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Court orders judicial enquiry against Akkelpur OC in attempted rape case

Court orders judicial enquiry against Akkelpur OC in attempted rape case

-- 2018-03-06 22:01:46

A Joypurhat court on Tuesday ordered a judicial enquiry against the officer-in-charge (OC) of Akkelpur Police Station over an attempted rape case filed against him.  District Children and Women...

Bangladesh 57th in global military prowess

Bangladesh 57th in global military prowess

-- 2018-03-06 21:33:17

Bangladesh’s military is placed 57th among 133 countries on the basis of their global military prowess. According to the Global Fire Power Index 2017, the US was ranked first, followed by Russi...

Muhith expresses doubt on Myanmar’s commitment regarding repatriation

Muhith expresses doubt on Myanmar’s commitment regarding repatriation

-- 2018-03-06 21:25:48

Finance Minister AMA Muhith has expressed his doubt about the Rohingya repatriation, saying the Myanmar government does not live up to its commitment. "I've a lot of doubt about the Rohingya repatria...

BUET recommends scrapping road permits of CNG-autorickshaws after expiry

BUET recommends scrapping road permits of CNG-autorickshaws after expiry

-- 2018-03-06 20:59:56

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) on Tuesday has recommended scrapping road permits of CNG run autorickshaws after expiry in Dhaka and Chittagong. To this end, the mechanica...

Bangladesh labour inspectorate goes digital

Bangladesh labour inspectorate goes digital

FE Online Report 2018-03-06 19:22:28

The government on Tuesday launched a digitalised application aimed to improve the collection, storage and analysis of labour inspection data of all sectors. The app, Labour Inspection Management App...

94pc women face sexual abuse in public transport: Study

94pc women face sexual abuse in public transport: Study

FE Online Report 2018-03-06 18:09:10

Around 94 per cent women face sexual harassment in public transport, a study has revealed. BRAC, the largest non-governmental development organisation, conducted the survey in association with the BR...

BGB rescues 41 people while being trafficked

BGB rescues 41 people while being trafficked

-- 2018-03-06 17:49:25

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued at least 41 people, including women, children and Indian nationals, while they were being trafficked from India to Bangladesh through Putkhali Border i...

Myanmar continues ethnic cleansing: UN

Myanmar continues ethnic cleansing: UN

-- 2018-03-06 17:44:01

UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Andrew Gilmour has said  the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya from Myanmar is continuing The senior UN human rights official also raised voices over M...

Narcotics dept officials face suspension for taking alcohol

Narcotics dept officials face suspension for taking alcohol

-- 2018-03-06 16:59:57

The Department of Narcotics Control in Khulna has suspended one of its sub-inspectors and a constable for consuming alcohol and creating chaos in drunken condition. The suspended cops were identified...

Serial killer Rashu Kha gets death for killing woman

Serial killer Rashu Kha gets death for killing woman

-- 2018-03-06 14:45:56

A Chandpur court on Tuesday has sentenced three people including notorious serial killer Rashu Kha to death in a case filed over killing a woman after rape in 2009. The death convicts are - Rashu Kha...

'Birangona' Ferdousi Priyabhashini no more

'Birangona' Ferdousi Priyabhashini no more

FE Online Desk 2018-03-06 14:29:45

Noted sculptor Ferdousi Priyabhashini passed away at a Dhaka city hospital on Tuesday noon. She was 71. Ferdousi Priyabhashini, who was undergoing treatment at Labaid Hospital, breathed her last arou...

PM calls for boosting jute production

PM calls for boosting jute production

-- 2018-03-06 14:10:57

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged all, including officials and workers, to be sincere in protecting the mills and work to boost jute production. The Prime Minister said people related wit...

Police detain Swechchhasebak Dal president

Police detain Swechchhasebak Dal president

-- 2018-03-06 13:51:15

Plainclothes policemen detained Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebak Dal president Shafiul Bari Babu from Jatiya Press Club area on Tuesday. A team of Detective Branch of police picked him up while he was ret...

Seven die in separate road crashes

Seven die in separate road crashes

FE Online Desk 2018-03-06 13:03:05

At least seven people, including a traffic constable,  were killed and six others injured in three separate road crashes in Dhaka, Kuhstia and Narsingdi districts on Tuesday.    In Dha...

Four die in Kushtia road crash

Four die in Kushtia road crash

-- 2018-03-06 11:58:59

At least four people were killed, including two women, in a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw near Laxmipur bus stand in Sadar upazila of Kushtia district on Tuesday. The...

