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Politics of blind hatred infiltrates anti-quota demonstrators: Quader

Politics of blind hatred infiltrates anti-quota demonstrators: Quader

-- 2018-04-11 00:35:24

Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader said the politics of blind hatred has infiltrated the job quota reform demonstrators, reports bdnews24.com. "On the night of Operation Searchlight o...

Mother, daughter among 3 die in road crash

Mother, daughter among 3 die in road crash

-- 2018-04-10 22:55:10

Three people, including a woman and her minor daughter, died in a road crash on Mymensingh-Haluaghat road in Tarakanda upazila of the district on Tuesday night. At least 10 others were injured in the...

Quota reform protesters vow to continue movement

Quota reform protesters vow to continue movement

-- 2018-04-10 20:42:31

Quota reform protesters have announced to continue protest until a specific statement from the Prime Minister to this end is made. The Bangladesh General Students' Rights Protection Council made the...

Quota reform after national budget, Muhith says

Quota reform after national budget, Muhith says

-- 2018-04-10 19:56:31

The government will re-examine and reform the quota system of the public service recruitment after the national budget this year. Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith came up with the statement a...

ICT submits probe report against five Jashore ‘war criminals’

ICT submits probe report against five Jashore ‘war criminals’

-- 2018-04-10 19:46:16

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)’s investigation body on Tuesday submitted a probe report against five war crimes accused, including Siddiqur Rahman Gazi alias Siddique of Manirampur upaz...

Three Bangladeshi workers die in Malaysia

Three Bangladeshi workers die in Malaysia

-- 2018-04-10 19:40:46

Three Bangladeshi construction workers died in Malaysia on Monday in a lift accident at their workplace. They were killed as lift of an under-construction site at Johor Bahru Forest City fell on them...

Police recovers youth’s body in Nilphamari

Police recovers youth’s body in Nilphamari

-- 2018-04-10 19:09:34

Nilphamari police on Tuesday morning recovered body of a youth from Bakdokra village in Domar upazila of the district. The deceased was identified as Ariful Islam, 22, son of Mohammad Ali of the Bakd...

Attack on DU VC’s house: BNP blames 'govt agents'

Attack on DU VC’s house: BNP blames 'govt agents'

-- 2018-04-10 18:53:43

The BNP has alleged that 'government agents' carried out the attack on the residence of Dhaka University Vice Chancellor (VC) to divert the quota-reform movement to a different direction. "General st...

$515m WB loan to improve power transmission, insurance sector

$515m WB loan to improve power transmission, insurance sector

FE Online Report 2018-04-10 18:41:39

The World Bank (WB) will provide $515 million as loan in a bid to expand Bangladesh’s electricity transmission network and improve insurance coverage. To this effect, two agreements were signed...

Installation of power transmission grid at Rooppur gets ECNEC’s nod

Installation of power transmission grid at Rooppur gets ECNEC’s nod

FE Online Report 2018-04-10 18:09:41

The government has approved 16 development projects, including installation of a power transmission grid at a cost of Tk 109.82 billion to distribute electricity from the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant....

ACC intensifies monitoring to stop internal corruption

ACC intensifies monitoring to stop internal corruption

-- 2018-04-10 17:14:58

The Anti-Corruption Committee (ACC) is conducting extensive monitoring and evaluation of its activities to ensure transparency and accountability of its officials and employees to stop internal corrup...

SAARC Statistical Organisation's meeting starts Wednesday in the city

SAARC Statistical Organisation's meeting starts Wednesday in the city

-- 2018-04-10 17:05:02

The ninth meeting of the heads of SAARC Statistical Organisations (SAARCSTAT) will be held at La Meridian hotel in Dhaka from April 11-13.   Department of Statistics and Information Management A...

UK won’t interfere in Bangladesh’s internal politics

UK won’t interfere in Bangladesh’s internal politics

-- 2018-04-10 16:51:58

British High Commissioner in Dhaka Alison Blake on Tuesday said the kingdom won’t interfere in the internal political affairs of Bangladesh. "So, you won't find me speculating about the politic...

Five get death for Chattogram murder

Five get death for Chattogram murder

-- 2018-04-10 16:50:56

A Chattogram court has sentenced five people to death for the murder of expatriate Nurul Alam in 2011. The death row convicts are Babul Barua, Kanon Barua Jewel, Munir, Sanjid Banik and Mujibur Rahma...

ACC detains four over Farmers Bank loan scam

ACC detains four over Farmers Bank loan scam

-- 2018-04-10 16:45:49

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested four accused, including the Farmers Bank's former Audit Committee chairman Mahabubul Haque Chisty, on Tuesday in connection with the embezzlement and irre...

