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Cops arrest Rangpur communal attack mastermind : Minister

-- 2017-11-14 12:00:00

The law enforcers on Tuesday arrested the mastermind , Titu,of Rangpur arson attack, whose Facebook post triggered the agitation as it hurt the Muslims’ religious sentiment, said Home Minster As...

Bangladesh, Denmark ink political declaration

-- 2017-11-14 12:00:00

Bangladesh and Denmark have signed a political declaration over Denmark's support to local communities in Cox's Bazar on Tuesday.  Both countries also discussed the present Rohingya crisis at th...

New electricity bill calls for stricter punishment 

-- 2017-11-14 12:00:00

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid placed a bill in the parliament on Tuesday specifying the penalty for illegal use of electricity. As per the bill a person found g...

Police nab Netrokona counselor with heroin

-- 2017-11-14 11:28:23

Police in a drive arrested a counselor of the municipality and a woman along with heroin worth Tk 11 lakh from Chakpara area of Netrakona town on Monday.  The arrestees were Shafikul Islam Khan...

B’desh chooses eight priority areas for Saudi investment

Syful Islam 2017-11-14 10:21:59

Bangladesh has selected eight prospective sectors expecting a large volume of investment from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), officials said. A high-powered business delegation from Riyadh is sche...

EC differences over army deployment wide open

-- 2017-11-14 09:57:14

Differences of opinion over army deployment among the Commissioners at the Election Commission (EC) Secretariat took a twisting turn on Tuesday. While Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda...

Repaired copter crashes during test flight

-- 2017-11-14 07:11:19

A commercial helicopter crashed at Rupganj Upazila of Narayanganj on Tuesday during its test flight after repair works. Pilot Mizanur Rahman, co-pilot Zia and engineer Farooq of the helicopter were i...

Police cell to take complaint 24hrs

-- 2017-11-14 06:14:46

A police cell dubbed ‘IGP Complaint Cell’ introduced by the Bangladesh Police has decided to keep it open round the clock in the wake of cops’ unlawful involvement in various activit...

'No bar to probe allegation against ex-judge'

-- 2017-11-14 06:05:09

The High Court has cleared the way for investigation into corruption allegation against former Supreme Court's Appellate Division Justice Md Zainul Abedin. The court also noted the letter, issued by...

Khaleda to meet with 20-party leaders Wednesday

-- 2017-11-14 05:24:58

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is going to sit in a meeting with the top leaders of her party-led 20-party alliance on Wednesday night to discuss the country's latest political situation and work out its...

Police stations to be women, children friendly: IGP

-- 2017-11-14 05:02:49

Police chief AKM Shahidul Hoque has said all police stations across the country will be made women and children friendly. The initiative, which will be implemented in phases, has been undertaken to p...

Man dies from electrocution in Sherpur

-- 2017-11-14 05:00:33

A man has died from electrocution at a village in Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur on Tuesday. The deceased; Alal Uddin, 48; was an office assistant of local Palashikura Janata High School. Alal Uddin...

Smart City Week begins Nov 22

-- 2017-11-14 04:47:32

Smart City Week 2017 will begin on November 22 in the capital to make people aware about developing a smart cities and the ways of living there. UNDP Bangladesh, Access to Information (a2i) Programme...

No proof of Farhad Mazhar abduction: Police

-- 2017-11-14 04:45:24

Police did not find any proof of abduction of poet, essayist and political commentator Farhad Mazhar. DB inspector Mahbubul Islam, also investigation officer of a case filed in connection with Farhad...

DB detains ‘arms trader’ in CTG

FE Online Desk 2017-11-14 02:46:01

Detective branch of police (DB) during a raid arrested a suspected arms trader from Kaptai road area under Chandgaon thana of Chittagong on early Tuesday. Mirza Sayem Mahmud, Additional Deputy Commi...

