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Prosecution witness of war crime case goes missing

Prosecution witness of war crime case goes missing

-- 2018-03-31 17:04:52

A public prosecutor (PP) of Japanese national Kunio Hoshi and Khadem Rahmat Ali murder cases, also a witness in a war crime case, went missing on Friday morning from Rangpur. The missing lawyer, Advo...

Three int’l flights miss arrival schedule at Dhaka airport

Three int’l flights miss arrival schedule at Dhaka airport

FE Online Report 2018-03-31 16:53:32

Three international flights failed to meet their arrival schedules at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Saturday. BG 072 from Kathmandu was scheduled to arrive at 3:15pm, but delayed s...

Woman raped, murdered in Savar

Woman raped, murdered in Savar

-- 2018-03-31 16:40:10

A body of a woman was recovered from Joinabari area on Friday night at Dhaka’s Savar Upazila. Superintendent Abul Bashar of Savar Model Police Station suspects the woman was raped and murdered....

Gazipur, Khulna city corporations elections on May 15

Gazipur, Khulna city corporations elections on May 15

-- 2018-03-31 15:55:21

Elections to Gazipur and Khulna city corporations will be held on May 15. Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda announced the election schedule for the two city corporations at a press conference...

Asgar Ali Hospital celebrates 2nd anniv

Asgar Ali Hospital celebrates 2nd anniv

FE Online Desk 2018-03-31 15:33:28

Asgar Ali Hospital has celebrated its second anniversary decorating the hospital with colourful balloons, festoons, banners and danglers in Dhaka recently. Prof. Dr. Zabrul SM Haque, CEO and directo...

Rainfall likely to occur in parts of country

Rainfall likely to occur in parts of country

-- 2018-03-31 15:09:09

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at many places over Dhaka, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at a few...

Customs officials seize 40 gold bars

Customs officials seize 40 gold bars

-- 2018-03-31 14:57:14

Customs officials seized 40 gold bars from a flight of Dubai Airlines at Osmani International Airport in Sylhet on Saturday morning. Fajlur Rahman, custom super of the airport, said the gold bars, we...

Police retrieve throat-slit body in Cox’s Bazar

Police retrieve throat-slit body in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2018-03-31 14:37:59

Police recovered the throat-slit body of a young man in Dikkul area in Sadar upazila on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Khokon, 19, son of Abdus Sobir of the same area. Locals spotted the b...

RAB detains prime suspect in Beauty rape, murder case

RAB detains prime suspect in Beauty rape, murder case

-- 2018-03-31 13:46:16

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained Babul Miah, the prime suspect in the rape and murder of 15-year-old Beauty Akter, from Sylhet’s Beanibazar on Friday. Assistant Director of RAB-9 and A...

Aunt stabs, kills minor in Bogra

Aunt stabs, kills minor in Bogra

-- 2018-03-31 12:17:37

A minor boy was stabbed to death allegedly by his aunt over previous enmity at Boalmari village in Shibganj upazila in Bogra on Friday. The deceased was identified as Shakib, 10, a third grader stude...

RMG factory fire injures three workers in city

RMG factory fire injures three workers in city

-- 2018-03-31 12:14:30

Three workers of a readymade garment factory were injured in a fire that broke out in a six-storey building at East Kazipara in the capital city early Saturday. The identities of the injured could...

Cops recover parts of body in Buriganga

Cops recover parts of body in Buriganga

-- 2018-03-31 11:44:15

Police recovered sliced body parts of a man from the Buriganga River in Keraniganj upazila on Friday night. The body parts were found in a sack floating in the river. Mansur Ali, sub-inspector of Ke...

Speeding truck kills motorcyclist in C'nawabganj

Speeding truck kills motorcyclist in C'nawabganj

-- 2018-03-31 11:26:13

A motorcyclist was killed as he was hit by a truck at Kalupur on Shibganj-Monakasha road in Shibganj upazila of the district on Friday night. Police sources said the deceased was identified as Abdur...

Nor'wester kills six

Nor'wester kills six

-- 2018-03-31 11:21:42

Hailstorm twinned with gusty wind have lashed different regions of Bangladesh, leaving at least six people dead. In Sylhet, a passerby died when the tin roof of a house collapsed while a child drowne...

PM to open 23 dev projects in Chandpur Sunday

PM to open 23 dev projects in Chandpur Sunday

-- 2018-03-31 11:21:07

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate 23 development projects and lay foundation stones of 24 projects in Chandpur district during her visit there on Sunday. According to the schedul...