Traffic dept sues 62 drivers for talking over phone

Traffic dept sues 62 drivers for talking over phone

-- 2018-04-10 16:42:18

Traffic department of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has filed 62 cases including 23 video cases against drivers of different modes of vehicles on charges of talking over mobile phone while drivi...

Govt has no plan to impose VAT on education: PM 

Govt has no plan to impose VAT on education: PM 

-- 2018-04-10 16:10:22

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the government has no plan to impose value added tax (VAT) on education, including private universities. She said this while presiding over the meeting of...

Five on remand over gang rape on bus

Five on remand over gang rape on bus

-- 2018-04-10 14:49:51

A Dhaka court has granted a three-day remand to five suspects for their alleged involvement in the gang rape of a female garment worker on a moving bus in Dhamrai near Dhaka. Atiqul Islam, Justice of...

Quota reform protesters demand apology from Matia

Quota reform protesters demand apology from Matia

-- 2018-04-10 14:14:22

Protesters who were leading the movement for quota reforms in public service recruitment on Tuesday demanded apology from Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury for her comments at the parliament on M...

Court rejects Khaleda's bail plea in Cumilla arson case

Court rejects Khaleda's bail plea in Cumilla arson case

-- 2018-04-10 14:14:09

A Cumilla court on Tuesday rejected the bail petition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case filed over the 2015 arson attack on a bus in Chouddagram upazila that left eight people dead. Senior Jud...

Police detain 25 in Dinajpur

Police detain 25 in Dinajpur

-- 2018-04-10 13:55:38

Police, in special drives arrested 22 persons including two activists of BNP from different areas of the district in last 12-hour ending at 8 am this morning. Law enforcers also recovered 118 bottles...

10-day Boishakhi Mela on Bangla Academy premises

10-day Boishakhi Mela on Bangla Academy premises

-- 2018-04-10 13:45:36

Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) and Bangla Academy will jointly organise a 10-day long Boishakhi Mela at the Bangla Academy premises marking the Bangla New Year. Industrie...

17th amendment bill goes to parliament today

17th amendment bill goes to parliament today

-- 2018-04-10 13:44:35

The 17th Amendment to the constitution, which would maintain the reserve seats for women in parliament for another 25 years, will be presented in parliament Tuesday. Law Minister Anisul Huq will pres...

KWASA to launch bottled water plant in July

KWASA to launch bottled water plant in July

-- 2018-04-10 13:43:14

Khulna Water and Sewerage Authority (KWASA) is all set to launch their Bottled Water Treatment Plant (BWTP) in July next. KWASA sources said 80 per cent work on the plant being built in Khulna’...

Garment worker dies in Gazipur road crash

Garment worker dies in Gazipur road crash

-- 2018-04-10 12:20:14

A female garment worker has been killed in a hit-and-run accident in Gazipur. The accident took place on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in the Gazipur City Corporation’s Salna area around 9 pm on...

US-Bangla plane crash survivor Annie gets DMCH release

US-Bangla plane crash survivor Annie gets DMCH release

-- 2018-04-10 12:02:50

Almun Nahar Annie, one of the Bangladeshis who survived with injuries in US-Bangla plane crash, was released from Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday. Annie was released around 10:30...

Gopalganj bus strike enters 2nd day

Gopalganj bus strike enters 2nd day

-- 2018-04-10 11:32:45

The indefinite strike enforced by bus owners and workers of Gopalganj district entered second day on Tuesday causing immense sufferings to people. The indefinite strike was enforced on Monday morning...

ICC prosecutor seeks Rohingya probe

ICC prosecutor seeks Rohingya probe

-- 2018-04-10 10:53:17

A prosecutor from the international criminal court (ICC) has sought jurisdiction over the 'deportation' of Rohingya people from Myanmar to Bangladesh, with the aim of investigating and prosecuting tho...

Budget to 'rationalise' rate, cut layers

Budget to 'rationalise' rate, cut layers

FE Report 2018-04-10 10:17:55

The budget for the upcoming fiscal year, 2018-19, would explore ways for 'rationalising' the existing corporate tax rate in the country, Finance Minister A M A Muhith said in the capital on Monday. "...

NBR seeks explanation from Agrani

NBR seeks explanation from Agrani

Doulot Akter Mala 2018-04-10 10:11:29

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has issued a show cause notice on Agrani Bank following the state-owned bank's failure to pay value added tax (VAT) and excise duty worth Tk 400 million to it (NBR)...