Police recover man’s body in B’baria

FE Online Desk 2017-11-14 02:33:21

A 35-year-old man was found dead on Bahadurpur-Talshahar road in Ashuganj upazila of Brahmanbaria on Tuesday morning. Badrul Alam, Officer-in-Charge of Ashuganj Police Station, said local people...

UP chairman gets caught with hemp

-- 2017-11-14 02:23:29

A union parishad chairman and a village police were arrested with 400 grams of hemp from Barghoria union parishad office in Sadar upazila of Chapainawabganj district on Monday night.  The arrest...

Chittagong road crashes claim two lives

FE Online Desk 2017-11-14 02:18:05

Two people were killed in two separate road accidents in Chittagong’s Satkania and Sitakunda upazilas on Tuesday morning.  A Chittagong-bound bus 'Ena' from Cox's Bazar ran over Nurul Amin...

Less privileged students get IBBL scholarship

FE Online Report 2017-11-14 01:36:37

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) has provided scholarship and education materials among the less privileged students of Jessore and Khulna Zone recently. Mohammed Humayun Kabir, FCA and Professo...

Electrocution kills worker in Sirajganj

FE Online Desk 2017-11-14 01:02:58

A worker died after being electrocuted while painting a four-storey building in bus stand area of Raiganj Sadar upazila in Sirajganj on Monday afternoon. The victim Jahidul Islam (28), son of late Ha...

Police arrest 38 on various charges

-- 2017-11-13 12:51:37

Police arrested 38 persons on various charges in the last 12-hour ending at around 8 am from eight upazilas of Satkhira district. Sources with the district police said they were picked up from differ...

Move to boost trade ties with Indonesia

Talha Bin Habib 2017-11-13 12:01:08

The government has taken an initiative to increase bilateral trade with Indonesia and attract Indonesian investors to various sectors of Bangladesh, officials said. As part of the move, the commerce...

Only Tk 500 for 38-day work in Rohingya camps

Reuters 2017-11-13 12:00:00

Rohingya refugee children from Myanmar are working punishing hours for paltry pay in Bangladesh, with some suffering beatings and sexual assault, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has...

Raw materials shortage hits home textile, terry towel industry

Monira Munni 2017-11-13 12:00:00

The country's terry towel, home textile and rotor spinning mills have been facing an acute shortage of raw materials -- cotton and garment waste -- which, industry insiders apprehend, will deepen if t...

Google Doodle celebrates Humayun’s birthday

-- 2017-11-13 12:00:00

Search engine giant Google has created a new Doodle on its homepage, celebrating the life of prolific Bengali language  author Humayun Ahmed on the occasion of his 70th birth anniversary. Humay...

Police nab female ‘drug-pedlar’

-- 2017-11-13 12:00:00

Police arrested a suspected woman pedlar along with 500 grams of hemp and 25 pieces of Yaba tablets from Sherpur area of Sadar upazila of Moulvibazar district on Sunday evening. The arrestee was iden...

Police rescue four tiger cubs in Jessore

FE Online Desk 2017-11-13 12:00:00

Police rescued four tiger cubs from a Benapole-bound vehicle at Chanchra intersection area of Jessore Sadar upazila on Monday morning. Sub-inspector Syed Bayezid Hossain, in-charge of Chanchra Police...

Road tax relief for sugarcane growers

-- 2017-11-13 12:00:00

Sugarcane growers are set to get relieved of paying taxes for development of the roads in the sugar mill catchment areas. The government plans to repeal Bangladesh Sugar (Road Development Cess) Bill,...

Mudslide kills female quarry worker in Sylhet

FE Online Desk 2017-11-13 12:00:00

A female worker was killed and four others sustained injuries when a chunk of mud collapsed on the group of worker while they were extracting stone from a quarry at Jaflong in Sylhet's Goainghat upazi...

BD gets 125,370 acres char land in 10yrs

-- 2017-11-13 12:00:00

A total of 26 islands or chars emerged in the Bay of Bengal, near the three coastal districts - Noakhali, Cox's Bazar and Chittagong - in the last 10 years. Bangladesh, with the emergence of the char...