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Flight operations resume at HSIA

-- 2017-12-29 12:53:52

The flight operations that were disrupted for nine hours at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka resumed on Friday morning. Rezaul Karim, public relation officer at Civil Aviation Author...

Two workers die in accidents Ctg

-- 2017-12-29 12:37:40

Two construction workers died in separate accidents at their working places in Chittagong city on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Jamsher Ali, 55, son of Mohammad Bachchu of Shantipur villa...

Unfinished work delays shifting of Sylhet central jail to new premises

Our Correspondent 2017-12-29 12:28:38

SYLHET, Dec 28: The much-talked about move to shift the 200-year old Sylhet Central Jail to its new location, suburban Badaghat, area has failed again. Delayed construction of different buildings an...

BGB detain 13 for illegal border crossing

-- 2017-12-29 12:18:36

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel nabbed 13 people while illegally entering Bangladesh from India along Borochhara border in Jessore on Thursday noon. The arrestees were identified as Zafar She...

Fog disrupts Paturia-Daulatdia ferries

-- 2017-12-29 12:10:03

At least 11 ferries, which were stranded mid-river of Padma, have been rescued after about three hours. Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route were disrupted due to dense fog on Friday morning, so...

S Korea to give addl $1.4m for Rohingyas

-- 2017-12-29 12:00:00

South Korea will provide an additional US $1.4 million on humanitarian ground for the Rohingya refugees. The South Korean government's contribution will be delivered through multilateral channels suc...

DB sues Farhad Mazhar, wife

-- 2017-12-29 12:00:00

Police filed a case against columnist Farhad Mazhar and his wife Farida Akhter for giving 'false information' to police and court. Inspector Mahbubul Haque of Detective Branch of police filed the cas...

Police detain SI over possession of journo’s stolen bike

-- 2017-12-29 12:00:00

A team of police arrested a sub inspector along with a stolen motorcycle of a journalist at Taltola of the city in the district on Thursday evening. The arrestee is SI Samiran Singh, residential offi...

BSF seizes gold biscuits in Indo-Bangladesh border

FE Online Desk 2017-12-29 12:00:00

Border Security Force (BSF) of India has seized 11 gold biscuits worth over Rs 4 million near the Indo-Bangladesh border in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Acting on a tip-off about smuggl...

RAB detains 5 suspected kidnappers in Gazipur

-- 2017-12-29 12:00:00

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested five suspected kidnappers from Chowrasta in Gazipur city on Thursday night. A team of the elite force launched a drive and arrested the five suspected...

Buses crash causes highway pile-up on Bangabandhu Bridge

-- 2017-12-29 12:00:00

Dense fog has caused a highway pile-up on the Bangabandhu Bridge as several buses rammed into a bus that had hit another from behind. The crash involving six long-haul buses was reported around 6am o...

Over 40m students to get new textbooks on January 1

-- 2017-12-29 12:00:00

More than 40 million students are ready to get about 354.29 million textbooks on January 1 of next year. The government is going to celebrate the National Textbook Festival on the first day of new ye...

Rohingya repatriation: BD prepares first phase list

-- 2017-12-29 12:00:00

The government has prepared a list of 100,000 Rohingya refugees for repatriation to Myanmar in the first phase. Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader revealed the information while distributi...

Youth ‘kills’ mother in Sirajganj 

-- 2017-12-29 11:52:26

A woman was slaughtered allegedly by his son at Dhubil Mehmanshahi village in Salanga thana of Sirajganj district on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Zohura Begum, 55, reports UNB. Wahedu...

Miscreants stab Jamaat activist to death

-- 2017-12-29 11:13:38

A local Jamaat-e-Islami activist was stabbed to death by miscreants at Kashipur village in Kotchandpur upazila of Jhenaidah on Friday. The deceased was identified as Rabiul Islam, 45, a resident o...

CID arrests fake medicine sellers in city

-- 2017-12-29 10:04:24

Members of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police arrested three from Tantibazar of the city for their alleged involvement in trading counterfeit medicines on Friday. The arrestees were id...

BGB hands over two Indians to BSF

-- 2017-12-29 09:33:19

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has handed over two Indian citizens to Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday morning through a border point Kurigram district. BGB handed over them through a flag...

'Elections to 126 local bodies marred by violence'

-- 2017-12-29 09:12:11

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that the elections to 126 local bodies on Thursday were 'marred by widespread violence and various irregularities'. "There were irregu...

Police recover college girl's hanging body

-- 2017-12-29 05:56:48

Police recovered the hanging body of a college girl at Dagarmora in Savar on Friday noon. The deceased was identified as Shikha Akter, wife of Alamin of Mollapara village of Jamalpur Sadar, and a 1st...

New York Fire: Bangladeshis are safe

-- 2017-12-29 04:13:34

No Bangladesh citizen is affected by the fire in New York, said a Bangladesh diplomat on Friday. "So far, we have not heard about any Bangladeshi being affected by the fire in Bronx, New York," Bangl...

Untimely rain damages vegetables in Chandpur

-- 2017-12-29 04:03:10

Untimely rain has damaged mustard crops and vegetables worth about Tk 150 million in fields of eight upazilas in Chandpur. Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) sources said the damage created f...

BGB detains 13 in Benapole while entering BD from India

-- 2017-12-29 03:36:16

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained 13 people while illegitimately entering Bangladesh from India along Borochhara border. The detainees are Zafar Sheikh, 40, Taslima Begum, 28, Tasamul...

EC sets Mar 1 for 'Voters' Day'

-- 2017-12-29 02:19:21

The Election Commission has locked on Mar 1 to observe Voters’ Day every year and now waits for the government’s green light. The day aims to raise awareness among the youth to exercise...

Police arrest woman with heroin

-- 2017-12-29 01:41:05

Police have arrested a woman along with 500gm heroin in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi district. Police nabbed Momtaz, 36, wife of Alam of Shibsagar village of Godagari municipality, on Friday morning,...

Derailment snaps Sylhet's rail link

-- 2017-12-29 01:34:28

Train communication of Sylhet with Dhaka and rest of the country remained suspended since Friday morning following the derailment of a bogie of a freight train at Sayestaganj thana of Habiganj. Saif...

RAAB nab one with arms, drug

-- 2017-12-29 01:17:42

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel in a raid nabbed a man along arms and drugs from Alamkhali village of Sadar upazila of Magura district on Thursday night. The arrestee was identified as Robi...

Rickshaw-puller dies in city road crash

-- 2017-12-29 01:11:32

A rickshaw-puller was killed as a private car hit his three-wheeler in Hazaribagh area of Dhaka city on Friday. The deceased was identified as Abul Kalam, 55, rickshaw puller, reports UNB. Bachchu...

Formation of PICs, water recession delay process

Our Correspondent 2017-12-28 12:43:42

SYLHET, Dec 27: The authority concerned could not start the work on the flood control and crop protection schemes in Sunamganj and other districts of Sylhet division due to delay in water recession an...

Rapeseed production on the rise in Magura

Our Correspondent 2017-12-28 12:42:25

MAGURA, Dec 27: High yielding rapeseed, another variety of mustard, farming is gaining popularity among the farmers of the district. Farmers' sources said the short duration crop is generally cultiva...

UP polls clash injures two in Laxmipur

-- 2017-12-28 12:35:51

At least two people were injured in a clash between the supporters of two union parishad member candidates in Char Alexander union of Ramgati upazila of Laxmipur on Thursday. The clash ensued between...