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Mobile courts to conduct drive

-- 2018-04-21 00:24:43

KHULNA, Apr 20 (BSS): Ten mobile courts will begin drives on Tuesday ahead of Khulna City Corporation polls. Consisting with 10 executive magistrates, the mobile teams will take steps against the peo...

Man dies from electrocution in Benapole

-- 2018-04-20 22:57:06

A man was killed after being electrocuted by live electric wire in Balunda village of Sharsha upazila on Friday morning. The deceased Usman Ali, 50, son of Budo Morol of the village, was a document w...

Traffic on Shariatpur-Shibchar road remain suspended after bridge collapse

-- 2018-04-20 22:18:31

Traffic on the Shariatpur-Shibchar road remained suspended from Thursday night after a bailey bridge collapsed under the weight of an overloaded truck on the Kirtinasha river at Rajgaon-Arigaon area....

Relatives fail to meet Khaleda in jail: Fakhrul

-- 2018-04-20 20:49:14

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that relatives of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia were not allowed to meet her in jail. Fakhrul said some of Khaleda's relatives, including h...

BNP spreads rumours to foil JS polls: Maya

-- 2018-04-20 19:55:45

Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, Bir Bikram, has said BNP is out to spread rumours centring baseless issues to thwart the next Jatiya Sangsad (JS) election. "...

Fishes release huge quantity of eggs in Halda River

-- 2018-04-20 19:46:25

Mother fishes of indigenous species have released a huge quantity of eggs in the Halda river, the only natural fish breeding sanctuary in the world, early today. According to experts, this is the fir...

Allowing electioneering by MPs would be unconstitutional: BNP

-- 2018-04-20 18:42:37

BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain has said it will be a violation of the constitution if the Election Commission (EC) allows MPs to carry out election campaigns in Khulna and Gazipur city...

Hasina, Modi discuss bilateral issues on the sidelines of CHOGM

-- 2018-04-20 18:38:01

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held a meeting with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in London on Thursday on the sidelines of The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). "On the sidelines...

Bogura schoolteacher hacked to death over ‘extramarital affair’

-- 2018-04-20 18:10:11

A school headmaster has been hacked to death in Bogura’s Adamdighi Upazila in the early hours of Friday. The teacher has been identified as 53-year old Abdur Rashid, a resident of Dumuria villa...

Khulna-Kolkata Bandhan Express fails to attract passengers

-- 2018-04-20 17:40:00

Bandhan Express, a passenger train on Khulna-Kolkata route, has failed to attract passengers. The commuters who travel to India from Bangladesh by train have mainly blamed high ticket prices and hara...

EC forms panel to check campaign spending of Gazipur, Khulna polls

-- 2018-04-20 17:19:20

The Election Commission has formed a committee to verify accounts of campaign expenditure by mayor and councillor contestants in the Gazipur and Khulna city corporation polls. The panel has been aske...

Rab arrests woman with 10,000 Yaba pills in capital

-- 2018-04-20 17:13:28

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested an alleged female drug dealer along with 10,000 Yaba pills from Mirpur in the city on Thursday evening. The arrestee was known as Ripa Akhter, 24. Ba...

Police detain youth with gun, hemp

-- 2018-04-20 17:08:19

Police arrested a young man reportedly along with a light gun, three bullets and 5 kg hemp at Charmohona in Raipur upazila early Friday. The arrestee was identified as Nasir Uddin, 30, son of Chunnu...

Youth ‘commits suicide’ jumping before train

-- 2018-04-20 17:02:22

A young man allegedly killed himself jumping before a running train at Chatmohar Railway Station in Chatmohar upazila, Pabna on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Sirajul Islam, son of Am...

'Hall authority expels three female students for spreading rumour'

-- 2018-04-20 16:59:12

Dhaka University Vice-chancellor Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman has said Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall authority expelled three female students for their alleged involvement in spreading rumour through fake Facebook a...

Cumilla sets record producing black tomato

-- 2018-04-20 14:33:20

Jamil Selim, a resident of Thakurpara in Cumilla city, has successfully produced black-coloured tomato, 'Beauty Black', in Bangladesh for the first time. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) of...

Chargesheet in cafe attack likely next month

FE Online Desk 2018-04-20 13:51:02

Police are likely to press charges in the case of July 1, 2016 militant attack on Holey Artisan Bakery at Gulshan in Dhaka city next month as their investigation has reached the final stage. The Cou...

Truck rams motorcyclist in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-04-20 13:49:26

A man was killed when a truck hit a motorbike at Ranihati in Shibganj upazila on Friday. The deceased was identified as Manirul Islam, an employee of Shibganj upazila Resource Centre and a resident o...

BR penalises 245 passengers for travelling without tickets

-- 2018-04-20 13:44:22

The Bangladesh Railway (BR) authorities fined 245 passengers of eight trains Tk 88,410 for travelling without tickets on different routes under Lalmonirhat railway division on Thursday. "BR officials...

Rajshahi farmers predict bumper litchi production

-- 2018-04-20 13:01:41

Eye-catching fruit setting has created a high hope among farmers and others concerned including scientists, researchers and traders about bumper litchi production during the upcoming harvesting season...

Missing cop’s body found in Kaliganga River

-- 2018-04-20 12:05:04

A police constable, who went missing after jumping into the Kaliganga River for arresting a convicted accused at Joynagar village in Sadar upazila on Thursday afternoon, found dead in the river on Fri...

Cops find two bodies

-- 2018-04-20 11:49:33

In Chuadanga, a man was found dead at Garchapra village in Alamdanga upazila, while in a separate incident police recovered a decomposed body of a young girl in Gazipur. Quoting witnesses, police sai...

Primary school headmaster found dead with stab wounds

-- 2018-04-20 11:41:27

The headmaster of a local Government Primary School was found dead at Dumuria village in Adamdighi upazila on Friday morning. The deceased has been identified as Abdur Rashid, 50, headmaster of Dumur...

US mulls sanctions against Myanmar over Rohingya

FE Report 2018-04-20 09:31:04

The United States contemplates imposing direct sanctions against Myanmar for what it calls "a clear case of ethnic cleansing", a senior American diplomat has said. "People in congress and administrat...

Get united to wage demo for election under neutral govt

-- 2018-04-20 00:17:39

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir urged on Thursday all the political parties to get united in waging movement for holding the next general election under a non-party neutral governmen...

PM proposes Commonwealth’s comprehensive reform

-- 2018-04-19 23:10:55

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called for a comprehensive reform of the Commonwealth to achieve the desired goals and meet evolving needs and expectations of the member states. "We recommen...

Hasina in Times 100 most influential people’s list

FE Online Desk 2018-04-19 22:41:26

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been listed by US-based Times magazine as one of the 100 most influential people for the year 2018. US President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron and N...

Bumper wheat yield in Sylhet, Magura

Our Correspondent 2018-04-19 21:12:47

SYLHET, Apr 19: Wheat growers of Sylhet division have achieved a good production this season. A total of 1,569 hectares of land were brought under the farming of the crop in all the four districts. On...

Rangpur peasants get benefit from snake bean farming

Our Correspondent 2018-04-19 21:11:40

RANGPUR, Apr 19: Farmers of different upazilas in the district are getting financially benefited by growing snake bean (Barbati) on their lands in recent years. Due to congenial weather, low labour c...

Three policemen injured in gunfight with ‘yaba peddlers’ in city

-- 2018-04-19 21:03:42

Three policemen were injured in a gunfight with suspected yaba peddlers in the capital’s Gendaria area on Thursday afternoon. Police also arrested a suspect with gunshot wounds and recovered 2,...