Truck runs over traffic constable in city

Truck runs over traffic constable in city

-- 2018-03-06 11:42:47

A traffic constable was crushed under a truck in Technical intersection of Mirpur Road in Dhaka on Tuesday morning. The deceased has been identified as Abdul Majid, 35, hailing from Chapainawabganj,...

Bill-bond auction resumes for financing budget deficit

Bill-bond auction resumes for financing budget deficit

FE Report 2018-03-06 10:24:28

The auction of treasury bills (T-bills) and bonds resumed, after a month's suspension, to partly finance government budget deficit likely at higher expense now. Officials said the government is set t...

Action against RHD engrs, officials if found guilty

Action against RHD engrs, officials if found guilty

FE Report 2018-03-06 10:20:00

The government will take action against those who will be found involved in irregularities and corruption in constructing roads and highways after reviewing a report of the Anti-Corruption Commissio...

Sluggish turnover dilutes govt earning from DSE

Sluggish turnover dilutes govt earning from DSE

Babul Barman 2018-03-06 10:12:55

The government revenue collection from the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) marked a 35 per cent decline month-on-month in February in lockstep with falling turnover. The government bagged tax worth Tk 120...

Rohingyas prefer staying at Tumbru no-man's land

Rohingyas prefer staying at Tumbru no-man's land

Our Correspondent 2018-03-06 00:18:04

COX'S BAZAR, Mar 5: Some 6,022 Rohingya refugees of Tumbru no-man's-land are willing to stay at their present makeshift camps until a normal situation is created in Rakhaine state of Myanmar. They ar...

16 to get Shadhinota Padak this year

16 to get Shadhinota Padak this year

-- 2018-03-05 22:22:48

Sixteen distinguished personalities have been nominated for the Shadhinota Padak (Independence Award) in 2018, the highest state award, for their 'glorious and outstanding" achievements at national le...

365 MW Ghorasal plant starts power supply to national grid

365 MW Ghorasal plant starts power supply to national grid

-- 2018-03-05 21:20:52

The 365 MW Ghorasal combined cycle power plant has started commercial operation with supply of electricity to the national grid. The project was one of the 14 mega power projects undertaken by the go...

Schoolboy dies falling off bus roof

Schoolboy dies falling off bus roof

-- 2018-03-05 20:28:28

A schoolboy was killed after falling off the roof of a moving bus on Jessore-Khulna Highway at Basundia in Jessore on Monday. The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahim, 15, a class-X student and son...

Law enforcers bust job racket in C’nawabganj

Law enforcers bust job racket in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-03-05 19:42:20

Law enforcers on Monday arrested eight people, including their ringleader, from Chapainawabganj as they were involved in committing fraudulent activities and taking money from the aspirants of police...

Vietnam’s support sought to become ASEAN Sectoral Dialogue Partner

Vietnam’s support sought to become ASEAN Sectoral Dialogue Partner

-- 2018-03-05 19:28:04

Bangladesh, reiterating keen interest to intensify political, trade, and economic relations with ASEAN countries, sought Vietnam’s support to become its Sectoral Dialogue Partner. Bangladesh a...

Move to repair dilapidated roads, highways by June

Move to repair dilapidated roads, highways by June

-- 2018-03-05 17:56:25

The government plans to repair dilapidated roads and highways across the country by June this year. Road Transport and Highways Division Secretary Mohammad Nazrul Islam came up with the statement at...

Attack on Zafar Iqbal: IGP vows to find out culprits

Attack on Zafar Iqbal: IGP vows to find out culprits

-- 2018-03-05 17:32:06

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Javed Patwari has expressed determination to find out the culprits behind the attack on noted writer Prof Zafar Iqbal. "We have started investigation... Although we...

College girl commits 'suicide' in Barisal

College girl commits 'suicide' in Barisal

-- 2018-03-05 17:28:26

A college girl allegedly committed suicide by taking poison over a family feud in Borakotha village under Uzirpur upazila in Barisal on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Rabeya, 18, daug...

BNP accuses AL for Zafar Iqbal attack

BNP accuses AL for Zafar Iqbal attack

-- 2018-03-05 17:13:25

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday alleged that Awami League has a connection with the knife attack on SUST Prof Dr Muhammed Zafar Iqbal. "A...

HC upholds quota system in govt job

HC upholds quota system in govt job

-- 2018-03-05 16:49:25

The High Court (HC) on Monday upheld the quota system in the civil service, rejecting a writ petition filed seeking for reformation of the system. The HC bench of Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husai...