Fire guts 60 shanties in Keraniganj

Fire guts 60 shanties in Keraniganj

-- 2018-03-31 11:04:28

At least 60 shanties were gutted in a fire that broke out at Aganagar area in Keraniganj upazila of Dhaka on Friday night. The fire broke out in a room of Hashem Shah's mess in the area around 8:00...

OIC mulls defence entity like NATO

OIC mulls defence entity like NATO

FE Report 2018-03-31 10:08:25

A proposal for formation of a defence entity within the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) is likely to come up for discussion in its next Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) meeting in...

Rajuk's Uttara project: No flats livable, claim owners

Rajuk's Uttara project: No flats livable, claim owners

FE Report 2018-03-31 09:59:06

Rajuk Uttara Apartment Project Flat Owners Welfare Association has alleged that the city development authority has been handing over the flats without making them livable. They also alleged that neit...

Nor'wester lashes city for a while

Nor'wester lashes city for a while

FE Report 2018-03-31 00:15:13

The city had nor'wester rain and stormy weather on Friday.  Swept by squally winds, it started raining at around 5.0 pm and briefly halted the normal life in the capital. The rain lasted around...

Foreigner put on two-day remand for cheating

Foreigner put on two-day remand for cheating

-- 2018-03-30 22:52:11

A Sylhet court on Friday placed a foreigner on a two-day remand in a case filed over cheating a teacher of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST). Police produced Donuts Emeco Onisiua,...

PM attends milad on Sheikh Lutfar Rahman’s death anniversary

PM attends milad on Sheikh Lutfar Rahman’s death anniversary

-- 2018-03-30 21:03:58

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has attended a doa mahfil on the occasion of the 43rd death anniversary of Sheikh Lutfar Rahman, the father of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Bangabandhu's younger da...

Rupali Bank's recruitment test cancelled

Rupali Bank's recruitment test cancelled

-- 2018-03-30 20:33:55

The recruitment test to appoint cash officers for Rupali Bank Limited has been cancelled due to power cut during squally weather in Dhaka. Around 4,000 candidates sat the examination at Dhaka Mohanag...

City dwellers get relief due to light rain

City dwellers get relief due to light rain

-- 2018-03-30 20:11:18

Light rain has brought relief to the people of Dhaka city as temperature was gradually increasing with approaching hot weather. "We recorded light rain with wind speed of 67 kilometres per hour in th...

Survey reveals more incidents of '71 massacre

Survey reveals more incidents of '71 massacre

-- 2018-03-30 19:12:30

Pakistani forces and their local collaborators carried out as many as 1,752 incidents of genocide in 10 districts in 1971, a survey has revealed. A group of researchers, with noted historian Professo...

Sylhet fruit trader remains missing for five days

Sylhet fruit trader remains missing for five days

-- 2018-03-30 19:08:47

A fruit trader has reportedly been missing for five days in Golapganj upazila of Sylhet. The missing trader, Abdul Matin; 42, used to run a fruit shop at Hetimganj Bazar. According to UNB, Abdul Mat...

Hailstorm damages crops in Panchagarh, Nilphamari

Hailstorm damages crops in Panchagarh, Nilphamari

-- 2018-03-30 18:59:08

A hailstorm coupled with rain lashed Panchagarh and Nilphamari districts on Friday, damaging different crops and fruits on vast tracts of land. In Panchagarh, a violent hailstorm that swept a number...

Only parties with faith in independence should join polls: Noor

Only parties with faith in independence should join polls: Noor

-- 2018-03-30 18:42:30

Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Nooron has said only the parties that believe in the Liberation War and the country's independence should be allowed to join polls. "Only those parties that beli...

Two teenage lovers jump before train in Moulvibazar

Two teenage lovers jump before train in Moulvibazar

-- 2018-03-30 17:22:45

Two teenage lovers from an indigenous community allegedly committed suicide jumping before a running train at Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar on Friday. The deceased were identified as Sandha Sangma,...

Govt to respell names of five districts

Govt to respell names of five districts

-- 2018-03-30 16:47:40

The government plans to change the English spellings of five districts to make them sound similar to the Bangla alphabet. According to bdnews24.com, the proposed spellings are Chattagram (for Chittag...

Khaleda will get necessary medical care: Obaidul Quader

Khaleda will get necessary medical care: Obaidul Quader

-- 2018-03-30 16:42:59

The government will arrange necessary medical care for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in jail after assessing her ailments. Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader came up with the statement on Fr...