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Woman ‘commits suicide’ jumping under train

Woman ‘commits suicide’ jumping under train

-- 2018-04-12 12:15:10

A woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping under a train at Belaichandi in sadar upazila on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Begum, 35, wife of Maksud and mother of two children of Belaic...

Six police DIGs transferred

Six police DIGs transferred

-- 2018-04-12 12:04:29

Six Deputy Inspector Generals (DIGs) of police have been transferred and posted on Wednesday. According to the order of the president, the changes were made through a notification signed by Deputy Co...

Police arrest UP chairman for ‘rape’ in Feni

Police arrest UP chairman for ‘rape’ in Feni

-- 2018-04-12 11:39:29

Police arrested a union parishad (UP) chairman for allegedly violating a housewife in Fulgazi upazila of Feni on Thursday. The arrestee was identified as Nurul Islam, the chairman of Fulgazi Sadar...

Truck ploughs through Natore restaurant, killing two

Truck ploughs through Natore restaurant, killing two

-- 2018-04-12 11:33:49

A man and a woman were killed when a truck ploughed through a restaurant at Srirampur in Baraigram upazila of Natore district early Thursday. The deceased have been identified as Shah Mahmud, 55, of...

Quota protests halted

Quota protests halted

FE Online Desk 2018-04-12 11:17:47

Students and job seekers have halted their quota protests until the government announces its gazette. Their platform announced this at Raju Memorial Sculpture on Dhaka University campus on Thurs...

Modern Steel to hold IPO road show on Apr 22

Modern Steel to hold IPO road show on Apr 22

FE Report 2018-04-12 11:02:16

Modern Steel Mills Limited will hold a road show for eligible institutional investors on April 22 as the company plans to go public. The steels maker is set to raise Tk 2.0 billion from the capital m...

WRC to help build capacity of trade unions in garment sector

WRC to help build capacity of trade unions in garment sector

FE Report 2018-04-12 10:50:44

A Workers Resource Centre (WRC) has been set up at Tongi, a garment industry hub on the outskirts of the capital, aiming to build the capacity of trade unions in the readymade garment sector. The Nat...

Impose anti-dumping duty on plastic products: BPGMEA

Impose anti-dumping duty on plastic products: BPGMEA

FE Report 2018-04-12 10:45:12

The country's plastic goods manufacturers recently suggested the government to impose anti-dumping duty in the next national annual budget on import of certain plastic products from India. The import...

Vandalism at DU VC’s residence: Police to probe four cases

Vandalism at DU VC’s residence: Police to probe four cases

-- 2018-04-11 22:59:08

The Dhaka University had started a case with police over the vandalism at the vice-chancellor's residence while the Special Branch of police have initiated a separate case relating to the incident. "...

RU professor Rezaul Karim murder verdict May 8

RU professor Rezaul Karim murder verdict May 8

-- 2018-04-11 22:42:49

A Rajshahi court on Wednesday set May 8 to deliver its verdict in connection with the killing of Rajshahi University teacher Prof Rezaul Karim Siddiquee in 2016. Rajshahi Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge...

Quota system scrapping reflects people’s ‘victory’: Moudud

Quota system scrapping reflects people’s ‘victory’: Moudud

-- 2018-04-11 21:42:48

BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed has described the Prime Minister's announcement to abolish the quota system in public service in the face of a students' movement as people's 'victory'.  "The Prim...

Miscreants shoot UPDF man dead in Rangamati

Miscreants shoot UPDF man dead in Rangamati

-- 2018-04-11 21:33:26

An activist of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) was shot dead reportedly by members of a breakaway rival faction at Betchari area of Naniarchar Upazila in Rangamati on Wednesday. The deceased...

DMP takes foolproof security ahead of Pahela Boishakh

DMP takes foolproof security ahead of Pahela Boishakh

-- 2018-04-11 19:58:45

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has taken necessary measures to ensure foolproof security for peaceful and smooth celebration of the programmes, marking the Pahela Boishakh, the first day of the B...

RAB arrests two youths with ‘20,387 Yaba tablets in city

RAB arrests two youths with ‘20,387 Yaba tablets in city

-- 2018-04-11 19:48:57

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members arrested two suspected drug dealers and recovered 20,387 Yaba tablets from the 300 Feet Road of Khilkhet in the city on Wednesday morning. The arrestees are Md Id...

Govt working to make green economy a reality: Amu

Govt working to make green economy a reality: Amu

-- 2018-04-11 19:46:56

Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu has said the government is working to establish green economy, which is environment-friendly, low-carbon emission and climate tolerable, under the leadership of Pr...

