mobile court led by local Executive Magistrate Abdul Aziz Bhuiyan also fined each of them with Tk 50,000 and se...

Lightning kills farmer in Tangail

-- 2018-04-21 20:46:03

A farmer was killed as a thunderbolt hit him at Charpakulla under Sadar Upazila in Tangail on Saturday noon. The deceased was identified as Zulu Mia, 55, son of Year Ali of the village. Locals said th...

BUP Intra Model UN Conference held

-- 2018-04-21 20:39:55

A two-day conference titled BUP Intra Model United Nations Conference 2018 concluded on Saturday at Bijoy Auditorium of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) campus in the city. The conference...

Move underway to finish Annisul’s dream projects

-- 2018-04-21 20:27:47

Dhaka North City Corporation has taken a move to complete the unfinished projects taken by its late mayor Annisul Huq on priority basis to make the city green and livable one. Although some problems...

Old age allowance for 400,000 more people in next FY

-- 2018-04-21 19:49:55

The government will bring 400,000 more people under the old age allowance programme in the Social Safety Net scheme in next fiscal year (2016-19). "The government is providing 3500,000 elderly people...

77pc drivers in the city have no license

-- 2018-04-21 19:06:40

Over 77 per cent drivers in the country don't have driving licenses, said speakers on Saturday. According to Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (BJKS), out of seven million drivers in the country, only 1...

Police arrest man for killing wife in Ctg

-- 2018-04-21 19:01:00

Police arrested a man in connection with killing his wife at Churamoni of Satkhania upazila in Chattogram on Saturday. Rokeya Begum, 22, was allegedly killed at her in-laws' house by her husband Parv...

BGB seize 75 baby Ostrich, gold in Satkhira  

-- 2018-04-21 18:27:58

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives seized 75 ostrich chicks and gold ornaments from Kushkhali and Padmo Shakhra border areas in Sadar upazila on Saturday. Sarker Mohammad Mos...

2,392 cases filed over traffic rule violations

-- 2018-04-21 18:18:28

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a daylong drive on Friday filed 2,392 cases on charges of traffic rule violation. Traffic division in their simultaneous drives on the city streets also realised o...

Biman’s int’l flight misses arrival schedule

FE Online Report 2018-04-21 17:48:43

One international flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines missed its arrival schedule at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Saturday. The flight BG 072 bound from Kathmandu was supposed to...

'Ban children of anti-liberation forces from public service'

-- 2018-04-21 17:20:26

Children of freedom fighters under the banner of Amra Muktijoddhar Sontan has urged the government to announce the children of anti-liberation forces ineligible for civil service. The platform also u...

PM mourns death of AL leader Abdul Karim

-- 2018-04-21 17:01:41

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday expressed deep shock at the death of Awami League Jatiya Parishad member and one of the organisers of the great Liberation War Md Abdul Karim. In a condolence...

N’ganj police officer closed for taking bribe

-- 2018-04-21 16:56:13

A sub-inspector of Araihazar Police Station in Narayanganj was closed to the district Police Lines on Friday night for freeing three drug traders in exchange of bribe. The closed policeman is SI Raki...

Pabna school wall collapse: 4 primary students hospitalised

-- 2018-04-21 16:38:09

Four students were injured as an under-construction wall of a school collapsed on them at Shibrampur in Pabna on Saturday morning. The injured students are Afrin, Afsana, Ami, Ismail. All are the stu...

Clash leaves one dead in Narail

-- 2018-04-21 16:13:29

A man was killed in a clash between two groups of villagers at Par Mallikpur village in Lohagara upazila of Narail district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Khayer Mrida, 40, reports UN...

Rangpur farmers witness record pulse production

-- 2018-04-21 14:09:06

The farmers have produced a record quantity of 10,308 tonnes of pulses during the just-ended Rabi season, higher by about 1,000 tonnes than the previous season, in Rangpur agriculture region. Officia...

Motorcyclist dies after collision with truck

-- 2018-04-21 14:06:18

A motorcyclist was killed as a truck hit his vehicle at Atahar area in Sadar upazila of Chapainawabganj district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Akbar Ali, 50, son of Ayesh Uddin of Kalin...

CWASA takes Tk 10.36b project to meet city water demand

-- 2018-04-21 13:42:48

Chattogram Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (CWASA) has taken a Tk 10.36 billion water plant project - Bhandal Jhuri Water Supply Project (BJWSP) - aiming to meet the growing water demand of city d...

DU authority brings back three students

-- 2018-04-21 13:15:32

The Dhaka University (DU) authority has brought back the three residential students of Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall, who were forced out of the dormitory 'for spreading rumour on Facebook'. As the univers...

Hasina, Queen greet each other in London

-- 2018-04-21 13:12:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina joined the British queen’s Dinner at Buckingham Palace in London on Thursday night. Hasina’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told the press on Friday she exchan...

Clashes leave 300 villagers homeless

-- 2018-04-21 11:47:23

More than 300 people from at least 25 villages in the hilly district of Khagrachhari have become homeless following factional clashes between two hill tracts-based political parties over establishing...

Truck runs over woman in city

-- 2018-04-21 11:35:48

A woman was killed when a truck hit a rickshaw carrying her in Dhanmondi area of the capital on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Masuda, 35, wife of Mohammad Jamal and a nurse of a privat...

Police recover missing man body in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-04-21 11:32:17

Police recovered the floating body of an old man from the Padma River in Charalatuli-Horma area of Sadar upazila on Friday afternoon, 21 days after he had gone missing. Locals spotted the decomposed...

Man ‘beats wife to death’ over dowry in Jashore

-- 2018-04-21 11:24:07

A housewife was beaten to death allegedly by her husband over dowry at Bagachra village in Sharsha upazila of Jashore district on Friday night. Ripon Hossain, 38, son of Moslem Gazi of Satmile villa...

‘Robber’ dies in Mymensingh ‘gunfight’

-- 2018-04-21 10:24:00

A suspected robber was killed in a so-called gunfight with members of Detective Branch (DB) of police at Saharpur in Phulpur upazila under Mymensingh early Saturday. SA Newazi, additional superintend...

Rohingya crisis: Commonwealth backs Bangladesh

-- 2018-04-21 10:10:00

The Commonwealth leaders have expressed solidarity with Bangladesh over the Rohingya issue and demanded justice for the persecution of the minority group in Myanmar. “Heads expressed full solid...

Weekly analysis: DSE witnesses mixed trends

FE Report 2018-04-21 09:15:30

The Dhaka bourse performed mixed in last week as many investors were busy with 'rebalancing' their portfolio following the declarations of dividend and first quarter earnings. The premier bourse, how...

BD lags behind neighbours

Kamrun Nahar 2018-04-21 00:26:55

Bangladesh has made a little progress in adventure tourism comparing to its neighbouring countries despite having a huge potential in the specific sector, tourism experts said. They noted that the go...