Each family of US-Bangla plane crash deceased to get $50,000 from Nepal

Each family of US-Bangla plane crash deceased to get $50,000 from Nepal

-- 2018-04-11 19:38:54

Families of those killed in the US-Bangla airplane crash will get at least $50,000 each as compensation from the Tribhuban International Airport authority in Nepal. Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministe...

Quota protesters to disclose decision on Thursday morning

Quota protesters to disclose decision on Thursday morning

-- 2018-04-11 19:21:26

Bangladesh General Students' Rights Protection Council on Wednesday announced to halt their movement until Thursday morning. The organisation will disclose their decision over it in a press conferenc...

Fazle Hasan Abed gets Lego Prize 2018

Fazle Hasan Abed gets Lego Prize 2018

FE Online Desk 2018-04-11 18:56:20

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, founder and chairperson of BRAC, was awarded the prestigious ‘LEGO Prize 2018’ in recognition of his extraordinary contribution towards improving children's lives and...

No quota for govt jobs anymore: PM

No quota for govt jobs anymore: PM

-- 2018-04-11 18:03:27

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced on Wednesday that there would be no quota system in government jobs anymore, report agencies. After hearing it protesters announced to halt their movement until...

Quota to go, BCL says citing PM

Quota to go, BCL says citing PM

-- 2018-04-11 14:30:40

Leaders of the Bangladesh Chhatra League claim that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will remove quotas from civil service jobs. The statements from BCL President Saifur Rahman Sohag and General Secretar...

DU VC expresses solidarity with quota reform protesters

DU VC expresses solidarity with quota reform protesters

-- 2018-04-11 14:16:10

Expressing solidarity with the demonstrators, Dhaka University Vice-chancellor Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman has said the demand of students is logical. The VC came up with the remarks while speaking at a pr...

DUTA supports protesters on quota reform

DUTA supports protesters on quota reform

FE Online Desk 2018-04-11 13:06:09

Dhaka University Teachers Association (DUTA) has demanded a specific decision from the government about the quota reform immediately. They made the demand in a statement on Wednesday showing full sup...

Quota reform demos  roll into fourth day

Quota reform demos roll into fourth day

-- 2018-04-11 12:33:27

Students and job seekers have again taken to the streets on Wednesday to call for reforms to the quota system for government jobs. Though the protests have been going on for some time, the latest rou...

Bumper pumpkin output makes 26 char families happy

Bumper pumpkin output makes 26 char families happy

-- 2018-04-11 12:23:13

Bumper production of pumpkin in the sandy-barren char lands has brought smile to 26 poor families of Dakshin Balapara Kutirpar char village under Aditmari upazila in Lalmonirhat to change their fortun...

Prime Bank recommends 17pc dividend

Prime Bank recommends 17pc dividend

FE Online Report 2018-04-11 12:17:32

The board of directors of Prime Bank Limited has recommended 7.0 per cent cash and 10 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2017. The final approval of the dividend will come dur...

Police kill ‘robber’ in Meherpur ‘shootout’

Police kill ‘robber’ in Meherpur ‘shootout’

-- 2018-04-11 11:32:07

A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight between his cohorts and police on Hemayetpur-Amtoil road in Gangni upazila early Wednesday. The identity of the deceased could not be known immedi...

Two Rohingya youths get 10-year jail for smuggling Yaba

Two Rohingya youths get 10-year jail for smuggling Yaba

-- 2018-04-11 10:54:42

A Cox's Bazar court has awarded two Rohingya youths 10 year jail terms on charges of smuggling Yaba into the district from Myanmar in 2015. The court also fined the convicts—Amanulla, son of Mo...

Manikganj road mishap kills two bikers

Manikganj road mishap kills two bikers

-- 2018-04-11 10:47:03

Two motorcyclists were killed when a bus hit a motorbike on Dhaka-Aricha highway at Manora in Manikganj sadar upazila on Wednesday. The deceased have been identified as Abdul Quader, 30 of Dhulla vil...

DMTCL starts hiring staff for metro-rail project

DMTCL starts hiring staff for metro-rail project

Munima Sultana 2018-04-11 10:40:53

The metro rail company has finally started the process of recruiting its workforce, paving the way to hire dedicated personnel for implementing, managing and operating the city's first mass transit sy...

Over 500 garment factories yet to address safety hazards

Over 500 garment factories yet to address safety hazards

Monira Munni 2018-04-11 10:32:10

Majority of the 745 garment factories inspected under a national initiative have made little or no progress in addressing safety hazards, thus putting the life of workers at risk, industry insiders sa...